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Dawn on the Great Divide

Dawn on the Great Divide

  • Status: Released
  • 18-12-1942
  • Runtime: 63 min
  • Score: 4.429
  • Vote count: 7

Buck Roberts is leading a wagon train of railroad supplies and Jim Corkle and his henchman Loder are out to stop them by using white men dressed as Indians for the attacks.

Buck Jones

Buck Roberts

Mona Barrie

Sadie Rand

Raymond Hatton

Sandy Hopkins

Robert Lowery

Terry Wallace

Rex Bell

Jack Carson

Maude Eburne

Sarah Harkins

Christine McIntyre

Mary Harkins - Sarah's Daughter

Betty Blythe

Mrs. Elmira Corkle

Robert Frazer

Judge John Corkle

Harry Woods

Jim Corkle - Judge's Brother

Tris Coffin

Matt Rand (as Tris Coffin)

Lee Shumway

Joe Wallace - Railroad Official

Roy Barcroft

Chuck Loder

Steve Clark

Alex Kirby - Carson's Messenger

Warren Jackson

Fred Cooke - Bartender

Silver

Buck's Horse

Victor Adamson

Barfly

Horace B. Carpenter

Townsman

Iron Eyes Cody

Indian

Spade Cooley

Fiddler

Ben Corbett

Red - Henchman

Jack Daley

Gambler

Rube Dalroy

Townsman

Herman Hack

Barfly

Al Haskell

Settler

Reed Howes

Stevens - Henchman

I. Stanford Jolley

Ed - Henchman

Ray Jones

Townsman

Merrill McCormick

Barfly

Art Mix

Henchman

Kansas Moehring

Townsman

Dennis Moore

Tony Corkle

Milburn Morante

Wagon Train Member

George Morrell

Settler

Artie Ortego

Gus - Henchman

Bud Osborne

Stoney - Judge's Wagon Driver

Charles Soldani

Indian

George Sowards

Townsman

Jan Wiley

Martha Corkle

Chief Yowlachie

Indian

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Quite a busy little throwaway western most notable, for me, for the significant amount of outdoor action photography. The plot is a bit too complex - but basically revolves around a series of train robberies that lead to three US Marshals (Buck Jones, Rex Bell and Raymond Hatton) being detailed to escort the latest shipment of supplies and investigate the lethal shenanigans. Quite soon the men realise that the supposed Indian attacks are a blind, and that there are unscrupulous plans afoot led by Harry Woods. The three leads do have a bit of chemistry between them, and it's a well paced little auctioner - but there are too many distracting sub-plots, some blackmail and a baby to muddy the waters. I did quite enjoy the hour, but it needed a more focussed narrative.