One Man's Law (1940)

Plot Summary

In this old-time Western from director George Sherman, peaceable cowpoke Jack Summers takes the job of sheriff to help his adopted town in its bid to beat out a nearby settlement for a lucrative railroad contract. Trailcross is trying to get the new railroad and Stevens wants it to go to Mason City. Jack and sidekick Nevady arrive and when Jack faces down Stevens' men, he is made Marshal. The townspeople raise money for the railroad and entrust it to Jack. But Stevens plants two of his henchmen as Jack's escorts and they rob him. With the Railroad Officials due to arrive, Jack must retrieve the money.

Full Cast & Characters

Don 'Red' Barry

Jack Summers

Janet Waldo

Joyce Logan

George Cleveland

Judge Wingate

Dub Taylor

Nevady

Edmund Cobb

Red Mathews

Dick Elliott

Prendergast

James H. McNamara

George Martin

Robert Frazer

Russell Fletcher

Rex Lease

Spike Hudkins

Edward Peil Sr.

Joel Winters

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Snowflake (as Snowflake)

Director & Crew

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