Dawn on the Great Divide
UNKNOWN DANGERS HELD NO TERROR...for the covered wagon scouts..the Commandos of fierce frontier days!
1942 | 63m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Howard Bretherton |
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| Writer: | James Oliver Curwood, Adele Buffington |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 18, 1942 |
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| Director: | Howard Bretherton |
| Writer: | James Oliver Curwood, Adele Buffington |
| Genres: | Western |
| Keywords | singer, wagon train |
| Production Companies | Monogram Pictures, Great Western Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
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| Howard Bretherton | Director |
| James Oliver Curwood | Story |
| Adele Buffington | Screenplay |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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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 e ... scort 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.