Gunners & Guns

Pop Norton is murdered when sleazy guests who arrive at his Dude Ranch turn out to be Chicago gangsters with whom he was once associated. The mobsters frame ranch foreman Steve Madison for the killing. With Madison out of the way, gang leader "Slim" Griffith plans to move in on Pop's beautiful daughter, June. Outraged, Steve vows to do whatever it takes to clear his name and win back his girl.

Originally titled Racketeers Round-Up, the studio shot some additional minutes with Black King, "The Horse with the Human Brain" (who receives top billing), and released it as Gunners & Guns. Edmond Cobb was the grandson of the Kansas senator who is said to have cast the deciding vote in President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial. Cobb co-starred with his wife, actress Helen Hayes, in Riders of the Range (1923) and A Rodeo Mix-Up (1924).

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