Pirates of the Prairie (1942)

Pirates of the Prairie

1942

Western

Synopsis

In one of his better early Westerns, Tim Holt, as Deputy Marshal Larry Durant, is sent to Spencerville where a gang of vigilantes has been terrorizing the citizenry. Going undercover as a gunsmith, Larry quickly learns that the leader of the vigilantes, John Spencer (John Elliott), is an honest man who only seeks to establish law and order. The real brains behind the crimes, meanwhile, are revealed to be Spencer's brother-in-law, Lou Harmon (Roy Barcroft), and his chief henchman, Leighton (Charles King), who speculate in the coming of the railroad by forcing the townspeople to relinquish their land.

Credits

Director

Howard Bretherton

Cast

Ben Corbett as Corbett / Shorty Carver (uncredited)

Charles King as Henchman Layton

Cliff Edwards as Ike

Ed Cassidy as Chief Surveyor Allen

John Elliott as John Spencer

Karl Hackett as Rufe Jackson

Nell O'Day as Helen Spencer

Roy Barcroft as Lew Harmon