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Westward Ho, the Wagons! ()

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The adventures of a group of pioneers as their wagon train crosses the West.
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John 'Doc' Grayson
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Laura Thompson
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Hank Breckenridge
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Dan Thompson
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Bissonette
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James Stephen
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Bobo Stephen
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Mrs. Stephen (as Barbara Woodell)
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Wolf's Brother
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Jerry Stephen
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Jim Stephen
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Spencer Armitage
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Obie Foster
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Many Stars
Anthony Numkena ...
Little Thunder
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Myra Thompson
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Ruth Benjamin
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Ed Benjamin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Beulah Archuletta ...
White Antelope (uncredited)
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Wagon Woman (uncredited)
Kathy Beaudine ...
Child (uncredited)
Ray Berwick ...
Wagon Man (uncredited)
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Indian (uncredited)
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Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
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Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Buff Brady ...
Wagon Man (uncredited)
Buck Bucko ...
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
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Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
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Wagon Man (uncredited)
Dorothy Crider ...
Wagon Woman (uncredited)
Dewey Drapeau ...
Pawnee Chief (uncredited)
Grey Eagle ...
Indian (uncredited)
Foster Hood ...
Indian (uncredited)
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Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Clancy Hurrell ...
Child (uncredited)
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Wagon Man (uncredited)
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Pawnee Brave (uncredited)
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Indian (uncredited)
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Suttler (uncredited)
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Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
George Ross ...
Wagon Man (uncredited)
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Wagon Man (uncredited)
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Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Brand Stirling ...
Tom Foster (uncredited)
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Wagon Man (uncredited)

Directed by

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William Beaudine

Written by

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Thomas W. Blackburn ... (screenplay) (as Tom Blackburn)
 
Mary Jane Carr ... (novel "Children of the Covered Wagon")

Produced by

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Walt Disney ... producer (uncredited)
Bill Walsh ... associate producer

Music by

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George Bruns

Cinematography by

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Charles P. Boyle ... (photographed by)

Editing by

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Cotton Warburton

Art Direction by

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Marvin Aubrey Davis

Set Decoration by

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Bertram C. Granger ... (as Bertram Granger)
Emile Kuri

Costume Design by

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Gertrude Casey
Chuck Keehne

Makeup Department

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Lois Murray ... hair stylist
David Newell ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Ben Chapman ... unit production manager
Bill Anderson ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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William Beaudine Jr. ... assistant director
Yakima Canutt ... second unit director
Jack Cunningham ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Vincent McEveety ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Ted Schilz ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Robert G. Shannon ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Bill Sheehan ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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Jack Golconda ... props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Robert O. Cook ... sound supervisor
Dean Thomas ... sound recordist
Ben Hendricks ... sound editor (uncredited)
Albert E. Kennedy ... sound editor (uncredited)
Malcolm Rennings ... cable man (uncredited)
Lou Skelton ... sound recordist (uncredited)

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Peter Ellenshaw ... matte artist
Ub Iwerks ... special processes
Albert Whitlock ... assistant matte artist

Stunts

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Jerry Brown ... stunts (uncredited)
Forest Burns ... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Canutt ... stunts (uncredited)
Tap Canutt ... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney ... stunts (uncredited)
Chloy Cunnington ... stunts (uncredited)
John Epper ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Folkerson ... stunts (uncredited)
Don Happy ... stunts (uncredited)
Robert 'Buzz' Henry ... stunts (uncredited)
Ace Hudkins ... stunts (uncredited)
John Hudkins ... stunts (uncredited)
Whitey Hughes ... stunt double: Kathleen Crowley/David Stollery (uncredited)
Leroy Johnson ... stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Juaregui ... stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons ... stunts (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan ... stunts (uncredited)
Sandy Sanders ... stunts (uncredited)
Rocky Shahan ... stunts (uncredited)
George Steele ... stunts (uncredited)
Boyd Stockman ... stunts (uncredited)
Eugene White ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Woodward ... stunts (uncredited)
Al Wyatt Sr. ... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Garry Lambrecht ... first grip (uncredited)
Jack Whitman ... camera operator (uncredited)

Music Department

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Edward H. Plumb ... orchestrator (as Edward Plumb)
Bill Lee ... singing voice: George Reeves (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Fred Hartsook ... script clerk (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Walt Disney ... presenter
Iron Eyes Cody ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Rolly Harper ... caterer (uncredited)
Ralph Maxheimer ... dance director (uncredited) / dialogue director (uncredited)
Leonard Shannon ... publicist (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Wagon master James Stephen leads a wagon train of settlers, including his wife and children, across the vast plains. Prominent among the settlers is Doc Grayson, who though not really a doctor provides what medical care he can to the travelers. The wagon train is beset by Pawnees, determined to make off with the horses. A later encounter with presumably friendly Sioux takes a dark turn when the son of the chief appears to be dying, and only Doc Grayson can help. Written by Jim Beaver

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Taglines Walt Disney tells the real story of the fighting families who won the West ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Children of the Covered Wagon (United States)
  • Sur la piste de l'Oregon (France)
  • Western Perlen 11 - Westwärts - Die Karawane der Furchtlosen (Germany)
  • Westwärts - Die Karawane der Furchtlosen (Germany)
  • Westwärts - Der Treck durch das Indianergebiet (Germany)
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  • 90 min
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Trivia The script called for an Indian attack on a wagon train, but producer Walt Disney told second-unit director Yakima Canutt that he didn't want it to be a typical Indian attack, as children would be watching the film and he didn't want them to see anyone killed or injured. Canutt objected, saying that in real life people were killed during Indian attacks and one in which no one gets hurt was so unrealistic that it shouldn't be filmed at all. Disney overruled his objection and told Canutt to shoot the attack as ordered. After screening the finished sequence, however, Disney told Canutt that he had been right and the attack looked too phony and unrealistic and ordered it to be re-shot in a more realistic manner. Canutt said that it would add at least a week's extra time and several hundred thousand dollars to the budget, but Disney told him to re-shoot for as long as he needed in order to get it right. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Along the Oregon Trail (1956). See more »
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