The Fighting Marshal

The Fighting Marshal is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Tim McCoy.^[1]

The Fighting Marshal
Film poster
Directed by	D. Ross Lederman
Written by	Frank Howard Clark (story) Frank Howard Clark (adaptation) Frank Howard Clark (dialogue)
Starring	Tim McCoy
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline (as Benjamin Kline)
Edited by	Otto Meyer
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 25, 1931 (1931-11-25)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Tim Benton (Tim McCoy) is falsely accused of killing his own father and escapes from prison along with brutish Red Larkin (Matthew Betz). The fugitives head for the former Benton mine now operated by the villainous John Sebastian (Ethan Laidlaw), where Tim plans to rob the payroll. En route, they are discovered by Bob Dinsmore (Anders Van Haden), the new marshal of Silver City, who is killed by Red.^[2]

Cast

• Tim McCoy as Tim Benton
• Dorothy Gulliver as Alice Wheeler
• Matthew Betz as Red Larkin
• Mary Carr as Aunt Emily
• Pat O'Malley as Deputy Ed Myers
• Edward LeSaint as Warden Decker
• Harry Todd as Pop