''Ghost Town'' is a 1936 American

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directed by

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and starring

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, David Sharpe and Ruth Findlay.Pitts p.130

Synopsis

An old

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is attacked in an effort to rob him, but is rescued by a passing

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who is then wrongly blamed for the assault.

Cast

as Cheyenne Harry Morgan * David Sharpe as Bud * Ruth Findlay as Billie Blair *

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as Rose - Gang Moll *

Lee Shumway Lee Shumway (March 4, 1884 – January 4, 1959), born Leonard Charles Shumway, was an American actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1909 and 1953. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Los Angeles, California. Select ...

as Boss Morrell *

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as Sheriff Blair *

Roger Williams Roger Williams (21 September 1603between 27 January and 15 March 1683) was an English-born New England Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation ...

as Gannon - Henchman * Phil Dunham as Abe Rankin *

Earl Dwire Earl Dwire (October 3, 1883 – January 16, 1940), born Earl Dean Dwire, was an American character actor who appeared in more than 150 movies between 1921 and his death in 1940. Dwire acted for three years in stock theater with companies i ...

as Jim McCall * Chuck Morrison as Blackie Hawkes - Henchman

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films American Western (genre) films Commodore Pictures films Films directed by Harry L. Fraser American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Harry L. Fraser 1930s American films {{1930s-western-film-stub