

Frontier Agent
1948-05-16 · 56 min · ★ 8.0
Johnny Mack Brown is sent to the badlands to round up an elusive outlaw gang.
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- Lambert Hillyer
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- Released
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Johnny Mack BrownJohnny Mack Brown
Raymond HattonCappy
Reno BrowneSandra Kerrigan
Kenneth MacDonaldBurton Wheelock
Dennis MooreLarry Foster
Riley HillJoe Farr
Frank LaRueDell Carson
Ted AdamsJim Kerrigan
Virginia CarrollPaula
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