Prairie Thunder

Dick Foran who co-starred with John Wayne in Fort Apache and Donovan's Reef steps into the Duke's boots in a remake of his The Telegraph Trail which in turn is a remake of a Ken Maynard silent The Glorious Trail.

Foran plays an army scout with a corporal played by Frank Orth as a sidekick. He and Orth go out to repair a telegraph line and run into Albert J. Smith head of freighting outfit who has a nice little racket going with Chief Yakima Canutt who raids all other outfits supplying the area but Smith's. He gets to then charge outrageous prices for goods.

Of course Foran gets to dispatch him in cowboy hero fashion. Typical B western for the Saturday matinee kids. One thing though, Orth was one of the worst sidekicks ever. He was usually playing fussy, officious little men in all kinds of movies. But western sidekicks was not his thing.