The Kansan (1943)

Director
George Archainbaud

Main cast
Richard Dix; Jane Wyatt; Albert Dekker; Eugene Pallette; Victor Jory

Genres
Romance, Western

Description
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.


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