Trail of the Rustlers

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Trail of the Rustlers
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Original film poster
Directed by Ray Nazarro
Written by Victor Arthur
Produced by Colbert Clark
Starring Charles Starrett
Gail Davis
Tommy Ivo
Cinematography Fayte M. Browne
Edited by Paul Borofsky
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • February 2, 1950 (1950-02-02)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Trail of the Rustlers is a 1950 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Charles Starrett, Gail Davis and Tommy Ivo. [1] It is also known by the alternative title Lost River. This was the forty-fifth of 65 films in the Durango Kid series. [2]

Contents

The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles Clague. It was shot at the Iverson Ranch.

Plot

Kindly Mrs. Mahoney is actually the mastermind behind a scheme to acquire all the ranch land in the valley. Her sons and their henchmen use violence to get the ranchers to sell with her son Chick impersonating the Durango Kid who leads the attacks on the ranchers.

Cast

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References

  1. Pitts p.363
  2. Blottner, Gene (2011). "The Durango Kid". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN   9780786486724.

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