Wild West Days (1937)

Name: Wild West Days
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Released: 1937-07-05
Duration: 268 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, George Shelley, Lynn Gilbert, Frank Yaconelli, Bob Kortman

Wild West Days (1937), directed by Clifford Smith, starring Johnny Mack Brown and George Shelley.

07/05/1937 BR Action, Adventure and Western 4h 28m

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Synopsis

Retired lawman Kentucky Wade and his three buddies, Mike Morales, "Dude" Hanford and "Trigger" Benton come to Brimstone and help their friends Larry Munro and his sister, Lucy , in their fight to retain control of Larry's rich ore mine. "Doc" Hardy , as an old friend of Wade's, joins them in their efforts to keep Matt Keeler , the scheming owner of "The Brimstone News", from his efforts to wrest control of Munro's property and mine. Keller employs a legion of henchmen, and sidelines at running runs guns to Red Hatchet and his tribe so they can also get in on the fray against the Munro's and Kentucky and friends.

Clifford SmithDirector
Ford BeebeDirector
Norman S. HallScreenplay
Ray TrampeScreenplay

About the film

Wild West Days (1937) is a Universal film serial based on a Western novel by W. R. Burnett. Directed by Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith and starring Johnny Mack Brown, George Shelley, Lynn Gilbert, Frank Yaconelli, Bob Kortman, Russell Simpson, and Walter Miller, it was the 103rd of the studio's 137 serials (and the 35th with sound), and was the first of three serials Brown made for the studio before being promoted to his own B-western series in 1939.

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Premise

Larry and Lucy Munro own a ranch with a rich platinum deposit. Newspaper editor Matt Keeler as the head of a gang called "Secret Seven" wants the ranch for himself and has Larry framed for murder to get it. Frontiersman Kentucky Wade - with his pals Dude Hanford, Mike Morales and Trigger Benton - come to the Munros' aid.

Cast

Johnny Mack Brown as Kentucky Wade (as John Mack Brown)

George Shelley as Dude Hanford

Lynn Gilbert as Lucy Munro

Frank Yaconelli as Mike Morales

Bob Kortman as Trigger Benton (as Robert Kortman)

Russell Simpson as Matt Keeler

Walter Miller as Doc Hardy

Charles Stevens as Buckskin Frank

Frank McGlynn Jr. as Larry Munro (as Frank McGlynn)

Francis McDonald as Assayer Purvis

Al Bridge as Steve Claggett

Chief Thunderbird as Chief Red Hatchet

Robert McClung as Mouth Organ Kid [Chs. 8-11]

Edward LeSaint as Sheriff (as Ed LeSaint)

Joseph W. Girard as Judge Lawrence

Jack Rube Clifford as Corey (as Jack Clifford)

William Royle as Braden

Bruce Mitchell as Rancher Tobe Driscoll

Miki Morita as Chan, 2nd Cook [Chs. 7, 9, 11-12]

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 Wayt Johnson as in the novel.

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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External links

Wild West Days at IMDb

Text from Wild West Days on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_West_Days

Trivia

It premiered on July 5, 1937, a Monday.
It runs 4h28 — well over the usual two hours.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosUniversal Pictures
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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Clifford Smith Director
Ford Beebe Director
Norman S. Hall Screenplay
Ray Trampe Screenplay
Wyndham Gittens Screenplay

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What is Wild West Days about?

Wild West Days: Retired lawman Kentucky Wade and his three buddies, Mike Morales, "Dude" Hanford and "Trigger" Benton come to Brimstone and help their friends Larry Munro and his sister, Lucy , in their fight to retain control of Larry's rich ore mine. "Doc" Hardy , as an old friend of Wade's, joins them in their efforts to keep Matt…

Who directed Wild West Days?

Wild West Days was directed by Clifford Smith and Ford Beebe in 1937.

Who stars in Wild West Days?

The cast of Wild West Days includes Johnny Mack Brown, George Shelley, Lynn Gilbert, Frank Yaconelli and Bob Kortman.

How long is Wild West Days?

Wild West Days runs for 268 minutes, or 4h28.