The Telegraph Trail
movie
The story of how the telegraph was laid from East to West, with plenty of hardships and Indian attacks.
Released March 18, 1933
Overview
A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.
Cast
John Wayne
as
John Trent
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Duke
as
Duke - John's Horse
Frank McHugh
as
Corporal Tippy
Marceline Day
as
Alice Keller
Otis Harlan
as
Uncle Zeke Keller
Albert J. Smith
as
Gus Lynch
Yakima Canutt
as
High Wolf
Lafe McKee
as
Lafe
Chief John Big Tree
as
Indian Chief (uncredited)
Clarence Geldart
as
Army Captain (uncredited)
Slim Whitaker
as
Second Henchman (uncredited)