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Blazing the Overland Trail

April 27, 2023

Blazing the Overland Trail is a 1956 American Western Serial film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Lee Roberts. It was the 57th and last serial produced by Columbia and the last American serial ever produced by any studio (either major or minor). Republic Pictures, the only other serial-producing US studio in the mid 1950s, had ceased its serial production the previous year with King of the Carnival.

Blazing the Overland Trail
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySpencer Gordon Bennet
Screenplay byGeorge H. Plympton
Story byGeorge H. Plympton
Produced bySam Katzman
StarringLee Roberts
CinematographyIra H. Morgan
Edited byEarl Turner
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Sam Katzman Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 4, 1956 (1956-08-04)
Running time
(15 episodes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 U.S. Army cavalry Captain Frank Carter, can stop him.

Cast

Production

The film uses stock footage from Overland with Kit Carson.[1]

Chapter titles

  1. Gun Emperor of the West
  2. Riding the Danger Trail
  3. The Black Riders
  4. Into the Flames
  5. Trapped in the 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

Source:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
  2. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 257. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

  • Blazing the Overland Trail at IMDb
  • Blazing the Overland Trail at AllMovie
Preceded by Columbia Serial
Blazing the Overland Trail (1956) 		Succeeded by
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April 27, 2023
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