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Director
  
Spencer Gordon Bennet

Music director
  
Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Cinematography
  
Ira H. Morgan

Country
  
United States

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Genre
  
Western

Producer
  
Sam Katzman

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Release date
  
August 4, 1956 (1956-08-04)

Writer
  
George H. Plympton (screenplay), George H. Plympton (story)

Cast
  
Lee Roberts
,
Dennis Moore
,
Gregg Barton
,
Don C Harvey

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Related Spencer Gordon Bennet movies

Blazing the Overland Trail (1956) is a Columbia Pictures serial directed by veteran serial specialist Spencer Gordon Bennet and produced by another serial specialist, Sam Katzman. It was the 57th and last serial produced by Columbia and the last serial ever produced by any major studio. Republic Pictures, the only other serial-producing studio in the mid 1950s, had ceased its serial production the previous year with King of the Carnival.

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Plot

Rance Devlin intends to build his own empire in the American west using his Black Raiders and allied Indians to do so. Only US Army scout Tom Bridger, allied with Pony Express rider Ed Marr and U.S. Army cavalry Capt. Frank Carter, can stop him.

Cast

  • Lee Roberts as Tom Bridger, US Army scout
  • Dennis Moore as Ed Marr, Pony Express relay station manager
  • Norma Brooks as Lola Martin
  • Gregg Barton as Capt. Frank Carter, US Army cavalry
  • Don C. Harvey as Rance Devlin, Villainous rancher
  • Lee Morgan as Alby
  • Edward Coch as Carl
  • Pierce Lyden as Bragg
  • Reed Howes as Dunn
  • Al Ferguson as Fergie
  • Pete Kellett as Pete

    • Production

    The film uses stock footage from Overland with Kit Carson.

    Chapter titles

    1. Gun Emperor of the West
    2. Riding the Danger Trail
    3. The Black Riders
    4. Into the Flames
    5. Trapped in the Runaway Wagon
    6. Rifles for Redskins
    7. Midnight Attack
    8. Blast at Gunstock Pass
    9. War at the Wagon Camp
    10. Buffalo Stampede
    11. Into the Fiery Blast
    12. Cave-in
    13. Bugle Call
    14. Blazing Peril
    15. Raiders Unmasked

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    References

    Blazing the Overland Trail Wikipedia
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    Blazing the Overland Trail IMDb