![]() Watson, and Edmond Kelso fail to inject much suspense into their script. The principal flaw in Oregon Trail is its screenplay writers Basil Dickey, George Plympton, W. Like John Mack Brown’s previous three Universal chapterplays– Rustlers of Red Dog, Wild West Days, and Flaming Frontiers, Trail boasts a good cast, excellent location shooting, and some fine action scenes however, it’s also somewhat slower-moving–and far less involving–than its three predecessors. The Oregon Trail is not a bad chapterplay by any means, but it’s a decidedly uninspired one. With the help of Deadwood and of orphaned youngster Jimmy Clark (Bill Cody Jr.), Scott must hunt down Bragg and force him to name the man who ordered him to wreck the wagon train–while protecting Mason, his daughter Margaret (Louise Stanley) and their fellow-pioneers from the attacks of Morgan’s henchmen and their renegade Indian allies. Morgan and his backers have been making a fortune from their one-sided fur deals with the Indians, and don’t want new settlers undermining their monopoly by establishing a more equitable trading system. Smith), who’s been deliberately leading the train into one trap after another it seems that Bragg is in the pay of frontier businessman Sam Morgan (James Blaine)–who in turn works for an Eastern syndicate that controls the fur trade in Oregon. ![]() Joining a wagon train led by one John Mason (Ed LeSaint), Jeff soon succeeds in unmasking the treachery of wagon boss Bull Bragg (Jack C. Renowned scout Jeff Scott (John Mack Brown), and his pal Deadwood (Fuzzy Knight) are enlisted by the US Army to investigate the cause of the suspicious calamities that have been befalling Oregon-bound settlers. ![]() Starring John Mack Brown, Louise Stanley, Fuzzy Knight, Bill Cody Jr., James Blaine, Jack C. The Files of Jerry Blake Movie Serial Reviews and Other Cliffhanging Material
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