Omaha Trail (1942)
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Having done just fine at the box office with 1942's Apache Trail, MGM turned out another "pocket" western, The Omaha Trail. The story boils down to a battle of wits and sixguns between hero Pat Candel (James Craig) and villain Pipestone Ross (Dean Jagger). The latter is a wagon-train… More Having done just fine at the box office with 1942's Apache Trail, MGM turned out another "pocket" western, The Omaha Trail. The story boils down to a battle of wits and sixguns between hero Pat Candel (James Craig) and villain Pipestone Ross (Dean Jagger). The latter is a wagon-train entrepreneur who doesn't want the railroad to encroach upon his territory, and he backs up this resolve with hired hooligans. Comedy relief Chill Wills sings two songs (one of them written by director Eddie Buzzell, a former musical-comedy star), while Pamela Blake is the antiseptic heroine. Unschooled in the making of budget westerns, MGM seemed uncertain whether to take Omaha Trail seriously or to play it tongue-in-cheek. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Edward Buzzell
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Routine but lively MGM Western.
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Cast
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James Craig
as Pat Candel
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Pamela Blake
as Julie Santley
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Dean Jagger
as "Pipestone" Ross
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Edward Ellis
as Mr. Vane
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Chill Wills
as Henry
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Donald Meek
as Jonah McCleod
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Henry Morgan
as Nat
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Morris Ankrum
as Job
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Howard Da Silva
as Ben Santley
- Kermit Maynard
