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Drifting Along (1946)

Monogram added several songs and a barn dance to this otherwise standard Johnny Mack Brown hay burner, in which the veteran cowboy star comes to the aid of a beleaguered female rancher. Just "drifting along," Steve Garner (Mack Brown) obtains the job of foreman on a spread belonging to pretty Pat McBride (Lynne Carver). Unbeknownst to Pat, local banker Jack Dailey (Douglas Fowley) not only holds the mortgage on the ranch but is also the man responsible for the death of Pat's father. Read more at http://www.allmovie.com/movie/drifting-along-v90041#OtPRR6jLd1ubhlQv.99

  • Western

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Johnny Mack BrownJohnny Mack BrownSteve Garner
  • Photo of Lynne CarverLynne CarverPat McBride
  • Photo of Raymond HattonRaymond HattonPawnee Jones
  • Photo of Douglas FowleyDouglas FowleyJack Dailey
  • Photo of Smith BallewSmith BallewBand Singer Smith
  • Photo of Milburn MoranteMilburn MoranteZeke the Cook
  • Photo of Thornton EdwardsThornton EdwardsCowhand Pedro
  • Photo of Steve ClarkSteve ClarkLou Woods
  • Photo of Marshall ReedMarshall ReedHenchman Slade Matthews
  • Photo of Jack RockwellJack RockwellSheriff Devers

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