Terrors on Horseback (1946)
OUTLAW GUNS BACK THE ROULETTE WHEEL... when Buster bets his life on a crooked spin!
Genre : Western
Runtime : 55M
Director : Sam Newfield
Writer : Milton Raison, George Wallace Sayre
Synopsis
Fuzzy's niece is killed in a stagecoach hold-up. Billy and Fuzzy quickly learn that the culprit, who not only killed all the passengers but also absconded with $40,000, may be holed up in lawless Pecos City.
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