Wagon Train (1940)

Wagon Train

1940

Western

Synopsis

In his first starring Western for RKO, young Tim Holt must not only carry on his father's freight business but also hunt down his murderer. A certain Matt Gardner wants to corner the freight business to Pecos and persuades young Zack Sibley's wagon master to switch sides. Zack also earns the enmity of Gardner's son Coe, who takes umbrage to the youngster's flirtation with pretty Helen Lee. It all comes to a head during a food shortage in Pecos, a near-disaster that persuades the wagon master to switch sides once again. When the dust settles, Zack learns that old man Gardner is actually Carl Anderson, the man who murdered his father.

Credits

Director

Edward Killy

Cast

Cliff Clark as Matt Gardner

Ellen Lowe as Amanthy

Emmett Lynn as Whopper

Ethan Laidlaw as Henchman Pat Hays

Glenn Strange as Stagecoach driver

Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart as Coe Gardner

Martha O'Driscoll as Helen Lee

Ray Whitley as Ned