''Phantom Rancher'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by

Harry L. Fraser Harry L. Fraser (31 March 1889 – 8 April 1974) was an American film director and screenplay writer. Biography Born in 1889 in San Francisco, Fraser directed over 80 films between 1925 and 1951, including the 1934 John Wayne film '' Randy Rid ...

and starring

Ken Maynard Kenneth Olin Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American actor and producer. He was mostly active from the 1920s to the 1940s and considered one of the biggest Western stars in Hollywood. Maynard was also an occasional screenwrit ...

Plot summary

When Ken Mitchell inherits his late uncle's cattle ranch he finds the community hates him for trying to drive farmers off their land. He discovers that a respected member of the community named Collins is really behind the activity and may have had his uncle killed. The only way Ken can gain the community's trust and bring Collins and his gang to justice is appearing as a masked "Phantom Rancher" to dispense justice.

Cast

as Ken Mitchell *

Dorothy Short Dorothy Short (June 29, 1915 – June 4, 1963) was an American film actress, mainly in low-budget Westerns and serials in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Philadelphia, Short was the daughter of Mrs. E. M. Short. She began working in films fo ...

as Ann Markham * Harry Harvey as Gopher * Ted Adams as Collins * Dave O'Brien as Henchman Luke * Tom London as Sheriff Parker * John Elliott as Dad Markham * Reed Howes as Lon, Burton Foreman *Steve Clark as Burton * Carl Mathews as Henchman Hank *James Sheridan as Henchman Joe

External links

* * 1940 films 1940 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub