"The Cherokee Strip" was another of Dick Foran's "singing Cowboy Westerns for Warner Bros. In this one Dick is a lawyer no less who becomes a cattleman.
The film opens with Dick Hudson (Foran) getting shot at by young Barty Walton (Tommy Bupp). Not too much is made of the fact that the boy almost blew Hudson's head off. If fact sister Janie (Jane Bryan) blames Hudson for all the trouble. Turns out all are going to participate in the Oklahoma Land Rush the next day.
Using a liberal amount of stock footage, the land rush takes place but Dick's horse has been crippled by an unknown person so that he isn't able to file a claim on the new lands. But bad guy Link Carter (Edmund Cobb) cleans up acquiring several prime claims by one way or another, to become town boss of the new city of Big Rock. Only Tom Valley (David Carlyle) and his wife Ruth (Helen Valkis) oppose him. Dick throws in with them. George Walton (Tom Brower) is the puppet mayor appointed by Carter but is now becoming disillusioned with Carter's methods and walks out.
The Valleys acquire a herd of cattle and invite Dick to become a partner in the venture. Carter also has his eyes on the beef. Tom Valley is finally fed up with Carter and his tactics and confronts him in Carter's office. Carter shoots him down and is arrested. At the trial Dick gets Carter to admit his guilt and...................................................................
Foran gets to sing his usual three songs and even gets to sing a duet with young Tommy Bupp. Edmund Cobb is as nasty as I have ever seen him as the chief baddie. Frank Faylen in an early role plays Cobb's henchman Joe Brady. Also in the cast are Joseph Crehan as the army officer who fires the opening shot of the Land Rush, Gordon Hart plays the Judge, Glenn Strange is the fiddle player in a band and Bud Osborne is on Foran's side for a change as a cowpoke watching over the herd
Also of interest is that David Carlyle would soon change his name to Robert Paige and enjoy a career as a second string leading man at Universal in the 40s. Helen Valkis would shortly become Joan Valerie..
The film opens with Dick Hudson (Foran) getting shot at by young Barty Walton (Tommy Bupp). Not too much is made of the fact that the boy almost blew Hudson's head off. If fact sister Janie (Jane Bryan) blames Hudson for all the trouble. Turns out all are going to participate in the Oklahoma Land Rush the next day.
Using a liberal amount of stock footage, the land rush takes place but Dick's horse has been crippled by an unknown person so that he isn't able to file a claim on the new lands. But bad guy Link Carter (Edmund Cobb) cleans up acquiring several prime claims by one way or another, to become town boss of the new city of Big Rock. Only Tom Valley (David Carlyle) and his wife Ruth (Helen Valkis) oppose him. Dick throws in with them. George Walton (Tom Brower) is the puppet mayor appointed by Carter but is now becoming disillusioned with Carter's methods and walks out.
The Valleys acquire a herd of cattle and invite Dick to become a partner in the venture. Carter also has his eyes on the beef. Tom Valley is finally fed up with Carter and his tactics and confronts him in Carter's office. Carter shoots him down and is arrested. At the trial Dick gets Carter to admit his guilt and...................................................................
Foran gets to sing his usual three songs and even gets to sing a duet with young Tommy Bupp. Edmund Cobb is as nasty as I have ever seen him as the chief baddie. Frank Faylen in an early role plays Cobb's henchman Joe Brady. Also in the cast are Joseph Crehan as the army officer who fires the opening shot of the Land Rush, Gordon Hart plays the Judge, Glenn Strange is the fiddle player in a band and Bud Osborne is on Foran's side for a change as a cowpoke watching over the herd
Also of interest is that David Carlyle would soon change his name to Robert Paige and enjoy a career as a second string leading man at Universal in the 40s. Helen Valkis would shortly become Joan Valerie..