Hittin' the Trail

Hittin' the Trail

58 mins | Action, Music, Western | April 3, 1937

his was one of the earlier uses of Robert Tansey's favorite plot (only the 3rd time he had trotted it out of the stable, but he got six more films out of it in later years) in which a group of outlaws (wrongly jailed this time) are let out to join up with the good guys against a worse bunch of outlaws. And, not unusual in the B-western genre, most of the production crew wore several hats; director Robert N. Bradbury and supervisor Lindsley Parsons wrote a song for Tommy Bupp, one of the actually good kid actors of the time who proved real quick-like that singing wasn't his strong suit, while Robert Emmett Tansey worked three jobs under three names... Robert Emmett on story and screenplay, Robert Tansey as the production manager and Al Lane as the assistant director. And, for a change, music director Frank Sanucci actually earned a composers' credit as he did write a song... Written by Les Adams

Hittin' the Trail

58 mins | Action, Music, Western | April 3, 1937

Hittin' the Trail
his was one of the earlier uses of Robert Tansey's favorite plot (only the 3rd time he had trotted it out of the stable, but he got six more films out of it in later years) in which a group of outlaws (wrongly jailed this time) are let out to join up with the good guys against a worse bunch of outlaws. And, not unusual in the B-western genre, most of the production crew wore several hats; director Robert N. Bradbury and supervisor Lindsley Parsons wrote a song for Tommy Bupp, one of the actually good kid actors of the time who proved real quick-like that singing wasn't his strong suit, while Robert Emmett Tansey worked three jobs under three names... Robert Emmett on story and screenplay, Robert Tansey as the production manager and Al Lane as the assistant director. And, for a change, music director Frank Sanucci actually earned a composers' credit as he did write a song... Written by Les Adams
IMDb rating 4.7
Producers Grand National Pictures, Boots and Saddles Pictures
Original title Hittin' the Trail
Directors Robert N. Bradbury
Writers Robert Emmett Tansey

Cast

Tex Ritter

as Tex Randall

Jerry Bergh

as Jean Reed

Tommy Bupp

as Billy Reed

Earl Dwire

as James Clark

Charles King

as Henchman Slug

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Bartender

Ed Cassidy

as Sheriff Grey

Jack C. Smith

as Dad Reed

Archie Ricks

as Tombstone Kid

Hank Worden

as Sidekick Hank

Ray Whitley

as Guitar Player