The Telegraph Trail poster

The Telegraph Trail poster

The Telegraph Trail

The story of how the telegraph was laid from East to West, with plenty of hardships and Indian attacks.

1933 54m 4.6Movie

ActionWestern

A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.

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Tenny Wright

Director

Kurt Kempler

Screenplay

Top Cast

John Wayne

John Wayne

John Trent

Duke

Duke - John's Horse

Frank McHugh

Frank McHugh

Corporal Tippy

Marceline Day

Marceline Day

Alice Keller

Otis Harlan

Otis Harlan

Uncle Zeke Keller

Albert J. Smith

Albert J. Smith

Gus Lynch

Yakima Canutt

Yakima Canutt

High Wolf

Lafe McKee

Lafe McKee

Lafe

Chief John Big Tree

Chief John Big Tree

Indian Chief (uncredited)

Clarence Geldart

Clarence Geldart

Army Captain (uncredited)

Slim Whitaker

Slim Whitaker

Second Henchman (uncredited)