The Rough, Tough West (1952)
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Directors
Ray Nazarro
Cast
Carolina Cotton, Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Smiley Burnette
The story
The Durango Kid arrives in a mining town in search of an old friend, only to find the man is now running the town and has become corrupt, which brings him to disguise himself as a masked stranger while exposing his old pal as the felon he is.
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Western film
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