Dawn on the Great Divide

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Dawn on the Great Divide
Dawn on the Great Divide FilmPoster.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Written by Adele Buffington (screenplay)
Based onWheels of Fate by James Oliver Curwood
Produced by Scott R. Dunlap (associate producer)
StarringSee below
Cinematography Harry Neumann
Edited by Carl Pierson
Music by Edward J. Kay
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release date
  • 18 December 1942 (1942-12-18)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Dawn on the Great Divide is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton based on James Oliver Curwood's 1913 short story "Wheels of Fate". It was the final film of Buck Jones and the final film of Monogram Pictures Rough Riders film series. Colonel Tim McCoy was recalled up for military service in World War II and is not present in the film.

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Plot

The Rough Riders protect a wagon train and supplies for the railroad against a power hungry businessman who dresses his army of henchmen as Indians.

Cast

Soundtrack


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