Westward Ho (1935)

  • NR
  • 08/19/1935 (US)
  • History, Western
  • 1h 1m

ROMANCE RIDES THE PLAINS!

Overview

Ballard's trail jumpers attack the Wyatt Company wagon train, killing young John's parents and kidnaping his brother, Jim. In post-Civil War California, John Wyatt, now a man, pulls together a vigilante posse, The Singing Riders, who all ride white horses, dress alike, and ride the trails singing and rounding up outlaw gangs. Meanwhile, John is ever on the lookout for the gang that murdered his parents As a youngster John Wyatt saw his parents killed and his brother kidnapped. On a wagon train heading West he meets his brother who is now a spy for the gang which originally did the dirty work. He and his brother both fall for Mary Gordon When Ballard and his men attack the Wyatt wagon train, they kill all except two young brothers. Twelve years later one brother John has organized a vigilante group. The other brother Jim is now part of Ballard's gang and the two are destined to meet again

Robert N. Bradbury

Director

Robert Emmett Tansey

Screenplay

Lindsley Parsons

Screenplay

Cast

John Wayne's headshot

John Wayne

John Wyatt
Sheila Bromley's headshot

Sheila Bromley

Mary Gordon
Frank McGlynn Jr.'s headshot

Frank McGlynn Jr.

Jim Wyatt
Jim Farley's headshot

Jim Farley

Lafe Gordon
Bradley Metcalfe's headshot

Bradley Metcalfe

John Wyatt as a Child
Dickie Jones's headshot

Dickie Jones

Jim Wyatt as a Child
Mary MacLaren's headshot

Mary MacLaren

Ma Wyatt
Hank Bell's headshot

Hank Bell

Mark Wyatt

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