Outlaws of the Panhandle

Feb 27, 1941

0h 59m

★ 6.0

Overview

Outlaws of the Pandhandle was the last of Charles Starrett's "formula" westerns for Columbia: hereafter, Starrett would be seen only in the guise of frontier medico Steven Monroe or masked do-gooder The Durango Kid. For the moment, however, the star is cast as Jim Endicott, bound and determined to put an end to the underhanded activities of gin-mill operator Faro Jack Vaughn (Norman Willis). The villain's strategy is to get the local cowpunchers tanked up on rotgut that they'll prove to be easy pickings for a gang of rustlers-and will be unable to complete work on a railroad spur which will bypass the outlaws' hideaway.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Jim Endicott

Charles Starrett

Doris Burnett

Frances Robinson

Neil Vaughn

Stanley Brown

'Faro Jack' Vaughn

Norman Willis

Walt Burnett

Ray Teal

Banker Elihu Potter

Lee Prather

Bob

Bob Nolan

Lon Hewitt

Steve Clark

Mart Monahan

Bud Osborne

Henchman Chad

Eddie Laughton

Henchman Britt

Richard Fiske

Henchman Dogger

Jack Low

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