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Melody of the Plains
Melody of the Plains

Melody of the Plains

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Western

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The fourth of 12 singing Westerns starring the "Silvery-Voiced Baritone," Fred Scott, Melody of the Plains begins peacefully enough with Scott, as cowboy Steve Condon, warbling Don Swander and June Hershey's "Albuquerque." The story quickly takes a rather grim turn when one of Steve's colleagues is shot and killed after selling out to a gang of rustlers. Mistakenly believing he fired the deadly shot, a dejected Steve, along with sidekick Fuzzy, goes to work for Bud's father, a rancher nearly forced into bankruptcy by a crooked land developer.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

55 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 April 1937

Country

United States of America

Cast

Fred Scott

Fred Scott

Steve Condon

Al St. John

Al St. John

Fuzzy

Louise Small

Louise Small

Molly Langley

Hal Price

Hal Price

Gorman

Slim Whitaker

Slim Whitaker

Cass

Lew Meehan

Lew Meehan

Henchman Scar

Lafe McKee

Lafe McKee

Dad Langley

Billy Lenhart

Billy Lenhart

Bill Langley

David Sharpe

David Sharpe

Bud Langley

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