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Prairie Badmen
Medicine show proprietor Doc Lattimer has in his possession a map showing the location of a cache of stolen gold. His son Don favors keeping the gold rather than returning it to the express company to which it rightfully belongs, and steals the map, only to find himself menaced by outlaw leader Cal and his gang.
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Plot Summary
In this Western adventure, Sheriff Jack Raine is on the trail of a dangerous outlaw gang. The gang, led by the ruthless "Black Jack" (I. Stanford Jolley), has been terrorizing the local towns and robbing stagecoaches. Raine, with the help of his loyal deputy and a brave rancher's daughter, must race against time to bring the bandits to justice before they can carry out their most daring heist yet.
Critical Reception
Prairie Badmen is a typical B-Western of its era, offering straightforward action and familiar tropes of the genre. While not groundbreaking, it provides competent entertainment for fans of Westerns, featuring standard shootouts and a clear hero-villain dynamic. It received modest attention at the time of its release, fitting within the popular entertainment landscape for its specific audience.
What Reviewers Say
Offers standard Western action and plot elements suitable for the genre's fans.
A competently made, if unexceptional, example of a 1940s B-Western.
Features predictable shootouts and a clear-cut good versus evil narrative.
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Fun Fact
The film was produced by PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation), a studio known for its low-budget but popular Westerns and serials during the 1940s and 1950s.
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