California Straight Ahead!
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California Straight Ahead! is a 1937 film about truck drivers starring John Wayne
John Wayne
Marion Mitchell Morrison , better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and became an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height...

 and directed by Arthur Lubin
Arthur Lubin
Arthur Lubin was an American film director and producer who directed several Abbott & Costello films and created the TV series Mr. Ed.Arthur Lubin was born Arthur William Lubovsky in Los Angeles, California in 1898...

. The action movie features a memorable cross-country race between trucks and trains.

Cast

  • John Wayne
    John Wayne
    Marion Mitchell Morrison , better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and became an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height...

     as Biff Smith
  • Louise Latimer
    Louise Latimer
    Louise Latimer is an American film actor. She starred opposite John Wayne in the 1937 film California Straight Ahead!. She was born in Brooklyn, New York.-Filmography:* My Mummy's Arms * There's Always Tomorrow...

     as Mary Porter
  • Robert McWade
    Robert McWade
    Robert McWade , was an American stage and film actor. From 1903-1927, he appeared in at least 38 Broadway productions, his last being The Devil In The Cheese, with Bela Lugosi and Fredric March...

     as 'Corrigan'
  • Theodore von Eltz
    Theodore von Eltz
    Theodore von Eltz was an American film actor. He appeared in over 200 films between 1915 and 1957.He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.-Selected filmography:...

     as James Gifford
  • Tully Marshall
    Tully Marshall
    William Phillips was an American character actor known as Tully Marshall, with nearly a quarter century of theatrical experience behind before he made his first film appearance in 1914.-Career:...

     as 'Harrison'
  • Emerson Treacy
    Emerson Treacy
    -Career:Treacy was teamed with comedienne Gay Seabrook to form the double-act Treacy and Seabrook. The team was very successful on radio and in theater during the early 1930s, with routines similar to those of real husband-and-wife team Burns and Allen....

     as Charlie Porter
  • Harry Allen as 'Fish' McCorkle
  • LeRoy Mason
    LeRoy Mason
    LeRoy Mason was an American film actor. He died on the set of California Firebrand after suffering a heart attack.-Selected filmography:The following were with John Wayne:* Maker of Men...

     as 'Padula'
  • Grace Goodall as Mrs. Porter
  • Olaf Hytten
    Olaf Hytten
    Olaf Hytten was a Scottish film actor. He appeared in over 280 films between 1921 and 1955.He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack...

     as 'Huggins'
  • Monte Vandergrift as 'Clancy'
  • Lorin Raker as a Secretary

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