Gun Law Justice (1949)

Director
Lambert Hillyer

Main cast
Jimmy Wakely; Dub Taylor; Jane Adams; Lee Phelps; John James

Genres


Description
Jimmy Wakely befriends Hank Carrdigan, a former outlaw who has served his sentence and wants to go straight. Jimmy, after clearing Hank of a wrongful shooting charge, helps him get a job as an express messenger. Hank drives off some bandits in an attempted hold-up, but recognizes his son Tom as one of the bandits. A later robbery is blamed on Hank but Jimmy and his sidekick Cannonball Taylor bring in the real culprits and clear Hank's name.


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