''Sunset Trail'' is a 1939 American
Western
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film directed by
Lesley Selander
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, written by Norman Houston, and starring
William Boyd,
George "Gabby" Hayes
George Francis "Gabby" Hayes (7 May 1885 – 9 February 1969) was an American actor. He began as something of a leading man and a character player, but he was best known for his numerous appearances in B-Western film series as the bewhiskered, c ...
,
Russell Hayden
Russell "Lucky" Hayden (born Hayden Michael "Pate" Lucid; June 12, 1912 – June 9, 1981) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his portrayal as Lucky Jenkins in Paramount's popular Hopalong Cassidy film series.
Ear ...
, Charlotte Wynters,
Jan Clayton
Jan Clayton (August 26, 1917 – August 28, 1983) was a film, musical theater, and television actress. She starred in the popular 1950s TV series ''Lassie''.
Born near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the only child of two schoolteachers, Clayton start ...
,
Robert Fiske and
Kenneth Harlan
Kenneth Daniel Harlan (July 26, 1895 – March 6, 1967) was an American actor of the silent film era, playing mostly romantic leads or adventurer types.
Early life
Harlan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of George W. Harlan and ac ...
. It was released on February 24, 1939, by
Paramount Pictures
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.
Plot
Widow Ann Marsh (
Charlotte Wynters
Charlotte Wynters (December 4, 1899 – January 7, 1991) was an American stage and film actress.
Biography
A native of Wheeling, West Virginia, Wynters appeared as a leading lady in a number of B pictures during the 1930s.
During the 1922-19 ...
), and her daughter Dorrie (
Jan Clayton
Jan Clayton (August 26, 1917 – August 28, 1983) was a film, musical theater, and television actress. She starred in the popular 1950s TV series ''Lassie''.
Born near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the only child of two schoolteachers, Clayton start ...
) return to Silver City and open a dude ranch after husband is killed and his $30,000 is missing.
Cast
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William Boyd as
Hopalong Cassidy
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*
George "Gabby" Hayes
George Francis "Gabby" Hayes (7 May 1885 – 9 February 1969) was an American actor. He began as something of a leading man and a character player, but he was best known for his numerous appearances in B-Western film series as the bewhiskered, c ...
as Windy Halliday
*
Russell Hayden
Russell "Lucky" Hayden (born Hayden Michael "Pate" Lucid; June 12, 1912 – June 9, 1981) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his portrayal as Lucky Jenkins in Paramount's popular Hopalong Cassidy film series.
Ear ...
as Lucky Jenkins
*
Charlotte Wynters
Charlotte Wynters (December 4, 1899 – January 7, 1991) was an American stage and film actress.
Biography
A native of Wheeling, West Virginia, Wynters appeared as a leading lady in a number of B pictures during the 1930s.
During the 1922-19 ...
as Ann Marsh
*
Jan Clayton
Jan Clayton (August 26, 1917 – August 28, 1983) was a film, musical theater, and television actress. She starred in the popular 1950s TV series ''Lassie''.
Born near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the only child of two schoolteachers, Clayton start ...
as Dorrie Marsh
*
Robert Fiske as Monte Keller
*
Kenneth Harlan
Kenneth Daniel Harlan (July 26, 1895 – March 6, 1967) was an American actor of the silent film era, playing mostly romantic leads or adventurer types.
Early life
Harlan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of George W. Harlan and ac ...
as John Marsh
* Anthony Nace as Henchman Steve Dorman
*
Kathryn Sheldon
Kathryn Sheldon (September 22, 1879December 25, 1975) was an American film actress who appeared in over 100 films between 1916 and 1956.
Modern viewers will recognize Sheldon as the domineering Nell in The Three Stooges' 1940 short film ''Rock ...
as Abigail Snodgrass
*
Maurice Cass
Maurice Cass (October 12, 1884 – June 8, 1954) was a character actor on stage and in films and television shows.
Born in Vilna, Russian Empire (modern day Vilnius, Lithuania) he moved to America at six years of age. When he was 17, he toure ...
as E. Prescott Furbush
*
Alphonse Ethier as Superintendent
*
Glenn Strange
George Glenn Strange (August 16, 1899 – September 20, 1973) was an American actor who mostly appeared in Western films and was billed as Glenn Strange. He is best remembered for playing Frankenstein's monster in three Universal films d ...
as Bouncer
* Claudia Smith as Mary Rogers
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1939 films
American black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
Films directed by Lesley Selander
Paramount Pictures films
American Western (genre) films
1939 Western (genre) films
Hopalong Cassidy films
1930s American films
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