Tonto Basin Outlaws (1941)
Movie: Tonto Basin Outlaws (1941)
“Number 10 in Monogram’s series of 24 “Range Busters” westerns, Crash Corrigan (Ray Corrigan), Dusty King (John King) and Alibi Terhune (Max Terhune), the Range Busters,enlist in Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, but are mustered out and sent to Wyoming to clean up a cattle-rustling situation that is affecting the Army’s meat supply. Arriving in North Butte, Crash’s home town, thay all get separate jobs. Jane Blanchard (Jan Wiley), a reporter from the Denver Daily, also arrives in town in search of a story, and is posing as a waitress. They learn that Jeff Miller (Tristram Coffin) is behind the huge combine of rustlers, but Miller also learns that they are the Range Busters and are on his trail. He and his henchmen engage the out-numbered Crash and Alibi in a fight, but Dusty stampedes a large herd of Miller’s stolen cattle into the midst of the fray. Written by Les Adams {longhorn3708@windstream.net}”
- Director: S. Roy Luby
- Release Date: 10 October 1941 (USA)
- Run Time: 60 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Action , Adventure , War , Western
Tagline: THE RANGE BUSTERS MOST THRILLING ADVENTURE! (original print media ad – all caps)