- Country: USA
- Genres: Western
- Release: 1940-05-02
- Director: Joseph H. Lewis
- Writers: Charles F. Royal
- Language: English
- Stars: Bill Elliott , Iris Meredith , Dub Taylor (I) (1907–1994) , Ray Bennett , Francis Walker , Ernie Adams , Al Hill , Stanley Brown , Richard Fiske , Edward LeSaint
- Runtime: 59 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Man from Tumbleweeds , Justiça Sertaneja (Brazil) , Al amparo del terror (Mexico) , The Man from Tumbleweeds (United States of America) , The Man from Tumbleweeds (United Kingdom)
- Plot: Powder Kilgore (Ray Bennett as Raphael Bennett) kills freighter Jeff Cameron (Edward LeSaint) and the latter's daughter, "Spunky" (Iris Meredith), sends for gunfighter Wild Bill Saunders (Bill Elliott, in another of his more than 195 films in which he was never, not once, billed as William 'Wild Bill' Elliott.) Bill finds that few men care to buck the Kilgore gang, and he gets consent from Governor Dawson (Don Beddoe) to form a state ranger's organization out of gunmen now in prison, the men to be pardoned if they prove themselves worthy. (A plot line used at least six times by writer/director Robert Emmett Tansey elsewhere in a ten year period.) Bill whips a Kilgore henchman, Lightning Barlow (Francis Walker), who is offering "Spunky" protection in return for a half-share in her freighting business. Bill jails Barlow and other Kilgore gang members when he and his "rangers" foil an attempted gold-shipment holdup. "Spunky" and her helper Cannonball (Dub Taylor) stumble on Kilgore's hideout and are taken prisoner. Bill rescues them, but Kilgore and his henchman surround the hideout.
- IMDB:tt0032750
The Man from Tumbleweeds Cast · · · ALL
Joseph H. Lewis
Director
Bill Elliott
Wild Bill Saunders
Iris Meredith
'Spunky' Cameron
Dub Taylor
(I)
(1907–1994)
Cannonball
Ray Bennett
Powder Kilgore
Francis Walker
Lightning Barlow
Ernie Adams
Shifty Sheldon
Al Hill
Honest John Webster
Stanley Brown
Slash
Richard Fiske
KId Dixon
Edward LeSaint
Jeff Cameron
Don Beddoe
Governor Dawson
Hank Bell
Stage Driver
Bruce Bennett
Prison Warden
Buel Bryant
Ranger
Edward Cecil
Wilson - Governor's Butler
George Chesebro
Bank Robber
Steve Clark
Tumbleweeds Marshal
Tex Cooper
Gun Sight Townsman
Art Dillard
Henchman
Jack Evans
Henchman
George Fiske
Henchman
Olin Francis
Blake - Bearded Bank Robber
George Hazel
Henchman
Ray Jones
Henchman
Jack King
Henchman (uncredited)