Roll Wagons Roll
Cast & Crew
Al Herman
Tex Ritter
Nelson Mcdowell
Muriel Evans
Nolan Willis
Steve Clark
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Synopsis
In the days following the Civil War, unscrupulous white men, determined to exercise a free hand in bargaining with the Indians, placed obstacles in the paths of settlers heading West to Oregon. One of these is Steve Coleman, a fur trader who sends his men, Matt Grimes, Slade and Trigger, to waylay a wagon train led by Benson and his daughter Ruth. Coleman's plans go awry, however, when army scout Tex Masters and his friend Lucky join the train. When Tex discovers that Grimes, the wagon master, deliberately caused an accident, he becomes suspicious and insists that the wagons take an alternate route. Angered by Tex's challenge, Grimes quits the train to instigate an Indian attack. Led by Tex, the settlers fight off the attack, but nevertheless, Ruth and her father suspect that Tex is in league with the Indians and fire him. Tex and Lucky then journey to town, where they see some of the new army rifles in Coleman's store. Later that night, they sneak into Coleman's store and find a huge cache of army rifles ready to be shipped to the Indians and overhear Coleman's plans to wipe out the wagon train. Tex sends Lucky for the army and rushes to the wagons just as the attack begins. Holding the Indians at bay until the army arrives, Tex then leads the troops against the Indians and Coleman. After handing Coleman over to the law, Tex assumes the leadership of the wagon train.
Director
Al Herman
Cast
Tex Ritter
Nelson Mcdowell
Muriel Evans
Nolan Willis
Steve Clark
Tom London
Reed Howes
Frank Ellis
Kenneth Duncan
Frank La Rue
Chick Hannon
White Flash
Crew
Victor Adamson
Fred Bain
Dorcas Cochran
Jack Corrick
Scott R. Dunlap
Edward Finney
Stephen Foster
Glen Glenn
E. R. Hickson
Edmond Kelso
Marcel A. Lepicard
Roger Merton
William Nolte
Tex Ritter
Charles Rosoff
Frank Sanucci
Samuel R. Wallis
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Although the onscreen credits read Roll Wagons Roll with each word on a separate line without punctuation, the picture was also reviewed as Roll, Wagons, Roll. A pre-production news item In Hollywood Reporter states that production was to begin on June 9, 1939, but according to a Hollywood Reporter production chart, production did not actually begin until mid-October 1939. The delay of the production date May explain why a Motion Picture Herald release chart lists the release date as 16 Aug: that date May have been predicated upon the June starting date.
