Synopsis
Originally slated for release by Eagle Lion, Skipalong Rosenbloom purchased by United Artists -- who gave it a cursory theatrical release before selling the film to television. As it turned out, TV was the appropriate medium for this heavy-handed satire of video westerns. Former boxing champ Maxie Rosenbloom plays a lampooned variation of Hopalong Cassidy, with all the standard western cliches in evidence. "Skipalong" Rosenbloom is depicted as the star of a heavily commercialized TV kiddie show, presided over by a smarmy announcer. The plot proper finds "Skipalong" at odds with western bad guy Butcher Baer, played by Rosenbloom's onetime ring opponent Max Baer. Others in the cast are Jackie Coogan, Fuzzy Knight and Hillary Brooke, who seem to be having fun with the dreadful material foisted upon them.
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Jackie Coogan
Buck Lovelace
Raymond Hatton
Granpappy Tex Rosenbloom
Fuzzy Knight
Sneaky Pete
Hillary Brooke
Square Deal Sal (as Hillary Brook)
Ray Walker
TV Announcer
Al Shaw
Al (as Shaw and Lee)
Artie Ortego
Henchman Artie
Dewey Robinson
Honest John - Bartender
Maxie Rosenbloom
Skipalong Rosenbloom (as Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom)
Jacqueline Fontaine
Caroline Witherspoon
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