Movie
The Big Trail
Overview
Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
Details
- Release date
- 1930-11-01
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fox Film Corporation
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Wayne as Breck Coleman
- Marguerite Churchill as Ruth Cameron
- El Brendel as Gus
- Tully Marshall as Zeke
- Tyrone Power Sr. as Red Flack
- David Rollins as Dave Cameron
- Frederick Burton as Pa Bascom
- Ian Keith as Bill Thorpe
- Charles Stevens as López
- Louise Carver as Gus' Mother-in-law
- Victor Adamson as Wagon Train Man (uncredited)
- Phyllis Bainbridge as Pioneer (uncredited)
Crew
- Raoul Walsh - Director
- Marie Boyle - Screenplay
- Jack Peabody - Screenplay
- Florence Postal - Screenplay
- Hal G. Evarts - Story
- Raoul Walsh - Story
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