Rimfire (film)

1949 film by B. Reeves Eason

March 25, 1949 (1949-03-25)

Running time

63 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Rimfire is a 1949 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason. It is a noir Western.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The plot is a mystery revolving around Captain Tom Harvey, an undercover army agent played by James Millican, who is investigating the theft of army gold shipments. During his undercover investigations, Harvey takes on the job of deputy sheriff and is drawn into discovering the source of a ghost who is terrorizing the town. The ghost is apparently the manifestation of a gambler who was wrongly convicted and hanged for the gold thefts.

Cast

James Millican as Captain Tom Harvey
Mary Beth Hughes as Polly
Reed Hadley as The Abeline Kid
Henry Hull as Editor Nathaniel Greeley
Victor Kilian as Sheriff Jim Jordan
Fuzzy Knight as Porky Hodges
Chris-Pin Martin as Chico
George Cleveland as Judge Gardner
Margia Dean as Lolita
Ray Bennett as Barney Bernard
Glenn Strange as Curt Calvin
John Cason as Blazer
Jason Robards, Sr. as Banker Elkins
I. Stanford Jolley as Toad Tyler
Ben Erway as Deputy Sheriff Harry Wilson

Production

Filming started December 15, 1948.^[3]

Margia Dean recalled "It was a good little picture. Some of them I made were corny, but this was pretty well done. These films were done fast with last minute script changes. If you hit your spot and said the dialogue, it was printed."^[4]

References

^ Meuel, David (January 28, 2015). The Noir Western: Darkness on the Range, 1943-1962. McFarland. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-4766-1974-3.
^ "RIMFIRE". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 18. 1951. p. 236. ProQuest 1305808968.
^ Schallert, E. (December 15, 1948). "Glenn McCarthy will carry on rural sagas; logan joins forsytes". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165889907.
^ "Margia Dean Interview".