01 Oct 1981
Smokey Bites the Dust
Follows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals cars and then destroys them with the sheriff’s daughter by his side.
The Lawless Frontier
Pounding Hoofs and Blazing Guns!
Tobin is after the bandit Zanti who killed his parents. He finds him just as Zanti is about to kill Dusty and kidnap Ruby. Saving the two, he goes after Zanti. He catches him but Zanti escapes the Sheriff's handcuff's and this time Tobin has to chase him into the desert.
Top Billed Cast
John Wayne John Tobin
Sheila Terry Ruby
Jack Rockwell Sheriff Luke Williams
George 'Gabby' Hayes Dusty
Jay Wilsey 2nd Zanti Henchman
Gordon De Main Deputy Miller
Earl Dwire Pandro Zanti / Don Yorba
Lloyd Whitlock Background Townsman
Eddie Parker 
Artie Ortego Henchman
Herman Hack Henchman
Yakima Canutt (uncredited)
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