Wheels of Destiny

Mar 1, 1934

1h 4m

★ 3.0

Ride 'em , cowboy...in this most exciting movie that's hit the screen in a dog's age

Overview

Bill, who is about to lead a wagon train to California, has a map to a valuable gold field and Rocky is after the map. When Rocky and his men attack, Ken Manning breaks it up and later identifies Rocky and his men as the attackers. Expelled from the wagon train, they stampede a buffalo herd puting the Indians on the warpath. After the Indians attack the wagon train, Rocky thinks he can get the map.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Ken Maynard Productions Inc.

Wheels of Destiny Trailers

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Cast

Ken Manning

Ken Maynard

Mary Collins

Dorothy Dix

Rocky

Philo McCullough

Pinwheel

Frank Rice

Bill Collins

Jay Wilsey

Dad Collins

Edward Coxen

Freddie Collins

Fred Sale Jr.

Henchman Red

Fred MacKaye

Jack Rockwell

Deacon

William Gould

Trapper

Nelson McDowell

Chief War Eagle

Chief John Big Tree

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