''A Man's Land'' is a 1932 American

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film, written by

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and directed by

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. It stars

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, and Robert Ellis, and was released on June 11, 1932.

Plot

Tex Mason's ranch is facing a lot of

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that will put them out of business. Unknown to Tex is that Joe, one of his ranch hands, is in cahoots with John Thomas who desires to take over the ranch for himself when it fails. When the actual owner of the ranch, who lives in Chicago dies, he leaves half the ranch to Tex and half to his daughter, Peggy Turner. Peggy desires to turn the cattle ranch into a

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. Accompanied by her maiden Aunt Flossie, Peggy travels West and immediately butts horns with Tex. Peggy feels that cattle branding is cruelty to dumb animals, and turns against Tex when he dresses the cattle up in pink and blue ribbons. John Thomas befriends Peggy and sees the chance to set Tex up with the blame for the rustling.

Cast list

as Tex Mason *

as Peggy Turner * Robert Ellis as John Thomas * Ethel Wales as Flossie Doolittle * Skeeter Bill Robbins as Skeeter * Alan Bridge as Steve * Charles King as Joe * Hal Burney as Jake * Fred Gilman as Deputy Fred * G. Raymond Nye as Pudge

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* * * Films directed by Phil Rosen American Western (genre) films 1932 Western (genre) films 1932 films American black-and-white films 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub