The Golden West is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by David Howard and written by Gordon Rigby. The film stars George O'Brien, Janet Chandler, Marion Burns, Arthur Pierson, Onslow Stevens and Emmett Corrigan. It is based on the 1909 novel The Last Trail by Zane Grey. The film was released on October 30, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation. It is based on a novel by Zane Grey.
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Plot
Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers son, he escapes to the West. He marries and when his boy is two he and his wife are killed by Indians who take the boy. Twenty years later the boy is now the Indian chief. Betty's daughter is nearby and the two are destined to meet.
Cast
George O'Brien as David Lynch / Motano
Janet Chandler as Betty Summers / Betty Brown
Marion Burns as Helen Sheppard
Arthur Pierson as Robert Summers
Onslow Stevens as Calvin Brown
Emmett Corrigan as Colonel Horace Summers
Bert Hanlon as Dennis Epstein
Edmund Breese as Sam Lynch
Frank Hagney as Chief Grey Eagle (uncredited)
Hattie McDaniel as Servant (uncredited; her first feature role)