Blazing the Overland Trail

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Blazing the Overland Trail
Directed by	Spencer Gordon Bennet
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Written by	George H. Plympton
Starring	Lee Roberts Dennis Moore Norma Brooks Gregg Barton Don C. Harvey
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Cinematography	Ira H. Morgan
Editing by	Earl Turner
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	4 August 1956
Running time	15 episodes
Country	United States
Language	English
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Blazing the Overland Trail (1956) is a Columbia film serial. It was the last serial produced by Columbia and the last serial ever produced by any major studio. Republic Pictures, the only other serial producing studio in the mid-1950s, had ceased its serial production in the previous year with King of the Carnival.

[edit] Plot

Rance Devlin intends to build his own empire in the American west, using his Black Raiders and allied Indians to do so. Only US Army scout Tom Bridger, allied with Pony Express rider Ed Marr and US Cavalry Captain Frank Carter can stop him.

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[edit] Cast

• Lee Roberts as Tom Bridger, US Army scout
• Dennis Moore as Ed Marr, Pony Express relay station manager
• Norma Brooks as Lola Martin
• Gregg Barton as Captain Frank Carter, U.S. Cavalry
• Don C. Harvey as Rance Devlin, Villainous rancher
• Lee Morgan as Alby
• Edward Coch as Carl
• Pierce Lyden as Bragg
• Reed Howes as Dunn
• Al Ferguson as Fergie
• Pete Kellett as Pete

[edit] Production

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[edit] Chapter titles

1. Gun Emperor of the West
2. Riding the Danger Trail
3. The Black Raiders
4. Into the Flames
5. Trapped in a Runaway Wagon
6. Rifles for Redskins
7. Midnight Attack
8. Blast at Gunstock Pass
9. War at the Wagon Camp
10. Buffalo Stampede
11. Into the Fiery Blast
12. Cave-In
13. Bugle Call
14. Blazing Peril
15. Raiders Unmasked

[edit] See also

• List of film serials by year
• List of film serials by studio

[edit] External links

• Blazing the Overland Trail at the Internet Movie Database

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