Wild West Days

Wild West Days (1937) is a Universal film serial based on a Western novel by W. R. Burnett. Directed by Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith and starring Johnny Mack Brown, George Shelley, Lynn Gilbert, Frank Yaconelli, Bob Kortman, Russell Simpson, and Walter Miller, it was the 103rd of the studio's 137 serials (and the 35th with sound), and was the first of three serials Brown made for the studio before being promoted to his own B-western series in 1939.

Wild West Days
Poster advertising the fourth installment
Directed by	Ford Beebe Clifford Smith
Written by	Wyndham Gittens Norman S. Hall Ray Trampe W. R. Burnett (novel)
Produced by	Ben Koenig Henry MacRae
Starring	Johnny Mack Brown George Shelley Lynn Gilbert Frank Yaconelli Bob Kortman Russell Simpson Walter Miller
Cinematography	Richard Fryer
Edited by	Saul A. Goodkind Louis Sackin Alvin Todd
Music by	Charles Previn
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 5, 1937 (1937-07-05)
Running time	268 minutes (13 episodes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Premise

Larry and Lucy Munro own a ranch with a rich platinum deposit. Newspaper editor Matt Keeler as the head of a gang called "Secret Seven" wants the ranch for himself and has Larry framed for murder to get it. Frontiersman Kentucky Wade - with his pals Dude Hanford, Mike Morales and Trigger Benton - come to the Munros' aid.

Cast

• Johnny Mack Brown as Kentucky Wade (as John Mack Brown)
• George Shelley as Dude Hanford
• Lynn Gilbert as Lucy Munro
• Frank Yaconelli as Mike Morales
• Bob Kortman as Trigger Benton (as Robert Kortman)
• Russell Simpson as Matt Keeler
• Walter Miller as Doc Hardy
• Charles Stevens as Buckskin Frank
• Frank McGlynn Jr. as Larry Munro (as Frank McGlynn)
• Francis McDonald as Assayer Purvis
• Al Bridge as Steve Claggett
• Chief Thunderbird as Chief Red Hatchet
• Robert McClung as Mouth Organ Kid [Chs. 8-11]
• Edward LeSaint as Sheriff (as Ed LeSaint)
• Joseph W. Girard as Judge Lawrence
• Jack Rube Clifford as Corey (as Jack Clifford)
• William Royle as Braden
• Bruce Mitchell as Rancher Tobe Driscoll
• Miki Morita as Chan, 2nd Cook [Chs. 7, 9, 11-12]

Production

This serial was based on the novel "Saint Johnson" by William R. Burnett. However, the main character in the serial is a frontiersman called Kentucky Wade instead of Wayt Johnson as in the novel.^[1]

Chapter titles

1. Death Rides the Range
2. The Redskins' Revenge
3. The Brink of Doom
4. The Indians Are Coming
5. The Leap for Life
6. Death Stalks the Plains
7. Six Gun Law
8. The Gold Stampede
9. Walls of Fire
10. The Circle of Doom
11. The Thundering Herd
12. Rustlers and Redskins
13. The Rustlers' Roundup

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See also

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio