Utah Wagon Train
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Utah Wagon Train

A half-million in gold buried in a cave 100 years and a mad race across the forgotten California pioneer trail to find it

6.7 / 10 1951 1h 7mNR English
Western

Storyline

Rancher Rex Allen receives a summons from his uncle. an old time frontiersman, that he is in trouble. The uncle has been hired to lead a modern-day band of adventurers on a wagon train retracing the route taken by their ancestors 100 years ago. Before Rex can talk to his uncle, the uncle is murdered, and Rex sets out to find the killer and the motive by taking his uncle's place as the leader of the wagon train.

Cast & Crew

Rex Allen

Rex Allen

Rex Allen

Lead
Koko

Koko

Koko, Rex Allen's Horse (as Koko the Miracle Horse of the Movies)

Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen

'Snooper' Trent

Penny Edwards

Penny Edwards

Nancy Bonner

Roy Barcroft

Roy Barcroft

Hank Driscoll

Sarah Padden

Sarah Padden

Sarah Wendover

Grant Withers

Grant Withers

Red Bancroft

Arthur Space

Arthur Space

Robert Hatfield

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Philip Ford's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Utah Wagon Train is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker