Across the Plains (1939 film)

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Across the Plains
Across the Plains Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Written byRobert Emmett Tansey
Produced byRobert Emmett Tansey
Starring
Cinematography Bert Longenecker
Edited byRobert Golden
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release date
  • June 1, 1939 (1939-06-01)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

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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

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.

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References

  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.