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Fighting Man of the Plains ()

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Former bandit Jim Dancer becomes marshal of a Kansas town and cleans up the criminal element--with help from an old pal, Jesse James.
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Jim Dancer
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Johnny Tancred
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Dave Oldham
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Florence Peel
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Ken Vedder
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Evelyn Slocum
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Cliff Bailey
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Chandler Leach
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Slocum
James Todd ...
Hobson
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Yancey
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Cummings
Burk Symon ...
Meeker
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Jesse James
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Lawyer
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Partridge
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Lanyard
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Quantrell
Charles Anthony Hughes ...
Kerrigan (as Tony Hughes)
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Currier
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Harmer
Cliff Clark ...
Travers
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Holz
James Harrison ...
Slattery
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Ferryman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Railroad Paymaster (uncredited)
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Rowdy Cowboy at Dance (uncredited)
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Townsman in Courtroom (uncredited)
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Mob Member at Jail (uncredited)
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Henchman (uncredited)
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Carter Bullock - Banker (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Man at Dance (uncredited)
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Henchman (uncredited)
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Jonas - Lanyard's Secretary (uncredited)
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Cattleman (uncredited)
Jack Low ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
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Slattery Rider (uncredited)
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Travers' Secretary (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Cowboy (uncredited)
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Man at Dance (uncredited)
Al Murphy ...
Dan - Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Alice Nigh ...
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
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Rowdy Cowboy at Dance (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
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Slattery Rider (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Bill - Cattleman (uncredited)
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Rowdy Cowboy at Dance (uncredited)
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Alarmed Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
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Charlie - Dealer (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Tyra Vaughn ...
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
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Townswoman (uncredited)
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Marshal (uncredited)

Directed by

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Edwin L. Marin

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Frank Gruber ... (screenplay)
 
Frank Gruber ... (novel "Fighting Man")

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Nat Holt ... producer
Harry Howard ... associate producer

Music by

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Paul Sawtell

Cinematography by

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Fred Jackman Jr. ... director of photography

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Philip Martin

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Wilton R. Holm ... Cinecolor consultant (as Wilton Holm)
Clifford D. Shank ... Cinecolor consultant (as Clifford Shank)

Art Direction by

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George Van Marter

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Al Orenbach

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Lee Greenway ... makeup artist
Elaine Ramsey ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Joseph H. Nadel ... in charge of production

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William Kissell ... assistant director (as William H. Kissel)

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Walter Veady ... props (uncredited)

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Hugh McDowell Jr. ... sound recorder (as Hugh McDowell)

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Kermit Maynard ... stunts (uncredited)

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Joe Jackman ... camera operator (uncredited)
Madison S. Lacy ... still photographer (uncredited)
Henry Maak ... grip (uncredited)
Bill McLellan ... gaffer (uncredited)

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Maria P. Donovan ... wardrobe (as Maria Donovan)

Script and Continuity Department

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Fred Applegate ... script supervisor (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

In August 1863, Jim Dancer, searching for his brother's killer, rides with Quantrell's raiders against Lawrence, Kansas. Yancey, one of the guerrillas most responsible for the band's bad name and reputation, accosts Evelyn Slocum. Yancey tell Dancer that Evelyn's father is the man who killed Dancer's brother, and Dancer takes revenge by killing him. But the man he is searching for is really the dead man's brother, Bert Slocum. When the Civil War ends in 1865, Dancer becomes a fugitive, hunted by Slocum and George Cummings, a detective for the Pleasanton Agency. Cummings finally catches Dancer, and it is only then that Dancer learns he killed the wrong man. While crossing the river on a makeshift ferry, Cummings is accidentally killed. When they are found, Dancer introduces himself as Cummings, saying the dead man was Jim Dancer. As Cummings, Dancer becomes a track-worker at Lanyard, Kansas. While the town is celebrating the arrival of the first cattle-drive herd from Texas, one of the cowboys menaces Evelyn Slocum, and Dancer stops him in a gun duel. The townsmen named Dancer Town Marshal in place of the cowardly Marshal. Persuaded by Dave Oldham and Florence Peel, both of whom know his true identity, Dancer accepts the job. But Bert Slocum is still after him, and the town's crooked justice-of-the-peace and district attorney aren't overly fond of the new Marshal and his law-and-order ways. Written by Les Adams

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Taglines Fighting Mad - When Quantrell's Guerillas...and a renegade turned hero --- ravaged the Great Plains! (0riginal poster) See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'Homme de Kansas City (France)
  • El último hombre del valle (Spain)
  • O aetos me to asimenio pistoli (Greece)
  • El justiciero (Mexico)
  • Den lovløse sherif (Denmark)
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  • 94 min
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Trivia Re-release prints were struck in black-and-white. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Unguarded Moment (1951). See more »
Soundtracks Buffalo Gals See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: The vast plains of the American West proved a barrier so formidable that the westward march of civilization faltered before it for more than a decade. Yet Civilization must move on and the Great Plains were finally conquered. This is the story of one of these builders of the West ... Jim Dancer, bad man, outlaw ..... Fighting man of the plains. During the desperate days of the Civil War-August 21, 1863,- Quantrell's raid on Lawrence, Kansas. The bloody war between the states finally came to an end, but on the border the hatreds had been too great. Men continued to ride and fight and die. The name of Quantrell was heard no more, but new names were whispered, names of men who had ridden with Quantrell and were now outlaws. 1868 ARCH CLEMENTS 1869 THE YOUNGER BROTHERS 1870 JESSE JAMES 1871 JIM DANCER 1872 - See more »
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