Haunted Gold
Haunted Gold is a 1932 Pre-Production Code, American Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring John Wayne.[1] It is a remake of the 1928 film The Phantom City, starring Ken Maynard and his horse Tarzan .
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| Directed by | Mack V. Wright |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Written by | Adele Buffington |
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| Music by | John Peasano |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Edited by | William Clemens |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Filmed in 1932, two years before the implementation of Hollywood's Production Code, the film contains several racial slurs involving the black character "Clarence Brown" (played by Blue Washington). The film is a product of its times.
Plot
John Mason and Janet Carter receive an anonymous letter telling them to travel to a ghost town which has an abandoned mine. There they befriend each other as they try to find out why they were sent the letters. They soon find themselves targets of Joe Ryan and his gang who are looking for the hidden gold inside the abandoned mine. They are helped by the mysterious Phantom of the mine who has his own plans.
Cast
- John Wayne as John Mason
- Sheila Terry as Janet Carter
- Harry Woods as Joe Ryan
- Erville Alderson as Tom Benedict
- Otto Hoffman as Simon - Benedict's Servant
- Martha Mattox as Mrs Herman
- Blue Washington as Clarence Washington Brown
- Duke as Duke - John Wayne's Horse
See also
References
- "Haunted Gold". TCM. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
External links
- Haunted Gold at IMDb
- Haunted Gold at AllMovie
- Haunted Gold at the TCM Movie Database
- Haunted Gold at the American Film Institute Catalog