THE DESERT TRAIL (1935) John Wayne, Mary Kornman & Paul Fix Eddy | Western | B&W

The Desert Trail is a 1935 American Monogram Western film starring John Wayne and directed by Lewis D. Collins (credited as Cullin Lewis). The movie also features Eddy Chandler, Mary Kornman, and Paul Fix.

SYNOPSIS
Rodeo star John Scott and his gambler friend Kansas Charlie are wrongly accused of armed robbery. They leave town as fast as they can to go looking for their own suspects in Poker City.

Rodeo star John Scott and his gambler friend Kansas Charlie are wrongly accused of armed robbery at the Rattlesnake Gulch rodeo (with an admission price of $1) just after John Scott gets his rodeo prize money. The Rodeo Official is robbed and murdered by Pete and Jim a minute after Scott and Kansas Charlie leave. Pete tells authorities he just saw John and his friend Kansas Charlie leaving the office. Now fugitives, John and Charlie flee to another town where they assume new names. There they compete for the affections of a woman who runs a store, Jim's sister Anne Whitaker. Later, John and Charlie interrupt a stagecoach holdup by Pete and Jim. But after John brings the stagecoach and its passengers back to town, Pete shows up and fingers them for the crime. John and Charlie find themselves in jail. Jim, knowing they are innocent and feeling guilty for his part in the crimes, helps bust them out.

CAST & CREW
John Wayne as John Scott, aka John Jones
Mary Kornman as Anne Whitaker
Paul Fix as Jim Whitmonlee
Eddy Chandler as Kansas Charlie, aka Rev. Harry Smith
Carmen Laroux as Juanita LaRoux (as Carmen LaRoux)
Lafe McKee as Poker City Sheriff Lee Brown
Al Ferguson as Pete
Henry Hall as Farnsworth

Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Written by Lindsley Parsons
Produced by Paul Malvern
Cinematography Archie Stout
Edited by Carl Pierson
Distributed by Monogram Pictures Corporation
Release date April 22, 1935
Running time 54 minutes
Language English
Box office $27,500