''The Forty-Niners'' is a 1932 American western film directed by

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and starring Tom Tyler, Betty Mack and Fern Emmett. It was a Monarch Production by a Poverty Row independent film company.Pitts p.159

Synopsis

In the mid-nineteenth century scout Squaw O'Hara is hired to take a wagon train west. However, he takes it off the trail so it can be attacked by his Indian allies. However, frontiersman Tennessee Matthews is wise to his game and sets out to foil his scheme.

Cast

* Tom Tyler as Tennessee Matthews * Betty Mack as Virginia Hawkins * Al Bridge as O'Hara * Fern Emmett as Widow Spriggs * Gordon Wood as Jed Hawkins *

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as Lola * Fred Ritter as Tanner * Frank Ball as MacNab * Florence Wells as Tanner's wife :Uncredited * Bob Card as Settler * Joe De La Cruz as Renegade * Bob Kortman as Settler

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* 1932 films 1932 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by John P. McCarthy American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films Films set in the 19th century 1930s historical films American historical films {{1930s-western-film-stub