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"The End Of The Vengeance Trail"

When John Mason's father is killed, John is wounded. Attracted to his nurse Alice, a conflict arises between him and his friend Ben who plans to marry Alice. John later finds the killer of his father but goes to face him not knowing Ben has removed the bullets from his gun.

Top Cast

  • John Wayne

    John Wayne

    John Mason

  • Marion Burns

    Marion Burns

    Alice Gordon

  • Dennis Moore

    Dennis Moore

    Rudd Gordon

  • Reed Howes

    Reed Howes

    Ben McClure

  • Joseph De Grasse

    Joseph De Grasse

    Dad Mason

  • Earl Dwire

    Earl Dwire

    Pete

  • Nelson McDowell

    Nelson McDowell

    Bates, the undertaker

  • Yakima Canutt

    Yakima Canutt

    (uncredited)

Overview

When John Mason's father is killed, John is wounded. Attracted to his nurse Alice, a conflict arises between him and his friend Ben who plans to marry Alice. John later finds the killer of his father but goes to face him not knowing Ben has removed the bullets from his gun.

Rating

4.7 / 10
32 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Jun 19, 2022

    John Wayne ("Mason") arrives in town to visit his father, but before he can catch up with him, he gets embroiled in a fight with Reed Howes ("McClure") which, when it ends amicably enough, leads them to have a few drinks and become firm friends... Now he goes to visit Pop, but the freight office where he works is being robbed and both he and his father are shot; the latter is killed. The Duke is put in the capable hands of Marion Burns ("Alice") to recuperate; she being the beau of "McClure" so we soon have a silly love triangle as well as a team effort to track down the murderous robbers. There's nothing wrong with this cheap and cheerful B-western; there are a few heavily staged fisticuffs and the dialogue is repeated a bit too woodenly from the script, but it is an enjoyable, simple, 55 minutes with quite an entertaining rough and tumble conclusion....

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