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Crooked River

Crooked River

THE WEST CHEERED THEIR NAMES! Raw-fisted heroes whose blasting guns and blazing courage brought peace to the rangelands!

19503.01h 0m

Overview

Ellison is the star searching for the killer of his parents while Hayden's a not-too-bad bandit leader.

Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by Gloria Welsch, Ron Ormond, Maurice Tombragel
Produced by Ron Ormond
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Top Cast

James Ellison

James Ellison

Shamrock Ellison

Russell Hayden

Russell Hayden

Lucky Hayden

Raymond Hatton

Raymond Hatton

Colonel

Fuzzy Knight

Fuzzy Knight

Deacon

Julie Adams

Julie Adams

Ann Hayden

Tom Tyler

Tom Tyler

Weston

S

Stephen Carr

Butch

Dennis Moore

Dennis Moore

Bob

George Chesebro

George Chesebro

Dad Ellison

Bud Osborne

Bud Osborne

Bud

Themes & Keywords

bandit

About Crooked River

Crooked River is a western film released in 1950 exploring themes of bandit. Directed by Thomas Carr, it stars James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Raymond Hatton. Ellison is the star searching for the killer of his parents while Hayden's a not-too-bad bandit leader.

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