Release Year: 1937
Release Date: Tue May 04 1937
Runtime: 53 minutes
Filmed In Black And White
Genre: Western
Filming Locations: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine
Studio: Republic
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Actors: Chris Allen (as Man at Dance), Silver Tip Baker (as Settler), Richard Beach (as Surveyor), Bob Burns (as Settler), Fred Burns (as Livery Stable Owner), Nora Bush (as Townswoman), Budd Buster (as Settler), Bob Card (as Settler), Elmer (as Elmer), Lee Ford (as Perkins), June Johnson (as Settler Girl), Al Kunde (as Settler), William McCall (as Settler Flanagan), Bud McClure (as Settler), Eva McKenzie (as Settler’s Wife), Robert McKenzie (as Storekeeper), Peggy McKim (as Settler Girl), John Merton (as Clem Jurgins), Jack O’Shea (as Settler), Fred Parker (as Settler), Edward Peil Sr. (as Rankin), Rose Plumer (as Woman at Dance), Allen D. Sewall (as Settler), Duke Taylor (as Henchman), Fred ‘Snowflake’ Toones (as Snowflake)
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Plot: During the Great Depression, when natural catastrophes including floods destroy the homes of thousands,.crooked, con man Phineas Flagg buys up all the ranches in Arizona’s Gunsmoke Valley at the bargain price of $2 per acre. The displaced families are only too happy to buy what Flagg misrepresents as 40 acres of prime farmland per family at the bargain price of $50 an acre. What he doesn’t tell the migrants is that the entire area has been condemned under the law of eminent domain and will soon be flooded for the construction of a new dam. The group’s leader, Judge Warren, initially disregards the Mesquiteers’ warnings that they’re being conned,, but Stony’ romances his beautiful granddaughter Marion,, and the settlers accept the Mesquiteers’ help,, but is it too late?
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Sources: Museum Of Western Film History Archives, IMDb, JustWatch