
Sunset Trail
Seen it?1939 | 69 min | Adventure, Western
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at anyone with a bit of wanderlust and western fans. A good one for when you want to be swept off somewhere else.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 9 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1939: an older pace and style.
Disguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude ranch in order to unmask the murderer of the owner's husband.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$30K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Lesley Selander
- William BoydHopalong Cassidy
- George 'Gabby' HayesWindy Halliday
- Russell HaydenLucky Jenkins
- Charlotte WyntersAnn Marsh
- Jan ClaytonDorrie Marsh
- Robert FiskeMonte Keller
- Kenneth HarlanJohn Marsh
- Anthony NaceSteve Dorman
- Kathryn SheldonAbigail Snodgrass
- Maurice CassE. Prescott Furbush