Spoilers of the Range

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Spoilers of the Range
Directed by Charles C. Coleman
(as C.C. Coleman Jr.)
Screenplay byPaul Franklin
Produced by Harry L. Decker
Starring Charles Starrett
Cinematography Allen G. Siegler
Edited by William A. Lyon
Color process Black and white
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 27, 1939 (1939-04-27)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Spoilers of the Range is a 1939 American Western film directed by Charles C. Coleman and starring Charles Starrett. [1]

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Plot

Hero Jeff Strong (Starrett) comes to the rescue of a group of victimized ranchers. The villains are a gang of crooked gamblers, who demand a valuable dam as payment for a $50,000 debt. The ranchers hope to earn the money by getting their cattle to market on time, but head bad guy Cash Fenton (Kenneth MacDonald) and his flunkey Lobo (Dick Curtis) intend to prevent this.

Cast

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References

  1. Reid, John Howard (July 2006). Best Western Movies: Winning Pictures, Favorite Films and Hollywood B Entries. Lulu.com. p. 158. ISBN   978-1-84728-181-4.