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Bill's brother dies due to a stampede started by cattlemen. Barb wire is installed to keep herds away from lands cultivated by farmers. The cattlemen state that the wire is dangerous to their herds but lose the case in court. War begins.
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Bill Martin (as Wild Bill Elliott)
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Red Olsen
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Kathy MacKenzie
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Tad Sloan
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Austin
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MacKenzie - Rancher
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Link - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)
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Alvord - Henchman
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Ed Murdock
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Carey
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Sam
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Maggie
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Judge Bruce
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Bartender
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Blacksmith (as Eugene Roth)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Roy Butler ...
Barbed-Wire Maker (uncredited)
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Farmer (uncredited)
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Henchman (uncredited)
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Rancher (uncredited)
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Farmer (uncredited)
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Henchman (uncredited)
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Farmer (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Rancher (uncredited)
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Farmer (uncredited)
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Hawkins - Wagon Driver (uncredited)
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Farmer (uncredited)
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Farmer (uncredited)
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Henchman (uncredited)
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Henchman (uncredited)
John Rosser ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
Danny Sands ...
Farmer (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
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Henchman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Lewis D. Collins

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Jack DeWitt ... (story and screenplay) and
Joseph F. Poland ... (story and screenplay) (as Joseph Poland)

Produced by

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Vincent M. Fennelly ... producer

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Raoul Kraushaar
Mort Glickman ... (uncredited)

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Ernest Miller

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Sam Fields

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Dave Milton

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Robert Priestley

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Melville Shyer ... assistant director

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John K. Kean ... sound recording engineer (as John Kean)

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Bill Coontz ... stunts (uncredited)
Whitey Hughes ... stunts (uncredited)

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Emilie Ehrlich ... continuity

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Stanley Price ... dialogue supervisor

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Plot Summary

The brother (House Peters Jr.) of rancher Bill Martin (Bill Elliott) is killed in a stampede started by cattleman. Bill returns to the Fargo country to take his brother's place and is welcomed by law-abiding cattleman MacKenzie (Jack Ingram)) and his daughter Kathy (Phyllis Coates). The leader of the ruthless cattle interests are townsman Austin (Arthur Space) and his henchmen Red (Myron Healey), Link (Robert J. Wilke) and Albord (Terry Frost). Bill has the idea of putting up barbed wire to keep the herds from been driven over the land cultivated by the farmers. He, aided by Tad Sloan (Fuzzy Knight), produces the wire by make-shift methods, but it proves effective. The cattleman charge in court that the wire is dangerous to their herds but lose the case. Austin orders his men to seize Bill, bale him in strands of the wire, and throw him on the stage of the town hall during a fall festival. Bill doesn't take kindly to this and it precipitates open war. Written by Les Adams

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Also Known As
  • Guerra no Sertão (Brazil)
  • La valle dei desperados (Italy)
  • 決鬦の谷 (Japan, Japanese title)
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