Bad Man from Red Butte
Cast & Crew
Ray Taylor
Johnny Mack Brown
Bob Baker
Fuzzy Knight
Anne Gwynne
Bill Cody Jr.
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Lawlessness reigns in the town of Triple Creek under political boss Hal Benson and his tool, justice of the peace Hiram Cockran. In a gunfight with Cockran's men, outlaw Gils Brady is wounded and retreats to his cabin. Back in town, Cockran remains determined to foreclose on the mortgage of rancher Dan Toddhunter and gives Toddhunter forty-eight hours to pay his debt. When Toddhunter's grandson protests, Benson begins to beat the boy but is stopped by Buck Halliday, who rides into town with his sidekicks, lawyer Gabriel Hornsby and medicine man Spud Jenkins. Although the townsfolk mistake Buck for Gils, to whom he bears a strong resemblance, Turner, the manager of the Pioneer Stage Company, recognizes him as the surveyor he hired to plot a new stage route. Buck suggests that the new line run through the Toddhunter ranch, and asks Gabby to draw up a contract for the right of way. At the Toddhunter ranch, Buck offers the old man an advance so that he can pay his mortage. On his way back to town, Buck stops at an abandoned cabin and there reunites with his wounded twin brother, Gils, who dies in his arms, naming Benson as his murderer. Meanwhile, Toddhunter, flush with his bank loan, is riding to his ranch when he is ambushed and robbed by Jitters and Hank, two of Benson's thugs. Hearing the gunshots, Buck rides to Toddhunter's defense and sends the injured man to town while he pursues the robbers. In town, Toddhunter dies of his wounds, and Benson accuses Buck of his murder while Cockran incites a lynch mob. To divert the mob, Spud and schoolteacher Tibby Mason start a fire near the school house, and in the chaos, Buck escapes. Vowing to bring Benson to justice, Buck asks Gabby to run for judge on a law-and-order platform. Spud and Buck then arrest Hank and throw Cockran out of town. As the townsfolk vote for law and order, Buck and Gabby arrest Jitters and Benson. At the trial, as Hank prepares to testify, Benson and Jitters pull out their guns and commandeer a stage, but are brought finally to justice by Buck.
Director
Ray Taylor
Cast
Johnny Mack Brown
Bob Baker
Fuzzy Knight
Anne Gwynne
Bill Cody Jr.
Norman Willis
Roy Barcroft
Lafe Mckee
Lloyd Ingraham
Buck Moulton
Myra Mckinney
Texas Jim Lewis And His Band [the Lone Star Cowboys]
Eric Alden
George Billings
James Morton
Art Mix
Crew
Bernard B. Brown
Everett Carter
Ralph M. Delacy
R. A. Gausman
Charles Gould
Paul Landres
Jesse Moulin
Jack Otterson
Sam Robins
Milton Rosen
H. J. Salter
Joseph Sanford
William Sickner
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Notes
Although a print of this film was not viewed, the above credits and plot summary were taken from a cutting continuity included in the studio files.
