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'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)

1934 · Feature film · 54 min · dir. Harry L. Fraser

Hair-trigger Action! Hair-Trigger Action!

  • B western

Synopsis

Chris Morrell, the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white father. so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Outlaw Sam Black is after the girl and her father as well. Besides dealing with the Black gang, Morrell has to find another robber, Jim Moore, who switches clothes with him after he finds Chris unconscious from a fight with Sam Black. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore, another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Jim Moore,…

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Details

Director
Harry L. Fraser
Writer
Burl R. Tuttle
Composer
Billy Barber
Cinematography
Archie Stout
Studio
Monogram Pictures, Lone Star
Released
1934-12-05
Running time
54 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · John Wayne Saves Poor Little Rich Kid · Poohbah70 · 2020-01-04

The 10th in the Silver Star/Paul Malvern Productions western series starring John Wayne. The plot is a little on the convoluted side: Wayne is the unofficial guardian of a 6-7 year old girl who is in line to inherit $50,000 from her father if he can be found and directly if he is proved dead. Yakima Canutt (Sam Black) the gang leader is after the kid. A pair of Express Office robbers is after the kid. The girl's father uncredited Earl Dwire (Tom Moore) shows up. What a mess! Meanwhile, Wayne falls for Sheila Terry, sister of one of the robbers and meets up with George "Gabby" Hayes, who has a…

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