The Oregon Trail (1939 serial)

The Oregon Trail
DVD cover
Directed by	Ford Beebe
Written by	George H. Plympton Basil Dickey
Produced by	Henry MacRae
Starring	Johnny Mack Brown Louise Stanley Fuzzy Knight Bill Cody, Jr. Edward LeSaint Charles Stevens Jack C. Smith
Cinematography
Edited by	Alvin Todd
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 1, 1939 (1939-05-01) (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 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.

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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
• as Sam Morgan, villain
• Charles Stevens as "Breed"
• Jack C. Smith as Bull Bragg, Sam Morgan's main henchman
• Roy Barcroft as Colonel Custer
• as Tompkins
• Colin Kenny as Slade, a henchman
• Forrest Taylor as Daggett, a henchman
• as Idaho Ike

Production[]

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

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References[]

External links[]

• The Oregon Trail at IMDb
• The Oregon Trail at AllMovie