After killing a man in self defense over a poker game, Wild Bill Elliott turns outlaw in order to escape a lynch mob.
Acting
Wild Bill Elliott's weary charisma carries the whole thing
Editing
68 minutes—no fat, all plot, barely breathes
Director
Lewis D. Collins
Bill Elliott
Matt Boone
I. Stanford Jolley
Curly Ivers
Pamela Blake
Kathy Clark
Paul Fierro
Lou Garcia
Rand Brooks
Al
Richard Avonde
Pedro
Pierce Lyden
Farley
Lane Bradford
Wallace
Terry Frost
Will Richards
Stanley Price
Sheriff of Waco
Stanley Andrews
Judge
Michael Whalen
Banker Barnes
Ray Bennett
Bull Clark
Rory Mallinson
Crawford
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wild Bill Elliott was so committed to his 'peaceable man forced into violence' persona that he insisted his characters rarely fired first—a contractual quirk that defined his entire career.
This was part of Monogram Pictures' assembly line of 'Red Ryder' style westerns churned out for rural theaters, often shot in under a week with recycled sets and costumes.
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