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Westward Ho

(1935)

August 19, 1935 1h 1m
54%
TMDB Score

Overview

Ballard's trail jumpers attack the Wyatt Company wagon train, killing young John's parents and kidnaping his brother, Jim. In post-Civil War California, John Wyatt, now a man, pulls together a vigilante posse, The Singing Riders, who all ride white horses, dress alike, and ride the trails singing and rounding up outlaw gangs. Meanwhile, John is ever on the lookout for the gang that murdered his parents As a youngster John Wyatt saw his parents killed and his brother kidnapped. On a wagon train heading West he meets his brother who is now a spy for the gang which originally did the dirty work. He and his brother both fall for Mary Gordon When Ballard and his men attack the Wyatt wagon train, they kill all except two young brothers. Twelve years later one brother John has organized a vigilante group. The other brother Jim is now part of Ballard's gang and the two are destined to meet again

Robert N. Bradbury

Director

Top Billed Cast

JW

John Wayne

John Wyatt

SB

Sheila Bromley

Mary Gordon

FMJ

Frank McGlynn Jr.

Jim Wyatt

JF

Jim Farley

Lafe Gordon

BM

Bradley Metcalfe

John Wyatt as a Child

DJ

Dickie Jones

Jim Wyatt as a Child

MM

Mary MacLaren

Ma Wyatt

HB

Hank Bell

Mark Wyatt

GS

Glenn Strange

Carter

ED

Earl Dwire

Townsman (uncredited)