Dawn on the Great Divide | |
Director: | Howard Bretherton |
Producer: | Scott R. Dunlap (associate producer) |
Based On: | Wheels of Fate by James Oliver Curwood |
Starring: | See below |
Music: | Edward J. Kay |
Cinematography: | Harry Neumann |
Editing: | Carl Pierson |
Distributor: | Monogram Pictures |
Runtime: | 63 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Dawn on the Great Divide is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton based on James Oliver Curwood's 1913 short story "Wheels of Fate". It was the final film of Buck Jones and the final film of Monogram Pictures Rough Riders film series. Colonel Tim McCoy was recalled up for military service in World War II and is not present in the film.
The Rough Riders protect a wagon train and supplies for the railroad against a power hungry businessman who dresses his army of henchmen as Indians.