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1939 film For a serial with a similar title, see Fighting with Kit Carson.

Overland with Kit Carson
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Norman Deming Sam Nelson
Screenplay by	Joseph F. Poland (as Joseph Poland) Morgan Cox (as Morgan B. Cox) Ned Dandy
Starring	Bill Elliott Iris Meredith Richard Fiske Bobby Clack
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by	Richard Fantl Jerome Thoms (as Jerry Thoms)
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 21, 1939 (1939-07-21)
Running time	300 minutes (15 episodes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Overland with Kit Carson is a 1939 American Western serial film directed by Norman Deming and Sam Nelson and starring Bill Ellott, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske and Bobby Clack.

Plot

When Pegleg and his Black Raiders threaten the westward expansion of the United States, the government sends Kit Carson and David Brent to straighten things out.

Cast

Bill Elliott as Kit Carson
Iris Meredith as Carmelita González
Richard Fiske as Lieutenant David Brent
Bobby Clack as Andy Gardner
Trevor Bardette as Arthur Mitchell - Trapper
LeRoy Mason as John Baxter - Trapper
Olin Francis Trapper Pierre
James Craig as Tennessee - Trapper
Francis Sayles as Dr. Parker
Kenneth MacDonald as Winchester - Trapper
Dick Curtis as Drake - Henchman
Richard Botiller as Natchez - Henchman (as Richard Botiller)
Hal Taliaferro as Jim Stewart
Flo Campbell as Stewart
John Tyrrell as Captain Gilbert (Chs. 8-10)
Francisco Marán as Don José Gonzalez (as Francisco Moran)
Hank Bell as 'Broken-Hand' Fitzpatrick (Ch. 1)
Irene Herndon as Juanita
Ermie Adams as Thor - Black Raiders Blacksmith
Stanley Brown as Tom Higgins - Henchman (Ch. 1)
Art Mix as Bill Cooper - Henchman
Jack Rockwell as Red - Henchman

Production

Scenes from Overland with Kit Carson were used as stock footage for Blazing the Overland Trail.

Chapter titles

Doomed Men
Condemned to Die
The Fight for Life
The Ride of Terror
The Path of Doom
Rendezvous with Death
The Killer-Stallion
The Devil's Nest
Blazing Peril
The Black Raiders
Foiled
The Warning
Terror in the Night
Crumbling Walls
Unmasked

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References

D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 225. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

v t e Columbia serials
Pre-war serials (1937–1941)	Jungle Menace The Mysterious Pilot The Secret of Treasure Island The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok The Spider's Web Flying G-Men Mandrake the Magician Overland with Kit Carson The Shadow Terry and the Pirates Deadwood Dick The Green Archer White Eagle The Spider Returns The Iron Claw Holt of the Secret Service
War-time serials (1942–1945)	Captain Midnight Perils of the Royal Mounted The Secret Code The Valley of Vanishing Men Batman The Phantom The Desert Hawk Black Arrow Brenda Starr, Reporter The Monster and the Ape
Post-war serials (1945–1956)	Jungle Raiders Who's Guilty? Hop Harrigan Chick Carter, Detective Son of the Guardsman Jack Armstrong The Vigilante The Sea Hound Brick Bradford Tex Granger Superman Congo Bill Bruce Gentry Batman and Robin Adventures of Sir Galahad Cody of the Pony Express Atom Man vs. Superman Pirates of the High Seas Roar of the Iron Horse Mysterious Island Captain Video King of the Congo Blackhawk Son of Geronimo The Lost Planet The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd Gunfighters of the Northwest Riding with Buffalo Bill Adventures of Captain Africa Mighty Jungle Avenger! Perils of the Wilderness Blazing the Overland Trail

v t e Films directed by Sam Nelson
Outlaws of the Prairie (1937) Cattle Raiders (1938) Law of the Plains (1938) Rio Grande (1938) The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938) South of Arizona (1938) The Colorado Trail (1938) West of Cheyenne (1938) West of the Santa Fe (1938) Western Caravans (1939) Texas Stampede (1939) North of the Yukon (1939) The Thundering West (1939) Mandrake the Magician (1939) The Stranger from Texas (1939) Konga, the Wild Stallion (1939) The Man from Sundown (1939) Overland with Kit Carson (1939) Parents on Trial (1939) Pioneers of the Frontier (1940) Prairie Schooners (1940) Bullets for Rustlers (1940) Outlaws of the Panhandle (1941) The Avenging Rider (1943) Sagebrush Law (1943)

Films directed by Sam Nelson

Outlaws of the Prairie (1937)
Cattle Raiders (1938)
Law of the Plains (1938)
Rio Grande (1938)
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)
South of Arizona (1938)
The Colorado Trail (1938)
West of Cheyenne (1938)
West of the Santa Fe (1938)
Western Caravans (1939)
Texas Stampede (1939)
North of the Yukon (1939)
The Thundering West (1939)
Mandrake the Magician (1939)
The Stranger from Texas (1939)
Konga, the Wild Stallion (1939)
The Man from Sundown (1939)
Overland with Kit Carson (1939)
Parents on Trial (1939)
Pioneers of the Frontier (1940)
Prairie Schooners (1940)
Bullets for Rustlers (1940)
Outlaws of the Panhandle (1941)
The Avenging Rider (1943)
Sagebrush Law (1943)

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