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)
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- Writers
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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
Remarkably good poverty row film with Big John
This is not by any means a work of art, as Big John sorts out the counterfeiters who sneak across the border. However, it is remarkably entertaining, especially given it cost about three bucks to make. The background of a medicine show adds a little by way of originality, and I suspect this is a relatively realistic picture of a not-long-vanished West, that most of the audience will have experienced and remembered. John Wayne is on good form, with a particularly enormous ten gallon hat catching the attention. Mary Astor-lookalike Marion Burns is the love interest, and the difficult father-in-law-to-be is a nice performance from Earle Hodgins, who manages even to ruin their wedding. Yakima Canutt's acting is seen to good effect, as a hard-bitten villain, and Reed Howes is a good heavy. The stunts are as usual incredible, and presumably not every horse survived the picture. High Noon it is not, but there are worse ways of spending 50 minutes of your time.
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- kmoh-1
- Mar 24, 2020
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- Runtime52 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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