The Big Trail
(1930)
The Most Important Picture Ever Produced
Stars: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power Sr.
Director: Raoul Walsh, John Cork, Lisa Van Eyssen, Louis R. Loeffler
Writer: John Cork, Hal G. Evarts, Florence Postal, Jack Peabody
Language: English
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Duration: 122
Rated: Not Rated
DVD Release: May 2008
Breck leads a wagon train of pioneers through Indian attack, storms, deserts, swollen rivers, down cliffs and so on while looking for the murder of a trapper and falling in love with Ruth.
| John Wayne | Breck Coleman |
| Marguerite Churchill | Ruth Cameron |
| El Brendel | Gus, comical Swede |
| Tully Marshall | Zeke, Coleman's sidekick |
| Tyrone Power Sr. | Red Flack, wagon boss (as Tyrone Power) |
| David Rollins | Dave 'Davey' Cameron |
| Frederick Burton | Pa Bascom (conducts prayer, wedding) |
| Ian Keith | Bill Thorpe, Louisiana gambler |
| Charles Stevens | Lopez, Flack's henchman |
| Chief John Big Tree | Indian (uncredited) |
| Gertrude Van Lent | Sister from Missouri |
| Louise Carver | Gus's mother-in-law |
| Ward Bond | Sid Bascom (uncredited) |
| Lucille Van Lent | Sister from Missouri |
| Iron Eyes Cody | Indian (uncredited) |
| R.H. Bassett | Composer |
| Dannie Mac Grant | (uncredited) |
| Peter Brunelli | Composer |
| Alfred Dalby | Composer |
| Hal G. Evarts | Story |
| Arthur Kay | Composer |
| Jack Virgil | Composer |
| Lucien N. Andriot | Cinematographer |
| Arthur Edeson | Cinematographer |
| Jack Dennis | Editor |
| Alphonse Ethier | Marshal |
| Russ Powell | Windy Bill |
Genre: Adventure, Romance, Western
Media: DVD
Sound: Mono
IMDb: 0020691
