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The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail (1939 serial)
DVD cover
Directed by Ford Beebe
Saul A. Goodkind
Produced by Henry MacRae
Written by George H. Plympton
Basil Dickey
Edmond Kelso
W.W. Watson
Starring Johnny Mack Brown
Louise Stanley
Fuzzy Knight
Bill Cody, Jr.
Edward LeSaint
James Blaine
Charles Stevens
Jack C. Smith
Cinematography Jerome Ash
William A. Sickner
Editing by Joseph Gluck
Louis Sackin
Alvin Todd
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) United States 1 May 1939
Running time 15 chapters (320 min)
Country United States
Language English

The Oregon Trail (1939) is a Universal movie serial.

Plot[]

Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Oregon. Sam Morgan has sent his henchmen, under lead-henchman Bull Bragg, to stop the wagon trains in order to maintain control of the fur trade in the area.

Cast[]

  • Johnny Mack Brown as Jeff Scott, in the last of four serials Brown made for Universal.
  • Louise Stanley as Margaret Mason
  • Fuzzy Knight as Deadwood Hawkins, Scott's sidekick
  • Bill Cody, Jr. as Jimmie Clark
  • Edward LeSaint as John Mason
  • James Blaine as Sam Morgan, villain
  • Charles Stevens as "Breed"
  • Jack C. Smith as Bull Bragg, Sam Morgan's main henchman
  • Roy Barcroft as Colonel Custer
  • Charles Murphy as Tompkins
  • Colin Kenny as Slade, a henchman
  • Forrest Taylor as Daggett, a henchman
  • Jim Toney as Idaho Ike

Production[]

Stunts[]

Chapter titles[]

  1. The Renegade's Revenge
  2. The Flaming Forest
  3. The Brink of Disaster
  4. Thundering Doom
  5. The Stampede
  6. Indian Vengeance
  7. Trail of Treachery
  8. Redskin Revenge
  9. The Avalanche of Doom
  10. The Plunge of Peril
  11. Trapped in the Flames
  12. The Baited Trap
  13. Crashing Timbers
  14. Death in the Night
  15. Trail's End

Source:[1]

References[]

  1. Cline, William C.. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 224. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X. 

External links[]

Preceded by
Buck Rogers (1939)
Universal Serial
The Oregon Trail (1939)
Succeeded by
The Phantom Creeps (1939)


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