Buster Crabbe Double Feature: Blazing Frontier / Devil Riders (DVD)

Blazing Frontier (1939, B&W): Crooked railroad detectives are stealing cattle and land from the peaceful ranchers of Red Rock Valley. When corrupt lawmen side with the railroad, the settlers turn to Billy the Kid for help. Facing a death-sentence if caught, Billy risks his own life and freedom to fight to win justice for the townsfolk.

Stars Buster Crabbe, Al "Fuzzy" St. John, Marjorie Manners, I. Stanford Jolley; Directed by Sam Newfield.

Devil Riders (1939, B&W): Stage-line owner Tom Farrell must build a road through the badlands in order to win a lucrative government mail contract. Crooked lawyer Jim Higgins and his accomplice, Del Stone, want the territory to remain a haven for outlaws. They sabotage the construction site and attempt to instigate a deadly feud between Billy Carson, who runs the local Pony Express office, and Farrell. The situation takes an ugly turn when the old stagecoach owner is gunned down and Billy is arrested for the shooting.

Stars Buster Crabbe, Al "Fuzzy" St. John, Patti McCarty, Charles King, John Merton; Directed by Sam Newfield.

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