"ROARING ACTION! ROUSING TUNES!" 29 July 1941 Western 60 mins
An evil land baron uses the local Indians as laborers and then finds legal methods to cheat them of their pay. The reservation physician Steve Monroe does his best to thwart the villain by peaceable methods.
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Charles Starrett as Dr. Steven Monroe / The Medico
Cliff Edwards as Bones Malloy
Eileen O'Hearn as Nora Mandan
Stanley Brown as Roy Mandan
Danny Mummert as Timmy Wheeler
Ray Bennett as 'Ace' Hartley
Joe McGuinn as Henchman Hartley
Donald Curtis as Henchman Taylor
Ted Adams as Dave Wheeler
Jack Rockwell as Clayton
Budd Buster as Judge Merriwether
Horace B. Carpenter as Bailiff
Cal Shrum as Band Leader
Dick Botiller as Henchman (uncredited)
Rusty Cline as Band Member (uncredited)
David Sharpe as Clay Mandan
William Berke Producer
Benjamin H. Kline Cinematography
Burton Kramer Editor
Lambert Hillyer Director
James Rubel Novel
Betty Burbridge Screenplay
United States 29 July 1941
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