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Pinto Canyon
19403.00h 55m
Overview
In his final Western for Poverty Row's Metropolitan Pictures, Bob Steele played Bob Hall, a lawman looking into a series of cattle rustlings. The leader of the rustlers, rancher Farley (Ted Adams), hires killer Pete Childers (George Cheseboro) to impersonate a deputy sheriff and gain Sheriff Hall's confidence.
Directed by Raymond K. Johnson
Written by Carl Krusada
0Top Cast
Bob Steele
Bob Hall
Louise Stanley
Helen Jones
Kenne Duncan
Fred Jones
Ted Adams
Jim Farley
Steve Clark
Hardy Kellar
Budd Buster
Bill Kellar
Murdock MacQuarrie
Rancher Barnes
George Chesebro
Pete Childers
C
Carl Mathews
Henchman Clem
Jimmy Aubrey
Deputy George
Themes & Keywords
sheriffmurder
About Pinto Canyon
Pinto Canyon is a western film released in 1940 exploring themes of sheriff, murder. Directed by Raymond K. Johnson, it stars Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, Kenne Duncan. In his final Western for Poverty Row's Metropolitan Pictures, Bob Steele played Bob Hall, a lawman looking into a series of cattle rustlings. The leader of the rustlers, rancher Farley (Ted Adams), hires killer Pete Childers (George Cheseboro) to impersonate a deputy sheriff and gain Sheriff Hall's confidence.
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