Wild Horse Stampede (1943)
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Synopsis of Wild Horse Stampede
In a rather desperate attempt to duplicate the success of Republic Pictures' Three Mesqueteers B-Western series, Monogram producer Robert Emmett Tansey hired tired veterans Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson to constitute the "Trail Blazers." Maynard and Gibson (playing themselves) are former lawmen hired to look into the disappearance of horses purchased by Commissioner Brent (I. Stanford Jolley) of the Southwestern Railroad Company. The seller of the herd, Betty Wallace (stunt rider Betty Miles), is unaware that her foreman, Tip (Glenn Strange), is also in the employ of Mel Carson (Ian Keith), a crooked saloon owner with interests in a stagecoach line whose existence is threatened by the railroad. Despite their expanding waistlines, Maynard and Gibson manage to catch the crooks and return the stolen horses, well assisted by young, law-spouting Sheriff Bob Tyler (Bob Baker). The latter, a former Universal star, was added to the cast to provide the necessary romantic sub-plot but the cantankerous Maynard disliked him so much that he was gone by the second instalment of the "Trail Blazers," The Law Rides Again. Maynard himself ended his long starring career after the sixth entry, Arizona Whirlwind (1944), replaced in the final two films by Chief Thundercloud. The initial two "Trail Blazers" films were helmed by Alvin J. Neitz (under the pseudonym of Alan James), and proved the final directorial work of this genre-specialist whose career dated back to the silent era. After the demise of the series, Hoot Gibson and new sidekick Bob Steele filmed another three Westerns for Monogram, often mistakenly referred to as "Trail Blazers" entries. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Wild Horse Stampede
- Ken Maynard - Ken Maynard
- Betty Miles - Betty Wallace
- Donald Stewart - Donny Wallace
- Si Jenks - Rawhide
- Glenn Strange - Tip
- Kenneth Harlan - Borman
- Chick Hannon
- I. Stanford Jolley - Commissioner Brent
- Bob McKenzie - Puckett
- Hoot Gibson - Hoot Gibson
- Ian Keith - Carson
- Bob Baker - Sheriff Bob Tyler
- John Bridges - Judge
- Reed Howes - Tex
- Kenne Duncan - Hanley
- Forrest Taylor - Marshal Tyler
- Tom London - Westy
- Tex Palmer - Outlaw
- Director(s):
- Alan James
- Writer(s):
- Elizabeth Beecher
- Producer(s):
- Robert Emmett Tansey
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