The Oregon Trail (1939 serial)

The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail
	DVD cover
Directed by	Ford Beebe; Saul A. Goodkind
Written by	George H. Plympton; Basil Dickey; Edmond Kelso; W.W. Watson
Produced by	Henry MacRae
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
Edited by	Joseph Gluck; Louis Sackin; Alvin Todd
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 4, 1939 (U.S.);
Running time	15 chapters (320 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Oregon Trail is a 1939 American Western film serial starring Johnny Mack Brown and released by Universal Pictures.

Plot

Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Oregon. Sam Morgan, the representative of an eastern syndicate, has full control of the fur trade. Morgan sends his henchmen, under lead-henchman Bull Bragg, to stop the latest wagon train 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

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. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 224. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

The Oregon Trail at IMDb
The Oregon Trail at AllMovie

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

[1] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 224. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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The Oregon Trail
DVD cover
Directed by	Ford Beebe Saul A. Goodkind
Written by	George H. Plympton Basil Dickey Edmond Kelso W.W. Watson
Produced by	Henry MacRae
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
Edited by	Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 4, 1939 (1939-07-04) (U.S.)
Running time	15 chapters (320 min)
Country	United States
Language	English