Tonto Basin Outlaws (1941)
Overview
Number 10 in Monogram's series of 24 "Range Busters" westerns, Crash Corrigan, Dusty King and Alibi Terhune, the Range Busters,enlist in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, but are mustered out and sent to Wyoming to clean up a cattle-rustling situation that is affecting the Army's meat supply. Arriving in North Butte, Crash's home town, they all get separate jobs. Jane Blanchard, a reporter from the Denver Daily, also arrives in town in search of a story, and is posing as a waitress. They learn that Jeff Miller is behind the huge combine of rustlers, but Miller also learns that they are the Range Busters and are on his trail. He and his henchmen engage the out-numbered Crash and Alibi in a fight, but Dusty stampedes a large herd of Miller's stolen cattle into the midst of the fray.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.465 |
Directed By
S. Roy Luby
TOP CAST
Ray Corrigan
Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
John 'Dusty' King
'Dusty' King
Max Terhune
Alibi Terhune (as Max 'Alibi' Terhune)
Jan Wiley
Jane Blanchard
Elmer
Elmer Sneezeweed - Alibi's Dummy
Tris Coffin
Jeff Miller
Edmund Cobb
Henchman Jim Stark
Ted Mapes
Henchman Ricks
Art Fowler
Bill Brown (as Art 'Dustbowl' Fowler)
Carl Mathews
Henchman Ed
Reed Howes
Army Captain
Rex Lease
Stanley, Jane's Editor
Edward Peil Sr.
Photographer
Budd Buster
Stage Driver
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