Pals of the Silver Sage (1940)
TEX GOES FIGHTING MAD...when cattle thieves raid a ranch bossed by a kid he loves!
Genre : Action, Music, Western
Runtime : 52M
Director : Albert Herman
Writer : Robert Emmett Tansey
Synopsis
Six-year-old Sugar Grey has inherited a ranch, which she will lose to her cousin Jeff Grey if a certain number of cattle aren't delivered on time.
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