Code of the Lawless

In this western, the hero fights the bad guys by impersonating the son of a rancher. The outlaws have been making the good landowners pay fake taxes. Not only does the good guy succeed in catching the bad guys, he also catches himself the postmistress.

Cast

Kirby Grant

as Grant Carter posing as Chad Hilton

Fuzzy Knight

as Bonanza Featherstone

Jane Adams

as Julie Randall (as Poni Adams)

Hugh Prosser

as Lester Ward

Barbara Sears

as Ruth Monroe

Edward Howard

as Henchman Rogan (as Edward M. Howard)

Stanley Andrews

as Chadwick Hilton, Sr.

Rune Hultman

as Chadwick 'Chad' Hilton, Jr. (as Rune H. Hultman)

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