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The Oregon Trail

  • Western

August 31, 1959 (US)

1h 26m

When the cry of a frontier on the move was '54-40 or fight' !

In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sending in soldiers disguised as settlers in order to strengthen American claims to the Territory.

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