Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
	Film poster
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Screenplay by	Howard Dimsdale
Story by	Howard Dimsdale; Stanley Roberts
Produced by	Robert Arthur
Starring	Donald O'Connor; Gale Storm; Vincent Price; Eve Arden
Cinematography	Russell Metty
Edited by	Frank Gross
Music by	Walter Scharf
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 25, 1950;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$620,000-$850,000 (est).

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek is a 1950 American Western comedy film starring Donald O'Connor and Gale Storm. In the story, a traveling entertainer (O'Connor) gets mixed up with bank robbers.

Plot[edit]

A traveling troupe of entertainers arrives in Cactus Creek, Arizona, to put on a show. The act's stars are singer Lily Martin and her niece Julie and the flamboyant actor Tracy Holland, while a frustrated Eddie Timmons handles the lighting, sound effects and other duties, even though his ambition is to perform on stage. Eddie's in love with Julie.

The bandit Rimrock Thomas turns up with his gang to rob the bank. Rimrock gets an idea while watching Lily Martin perform. He will coincide the robbery with the next show. Rimrock's presence disturbs Eddie and ends up disrupting the performance. When an explosion is heard from the direction of the bank, the audience flees. So do the entertainers, who don't want to give the customers a refund.

Rimrock hides in Eddie's wagon. He decides to keep using the show as a front, teaching Eddie how to become a successful outlaw. Eddie gets caught by a sheriff, but Rimrock has taken a shine to the young man and breaks him out of jail. When he's cornered, Rimrock arranges it so that it appears Eddie is the one who captured him. Eddie collects a $26,000 reward and vows to go straight, but Rimrock expects to see him again very soon.