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and starring Leo Carrillo and

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Plot

The orphaned Mary Jane Patterson (

) is under the guardianship of Manuel Hernandez ( Leo Carrillo), once known as the bandit El Gato, who led a gang of outlaws. Mary Jane wants Hernandez to revive the El Gato gang to rescue the feckless Donald (

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), the lone survivor of a stage coach robbery engineered by the town's crooked sheriff ( Henry Wilcoxon). It's been a decade since El Gato rode, and Hernandez is now too fat for his bandit costume. Mary Jane aids the rescue by vandalizing the saddles of the sheriff and his posse. When El Gato does rescue Donald, he is arrested. During the ensuing trial, Mary Jane provides special pyrotechnics, and the courtroom is evacuated. When Mary Jane finds the stash from the stagecoach robbery hidden in the sheriff's office, Hernandez is appointed as the new sheriff.

Cast

* Leo Carrillo – Manuel Hernandez *

– Mary Jane Patterson *

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- Caroline Reed * William Henry – Donald Clark * Henry Wilcoxon – Sheriff Richard Baldwin *

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— Rufe Galloway * Etienne Girardot — Judge White

References

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* * * * 1939 films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) comedy films 1930s Western (genre) comedy films 20th Century Fox films 1939 comedy films Films directed by Herbert I. Leeds 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub