A con man posing as a lawyer tries to sell copies of a phony law book. Things get serious when he has to defend a young man falsely accused of robbery.
1932 American Western Film
Dan Alton is a con artist, posing as a lawyer in order to sell copies of a phony law book. When Bill Clary robs a stagecoach, and plants some of the stolen money at the ranch of Luke Avery, Avery's beautiful sister Ruth ropes an instantly smitten Alton into being Avery's defense attorney. As part of his strategy to defend Avery, Alton plans to pull off another stagecoach robbery.
Cowboy Counsellor is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film starring Hoot Gibson and directed by George Melford. It mixed in strong elements of comedy with courtroom drama. One reviewer deemed it "the best of Gibson's films for Allied."
