''Western Trails'' is a 1938 American

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film directed by

George Waggner George Waggner (September 7, 1894 – December 11, 1984) was an American actor, director, producer and writer. He is best known for producing and directing the 1941 film '' The Wolf Man''. For some unknown reason, Waggner sometimes configured his ...

and written by Norton S. Parker. The film stars Bob Baker,

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, Carlyle Moore Jr.,

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, Franco Corsaro and Bob Burns. The film was released on June 1, 1938, by

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Plot

While pursuing his father's killers, Bob Mason gets a gunshot wound, while recovering he is assisted by nurse Alice with whom his friend Ben is in love with. Bob discovers that the killer is Alice's brother Rudd and confronts him, however Rudd convinces Ben that Bob is stealing Alice for himself, so Ben removes the bullets from Bob's gun right before he faces off against Rudd.

Cast

* Bob Baker as Bob Mason *

as Alice Gordon *

as Ben McClure *Carlyle Moore Jr. as Rudd Gordon *

as Williams *Franco Corsaro as Indian Joe *Bob Burns as Dan 'Dad' Mason *

Jack Rockwell Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 1947) was an American film actor who was born in Mexico. He appeared in over 250 movies, mostly Westerns, between 1927 and 1947. Rockwell's older brother was character actor Charles ...

as Bartender *Wimpy as Smoky *Apache as Apache

References

External links

* {{George Waggner 1938 films American Western (genre) films 1938 Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films Films directed by George Waggner American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language Western (genre) films