Movie · 1953
Old Overland Trail
“A NEW WILD WEST THRILLER...WITH THAT REX ALLEN BRAND OF ACTION!”
Released 25 February 1953 60 min Action / Western / Music / Adventure More from 1953 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Anchor is building a railroad and to get cheap labor he gets Black Hawk's Indians to attack and burn the incoming wagon train. This forces the settlers to work for Anchor and he pays them in devalued scrip. When Rex figures out Anchor's swindle, Anchor gets Black Hawk to capture him. When Anchor turns on Black Hawk and shoots him, Black Hawk gets a chance to repay a debt to Rex.
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How old were they?
Harry Harvey
as Storekeeper
Roy Barcroft
as John Anchor
Wade Crosby
as Draftsman
Zon Murray
as Mack, Henchman
Slim Pickens
as Slim Pickens
Rex Allen
as Rex Allen
Virginia Hall
as Mary Peterson
Leonard Nimoy
as Chief Black Hawk
Koko
as Rex's Horse
Gil Herman
as Jim Allen
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The numbers
31years between the oldest and youngest billed
52Harry Harvey — oldest on the call sheet
21Leonard Nimoy — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast