The Oregon Trail
“When the cry of a frontier on the move was '54-40 or fight' !”
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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.
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Shot by Kay NortonScored by Paul Dunlap
Also known as
- Mit Büchse und Coltde
- El camino de Oregónes
- Les Comanches passent à l'attaquefr
- I conquistatori dell'Oregonit
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Cast & Crew
15 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Fred Macmurray
as Neal Harris
William Bishop
as Capt. George Wayne
Nina Shipman
as Prudence Cooper
Gloria Talbott
as Shona Hastings
Henry Hull
as George Seton
John Carradine
as Zachariah Garrison
John Dierkes
as Gabe Hastings
Roxene Wells
as Flossie Shoemaker
Elizabeth Patterson
as Maria Cooper
Gene N Fowler
as Richard Cooper
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2Producers
1Other crew
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