The Marshal of Windy Hollow (1972)

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Director:

Jerry Whittington

Genre:

Western

Plot:

The Texas Rangers are called in to investigate a string of attacks on wagon trains.

Cast

Sunset Carson	...	Marshal
Ken Maynard	...	Texas Ranger
Tex Ritter	...	Windy Hollow Mayor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tex Barr	...	Bull
Baker Brothers	...	Musicians In Saloon
George Clark	...	Saloon Owner
Old Joe Clark	...	Devil Wolf
Bill Cody	...	Indian Chief
Bruce Embry II	...	Ranger
Ray Epperson	...	Outlaw
Buffy Fayne	...	Saloon Dancer
Glenn Huffman	...	Outlaw
Lee Hysinger	...	Bartender
Bill Jeffries III	...	Bartender
Buster Jones	...	Outlaw
Jim Knight	...	Outlaw
Leonard Mann	...	Outlaw
Billy Morris	...	Ranger Johnny
Kathy Patton	...	Kathy Cassidy
Joe Powell III	...	Wagon Master
Joseph Priddy	...	Slim (Outlaw)
Hal Riddle	...	Governor
Bill Riley III	...	Ranger
Jimmy Rogers III	...	Outlaw
Russell Rudd	...	Outlaw
Jerry Spears	...	Outlaw
Genevieve Stockhauser	...	Princess Wynona
Ted Wells IV	...	Outlaw
Debbie Whitiker	...	Saloon Girl
Jerry Whittington	...	Deputy Marshal
Billy Wilkins	...	Outlaw
Leonard Worth	...	Outlaw
Bill Wright	...	Outlaw
Wes Wright	...	Young Boy

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Windy Hollow, Kentucky, USA

Trivia:

The film was completed but never released.

Remembering The Marshall of Wendy Hollow - Behind the Scenes

The following comments are regarding the filming of The Marshall of Wendy Hollow. It is my understanding that this film was never commercially released as after the movie was filmed, a dispute regarding the financing occurred, and the release of the film was tied up in litigation.

Sometime ago I talked my wife into traveling to Owensborro, Kentucky to watch the filming of The Marshall of Windy Hollow. My motivation for this was the fact that the film featured a number of B Western stars of yesterday such as Ken Maynard, Tex Ritter, Sunset Carson. When we reached Owensboro, Kentucky I shared my enthusiasm for the prospect of meeting my favorite cowboy star, Ken Maynard with a number of area residents. The residents were quite helpful as they provided directions to the film site. They were a proud bunch that quickly noted that they had their own famous native film star, Tom Ewell. Apparently, Owensborro native, Mr. Ewell, held an administrative position with the Kentucky Film Commission, and was now living in his boyhood home. The locals offered to take the two of us to meet with him to discuss the art of creating movies, etc. Foolislhly, I told them that we were in a hurry as I wanted to catch a glimpse of my all time favorite cowboy hero, Ken Maynard.

When we finally arrived at the film site we were sadly disappointed to find that the film site was a series of grayish, dismal hills sitting on what was left of a large section of strip mined acreage. We sat around for a number of hours watching a number of the local townspeople pretending to portray cowboy movie villains. Apparently, the casting decision for hiring the locals had more to do with cost saving considering the fact that they had provided their own western costumes. Sunset Carson finally appeared on the scene. He had put a few pounds on over the years, his bushy hair was thinning as he sweat-ed profusely. The years had not treated him kindly. My wife and I watched him as he gallantly rode toward the cameraman in a scene suggesting that he was pursuing the villains. They shot the scene about three times...then we wound up waiting for an hour so while they made ready for the next scene. The next scene we witnessed was taken near a small man-made lake or pond with a large rock in the middle of it surrounded by more of the large, dismal strip mined landscape. We waited for a long time for the scene to be shot. The planned camera shot was for Sunset Carson to engage in a gunfight with several outlaws. The plan was for Sunset Carson to shoot one of the outlaws standing on the large rock, and for the outlaw to fall into the water below. The camera began filming and everything worked like clockwork until the man who portrayed the outlaw pinched his nose as he fell into the water below. The crowd watching the film shoot all laughed while the cameraman and the director seemed quite frustrated. Now the entire film crew had to wait around while the man's outfit dried before re-shooting the scene. Was this done on the cheap or what? As we waited for the filming to continue all I could think of was the mistake I had made in trading off an opportunity to meet Tom ("The Seven Year Itch")Ewell for the no show Ken Maynard (who must have been in his 80's). Nevertheless it remained an interesting experience to witness the techniques of a film being shot, even if it was never released.

Years later I met a guy in Louisville named Bill Jeffries. He owned a camera shop, and collected B Western movies. Interestingly, enough he told me he had acquired Sunset Carson's saddle. Apparently, Sunset had fallen on hard times and had sold his beautiful movie saddle to the man. It was at that time that he told me that the film "The Marshall of Wendy Hollow" was in litigation and that it would probably would never be released. A sad ending for the B Western heroes of yesteryear!