The Cowboy from Sundown

Tex goes on a rootin' tootin' shootin' rampage...to exterminate two-legged vermin from the range!

The drought-plagued ranchers of Sundown have to market their cattle at a loss in order to meet mortgage payments held by banker Cylus Cuttler. Then, Sheriff Tex Rockett is forced to quarantine all the cattle on the local ranches because of a hoof-and-mouth disease outbreak. Steve Davis herds his cattle to the railhead anyway, and Tex is forced to arrest him. Urged on by the banker's son, Nick Cuttler, the angry ranchers storm the jail, but Steve's sister Bee persuades them to await the trial. Steve, with Nick's help, breaks jail and is told he must kill Tex to aid the ranchers. Meanwhile, government man Bret Stockton and Tex see Nick and his men treating cattle in an unusual way. Tex finally proves that the Cuttlers have been treating the cattle with acid to give a false impression of the hoof-and-mouth disease.

1940

0h 54min

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Top Billed Cast

Tex Ritter
Sheriff Tex Rockett
Roscoe Ates
Deputy Gloomy Day
Carleton Young
Nick Cuttler
George Pembroke
Cylus Cuttler
Patsy Moran
Prunella Wallaby
Pauline Haddon
Bee Davis
Glenn Strange
Bret Stockton
Slim Andrews
Judge Hank Pritchard
Bud Osborne
Pronto Parsons
Joe McGuinn
Rip Carter
Dave O'Brien
Steve Davis
Chick Hannan
Henchman Pete
Victor Adamson
Cowhand
Gene Alsace
Cattle Buyer
Nora Bush
Townswoman
James Farrar
Clerk
White Flash
Tex's Horse
Cactus Mack
Mob Member
Fox O'Callahan
Cowhand
Doye O'Dell
Cowhand Musician

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