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West of the Law (1942)

West of the Law poster
Directed by
Howard Bretherton
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three marshals work together to bring law and order to a troubled town. They face off against outlaws and corrupt locals who want to keep things lawless.

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What happens

West of the Law is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Adele Buffington. This is the eighth film in Monogram Pictures' Rough Riders series, and stars Buck Jones as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim McCoy as Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton as Marshal Sandy Hopkins, with Evelyn Cook, Harry Woods and Jack Daley. The film was released on October 2, 1942, by Monogram Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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