''The Trail Beyond'' is a 1934

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film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, Noah Beery Sr., and Noah Beery Jr. The motion picture was based on the novel ''The Wolf Hunters'' by

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, which was also adapted as a silent film (1926) and a later sound film (1949), both called ''The Wolf Hunters''. Stunning location backgrounds filmed around

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, set this film firmly apart from most of the other

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westerns shot during the decade in which Wayne found himself trapped between his screen masterpieces ''

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'' (1930) and '' Stagecoach'' (1939).

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* John Wayne as Rod Drew *

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as Felice Newsome * Noah Beery Sr. as George Newsome * Noah Beery Jr. as Wabi * Robert Frazer as Jules LaRocque * Iris Lancaster as Marie LaFleur *

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as Felice's uncle * Eddie Parker as Ryan, the Mountie *

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as Henchman Benoit

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