by Hal Erickson
synopsis
So unknown was John Wayne in 1934 that the Variety review of the "B"-western Sagebrush Trail fails to list Wayne in the cast! The second of the Duke's films for Lone Star Productions, this one casts him as an accused killer in search of the real culprit. On the lam from the law, Wayne teams up with gunslinger Lane Chandler, never suspecting that Chandler is the man he is looking for. The relationship between Wayne and Chandler, at first friendly and then adversarial, is handled with more depth than was normal in a quickie western. Also in the cast of Sagebrush Trail is stuntman Yakima Canutt, here cast as Wayne's Indian companion "Yak."
characteristics
- Righting The Wronged
- Miscarriage Of Justice
- Clearing One's Name
- Murder
- Outlaw [Western]
- Search
- Shoot-out
- Prison
- Jail
- Escape
- Brig
- False-accusation
- Gunman
- Bandit
- Gunslinger
