Western · United States of America · 1959 · 1h 26m

The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail poster
Director
Gene Fowler Jr.
Cast
Fred MacMurray as Neal Harris William Bishop as Captain George Wayne Nina Shipman as Prudence Cooper Gloria Talbott as Shona Hastings Henry Hull as George Seton John Carradine as Zachariah Garrison
Crew
Gene Fowler Jr. — Screenplay Louis Vittes — Screenplay Louis Vittes — Story
Tagline

When the cry of a frontier on the move was '54-40 or fight' !

Synopsis

In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sending in soldiers disguised as settlers in order to strengthen American claims to the Territory.

Mood & Themes
wagon train
Key Collaborators
Gene Fowler Jr. Director Gene Fowler Jr. Screenplay Louis Vittes Screenplay Louis Vittes Story
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