Overland Trails

Overland Trails (1948) is a western film directed by Lambert Hillyer rated 9.0/10.

Johnny Mack Brown stars in this above-average B-Western from Monogram, penned under the pseudonym of Jess Bowers by veteran genre specialist Adele Buffington. Mack Brown plays Johnny Murdoch, a drifter arriving in Gold Flats in search of his prospector father. From old-timer Dusty Hanover (Raymond Hatton), Johnny learns that Old Man Murdoch was murdered for his claim by Rex Hillman (Holly Bane), a hireling of Carter Morgan (Bill Kennedy).

Cast

Johnny Mack Brown

Johnny Murdock

Raymond Hatton

Dusty Hanover

Virginia Belmont

Marcia Brandon

Bill Kennedy

Carter Morgan

Virginia Carroll

Mary Cramer

Mike Ragan

Rex Hillman - Henchman (as Holly Bane)

Ted Adams

Matt Cramer

Steve Darrell

Marc Brandon

Lanny Rees

Bud Cramer (as Sonny Rees)

Carl Mathews

Steve Tully

Milburn Morante

Brooks - Prospector

Bob Woodward

Ed - Henchman (as Robert D. Woodward)