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The Llano Kid

(1962)
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Clint Bellamy struck Butte County just as the peace secured earlier by the Randall-Houston combine is shattered. Rustling, bank robbery and murder are the unwelcome visitors and Clint is in just the wrong place each time. Not only that, but his face looks mighty familiar - there it is on one of the sheriff's dodgers, Dill Hankin, wanted for murder. It looks as though Clint is guilty as hell.
Sheriff Delahay and the R-H are quickly after his blood, but the R-H's Doc Devoy and Mex Jaurez become convinced of Clint's innocence. Meanwhile, mayhem - planned and unplanned - breaks out, thanks to the remorseless scheming of Justin Cainey, which leads to the murder of an oldster, who had befriended Clint.
This murder leads Clint onto a trail of revenge, closely followed by the R-H men, who think that the murder of the oldster was down to Clint. He trail leads to Salom, a lawless town - worse, a town where the law had gone over to evil. It isn't long before Clint sees the inside of Salom's gaol and if that wasn't enough, Nova, Clint's sister, who has arrived with the R-H crew to prove her brother's innocence, finds her honour at the mercy of the crooked lawman.


Genre: Western

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