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Frontier Gunlaw

Frontier Gunlaw

Phantom outlaws are no match for the Robin Hood of the Range!

19461h 0m

Overview

Jim Stewart comes to Mesa City and buys a ranch from publisher Matt Edwards, who is confined to a wheelchair. The area is terrorized by an outlaw gang known as The Phantoms. When Jim's cattle herd is rustled and his ranch foreman Pop Evans killed, he takes an active hand against the gang in his guise as the Durango Kid.

Directed by Derwin Abrahams
Written by Bennett Cohen, Victor McLeod
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Top Cast

Charles Starrett

Charles Starrett

Jim "The Durango Kid" Stewart

Tex Harding

Tex Harding

Tex Harding

Dub Taylor

Dub Taylor

Cannonball

Jean Stevens

Jean Stevens

Kitty Harding

Weldon Heyburn

Weldon Heyburn

Matt Edwards

Jack Rockwell

Jack Rockwell

Hank Watson

Frank LaRue

Frank LaRue

Sheriff Kincaid

John Elliott

John Elliott

Pop Evans

Bob Kortman

Bob Kortman

Mace

Stanley Price

Stanley Price

Sam

About Frontier Gunlaw

Frontier Gunlaw is a western film released in 1946. Directed by Derwin Abrahams, it stars Charles Starrett, Tex Harding, Dub Taylor. Jim Stewart comes to Mesa City and buys a ranch from publisher Matt Edwards, who is confined to a wheelchair. The area is terrorized by an outlaw gang known as The Phantoms. When Jim's cattle herd is rustled and his ranch foreman Pop Evans killed, he takes an active hand against the gang in his guise as the Durango Kid.

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