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The Cowboys
1972
“RENEGADE of the LAW...then he became MARSHAL of the GREAT PLAINS”
Fighting Man of the Plains (1949)
November 16, 19491h 34mEN
5.5
14 votes
Overview
Former bandit Jim Dancer becomes marshal of a Kansas town and cleans up the criminal element - with the help of his old pal, Jesse James.
Director
Edwin L. MarinWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Nat Holt Productions20th Century Fox
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John Chard
7.0Wanted For Murder. Jim Dancer. Directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Frank Gruber, Fighting Man of the Plains stars Randolph Scott, Victor Jory and Jane Nigh. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by Fred Jackman Jr. A solid and sturdy Marin and Scott Oater that finds Scott as an ex Quantrill raider assuming the identity of a dead detective in a post Civil War Lanyard, Kansas. Proving himself as a fella made of stern stuff, he's quickly appointed Marshal and begins to clean up the town, but his past is sure to catch up with him... Without breaking any new ground this still…
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CinemaSerf
6.0Randolph Scott plays a bit of a poacher-cum-gamekeeper in this western adventure. Here, he ("Dancer") starts off riding with the infamous Capt. Quantrill during the American Civil War. He is misled by his cohort "Yancey" (Paul Fix) into believing that an old man they encounter in Kansas killed his father, so he does for him too. It soon turns out, though, that it was the deceased man's brother that did the deed, and by now "Dancer" is being sought by the authorities. When he is apprehended, serendipity take a fateful hand as his captor is accentually killed and he assumes his identity, Next th…
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