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| Hittin' the Trail | |
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| Directed by | Robert N. Bradbury |
| Written by | Robert Emmett Tansey |
| Produced by | Edward Finney |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | Gus Peterson |
| Edited by | Frederick Bain |
| Music by | Frank Sanucci |
Production companies | Boots and Saddle Pictures |
| Distributed by | Grand National |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hittin' the Trail is a 1937 AmericanWestern film directed byRobert N. Bradbury. It starssinging cowboyTex Ritter andHank Worden.
Penniless horse traders Tex and Hank meet a stranger in need of a horse. Though he has no money and the pair don't know who he is, when the stranger quotes "Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days" fromEcclesiastes 11, they loan him one of their horses. Sheriff Grey accuses Tex of being the Tombstone Kid, the stranger who they loaned a horse to. The Sheriff doesn't believe they aren't criminals until they take them to town where saloon owner James Clark affirms that Tex is not the Tombstone Kid, whose gang is being held in jail as horse thieves.
Clark seeks to use Tex and Hank as a cover for his own gang stealing horses. Clark rigs the roulette wheel in his saloon where Tex wins on the money Clark loaned him; he agrees to buy a herd of horses from Clark to ride them to market, but Clark's gang sets the pair up as horse thieves.
