The Man From Button Willow [Slim Case]

Description

The first undercover agent in America helps western settlers battle against oppression.

A delightfully different excitingly new adventure in family entertainment!

Reviews

Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2009-11-04
Summary: "Obscure animated western"

EASTWEST DVDs offer no subtitles or extras beyond plot synopses on the cases's back cover. Their space-saver cases provide a nice variety of lesser-known films for bargain prices.


The distributor of "The Man from Button Willow," UNITED SCREEN ARTS was partly-owned by the picture's star, Dale Robertson.

SYNOPSIS--
A live-action Robertson introduces the story.
In 1869, Justin Eagle, an American rancher doubling as an undercover agent is asked to rescue a kidnapped senator and aid local property owners against underhanded RR land speculators. But first comes scenes of his home, "The Eagle's Nest," and life with sidekick Sorry and Justin's Chinese ward, Stormy.


Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.

(5.2) The Man from Button Willow (animated-1965) - voices of: Dale Robertson/Edgar Buchanan/Howard Keel/Barbara Jean Wong/Herschel Bernardi/Pinto Colvig/Ross Martin/Cliff Edwards/Verna Felton/Edward Platt


TRIVIANA:
TV western star DALE ROBERTSON (Justin) served on a tank crew in WWII. He fought in North Africa and Europe and was twice wounded.

EDGAR BUCHANAN (Sorry) practiced dentistry until age 38, when he became an actor.

BARBARA JEAN WONG (Stormy) was a regular on the Amos 'n' Andy radio program.

HERSCHEL BERNARDI portrayed hipster "Charlie the Tuna" in 1960s Chicken of the Sea TV commercials.

Cartoon specialist PINTO COLVIG created the voice of Disney's Goofy and Fleischer's Gabby, the Lilliput town crier. Colvig was also all three voices in the "Mayor of Munchkin City" scene from THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939).

CLIFF EDWARDS won an Oscar as Jiminy Cricket for his rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star," in Disney's PINOCCHIO (1940). During the 20s, he was a scat-singing Hot Jazzer nicknamed "Ukulele Ike."

Five months after this picture's release, ROSS MARTIN (Senator Freeman) co-starred as Artemis Gordon on the TV series, THE WILD, WILD WEST.