The Cherokee Flash

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The Cherokee Flash
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Directed by Thomas Carr
Written by Betty Burbridge
Produced by Bennett Cohen
Starringsee list below
Cinematography Reggie Lanning
Edited by Charles Craft
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date
  • December 13, 1945 (1945-12-13)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Cherokee Flash is a 1945 American Western film directed by Thomas Carr. It is a Sunset Carson serial Western in which Carson works to free his father and clear the family name from a crime his father did not commit.

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Plot

Lawyer Butler, wanting Jeff Carson's ranch, has the Sheriff and his gang frame the bank holdup on him. Then they kill a witness that could free Carson and blame the murder on his son Sunset. But Sunset escapes, frees his father, and then sets a trap to catch the real killers.

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