The Light of Western Stars

The Light of Western Stars

Flaming Guns... Flashing Hoofs... as knights of the sage-brush roar across the plains!

NR 1940 · 64 min · ★ 5.0 · Western, Romance

Easterner Madeline Hammond buys a ranch not knowing Hayworth is using it to smuggle ammunition across the border. When trouble starts, she brings back Gene Stewart ex-foreman who left the country after fighting with the Sheriff.

Directed by Lesley Selander · Written by Norman Houston

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