Trail Dust

Trail Dust
Trail Dust
Directed by	Nate Watt
Screenplay by	Al Martin
Based on	Trail Dust; 1934 novel; by Clarence E. Mulford
Produced by	Harry Sherman
Starring	William Boyd ; James Ellison ; George "Gabby" Hayes ; Morris Ankrum ; Gwynne Shipman; Britt Wood; Dick Dickson
Cinematography	Archie Stout
Edited by	Robert B. Warwick Jr.
Music by	Charles Bradshaw
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 11, 1936;
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated December 16, 2025

Trail Dust is a 1936 American Western film directed by Nate Watt, written by Al Martin, and starring William Boyd, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Gwynne Shipman, Britt Wood and Dick Dickson. It was released on December 11, 1936, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Cast

William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy
James Ellison as Johnny Nelson
George "Gabby" Hayes as Windy Halliday
Morris Ankrum as Tex Anderson
Gwynne Shipman as Beth Clark
Britt Wood as Lanky
Dick Dickson as Waggoner
Earl Askam as Red
Al Bridge as Babson
John Beach as Hank
Ted Adams as Joe Wilson
T.J. Halligan as Skinny
Dan Wolheim as Henchman Borden
Harold Daniels as Lewis
Emmett Daly as George
Al St. John as Henchman Al
Kenneth Harlan as Bowman
George Chesebro as Saunders
Leo J. McMahon as Cowhand Bob
John Elliott as John Clark

Production

The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California.^[3]

References

↑ "Trail Dust (1936) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
↑ Hal Erickson (2015). "Trail-Dust - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
↑ Jensen, Larry (2018). Hollywood's Railroads: Sierra Railroad. Vol. Two. Sequim, Washington: Cochetopa Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780692064726.

External links

Trail Dust at IMDb
‹See Tfd› Trail Dust at the TCM Movie Database
Trail Dust at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[1] "Trail Dust (1936) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

[2] Hal Erickson (2015). "Trail-Dust - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

[3] Jensen, Larry (2018). Hollywood's Railroads: Sierra Railroad. Vol. Two. Sequim, Washington: Cochetopa Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780692064726.

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