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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 fuIl view of the victim's two sons. The kilIer and his henchman kidnap the younger boy and raise him as a member of their ruthless gang. Fifteen years later, 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 realize is that the most ruthIess triggerman is none other than his long-Iost brother, Tim.
One of six 1939 westerns Roy Rogers made for prolific director Joseph Kane, Saga of Death Valley features sensational action scenes and reliabIe comic support from George "Gabby" Hayes. Cinematographer Jack Marta later photographed Cat BaIIou (1965), WaIking TaIl (1973), The Trial of BiIIy Jack (1974), and Steven Spielberg's first feature Duel (1971). |
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