Broadway to Cheyenne is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film is also known as From Broadway to Cheyenne (American poster title).[1] The film successfully combines the Western with the gangster film and vigilante film.

Broadway to Cheyenne
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Directed byHarry L. Fraser
Written byWellyn Totman (story and adaptation) &
Harry L. Fraser (story and adaptation)
Produced byTrem Carr (producer)
StarringSee below
CinematographyArchie Stout
Edited byCarl Pierson
Production
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Release date
  • 1932 (1932)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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A young and honest New York Police Department detective "Breezy" Kildare is attempting to arrest B.H. "Butch" Owens, the leader of a gang of criminals who attempted to bribe him. He is wounded in a shootout between Owens' gang and another gang in a Broadway night club.

His police chief allows him to recuperate and cool down in his thirst for justice back in his home of Wyoming where his father is a cattleman. Once arriving back home he soon discovers the gangsters who attempted to bribe and kill him are lying low there and diversifying by starting a Cattleman's Benevolent Association that is actually a protection racket protecting the cattlemen from such perils as having their cattle machine gunned.

When his father is shot in a drive-by shooting, Breezy leads the cattlemen against the well-armed gangsters who no longer have the power of a bribed administration or high-powered legal protection, but now have to face six-gun justice and lynch law.

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References

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  1. ^ Simmon, Scott (June 30, 2003). The Invention of the Western Film: A Cultural History of the Genre's First Half Century. Cambridge University Press. pp. 154, 168. ISBN 978-0-521-55581-4.
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