Black Spurs

A dissatisfied ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter. He conspires with a crooked town boss to dirty up a neighboring village where a valuable railroad franchise is headed.

Cast

Rory Calhoun

as Santee

Linda Darnell

as Sadie

Terry Moore

as Anna Elkins

Scott Brady

as Reverend Tanner

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Kile

Richard Arlen

as Pete

James Best

as Ralph Elkins

Bruce Cabot

as Bill Henderson

Jerome Courtland

as Sam Grubbs

Patricia Owens

as Clare

Reviews

John Chard

"Santee Turns Bounty Hunter" Black Spurs is directed by R.G. Springsteen and written by Steve Fisher. It stars Rory Calhoun, Linda Darnell, Lon Chaney Junior, Terry Moore, Bruce Cabot, James Best, DeForest Kelly and Scott Brady. Music is by Jimmie Haskel and Technicolor/Techniscope photography is...

Wuchak

_**How to turn a good Western town into a wicked one**_ In the late 1880s, a former ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter after developing as a gunman (Rory Calhoun). While his former-fiancé settles down with a good sheriff (Terry Moore & James Best), the now notorious bounty hunter is hired to tarn...

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