The Old Texas Trail

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The Old Texas Trail
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Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Screenplay byWilliam Lively
Produced by Oliver Drake
Starring Rod Cameron
Eddie Dew
Fuzzy Knight
Ray Whitley
Virginia Christine
Joseph J. Greene
Marjorie Clements
George Eldredge
Edmund Cobb
Cinematography William A. Sickner
Edited bySaul A. Goodkind
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 15, 1944 (1944-12-15)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Old Texas Trail is a 1944 American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by William Lively. The film stars Rod Cameron, Eddie Dew, Fuzzy Knight, Ray Whitley, Virginia Christine, Joseph J. Greene, Marjorie Clements, George Eldredge and Edmund Cobb. The film was released on December 15, 1944, by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

A western stageline is having trouble, and Jim Wiley (Rod Cameron) is sent in to find the problems. Wiley is shot, robbed of his ID and paperwork, and left for dead by those trying to disrupt the stageline. The thugs send in an imposter to impersonate Wiley and slow any progress. Wiley survives and gets a job on the stageline construction crew in the hopes of finding out who the leader is who's causing all the problems.

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