Wagon Train (1940)

6.3/10 • 59 min • Western

Overview

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.

Cast

Tim Holt

Zack Sibley

Martha O'Driscoll

Helen Lee

Ray Whitley

Ned

Emmett Lynn

Whopper

Glenn Strange

Stagecoach driver

Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart

Coe Gardner

Cliff Clark

Matt Gardner

Wade Crosby

O'Follard

Ethan Laidlaw

Henchman Pat Hays

Monte Montague

Henchman Kurt

Carl Stockdale

Luke Wilkes

Chuck Baldra

Wagon Train Cook and Musician

Ed Brady

Sam - Storekeeper

Eddie Dew

Peter O'Conner

Martín Garralaga

Buyer of Beans

Harry Harvey

Stage Passenger

Lloyd Ingraham

Mayor of Pecos

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