Blazing the Overland Trail
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 Pictures, and the last American serial ever produced for theaters. Universal Pictures had disbanded its serial unit in 1946 with The Mysterious Mr. M, and Republic Pictures had ceased serial production in 1955 with King of the Carnival.
Plot
Rance Devlin intends to build his own empire in the American West, using his gang of masked horsemen "the Black Raiders" and his alliance with savage Indians to do so. Only U.S. Army scout Tom Bridger, allied with Pony Express rider Ed Marr and U.S. Army cavalry Captain Frank Carter, can stop him.
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author | George H. Plympton |
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director | Spencer Gordon Bennet |
editor | Earl Turner |
genre | western |
keywords | american west army scout indian mask native americans in the united states pony express |
musicBy | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
producer | Sam Katzman |
productionCompany | Sam Katzman Productions |
publisher | Columbia Pictures |