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Clearing the Range
Clearing the Range is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film starring Hoot Gibson and directed by Otto Brower. It was the first film released by the Poverty Row studio Allied Pictures.
As with many of Gibson's starring roles in westerns, he pretends to be a clueless "peaceful man" in front of his friends, but when trouble starts—in this case, his Banker brother has been murdered by his assistant—he resorts to clever trickery without being seen or suspected to undo the villain
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Variants of the weapon itself included the Mk VII* with a shortened barrel, for use by airborne units, the Mk VII for use in Universal Carriers and the Mk III used as a smoke