American Empire (1942)
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
THE ACTION-BLAZING EPIC OF AMERICA'S MARCH WESTWARD!
Dan Taylor: The war's over Pax. We can't start another one, just because you're restless.
Kernville, California, USA
This was one of two dozen Walter Wanger/Harry Sherman/Cinema Guild films originally released by United Artists, re-released theatrically in 1948 by Masterpiece Productions, and ultimately sold by them for US television syndication in 1950. It was first telecast in Los Angeles Sunday 16 April 1950 on KTLA (Channel 5), in New York City Saturday 20 May 1950 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Cincinnati Saturday 3 June 1950 on WKRC (Channel 11), in Philadelphia Sunday 25 June 1950 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Chicago Monday 26 June 1950 on WENR (Channel 7), in Atlanta Wednesday 5 July 1950 on WSB (Channel 8), in Albuquerque Tuesday 18 July1950 on KOB (Channel 4), in Detroit Sunday 17 September 1950 on WXYZ (Channel 7), in San Francisco Saturday 14 October 1950 on KGO (Channel 7), in Pittsburgh Friday 1 December 1950 on WDTV (Channel 3), and in Boston Sunday 7 January 1951 on WNAC (Channel 7).
Originally scheduled as a Paramount release, but sold to United Artists instead .
Chris-Pin Martin (Gordito) and Leo Carrillo (Pancho) each played sidekicks to the Cisco Kid.
American Empire (1942) is the final screenwriting effort of Ben Grauman Kohn.
American Empire (1942) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.