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One face, two outlaws, zero patience for posers stealing your brand.
TMDB
80
IMDb
61

The Drifter (1944)

budget Western chaosdoppelgänger dramaB-movie swagger

Overview

Western

A Robin Hood-type outlaw rides the range and helps others. Another outlaw who looks just like him tries to cash in on the other outlaw's reputation.

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Content warning
bank robbermedicine show
identity and reputationjustice vs. the lawfound family on the frontier

Standout Aspects

Acting

Buster Crabbe playing against himself with zero budget for doubles.

Practical Effects

Genuine 1944 stunt horses and probably real dust.

Costume

Two identical white hats because subtlety is for cowards.

Best for:Solo: Perfect for 62 minutes of unserious cowboy cosplay.·Background: Iron your shirts to the sound of six guns barking.·Rewatch: Spot which scenes were probably shot in one take.
Heads up:Violence: Period-appropriate gunplay, nobody's bleeding out realistically.
Sam Newfield

Director

Sam Newfield

ReleasedJun 14, 1944
Runtime1h 2m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonelight
Feellight
PRC
Sigmund Neufeld Productions

Top Cast

Buster Crabbe

Buster Crabbe

Billy Carson / Drifter Davis

Al St. John

Al St. John

Fuzzy Q. Jones

Jack Ingram

Jack Ingram

Dirk Trent

Jimmy Aubrey

Jimmy Aubrey

Sheriff Perkins

Slim Whitaker

Slim Whitaker

Marshal Hodges

Ray Bennett

Ray Bennett

Simms

Kermit Maynard

Kermit Maynard

Jack

George Chesebro

George Chesebro

Blackie

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Buster Crabbe was an Olympic swimming gold medalist before he became Hollywood's most prolific B-Western star, filming dozens of these cheapies in the 1940s.

Cultural

Sam Newfield directed over 250 features, often using pseudonyms so exhibitors wouldn't realize one man was flooding the market—this was the MCU of poverty row studios.

Gallery
Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) Collection(36 films)
Billy the Kid Wanted poster5.7

Billy the Kid Wanted

1941

Billy The Kid's Round-Up poster5.0

Billy The Kid's Round-Up

1941

Billy the Kid Trapped poster5.5

Billy the Kid Trapped

1942

Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns poster4.5

Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns

1942

Law and Order poster6.0

Law and Order

1942

Sheriff of Sage Valley poster5.6

Sheriff of Sage Valley

1942

The Mysterious Rider poster5.8

The Mysterious Rider

1942

The Kid Rides Again poster5.5

The Kid Rides Again

1943

Fugitive of the Plains poster4.8

Fugitive of the Plains

1943

Western Cyclone poster5.3

Western Cyclone

1943

Cattle Stampede poster5.8

Cattle Stampede

1943

The Renegade poster7.5

The Renegade

1943

Blazing Frontier poster5.8

Blazing Frontier

1943

Devil Riders poster4.7

Devil Riders

1943

Frontier Outlaws poster6.7

Frontier Outlaws

1944

Thundering Gun Slingers poster9.0

Thundering Gun Slingers

1944

Valley Of Vengeance poster6.7

Valley Of Vengeance

1944

The Drifter poster
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The Drifter

1944

Fuzzy Settles Down poster6.2

Fuzzy Settles Down

1944

Wild Horse Phantom poster5.0

Wild Horse Phantom

1944

Oath of Vengeance poster4.0

Oath of Vengeance

1944

His Brother's Ghost poster5.2

His Brother's Ghost

1945

Shadows of Death poster6.2

Shadows of Death

1945

Gangster's Den poster5.0

Gangster's Den

1945

Stagecoach Outlaws poster5.0

Stagecoach Outlaws

1945

Rustlers' Hideout poster6.0

Rustlers' Hideout

1945

Border Badmen poster6.5

Border Badmen

1945

Fighting Bill Carson poster6.0

Fighting Bill Carson

1945

Prairie Rustlers poster6.0

Prairie Rustlers

1945

Lightning Raiders poster10.0

Lightning Raiders

1946

Gentlemen With Guns poster6.5

Gentlemen With Guns

1946

Terrors on Horseback poster9.0

Terrors on Horseback

1946

Ghost Of Hidden Valley poster

Ghost Of Hidden Valley

1946

Prairie Badmen poster4.5

Prairie Badmen

1946

Overland Riders poster3.5

Overland Riders

1946

Outlaws of the Plains poster5.0

Outlaws of the Plains

1946

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