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Law and Lead (1936)

1936 · Feature film · 61 min · dir. Robert F. Hill

  • Western

Synopsis

A cowboy hears rumors that an old friend who once headed a criminal gang and had since gone straight is now back on the wrong side of the law. He goes to investigate.

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Details

Director
Robert F. Hill
Writer
Robert F. Hill
Studio
Colony Pictures
Released
1936-11-14
Running time
61 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · Rex Bell Helps Friend, Meets Girl - Business As Usual · Poohbah70 · 2019-11-28

Once again, one of the many so-so westerns, compact, action filled, and here with a few plot twists to make it more interesting. Handsome Jimmy Sawyer (Rex Bell) goes to investigate reports that his old friend Pancho Gonzalez aka The Juarez Kid (Donald Reed) has returned to a life of crime after promising Bell he'd go straight. The jokers in this deck include Steve Bradley (Wally Wales), ranch foreman for Dad Earl Dwire (Hawley), and Pancho's mother (Soledad Jimenez). Thrown in for love interest is cutie Harley Wood (Hope Hawley) the feisty daughter of Dad Hawley. She appeared in 19…

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