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Directed by | Sam Newfield |
Written by | Bennett Cohen (story) William Lively (adaptation) |
Produced by | Jed Buell (producer) George H. Callaghan (associate producer) |
Starring | See below |
Edited by | William Hess Arthur A. Brooks |
Distributed by | Spectrum Pictures |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Fighting Deputy is a 1937 American western directed bySam Newfield and produced byJed Buell for Spectrum Pictures.
Sheriff Dan Bentley (Frank LaRue) and Deputy Tom Bentley (Fred Scott) are after Scar Adams / Jim Denton (Charles King), the brother of Alice Denton (Phoebe Logan).
Tom Bentley plans to marry Alice Denton, but Sheriff Dan Bentley, Tom's father, is wounded and offers Tom the job as sheriff. Alice makes Tom refuse the job, but when Scar kills his father, Tom puts on the badge and takes off after him.