CALIFORNIA STRAIGHT AHEAD

DIRECTED BY ARTHUR LUBIN
PRODUCED BY TREM CARR/PAUL MALVERN
UNIVERSAL PICTURES

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INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
Former school bus driver Biff Smith manages a trucking company which has its fleet pitted against a freight train in a race to deliver aviation parts to the Pacific coast.
Summary written by Ed Stephan

Full Cast
John Wayne .... Biff Smith
Louise Latimer .... Mary Porter
Robert McWade .... Corrigan
Theodore von Eltz .... James Gifford
Tully Marshall .... Harrison
Emerson Treacy .... Charlie Porter
Harry Allen .... 'Fish' McCorkle
LeRoy Mason .... Padula
Grace Goodall .... Mrs. Porter
Olaf Hytten .... Huggins
Monte Vandergrift .... Clancy
Lorin Raker .... Secretary
Frank Ellis .... Truck driver (uncredited)
Oscar Gahan .... Truck driver (uncredited)
George Morrell .... Truck driver (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Herman Boxer story
Scott Darling screenplay

Produced
Trem Carr .... producer
Paul Malvern .... associate producer

Cinematography
Harry Neumann

Filming Location
Newhall, California, USA

Hi,
This was Duke's 3rd. film of a 6 picture Universal deal,
and it was not a happy time ,the films were mediocre,
but things were about to change, because, just after
Duke returned to REPUBLIC, for THE THREE MESQUITEERS,
and thereafter STAGECOACH

Athur Lubin, whose films with Abbot and Costello, saved UNIVERSAL
from going bankrupt, he was promoted to director of the epic
Phantom of the Opera , which was a huge success.
However, he wasn't quite so successful with the films, he made with Duke.
There were 4 films,

California Straight Ahead
I Cover The War
Idol of the Crowds
Adventure's End

The action films, were entertaining, but were cheaply made, and proved to be
disappointing at the box office.

However I enjoyed this film, it was both fun and entertaining
I thought the 3 main actors, Duke, Louise Latimer, Robert McWade,played well together, and with the addition of Tully Marshall, it made for an enjoyable film.
Rating 5/10

This is a film I hadn't even heard of until Keith posted it here. Here is a poster, and also a 1948 re-issue poster (appears to be of the same vintage as the lobby card posted by Keith in his introductory post for this thread).

Hi

A couple of years ago Television had a golden spell where they showed many of John Wayne's earlier films Lady From Louisiana, Lady For A Night and California Straight Ahead all of which I taped. Like Keith says it's a watchable picture and quite enjoyable.

Regards

Arthur

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Thanks for the great pictures and the reminder about this film. I wish I had seen the TV broadcast and taped it. I have all but Adventures End and they are copies of the old, I think, 35mm and are poor quality. The flicks were enjoyable and showed how Duke was perfecting his Craft. I'll have to pull this one and watch it this weekend. One of the few things nice about getting old is that even if you've seen a movie your memory sayes it's new. Thanks again - Big Jim

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