UTAH TRAIL (1938) Tex Ritter, Horace Murphy & Pamela Blake | Drama, Western | B&W

The Utah Trail is a 1938 American Western film directed by Albert Herman. It was Tex Ritter's final film for Grand National Films. Despite the song and title, the film takes place on the Arizona/Mexico border and not Utah. The film is based on a short story that appeared in Ranch Romances magazine.

SYNOPSIS
Tex and his sidekicks arrive to help out his friend Jeffers, a railroad owner, only to find that he has been killed. They quickly run into trouble with an outlaw gang in their attempt to find the mysterious ghost train that supposedly runs on Jeffer's line.

Tex is asked by the owner of a railroad to investigate a ghost train. Upon his arrival with his friends Ananias and Pee Wee, they find the railroad is run by the owner's daughter Sally after the owner's murder. Sally wants no part of Tex, posing as "The Pecos Kid", but Tex and his friends track down the train being used by rustlers.

CAST & CREW
Tex Ritter as Tex Stewart, posing as the Pecos Kid
White Flash as Tex's Horse
Horace Murphy as Ananias
"Snub" Pollard as Pee Wee
Pamela Blake as Sally Jeffers
Karl Hackett as Hiram Slaughter
Charles King as Henchman Badger
Ed Cassidy as Sheriff Clayton
Dave O'Brien as Mason – Bookkeeper
Bud Osborne as Henchman Hank
Lynton Brent as Henchman Cheyenne
Rudy Sooter as Bandleader / Singer
The Texas Tornadoes as Saloon Band

Directed by Albert Herman
Written by Edmond Kelso (story and screenplay), Lindsley Parsons (story)
Produced by Edward Finney
Cinematography Francis Corby
Edited by Frederick Bain
Distributed by Grand National Films
Release date August 12, 1938
Running time 56 minutes
Country United States
Language English