Prairie Law (1940)
FLOWING-GOLD RUSH..when one had to be ready to die today to love tomorrow..in the West's battle for the life-blood of the plains..WATER!
Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills him. Curry then holds a quick election to change the county seat so he can preside at the trial. But Brill gets the Governor to change it back and this leads to the big shootout between Curry's men and Brill and the ranchers.
- Date of release
- 1940-06-14
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- David Howard
Casting
- George O'Brien — Brill Austin
- Virginia Vale — Priscilla Brambull
- Dick Hogan — Larry Brambull
- J. Farrell MacDonald — Sheriff Jim Austin
- Slim Whitaker — Silent
- Cy Kendall — Pete Gore (as Cyrus W. Kendall)
- Paul Everton — Judge Ben Curry
- Henry Hall — Franklin Brambull
- Monte Montague — Sam Sully
- Quen Ramsey — Murph
- Darryl Hickman — Homesteader's Son (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Prairie Law is a 1940 American Western film directed by David Howard from a screenplay by Doris Schroeder and Arthur V. Jones, based on a story by Bernard McConville. Released on June 14, 1940, the film was produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and stars George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, and Dick Hogan.
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