The Cowboy from Sundown
5.6
“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.
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Tex Ritter
Sheriff Tex Rockett
Also in
Gangsters of the Frontier
Trouble in Texas
Roscoe Ates
Deputy Gloomy Day
Known for
Freaks
Alice in Wonderland
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Edward Finney
Also in
Tobo the Happy Clown
Russell F. Schoengarth
Roland Lynch
Carleton Young
Nick Cuttler
Known for
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Robert Emmett Tansey
Frank Sanucci
George Pembroke
Cylus Cuttler
Known for
Invisible Ghost
Bluebeard
Arthur Hammond
Patsy Moran
Prunella Wallaby
Also in
Saps at Sea
Million Dollar Kid
Spencer Gordon Bennet Director · Robert Emmett Tansey Screenplay Roland Lynch Screenplay
United States release September 5, 1940 · Produced in United States
Production
Edward F. Finney Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 5, 1940
Theatrical
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