The Arizona Wildcat

The Arizona Wildcat
Directed by	Herbert I. Leeds
Produced by	John Stone
Written by	Barry Trivers, Jerry Cady
Based on	An original idea by Frances Hyland and Albert Ray
Starring	Leo Carrillo, Jane Withers
Music by	Sam Kaylin
Cinematography	Lucien Andriot
Edited by	Fred Allen
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	1939 (1939)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Arizona Wildcat is a 1939 American comedy western. Orphaned Mary Jane Patterson (Jane Withers) is under the guardianship of Manuel Hernandez (Leo Carrillo), once known as the bandit El Gato who led a gang of outlaws. Mary Jane wants Hernandez to revive the El Gato gang to rescue the feckless Donald (William Henry), the lone survivor of a stage coach robbery engineered by the town's crooked sheriff (Henry Wilcoxon). It's been a decade since El Gato rode, and Hernandez is now too fat for his bandit costume. Mary Jane aids the rescue by vandalizing the saddles of the sheriff and his posse. When El Gato does rescue Donald, he is arrested. During the ensuing trial, Mary Jane provides special pyrotechnics, and the courtroom is evacuated. When Mary Jane finds the stash from the stage coach robbery hidden in the sheriff's office, Hernandez is appointed as the new sheriff.

Cast

• Leo Carrillo – Manuel Hernandez
• Jane Withers – Mary Jane Patterson
• William Henry – Donald Clark
• Henry Wilcoxon – Sheriff Richard Baldwin

External links

• The Arizona Wildcat at the American Film Institute Catalog
• The Arizona Wildcat at IMDb
• The Arizona Wildcat at AllMovie
• The Arizona Wildcat at the TCM Movie Database