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The Oregon Trail

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The Oregon Trail

When the cry of a frontier on the move was '54-40 or fight' !

5.5

1h 26m

1959

“When the cry of a frontier on the move was '54-40 or fight' !”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Gene Fowler Jr.

Western

wagon train

Cast & Crew

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

as Neal Harris

William Bishop

William Bishop

as Captain George Wayne

Nina Shipman

Nina Shipman

as Prudence Cooper

Gloria Talbott

Gloria Talbott

as Shona Hastings

Henry Hull

Henry Hull

as George Seton

John Carradine

John Carradine

as Zachariah Garrison

John Dierkes

John Dierkes

as Gabe Hastings

Roxene Wells

as Flossie Shoemaker

Elizabeth Patterson

Elizabeth Patterson

as Maria Cooper

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