| The Desert Trail | |
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Original Theatrical Poster |
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| Directed by | Cullen Lewis |
| Produced by | Paul Malvern |
| Written by | Story and Screenplay: Lindsley Parsons |
| Starring | John Wayne Mary Kornman Paul Fix Eddy Chandler Carmen LaRoux |
| Cinematography | Archie Stout |
| Editing by | Carl Pierson |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures Corporation |
| Release date(s) | 22 April 1935 |
| Running time | 54 min. |
| Language | English |
The Desert Trail is a 1935 film starring John Wayne and directed by Robert North Bradbury and Cullin Lewis. The movie also features Eddy Chandler, Mary Kornman, and Paul Fix.
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Rodeo star John Scott (John Wayne) and his gambler friend Kansas Charlie (Eddy Chandler) are wrongly accused of armed robbery at the Rattlesnake Gulch rodeo just after John Scott gets his rodeo prize money. The Rodeo Official is robbed and murdered by Pete (Paul Fix) a minute after Scott and Kansas Charlie leave. Pete then says he just saw John and his friend Kansas Charlie leaving the office. The two fugitives flee to another town where they assume new names. Meanwhile, Anne Whitaker makes a large deposit of rare Wisconsin silver at the depot, but Kansas Charlie intercepts this currency as a way to teach Pete about morality. But Pete arrives to point them out and they find themselves in jail. Pete's reluctant accomplice, knowing they are innocent, gets them out and they head after Pete to try to get a confession.