BAR-Z BAD MEN (1937) Johnny Mack Brown, Lois January & Tom London | Western | B&W

Bar-Z Bad Men is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Johnny Mack Brown.

SYNOPSIS
When reckless and boisterous Jim Waters (Johnny Mack Brown) is faced with a jail term for what he calls harmless fun, he heads to the Bar-Z Ranch, promising to stay out of town. When he gets there, he runs right into the middle of a range war between two cattlemen. Murder and deceit draw Jim in, determined to uncover who’s in back of the rustling.

Jim Waters arrives at Ed Parks' ranch to find Parks' cattle herd mysteriously increased. Hamp Harvey has been losing cattle and he suspects Parks. But the culprit is Harvey's foreman Brent who gets his orders from the town's leading citizen Sig Barstell. Barstell wants Harvey's ranch and after trying to frame Harvey by killing Parks, Waters takes over and goes after both the killer and the rustlers.

CAST & CREW
Johnny Mack Brown as Jim Waters
Lois January as Beth Harvey
Tom London as Sig Bostell
Frank LaRue as Hamp Harvey
Ernie Adams as Henchman Pete
Dick Curtis as Brent – Ranch Foreman
Milburn Morante as Sherlock – Arizona Deputy
Jack Rockwell as Ed Parks

Directed by Sam Newfield
Screenplay by George H. Plympton
Story by James P. Olsen
Produced by A.W. Hackel
Cinematography Bert Longenecker
Edited by S. Roy Luby
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date April 22, 1937
Running time 57 minutes
Country United States
Language English