The Kansan

The Kansan

SMASHING FISTS AND CRASHING BULLETS...OF DESPERATE MEN IN LOVE!

NR 1943 · 79 min · ★ 6.0 · Romance, Western

Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.

Directed by George Archainbaud · Written by Harold Shumate

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