Desperate Trails (1939 film)

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Desperate Trails
Directed by Albert Ray
Starring Johnny Mack Brown
Production
company
Release date
  • October 1, 1939 (1939-10-01)
Running time
1 h
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Desperate Trails is a 1939 American Western film directed by Albert Ray. [1] It was the first of a series of 28 films by Universal Pictures with Brown in the lead role. [2]

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References

  1. Paul Mavis (May 31, 2013). The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999. McFarland. p. 81. ISBN   978-1-4766-0427-5.
  2. Geoff Mayer (February 13, 2017). Encyclopedia of American Film Serials. McFarland. p. 60. ISBN   978-1-4766-2719-9.