Trail Street (1947)

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Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.

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  • Randolph Scott and Steve Brodie in Trail Street (1947)
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27 January 2021 | CinemaSerf
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| As ever, Gabby Hayes breathes a little life into an almost dead horse...
Liberal is a town in Kansas that is rapidly descending into lawlessness. That is until local "Billy Jones" (Gabby Hayes) gets his pal "Bat Masterson" (Randolph Scott), a federal marshal, to come and try to sort things out. With the help of "Harper" (Robert Ryan) and dancing girl "Ruby" (Anne Jeffreys) he sets his sights on "Maury" (Steve Brodie) and his manipulative henchman "Carmody" (Billy House). The only thing that distinguishes this from a whole slew of others of this type, is that Ryan manages to discover a wheat that is resistant to drought - a pretty perennial problem here - and that galvanises the farmers who are on the verge of giving up. Otherwise, it is a pretty routine adventure peppered with a few shoot-outs and a bit of romance. Scott and Ryan do their jobs OK, and the story moves along quickly enough but if you've seen one, then I'm afraid you've seen them all as far as this is concerned.

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Trivia

The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films, 1941-1950, incorrectly omits sixth-credited Damnation Alley (1977) as Logan Maury, and mixes up the roles played by Billy House, Virginia Sale and Harry Woods. They are correct as listed in the cast listing here (after being advised of the error, the American Film Institute added Brodie to the cast list and now has the correct list in its catalog).

Quotes

Allen Harper: I hope that's the last of them.
Billy Burns: Well, it ain't. I'm bettin' before you know it, this town'll be hotter'n a two dollar pistol on the Fourth of July.

Goofs

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.

Soundtracks

The Only Pebble on the Beach
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Harry Braisted
Music by Stanley Carter
Published by Jos. W. Stern & Co., New York, 1896
Sung in saloon
Based on poem by Braisted

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Plot Summary

Genres

Action | Romance | Western

Details

Release Date:

19 February 1947

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Agoura, California, USA

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