An undercover agent for the government is sent to round up a gang of counterfeiters operating near the Mexican border.An undercover agent for the government is sent to round up a gang of counterfeiters operating near the Mexican border.An undercover agent for the government is sent to round up a gang of counterfeiters operating near the Mexican border.
Chris Allen
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Chuck Baldra
- Slim - Henchman
- (uncredited)
Bob Burns
- Sheriff #1 - New Mexico
- (uncredited)
Horace B. Carpenter
- Blacksmith
- (uncredited)
Joe De La Cruz
- Rurale
- (uncredited)
Joe Dominguez
- Miguel -- Rurale
- (uncredited)
Earl Dwire
- Sheriff #2 - Arizona
- (uncredited)
Herman Hack
- Deputy Herman
- (uncredited)
George Hazel
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
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- TriviaColorized and re-titled as "Guns Along the Trail" in 2007 by Legend Films.
- GoofsAt around 2 minutes into the actual film, we see John Wayne riding from town to town in southern Arizona searching for the Medicine Show that are suspect in a counterfeiting ring. We see Wayne riding through the desert and then are show a street scene just before his arrival. Unfortunately, in the scene we see snow covered mountains, towering pines and then we see 2 men walk from right to left wearing fur hats. Then we see a figure walk down the street wearing a Mountie hat, striped breeches (sometimes called banana pants) and what appears to be a short jacket or tunic, implying a Northwest Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman. The scene lasts about 8 seconds and then cuts again to Wayne as he rides into a desert town, still searching for the Medicine Show.
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer-colored version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Six Gun Theater: Paradise Canyon (2021)
- SoundtracksWhen We Were Young and Foolish
(uncredited)
Composer unknown
Performed on guitars and sung by Perry Murdock and Gordon Clifford
Featured review
The Duke Investigating a Counterfeit Operation
This film begins with a federal agent by the name of "John Wyatt" (John Wayne) being given an assignment to ride to Arizona to investigate a counterfeit ring that is operating near the Mexican border. From what he is told, the two main suspects are a convict recently released from prison by the name of "Doc Carter" (Earle Hodgins) and another man named "Curly Joe Gale" (Yakima Canutt). When he finally gets to the area in question, he finds Doc Carter driving from town to town in a truck peddling a tonic which supposedly cures everything. Also with him are two employees named "Ike" (Perry Murdock) and "Mike" (Gordon Clifford) along with his adult daughter "Linda Carter" (Marion Burns). That said, wanting to ingratiate himself with them to further his investigation, he helps them out of some difficult and is quickly allowed to join their traveling medicine show. It's also during this time that Curly Joe discovers that Doc Carter is now back in town and--fearful that he will expose him to the law--makes every effort to silence him, once and for all. The problem is that John Wyatt has gotten wise to the idea that Doc Carter was set up by Curly Joe and realizes the situation all too well. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was an okay Western for its time with John Wayne putting in his usual solid performance. Admittedly, it is a bit short (only 52 minutes) but that was quite typical for the period in question. In any case, those looking for an old-style Western of this type probably won't be too disappointed and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
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- Uriah43
- Mar 22, 2023
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- Runtime52 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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