Sagebrush Trail (UK title An Innocent Man) is a 1933 American Pre-CodeWestern film with locations filmed at Bronson Canyon starring John Wayne and featuring Lane Chandler and Yakima Canutt (Canutt plays the leader of the gang as well as doubling for Wayne in several stunts).[1] It was the second Lone Star Productions film released by Monogram Pictures.[2][3] It was shown as An Innocent Man in the UK, and this version was later released in a colorized version on home video.[4]
Sentenced for a murder he did not commit, John Brant escapes from prison determined to find the real killer. By chance Brant's narrow escape from lawmen is witnessed by Joseph Conlon who goes by the name of "Jones". Giving Brant the name of "Smith" Conlon, Jones gets him into his outlaw gang hiding out in an abandoned mine. Brant attempts to disrupt the outlaw gang's robberies and comes closer to finding his man.
The gang leader suspects John Brant/Smith but Joseph/Jones Conlon consoles him & takes him on a test run to recon a grocery store with a safe in it. John Brant writes a note to the grocery clerk (Sally Blake) warning her of the impending robbery. When Jones & Smith return later that night to rob the store the Sheriff & his Deputy are waiting. They shoot Smith who is taken by Jones to "Blind Pete's" to recover. This first robbery was deliberately spoiled by Smith in July.
In August we see Smith is fully recovered & Jones visits him & encourages him to join them in an attempt to rob a stagecoach carrying the payroll for miners. Suspecting Smith Jones disinvites him & goes to rob the coach himself with the gang. Smith intercepts the coach & robs the coach before hand, then informs Sally & asks her to tell the Sheriff to pick up the robbed money, thereby saving the payroll from being robbed.
Jones suspects Smith but is not sure. The gang leader also suspects Smith so this time he deliberately gives Smith a false tip. Jones decides to follow Smith to see if he will betray them. He soon discovers that Smith views him as a friend & took the fall for him & went to jail for him. Jones decides to save Smith who is now walking back to the gang - who are waiting to ambush him.
As Smith is about to be ambushed, Jones warns him to take cover & the two start fighting the gang surrounding them. They mount a stagecoach & escape the encircling gang. Meanwhile Sally the grocery girl on Jones' exhortation gets the help of the Sheriff and their posse & then rush to save both Jones & Smith.
Jones & Smith outrun the entire gang & then Smith drops behind & starts picking off the gang members one by one until he gets the last one. Jones however is shot & his stagecoach falls off a cliff. By the time Smith reaches Jones the Sheriff & his deputies also catch up. They hold both of them but Jones confesses to the crimes that he committed getting Smith exonerated. Smith goes off to kiss Sally as the credits roll.
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For the silent film see The Sagebrush Trail 1922 film Sagebrush Trail UK title An Innocent Man is a 1933 American Pre Code Western film with locations filmed at Bronson Canyon starring John Wayne and featuring Lane Chandler and Yakima Canutt Canutt plays the leader of the gang as well as doubling for Wayne in several stunts 1 It was the second Lone Star Productions film released by Monogram Pictures 2 3 It was shown as An Innocent Man in the UK and this version was later released in a colorized version on home video 4 Sagebrush TrailTheatrical poster to Sagebrush Trail 1933 Directed byArmand SchaeferWritten byLindsley Parsons Will BealeProduced byPaul Malvern Trem CarrStarringJohn Wayne Nancy Shubert Lane Chandler Yakima CanuttCinematographyArchie StoutEdited byCarl PiersonDistributed byMonogram Pictures CorporationRelease dateDecember 15 1933 1933 12 15 Running time54 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPlot editSentenced for a murder he did not commit John Brant escapes from prison determined to find the real killer By chance Brant s narrow escape from lawmen is witnessed by Joseph Conlon who goes by the name of Jones Giving Brant the name of Smith Conlon Jones gets him into his outlaw gang hiding out in an abandoned mine Brant attempts to disrupt the outlaw gang s robberies and comes closer to finding his man The gang leader suspects John Brant Smith but Joseph Jones Conlon consoles him amp takes him on a test run to recon a grocery store with a safe in it John Brant writes a note to the grocery clerk Sally Blake warning her of the impending robbery When Jones amp Smith return later that night to rob the store the Sheriff amp his Deputy are waiting They shoot Smith who is taken by Jones to Blind Pete s to recover This first robbery was deliberately spoiled by Smith in July In August we see Smith is fully recovered amp Jones visits him amp encourages him to join them in an attempt to rob a stagecoach carrying the payroll for miners Suspecting Smith Jones disinvites him amp goes to rob the coach himself with the gang Smith intercepts the coach amp robs the coach before hand then informs Sally amp asks her to tell the Sheriff to pick up the robbed money thereby saving the payroll from being robbed Jones suspects Smith but is not sure The gang leader also suspects Smith so this time he deliberately gives Smith a false tip Jones decides to follow Smith to see if he will betray them He soon discovers that Smith views him as a friend amp took the fall for him amp went to jail for him Jones decides to save Smith who is now walking back to the gang who are waiting to ambush him As Smith is about to be ambushed Jones warns him to take cover amp the two start fighting the gang surrounding them They mount a stagecoach amp escape the encircling gang Meanwhile Sally the grocery girl on Jones exhortation gets the help of the Sheriff and their posse amp then rush to save both Jones amp Smith Jones amp Smith outrun the entire gang amp then Smith drops behind amp starts picking off the gang members one by one until he gets the last one Jones however is shot amp his stagecoach falls off a cliff By the time Smith reaches Jones the Sheriff amp his deputies also catch up They hold both of them but Jones confesses to the crimes that he committed getting Smith exonerated Smith goes off to kiss Sally as the credits roll Cast edit nbsp Lobby card for Sagebrush Trail 1933 with John Wayne and Yakima Canutt nbsp Lane Chandler and Nancy ShubertJohn Wayne as John Brant Nancy Shubert as Sally Blake Lane Chandler as Joseph Conlon Yakima Canutt as Outlaw Gang Leader Wally Wales as Deputy Sheriff Art Mix as Henchman Bob Burns as Sheriff Parker Ted Adams as Taggart uncredited Silver Tip Baker as Townsman uncredited Hank Bell as Henchman uncredited William Dyer as Blind Pete uncredited Wally Howe as Store Customer uncredited Julie Kingdon as Town Girl uncredited Tex Palmer as Posse Rider uncredited Tex Phelps as Henchman uncredited Hal Price as Bud Train Engineer uncredited Archie Ricks as Stage Driver uncredited Robert Walker as Henchman uncredited Blackjack Ward as Henchman uncredited Slim Whitaker as Henchman Dick uncredited See also editJohn Wayne filmographyReferences edit Hal Erickson 2016 Sagebrush Trail 1933 Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times Archived from the original on March 5 2016 Retrieved February 24 2016 Landesman pp 300 301 Fagen p 374 An Innocent Man Aka Sagebrush Trail in COLOR Also Includes the Original Black and White Version which has been Beautifully Restored and Enhanced Amazon External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sagebrush Trail Sagebrush Trail on YouTube Sagebrush Trail at IMDb nbsp Sagebrush Trail is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive Sagebrush Trail at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sagebrush Trail amp oldid 1195008105, wikipedia, wiki, 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