Blazing the Overland Trail

Blazing the Overland Trail
Blazing the Overland Trail
Directed by	Spencer Gordon Bennet
Screenplay by	George H. Plympton
Story by	George H. Plympton
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Lee Roberts
Cinematography	Ira H. Morgan
Edited by	Earl Turner
Color process	Black and white
Production; company	Sam Katzman Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	August 4, 1956;
Running time	(15 episodes)
Country	United States
Language	English

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 serial ever produced by any studio (either major or minor). Republic Pictures, the only other serial-producing studio in the mid 1950s, had ceased its serial production the previous year with King of the Carnival.

Premise

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 Capt. Frank Carter, can stop him.

Cast

Lee Roberts as Tom Bridger
Dennis Moore as Ed Marr
Norma Brooks as Lola Martin
Gregg Barton as Captain Carter
Don C. Harvey as Rance Devlin
Lee Morgan as Alby
Pierce Lyden as Bragg
Edward Coch as Carl
Reed Howes as Dunn
Kermit Maynard as Al
Pete Kellett as Pete
Al Ferguson as Fergie

Production

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

Chapter titles

Gun Emperor of the West
Riding the Danger Trail
The Black Riders
Into the Flames
Trapped in the Runaway Wagon
Rifles for Redskins
Midnight Attack
Blast at Gunstock Pass
War at the Wagon Camp
Buffalo Stampede
Into the Fiery Blast
Cave-in
Bugle Call
Blazing Peril
Raiders Unmasked

_Source:^[2]

References

^ 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.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 257. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

Preceded by Perils of the Wilderness (1956)	Columbia Serial Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)	Succeeded by none

[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.

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Pre-war serials (1937–1941)	Jungle Menace The Mysterious Pilot The Secret of Treasure Island The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok The Spider's Web Flying G-Men Mandrake the Magician Overland with Kit Carson The Shadow Terry and the Pirates Deadwood Dick The Green Archer White Eagle The Spider Returns The Iron Claw Holt of the Secret Service
War-time serials (1942–1945)	Captain Midnight Perils of the Royal Mounted The Secret Code The Valley of Vanishing Men Batman The Phantom The Desert Hawk Black Arrow Brenda Starr, Reporter The Monster and the Ape
Post-war serials (1945–1956)	Jungle Raiders Who's Guilty? Hop Harrigan Chick Carter, Detective Son of the Guardsman Jack Armstrong The Vigilante The Sea Hound Brick Bradford Tex Granger Superman Congo Bill Bruce Gentry Batman and Robin Adventures of Sir Galahad Cody of the Pony Express Atom Man vs. Superman Pirates of the High Seas Roar of the Iron Horse Mysterious Island Captain Video King of the Congo Blackhawk Son of Geronimo The Lost Planet The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd Gunfighters of the Northwest Riding with Buffalo Bill Adventures of Captain Africa Mighty Jungle Avenger! Perils of the Wilderness Blazing the Overland Trail