Sagebrush Trail

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John Wayne, Lane Chandler, and Nancy Shubert in Sagebrush Trail (1933)

A man framed for murder escapes prison and goes west, where he joins a gang with the real killer involved.A man framed for murder escapes prison and goes west, where he joins a gang with the real killer involved.A man framed for murder escapes prison and goes west, where he joins a gang with the real killer involved.

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5.3/10

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John Wayne

John Brant - aka Smith

Nancy Shubert

Sally Blake

Lane Chandler

Joseph Conlon - alias Bob Jones

Yakima Canutt

Ed Walsh

Henry Hall

Dad Blake

Hal Taliaferro

Deputy Sheriff
(as Wally Wales)

Art Mix

Henchman

Bob Burns

Sheriff Parker

Ted Adams

Taggart
(uncredited)

Silver Tip Baker

Townsman
(uncredited)

Hank Bell

Henchman
(uncredited)

Tommy Coats

Henchman
(uncredited)

William Dyer

Blind Pete
(uncredited)

Wally Howe

Store Customer
(uncredited)

Jack Jones

Henchman
(uncredited)

Julie Kingdon

Town Girl
(uncredited)

Tex Palmer

Posse Rider
(uncredited)

Tex Phelps

Henchman
(uncredited)

User reviews33

Featured review

4/10

Making some strange friends

It was in films like Sagebrush Trail that John Wayne learned his craft, but thank the Deity he got out of doing stuff like Sagebrush Trail.

The Duke has busted loose from jail, he was in the calaboose for a murder he didn't commit. He eludes a posse chasing him, but gets into the clutches of an outlaw gang headed by Yakima Canutt. It's as good a place as any to look for the man who can clear him. He doesn't realize though how lucky he got.

Now granted this was a Lone Star production, not even a B film. But I would have liked to have seen just how Wayne got into the jackpot that landed him jail for murdering the lover of a married woman if he wasn't involved with her. When we do find who the murderer is that's never explained to us.

Since this was for the afternoon kiddie matinée crowd maybe such things weren't delved into even before the Code came in place. Maybe it was a question of sloppy editing also.

I think John Wayne's most devoted fans might like this one, I really wouldn't recommend to others, even other western fans.

bkoganbing
Apr 28, 2006
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Trivia
William Dyer died a week after the film premiered.

Goofs
When Sally reads the last line of Brant's warning note, the word 'or' is missing from the beginning and there is no sign of the preceding line.

Quotes
[after eluding the sheriff by swimming underwater, John emerges on the far side of the lake at the feet of a tall gunslinger]
John Brant: Well, I guess you got me.
Joseph Conlon: [snorts] Come on out, stranger. I ain't the law. You're a pretty smart hombre and you got plenty of nerve. It strikes me that the boss could use somebody like you. What's your name?
[John glares at him]
Joseph Conlon: Smith, ain't it. That's the handle most of you fast travelers use. Aw, it's as good a name as any. Mine's Jones!
[they shake hands]
Joseph Conlon: Say, you're pretty near all in, ain't ya. Better come up with me to the hideout and meet the Big Chief. We're short a coupla hands.