The Oregon Trail
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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	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, 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

• 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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