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Prairie Pals (1942)

1942 · Feature film · 58 min · dir. Sam Newfield

It's A Modern Gold Rush... Gangster Style! But Three Ridin' Singin' Fightin' Buckaroos Stop 'Em Cold

  • Western
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Synopsis

Shannon wants Hank Stoner's land for the vanadium ore it contains. He has chemist Wainwright, who can change the ore into gold, held prisoner. But the Frontier Marshals are on the job. Art and Bill have infiltrated the gang and are getting messages to Lee as to the gang's plans.

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Details

Director
Sam Newfield
Writer
Patricia Harper
Studio
PRC, Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Released
1942-09-04
Series
The Frontier Marshals Collection
Running time
58 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★ · Davis, Boyd, Powell - Another Dull Trio · Poohbah70 · 2019-12-17

Art Davis and Bill Boyd harmonize well together on 3 or 4 songs stuck in wherever there was an opportunity. Otherwise, they and Lee Powell make one uninteresting, poorly acted trio - again, not the competition to the 3 Mesquiteers that PRC had hoped for. The plot is another version of the scientist with a formula who has been captured by the bad guys and forced to work for them. All the usual bad guys are here: Stanford Jolley, Charles King, John Merton and Kermit Maynard - and do their best to build up interest in an otherwise flat production. Pretty Esther Estrella shows up as the…

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