''Overland with Kit Carson'' is a 1939 American

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directed by Norman Deming and

Sam Nelson Sam Nelson (1896–1963) was an American film director who worked from the end of the silent era through the early 1960s. While most of his film work was in the assistant director role, he did direct over twenty films during the 1930s and 1940s ...

and starring Bill Ellott,

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and Bobby Clack.

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 William Clyde Elliott Sr. (born October 8, 1955), also known as "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville", "Million Dollar Bill", or "Wild Bill" is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the Superstar Racing Experienc ...

Kit Carson Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent and United States Army, U.S. Army officer. He became an American frontier legend in his own lifetime ...

as Carmelita González *

as Lieutenant David Brent * Bobby Clack as Andy Gardner *

Trevor Bardette Trevor Bardette (born Terva Gaston Hubbard; November 19, 1902 – November 28, 1977) was an American film and television actor. Among many other roles in his long and prolific career, Bardette appeared in several episodes of ''Adventures of Su ...

as Arthur Mitchell - Trapper *

LeRoy Mason LeRoy Franklin Mason (July 2, 1903 – October 13, 1947) was an American film actor who worked primarily in Westerns in both the silent and sound film eras. Mason was born in Larimore, North Dakota, on July 2, 1903. Career 1920s Mason's fi ...

as John Baxter - Trapper *

Olin Francis Olin Caldwell Francis (September 13, 1891 in Mooreville, Mississippi – June 30, 1952 in Hollywood, California) was an American actor. Francis graduated in engineering from the University of Mississippi and acted on stage before he went to H ...

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 Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who specialized in westerns. After serving in the Great War, he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally ...

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 Hank Bell (January 21, 1892 – February 4, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 370 films between 1920 and 1950. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack A ...

as 'Broken-Hand' Fitzpatrick (Ch. 1) * Irene Herndon as Juanita h. 3* Ermie Adams as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith * Stanley Brown as Tom Higgins - Henchman (Ch. 1) *

Art Mix Art Mix (born George Washington Kesterson; June 18, 1896 – December 7, 1972), was an American character actor from the 1920s until the mid-1940s. Biography Prior to becoming an actor, Mix worked as a circus performer and a boxer. He initially ...

as Bill Cooper - Henchman *

Jack Rockwell Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 1947) was an American film actor who was born in Mexico. He appeared in over 250 movies, mostly Westerns, between 1927 and 1947. Rockwell's older brother was character actor Charles ...

as Red - Henchman

Production

Scenes from ''Overland with Kit Carson'' were used as stock footage for ''

Blazing the Overland Trail ''Blazing the Overland Trail'' is a 1956 American western serial film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Lee Roberts. It was the 57th and last serial produced by Columbia Pictures, and the last American serial ever produced for thea ...

''.

Chapter titles

# Doomed Men # Condemned to Die # The Fight for Life # The Ride of Terror # The Path of Doom # Rendezvous with Death # The Killer-Stallion # The Devil's Nest # Blazing Peril # The Black Raiders # Foiled # The Warning # Terror in the Night # Crumbling Walls # Unmasked _Source:

References

External links

Cinefania.com
* {{Sam Nelson 1939 films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures film serials 1939 Western (genre) films Films shot in Utah Films directed by Sam Nelson American Western (genre) films Films with screenplays by Joseph F. Poland 1930s American films English-language Western (genre) films