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The Big Trail is a 1930 American pre-Code Western early widescreen film shot on location across the American West starring 23-year-old John Wayne in his first leading role and directed by Raoul Walsh.
The Big Trail: Directed by Raoul Walsh, Louis R. Loeffler. With John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall. Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.
- (4.5K)
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Raoul Walsh, Louis R. Loeffler
- 1930-11-01
A wagon train of eastern pioneers leaves from Westport, Mississippi, to travel the Oregon Trail and to extend the boundaries of the American Republic to the Pacific Northwest. Their leader is scout Breck Coleman, who has pledged to avenge the death of a trapper friend.
- Raoul Walsh
- John Wayne
Amid a harrowing series of trials, including an Indian raid, a blizzard, scorching desert sands and nearly unnavigable woods, Breck attempts to begin a romance with frontier woman Ruth Cameron...
- (9)
- John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel
- Raoul Walsh
- Western
The Big Trail (1930) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
- 122 min
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John Wayne’s starring film debut, THE BIG TRAIL, was filmed in 70mm Grandeur, a radical new widescreen process in 1930. THE BIG TRAIL was an epic western that few people ever saw in widescreen.
- 122 min
- 14.5K
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