''Feud of the Range'' is a 1939 American

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film produced and directed by Harry S. Webb and written by

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. The film stars Bob Steele,

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, Frank LaRue, Jean Cranford and Bob Burns. The film was released on January 15, 1939, by Metropolitan Pictures Corporation.

Plot

Barton and Dirk create a

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between the Gray and Allen ranches in order to get the ranchers to sell out to them so they can sell the land to the railroad. Sheriff Waters sends for Tom Gray's son Bob to speak to his father about stopping the war. The Sheriff deputises Bob and his

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Happy.

Cast

* Bob Steele as Bob Gray *

as Tom Gray *

as Madge Allen *Frank LaRue as Harvey Allen *Jean Cranford as Helen Wilson *Bob Burns as Pop Wilson *

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as Happy *

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as Clyde Barton * Charles King as Dirk *

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as Sheriff Cal Waters

References

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* {{Harry S. Webb 1939 films 1930s English-language films American Western (genre) films 1939 Western (genre) films Films directed by Harry S. Webb American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton 1930s American films