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Panhandle (1948)

Panhandle poster
Directed by
Lesley Selander
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his hometown in the Panhandle of Texas. He gets drawn into a conflict involving a local rancher and a gang of outlaws.

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What happens

Panhandle is a 1948 Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Rod Cameron. This Western marked the writing and producing debuts of Blake Edwards and John C. Champion. Champion later reworked the story as the 1966 Audie Murphy Western The Texican. The team of Edwards, Champion, Selander, and star Cameron reteamed for the 1949 Western Stampede. Edwards later produced the police drama City Detective starring Cameron. The series was the first syndicated on television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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