Southward Ho

{{short description|1939 film}} {{Use American English|date=September 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Southward Ho | image = Poster of the movie Southward Ho.jpg

| caption = | director = Joseph Kane | producer = Joseph Kane (associate producer) | writer = Gerald Geraghty (writer)<br>Jack Natteford (story)<br>John Rathmell (story) | narrator = | starring = Roy Rogers | music = | cinematography = Jack A. Marta | editing = Lester Orlebeck | distributor = Republic Pictures | released = {{Film date|1939|03|19}} | runtime = 58 minutes (original version)<br>54 minutes (edited version) | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Southward Ho''''' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers.

==Plot== Towards the end of the War Between the States, Roy and Gabby are two Confederate cavalrymen who lure away a Union Army cavalry patrol in order to steal a cooked chicken and Union Colonel Denbigh's trousers.

Following the war the three meet again in Texas when the Colonel and Gabby are co-owners in a ranch. The Colonel is called back into service as a Military Governor to enforce the Reconstruction Acts against the former Confederates of the State. The cavalrymen assigned to the Colonel are all military criminals who use the opportunity to loot and terrorise the people for their own benefit. Roy attempts to convince the Colonel his men are acting unfairly. The Colonel's response is to remove the right of firearm ownership from the Texans with his men confiscating their weapons. The Colonel's men murder the Colonel and further attempt to tyrannise the population until Roy is able to get the population's firearms back.

== Cast == *Roy Rogers as Roy *Lynne Roberts as Ellen Denbigh *George 'Gabby' Hayes as Gabby Whitaker *Wade Boteler as Colonel Denbigh *Arthur Loft as Captain Jeffries *Lane Chandler as Jim Crawford *Tom London as Union sergeant *Charles R. Moore as Skeeter *Ed Brady as Mears

==Home media== On August 25, 2009, Alpha Video released ''Southward Ho'' on Region 0 DVD.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Southward Ho'' DVD info, Oldies.com |url=http://www.oldies.com/product-view/5874D.html | accessdate=August 13, 2009}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|id=0031958|title=Southward Ho}} * {{Internet Archive film|id=SouthwardHo|name=Southward Ho}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Southward Ho}} Category:1939 films Category:1939 Western (genre) films Category:American Civil War films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films set in Texas Category:Republic Pictures films Category:Films directed by Joseph Kane Category:1939 English-language films Category:1939 American films Category:English-language Western (genre) films