Shotgun Pass

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Shotgun Pass
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Directed by J.P. McGowan
Written by Robert Quigley
Starring
Cinematography Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by S. Roy Luby
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
November 1, 1931
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Shotgun Pass is a 1931 American Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Tim McCoy, Virginia Lee Corbin and Monte Vandergrift. [1]

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Plot

Brothers Jake and Spider Mitchell conflict with Walker over access to land that he has rented from his girlfriend's father. They first try to charge a toll, then try to kill the real owner, and finally begin to build a fence. Walker's sidekick, Sagebrush, dynamites the fence, and a resulting stampede of horses kills the brothers. [2]

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References

  1. Pitts p.311
  2. Wollstein, Hans J. "Shotgun Pass (1932)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.

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