The Utah Trail

1938 film

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The Utah Trail

Film poster

Directed by| Albert Herman
Written by| Edmond Kelso (story and screenplay)
Lindsley Parsons (story)
Produced by| Edward Finney (producer)
Starring| See below
Cinematography| Francis Corby
Edited by| Frederick Bain
Distributed by| Grand National Films

Release date

* 1938 (1938)

Running time

| 56 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

The Utah Trail is a 1938 American Western film directed by Albert Herman. It was Tex Ritter's final film for Grand National Films. Despite the song and title, the film takes place on the Arizona/Mexico border and not Utah. The film is based on a short story that appeared in Ranch Romances magazine.

## Plot

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Tex is asked by the owner of a railroad to investigate a ghost train. 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

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* Tex Ritter as Tex Stewart, posing as the Pecos Kid
* White Flash as Tex's Horse
* Horace Murphy as Ananias
* "Snub" Pollard as Pee Wee
* Pamela Blake as Sally Jeffers
* Karl Hackett as Hiram Slaughter
* Charles King as Henchman Badger
* Ed Cassidy as Sheriff Clayton
* Dave O'Brien as Mason – Bookkeeper
* Bud Osborne as Henchman Hank
* Lynton Brent as Henchman Cheyenne
* Rudy Sooter as Bandleader / Singer
* The Texas Tornadoes as Saloon Band

## Soundtrack

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* Tex Ritter – "Utah Trail" (Written by Bob Palmer)
* Tex Ritter – "Give Me Back My Saddle" (Written by Frank Harford)
* 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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* The Utah Trail at IMDb
* The Utah Trail is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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Films directed by Albert Herman

* Sporting Chance (1931)
* Exposed (1932)
* The Big Chance (1933)
* Twisted Rails (1934)
* Hot Off the Press (1935)
* Speed Limited (1935)
* Gun Play (1935)
* Big Boy Rides Again (1935)
* Western Frontier (1935)
* Million Dollar Haul (1935)
* What Price Crime (1935)
* The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935)
* Danger Ahead (1935)
* The Drunkard (1935)
* Bars of Hate (1935)
* Trails End (1935)
* Blazing Justice (1936)
* Outlaws of the Range (1936)
* Valley of Terror (1937)
* Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937)
* Rollin' Plains (1938)
* Where the Buffalo Roam (1938)
* Starlight Over Texas (1938)
* On the Great White Trail (1938)
* The Utah Trail (1938)
* Song of the Buckaroo (1938)
* Sundown on the Prairie (1939)
* Rollin' Westward (1939)
* Man from Texas (1939)
* Down the Wyoming Trail (1939)
* The Golden Trail (1940)
* Rhythm of the Rio Grande (1940)
* Pals of the Silver Sage (1940)
* Rainbow Over the Range (1940)
* Roll Wagons Roll (1940)
* Arizona Frontier (1940)
* Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940)
* Rollin' Home to Texas (1940)
* Gentleman from Dixie (1941)
* The Pioneers (1941)
* Miss V from Moscow (1942)
* A Yank in Libya (1942)
* The Rangers Take Over (1942)
* The Dawn Express (1942)
* Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943)
* Rogues' Gallery (1944)
* Delinquent Daughters (1944)
* Shake Hands with Murder (1944)
* The Missing Corpse (1945)
* The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945)

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