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63% Critic Match
Wagon Train
“A New MAN of ACTION Rides the Range!”
6.3 / 10• 1940• 59m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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 & Crew
Tim Holt
Zack Sibley
Lead
Martha O'Driscoll
Helen Lee
Ray Whitley
Ned
Emmett Lynn
Whopper
Glenn Strange
Stagecoach driver
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Coe Gardner
Cliff Clark
Matt Gardner
EL
Ellen Lowe
Amanthy
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Edward Killy's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Wagon Train is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
