Fighting Man of the Plains

Fighting Man of the Plains

RENEGADE of the LAW...then he became MARSHAL of the GREAT PLAINS

NR 1949 · 94 min · ★ 5.5 · Action, Romance, Western

Former bandit Jim Dancer becomes marshal of a Kansas town and cleans up the criminal element - with the help of his old pal, Jesse James.

Directed by Edwin L. Marin · Written by Frank Gruber

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