Wild West Days

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Wild West Days
Poster advertising the fourth installment
Directed by	Ford Beebe Clifford Smith
Produced by	Ben Koenig Henry MacRae
Written by	Wyndham Gittens Norman S. Hall Ray Trampe W. R. Burnett (novel)
Starring	Johnny Mack Brown George Shelley Lynn Gilbert Frank Yaconelli Bob Kortman Russell Simpson Walter Miller
Music by	Charles Previn
Cinematography	Richard Fryer
Editing by	Saul A. Goodkind Louis Sackin Alvin Todd
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	5 July 1937
Running time	13 chapters (268 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

Wild West Days (1937) is a Universal film serial based on a western novel by W. R. Burnett. It was the 103rd of the studio's 137 serials (and the 35th with sound).

Plot

Larry and Lucy Munro own a hidden gold mine. Newspaper editor Matt Keeler wants the mine for himself and has Larry framed for to get it. Frontiersman Kentucky Wade - with Dude Hanford, Mike Morales and Trigger Benton - come to the Munros' aid.

Cast

Johnny Mack Brown as Kentucky Wade, frontiersman and ex-lawman
George Shelley as Dude Hanford, one of Wade's sidekicks
Lynn Gilbert as Lucy Munro
Frank Yaconelli as Mike Morales, one of Wade's sidekicks
Bob Kortman as Trigger Benton, one of Wade's sidekicks
Russell Simpson as Matt Keeler, villainous editor of The Brimstone News and member of the Secret Seven
Walter Miller as Doc Hardy, an old friend of Wade
Charles Stevens as Buckskin Frank, one of Keeler's henchmen
Frank McGlynn Jr. as Larry Munro, goldmine owner framed by Keeler
Francis McDonald as Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret Seven
Al Bridge as Steve Claggett, one of Keeler's henchmen
Chief Thunderbird as Chief Red Hatchet, one of Keeler's henchmen
Robert McClung as Harmonica Kid
Edward LeSaint as Sheriff
Joseph W. Girard as Judge Lawrence

Production

This serial was based on the novel "Saint Johnson" by William R. Burnett. However, the main character in the serial is a frontiersman called Kentucky Wade instead of Saint Johnson as in the novel.^[1]

Chapter titles

Death Rides the Range
The Redskins' Revenge
The Brink of Doom
The Indians Are Coming
The Leap for Life
Death Stalks the Plains
Six Gun Law
The Gold Stampede
Walls of Fire
The Circle of Doom
The Thundering Herd
Rustlers and Redskins
The Rustlers' Roundup

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References

↑ Cline, William C. "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 10. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
↑ Cline, William C. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 218. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

Wild West Days at the Internet Movie Database
Wild West Days at allmovie

Preceded by Secret Agent X-9 (1936)	Universal Serial Wild West Days (1937)	Succeeded by Radio Patrol (1937)

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in Eighteen Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West The Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M

See also

Film serials List of film serials List of film serials by studio

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