Western Racketeers
{{short description|1934 film}}
{{One source|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Western Racketeers
| image =File:Western Racketeers.jpg
| caption =
| director =Robert J. Horner
| producer = Nathan Hirsh
| writer = James P. Hogan
| starring = Bill Cody
Edna Aslin
Hal Taliaferro
| music =
| cinematography = Brydon Baker
Frank Bender
| editing = Henry Adams
| studio = Aywon Film Corporation
| distributor = Spectrum Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1934|04|02}}
| runtime = 55 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Western Racketeers is a 1934 American western film directed by Robert J. Horner and starring Bill Cody, Edna Aslin and Hal Taliaferro It was an independent film produced on Poverty Row.Pitts p.175
Plot
In the San Bernardino Mountains, cattlemen form a vigilante group to protect themselves from a gang who are murdering ranchers who won't pay their protection racket.
Cast
- Bill Cody as Bill Bowers
- Edna Aslin as Molly Spellman
- Hal Taliaferro as Sheriff Rawlings
- George Chesebro as Fargo Roberts
- Richard Cramer as The Coroner
- Bud Osborne as Blackie - Henchman
- Frank Clark as Steve Harding / Tiny Harding
- Tom Dwaine as Mullins
- Ben Corbett as Mike
- Robert Sands as Sam Spellman
- Billy Franey as The Informer
- Gilbert Holmes as Breed Morgan
- Blackjack Ward as Henchman
- Wally West as Cowhand
- Gene Alsace as Cowhand
- Budd Buster as Cowhand
References
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Bibliography
- Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.