''Smoky Trails'' is a 1939 American

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film directed by

Bernard B. Ray Bernard Benny Ray (born Benjamin Shamrayevsky, November 18, 1895 - December 10, 1964) was a Russian-born American film producer and director. He is closely associated with the production of low-budget B films of Poverty Row, involved with compan ...

and written by

George H. Plympton George H. Plympton (September 2, 1889 – April 11, 1972) was an American screenwriter. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. A prolific screenwriter, Plympton collaborated in almost 300 films. His earliest known credits date back to 1912 a ...

. The film stars Bob Steele,

Jean Carmen Jean Carmen (April 7, 1913 – August 26, 1993) was an American film, stage, and radio actress. She sometimes went by the stage name Julia Thayer. In addition to her appearances in various films throughout the 1930s, Carmen starred on Broadway i ...

Murdock MacQuarrie Murdock MacQuarrie (August 25, 1878 – August 20, 1942) was an American silent film actor and director. His name was also seen as Murdock McQuarrie. MacQuarrie was born in San Francisco, California, and attended school there. He was the ...

, Bruce Dane,

Carleton Young Captain Carleton Scott Young (October 21, 1905 – November 7, 1994) was an American character actor who was known for his deep voice. Early years Born in Fulton, Oswego, New York, Young was the second and only surviving child of St ...

and Ted Adams. The film was released on March 3, 1939, by Metropolitan Pictures Corporation.

Plot

Bob Archer was after his father's killer, when he finds a man in the middle of a gunfight, he helps the man escape, but the man knocks Bob out. Bob is taken to the Sheriff and arrested. Bob realizes that the man who he saved is actually his father's killer and asks to be released. Then disguises himself as a criminal and enters the gang's hideout to find that man again.

Cast

* Bob Steele as Bob Archer *

as Marie *

as Will Archer *Bruce Dane as Cookie *

as Mort * Ted Adams as Outlaw Leader *Frank LaRue as Sheriff *

Jimmy Aubrey Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English actor who worked with both Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, having gone with Fred Karno's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in v ...

as Jeff *Bob Terry as Burke *Frank Wayne as Sloan

References

External links

* {{Bernard B. Ray 1939 films American Western (genre) films 1939 Western (genre) films Films directed by Bernard B. Ray Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton 1930s English-language films 1930s American films