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The Stranger from Ponca City (1947)

The Stranger from Ponca City poster
Original title
The Stranger From Ponca City
Directed by
Derwin Abrahams
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
56 min
Rated
NR
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A stranger rides into a lawless town and gets tangled up with local outlaws. He works with a sidekick to clean up the place.

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What happens

The Stranger from Ponca City is a 1947 American Western film directed by Derwin Abrahams and written by Ed Earl Repp. The film stars Charles Starrett, Virginia Hunter, Texas Jim Lewis and Smiley Burnette. The film was released on July 3, 1947, by Columbia Pictures. This was the twenty-fourth of 65 films in the Durango Kid series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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