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Chuck

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Jul 21, 2014, 7:16:20 PM7/21/14
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My wife was watching an old western on Netflix, for some reason she has
started to like them. I passed through the room while making dinner and
thought - wow! He'd be a good Doc Savage. A few minutes later, she said
the same thing. The movie - Gunfighters of Abilene. The actor - Buster
Crabbe. Surprised me when I realized who he was.

Chuck

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Aug 5, 2014, 1:44:32 PM8/5/14
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There's a great publicity photo of Crabbe from some serial (maybe one of
the Flash Gordons) where he's wearing jodhpurs and a torn shirt � a la
Doc Savage:

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Flash-gordon-buster-crabbe-1936.jpg
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