The Trail Blazers

Genres

Western

OverView

The Mesquiteers try to help their friend build a telegraph system, despite a local newspaper editor's attempts to sabotage the lines.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

58 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

11 November 1940

Country

United States of America

Cast

Robert Livingston

Stony Brooke

Bob Steele

Tucson Smith

Rufe Davis

Lullaby Joslin

Pauline Moore

Marcia Kelton

Weldon Heyburn

Jeff Bradley

Carroll Nye

Jim Chapman

Tom Chatterton

Major R.C. Kelton

Si Jenks

T.L. Johnson (dentist)

Mary Field

Alice Chapman

John Merton

Henchman Mason

Rex Lease

Engineer Reynolds

Robert Blair

Stage passenger

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