Across the Plains (1939 film)

1939 film by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Addison Randall

Across the Plains

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Spencer Gordon Bennet
Written by| Robert Emmett Tansey
Produced by| Robert Emmett Tansey
Starring|

* Addison Randall
* Frank Yaconelli
* Joyce Bryant

Cinematography| Bert Longenecker
Edited by| Robert Golden
Distributed by| Monogram Pictures

Release date

* June 1, 1939 (1939-06-01)

Running time

| 59 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Across the Plains is a 1939 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Addison Randall, Frank Yaconelli, and Joyce Bryant. Written by Robert Emmett Tansey, the film is about two brothers who are separated when they are young and who meet again as adults, one good and one bad.[1]

Robert Emmett Tansey also wrote the screenplay for the first Republic Pictures feature film Westward Ho (1935 film) (1935) starring John Wayne. The Plot of that movie strongly resembles this one and much of the dialogue is the same.

## Plot[edit]

A gang of outlaws attack a wagon train and orphan two young brothers: Jack and Jimmy. The outlaws take Jimmy with them, while Jack is adopted by an Indian tribe. When they grow up, Jack (Randall) is protecting a shipment of gold, while Jimmy (Moore), now known as the "Kansas Kid," works with the gang of outlaws to steal it. The two clash in the attempted robbery, but before the two men can kill each other, Buckskin, the old wagon train master from their childhood, reveals their true relationship to one another. Jimmy discovers one of the outlaws was murdered by their parents, and he crosses sides. An exciting final shootout ensues between the two brothers and the outlaws, and Jimmy is killed by Gordon's gang. Jimmy regrets to his brother about his past and dies.

## Cast[edit]

* Addison Randall as Jack Winters, aka Cherokee
* Frank Yaconelli as Lopez
* Joyce Bryant as Mary Masters
* Hal Price as Buckskin
* Dennis Moore as Jimmy Winters, aka The Kansas Kid
* Glenn Strange as Jeff Masters
* Bob Card as Buff Gordon
* Bud Osborne as Henchman Lex
* Monte Rawlins as Henchman Rip
* Wylie Grant as Henchman Rawhide[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Across the Plains". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
2. ^ "Full cast and crew for Across the Plains". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 9, 2012.

## External links[edit]

* Across the Plains at IMDb
* Across the Plains at the TCM Movie Database
* Across the Plains at AllMovie

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Films directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet

* Play Ball (1925)
* Marked Money (1928)
* Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930)
* The Last Frontier (1932)
* The Midnight Warning (1932)
* Justice Takes a Holiday (1933)
* Jaws of Justice (1933)
* Badge of Honor (1934)
* Ferocious Pal (1934)
* The Fighting Rookie (1934)
* The Oil Raider (1934)
* Rescue Squad (1935)
* Calling All Cars (1935)
* Lawless Riders (1935)
* Get That Man (1935)
* Heir to Trouble (1935)
* Western Courage (1935)
* Heroes of the Range (1936)
* Avenging Waters (1936)
* The Cattle Thief (1936)
* The Fugitive Sheriff (1936)
* The Unknown Ranger (1936)
* Rio Grande Ranger (1936)
* Ranger Courage (1937)
* Law of the Ranger (1937)
* Reckless Ranger (1937)
* The Rangers Step In (1937)
* The Mysterious Pilot (1937)
* Across the Plains (1939)
* Riders of the Frontier (1939)
* Oklahoma Terror (1939)
* Westbound Stage (1939)
* The Cowboy from Sundown (1940)
* Ridin' the Cherokee Trail (1941)
* Arizona Bound (1941)
* The Gunman from Bodie (1941)
* They Raid by Night (1942)
* The Secret Code (1942)
* The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942)
* G-Men vs. the Black Dragon (1943)
* Calling Wild Bill Elliott (1943)
* Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943)
* California Joe (1943)
* Canyon City (1943)
* Beneath Western Skies (1944)
* Mojave Firebrand (1944)
* Code of the Prairie (1944)
* Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
* The Tiger Woman (1944)
* The Black Widow (1947)
* Superman (1948)
* Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies (1949)
* Batman and Robin (1949)
* Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949)
* Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951)
* King of the Congo (1952)
* The Lost Planet (1953)
* Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)
* Perils of the Wilderness (1956)
* The Atomic Submarine (1959)
* The Bounty Killer (1965)
* Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965)
* D-Day on Mars (1966)

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