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The Lone Star Trail
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Wikipedia article
'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
See also
* List of American films of 1943
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