Marked Trails

Marked Trails
Marked Trails
Directed by	John P. McCarthy
Screenplay by	John P. McCarthy (story); Victor Hammond;
Produced by	William Strohbach (supervising producer)
Starring	Hoot Gibson; Bob Steele;
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	John C. Fuller
Music by	Frank Sanucci
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	July 29, 1944;
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Marked Trails is a 1944 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy.

Plot

Bob Stevens (Bob Steele) is a young man living in the old west who wants to get out and see the world before he has to settle down and live responsibly. His uncle Harry (Steve Clark), a deputy marshal of the town of Tracy, wants Bob to take up that line of work, which Bob initially refuses. But then Harry recognizes wanted gang members Jack Slade (Mauritz Hugo) and Mary Conway, alias Blanche (Veda Ann Borg), and is murdered by them as he tries to order them out of town. Seeking justice, Bob then joins the U.S. Marshals after all, along with his friend, Parkford (Hoot Gibson). Arriving in Tracy, Bob poses as a trouble-making criminal in order to be recruited to join Slade's gang, which Hoot separately comes to town in the guise of a "dude," a more cultured speech-maker in the name of law and order. In the end, the criminals are discovered and defeated in a shootout.

Cast

Hoot Gibson as Hoot Parkford
Bob Steele as Bob Stevens
Veda Ann Borg as Blanche / Mary Conway
Ralph Lewis as Henchman Jed
Mauritz Hugo as Jim Slade
Charles Stevens as Henchman Denver
Bud Osborne as Sheriff Jim
Lynton Brent as Henchman Tex
George Morrell as Whippletree, Livery man
Allen D. Sewall as Hank Bradley

External links

Marked Trails at IMDb
Marked Trails is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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