E.G. Blaine — Back in the Saddle Character Profile

About E.G. Blaine

Greedy copper mine and saloon owner whose toxic waste poisoning kills local cattle. He refuses to clean his runoff, manipulates the law to frame Tom, orchestrates a lynch mob, and sets a fatal jailbreak trap. He is ultimately killed during the climactic shootout.

Character Facts

Played by

Arthur Loft

Appears in

Back in the Saddle (1941)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• E.G. Blaine — Conflict Environmental Opponents — Gene Autry (Gene Autry)

  Moral and environmental clash between the cowboy and the mine owner.

• E.G. Blaine — Professional Employer — Duke Winston (Addison Richards)

  Transactional employment relationship that masks deeper deceit.

• E.G. Blaine — Conflict Judicial Oversight — Judge Bent (Edmund Elton)

  Judicial intervention to counter Blaine's local influence.

• E.G. Blaine — Power Mastermind — Sheriff Simpson (Joe McGuinn)

  Authoritarian control where the sheriff executes the villain's violent orders.

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• Gene Autry (Gene Autry)
• Frog Milhouse (Smiley Burnette)
• Patsy (Mary Lee)
• Taffy (Julie Bishop)
• Tom Bennett (Edward Norris)
• Duke Winston (Addison Richards)
• Rancher Williams (Edmund Cobb)
• Saloon Boss Ward (Robert Barron)
• Judge Bent (Edmund Elton)
• Sheriff Simpson (Joe McGuinn)
• Train Porter (uncredited) (Fred 'Snowflake' Toones)