Tumbleweed Trail(1942)
THE WHINE OF BULLETS IS MUSIC TO THEIR EARS...Those Battlin' Buckaroos Mean Sudden Death When Thye Start In Slingin' Lead!
In this western, guns blaze, fists fly, horses run, and justice prevails in the end.
Movie: Tumbleweed Trail
Top 10 Billed Cast
Bill 'Cowboy Rambler' Boyd
Art Davis
Marshal Lee Powell
Linda Slade
Mort Slade, Saloon Owner
Vic Landreau, Henchman
Barlow the New Sheriff
Henchman Kurt Bachman
Sheriff
Card Dealer / Vigilante (uncredited)
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