Pinto Canyon
1940 · 55 min · ★ 5.5 · Western
In his final Western for Poverty Row's Metropolitan Pictures, Bob Steele played Bob Hall, a lawman looking into a series of cattle rustlings. The leader of the rustlers, rancher Farley (Ted Adams), hires killer Pete Childers (George Cheseboro) to impersonate a deputy sheriff and gain Sheriff Hall's confidence.
Directed by Raymond K. Johnson · Written by Carl Krusada
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Bob Steele Bob Hall -
Louise Stanley Helen Jones -
Kenne Duncan Fred Jones -
Ted Adams Jim Farley -
Steve Clark Hardy Kellar -
Budd Buster Bill Kellar -
Murdock MacQuarrie Rancher Barnes -
George Chesebro Pete Childers -
Carl Mathews Henchman Clem -
Jimmy Aubrey Deputy George
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