Rough Romance

1930 film

June 22, 1930 (1930-06-22) (UK)

Running time

55 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Rough Romance is a 1930 American lumberjack Western film directed by A. F. Erickson. The film stars George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, Antonio Moreno, Roy Stewart, and Harry Cording and a 23-year-old John Wayne had a minor uncredited role.

Plot

Cast

George O'Brien as Billy West
Helen Chandler as Marna Reynolds
Antonio Moreno as Loup La Tour
Roy Stewart as Sheriff Milt Powers
Harry Cording as Chick Carson
David Hartford as "Dad" Reynolds
Noel Francis as Flossie
Frank Lanning as Pop Nichols
John Wayne as Lumberjack (uncredited)

While Wayne had a bit part in this film and also worked on props, he was not given a props credit as shown by some sources. If he had been, he would have been the first and only props worker given an on-film credit in 1930.^{[citation needed]}