The Fighting Gringo

Controversy over ancient Spanish land grants takes center stage in this exciting George O'Brien Western from RKO. Presented with an obviously phony survey, Don Aliso del Campo (Lucio Villegas) resists rancher John Courtney's (LeRoy Mason) demands that he vacate the ancestral range. Knocked ...more

From the 1920s onward, tough-looking, stout Charles "Slim" Whitaker played literally hundreds of henchmen, stage drivers, barflies, and deputies in budget Westerns. The Fighting Gringo elevates him to main sidekick; not the comedic kind, but a plain-spoken, no-nonsense contrast to George O'Brien's rather flamboyant hero. Despite their disparate talents -- O'Brien was an actor first and a performer second, Whitaker the other way around -- the team's obvious chemistry adds to an already ...more