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directed by

Lambert Hillyer Lambert Harwood Hillyer (July 8, 1893 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director and screenwriter. Biography Lambert Harwood Hillyer was born July 8, 1893, in Tyner, Indiana. His mother was character actress Lydia Knott. A graduate of ...

and starring

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, Barbara Weeks and George Cooper.Pitts p.112

Cast

as Tom Devlin * Barbara Weeks as Mary Middleton * George Cooper as Happy - Tom's Sidekick *

Wallis Clark Wallis Hensman Clark (2 March 1882 – 14 February 1961) was an English stage and film actor. Biography Clark was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, the son of William Wallis Clark (1854 - 1930), an engineer. Prior to acting, Clark was an en ...

as Cash Karger *

Mary Carr Mary Carr (née Kenevan; March 14, 1874 – June 24, 1973), was an American film actress and was married to the actor William Carr. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1915 and 1956. She was given some of filmdoms plum mother roles in ...

as Mrs. Middleton * Albert J. Smith as Burke - Henchman *

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as J. Snodgrass * Frank Rice as Sheriff Hibbs * Charles Berner as Johnson - Rancher *

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as Townsman / Nester * Buck Bucko as Townsman / Nester *

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as Townsman / Nester *

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as Wong - Chinese Cook * Ken Cooper as Townsman / Nester * Rube Dalroy as Mob Member * Frank Ellis as Ranch Hand * Jack Evans as Townsman / Nester *

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as Collins' Ranch Foreman *

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as Nester * Allen Holbrook as Townsman / Nester *

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as Collins - Rancher *

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as Mob Member *

Lew Meehan James Lew Meehan (September 7, 1890 – August 10, 1951) was an American film actor. Meehan appeared in more than 200 films between 1921 and 1947. He was often the main villain in silent Westerns, but in sound films he was usually an "anon ...

as Townsman *

Art Mix Art Mix (born George Washington Kesterson; June 18, 1896 – December 7, 1972), was an American character actor from the 1920s until the mid-1940s. Biography Prior to becoming an actor, Mix worked as a circus performer and a boxer. He initially ...

as Ranch Hand * Buck Moulton as Collins Ranch Hand *

Jack Rockwell Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 1947) was an American film actor who was born in Mexico. He appeared in over 250 movies, mostly Westerns, between 1927 and 1947. Rockwell's older brother was character actor Charles ...

as Townsman *

Dick Rush Richard T. Rush (born 1884) was an Australian-born American character actor of the silent and sound film eras. During his 28-year career, he would appear in between 160 and 300 films (depending on the source). The large majority of his parts wer ...

as Wright - Rancher *

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as Townsman

References

Bibliography

* Fetrow, Alan G. . ''Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography''. McFarland, 1992. * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012.

External links

* 1932 films 1932 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Lambert Hillyer Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-western-film-stub