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31/12/1937 History, Western 1h 34m
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TOGETHER THEY BUILD A CONTINENT! He lives the magnificent adventure that saves a country and she shares the adventures of the man she loves!

Overview

In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.

  1. Frank Lloyd

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Joel McCrea

    Ramsay MacKay

  2. Bob Burns

    Hank York, a wanderer

  3. Frances Dee

    Justine Pryor

  4. Lloyd Nolan

    Dal Slade

  5. Henry O'Neill

    Henry Wells

  6. Mary Nash

    Mrs. Pryor

  7. Ralph Morgan

    Nicholas Pryor

  8. Johnny Mack Brown

    Talbot Carter

  9. Porter Hall

    James Oliver

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-06
Though it does capture a little of the pioneering spirit of the folks travelling west, it’s just too episodic and becomes even a bit dull. It gets off to a lively enough start as we meet “Ramsay” (Joel McCrae) who is bidding for a contract to shift goods from the east coast past the terminus of the railway and out into the rapidly populating wilderness. It’s while he is trying to prove he can get live oysters to the table that he encounters the broken down carriage of “Justine” (Frances Dee) and her mother (Mary Nash) and so soon has a little extra romantic impetus as his career st...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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