California Straight Ahead

A truck driver races a train to the West Coast in an attempt to determine which method of transportation is faster.

Cast

John Wayne

as Biff Smith

Louise Latimer

as Mary Porter

Robert McWade

as Corrigan

Theodore von Eltz

as James Gifford

Tully Marshall

as Harrison

Emerson Treacy

as Charlie Porter

Harry Allen

as 'Fish' McCorkle

LeRoy Mason

as Padula

Grace Goodall

as Mrs. Porter

Olaf Hytten

as Huggins

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