Hittin' the Trail 87 years old
THE HARD FIGHTIN', SMOOTH SINGIN' COWBOY STAR RIDES THE PRAIRIE PLAINS FOR THE BIG WILD HORSE ROUNDUP!...
his was one of the earlier uses of Robert Tansey's favorite plot (only the 3rd time he had trotted it out of the stable, but he got six more films out of it in later years) in which a group of outlaws (wrongly jailed this time) are let out to join up with the good guys against a worse bunch of outlaws. And, not unusual in the B-western genre, most of the production crew wore several hats; director Robert N. Bradbury and supervisor Lindsley Parsons wrote a song for Tommy Bupp, one of the actually good kid actors of the time who proved real quick-like that singing wasn't his strong suit, while Robert Emmett Tansey worked three jobs under three names... Robert Emmett on story and screenplay, Robert Tansey as the production manager and Al Lane as the assistant director. And, for a change, music director Frank Sanucci actually earned a composers' credit as he did write a song... Written by Les Adams
Credits
Hittin' the Trail Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Hank Worden He was 35, 91 years old when he died | as Sidekick Hank |
| 'Snub' Pollard He was 47, 72 years old when he died | as Bartender |
| Earl Dwire He was 53, 56 years old when he died | as James Clark |
| Tommy Bupp He was 13, 59 years old when he died | as Billy Reed |
| Tex Ritter He was 32, 68 years old when he died | as Tex Randall |
| Ray Whitley was 35, 77 years old when died | as Guitar Player |
| Archie Ricks He was 41, 65 years old when he died | as Tombstone Kid |
| Ed Cassidy He was 13, 89 years old when he died | as Sheriff Grey |
| Jerry Bergh | as Jean Reed |
| Jack C. Smith | as Dad Reed |
| Charles King He was 42, 62 years old when he died | as Henchman Slug |
Hittin' the Trail Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Robert Emmett Tansey as Screenplay. He was 39 (53) years old when He died | Writing |
Hittin' the Trail (87 years)
THE HARD FIGHTIN', SMOOTH SINGIN' COWBOY STAR RIDES THE PRAIRIE PLAINS FOR THE BIG WILD HORSE ROUNDUP!...
- Release day: Saturday, April 03, 1937
- Runtime: 58 minutes