Lawless Frontier

The Capture of an Outlaw Gang
The Lawless Frontier, 1934 film

There is a wanted poster for Pandro Zanti, for cattle rustling and murder. Riders drive cattle out of a pen, shots are fired. A son call for his father. Another man pumps water for a drink. Then a man comes by to water his horse. A girls sees two men on a ridge, then overhears their plans. Zanti's gang plans to attack this home, but it is now vacant. Zanti pays a man to buy bacon and flour, then plans to steal it all. The river crossing causes a load to fall off. Zanti sees this with a glass. The three race to town. Can the gang be distracted by shots? Sheriff Williams tells the men about Zanti and the $5,000 reward. [A huge sum for those times.]

The gang rides into town, shots are exchanged. The Sheriff and others look for Zanti. Will a ruse work against this gang? Can the stranger capture Zanti? Will Dusty be attacked and the wrong man blamed? Dusty recovers. Zanti gets out of his chains. "Look out, Harve!" Too late. Zanti gets...

probablay the best out there for public domain
I had compared a number of public domain prints of this film and until this point the Reel Enterprizes aavailable asa dvd-r was the best out there. There are still some dark unseeable or at least disturbing scenes at the beginning of the filmon Amazon's Reel Ent. print, but the Mr Fat print removed a very small section orf this underexposed part without changing the story line one bit.The film was made from the original negartive with aslight touch of updated background music. It is now a very watchable film for the john wayne archives. Eventhough it is also a dvd-R it is better than the rest.



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