The Forty-Niners (1932 film)

The Forty-Niners is a 1932 American western film directed by John P. McCarthy and starring Tom Tyler, Betty Mack and Fern Emmett. It was a Monarch Production by a Poverty Row independent film company.^[1]

The Forty-Niners
Directed by	John P. McCarthy
Written by	F. McGrew Willis
Produced by	Burton King
Starring	Tom Tyler Betty Mack Fern Emmett
Cinematography	Edward Kull
Edited by	Fred Bain
Production company	A Monarch Production
Distributed by	Freuler Film Associates, Inc.
Release date	October 28, 1932 (1932-10-28)
Running time	59 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

In the mid-nineteenth century scout Squaw O'Hara is hired to take a wagon train west. However, he takes it off the trail so it can be attacked by his Indian allies. However, frontiersman Tennessee Matthews is wise to his game and sets out to foil his scheme.

Cast

• Tom Tyler as Tennessee Matthews
• Betty Mack as Virginia Hawkins
• Al Bridge as O'Hara
• Fern Emmett as Widow Spriggs
• Gordon Wood as Jed Hawkins
• Mildred Rogers as Lola
• Fred Ritter as Tanner
• Frank Ball as MacNab
• Florence Wells as Tanner's wife

Uncredited

• Bob Card as Settler
• Joe De La Cruz as Renegade
• Bob Kortman as Settler

References

1. Pitts p.159

Bibliography

• Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

• The Forty-Niners at IMDb
• The Forty-Niners at AllMovie
• The Forty-Niners at the TCM Movie Database
• The Forty-Niners at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films