The Purple Vigilantes

Jan 24, 1938

0h 58m

★ 3.0

Overview

David Ross organizes the ranchers into a vigilante group to rid the town of outlaws. The plan succeeds but the trouble starts when some of the men form a new vigilante group and posing as the original one plunder for loot.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

Stony Brooke

Robert Livingston

Tucson Smith

Ray Corrigan

Lullaby Joslin

Max Terhune

Jean McAllister

Joan Barclay

David Ross

Earl Dwire

J. T. McAllister

Earle Hodgins

Wiliam Jones

Francis Sayles

Eggers

George Chesebro

George Drake

Robert Fiske

Duncan

Jack Perrin

Blake

Ernie Adams

Jenkins, Saloon Owner

William Gould

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