Pinto Canyon

Apr 30, 1940

0h 55m

★ 3.0

Overview

In his final Western for Poverty Row's Metropolitan Pictures, Bob Steele played Bob Hall, a lawman looking into a series of cattle rustlings. The leader of the rustlers, rancher Farley (Ted Adams), hires killer Pete Childers (George Cheseboro) to impersonate a deputy sheriff and gain Sheriff Hall's confidence.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Metropolitan Pictures

Pinto Canyon Trailers

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Cast

Bob Hall

Bob Steele

Helen Jones

Louise Stanley

Fred Jones

Kenne Duncan

Jim Farley

Ted Adams

Hardy Kellar

Steve Clark

Bill Kellar

Budd Buster

Rancher Barnes

Murdock MacQuarrie

Pete Childers

George Chesebro

Henchman Clem

Carl Mathews

Deputy George

Jimmy Aubrey

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