The Painted Trail

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Tom Keene and Eleanor Stewart in The Painted Trail (1938)

Tom Gray is sent to bring in a gang smuggling goods across the border. Posing as the wanted outlaw the Pecos Kid, he joins Prescott's gang. But his true identity becomes known when the real ... Read allTom Gray is sent to bring in a gang smuggling goods across the border. Posing as the wanted outlaw the Pecos Kid, he joins Prescott's gang. But his true identity becomes known when the real Pecos Kid shows up.Tom Gray is sent to bring in a gang smuggling goods across the border. Posing as the wanted outlaw the Pecos Kid, he joins Prescott's gang. But his true identity becomes known when the real Pecos Kid shows up.

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6.0/10

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Tom Keene

Tom Gray Posing as the Pecos Kid

Eleanor Stewart

Alice Banning

LeRoy Mason

Duke Prescott

Walter Long

Gang Leader Driscoll

Frank Campeau

U. S. Marshal G. Masters

James Eagles

Henchman Sammy
(as Jimmy Eagles)

Harry Harvey

U. S. Marshal Reed

Glenn Strange

Sheriff Ed
(as Glen Strange)

Ed Cassidy

U. S. Marshal Jackson

Ernie Adams

Henchman Nosey

Victor Adamson

Rustling Reporter
(uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey

Mail Buggy Driver
(uncredited)

Chuck Baldra

Buzz Barton

Roulette Player
(uncredited)

Richard Cramer

Bartender Dick
(uncredited)

Earl Dwire

Wylie Grant

Deputy Wylie
(uncredited)

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Galloping Romeo footage
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert F. Hill
Writer
- Robert Emmett Tansey
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Snow Leopard

OK 30's B-Western

An average B-Western, "The Painted Trail" has a stock plot and routine characters, but contains a reasonable amount of action, and the acting is not too bad. It stars Tom Keene as a US Marshall who tries to infiltrate a gang of smugglers and cattle rustlers, in an attempt to gather evidence about their activities. This idea wasn't even new in the 30's, and the story that follows is almost completely predictable after the first couple of scenes. Keene is likable enough (even if his acting is nothing special) to help make you want to see whether or not he can pull it off. There's not all that much here, but it's watchable for those who like Westerns of the era.

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This film was first telecast Tuesday 11 November 1941 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1); post-WWII viewers got their first look at it in New York City 1 June 1948 on WCBS (Channel 2) and in Philadelphia Wednesday 26 October 1949 on Frontier Playhouse on WPTZ (Channel 3).