The One Way Trail

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The One Way Trail
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Directed by Ray Taylor
Written by
Produced by Irving Briskin
Starring
Cinematography John Hickson
Edited by Otto Meyer
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 15, 1931 (1931-10-15)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The One Way Trail is a 1931 pre-Code American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Tim McCoy, Doris Hill and Carroll Nye. [1]

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Plot

After finding his brother dying from a wound, a reformed gambler (McCoy) takes a job as a dealer to try to catch the man his brother named as his killer. Eventually an impostor is revealed as the real killer. [2]

Cast

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References

  1. Pitts
  2. Wollstein, Hans J. "One Way Trail (1931)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.

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