24 January 1938 Western 58 mins
David Ross organizes the ranchers into a vigilante group to rid the town of outlaws. The plan succeeds but the trouble starts when some of the men form a new vigilante group and posing as the original one plunder for loot.
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Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke
Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith
Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin
Joan Barclay as Jean McAllister
Earl Dwire as David Ross
Earle Hodgins as J. T. McAllister
Francis Sayles as Wiliam Jones
George Chesebro as Eggers
Robert Fiske as George Drake
Jack Perrin as Duncan
Ernie Adams as Blake
William Gould as Jenkins, Saloon Owner
Harry Strang as Jim Murphy
Ed Cassidy as Sheriff Jim
George Sherman Director
Betty Burbridge Screenplay
Oliver Drake Screenplay
William Colt MacDonald Characters
Sol C. Siegel Associate Producer
Ernest Miller Director of Photography
Lester Orlebeck Editor
Al Wilson Production Manager
George Montgomery Stunts
Duke Taylor Stunts
Wally West Stunts
Canada 24 January 1938
United States 24 January 1938
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