''Galloping Dynamite'' is a 1936 American
Western
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film directed by
Harry L. Fraser and written by
Sherman L. Lowe,
Charles R. Condon
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* '' A Dog of the Regim ...
,
Stanley Roberts
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and
Jesse Duffy
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. The film stars
Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike younger brother of actor Ken Maynard; they were ...
, Ariane Allen,
John Merton
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,
David Sharpe,
Stanley Blystone
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Blystone was ...
, John Ward and
Earl Dwire
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. The film was released on July 12, 1937, by Ambassador Pictures.
Plot
Jim Dillon's brother Bob has been killed by Reed after finding gold, Reed fails to kill Jim as he investigates his brother's death, but Reed blames the murder on Jim and he is condemned to be hung.
Cast
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Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman.
Early years
Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike younger brother of actor Ken Maynard; they were ...
as Jim Dillon
*Ariane Allen as Jane Foster
*
John Merton
John Merton (born Myrtland F. LaVarre; February 18, 1901 – September 19, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1927 and 1959, mostly as a villain. He was the brother of filmmaker André de la Varre an ...
as Reed
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David Sharpe as Bob Dillon
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Stanley Blystone
William Stanley Blystone (August 1, 1894 – July 16, 1956) was an American film actor who made more than 500 films appearances between 1924 and 1956. He was sometimes billed as William Blystone or William Stanley.
Early years
Blystone was ...
as Lew Wilkes
*John Ward as Sam Jenkins
*
Earl Dwire
Earl Dwire (October 3, 1883 – January 16, 1940), born Earl Dean Dwire, was an American character actor who appeared in more than 150 movies between 1921 and his death in 1940.
Dwire acted for three years in stock theater with companies i ...
as Pop
*Bob Burns as Sheriff
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Budd Buster
Budd Leland Buster (June 14, 1891 – December 22, 1965), usually credited as Budd Buster (and sometimes Bud Buster), was an American actor known for B western films. He sometimes was credited as George Selk in his later work.
Early life
Bu ...
as Mike
*Tracy Layne as Mosby
References
External links
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{{Harry L. Fraser
1937 films
1930s English-language films
American Western (genre) films
1937 Western (genre) films
Films directed by Harry L. Fraser
Films based on works by James Oliver Curwood
American black-and-white films
1930s American films