The Oregon Trail | |
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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) | 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.
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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[]
- Yakima Canutt (archive footage)
- Cliff Lyons
- Tom Steele
Chapter titles[]
- The Renegade's Revenge
- The Flaming Forest
- The Brink of Disaster
- Thundering Doom
- The Stampede
- Indian Vengeance
- Trail of Treachery
- Redskin Revenge
- The Avalanche of Doom
- The Plunge of Peril
- Trapped in the Flames
- The Baited Trap
- Crashing Timbers
- Death in the Night
- Trail's End
Source:[1]
References[]
- ↑ 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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