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Prairie Law

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Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills him. Curry then holds a quick election to change the county seat so he can preside at the trial. But Brill gets the Governor to change it back and this leads to the big shootout between Curry's men and Brill and the ranchers.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1940-06-14

Runtime: 60 mins

Director: David Howard

Spoken language: English

Genres: Western

Original title: Prairie Law

Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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