Characters & Themes
The Plunderers (1948) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1948 · 87 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Joseph Kane
- Starring
- Paul Fix, Forrest Tucker, James Flavin, Francis Ford, Taylor Holmes, Russell Hicks
The film opens with a shocking display – Rod Cameron’s hero shoots Sheriff Sam Borden at point‑blank range before a crowd of witnesses. The murder is staged, however, as a ploy to let army agent Johnny Drum go undercover among a gang of highway robbers. Presented in Republic Pictures’ vivid Trucolor process, the story follows Drum’s covert infiltration and the ensuing showdown.
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