Prairie Thunder
1937 · 55 min · ★ 4.3 · Western
To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells rifles to the Indians, Rod Farrell captures Lynch and his gang. But Lynch's Indian friends free him and this time Farrell finds himself the prisoner.
Directed by B. Reeves Eason · Written by Ed Earl Repp
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Dick Foran Rod Farrell -
Janet Shaw Joan Temple - S Smoke Smoke
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Frank Orth Wichita -
Wilfred Lucas Nate Temple -
Albert J. Smith Lynch -
Yakima Canutt High Wolf -
George Chesebro Matson -
Slim Whitaker Indian Fighter -
J.P. McGowan Col. Stanton -
John Harron Lt. Adams - H Henry Otho Chris
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