This 63 minute Monogram Pictures western is based on a story by James Curwood, Wheels Of Fate. Buck Jones made six movies in 1942 and DAWN on the GREAT DIVIDE is the last before his death. Buck Roberts(Jones)finds himself leading a slow moving wagon train that not only is full of folks looking for a new start; but there is also railroad supplies that are not a well kept secret. Jim Corkle(Harry Woods)and his band of "no gooders", dressed as Indians, are poised to rob the wagon train of the supplies needed by the railroad, but are out of luck when Buck separates the wagons in two directions before the raid.
Tragedy, heartbreak and gunfights...all the things you go to the Saturday matinée to see. Not one of Jones' better efforts, but staid and solid as a rock as always. Major filming location was the Walker Ranch in Newhall, California and as most wagon train movies...some awesome scenery. The apt supporting cast features: Mona Barrie, Robert Frazer, Raymond Hatton, Rex Bell, Warren Jackson and Maude Eburne.
Tragedy, heartbreak and gunfights...all the things you go to the Saturday matinée to see. Not one of Jones' better efforts, but staid and solid as a rock as always. Major filming location was the Walker Ranch in Newhall, California and as most wagon train movies...some awesome scenery. The apt supporting cast features: Mona Barrie, Robert Frazer, Raymond Hatton, Rex Bell, Warren Jackson and Maude Eburne.