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The Devil's Trail

The Devil's Trail

7,0 /10 (2 Votes)
1942 EN 61 min

Overview

Our heroes head to a wide-open town in search of a gang of desperadoes, headed by swarthy Noah Beery Jr. Along the way, Elliot and Ritter find time to pitch woo to leading lady Eileen O'Hearn. The Devil's Trail was based on a story with the more intriguing title "The Town in Hell's Backyard."

Release date

14/05/1942

Votes

2

Popularity

0.4

TWO STARS IN A TUNEFUL THRILLER!

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

61 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-06-18

⭐ 5

This is one of those stories set around the formation of the United States - where vested interests, in this case "McQuade" (Noah Beery), try to thwart the wishes of the ordinary folks to join the union. He is a bit of a bully, in a town where the law is whatever he decides it is. The arrival of marshal "Tex" (Tex Ritter) who is chasing "Bill Kickok" (Bill Elliott) throws a spanner in his works, though, as the two decide to join forces and bring "McQuade" to justice. This is quite a quickly paced western, but the production standards are very basic, with the acting not a great deal better. An …

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