Law Men (1944)

Name: Law Men
Genre: Western
Released: 1944-04-25
Duration: 58 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jan Wiley, Kirby Grant, Robert Frazer

Law Men (1944), directed by Lambert Hillyer, starring Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton.

04/25/1944 BR Western 58m

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BAD MEN REACH FOR THE SKY! Watch Out For These Two When Six-Guns Start Blazing!

Synopsis

U.S. Marshals "Nevada" Jack McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins go undercover to bust a gang of stagecoach robbers in this vintage Western serial. Nevada infiltrates the gang, while Sandy works as a cobbler in town, keeping an ear open for local gossip as they try to flush out the inside man tipping off the crooks.

Harry NeumannCinematography
Lambert HillyerDirector
John C. FullerEditing
Glenn TryonScreenplay, Story

About the film

Law Men is a 1944 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer, and released by Monogram Pictures. This is the eighth film in the "Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie" series, and stars Johnny Mack Brown as Jack McKenzie and Raymond Hatton as his sidekick Sandy Hopkins, with Jan Wiley, Kirby Grant and Robert Frazer.

The film is also known as Lawmen (American alternative spelling).

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The film is also known as Lawmen (American alternative spelling).

Plot

Two United States Marshals ride into the town of Verdine undercover and separately. The town has been plagued by recurring robberies of the same bank and the stagecoach when shipments of gold are aboard. Sandy rides in during a bank robbery in progress and kills one of the robbers. Posing as a cobbler Sandy is dismayed when the town rewards him with the vacant fully equipped shop of the deceased cobbler, a trade Sandy knows nothing about. Jack trails the outlaw gang and poses as an outlaw on the run to join the gang to replace their late member. Both law men realize that the gang is getting inside information on the bank and the gold shipments and must identify the source before bringing the outlaws to justice.

Cast

Johnny Mack Brown as U.S. Marshal "Nevada" Jack McKenzie

Raymond Hatton as U.S. Marshal "Sandy" Hopkins

Jan Wiley as Phyliss

Kirby Grant as Clyde Miller

Robert Frazer as Banker Bradford

Edmund Cobb as Slade

Art Fowler as Gus, Chief Henchman

Hal Price as "Pop" Haynes

Marshall Reed as Henchman Killifer

Isabel Withers as Auntie Mack

Ben Corbett as Henchman Simmons

Ted Mapes as Curly Balou, Stage Driver

Steve Clark as Henchman Hardy

Bud Osborne as Henchman Wilson

Soundtrack

Raymond Hatton - "The Ballad of Jesse James"

External links

Law Men at IMDb

Law Men is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

Text from Law Men on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Men

Trivia

It premiered on April 25, 1944, a Tuesday.
It runs 0h58 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosMonogram Pictures, Great Western Productions
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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Harry Neumann Cinematography
Lambert Hillyer Director
John C. Fuller Editing
Glenn Tryon Screenplay
Glenn Tryon Story

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What is Law Men about?

Law Men: U.S. Marshals "Nevada" Jack McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins go undercover to bust a gang of stagecoach robbers in this vintage Western serial. Nevada infiltrates the gang, while Sandy works as a cobbler in town, keeping an ear open for local gossip as they try to flush out the inside man tipping off the crooks.

Who directed Law Men?

Law Men was directed by Lambert Hillyer in 1944.

Who stars in Law Men?

The cast of Law Men includes Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jan Wiley, Kirby Grant and Robert Frazer.

How long is Law Men?

Law Men runs for 58 minutes, or 0h58.