Crashing Thru (1939 film)

Crashing Thru is a 1939 American northern action film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring James Newill, Jean Carmen and Warren Hull.[1] It is based on the 1935 novel Renfrew Rides the Range, the seventh in the popular Renfrew of the Royal Mounted series by Laurie York Erskine.

Crashing Thru
Directed byElmer Clifton
Written bySherman L. Lowe
Based onRenfrew Rides the Range by Laurie York Erskine
Produced byPhilip N. Krasne
StarringJames Newill
Jean Carmen
Warren Hull
CinematographyEdward Linden
Edited byS. Roy Luby
Production
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Criterion Pictures
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • December 11, 1939 (1939-12-11)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film was shot at the Iverson Ranch and on location around Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains of California. It was originally intended to be released by Grand National Pictures before being picked up for distribution by Monogram.

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The steamship on which two Mountie officers are travelling is held up and robbed of its gold shipment. They pursue the gang up into the hills but are unable to detain them, They suspect one of the female passengers to be in on the job and arrest her. She turns out to be trying to recover the deeds to the mine that were cheated out of her father, but was double-crossed by the robbers.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Pitts p.72

Bibliography

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  • Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.
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