Deputy Marshal | |
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Directed by | William Berke |
Screenplay by | William Berke |
Based on | novel Deputy Marshal by Charles Heckleman |
Produced by | William Stephens |
Starring | Jon Hall Frances Langford Dick Foran |
Cinematography | Carl Berger |
Edited by | Edward Mann |
Music by | Mahlon Merrick |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Screen Guild Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes 69 minutes (DVD) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $400,000-$500,000 [1] |
Deputy Marshal is a 1949 American Western film directed by William Berke and starring Jon Hall, Frances Langford and Dick Foran. [2]
The film was a more expensive production that usual from Robert L. Lippert who originally hoped for Rod Cameron or George Montgomery. [1]
A lawman (Jon Hall) tracks bank robbers to Wyoming and gets wind of railroad-land scam.
Filming started 6 July 1949. [3]
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