''Overland with Kit Carson'' is a 1939 American
Western
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*Western world, countries that id ...
serial film
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directed by Norman Deming and
Sam Nelson
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and starring
Bill Ellott,
Iris Meredith
Iris Meredith (born Iris Shunn; June 3, 1915 – January 22, 1980) was a B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s film era. She starred mostly in heroine roles, in westerns.
Early years
Meredith was born in Sioux City, Iowa, but grew up in ...
,
Richard Fiske
Thomas Richard Potts (November 20, 1915 – August 10, 1944), known professionally as Richard Fiske, was an American film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1938 and 1942.
Career
Born Thomas Richard Potts, Fiske was born to Frank a ...
and
Bobby Clack
Robert Suter Clack (June 13, 1850 – October 22, 1933) was an English born professional baseball player outfielder who played with the Brooklyn Atlantics
The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn ("Atlantic" or the "Brooklyn Atlantics") was ...
.
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
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Bill Elliott
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as
Kit Carson
Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. He was a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer. He became a frontier legend in his own lifetime by biographies and n ...
*
Iris Meredith
Iris Meredith (born Iris Shunn; June 3, 1915 – January 22, 1980) was a B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s film era. She starred mostly in heroine roles, in westerns.
Early years
Meredith was born in Sioux City, Iowa, but grew up in ...
as Carmelita González
*
Richard Fiske
Thomas Richard Potts (November 20, 1915 – August 10, 1944), known professionally as Richard Fiske, was an American film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1938 and 1942.
Career
Born Thomas Richard Potts, Fiske was born to Frank a ...
as Lieutenant David Brent
*
Bobby Clack
Robert Suter Clack (June 13, 1850 – October 22, 1933) was an English born professional baseball player outfielder who played with the Brooklyn Atlantics
The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn ("Atlantic" or the "Brooklyn Atlantics") was ...
as Andy Gardner
*
Trevor Bardette
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as Arthur Mitchell - Trapper
*
LeRoy Mason
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Career 1920s
Mason's fir ...
as John Baxter - Trapper
*
Olin Francis
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Francis graduated in engineering from the University of Mississippi and acted on stage before he went to Hollywood ...
Trapper Pierre
*
James Craig as Tennessee - Trapper
*
Francis Sayles
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as Dr. Parker
*
Kenneth MacDonald as Winchester - Trapper
*
Dick Curtis
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Early years
Curtis was born in Newport, Kentucky, the son of Frank Dye ...
as Drake - Henchman
*
Richard Botiller as Natchez - Henchman (as Richard Botiller)
*
Hal Taliaferro
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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
Hank Bell (January 21, 1892 – February 4, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 370 films between 1920 and 1950. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack
A myo ...
as 'Broken-Hand' Fitzpatrick (Ch. 1)
* Irene Herndon as Juanita
h. 3
H is the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet.
H may also refer to:
Musical symbols
* H number, Harry Halbreich reference mechanism for music by Honegger and Martinů
* H, B (musical note)
* H, B major
People
* H. (noble) (died after 127 ...
* Ermie Adams as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
* Stanley Brown as Tom Higgins - Henchman (Ch. 1)
*
Art Mix
Art Mix (born George Washington Kesterson; June 18, 1896 – December 7, 1972), was an American character actor from the 1920s until the mid-1940s.
Biography
Prior to becoming an actor, Mix worked as a circus performer and a boxer. He initially ...
as Bill Cooper - Henchman
*
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 Red - Henchman
Production
Scenes from ''Overland with Kit Carson'' were used as stock footage for ''
Blazing the Overland Trail
''Blazing the Overland Trail'' is a 1956 American Western Serial film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Lee Roberts. It was the 57th and last serial produced by Columbia and the last American serial ever produced by any studio (eith ...
''.
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:
References
External links
*
Cinefania.com*
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1939 films
1930s English-language films
American black-and-white films
Columbia Pictures film serials
1939 Western (genre) films
Films shot in Utah
Films directed by Sam Nelson
American Western (genre) films
Films with screenplays by Joseph F. Poland
1930s American films