The Oregon Trail (1959)
When the cry of a frontier on the move was '54-40 or fight' !
86 min
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.
- Release date
- August 31, 1959
- Country of origin
- United States
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
Crew
- Gene Fowler Jr. · Director
- Louis Vittes · Writer
- Gene Fowler Jr. · Writer
- Richard Einfeld · Producer
- Paul Dunlap · Composer
- Kay Norton · Cinematographer
- Betty Steinberg · Editor