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70% Critic Match
Pirates of the Prairie
“WAR OUT WEST...as bullets whine and fists fly!”
7.0 / 10• 1942• 57m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Tim Holt
Deputy Marshal Larry Durant
Lead
Cliff Edwards
Ike
Nell O'Day
Helen Spencer
John Elliott
John Spencer
Roy Barcroft
Lew Harmon
Karl Hackett
Rufe Jackson
Ed Cassidy
Chief Surveyor Allen
Charles King
Henchman Layton
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Howard Bretherton's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Pirates of the Prairie is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
