CODE OF THE CACTUS (1939) Tim McCoy, Dorothy Short & Ben Corbett | Western | B&W

Code of the Cactus is a 1939 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield.

SYNOPSIS
When Blackton outbids Bill Carson. Bill suspects he will have to rustle cattle to fulfill the contract. So Bill arrives posing as an Mexican. When he rustles the cattle from the rustlers, it gets him into the gang. Hoping to bring them all to justice, he is in trouble when his true identity is revealed.

CAST & CREW
Tim McCoy as "Lightning" Bill Carson / Miguel
Ben Corbett as Magpie
Dorothy Short as Joan
Ted Adams as Thurston
Stephen Chase as Foreman James
Dave O'Brien as Bob Swane
Forrest Taylor as Blackton
Bob Terry as Lefty, gang truck driver
Slim Whitaker as Sheriff Burton
Frank Wayne as Jake, gang truck shotgun

Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Edward Halperin (original story and screenplay)
Producer: Sam Katzman
Cinematography: Marcel Le Picard
Editing: Holbrook N. Todd
Release Date: February 25, 1939
Running Time: 56 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English