Law of the Range

Law of the Range is a 1941 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor using a screenplay by Sherman L. Lowe which is based on a story by Charles E. Barnes. A Universal production, the film starred Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day and Riley Hill. AllMovie states it is a remake of another Ray Taylor film, the 1935 feature The Ivory-Handled Gun.

Plot

Steve Howard arrives at the Diamond T Ranch during a fight between rival families, the O'Briens and the Howards, the latter being helped by Squint Jamison.

Cast

Johnny Mack Brown as Steve Howard
Fuzzy Knight as Chap Chaparral
Nell O'Day as Mary O'Brien
Riley Hill (credited as Roy Harris) as Wolverine Kid
Janet Warren (credited as Elaine Morey) as Virginia O'Brien
Pat O'Malley as Howard
Hal Taliaferro as Tim O'Brien
Charles King as Walt
Ethan Laidlaw as Hobart
Jack Rockwell as Sheriff Henderson
Alan Bridge as Squint Jamison
Jerome Harte as Kurt
Terry Frost as Sam Emery

Production

This black-and-white film is said to consist of 6 reels and the plot 'suggested by a story by Charles E. Barnes.'

Release

The film was released in the United States on July 20, 1941.

Music

The film includes the song 'Pals of the Prairie' (by Robert Crawford) played by The KCBS-Texas Rangers.