''Trail Dust'' is a 1936 American

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film directed by

Nate Watt Nathan Watt (April 6, 1889 – May 26, 1968) was an American film director. He directed 30 films between 1916 and 1961. Filmography * ''The Torch Bearer'' (1916) (actor) * ''Persistent Percival'' (1916, short) * ''Cooking His Goose'' (1916 ...

, written by Al Martin, and starring

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George "Gabby" Hayes George Francis "Gabby" Hayes (May 7, 1885 – February 9, 1969) was an American actor. He began as something of a leading man and a character player, but he was best known for his numerous appearances in B-Western (genre), Western film series as ...

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, Gwynne Shipman, Britt Wood and Dick Dickson. It was released on December 11, 1936, by

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Plot

Cast

Hopalong Cassidy Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of short stories and novels based on the character. Mulford portrayed the character as rude, dangerous, and rough-talking. He wa ...

as Johnny Nelson *

as Windy Halliday *

as Tex Anderson * Gwynne Shipman as Beth Clark * Britt Wood as Lanky * Dick Dickson as Waggoner * Earl Askam as Red *

Al Bridge Alfred Morton Bridge (February 26, 1891 – December 27, 1957 ) was an American character actor who played mostly small roles in over 270 films between 1931 and 1954. Bridge's persona was an unpleasant, gravel-voiced man with an untidy mou ...

as Babson * John Beach as Hank * Ted Adams as Joe Wilson * T.J. Halligan as Skinny * Dan Wolheim as Henchman Borden *

Harold Daniels Harold Daniels was an actor and then a director of American films. He directed about 14 films. The 1958 '' Terror in the Haunted House'' he directed was one of the first to use the technique known as ''Psychorama''. Daniels was born Harold Goldst ...

as Lewis * Emmett Daly as George * Al St. John as Henchman Al *

Kenneth Harlan Kenneth Daniel Harlan (July 26, 1895 – March 6, 1967) was a popular American actor during the silent film era, playing mostly romantic leads or adventurer roles. His career extended into the sound film era, but during that span he rarely c ...

as Bowman *

George Chesebro George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * ''Mi ...

as Saunders * Leo J. McMahon as Cowhand Bob * John Elliott as John Clark

Production

The railroad scenes were filmed on the

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