The Stranger from Ponca City

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The Stranger from Ponca City
The Stranger from Ponca City poster.jpg
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Directed by Derwin Abrahams
Screenplay by Ed Earl Repp
Produced by Colbert Clark
Starring Charles Starrett
Virginia Hunter
Texas Jim Lewis
Smiley Burnette
CinematographyGeorge F. Kelley
Edited byBurton Kramer
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 3, 1947 (1947-07-03)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Stranger from Ponca City is a 1947 American Western film directed by Derwin Abrahams and written by Ed Earl Repp. The film stars Charles Starrett, Virginia Hunter, Texas Jim Lewis and Smiley Burnette. The film was released on July 3, 1947, by Columbia Pictures. [1] [2] [3] This was the twenty-fourth of 65 films in the Durango Kid series. [4]

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References

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