The Oregon Trail poster

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

The Oregon Trail

5.7 / 10 5.7 1959 1h 26mNR

Western

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.

Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.

VISUAL NOTES

Stills from The Oregon Trail

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CAST

The people behind the story

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurrayNeal Harris

William Bishop

William BishopCaptain George Wayne

Nina Shipman

Nina ShipmanPrudence Cooper

Gloria Talbott

Gloria TalbottShona Hastings

Henry Hull

Henry HullGeorge Seton

John Carradine

John CarradineZachariah Garrison

John Dierkes

John DierkesGabe Hastings

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Roxene WellsFlossie Shoemaker