PARADISE CANYON (1935) John Wayne, Marion Burns & Reed Howes | Action, Western | COLORIZED

Paradise Canyon is a 1935 Western film starring John Wayne, directed by Carl L. Pierson. The film was Wayne's final Monogram Pictures/Lone Star Production Western. The film was released years later in a colorized version on home video/dvd under the title Guns Along the Trail.

SYNOPSIS
An undercover agent for the government is sent to round up a gang of counterfeiters operating near the Mexican border.

John Wyatt is a government agent sent to smash a counterfeiting operation near the Mexican border. Joining Doc Carter's medicine show, they arrive in the town where Curly Joe, who once framed Carter, resides. Learning that Curly Joe is the counterfeiter, Wyatt goes after the man himself.

CAST & CREW
John Wayne as John Wyatt
Marion Burns as Linda Carter aka Princess Natasha
Reed Howes as Henchman Red
Earle Hodgins as Doc Carter
Gino Corrado as Rurales Captain
Yakima Canutt as Curly Joe Gale
Gordon Clifford as Mike
Perry Murdock as Ike

Directed by Carl L. Pierson
Written by Lindsley Parsons, Robert Emmett
Produced by Paul Malvern
Cinematography Archie Stout
Edited by Jerry Roberts
Distributed by Monogram Pictures Corporation
Release date July 20, 1935
Running time 52 minutes
Language English