title: The Dude Bandit
text: # The Dude Bandit
  
  The Dude Bandit is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by George Melford. Starring Hoot Gibson, the film is a remake of Gibson's Clearing the Range (1931).
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Hoot Gibson as "Ace" Cooper posing as Tex
  * Gloria Shea as Betty Mason
  * Hooper Atchley as Al Burton
  * Skeeter Bill Robbins as "Skeeter"
  * Horace B. Carpenter as "Doc" Pettit
  * Neal Hart as Henchman Jack Hargan
  * Lafe McKee as Rancher Brown
  * Gordon De Main as Dan "Dad" Mason
  * Fred Burns as Sheriff Jim
  