The Lone Star Trail
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The Lone Star Trail | |
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Directed by | Ray Taylor |
Screenplay by | Oliver Drake |
Story by | Victor Halperin |
Produced by | Oliver Drake |
Starring | Johnny Mack Brown Tex Ritter |
Cinematography | William S. Sickner (as William Sickner) |
Edited by | Ray Snyder |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Lone Star Trail is a 1943 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Johnny Mack Brown and Tex Ritter. The supporting cast features Fuzzy Knight and Jennifer Holt and, in a small role as a villain, Robert Mitchum (billed as "Bob Mitchum"). The screenplay was written by Oliver Drake from a story by Victor Halperin. It was the last of 29 B-westerns Brown starred in for Universal beginning in 1939.
Plot
A paroled convict (Johnny Mack Brown) returns to his home town to prove his innocence against the land-grabbing town elders who framed him for a stagecoach robbery. He's aided in his quest by his partner (Fuzzy Knight), girl friend (Jennifer Holt), and a new friend (Tex Ritter) who is a U.S. marshal traveling incognito.
Cast
- Johnny Mack Brown as Blaze Barker
- Tex Ritter as Fargo Steele
- Fuzzy Knight as Angus MacAngus
- Jennifer Holt as Joan Winters
- George Eldredge as Doug Ransom
- Michael Vallon as Jonathan Bentley
- Harry Strang as Sheriff Waddell
- Earle Hodgins as Mayor Cyrus Jenkins
- Jack Ingram as Henchman Dan Jason
- Robert Mitchum as Ben Slocum (as Bob Mitchum)
- Ethan Laidlaw Steve Bannister
- Jimmy Wakely Trio as Musicians, Cowhands
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