The Cowboy from Sundown (1940)
Overview
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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What is The Cowboy from Sundown about?
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. The Cowboy from Sundown is a Western movie, released on 1940-09-05, runtime 54 minutes.
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Directed by
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast
- Tex Ritter as Sheriff Tex Rockett
- Roscoe Ates as Deputy Gloomy Day
- Carleton Young as Nick Cuttler
- George Pembroke as Cylus Cuttler
- Patsy Moran as Prunella Wallaby
- Pauline Haddon as Bee Davis
- Glenn Strange as Bret Stockton
- Slim Andrews as Judge Hank Pritchard
- Bud Osborne as Pronto Parsons
- Joe McGuinn as Rip Carter
- Dave O'Brien as Steve Davis
- Chick Hannan as Henchman Pete
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