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The Telegraph Trail is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Tenny Wright and starring John Wayne and Frank McHugh. The film also starred stuntman Yakima Canutt as Indian Chief High Wolf, Marceline Day as the heroine, and Duke the Wonder Horse as John Wayne's trusty steed.
The Telegraph Trail: Directed by Tenny Wright. With John Wayne, Duke, Frank McHugh, Marceline Day. A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Tenny Wright
- 1933-03-18
A western film starring John Wayne as a telegraph operator who delivers a message to a remote town. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and more on IMDb.
After a pal is killed in an Indian raid on the telegraph, army scout John Trent (Wayne) volunteers to help get to the bottom of the raids. With his sidekick Cpl. Tippy (Frank McHugh) he rides in to organize the workers and ensure that the supplies get through.
In The Telegraph Trail he is John Trent, a U.S. Calvary scout in charge of completing the connection of telegraph wires across Indian territory of the Western plains. Trying to stop him is the villainous trader-turned-renegade Gus Lynch (Albert J. Smith), who enlists Indian chief High Wolf (Yakima Canutt) in starting an uprising against the ...
- Tenny Wright
- John Wayne
The story of how the telegraph was laid from East to West, with plenty of hardships and Indian attacks. A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.
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A movie about the construction of the telegraph line across the American West, facing obstacles and enemies. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, and read user reviews on The Movie Database.
