

The Big Trail
A mighty drama of the early pioneers
Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2M
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- mississippi river
- pre-code
- river crossing
- wagon train
- frontier justice
- pioneers
- buffalo herd
- 19th century
- far west
- vengeance
- oregon trail
- western expansion
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereLos Angeles2 Oct 1930
- Premiere24 Oct 1930
- Theatrical1 Nov 1930
- PremiereTCM Classic Film Festival23 Apr 2010
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU26 Dec 1930
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalG21 Jan 1931
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL1 Jan 1931
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical30 Apr 1931
FinlandFI
- Theatrical3 Aug 1931
FranceFR
- Theatrical17 Jun 1970
GermanyDE
- TV17 May 1977
ItalyIT
- Theatrical14 Mar 1931
PortugalPT
- TheatricalPúblicos2 Jan 1931
SpainES
- Theatrical29 Feb 1932
SwedenSE
- TheatricalBtl9 Feb 1931
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The Big Trail was released on 1 November 1930.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/13/2022
There is a scene very near the start of this film where John Wayne ("Breck") walks through a doorway, bedecked in his finely crafted suede leathers and you almost want to applaud - like it was the entrance of great actor onto a stage. There can been no doubt that Raoul Walsh and his bosses at Fox were determined to make a big star of their man - and have thrown pretty much everything at it. The story concerns pioneer…
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