The Trail Beyond

1934

Drama / Western

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 42% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 42% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 1101 1.1K

skeleton gold mine shack

Plot summary

Rod Drew hunts for a missing girl and finds himself in a fight over a goldmine as well.

Director

Robert N. Bradbury Photo
Robert N. Bradbury

Top cast

John Wayne Photo
John Wayne as Rod Drew
Eddie Parker Photo
Eddie Parker as Ryan - the Mountie
Noah Beery Jr. Photo
Noah Beery Jr. as Wabi
Tex Palmer Photo
Tex Palmer as Fake Mounted Policeman
720p.WEB
507.84 MB
972*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
29.97 fps
12 hr 55 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by utgard14 6 / 10

"LaRocque and his men are attacking Wabinosh House!"

John Wayne heads to Canada to find the niece of his father's best friend and bring her home to him. On the train north he meets an old college buddy (Noah Beery, Jr.) who gets into trouble, so the two wind up leaping from a speeding train. This is in the first four minutes! Later, they find the girl but get mixed up with mounties, villains with bad French accents, and a fight over a goldmine. Of all the cheapie westerns John Wayne made early in his career, this is one of the best I've seen. The stunts, by the great Yakima Canutt and Eddie Parker, are outstanding. Cool to see Noah Beery Sr. and Jr. in the same movie together. The Mammoth Lakes area location shooting is a HUGE plus. They usually shot these cheapies in the same old bland ordinary places. The change of scenery makes a world of difference. The Archie Stout photography helps a lot, too. It's a simple but entertaining oater. At just under an hour, I see no reason you shouldn't check it out.
Reviewed by BibChr 4 / 10

If seeing young John Wayne and some pretty Mammoth Lakes scenery is enough for you, you'll love it!

For me, the movie was (a) poor but (b) fun."Poor" because the directing was lame, the dialogue was hard not to chuckle at, the fight-scenes were definitely proto, and the plot meandering.But still it was "fun" because here was young John Wayne giving it his all, jumping off cliffs, diving into every body of water he could find, and fighting Bad French Guys. And it's fun to see such a young, naive movie, so endearingly but sincerely lame, trying hard to do nothing but entertain. And for me, a lifelong lover of Mammoth Lakes, it was fun to see Crystal Crag, and a shot down at Twin Lakes from below Lake Mamie described as "a bend in the river."I just wish it had been color!
Reviewed by classicsoncall 4 / 10

My gosh, he get away!

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