Wild Horse Round-Up (1936)

The Standard Railroad Company plans to run a line through Wild Horse Valley, and this is known by Charlie Doan, who seeks to buy up all the land in the valley in order to make huge profits ... See full summary »

Director:

Alan James

Writers:

James Oliver Curwood (story "The Man Hater"), Joseph O'Donnell (screenplay)

Stars:

Kermit Maynard, Beth Marion, Dickie Jones

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Kermit Maynard	...	Jack Benson
Beth Marion	...	Ruth Williams (as Betty Lloyd)
Dickie Jones	...	Dickie Williams
John Merton	...	Charlie Doan
Frank Hagney	...	Henchman Steve Clark
Roger Williams	...	Henchman Pete Adams
Dick Curtis	...	Bill
Budd Buster	...	Mopey (as Bud Buster)
Rocky the Horse	...	Jack's Horse (as Rocky)

Storyline

The Standard Railroad Company plans to run a line through Wild Horse Valley, and this is known by Charlie Doan, who seeks to buy up all the land in the valley in order to make huge profits by reselling it to the railroad. Ranchers are forced to sell through fear of the "Night Riders", a group of henchmen hired by Doan. He has repeatedly tried to buy the Running M Ranch owned by Ruth Williams and her seven-year-old brother Dickie, but she refuses to sell. Roving cowhands Jack Benton and his pals Bill, Chuck and Mopey learn from Ruth about Doan's intimidating efforts to buy her ranch, and they hire on to help her with the wild horse roundup. Henchmen Steve and Pete burn the Running M's barn. Doan learns that Jack has bought an option on the Jim Green ranch and uses this information to turn Ruth against Jack. The latter tells Doan that he is a special investigator for the railroad and empowered to make property purchases for the right-of-way in his own name. Appearing to turn against ...

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Taglines:

A Thundering Epic of Right Against Might! (original poster)

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946. It received its initial telecast Friday 12 April 1940 on New York City's pioneer, and then still experimental television station W2XBS. Post WW-II television viewers got their first look at it in New York City Friday 11 June 1948 on WATV (Channel 13), in Detroit Friday 13 May 1949 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Philadelphia Monday 22 August 1949 on Frontier Playhouse on WPTZ (Channel 3), and in Salt Lake City Friday 30 December 1949 on KDYL (Channel 4).

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Soundtracks

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Written by Connie Lee

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 November 1936 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Conn Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

58 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1