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Writers:
Carl K. Hittleman (story)
Miltan Luban (screenplay)
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Release Date:
15 November 1949 (USA) more
Tagline:
An Action-Packed Expose of Cattle Rustling Today
Plot:
In order to investigate a modern-day cattle rustling operation, a newspaper reporter and his girlfriend infiltrate the gang. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Don 'Red' Barry ... Dan Reilly (as Don Barry)
Marjorie Steele ... Margie Reilly
Steve Brodie ... Boss Morgan
Marc Lawrence ... Vince (a tough)
Ben Welden ... Sniffy (a tough)
Sid Melton ... Herman (crooked rancher)
John L. Cason ... Joe (crooked rancher) (as John Cason)
Frank Richards ... Steve (thug at ranch)
Fred Kohler Jr. ... Grant (head rancher)
Michael Whalen ... 'Hutch' Hutchison
Edit Angold ... Mrs. Schultz
Leander De Cordova ... Schultz (the butcher)
Stanley Andrews ... Chief Investigator Patterson
Stanley Price ... Al Foster (butcher)
Iris Adrian ... Gloria (the moll)
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Runtime:
64 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #14148) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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One of a handful of films shot with "The new Garutso lens for 3-Dimensional effect". The lens in question was hardly "new", having been developed and used in films since the '30's, but it made great ballyhoo. The lens is an extreme wide angle device that could be used with a large assortment of diopter filters, hence making everything seem, from foreground to background, in perfect focus. more

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Newspaper reporter infiltrates a gang of modern-day cattle rustlers, 9 October 1998
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Author: bux from Tecumseh ok

A nifty little-budget modern western. Barry and girl friend infiltrate a gang of cattle rustlers, using trucks instead of horses. Melton is good as comic relief. Made when Barry was trying to make the transition from western star to dramatics.

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