Law of the West
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Law of the West

Range Pirates Walk The Plank... when Johnny's guns start laying down the law!

7.0 / 10 1949 54mNR English
Western

Storyline

With the railroad coming, Nixon is after the ranchers land. Using a stooge land agent, his method is to claim the person they bought their ranches from never had title to the land and their deeds are worthless. Fereral Agent Johnny Mack arrives posing as a gunman. He is quickly onto the henchman and Land Agent and eventually suspects Nixon is the big boss. But he needs the help of ventriloquist Alibi to bring them in.

Cast & Crew

Johnny Mack Brown

Johnny Mack Brown

Federal Agent Johnny Mack

Lead
Max Terhune

Max Terhune

Alibi Jenkins

Bill Kennedy

Bill Kennedy

Dan Nixon - Land Agent

Jack Ingram

Jack Ingram

Henry Burke

Riley Hill

Riley Hill

Charley Lane

Eddie Parker

Eddie Parker

Big Mike - Henchman

Marshall Reed

Marshall Reed

Drago - Henchman

Kenne Duncan

Kenne Duncan

Frank Stevens

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ray Taylor's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Law of the West is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker