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Pirates of the Prairie

19426.0 / 1057 min
Western

Overview

WAR OUT WEST...as bullets whine and fists fly!

In one of his better early Westerns, Tim Holt, as Deputy Marshal Larry Durant, is sent to Spencerville where a gang of vigilantes has been terrorizing the citizenry. Going undercover as a gunsmith, Larry quickly learns that the leader of the vigilantes, John Spencer (John Elliott), is an honest man who only seeks to establish law and order. The real brains behind the crimes, meanwhile, are revealed to be Spencer's brother-in-law, Lou Harmon (Roy Barcroft), and his chief henchman, Leighton (Charles King), who speculate in the coming of the railroad by forcing the townspeople to relinquish their land.

Cast

Tim Holt

Tim Holt

Deputy Marshal Larry Durant

Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards

Ike

Nell O'Day

Nell O'Day

Helen Spencer

John Elliott

John Elliott

John Spencer

Roy Barcroft

Roy Barcroft

Lew Harmon

Karl Hackett

Karl Hackett

Rufe Jackson

Ed Cassidy

Ed Cassidy

Chief Surveyor Allen

Charles King

Charles King

Henchman Layton

Ben Corbett

Ben Corbett

Corbett / Shorty Carver (uncredited)

Crew

Howard Bretherton

Howard Bretherton

Director

Nicholas Musuraca

Nicholas Musuraca

Director of Photography

Doris Schroeder

Doris Schroeder

Screenplay

Berne Giler

Berne Giler

Story

J. Benton Cheney

J. Benton Cheney

Screenplay