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For the silent serial of the same name, see Winners of the West (1921 serial).
Winners of the West
Winners of the West (1940 serial)
Directed by Ford Beebe
Ray Taylor
Produced by Henry MacRae
Written by George H. Plympton
Basil Dickey
Charles R. Condon
Starring Dick Foran
Anne Nagel
Tom Fadden
James Craig
Harry Woods
Charles Stevens
Music by Hans J. Salter
Cinematography Jerome Ash
John Hickson
William A. Sickner
Editing by Saul A. Goodkind (supervising)
Joseph Gluck
Louis Sackin
Alvin Todd
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) 2 July 1940
Running time 13 chapters (247 min)
Country US flag 49 stars.svg [[|]]
Language English

Winners of the West (1940) is a Universal movie serial. It stars Dick Foran and Anne Nagel in a plot about the construction of a railroad and a local ganglord who opposes it. This was Universal's 115th serial release (the 47th with sound).

The studio had used the name for an earlier silent serial but there are no plot similarities between the two versions. Columbia's Roar of the Iron Horse is very similar to this serial, however, and the writer George H. Plympton worked on both.

Plot[]

The Hartford Transcontinental Railroad is attempting to build a railroad through "Hell's Gate Pass". However, King Carter, the self-appointed ruler of the land beyod the pass, does not want this to happen. He sends henchmen, including local Indians, to disrupt the construction anyway they can, from sabotage to kidnapping Claire Hartford, the daughter of the company President. The President's assistant, Jeff Ramsay, and his sidekicks, stop King Carter's schemes at every point and eventually defeat him entirely. This opens the area up to new settlers, the first of which is Jeff himself and his new wife Claire.

Cast[]

  • Dick Foran as Jeff Ramsay, employee of the Hartford Transcontinental Railroad
  • Anne Nagel as Claire Hartford, daughter of John Hartford
  • Tom Fadden as Tex Houston, scout and one of Jeff Ramsay's sidekicks
  • James Craig as Jim Jackson, another of Jeff Ramsay's sidekicks
  • Harry Woods as King Carter, villain
  • Charles Stevens as Snakeye, King Carter's lead henchman
  • Edward Keane as John Hartford, President of the Hartford Transcontinental Railroad
  • Trevor Bardette as Raven, one of King Carter's henchmen
  • Edgar Edwards as Tim, one of King Carter's henchmen
  • Edmund Cobb as Maddox, one of King Carter's henchmen
  • William Desmond as Bill Brine, Railroad foreman
  • Roy Barcroft as Logan, one of King Carter's henchmen

Production[]

Stunts[]

  • Cliff Lyons, riding double for Dick Foran (Jeff Ramsay) and Tom Fadden (Tex Houston)
  • Eddie Parker, fight double for Dick Foran (Jeff Ramsay)
  • Fred Graham, doubling Harry Woods (King Carter)
  • Kermit Maynard
  • Ken Terrell
  • Henry Wills

Chapter titles[]

Source for chapter names:[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. Cline, William C.. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 227. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X. 

External links[]

Preceded by
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
Universal Serial
Winners of the West (1940)
Succeeded by
Junior G-Men (1940)
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