Overland with Kit Carson
| Overland with Kit Carson | |
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| Directed by | Norman Deming Sam Nelson |
| Written by | Joseph F. Poland Morgan B. Cox Ned Dandy (story/screenplay) |
| Produced by | Jack Fier |
| Starring | Bill Elliott Iris Meredith Richard Fiske Bobby Clack |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline (B&W) |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff Sidney Cutner |
| Distributed by | USA Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 15 episodes 310 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Overland with Kit Carson (1939) was the eighth serial released by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
Overland with Kit Carson is constructed upon a seemingly simple premise. Old Western settlers are being driven off their homesteads and ranches by a combination of Indian assaults and harassing attacks by bands of mysterious outlaws. Then, the US government sends out famed Indian scout Kit Carson and army officer David Brent to investigate the facts, and Carson discovers that a mysterious villain known only as Pegleg, who enjoys planning his misdeeds as much as carrying them out, controls an outlaw gang called the Black Raiders and is using them and the Indians to drive out the settlers so he can establish his own empire. By 1939, film-goers knew exactly what to expect from a western serial: a clean-cut, self-assured hero facing down a good-for-nothing villain in a tireless pursuit, the menacing Indians and gun-toting bad guys, the moral soldier and the pretty girl, a reckless boy, lots of action, the climactic final gunfight, and not much in the way of thematic depth.
Cast
| Bill Elliott | Kit Carson |
| Iris Meredith | Carmelita González |
| Richard Fiske | Lt. David Brent |
| Bobby Clack | Andy Gardner |
| Trevor Bardette | Trapper Mitchell |
| LeRoy Mason | Baxter |
| Olin Francis | Pierre |
| James Craig | Tennessee |
| Francis Sayles | Dr. Parker |
| Kenneth MacDonald | Winchester |
| Dick Curtis | Drake |
| Richard Botiller | Natchez |
| Hal Taliaferro | Jim Stewart |
| John Tyrrell | Capt. Gilbert |
| Kenne Duncan | Trapper |
Production
Scenes from Overland with Kit Carson were used as stock footage for Blazing the Overland Trail.[1]
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:[2]
References
- ^ Harmon, Jim. "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.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Cline, William C. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 225. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
