Legion of the Lawless

HD 1.4 59 min.

George O'Brien's first 1940 western release, Legion of the Lawless uses its frontier trappings for a plea against vigilante justice-specifically, lynching. A group of masked night riders terrorize the homesteaders in the 19th century village of Iveston, all the while insisting that they're merely bringing law and order to the territory. Lawyer O'Brien thinks otherwise, and soon he's championing the cause of the beleaguered villagers.

Genre: Western

Release: Jan. 22, 1940

Director: David Howard

Cast: George O’Brien, Virginia Vale, Herbert Heywood, Norman Willis, Hugh Sothern, William Benedict, Eddy Waller, Delmar Watson, Bud Osborne, Monte Montague, Slim Whitaker, Mary Field, Richard Cramer, John Dilson, Martín Garralaga, John Ince, Lloyd Ingraham, Walter James, Sid Jordan, Wilfred Lucas, Horace Murphy, Herman Nowlin, Edward Peil Sr., Joe Phillips, Henry Wills