Six Gun Gospel (1943)

U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown once again goes undercover in this Nevada Mckenzie series entry from Great Westerns Prod./Monogram. Masquerading as a parson and a drifter, Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton) and Nevada Jack McKenzie (Mack Brown) come to the aid of the beleaguered residents of Goldville, a small ranching community being terrorized by greedy saloon keeper Ace Benton (Kenneth MacDonald) and his gang of cutthroats. Unbeknownst to the citizenry, the railroad is planning to build tracks through town and Benton is attempting to secure the land by scaring off the settlers.

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Top billed cast

Johnny Mack BrownMarshal Jack McKenzie
Raymond HattonMarshal Sandy Hopkins
Inna GestJane Simms
Eddie DewDan Baxter
Kenneth MacDonaldAce Benton
Edmund CobbHenchman Waco
Roy BarcroftHenchman Durkin
Bud OsborneHenchman Joe
Isabel WithersMiss Elvira
Mary MacLarenMrs. Mary Dailey

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