''The Range Feud'' is a 1931 American
Pre-Code
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Western
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film directed by
D. Ross Lederman for Columbia Pictures, that stars
Buck Jones
Buck Jones (born Charles Frederick Gebhart; December 12, 1891 – November 30, 1942) was an American actor, known for his work in many popular Western movies. In his early film appearances, he was credited as Charles Jones.
Early life, milita ...
and
John Wayne. Wayne biographer Ronald L. Davis referred to the film as the first in a collection of "cheap, assembly-line pictures" Wayne would make in the 1930s.
It was
remade in 1934 as a 15-chapter Buck Jones serial called ''
The Red Rider
''The Red Rider'' is a 1934 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures and starring Buck Jones. It has 15 chapters based on the short story "The Redhead from Sun Dog" by W. C. Tuttle, and is a remake of Buck Jones' earlier 1931 film '' ...
'' (without Wayne).
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Plot
Clint Turner is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend Judy Walton's father. Clint falls under suspicion because the dead man was a rival rancher who had been an enemy of Clint's father years before. It is Sheriff Gordon's job to sort the whole thing out.
Cast
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Buck Jones
Buck Jones (born Charles Frederick Gebhart; December 12, 1891 – November 30, 1942) was an American actor, known for his work in many popular Western movies. In his early film appearances, he was credited as Charles Jones.
Early life, milita ...
as Sheriff Buck Gordon
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John Wayne as Clint Turner
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Susan Fleming
Susan Fleming (February 19, 1908 – December 22, 2002) was an American actress and the wife of comic actor Harpo Marx and sister in law to Groucho, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo. Fleming was known as the "Girl with the Million Dollar Legs" for a r ...
as Judy Walton
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Edward LeSaint
Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and director whose career began in the silent era. He acted in over 300 films and directed more than 90. He was sometimes credited as Edward J. Le Sa ...
as John Walton
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Will Walling
William Walling (June 2, 1872 – March 5, 1932) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 60 films between 1921 and 1932. He is known for his role as the railroad president in the 1926 film '' The Great K & A Train Robbery'', ...
as Dad Turner
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Wallace MacDonald
Wallace Archibald MacDonald (5 May 1891 – 30 October 1978) was a Canadian silent film actor and film producer.
Biography
MacDonald was born in Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada, and attended school in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
He started as a m ...
as Hank
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Harry Woods as Vandall
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Frank Austin as Jed Biggers
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Jack Curtis as bartender Charlie (uncredited)
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Glenn Strange as cowhand Slim (uncredited)
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Al Taylor as cowhand Al (uncredited)
* Blackjack Ward as Deputy Jack (uncredited)
See also
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John Wayne filmography
References
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1931 films
1931 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
Columbia Pictures films
Films directed by D. Ross Lederman
1930s American films