''Durango Valley Raiders'' is a 1938 American
Western
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film directed by
Sam Newfield
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and written by
George H. Plympton
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A prolific screenwriter, Plympton collaborated in almost 300 films. His earliest known credits date back to 1912 a ...
. The film stars
Bob Steele,
Louise Stanley
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Early years
Born in Springfield, Illinois, Keyes was the daughter of Alvin Keyes, who was assistant director of the Illinois State Depa ...
,
Karl Hackett
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On October 24, 1948, Hackett ...
,
Ted Adams,
Forrest Taylor
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Early years
Taylor was born in Bl ...
and Steve Clark. The film was released on August 22, 1938, by
Republic Pictures
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.
Plot
Durango Valley is controlled by Shadow and his gang. The Sheriff while investigating a killing, arrests ranch worker Keene Cordner, with some help Keene gets out of jail and hides out, but will now become an actual bandit, in the hopes of catching Shadow.
Cast
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Bob Steele as Keene Cordner
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Louise Stanley
Louise Stanley (born Louise Keyes; January 28, 1915 – December 28, 1982), was an American actress.
Early years
Born in Springfield, Illinois, Keyes was the daughter of Alvin Keyes, who was assistant director of the Illinois State Depa ...
as Betty McKay
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Karl Hackett
Carl Ellsworth Germain (September 5, 1893 – October 24, 1948), known professionally as Karl Hackett, was an American actor. He served in the U.S. army during World War I. He was married to Ruby Burnette Moore.
On October 24, 1948, Hackett ...
as John McKay
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Ted Adams as Lobo
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Forrest Taylor
Edwin Forrest Taylor (December 29, 1883 – February 19, 1965) was an American character actor whose artistic career spanned six different decades, from silents through talkies to the advent of color films.
Early years
Taylor was born in Bl ...
as Sheriff Devlin
*Steve Clark as Boone Cordner
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Horace Murphy
Horace Murphy (June 3, 1880 – January 20, 1975) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1953.
Early years
Born in Osceola, Arkansas, Murphy was playing cornet by age 11, and six years later led the ...
as Matt Tanner
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Jack Ingram
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as Deputy Slade
References
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1938 films
1930s English-language films
American Western (genre) films
1938 Western (genre) films
Republic Pictures films
Films directed by Sam Newfield
American black-and-white films
Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton
1930s American films
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