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Wide Open Town (1941)

Wide Open Town poster
Directed by
Lesley Selander
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Western where a lawman and his sidekicks try to clean up a lawless town. They face off against outlaws and corrupt townspeople.

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What happens

Wide Open Town is a 1941 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Harrison Jacobs and J. Benton Cheney. The film stars William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Evelyn Brent, Victor Jory, Morris Ankrum and Cara Williams. The film was released on August 8, 1941, by Paramount Pictures. This film marked Bernice Kay's feature film debut. She appeared in later films as Cara Williams. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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