The Big Trail
Movie
1930
2 HOURS 6 MINS
Western
A young frontiersman leads a perilous wagon train along the Oregon Trail, facing harsh terrain, treacherous weather, and deceptive companions in an epic journey across early 19th-century America.
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Matt Roush says...
A monthlong movie series on Tuesdays and Thursdays explores one of the most enduring genres in all of American cinema: the Western. And no actor embodies the “quintessential cowboy” more iconically than John Wayne, the focus of a night of programming subtitled “John Wayne and the Idea of America.” The lineup begins with his first starring role in 1930’s The Big Trail (at 8/7c), set on the Oregon Trail, followed by Wayne’s breakthrough role as the Ringo Kid in John Ford‘s 1939 classic Stagecoach (10:15/9:15), Howard Hawks‘ emotionally complex Red River (midnight/11c) from 1948, and the 1962 epic How the West Was Won (2:30 am/1:30c) overnight.
