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Wild West Days
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Directed by Ford Beebe
Clifford Smith
Produced by Ben Koenig
Henry MacRae
Written by Wyndham Gittens
Norman S. Hall
Ray Trampe
W. R. Burnett (novel)
Starring Johnny Mack Brown
George Shelley
Lynn Gilbert
Frank Yaconelli
Bob Kortman
Russell Simpson
Walter Miller
Music by Charles Previn
Cinematography Richard Fryer
Editing by Saul A. Goodkind
Louis Sackin
Alvin Todd
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) 5 July 1937
Running time 13 chapters (268 min)
Country US flag 49 stars.svg [[|]]
Language English

Wild West Days (1937) is a Universal film serial based on a western novel by W. R. Burnett. It was the 103rd of the studio's 137 serials (and the 35th with sound).

Plot[]

Larry and Lucy Munro own a hidden gold mine. Newspaper editor Matt Keeler wants the mine for himself and has Larry framed for to get it. Frontiersman Kentucky Wade - with Dude Hanford, Mike Morales and Trigger Benton - come to the Munros' aid.

Cast[]

  • Johnny Mack Brown as Kentucky Wade, frontiersman and ex-lawman
  • George Shelley as Dude Hanford, one of Wade's sidekicks
  • Lynn Gilbert as Lucy Munro
  • Frank Yaconelli as Mike Morales, one of Wade's sidekicks
  • Bob Kortman as Trigger Benton, one of Wade's sidekicks
  • Russell Simpson as Matt Keeler, villainous editor of The Brimstone News and member of the Secret Seven
  • Walter Miller as Doc Hardy, an old friend of Wade
  • Charles Stevens as Buckskin Frank, one of Keeler's henchmen
  • Frank McGlynn Jr. as Larry Munro, goldmine owner framed by Keeler
  • Francis McDonald as Assayer Purvis, member of the Secret Seven
  • Al Bridge as Steve Claggett, one of Keeler's henchmen
  • Chief Thunderbird as Chief Red Hatchet, one of Keeler's henchmen
  • Robert McClung as Harmonica Kid
  • Edward LeSaint as Sheriff
  • Joseph W. Girard as Judge Lawrence

Production[]

This serial was based on the novel "Saint Johnson" by William R. Burnett. However, the main character in the serial is a frontiersman called Kentucky Wade instead of Saint Johnson as in the novel.[1]

Chapter titles[]

  1. Death Rides the Range
  2. The Redskins' Revenge
  3. The Brink of Doom
  4. The Indians Are Coming
  5. The Leap for Life
  6. Death Stalks the Plains
  7. Six Gun Law
  8. The Gold Stampede
  9. Walls of Fire
  10. The Circle of Doom
  11. The Thundering Herd
  12. Rustlers and Redskins
  13. The Rustlers' Roundup

Source:[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. Cline, William C.. "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 10. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X. 
  2. Cline, William C.. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 218. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X. 

External links[]

Preceded by
Secret Agent X-9 (1936)
Universal Serial
Wild West Days (1937)
Succeeded by
Radio Patrol (1937)
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