Characters & Themes
California Straight Ahead (1937) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1937 · 67 mins · English
- Directed by
- Arthur Lubin
- Starring
- John Wayne, Tully Marshall, Robert McWade, Emerson Treacy, Harry Allen, Frank Ellis
The film follows a daredevil trucker who, confident in his speed, decides to race a train from the heartland to the West Coast to settle which mode of transport truly wins, all while navigating a budding romance that tests whether he can slow down for love.
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