The Cowboy from Sundown (1940) Online
The drought-plagued ranchers of Sundown have to market their cattle at a loss in order to meet mortgage payments held by banker Cylus Cuttler. Then, Sheriff Tex Rockett is forced to quarantine all the cattle on the local ranches because of a hoof-and-mouth disease outbreak. Steve Davis herds his cattle to the railhead anyway, and Tex is forced to arrest him. Urged on by the banker's son, Nick Cuttler, the angry ranchers storm the jail, but Steve's sister Bee persuades them to await the trial. Steve, with Nick's help, breaks jail and is told he must kill Tex to aid the ranchers. Meanwhile, government man Bret Stockton and Tex see Nick and his men treating cattle in an unusual way. Tex finally proves that the Cuttlers have been treating the cattle with acid to give a false impression of the hoof-and-mouth disease.
| Complete credited cast: | |||
 | Tex Ritter | - | Sheriff Tex Rockett |
 | Roscoe Ates | - | Deputy Gloomy Day |
 | Carleton Young | - | Nick Cuttler |
 | George Pembroke | - | Cylus Cuttler (as Geo. Pembroke) |
 | Patsy Moran | - | Prunella Wallaby |
| Pauline Haddon | - | Bee Davis (as Pauline Hadden) |
 | Glenn Strange | - | Bret Stockton |
 | Slim Andrews | - | Judge Hank Pritchard (as 'Slim' Andrews) |
 | Bud Osborne | - | Pronto Parsons |
 | Joe McGuinn | - | Rip Carter |
 | Dave O'Brien | - | Steve Davis |
 | Chick Hannan | - | Pete - Henchman |
 | Tristram Coffin | - | Ben Varco |
The earliest documented telecasts of this film took place in New York City Sunday 19 December 1948 on WATV (Channel 13), in Cincinnati Saturday 13 August 1949 on WCPO (Channel 7), and in Philadelphia Thursday 22 September 1949 on Frontier Playhouse on WPTZ (Channel 3).
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