King of the Pecos

Profiteer Alexander Stiles lays claim to a million acres of range in the Pecos River country, but a rancher named Claybor stands in his way as he has already claimed the water-rich location of Sweetwater as his own.

Cast

John Wayne

as John Clayborn

Muriel Evans

as Belle Jackson

Cy Kendall

as Alexander Stiles

Jack Rube Clifford

as Ash

Arthur Aylesworth

as Hank Mathews

Herbert Heywood

as Josh Billings

J. Frank Glendon

as Brewster

Edward Hearn

as Eli Jackson

Yakima Canutt

as Pete

Mary MacLaren

as Mrs. Clayborn

Reviews

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John Wayne reprises many a role from his past as the man whom, as young boy, witnessed the murder of his parents. This time, it's the cattle baron "Stiles" (Cy Kendall) on whom he is fixated for revenge. He is now, though, a lawyer and so has decided to legitimately dismantle the extensive empire of...

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