Blazing the Overland Trail

Blazing the Overland Trail
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySpencer Gordon Bennet
Screenplay byGeorge H. Plympton
Story byGeorge H. Plympton
Produced bySam Katzman
StarringLee Roberts
Dennis Moore
CinematographyIra H. Morgan
Edited byEarl Turner
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Sam Katzman Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 4, 1956 (1956-08-04)
Running time
(15 episodes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Blazing the Overland Trail is a 1956 American western serial film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Lee Roberts. It was the 57th and last serial produced by Columbia Pictures, and the last American serial ever produced for theaters. Universal Pictures had disbanded its serial unit in 1946 with The Mysterious Mr. M, and Republic Pictures had ceased serial production in 1955 with King of the Carnival.