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The Oregon Trail (1939 serial)

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Genre
  
Action, Adventure, Western

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.2/10
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Director
  
Ford Beebe

Producer
  
Henry MacRae

Language
  
English


Writer
  
George H. Plympton
,
Basil Dickey
,
Edmond Kelso
,
W.W. Watson

Release date
  
1 May 1939

Genres
  
Western, Action Film, Adventure Film, Black-and-white, Action/Adventure

Cast
  
Johnny Mack Brown
(Jeff Scott),
Louise Stanley
(Margaret Mason),
Fuzzy Knight
(Deadwood Hawkins),
Bill Cody Jr.
(Jimmie Clark),
Edward LeSaint
(John Mason),
James Blaine
(Sam Morgan)

Similar movies
  
Bend of the River
,
Big Nothing
,
Meek's Cutoff
,
The Hallelujah Trail
,
The Indian Fighter
,
Drum Beat

Tagline
  
FIGHTING FURY OF THE PLAINS- 15 thrill-packed chapters of hair-raising exploits!

The Oregon Trail is a 1939 Universal movie serial starring Johnny Mack Brown.

Contents

The Oregon Trail (1939 serial) The Oregon Trail 1939 serial Wikipedia

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

    • Stunts

  • Yakima Canutt (archive footage)
  • Cliff Lyons
  • Tom Steele

    • 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:

    References

    The Oregon Trail (1939 serial) Wikipedia
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    The Oregon Trail (1939 serial) IMDbThe Oregon Trail (1939 serial) LetterboxdThe Oregon Trail (1939 serial) themoviedb.org


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