Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lewis D. Collins
Johnny Mack Brown
Tex Ritter
Fuzzy Knight
Jennifer Holt
Jimmy Wakely Trio
Film Details
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Synopsis
Mail riders Wade Benson and Ed Randolph decide to seek jobs with the expanding East-West stage line. Along with their friend, lawyer Cyril "Si" Dugan, they save Bob Courtney, the Eastern representative of East-West, from a band of highwaymen, and Wade is hired to head up the road construction for a new stagecoach line through East-West's territory. After Wade puts Ed in charge of one of the relay stations, Ed is mortally wounded in a raid led by outlaw Smokey Dawson. Before he dies, however, Ed rides to the construction camp and names his murderer. Wade then rides into town and avenges his friend's death by killing Dawson in a gunfight. At the same time, Ed's sister Kay arrives in town and is told that Wade caused her brother's death. Later, Si helps Wade acquire extra construction workers by convincing Judge Higgins to hire out his prisoners to the stage line. In order to delay the road's construction and gain the government mail contract for himself, banker Seth Larkin has his henchman, Duke Merrick, open up a tent saloon next to the construction camp. Wade accuses Bob of slowing down the construction on the almost-completed road, but the Easterner comes to Wade's defense when he tussles with Duke. After Duke convinces the construction workers to go on strike until they have received their wages, Kay overhears Duke ordering his henchman to stop Bob from bringing the payroll to the construction camp, while warning them not to kill Bob as Dawson killed Ed. Before Kay can warn Si about the planned robbery, Inspector Talbot of the postal department arrives by stagecoach for a test run. Wade and Bob then fight over what they should do, only to be told by Kay about Duke's plot. With the road unfinished, Wade agrees to complete the test run by driving the stagecoach through a dry wash. Duke and his men try to stop the stagecoach, but they are turned away by Bob and the other construction workers. The stage successfully completes its test run, and Larkin, Duke and their men are arrested. Wade is then made general manager of the stage line, and he and Kay are reconciled.
Director
Lewis D. Collins
Cast
Johnny Mack Brown
Tex Ritter
Fuzzy Knight
Jennifer Holt
Jimmy Wakely Trio
Jimmy Wakely
Scotty Harrel
Johnny Bond
John Elliott
Earle Hodgins
Rex Lease
Lane Chandler
Alan Bridge
Dennis Moore
Tom London
Bud Osborne
Lynton Brent
George Plues
Hank Worden
Crew
Harold Adamson
Elizabeth Beecher
Bernard B. Brown
Everett Carter
Ralph M. Delacy
Oliver Drake
Harry Fraser
R. A. Gausman
A. J. Gilmore
Walter Kittredge
Charles Maynard
Jimmy Mchugh
Jess Moulin
Jack Otterson
Milton Rosen
H. J. Salter
William Sickner
Vera West
Mack Wright
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While Rex Lease's character is listed as "Zeke Larkin" in reviews and CBCS, it is identified as "Seth Larkin" within the film. Production charts include Reed Howes in the cast, but his appearance in the released film has not been confirmed. Modern sources list Ray Jones and George Eldredge in the cast.
