Born to the West

Dec 10, 1937

0h 59m

★ 4.6

CRIMSON-STREAKED ROMANCE HITS THE TRAIL!

Overview

Dare Rudd takes a shine to his cattleman cousin Tom's girlfriend who asks Tom to hire Dare to head the big cattle drive. Dare loses the money for the drive to cardsharps, but Tom wins it back, but Dare must save Tom's life.

Genres

Western

Action

Romance

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Dare Rudd

John Wayne

Judy Worstall

Marsha Hunt

Tom Fillmore

Johnny Mack Brown

Lynn Hardy

John Patterson

Bart Hammond

Monte Blue

Dinkey Hooley

Syd Saylor

Cattle Buyer

Lucien Littlefield

Sheriff Pete Starr (uncredited)

Jack Kennedy

Trail Hand (uncredited)

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