The Oregon Trail

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

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.

Western

Fred MacMurray

(Neal Harris)

William Bishop

(Captain George Wayne)

Nina Shipman

(Prudence Cooper)

Gloria Talbott

(Shona Hastings)

Henry Hull

(George Seton)

John Carradine

(Zachariah Garrison)

John Dierkes

(Gabe Hastings)

Roxene Wells

(Flossie Shoemaker)

Elizabeth Patterson

(Maria Cooper)

Gene N. Fowler

(Richard Cooper)

James Bell

(Jeremiah Cooper)

John Slosser

(Johnny)

Ralph Sanford

(John Decker)

Sherry Spalding

(Lucy)

Tex Terry

(Brizzard)

Ollie O'Toole

(James Gordon Bennett)

Arvo Ojala

(Ellis)

Ed Wright

(Jesse)

Addison Richards

(President James Polk (uncredited))

Lumsden Hare

(Sir Richard Wallingham (uncredited))

Oscar Beregi Jr.

(Ralph Clayman (uncredited))

Chet Brandenburg

(Wagon Train Member at Fort (uncredited))

Raven Grey Eagle

(Indian (uncredited))

Jim Whitecloud

(Indian (uncredited))

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

(Townsman (uncredited))

Al Haskell

(Townsman (uncredited))

James Dime

(Townsman (uncredited))

Sally Yarnell

(Townswoman (uncredited))