US Release date: 13 October 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 9 September 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA.
Running time: 94 minutes.
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Randolph Scott, Bill Williams & Victor Jory
Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Two weeks at Hoyts Lyceum Theatre from 18 August 1950 with Angels in Disguise as support.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 8-W-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 161 | 145 |
| EF PPE | 3.16 | 170 |
| Metres Travelled | 520,141 | 94 |
| Average MT | 10,199 | 176 |
| Engagements | 51 | 65 |
| Slots | 56 | 136 |
| Weeks | 5 | 168 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 9.80% | 202 |
| Saturdays | 12 | 185 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 23.53% | 258 |
| Tuesdays | 34 | 9 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 66.67% | 36 |
| First billed | 35 | 115 |
| Second billed | 16 | 164 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 42 |
| Ratio | 82.35% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -10.01% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 7 |
| Ratio | 13.73% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 8.34% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 2 |
| Ratio | 3.92% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.68% |
| Hoyts eng | 31 |
| Ratio | 60.78% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.00% |
| Independent eng | 6 |
| Ratio | 11.76% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 0.26% |
| Suburban eng | 14 |
| Ratio | 27.45% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 4.73% |
NOTES: Randy was a reliable audience puller for Tuesdays top billing (usually with The Guilty) ranking ninth overall for Tuesdays and holding up the bottom half of the bill on Saturdays (for Sons of Matthew on several occasions. This handy entry garnered 9 plays after its tenth week which was far more than most managed.
Fighting Man of the Plains engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
| St. Kilda | Memorial | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | W | 1 | The Guilty |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Guilty |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | S | 1 | The Guilty |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Stop Press Girl |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | S | 1 | The Guilty |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | One Last Fling |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 4 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 4 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 4 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 5 | S | 1 | The Guilty |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 7/10/50 | 5 | T | 1 | The Trespasser |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 5 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 5 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Eltham | Plaza | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Jungle Jim |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 6 | T | 2 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 21/10/50 | 7 | S | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 21/10/50 | 7 | T | 2 | You’re My Everything |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 7 | T | 2 | Whirlpool |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 4/11/50 | 9 | T | 1 | State Department File 649 |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 4/11/50 | 9 | T | 2 | Slattery’s Hurricane |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 11/11/50 | 10 | T | 1 | Into the Straight |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 11/11/50 | 10 | T | 1 | Rusty’s Birthday |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 18/11/50 | 11 | W | 2 | Whirlpool |
| West Coburg | Progress | Independent | 25/11/50 | 12 | T | 2 | Tension |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 2/12/50 | 13 | S | 2 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 2/12/50 | 13 | S | 2 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 9/12/50 | 14 | T | 1 | Tell it to the Judge |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 16/12/50 | 15 | T | 2 | Miracle on 34th Street |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 6/1/51 | 18 | S | 2 | Superman |
| Greensborough | Victory | Suburban | 21/7/51 | 46 | S | 2 | The Blue Lamp |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 1/9/51 | 52 | T | 2 | Dumbo |
The 1950 Project 