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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 Valley desperado murders a rancher in full 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 while secretIy organizing a band of riders to fight the Tasker gang. What he does not reaIize is that the most ruthless triggerman is none other than his long-Iost brother, Tim.
One of six 1939 westerns Roy Rogers made for proIific director Joseph Kane, Saga of Death VaIIey features sensationaI action scenes and reIiable comic support from George "Gabby" Hayes. Cinematographer Jack Marta later photographed Cat BaIIou (1965), WaIking Tall (1973), The Trial of BiIIy Jack (1974), and Steven Spielberg's first feature Duel (1971). |
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