Overland with Kit Carson
| Overland with Kit Carson | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | |
| Written by |
|
| Produced by | Jack Fier |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Edited by | Richard Fantl Jerome Thoms (as Jerry Thoms) |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 300 minutes (15 episodes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Overland with Kit Carson (1939) was the eighth serial released by Columbia Pictures. Parts of the film were shot in Johnson Canyon and Kanab Canyon in Utah, and the Kiabab Forest in Arizona.[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]
- Ernie 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
- 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:[3]
References
- ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 225. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
