The Desert Trail
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46% Critic Match

The Desert Trail

4.6 / 10 1935 54mG English
ActionWestern

Storyline

Rodeo star John Scott and his gambler friend Kansas Charlie are wrongly accused of armed robbery. They leave town as fast as they can to go looking for their own suspects in Poker City.

Cast & Crew

John Wayne

John Wayne

John Scott / John Jones

Lead
Mary Kornman

Mary Kornman

Anne

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Jim

Eddy Chandler

Eddy Chandler

Kansas Charlie / Rev. Harry Smith

CL

Carmen Laroux

Juanita (as Carmen LaRoux)

Lafe McKee

Lafe McKee

Poker City Sheriff

Al Ferguson

Al Ferguson

Pete

Henry Hall

Henry Hall

Farnsworth (Rodeo Promoter)

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lewis D. Collins's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Desert Trail is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker