Blazing Guns (1943 film)
1943 film by Robert Emmett Tansey
Blazing Guns is a 1943 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and written by Frances Kavanaugh and Gina Kaus. The film stars Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, LeRoy Mason, Emmett Lynn, Weldon Heyburn and Roy Brent. The film was released on October 8, 1943, by Monogram Pictures.
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Cast
Ken Maynard as Ken Maynard
Hoot Gibson as Hoot Gibson
LeRoy Mason as Duke Wade
Emmett Lynn as Eagle-Eye
Weldon Heyburn as Vic
Roy Brent as Jim Wade
Eddie Gribbon as Cactus Joe
Lloyd Ingraham as Governon Brighton
George Kamel as Weasel
Cay Forester as Mary Baxter
Robbie Kavanaugh as Virginia
Frank Ellis as Lefty
Charles King as Blackie
Kenne Duncan as Red Higgins
Dan White as Trigger
Charles Murray Jr.
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