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Pirates of the Prairie

Pirates of the Prairie

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 20, 1942

Runtime

0h 57m

Genres

Western

User Score

60%

Original Title

Pirates of the Prairie

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Director

Howard Bretherton

Description

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.