Heroes of the West

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Overview

Efforts to build a transcontinental railroad are resisted by crooks and Indians on the warpath. A 12-chapter movie serial.

Cast: Noah Beery Jr., Julie Bishop, Onslow Stevens, William Desmond, Martha Mattox, more

Director: Ray Taylor

Genres: Western

Cast

Richard Alexander

Frontiersman at Beginning of Each Episode

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Heroes of the West

Overview

Cast

Noah Beery Jr.

Julie Bishop

Onslow Stevens

William Desmond

Martha Mattox

Francis Ford

Philo McCullough

Harry Tenbrook

Frank Lackteen

Edmund Cobb

Jules Cowles

Chief Thunderbird

Victor Adamson

Richard Alexander

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