# The Fighting Frontiersman
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{{short description|1946 film by Derwin Abrahams}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Fighting Frontiersman
| image = The Fighting Frontiersman poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [Derwin Abrahams](/source/Derwin_Abrahams)
| producer = [Colbert Clark](/source/Colbert_Clark)
| screenplay = [Ed Earl Repp](/source/Ed_Earl_Repp)
| starring = [Charles Starrett](/source/Charles_Starrett)
[Helen Mowery](/source/Helen_Mowery)
Hank Newman
[Smiley Burnette](/source/Smiley_Burnette)
| cinematography = [Philip Tannura](/source/Philip_Tannura)
| editing = [Jerome Thoms](/source/Jerome_Thoms)
| studio = [Columbia Pictures](/source/Columbia_Pictures)
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1946|12|10}}
| runtime = 61 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
'''''The Fighting Frontiersman''''' is a 1946 American [Western film](/source/Western_film) directed by [Derwin Abrahams](/source/Derwin_Abrahams) and written by [Ed Earl Repp](/source/Ed_Earl_Repp). The film stars [Charles Starrett](/source/Charles_Starrett), [Helen Mowery](/source/Helen_Mowery), Hank Newman and [Smiley Burnette](/source/Smiley_Burnette). The film was released on December 10, 1946, by [Columbia Pictures](/source/Columbia_Pictures).[{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/493990/the-fighting-frontiersman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104010101/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/493990/The-Fighting-Frontiersman/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2018 |title=The Fighting Frontiersman (1946) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2019-06-21}}][{{cite web|author=Hans J. Wollstein |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-fighting-frontiersman-v91346 |title=The Fighting Frontiersman (1946) - Derwin Abrahams |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2019-06-21}}][{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/25163-THE-FIGHTING-FRONTIERSMAN |title=The Fighting Frontiersman |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=2019-06-21}}] This was the eighteenth of 65 films in the ''[Durango Kid](/source/The_Durango_Kid_(film))'' series.[{{cite book |last1=Blottner |first1=Gene |title=Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years |date=2011 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786486724 |chapter=The Durango Kid }}]
==Plot==
After stumbling upon a large cache of gold in Texas, prospector Cimarron Dobbs (Emmett Lynn) is wary of being swindled out of his fortunate fortune. The gold was left behind by Santa Anna's army, and Dobbs needs help. Dobbs heads out to the local town of Twin Forks, where he hopes his friend, saloon girl Dixie King (Helen Mowery) will help him. When he shows King a sample of his find he is unaware that saloon owner John Munro (Robert Filmer) is taking notice. King tell Dobbs that he should seek the help of Steve Reynolds (Charles Starrett), aka the mysterious rider – the Durango Kid. Monroe's shady gang kidnap Dobbs, intent on torturing the location of the gold from him. King contacts the Durango Kid, who heads to town with his trusty sidekick, Smiley (Smiley Burnette). The Durango Kid disguise comes out, Smiley does some sleuthing, and a barroom brawl breaks out.
Monroe blindfolds and drags King to the hideout Dobbs is being held, hoping she will draw out the information he wants when he promises her half the gold. Dobbs distrusts her, so she offers to prove her honorable intentions by returning with the Durango Kidd's Ranger star, to gain his trust. Meanwhile, Reynolds already suspects that Monroe is up to no good, and offers a $5,000 reward, and promises to share the wealth with the town for information on the gang's hideout. Back at the hideout, King is again blindfolded and taken back to town; but, all the while secretly leaving a trail of beads for the Durango Kid. The "Kid" finds his way to the lair, rescues the damsel and Dobbs, and defeats the bad guys in a gun battle.
==Cast==
*[Charles Starrett](/source/Charles_Starrett) as Steve Reynolds / The Durango Kid
*[Helen Mowery](/source/Helen_Mowery) as Dixie King
*Hank Newman as Hank Newman
*[Smiley Burnette](/source/Smiley_Burnette) as Smiley Burnette
*[Emmett Lynn](/source/Emmett_Lynn) as Cimarron Dobbs
*Robert Filmer as John Munro
*[George Chesebro](/source/George_Chesebro) as Rankin
*[Zon Murray](/source/Zon_Murray) as Slade
*Jim Diehl as Blaze
*[Maudie Prickett](/source/Maudie_Prickett) as Kate
*Russell Meeker as Bartender
*[Frank Ellis](/source/Frank_Ellis_(actor)) as Guard
*[Ernie Adams](/source/Ernie_Adams_(actor)) as Printer
*Frank LaRue as Roberts
*[Jock Mahoney](/source/Jock_Mahoney) as Waco
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0038527|The Fighting Frontiersman}}
* {{TCMDb title|493990|The Fighting Frontiersman}}
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Category:1946 films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:1946 Western (genre) films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Derwin Abrahams
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1946 English-language films
Category:1946 American films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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