Driftin' River

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Roscoe Ates, Eddie Dean, Shirley Patterson, and Flash in Driftin' River (1946)

Cowboy Eddie and his sidekick Soapy help clean up a lawless town.Cowboy Eddie and his sidekick Soapy help clean up a lawless town.Cowboy Eddie and his sidekick Soapy help clean up a lawless town.

Director
- Robert Emmett Tansey
Writers
- Frances Kavanaugh
- Robert Emmett Tansey
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6.4/10

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Director
- Robert Emmett Tansey
Writers
- Frances Kavanaugh
- Robert Emmett Tansey
Stars

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Eddie Dean: [Whistling Sam Wade has ambushed and killed Tennessee. At Tennessee's graveside funeral, Eddie Dean delivers this eulogy] Oh Heavenly Father, our beloved Tennessee has gone to join the great roundup in Heaven. He left us here on earth his will. Not the kind of will that most men leave of gold and riches, but a will of truth and beauty, something money cannot buy. He left us the rolling hills of the West which he loved so dearly, the glorious sunrise and magnificent sunset of each new day. He left us the memory of a courageous spirit undaunted by trials and hardships. He left us his love to enjoy and share with our fellow man. Humbly we ask understanding and appreciation of all of these things. Amen

Connections
Edited into The Tioga Kid (1948)

Soundtracks
Way Back in Oklahoma
Written by Johnny Bond and Eddie Dean
Sung by Eddie Dean and Roscoe Ates with The Sunshine Boys

Driftin' River finds Eddie Dean and a non-stuttering Roscoe Ates working for the army investigating the theft of horses intended for the army by a gang.

This unfortunately is where the plot gets unbelievable. Horse thieving is one thing, but what this gang does is massacre an army patrol after delivery is made to make up for an error when a shipment does get through. They don't even attempt an effort to disguise their work so Indians might get blamed. That's just begging for trouble, no outlaw with half a brain would do that.

In his investigation Dean gets a lucky break when with some idling whistling he gets mistaken for an outlaw named Whistling Sam Wade and gains entry into the gang. Of course the inevitable results follow.

Producer's Releasing Corporation gave us this one and while fans of B westerns might like it, the rest will pass this one by.