Overland with Kit Carson

1939 film

  • July 21, 1939 (1939-07-21)
Running time
300 minutes
(15 episodes)CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Overland with Kit Carson is a 1939 American Western serial film directed by Norman Deming and Sam Nelson and starring Bill Ellott, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske and Bobby Clack.[1]: 287 

Plot

When Pegleg and his Black Raiders threaten the westward expansion of the United States, the government sends Kit Carson and David Brent to straighten things out.

Cast

  • Bill Elliott as Kit Carson
  • Iris Meredith as Carmelita González
  • Richard Fiske as Lieutenant David Brent
  • Bobby Clack as Andy Gardner
  • Trevor Bardette as Arthur Mitchell - Trapper
  • LeRoy Mason as John Baxter - Trapper
  • Olin Francis Trapper Pierre
  • James Craig as Tennessee - Trapper
  • Francis Sayles as Dr. Parker
  • Kenneth MacDonald as Winchester - Trapper
  • Dick Curtis as Drake - Henchman
  • Richard Botiller as Natchez - Henchman (as Richard Botiller)
  • Hal Taliaferro as Jim Stewart
  • Flo Campbell as Stewart
  • John Tyrrell as Captain Gilbert (Chs. 8-10)
  • Francisco Marán as Don José Gonzalez (as Francisco Moran)
  • Hank Bell as 'Broken-Hand' Fitzpatrick (Ch. 1)
  • Irene Herndon as Juanita [ch. 3]
  • Ermie Adams as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
  • Stanley Brown as Tom Higgins - Henchman (Ch. 1)
  • Art Mix as Bill Cooper - Henchman
  • Jack Rockwell as Red - Henchman

Production

Scenes from Overland with Kit Carson were used as stock footage for Blazing the Overland Trail.[2]

Chapter titles

  1. Doomed Men
  2. Condemned to Die
  3. The Fight for Life
  4. The Ride of Terror
  5. The Path of Doom
  6. Rendezvous with Death
  7. The Killer-Stallion
  8. The Devil's Nest
  9. Blazing Peril
  10. The Black Raiders
  11. Foiled
  12. The Warning
  13. Terror in the Night
  14. Crumbling Walls
  15. Unmasked

Source:[3]

References

  1. ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 225. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

  • Overland with Kit Carson at AllMovie
  • Cinefania.com
  • Overland with Kit Carson at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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