The Cowboy from Sundown

The Cowboy from Sundown

Tex goes on a rootin' tootin' shootin' rampage...to exterminate two-legged vermin from the range!

NR 1940 · 54 min · ★ 9.0 · Western

The drought-plagued ranchers of Sundown have to market their cattle at a loss in order to meet mortgage payments held by banker Cylus Cuttler. Then, Sheriff Tex Rockett is forced to quarantine all the cattle on the local ranches because of a hoof-and-mouth disease outbreak. Steve Davis herds his cattle to the railhead anyway, and Tex is forced to arrest him. Urged on by the banker's son, Nick Cuttler, the angry ranchers storm the jail, but Steve's sister Bee persuades them to await the trial. Steve, with Nick's help, breaks jail and is told he must kill Tex to aid the ranchers. Meanwhile, government man Bret Stockton and Tex see Nick and his men treating cattle in an unusual way. Tex finally proves that the Cuttlers have been treating the cattle with acid to give a false impression of the hoof-and-mouth disease.

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet · Written by Roland Lynch

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Tex Ritter Sheriff Tex Rockett
Roscoe Ates Deputy Gloomy Day
Carleton Young Nick Cuttler
George Pembroke Cylus Cuttler
Patsy Moran Prunella Wallaby
Pauline Haddon Bee Davis
Glenn Strange Bret Stockton
Slim Andrews Judge Hank Pritchard
Bud Osborne Pronto Parsons
Joe McGuinn Rip Carter
Dave O'Brien Steve Davis
Chick Hannan Henchman Pete

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