Prairie Badmen

Prairie Badmen

Buster Crabbe (King Of The Wild West) Unravels The Secret Of Medicine Sow Of The Mesa!

Part of Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) Collection

1946•55m•5.7/10

Western

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.7/10(3)

Medicine show proprietor Doc Lattimer has in his possession a map showing the location of a cache of stolen gold. His son Don favors keeping the gold rather than returning it to the express company to which it rightfully belongs, and steals the map, only to find himself menaced by outlaw leader Cal and his gang.

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Production

PRC, Sigmund Neufeld Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Buster Crabbe

Buster Crabbe

Billy Carson

Al St. John

Al St. John

Fuzzy Q. Jones

Patricia Knox

Patricia Knox

Linda Lattimer

Charles King

Charles King

Cal

Ed Cassidy

Ed Cassidy

Doc Lattimer

Kermit Maynard

Kermit Maynard

Lon

John Cason

John Cason

Steve

Steve Clark

Steve Clark

Sheriff

Frank Ellis

Frank Ellis

Bill Thompson

John L. Buster

Don Lattimer

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