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Silver Range (1946)
Veteran cowboy star Johnny Mack Brown plays a cattle buyer turned prairie sleuth in this low-budget oater from Monogram, which co-stars perennial old-timer Raymond Hatton as a retired U.S. Marshal assigned to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a rancher. As the two old friends soon learn, a gang of smugglers headed by the town's banker (Frank LaRue) needs the use of the Flying Arrow Ranch for their nefarious purposes.
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Veteran cowboy star Johnny Mack Brown plays a cattle buyer turned prairie sleuth in this low-budget oater from Monogram, which co-stars perennial old-timer Raymond Hatton as a retired U.S. Marshal assigned to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a rancher. As the two old friends soon learn, a gang of smugglers headed by the town's banker (Frank LaRue) needs the use of the Flying Arrow Ranch for their nefarious purposes.
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Genre:Western, Action
Written By:J. Benton Cheney
In Theaters:11/16/1946
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Runtime:53 minutes
Studio:Monogram Pictures
Cast
Lambert Hillyer
Director
Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Bronton
Raymond Hatton
Tucson Smith
Jan Bryant
Jeanne Willoughby
I. Stanford Jolley
Sheriff Bill Armstrong
Terry Frost
Foreman Red Cameron
Eddie Parker
Bart Nelson
Ted Adams
Jason Turner
Frank LaRue
Steve Ferguson (as Frank La Rue)
Cactus Mack
Larry
Lane Bradford
Browning
Dee Cooper
Faro
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