Horsemen of the Sierras (1949)
STARRETT and SMILEY smash a deadly western feud!
Género : Western
Tiempo de ejecución : 56M
Director : Fred F. Sears
Escritor : Barry Shipman
Sinopsis
When Robin Grant inherits a valuable range, certain evil interests try their best to kill off Robin and claim the land for themselves. US Marshall Steve Saunders comes to the boy's rescue.
Roy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is killed he finds the rifle had a defective pin. He learns the rifle belongs to a ranch hand named Barker and that a third party has caused the feud. When he captures outlaws trying to blow up a dam, he claims Barker was the killer. But Barker has switched rifles and the outlaws now accuse Roy and Roy finds himself in trouble.
Josie Minick es una mujer viuda con un niño de corta edad que tiene que valerse por sí misma, para lo cual decide buscarse un empleo. Pero se meterá en problemas con los ganaderos de la ciudad cuando decide convertir el pastoreo de ovejas en su modo de vida.
Un sheriff escolta a un hombre acusado de un crimen y a su hija al pueblo donde debe ser juzgado, Al mismo tiempo, tendrá que evitar que sea linchado.
O’Rourke y el indio Cajou, su hermano de leche, vuelven de una cacería en el Norte de Canadá. En el camino, se encuentran con una diligencia en llamas que ha sido atacada por los indios sioux. La única superviviente es una mujer que se resiste a acompañarlos hasta el fuerte Saskatchewan e intenta huir de ellos. Sin embargo, al ser perseguida por los sioux, no tiene más remedio que seguirlos.
Jim Trask, ex sheriff de Abilene, regresa a la ciudad después de luchar por la Confederación cuando todos pensaban que estaba muerto. Su viejo amigo Dave Mosley está comprometida con el ex novio de Trask y es uno de los ganaderos cada vez más enfrentados con los productores originales. Trask se persuade para ocupar el sheriff de nuevo, pero hay algo acerca de la muerte del hermano Mosely en la Guerra Civil que le está persiguiendo.
Denbow es el hijo de un rico ganadero de Texas que mata a un hombre desarmado. Con el fin de evitar la horca se casa con una camarera testigo del crimen, que al descubrir que ha sido utilizada tratará por todos los medios de hacer valer la verdad de los hechos.
A rustler's son (Roy Rogers) courts a rancher's daughter (Mary Hart) during a range war.
(1870) Kate Maxwell, una mujer que regenta una taberna, se debate entre el amor de dos hombres muy distintos entre sí.
Billy the Kid and Fuzzy Jones are on their way out of Arizona being chased by some riders who hope to cash in on the reward money for their capture. They are warned in time by Ed Dawson, but Ed is wounded in the getaway. They get a doctor to attend to Ed. The latter tells them there is a range war in progress across the border and that he is looking for men to help make a cattle drive to the rail junction.
Mahoney is a sheep man who's framed for the murder of a rancher. It's all part of a scheme by a dishonest cattleman who hopes to extenuate a range war for his own profit. The Durango Kid helps clear Mahoney's name.
A major Indian uprising is expected and Wyoming military posts are alerted. Colonel Dennison is meeting with Chief Eagle and his son Running Wolf when Chief Eagle is mysteriously shot. Steve Holden, an agent for the government peace commission, with the aid of a wandering shoemaker, Smiley, discover the troubles and the Chief's murder have been instigated by Cronin, the regimental scout, for personal gain for he and his gang of outlaws.
An outlaw gang is trying to stop the reopening of a mine as they look for the money left there by the famous outlaw Dusty Morton. After a ten year absence, Morton has apparently reappeared and Steve arrives looking for him. He finds his son who also wonders if his father is still alive. With the gang soon after him, the Durango Kid goes into action and Steve tries to learn who the real Dusty Morgan is.
Steve Driscoll arrives to help a friend who is trying to bring in an oil well. He finds that the well has been blown up and the workers have quit. He gets the workers back on the job and orders a new drill bit . When the drill bit is stolen he organizes the townspeople to invest in the well. But when the money is collected, a fake Durango Kid shows up to take it and flee
A saddle-weary Steve Larkin, also the Duranko Kid, rides into Red Mound, a town filled with cattle rustlers. Cafe owner Smiley, befriends Steve and fills him in on the activities. Steve angers the rustler's leader, Flip Dugan when he purchases the old Atkins ranch which is supposedly haunted. Flip and his henchmen try to prevent the recording of the deed, but the Durango Kid and Deputy Marshal Tug Carter win the gun battle.
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Después de que el padre de Celia muere, estalla una guerra por el control de su tierra.
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Freight wagons are being stolen and ransomed back to their owners. Government agent Steve Langtry (and his alter ego the Durango Kid) is sent break up the Hood Gang that's behind the robberies.
In the lawless town of Dusty Gulch, the Durango Kid comes to the aid of Reverend Harding in his fight against Blaze Howard and his henchman. When Durango foils all bad guy's plans, Blaze's boss Doc Weston realizes Cannonball it tipping off Durango. Weston then lets Cannonball overhear false information that will send Durango into a fatal trap.
Durango, aka Steve Rollins rides into town with saddle pal Smiley Burnette. The boys go to the rescue of pretty Kathleen Case, who is being victimized by greedy relatives.