The Purple Vigilantes (1938)
Note: this print runs 50 minutes against a recorded 58 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Billy Bletcher, Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, George Montgomery
Directed by George Sherman
The Purple Vigilantes is a 1938 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune. Written by Betty Burbridge and Oliver Drake, the film is about a rancher who organizes other ranchers to form a vigilante group in order to rid their town of outlaws. After the outlaws are defeated, some of the men, posing as the vigilant group, go on a crime spree. The Purple Vigilantes is the 12th entry in the Three Mesquiteers series of B-movies produced by Republic Pictures. The film was released in the United Kingdom as Purple Riders because at that time the word "vigilante" was unknown in Britain.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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