GOLD (1932) Jack Hoxie, Alice Day & Hooper Atchley | Western| B&W

Gold is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower. An early sound B western, the film starred Jack Hoxie in the second of his six sound westerns, featuring Hooper Atchley as the villain Kramer. The film also marked the last screen appearance of silent movie actress Alice Day.[1]

The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection, Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.

SYNOPSIS
A cowboy turned gold miner fights a gang that buys miner's claims and then murders them.

Kramer (Atchley) works the gold fields by buying up miners' claims and then having his henchmen murder them, taking both the money and the gold. When cowboy-turned-prospector Jack Tarrant's (Hoxie) partner Jeff Sellers becomes the next victim to Kramer's scam, Tarrant decides to put an end to Kramer's gang once and for all.

CAST & CREW
Jack Hoxie as Jack Tarrant
Alice Day as Marion Sellers
Hooper Atchley as Kramer
Matthew Betz as Henchman Childress
Lafe McKee as Jeff Sellers
Jack Clifford as Elmer Sigmuller
Tom London as Sheriff
Bob Kortman as Henchman
John Lowell as Bartender

Directed by Otto Brower
Written by Scott Darling (continuity), Jack Natteford (story)
Produced by Henry L. Goldstone
Cinematography Charles A. Marshall, Arthur Reed
Edited by S. Roy Luby
Music by Lee Zahler
Distributed by Majestic Pictures
Release date 1932
Running time 58 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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