Blazing the Overland Trail

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Blazing the Overland Trail
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Theatrical release poster
Directed bySpencer Gordon Bennet
Screenplay byGeorge H. Plympton
Story byGeorge H. Plympton
Produced bySam Katzman
StarringLee Roberts
CinematographyIra H. Morgan
Edited byEarl Turner
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Sam Katzman Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 4, 1956 (1956-08-04)
Running time
(15 episodes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Blazing the Overland Trail is a 1956 American Western Serial film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Lee Roberts. It was the 57th and last serial produced by Columbia and the last American serial ever produced by any studio (either major or minor). Republic Pictures, the only other serial-producing US studio in the mid 1950s, had ceased its serial production the previous year with King of the Carnival.

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 Captain Frank Carter, can stop him.

Cast[]

  • Lee Roberts as Tom Bridger
  • Dennis Moore as Ed Marr
  • Norma Brooks as Lola Martin
  • Gregg Barton as Captain Carter
  • Don C. Harvey as Rance Devlin
  • Lee Morgan as Alby
  • Pierce Lyden as Bragg
  • Edward Coch as Carl
  • Reed Howes as Dunn
  • Kermit Maynard as Al
  • Pete Kellett as Pete
  • Al Ferguson as Fergie

Production[]

The film uses stock footage from Overland with Kit Carson.[1]

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

Source:[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
  2. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 257. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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