The Oregon Trail
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Scott Pembroke
John Wayne
Ann Rutherford
Joe Girard
Yakima Canutt
Frank Rice
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Synopsis
Colonel Delmont and his expedition command perish in the Rocky Mountains as the result of a plot conceived by Major Harris, a renegade. Harris hopes to use Delmont's supplies and his name to claim outlying California settlements and create his own Western empire outside of the authority of the United States. Delmont's son John, a captain in the army, tracks the Delmont expedition and finds his father's diary, which reveals Harris' part in his death. John then meets a group of west-bound pioneers led by Jim Ridgley who are traveling on the Oregon Trail. Among them is Jim's daughter Anne, whom John met earlier. Jim's group joins a party of Californians and is attacked by a band of Harris' men, who are disguised as cavalrymen. After one of Ridgley's men is shot and captured, Harris sends for John to collect the man in person. Along the way, John changes clothes with Harris' messenger, who then walks into gunfire meant for John and dies. Together with his caravan of settlers, John storms Harris' stronghold and captures the renegades. The Californians hold a celebration, and John and Anne are united.
Director
Scott Pembroke
Cast
John Wayne
Ann Rutherford
Joe Girard
Yakima Canutt
Frank Rice
E. H. Calvert
Ben Hendricks
Harry Harvey
Fern Emmett
Jack Rutherford
Marian Farrell
Roland Ray
Gino Corrado
Ed Le Saint
Octavio Giraud
Crew
Oliver Drake
Robert Emmett
Robert Emmett
Robert Emmett
Harry Grey
Paul Malvern
Jack Natteford
Lindsley Parsons
Lindsley Parsons
Gus Peterson
Carl Pierson
Sam H. Stept
John Stransky Jr.
Film Details
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Trivia
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Notes
According to a Hollywood Reporter news item, location shooting at Lone Pine, CA, began on December 13, 1935. Screen Achievements Bulletin records list Nat Levine, not Paul Malvern, as producer. No other contemporary source credits Levine, however. Exploitation ads in the copyright records give Lindsley Parsons sole credit on original story and give Robert Emmett and Jack Natteford credit for screenplay. The copyright records themselves show the writing credits altered to include Parsons in the screenplay credit. Modern sources credit Trem Carr as producer.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1936
Released in United States 1936
