Prairie Thunder
Top 10 Billed Cast
Rod Farrell
Joan Temple
Wichita
Nate Temple
Lynch
High Wolf
Matson
Indian Fighter
Col. Stanton
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To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells rifles to the Indians, Rod Farrell captures Lynch and his gang. But Lynch's Indian friends free him and this time Farrell finds himself the prisoner.
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1937-09-10
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