''Marked Trails'' is a 1944 American

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film directed by

John P. McCarthy John P. McCarthy (March 17, 1884 – September 4, 1962), also known as J.P. McCarthy or simply as John McCarthy, was an American director and screenwriter of the 1920s through 1945. He began in the film industry in front of the camera, as an ac ...

Plot

Bob Stevens (Bob Steele) is a young man living in the old west who wants to get out and see the world before he has to settle down and live responsibly. His uncle Harry (Steve Clark), a deputy marshal of the town of Tracy, wants Bob to take up that line of work, which Bob initially refuses. But then Harry recognizes wanted gang members Jack Slade (

Mauritz Hugo Mauritz Hugo (January 12, 1909 – June 16, 1974) was a Swedish-born American film and television actor. Selected filmography * '' Wanted by the Police'' (1938) * ''Criminal Investigator'' (1942) *'' The Crime Smasher'' (1943) * '' Outlaws of ...

) and Mary Conway, alias Blanche (

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), and is murdered by them as he tries to order them out of town. Seeking justice, Bob then joins the U.S. Marshals after all, along with his friend, Parkford (

Hoot Gibson Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962) was an American rodeo champion, film actor, film director, and producer. While acting and stunt work began as a sideline to Gibson's focus on rodeo, he successfully transitioned ...

). Arriving in Tracy, Bob poses as a trouble-making criminal in order to be recruited to join Slade's gang, which Hoot separately comes to town in the guise of a "dude," a more cultured speech-maker in the name of law and order. In the end, the criminals are discovered and defeated in a shootout.

Cast

as Hoot Parkford * Bob Steele as Bob Stevens *

as Blanche / Mary Conway *Ralph Lewis as Henchman Jed *

as Jim Slade * Charles Stevens as Henchman Denver *

Bud Osborne Leonard Miles "Bud" Osborne (July 20, 1884 – February 2, 1964) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 600 films and television programs between 1912 and 1963. Biography Osborne was born Miles Osborne in Knox County, Texas, ...

as Sheriff Jim *

Lynton Brent Lynton Wright Brent (August 2, 1897 – July 2, 1981) was an American film actor and a writer. He appeared in over 240 films between 1930 and 1950. Brent is best known for his prolific work with Columbia Pictures in the Three Stooges shor ...

as Henchman Tex *George Morrell as Whippletree, Livery man *Allen D. Sewall as Hank Bradley

External links

* * 1944 films 1944 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Monogram Pictures films American Western (genre) films Films directed by John P. McCarthy 1940s English-language films 1940s American films English-language Western (genre) films Films scored by Frank Sanucci {{1940s-US-Western-film-stub