Black Spurs (1965)

Director
R.G. Springsteen

Main cast
Rory Calhoun; Linda Darnell; Terry Moore; Scott Brady; Lon Chaney Jr.

Genres
Western

Description
A dissatisfied ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter. He conspires with a crooked town boss to dirty up a neighboring village where a valuable railroad franchise is headed.


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