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Code of the Outlaw (1942)

NR · 1942-01-30 · 57m · EN
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After a payroll robbery the Mesquiteers catch up with the gang. But the members escape, the gang leader is killed, and they end up with only the leaders young son who is quickly sent to a work farm. They adopt the boy hoping to learn where the money is. Just as their kindness is about to pay off a gang member takes the boy away forcing him to retrieve the money. - Written by Maurice VanAuken

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Barry ShipmanWriterJohn EnglishDirector

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Bob SteeleBob SteeleTucson SmithTom TylerTom TylerStony BrookeRufe DavisRufe DavisLullaby JoslinWeldon HeyburnWeldon HeyburnPop HardinBenny BartlettBenny BartlettTim HardinLinda LeightonLinda LeightonSue DaytonDonald CurtisDonald CurtisTaggartJohn InceJohn InceEd StoddardKenne DuncanKenne DuncanPlugPhil DunhamPhil DunhamBoyleMax WaizmannMax WaizmannHorace M. BeagleChuck MorrisonChuck MorrisonWounded Henchman

Keywords

Three mesquiteers

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Genre affinityWesternTheme affinityThree MesquiteersPacingShortDirector preference330190Actor preference223516 · 139787 · 158893Country preferenceUs

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What is Code of the Outlaw about?

After a payroll robbery the Mesquiteers catch up with the gang. But the members escape, the gang leader is killed, and they end up with only the leaders young son who is quickly sent to a work farm. They adopt the boy hoping to learn where the money is. Just as their kindness is about to pay off a gang member takes the boy away forcing him to retrieve the money. - Written by Maurice VanAuken

How long is Code of the Outlaw?

Code of the Outlaw has a runtime of 57 minutes.