The Buckskin Lady

The Buckskin Lady

The Hell-Hot Story Of A Hell-Bent Dancehall Dame Who Climbed To The Top ...Bullet By Bullet ...Man By Man!

NR 1957 · 66 min · ★ 4.3 · Western

Patricia Medina plays the title character in The Buckskin Lady. Medina is cast as female gambler Angela Medley, who is forced by circumstances to align herself with outlaw Slinger. But Angela has never gotten over her love for honest frontier doctor Bruce Merritt, and at the first opportunity she redeems herself by catching a bullet intended for the doc. Henry Hull delivers the film's most memorable performance as Angela's drunken wretch of a father. Per the title, Buckskin Lady affords the viewer ample opportunity to see Patricia Medina in form-fitting western garb.

Directed by Carl K. Hittleman · Written by David Lang

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Patricia Medina Angela Medley
Richard Denning Dr. Bruce Merritt
Gerald Mohr Slinger
Henry Hull Dr. James Goldsboro ('Doc') Medley
Hank Worden Lon
Dorothy Adams Mrs. Adams
Byron Foulger Latham
Frank Sully Jed
John Dierkes Swanson
Louis Lettieri Ralphie
George Cisar Cranston
Robin Short Nevada

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