
One Man's Law
1940
57 minutes
Overview
In this old-time Western from director George Sherman, peaceable cowpoke Jack Summers takes the job of sheriff to help his adopted town in its bid to beat out a nearby settlement for a lucrative railroad contract. Trailcross is trying to get the new railroad and Stevens wants it to go to Mason City. Jack and sidekick Nevady arrive and when Jack faces down Stevens' men, he is made Marshal. The townspeople raise money for the railroad and entrust it to Jack. But Stevens plants two of his henchmen as Jack's escorts and they rob him. With the Railroad Officials due to arrive, Jack must retrieve the money.
Top Cast

Don 'Red' Barry
Jack Summers

Janet Waldo
Joyce Logan

George Cleveland
Judge Wingate

Dub Taylor
Nevady

Edmund Cobb
Red Mathews

Dick Elliott
Prendergast

James H. McNamara
George Martin

Robert Frazer
Russell Fletcher

Rex Lease
Spike Hudkins

Edward Peil Sr.
Joel Winters

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Snowflake (as Snowflake)