Law of the West
Released: February 20, 1949Runtime: 54 min
With the railroad coming, Nixon is after the ranchers land. Using a stooge land agent, his method is to claim the person they bought their ranches from never had title to the land and their deeds are worthless. Fereral Agent Johnny Mack arrives posing as a gunman. He is quickly onto the henchman and Land Agent and eventually suspects Nixon is the big boss. But he needs the help of ventriloquist Alibi to bring them in.
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Johnny Mack Brown
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Max Terhune
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Bill Kennedy
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Jack Ingram
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Riley Hill
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Eddie Parker
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Marshall Reed
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Kenne Duncan
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Gerry Pattison
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