''A Son of the Plains'' is a 1931 American

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film directed by

Robert N. Bradbury Robert North Bradbury (March 23, 1886 – November 24, 1949) (born Ronald E. Bradbury) was an American film actor, director, and screenwriter. He directed 125 movies between 1918 and 1941, and is best known for directing early "Poverty Row"-produc ...

and starring

Bob Custer Bob Custer (born Raymond Anthony Glenn, October 18, 1898 – December 27, 1974) was an American film actor who appeared in over 50 films, mostly Westerns, between 1924 and 1937, including ''The Fighting Hombre'', '' Arizona Days'', '' The La ...

, Doris Phillips and

J.P. McGowan John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directo ...

Main cast

as Deputy Bob Brent * Doris Phillips as Ann Farrell *

as Dan Farrell * Edward Hearn as Buck Brokaw *

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as Roxy *

Gordon De Main Gordon De Main (born Floyd Wood; September 28, 1886 – March 5, 1954)''Who Was Who on Screen'', p. 119 c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt *note his publication claims his date of birth as 1897-March 5, 1967/ref> was an American film actor. He ...

as Sheriff Matt Woods *

Al St. John Al St. John (also credited as Al Saint John and "Fuzzy" St. John; September 10, 1892 – January 21, 1963) was an early American motion-picture comedian. He was a nephew of silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, with whom he often performed on ...

as Saloon Drunk

Plot

A sheriff's deputy (Brent) mistakenly believes that his fiancee's father (Dan Farrell) is a bandit. The truth emerges after the real bandit (Brokaw) and his partner arrive.

References

Bibliography

* Michael R. Pitts. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* 1931 films 1931 Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub