John Wayne

Verna Hillie

Noah Beery

Noah Beery Jr.

Robert Frazer

Iris Lancaster

James A. Marcus

Eddie Parker

Earl Dwire

Artie Ortego

Reed Howes

Paul Malvern

Robert N. Bradbury

Lindsley Parsons

James Oliver Curwood

Charles R. Hunt

Lee Zahler

Archie Stout

Action

Adventure

Western

The Trail Beyond

Monogram Pictures

Lone Star

United States of America

CinemaSerf

Normally I regale angrily at the very idea of colourisation - but in this case, it might just have helped as much of this rather unremarkable Western takes place amongst some beautiful scenery - with John Wayne often seen alongside Yakima Canutt and good old Eddie Parker ("the Mountie") paddling to, from and frequently in, the rivers as they try to get to the bottom of a missing girl and a gold-mine swizzle. Will he get the girl and save the day? Well, what do you think... it's actually quite a fun little feature - with Wayne clearly demonstrating why he was signed in the first place and Noah Beery adding some humour as his card-sharp pal. Verna Hillie provides the glamourous love interest and the set-piece drama quite cheerily kills 55 minutes.

Charles Tatum

One of Wayne's best B Films.  After a whole lot of creaky, bad B westerns, Wayne triumphs here. The locations are great, the stuntwork is great, and his teaming with Beery is great. Some of the editing of previous stuntwork into the climax is ridiculous, but this film works pretty well in a fun, old movie way.

English

Trail Beyond, The 1934