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The Oregon Trail (1939 serial)

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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

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

Plot[edit]

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[edit]

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 BarcroftasColonel Custer
Charles Murphy as Tompkins
Colin Kenny as Slade, a henchman
Forrest Taylor as Daggett, a henchman
Jim Toney as Idaho Ike

Production[edit]

Stunts[edit]

Chapter titles[edit]

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[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet The Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws The Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in 18 Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama
Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming
Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders
War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9
Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M