The Gentleman from Texas

The Gentleman from Texas

BULLETS BLAST THE BADLANDS!

1946 · 55 min · ★ 6.0 · Western

In one of his better Monogram Westerns, Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a crooked saloon owner with more than one murder on his conscience. Steve Corbin (Tristram Coffin) and his gang of cutthroats are terrorizing the townspeople of Rimrock, who in self-defense hire Johnny Macklin (Mack Brown) as new town marshal.

Directed by Lambert Hillyer · Written by J. Benton Cheney

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