One Man's Law (1940)
He dealt out a Marshal's Law...with cold courage...and red-hot lead!
In this old-time Western from director George Sherman, peaceable cowpoke Jack Summers takes the job of sheriff to help his adopted town in its bid to beat out a nearby settlement for a lucrative railroad contract. Trailcross is trying to get the new railroad and Stevens wants it to go to Mason City. Jack and sidekick Nevady arrive and when Jack faces down Stevens' men, he is made Marshal. The townspeople raise money for the railroad and entrust it to Jack. But Stevens plants two of his henchmen as Jack's escorts and they rob him. With the Railroad Officials due to arrive, Jack must retrieve the money.
- Date of release
- 1940-06-29
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- George Sherman
Casting
- Don 'Red' Barry — Jack Summers
- Janet Waldo — Joyce Logan
- George Cleveland — Judge Wingate
- Dub Taylor — Nevady
- Edmund Cobb — Red Mathews
- Dick Elliott — Prendergast
- James H. McNamara — George Martin
- Robert Frazer — Russell Fletcher
- Rex Lease — Spike Hudkins
- Edward Peil Sr. — Joel Winters
- Fred 'Snowflake' Toones — Snowflake (as Snowflake)
Interesting facts
One Man's Law is a 1940 American Western film directed by George Sherman and written by Bennett Cohen and Jack Natteford. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Janet Waldo, George Cleveland, Dub Taylor, Edmund Cobb and Dick Elliott. The film was released on June 29, 1940, by Republic Pictures.
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