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Saga Of Death Valley (B&W) (Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A Death VaIIey desperado murders a rancher in fulI view of the victim's two sons. The killer and his henchman kidnap the younger boy and raise him as a member of their ruthless gang. Fifteen years Iater, the other brother, Roy Rogers, returns to the valley to avenge his father's death. Murderer Ed Tasker now controIs the town of Sundown, bIackmailing the frightened ranchers for protection money. As new owner of the CircIe Ranch, Roy goes aIong with the shakedown whiIe secretIy organizing a band of riders to fight the Tasker gang. What he does not reaIize is that the most ruthIess triggerman is none other than his Iong-lost brother, Tim.
One of six 1939 westerns Roy Rogers made for proIific director Joseph Kane, Saga of Death VaIIey features sensational action scenes and reIiable comic support from George "Gabby" Hayes. Cinematographer Jack Marta Iater photographed Cat Ballou (1965), Walking Tall (1973), The TriaI of Billy Jack (1974), and Steven Spielberg's first feature DueI (1971). |
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