Across the Plains (1939 film)

Across the Plains
Across the Plains
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Spencer Gordon Bennet
Written by	Robert Emmett Tansey
Produced by	Robert Emmett Tansey
Starring	Addison Randall; Frank Yaconelli; Joyce Bryant;
Cinematography	Bert Longenecker
Edited by	Robert Golden
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	June 1, 1939;
Running time	59 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Across the Plains is a 1939 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Addison Randall, Frank Yaconelli, and Joyce Bryant. Written by Robert Emmett Tansey, the film is about two brothers who are separated when they are young and who meet again as adults, one good and one bad.^[1]

Robert Emmett Tansey also wrote the screenplay for the first Republic Pictures feature film Westward Ho (1935 film) (1935) starring John Wayne. The Plot of that movie strongly resembles this one and much of the dialogue is the same.

Plot

A gang of outlaws attack a wagon train and orphan two young brothers: Jack and Jimmy. The outlaws take Jimmy with them, while Jack is adopted by an Indian tribe. When they grow up, Jack (Randall) is protecting a shipment of gold, while Jimmy (Moore), now known as the "Kansas Kid," works with the gang of outlaws to steal it. The two clash in the attempted robbery, but before the two men can kill each other, Buckskin, the old wagon train master from their childhood, reveals their true relationship to one another. Jimmy discovers one of the outlaws was murdered by their parents, and he crosses sides. An exciting final shootout ensues between the two brothers and the outlaws, and Jimmy is killed by Gordon's gang. Jimmy regrets to his brother about his past and dies.

Cast

Addison Randall as Jack Winters, aka Cherokee
Frank Yaconelli as Lopez
Joyce Bryant as Mary Masters
Hal Price as Buckskin
Dennis Moore as Jimmy Winters, aka The Kansas Kid
Glenn Strange as Jeff Masters
Bob Card as Buff Gordon
Bud Osborne as Henchman Lex
Monte Rawlins as Henchman Rip
Wylie Grant as Henchman Rawhide^[2]

References

^ "Across the Plains". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
^ "Full cast and crew for Across the Plains". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 9, 2012.

External links

Across the Plains at IMDb
Across the Plains at the TCM Movie Database
Across the Plains at AllMovie

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[imdb-1] "Across the Plains". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 9, 2012.

[imdbcast-2] "Full cast and crew for Across the Plains". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 9, 2012.

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