The Old Frontier

The Old Frontier

1950 · 60 min · ★ 10.0 · Western

Monte Hale is cast as town marshal Barney Regan. It is Barney's formidable task to round up a gang of bank robbers and expose the "Mr. Big" behind all the robberies.

Directed by Philip Ford · Written by Robert Creighton Williams

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