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Down the Wyoming Trail (1939)

1939 · Feature film · 62 min · dir. Albert Herman

RUSTLERS RUN FOR COVER...AS TEX'S SIX GUNS WHIP THE RANGE!

  • Western

Synopsis

Tex arrives on the Parker ranch on Christman eve and is given the job of being Santa Claus. Also dressed as Santa Claus, Blackie robs Parker and kills a man. When Tex is arrested for the murder, he escapes and joins up with outlaw Becker and his gang. He finds Blackie's Santa Claus suit but is soon made a prisoner.

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Details

Director
Albert Herman
Writer
Peter Dixon
Studio
Edward F. Finney Productions
Released
1939-06-13
Running time
62 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · Tex Ritter - Down, Down, Down And Out · Poohbah70 · 2019-11-30

A mediocre western from Monogram with some of the worst photography I've ever seen - particularly action scenes against a projected background. However, the story has some unusual aspects - its set at Christmas in Wyoming - snow covered plains and mountains, herds of reindeer, wolves howling, men wearing snowshoes, wagons on skis, and Tex Ritter, his usual blithe self ready with a song even under the worst of circumstances, as Santa Claus. Mary Brodel, plays the pretty love interest and ranch owner Candy Parker at the center of the cattle rustling problem. In her first film she was one of the…

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