California Firebrand

California Firebrand

CALIFORNIA HERE HE COMES!

1948 · 63 min · ★ 5.5 · Western

Directed by Philip Ford in 1948. When cowboy Monte Hale (Monte Hale) returns home to investigate his uncle's murder, he's mistaken for a fierce outlaw and is hired by the town's corrupt mayor, Lance Dawson (Douglas Evans), as the new sheriff. But Monte secretly works to undermine Dawson's land-grabbing schemes. Monte defends the feisty owner (Lorna Gray) of a gold mine that Dawson covets, although she is suspicious of the cowpoke's loyalties and demands that he prove himself.

Directed by Philip Ford · Written by James R. Webb

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Monte Hale Monte Hale
Lorna Gray Joyce Mason (as Adrian Booth)
Paul Hurst Chuck Waggoner
Alice Tyrrell Dulcey Waggoner
Tristram Coffin Jim Requa aka Jud Babbit
LeRoy Mason Luke Hartell
Chuck Roberson Gunman
Dan Sheridan Gunsmoke Lowery
Douglas Evans Lance Dawson
Sarah Edwards Granny Hortense Mason

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