Lawless Cowboys

Monogram's Whip Wilson western series was in its final year of existence when Lawless Cowboys hit the screen. Set in the contemporary West, the film casts Wilson as a Texas Ranger on the trail of a crooked gambling ring.

Cast

Whip Wilson

as Whip Wilson

Fuzzy Knight

as Horace Greeley Smithers

Jim Bannon

as Jim Bannon

Lee Roberts

as Cory Hanson

Pamela Duncan

as Nora Clayton

I. Stanford Jolley

as Sheriff

Bruce Edwards

as Bob Rank

Richard Avonde

as Ace Malloy

Marshall Reed

as Paul Maxwell

Pierce Lyden

as Henchman Rusty

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