Outlaw Treasure

{{short description|1955 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Outlaw Treasure | image =File:Outlaw Treasure.jpg | caption = | director = Oliver Drake | producer = | writer = Johnny Carpenter | based_on = | starring = Johnny Carpenter<br>(as "John Forbes")<br>Adele Jergens<br>Glenn Langan | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = American Releasing Corporation | studio = Wheeler Company Production<ref>Gary Smith, ''American International Pictures: The Golden Years'', Bear Manor Media 2014 p 18</ref> | released = {{Film date|1955|05|15}} | runtime = 60 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''Outlaw Treasure''''' is a 1955 American Western film directed by Oliver Drake and starring Johnny Carpenter, Adele Jergens, and Glenn Langan. It was one of the first movies released by American Releasing Corporation, which later became American International Pictures. (Samuel Z. Arkoff of AIP had worked with Johnny Carpenter previously on ''The Lawless Rider''.)<ref name="AIP">Mark McGee, ''Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures'', McFarland, 1996 p42</ref>

==Plot== U.S. Cavalry trooper Dan Parker is asked by Major Cooper to catch a Nevada rustler known as "Black Jack." He does, but then is double-crossed and shot by a fellow soldier, Lt. Burke, who is in cahoots with the thief.

Not knowing about Burke's deceit, the major sends him to California to investigate a land swindler, Sam Casey. It turns out Casey is pretending to be "Black Jack" and is part of the Jesse James outlaw gang. Parker recovers from his gunshot wound and leaves for California, where his father owns a ranch.

Casey, helped by hired gun Ace Harkey and a crooked sheriff, is trying to move a half-million dollars in stolen gold. His honest secretary, Rita Starr, tries to inform the law, but Dan's dad is killed. Burke objects to Casey's methods and is also murdered. Dan shoots it out with Casey, is victorious and stays in town, retiring from the Cavalry, to settle down with Rita.

==Cast== * Johnny Carpenter as Dan Parker * Adele Jergens as Rita * Glenn Langan as Casey * Harry Lauter as Jesse James * Hal Baylor as Ace Harkey * Michael Whalen as Maj. Cooper

==See also== *List of American films of 1955

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0048460}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120121222124/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86009/Outlaw-Treasure/ ''Outlaw Treasure''] at TCMDB *[https://archive.today/20140316065234/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/105254/Outlaw-Treasure/overview ''Outlaw Treasure''] at New York Times

Category:1955 films Category:1955 Western (genre) films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:Films directed by Oliver Drake Category:1955 English-language films Category:1955 American films Category:American black-and-white films Category:English-language Western (genre) films