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Decker uses a trick gun loaded with blanks to make Steve Norris think he killed the Sheriff. Then he makes him Sheriff and forces him to take orders. Things look bad for Steve so it's time for the Durango Kid to appear.

Routine yet competently made Durango kid western with a good idea of Starrett as sheriff blackmailed by the bad guys into turning a blind eye to their crimes. There's some good action, neat twist and turns here and there.

Hugh Prosser shoots the sheriff, then rigs a gun with blanks to convince Charles Starrett to convince him that he did it. After getting a signed confession, Prosser makes Starrett the sheriff, well under his thumb. Starrett is sad because none of his friends like him, so he works on a plan to get the US Marshall in, and uses his secret identity as the Durango Kid to foil Prosser in a bank robbery.

There are several plot holes in this one, but Starrett was so firmly set as one of the top B Western stars of the era, that no one noticed much. Nancy Saunders plays the mild love interest, Smiley Burnette does some clowning, and a group called the Rodeo Rangers offer some music in their sole movie outing.

SIX-GUN LAW (1948) is an interesting western for the time it was created. It features veteran character actor Hugh Prosser as the villain, and it is a role he excels in during the course of this fast-paced movie. Killed in an auto accident at Gallup, New Mexico in November 1952, Hugh Prosser was just coming into his own as an established character actor. For an interesting black&white western from the late 1940s, give SIX-GUN LAW a look! A nice western movie to have in the home video collection. Plenty of action, good dialog and acting, enjoyable entertainment for a western film!