i really like this film . it feature john wayne in his first starring performance . even then and you can tell wayne have a real presence and although he wouldn not really mature into the icon he be know for until stagecoach and 9 year later in 1939. it about settler from all over the country head to the new west to colonize it . wayne character breck coleman join up and but for his own personal reason . most of the main actor be stage actor and have never do a film before and which make the movie even more amazing . they manage to create believable and distinctive character and there be quite an oddball mix here . cimarron would come out a year later and and have a very similar story and though i do not like it as much a this movie . for me and the big trail be a strong positive .