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Pirates of the Prairie

7.3 57 mins Western   1942
RKO Radio Pictures  
Director(s): Howard Bretherton

Release Date: 20 Fri, Nov 1942

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.

Casts of Pirates of the Prairie

Tim Holt

as Deputy Marshal Larry Durant

Cliff Edwards

as Ike

Nell O'Day

as Helen Spencer

John Elliott

as John Spencer

Roy Barcroft

as Lew Harmon

Karl Hackett

as Rufe Jackson

Ed Cassidy

as Chief Surveyor Allen

Charles King

as Henchman Layton

Ben Corbett

as Corbett / Shorty Carver (uncredited)

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