Dawn of the Great Divide (1942)
Also known as Dawn on the Great Divide
1942 · Feature film · 63 min · dir. Howard Bretherton
UNKNOWN DANGERS HELD NO TERROR...for the covered wagon scouts..the Commandos of fierce frontier days!
- Western
Synopsis
Dawn on the Great Divide is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton based on James Oliver Curwood's 1913 short story "Wheels of Fate". It was the final film of Buck Jones and the final film of Monogram Pictures Rough Riders film series. Colonel Tim McCoy was recalled up for military service in World War II and is not present in the film.
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Howard Bretherton
- Writer
- Adele Buffington
- Studio
- Monogram Pictures, Great Western Pictures
- Released
- 1942-12-18
- Running time
- 63 minutes
Cast & crew
Howard Bretherton Director
Buck Jones
Mona Barrie
Raymond Hatton
Robert Lowery
Rex Bell
Maude Eburne
Christine McIntyre
Betty Blythe
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Everybody can tell a white man from an Injun · jimelena · 2007-06-13
"Everybody can tell a white man from an Injun" is one of the first sentences of the film. But as we see, it's a false statement. The Rough Riders provide passage through Indian country. The "savages" plan to attack but are actually renegade whites. Colonel Tim McCoy, was away in World War II, replaced Rex Bell. Buck Jones was killed in the Coconut Grove fire shortly before the film was released.
★★★★ · Buck Jones & Pals - More or Less The Rough Riders · Poohbah70 · 2019-12-25
Its not a Rough Riders film, but it maintains the RR structure - 3 men who seemingly don't know each other are secretly working together to identify and capture the bad guys. Tim McCoy was replaced by Rex Bell, even down to the log black coat and black hat - Bell does an adequate job, but he was no McCoy. Raymond Hatton, the usual third wheel rounds out the trio here. The movie gains from having a rather "almost adults only" story line. A wagon train of settlers and railroad supplies id heading west - Harry Woods (Jim Corkle) and his gang Roy Barcroft, Jm Clark and unidentified members Art…
★★★ · Buck Jones' Last Hurrah! · bobsluckycat · 2005-11-22
Buck Jones' last film, more or less a "Rough Riders" entry is not the best film he ever made nor is it the worst. It falls somewhere in the middle. The story taken from a James Oliver Curwood adventure novel leaves a lot to be desired, but the lusty people in the book had to be watered down for Jones' youthful followers and the "Hays" production code in particular. There is a lot of rousing action and the showdown between Buck and Roy Barcroft is about as good as it gets, considering the suspenseful build-up. Rex Bell was no substitute for Tim McCoy, but I can't think of anybody else…
★★★ · Not Bad, Not Great...Just Good · four hooves · 2009-11-29
I agree with one of the other reviewers that this one falls somewhere in the middle on the enjoyability scale. The acting is fine and the story is okay...not a barn burner or a thriller...but is just okay. Well worth an hour and nine minutes of your time to see Buck Jones' last movie, since he would soon die, only a few weeks after it's release, in Boston's infamous Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire.
