Wild West Days

Wild West Days
Wild West Days
	Poster advertising the fourth installment
Directed by	Ford Beebe; Clifford Smith
Written by	Wyndham Gittens; Norman S. Hall; Ray Trampe; W. R. Burnett (novel)
Produced by	Ben Koenig; Henry MacRae
Starring	Johnny Mack Brown; George Shelley; Lynn Gilbert; Frank Yaconelli; Bob Kortman; Russell Simpson; Walter Miller
Cinematography	Richard Fryer
Edited by	Saul A. Goodkind; Louis Sackin; Alvin Todd
Music by	Charles Previn
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 5, 1937;
Running time	268 minutes; (13 episodes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Wild West Days (1937) is a Universal film serial based on a Western novel by W. R. Burnett. Directed by Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith and starring Johnny Mack Brown, George Shelley, Lynn Gilbert, Frank Yaconelli, Bob Kortman, Russell Simpson, and Walter Miller, it was the 103rd of the studio's 137 serials (and the 35th with sound), and was the first of three serials Brown made for the studio before being promoted to his own B-western series in 1939.

Premise

Larry and Lucy Munro own a ranch with a rich platinum deposit. Newspaper editor Matt Keeler as the head of a gang called "Secret Seven" wants the ranch for himself and has Larry framed for murder to get it. Frontiersman Kentucky Wade - with his pals Dude Hanford, Mike Morales and Trigger Benton - come to the Munros' aid.

Cast

Johnny Mack Brown as Kentucky Wade (as John Mack Brown)
George Shelley as Dude Hanford
Lynn Gilbert as Lucy Munro
Frank Yaconelli as Mike Morales
Bob Kortman as Trigger Benton (as Robert Kortman)
Russell Simpson as Matt Keeler
Walter Miller as Doc Hardy
Charles Stevens as Buckskin Frank
Frank McGlynn Jr. as Larry Munro (as Frank McGlynn)
Francis McDonald as Assayer Purvis
Al Bridge as Steve Claggett
Chief Thunderbird as Chief Red Hatchet
Robert McClung as Mouth Organ Kid [Chs. 8-11]
Edward LeSaint as Sheriff (as Ed LeSaint)
Joseph W. Girard as Judge Lawrence
Jack Rube Clifford as Corey (as Jack Clifford)
William Royle as Braden
Bruce Mitchell as Rancher Tobe Driscoll
Miki Morita as Chan, 2nd Cook [Chs. 7, 9, 11-12]

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 Wayt Johnson as in the novel.^[1]

Chapter titles

Death Rides the Range
The Redskins' Revenge
The Brink of Doom
The Indians Are Coming
The Leap for Life
Death Stalks the Plains
Six Gun Law
The Gold Stampede
Walls of Fire
The Circle of Doom
The Thundering Herd
Rustlers and Redskins
The Rustlers' Roundup

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References

^ Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 10. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 218. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

Wild West Days at IMDb
Wild West Days at AllMovie

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

[1] Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 10. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

[2] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 218. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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