''The Utah Trail'' is a 1938 American

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film directed by

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. It was

Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a popular singer and actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John, grandsons Jason and ...

's final film for Grand National Films. Despite the song and title, the film takes place on the Arizona/Mexico border and not

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. The film is based on a short story that appeared in ''Ranch Romances'' magazine.

Plot

Tex is asked by the owner of a railroad to investigate a

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. Upon his arrival with his friends Ananias and Pee Wee, they find the railroad is run by the owner's daughter Sally after the owner's murder. Sally wants no part of Tex, posing as "The Pecos Kid", but Tex and his friends track down the train being used by rustlers.

Cast

as Tex Stewart, posing as the Pecos Kid *White Flash as Tex's Horse *

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as Ananias * "Snub" Pollard as Pee Wee *

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as Sally Jeffers *

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as Hiram Slaughter * Charles King as Henchman Badger *

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as Sheriff Clayton * Dave O'Brien as Mason – Bookkeeper *

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as Henchman Hank *

Lynton Brent Lynton Wright Brent (August 2, 1897 – July 2, 1981) was an American film actor and a writer. He appeared in over 240 films between 1930 and 1950. Brent is best known for his prolific work with Columbia Pictures in the Three Stooges shor ...

as Henchman Cheyenne *

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as Bandleader / Singer *

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as Saloon Band

Soundtrack

*Tex Ritter – "Utah Trail" (Written by Bob Palmer) *Tex Ritter – "Give Me Back My Saddle" (Written by

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) *Tex Ritter – "A Mighty Good Horse" (Written by Frank Harford) *Tex Ritter, Horace Murphy and "Snub" Pollard – "A'Roamin' I'll Be" (Written by Frank Harford) *Rudy Sooter – "Won't You Be My Buckaroo?" (Written by Rudy Sooter)

External links

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