The Red Rope

The Red Rope is a 1937 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by George H. Plympton. The film stars Bob Steele, Lois January, Forrest Taylor, Charles King, Karl Hackett and Bobby Nelson. The film was released on July 19, 1937, by Republic Pictures.

Plot

A man walks into a saloon to find several dead bodies and a bloody knife.  He walks into the bathroom to find a man hung with a red rope and a note in his pocket.  He follows the clues set by the killer and catches him, then hands him over to the sheriff anonymously. The final scene is him riding out to find out what happened in another town to investigate and hopefully solve another murder.

Cast 
Bob Steele as Tom Shaw
Lois January as Betty Duncan
Forrest Taylor as Parson Pete
Charles King as Red Mike
Karl Hackett as Grant Brade
Bobby Nelson as Jimmy Duncan
Ed Cassidy as Logan 
Lew Meehan as Rattler Haynes
Frank Ball as John Duncan
Jack Rockwell as Dotkins
Horace Murphy as Horner

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Category:1937 films
Category:American films
Category:English-language films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:1930s Western (genre) films
Category:Republic Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films