The Telegraph Trail (1933)
The story of how the telegraph was laid from East to West, with plenty of hardships and Indian attacks.
A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.
- Date of release
- 1933-03-18
- TMDB
- 4.6 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 54m
- Genres
- Action, Western
- Director
- Tenny Wright
Casting
- John Wayne — John Trent
- Duke — Duke - John's Horse
- Frank McHugh — Corporal Tippy
- Marceline Day — Alice Keller
- Otis Harlan — Uncle Zeke Keller
- Albert J. Smith — Gus Lynch
- Yakima Canutt — High Wolf
- Lafe McKee — Lafe
- Chief John Big Tree — Indian Chief (uncredited)
- Clarence Geldart — Army Captain (uncredited)
- Slim Whitaker — Second Henchman (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Telegraph Trail is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Tenny Wright and starring John Wayne and Frank McHugh. The film also starred stuntman Yakima Canutt as Indian Chief High Wolf, Marceline Day as the heroine, and Duke the Wonder Horse as John Wayne's trusty steed.
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