
Winds of the Wasteland (1936)
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- 55min
- Drama, Western
- 06 Jul 1936 (USA)
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Cast verified as complete
John Wayne | ... |
John Blair
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Phyllis Fraser | ... |
Barbara Forsythe
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Lew Kelly | ... |
Rocky O'Brien
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Douglas Cosgrove | ... |
Cal Drake
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Lane Chandler | ... |
Larry Adams
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Sam Flint | ... |
Dr. William Forsythe
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Bob Kortman | ... |
Cherokee Joe - Henchman
(as Robert Kortman)
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Ed Cassidy | ... |
Mr. Dodge
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Jon Hall | ... |
Jim - Pony Express Rider
(as Charles Locher)
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Merrill McCormick | ... |
Pete - Henchman
(as W.M. McCormick)
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Christian J. Frank | ... |
Telegraph Crew Chief
(as Chris Franke)
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Jack Rockwell | ... |
Buchanan City Marshal
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Arthur Millett | ... |
Buchanan City Postmaster
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Tracy Layne | ... |
Green
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Bobby Burns | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Yakima Canutt | ... |
Smokey - Henchman (uncredited)
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Horace B. Carpenter | ... |
Settler with Sick Child (uncredited)
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Helen Gibson | ... |
Settler's Wife (uncredited)
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Herman Hack | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Henry Hall | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Lloyd Ingraham | ... |
Man Showing Stage to Barbara (uncredited)
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Jack Ingram | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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Cliff Lyons | ... |
Express Rider (uncredited)
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Clyde McClary | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Art Mix | ... |
Ed - Pony Express Rider (uncredited)
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George Morrell | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Bud Pope | ... |
Henchman (uncredited)
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Arthur Thalasso | ... |
Race Starter (uncredited)
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Francis Walker | ... |
Townsman (uncredited)
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Joe Yrigoyen | ... |
Drake's Stage Driver (uncredited)
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Directed by
Mack V. Wright |
Written by
Joseph F. Poland | ... | (screen play) |
Joseph F. Poland | ... | (original story) |
Produced by
Nat Levine | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
William Nobles | ... | (photography) |
Editing by
Robert Jahns | ... | film editor |
Editorial Department
Murray Seldeen | ... | supervising editor |
Sound Department
Terry Kellum | ... | sound engineer |
Stunts
Yakima Canutt | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Cliff Lyons | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Joe Yrigoyen | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Music Department
Harry Grey | ... | musical supervision |
James Branson | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Arthur Kay | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Heinz Roemheld | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Leon Rosebrook | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Paul Van Loan | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Paul Malvern | ... | supervised by |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Republic Pictures (I) (1936) (United States) (theatrical)
- Empire Films Ltd. (1936) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Gefion Film (1936) (Denmark) (theatrical)
- British Lion Film Corporation (1937) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as British Lion Film Corporation Ltd.)
- Republic Films of C. A. (1937) (Panama) (theatrical)
- Idéal Film (1937) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- NHK-BS2 (1993) (Japan) (tv) (colorized)
- Sinister Cinema (1997) (United States) (VHS)
- Republic Pictures Home Video (2002) (United States) (VHS)
- Reel Media International (2004) (World-wide) (VHS)
- Reel Media International (2007) (World-wide) (DVD)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2008) (United States) (DVD)
- Filmjuwelen (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
- BuckRay TV (2022) (United States) (video)
- Stream Go Media (2022) (World-wide)
- Alpha Video Distributors (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
The Pony Express days are coming to an end, with riders John Blair (John Wayne) and his friend Larry Adams (Lane Chandler), both about 75 pounds too heavy for the original job description, out of a job. They pay Cal Drake (Douglas Cosgrove) of Buchanan City a big price for the Crescent City line and equipment, and arrive there to find it is a ghost mining town and has only two residents: eccentric, self-proclaimed Mayor "Rocky" O'Brien (Lew Kelly) and Dr. William Forsythe (Sam Flint). With the arrival from back east of Barbara Forsythe (Phyllis Fraser), the doctor's daughter and Ginger Rogers lookalike, O'Brien happily changes the blackboard population sign from two to five. John determines to get even and operate the line anyway, after vacating a resident skunk from the stagecoach. On his first run into Buchanan City John learns of a coach race to be staged (fastest team to win a $25,000 government mail contract) and he signs up. A telegraph crew, drinking unknowingly of a poisoned well, are saved by John's timely arrival on the scene,and agree to run their line through Crescent City if John can get laborers.He takes them from Buchanan City, leaving it nearly deserted and O'Brien wearing out his chalk changing the population sign upwardly in Crescent City.Drake decides to get rid of John by hiring him, for $1,000, to drive a gold shipment to Sacramento, and ambushing him. John evades the ambush by taking another route and returns to collect his thousand dollars at gunpoint. As the race for the mail contract starts, Drake and his henchmen throw many obstacles in John's way.
Written by Les Adams |
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Taglines | A six-shooter writes the law as war flames on the range! Adventure---as bullets blaze the pioneer trail! (original three-sheet poster) See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Phyllis Fraser was Ginger Rogers' cousin. See more » |
Goofs | In the final stage of the race, the long shots of the Crescent City coach show a driver with a light coloured vest wielding a whip in his right hand. The close shots show John Blair (John Wayne) wearing a dark coloured vest and with both hands holding reins. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Winds of the Wasteland (2021). See more » |