WILD HORSE MESA
DIRECTED BY HENRY HATHAWAY
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
Chane Weymer (Randolph Scott), an Arizona rancher goes after a gang that is trapping and catching wild horses by the use of barbed-wire enclosures. He suspects Ward (Fred Kohler), of being the gang leader but is unable to find the needed proof. Ward also has an eye on the lovely Sandy Melbarne (Sally Blane).
Written by Les Adams
Cast
Randolph Scott ... Chane Weymer
Sally Blane ... Sandy Melberne
Fred Kohler ... Rand
Lucille La Verne ... Ma [The General] Melberne
Charley Grapewin ... Sam Bass
James Bush ... Bent Weymer
Jim Thorpe ... Indian Chief
George 'Gabby' Hayes ... Slack (as George Hayes)
Buddy Roosevelt ... Horn
E.H. Calvert ... Sheriff
Jack Pennick ... Cowhand (uncredited)
and many more...
Directed
Henry Hathaway
Writing Credits
Zane Grey ... (based on a novel by)
Harold Shumate ... (adaptation) and
Frank Howard Clark ... (adaptation)
Produced
Harold Hurley ... producer
Music
John Leipold ... (uncredited)
Cinematography
Arthur L. Todd ... (as Arthur Todd)
Trivia
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949,
which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution,
and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package
and may have never been televised.
Filming Locations
Santa Clarita, California, USA
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)