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The Missouri Breaks
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The film focuses on Tom Logan, a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous 'regulator', to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
The film focuses on Tom Logan, a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous 'regulator', to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
Actors:
Virgil Frye,
Dorothy Neumann,
R.L. Armstrong,
Scott Palmer,
Hunter von Leer,
Richard Bradford,
John P. Ryan
Virgil Frye
21 August 1930, Estherville, Iowa, USA
Dorothy Neumann
26 January 1914, New York City, New York, USA
R.L. Armstrong
Scott Palmer
Hunter von Leer
3 April 1944, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Richard Bradford
10 November 1934, Conroe, Texas, USA
John P. Ryan
30 July 1936, New York City, New York, USA
Country:
United States
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