Pirates of the Prairie (1942)
WAR OUT WEST...as bullets whine and fists fly!
57 min
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.
- Release date
- November 20, 1942
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Tim Holt as Larry Durant
- Cliff Edwards as Ike
- Nell O'Day as Helen Spencer
- John Elliott as John Spencer
- Roy Barcroft as Lew Harmon
- Karl Hackett as Rufe Jackson
- Ed Cassidy as Bob Allen
- Charles King as Henchman Layton
- Sedal Bennett as Genevieve
- Tommy Coats as Townsman
Crew
- Howard Bretherton · Director
- Doris Schroeder · Writer
- J. Benton Cheney · Writer
- Berne Giler · Writer
- Bert Gilroy · Producer
- Nicholas Musuraca · Cinematographer
- John Lockert · Editor