''Overland Mail'' is a 1942 American
Western
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film serial
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from
Universal Pictures
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which stars
Lon Chaney Jr.
Creighton Tull Chaney (February10, 1906 – July12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film '' The Wolf Man'' (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dra ...
,
Noah Beery Jr. and
Noah Beery Sr. It was subsequently edited into a film version called ''The Indian Raiders'' in 1956.
Plot
Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to discover why the company's stages keep being ambushed. They find that the culprits are bandits disguised as Indians, and they set out to find out who is behind the plot.
Cast
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Lon Chaney Jr.
Creighton Tull Chaney (February10, 1906 – July12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film '' The Wolf Man'' (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dra ...
as Jim Lane
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Helen Parrish
Helen Virginia Parrish (March 12, 1923 – February 22, 1959) was an American stage and film actress.
Career
Parrish was born in Columbus, Georgia. She started in movies at the age of 4, getting her first part playing Babe Ruth's daughter in t ...
as Barbara Gilbert
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Noah Beery Jr. as Sierra Pete
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Don Terry
Don Terry (born Donald Prescott Loker, August 8, 1902 – October 6, 1988) was an American film actor, best known for his lead appearances in B films and serials in the 1930s and early 1940s. Perhaps his best-known role is probably playing t ...
as Buckskin Billy Burke
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Bob Baker as Bill Cody
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Noah Beery Sr. as Frank Chadwick
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Tom Chatterton
Tom Chatterton (February 12, 1881 – August 17, 1952) was an American actor and director..
Born in Geneva, New York, Chatterton was active in sports as a youth. He gained early acting experience with Ben Horning's stock theater company in Syrac ...
as Tom Gilbert
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Charles Stevens as Puma
* Robert Barron as Charles Darson
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Harry Cording
Hector William "Harry" Cording (26 April 1891 – 1 September 1954) was an English-American actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his roles in the films '' The Black Cat'' (1934) and ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (1938).
Life and career ...
as Sam Gregg, Henchman
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Marguerite De La Motte
Marguerite De La Motte (June 22, 1902 – March 10, 1950) was an American film actress, most notably of the silent film era.
Early years
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, De La Motte was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph De La Motte. She was a ...
as Rose, the Waitress
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Ben Taggart
Ben Taggart (April 5, 1889 – May 17, 1947) was an American actor.
Taggart's stage experience began in Seattle, and he went on to play leading roles in Washington, Portland, San Francisco, Trenton, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia. He was described ...
as Lamont
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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 Slade, hired gun
* Riley Hill as Mack, phoney Indian
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Carleton Young
Captain Carleton Scott Young (October 21, 1905 – November 7, 1994) was an American character actor who was known for his deep voice.
Early years
Born in Fulton, Oswego, New York, Young was the second and only surviving child of St ...
as Lem, phoney Indian
Adolf Hitler
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Chapter titles
# A Race with Disaster
# Flaming Havoc
# The Menacing Herd
# The Bridge of Disaster
# Hurled to the Depths
# Death at the Stake
# The Path of Peril
# Imprisoned in Flames
# Hidden Danger
# Blazing Wagons
# The Trail of Terror
# In the Claws of the Cougar
# The Frenzied Mob
# The Toll of Treachery
# The Mail Goes Through
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See also
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List of film serials
A list of film serials by year of release.
1910s
1920s
1930s
Films still exist from this point on unless noted otherwise:
1940s
1950s
See also
* Serial (film)
* List of film serials by studio
References
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List of film serials by studio
This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios.
The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ...
References
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1942 films
American black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
Universal Pictures film serials
Films directed by Ford Beebe
Films directed by John Rawlins
1942 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
Films scored by Hans J. Salter
Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton
1940s American films
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