TRAIL STREET
DIRECTED BY RAY ENRIGHT
RKO RADIO PICTURES
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
The Liberal Kansas area is in trouble. The town is without a Marshal and the nearby farmers
are unable to grow crops due to the summer drought and trail riders that run cattle over their land.
Bat Masterson arrives to bring law and order and his Deputy accidently
finds a variety of wheat that will withstand the drought.
But the farmers are giving up and leaving and Bat must convince tham to stay.
He wants them to continue farming and also help round up the local gang of outlaws.
Written by Maurice VanAuken
Cast
Randolph Scott ... Bat
Robert Ryan ... Allen
Anne Jeffreys ... Ruby
George 'Gabby' Hayes ... Billy
Madge Meredith ... Susan
Steve Brodie ... Maury
Billy House ... Carmody
Virginia Sale ... Hannah
Harry Woods ... Larkin
Phil Warren ... Slim
Harry Harvey ... Mayor
Jason Robards Sr. ... Jason (as Jason Robards)
and many more...
Directed
Ray Enright
Writing Credits
Norman Houston ... (screen play) and
Gene Lewis ... (screen play)
William Corcoran ... (based on the novel by)
Produced
Jack J. Gross ... executive producer
Nat Holt ... producer
Music
Paul Sawtell
Cinematography
J. Roy Hunt ... director of photography
Trivia
The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films, 1941-1950,
incorrectly omits sixth credited Steve Brodie as Logan Maury,
and mixes up the roles played by Billy House, Virginia Sale and Harry Woods.
They are correct as listed above. (After being advised of the error,
the American Film Institute added Steve Brodie to the cast list
and now has the correct list in its Catalog.)
Bat Masterson mentions to Allen Harper that he has ambitions to be a journalist someday.
The real Masterson lived to be sports editor of the New York Morning Telegraph.
Opening credits: The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictional.
Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Goofs
Continuity
Steve Brodie's moustache changes several times.
One time it is solid all the way across, another time it has a 1/2" gap in the middle,
and sometimes it has a peak and other times it doesn't.
Factual errors
Although there was a drought in the area of Liberal, Kansas,
located in Seward County, Kansas, Masterson was not a U.S. Marshal there.
He was elected sheriff of Ford County. He was elected in 1877
and subsequently voted out in 1879. His brother Ed Masterson, not Bat,
was marshal of Dodge City.
Although the official credits and publicity for the movie state Masterson's middle name as Bartley,
it was actually Barclay. Randolph Scott introduces himself correctly as
William Barclay Masterson to Billy House's Carmody character when he initially enters town.
Filming Locations
Agoura, California, USA
Andy Jauregui Ranch - Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA
RKO Encino Ranch - Balboa Boulevard & Burbank Boulevard, Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA
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