Vengeance of the West (1942)

Anita Morell arrives by stagecoach in a small California town to find her father murdered and his property being stolen by two unscrupulous townsmen. She receives help from a sympathetic lawman and from a masked rider known as "the Black Shadow" whose whip-scarred back is evidence of his own grudge against the townsmen.

Directed by: Lambert Hillyer

Cast: Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Frank Mitchell, Adele Mara, Dick Curtis, Robert Fiske, Ted Mapes, Eva Puig, José Luis Tortosa, Guy Wilkerson, Stanley Brown, Steve Clark

Genres: Drama, Western

Rating: 7/10

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