Movies and TvShows featuring "oregon-trail" theme.

1883 is a TV show set in the year 1883 and follows the journey of a family as they travel through the American West. It explores themes of marriage, family, and survival in the harsh frontier. The show captures the essence of the Wild West and showcases the challenges and adventures faced by the characters.

The Oregon Trail is a 14-episode NBC western television series starring Rod Taylor as the widower Evan Thorpe, who leaves his Illinois farm in 1842 to take the Oregon Trail to the Pacific Northwest. The show also starred Andrew Stevens, Tony Becker, and Gina Marie Smika as Thorpe's children. Darleen Carr starred as Margaret Devlin, one of the passengers on the wagon train, and Charles Napier portrayed Luther Sprague, a frontier scout recruited by Thorpe. The series was filmed in the Flagstaff, Arizona area.

In this comedic drama set in the American frontier, a pioneer embarks on a journey to rescue his beloved damsel, encountering various obstacles and colorful characters along the way.

In this epic western, a young scout named Breck Coleman guides a group of pioneers on the treacherous journey along the Oregon Trail. Along the way, they encounter various obstacles and dangers, including conflicts with Pawnee Indians. Amidst the hardships of the frontier, Coleman finds love and must navigate the challenges of nation-building.

Meek's Cutoff is a movie set in the 1840s, where a group of settlers traveling along the Oregon Trail find themselves lost in the desert. They face various challenges such as thirst, paranoia, and incompetence, while trying to survive and find their way back.

In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sending in soldiers disguised as settlers in order to strengthen American claims to the Territory.

Bend of the River (1952) is a Western movie set during the gold rush in Oregon. When a settler named Glyn McLyntock saves a man from being hanged, he joins a wagon train traveling to Oregon. Along the way, McLyntock and the wagon train face various challenges, including attacks by Native Americans and a gang of outlaws. McLyntock must navigate these dangers and protect the settlers while dealing with his own criminal past.

In the 19th century Wild West, an American cavalry officer finds himself caught between the Sioux tribe and the US Cavalry. As tensions rise, he must navigate interracial relationships, battles, and personal challenges.

Across the Great Divide is a thrilling action-adventure movie set in the 1870s. It follows the story of two orphaned siblings who are on the run and trying to survive in the wilderness. Along their journey, they encounter various challenges, including dangerous animals, Native Americans, and con artists. The movie focuses on themes of family, courage, and the harsh realities of life during that time period.

Kit Carson is a pioneer scout and frontiersman who helps settlers along the Oregon Trail and fights against American Indian attacks. He also becomes involved in a romantic relationship and faces various challenges and betrayals.

The pioneering trail to Oregon was littered with constant danger. Yet, the hope of the "promised land" keeps American families westward bound despite overwhelming odds. A calm, clear-thinking pioneer attempts to lead a wagon train through territory occupied by Pawnees and Sioux. Along the way, the hardy settlers face horse thieves, kidnappers, and unpredictable Indian attacks in their push to establish a new life in the rugged West.

Margaret Reed, a wealthy and proud woman of Chicago unwillingly finds herself a member of the Donner party - a group of pioneers making their way to California by covered wagon in the summer of 1846. One by one the odds begin to stack against Margaret and her family as precious days slip away and an early winter storm closes the passes through the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Trapped without adequate food and supplies, Margaret struggles to keep her family alive.

A wagon train heads west from Independence, Mo., along the Oregon Trail, led by proud cowboy Clint Belmet. On board are feisty young widow Nancy Wellington and her toddler, Sonny, as well as the older Abby Masters, who begins a romance with scout Jim Burch. Along the way, the wagon train battles Indians led by Kenneth Murdock, a trapper who doesn't welcome competition for Oregon's lucrative fur trade. Wagon Wheels is a 1934 remake of 1931's Fighting Caravans, using stock footage from the original.

Director Lesley Selander's 1954 western stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen, Tom Tully, Lee Van Cleef and Jimmy Wakely.

A crazy group of pioneers brave the harsh elements and numerous mishaps to travel thousands of miles out west to find a place to call home.

The period is the 1840's and Greg Thurston is out to establish his own empire out of a large area of the west. He needs rifles to give to the Indians but Monte Hale breaks up his attack on the supply train. But when they get them by robbing the warehouse, Monte suspects Thuston who had the other key. He follows Thurston only to be caught by him just as Thurston launches his final big attack.

Based on Rudyard Kipling's story: 'The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes,' Scape takes place in the early 1800s on the Oregon Trail. Indians attack Morrowbie's caravan and he becomes separated from his wife. He walks alone through the open frontier, searching for her, when he wanders into a remote colony in the forest for the mentally ill. Once in the colony, no one can leave; a mysterious and fearsome army soldier guards the boundary between the colony and freedom. With the fate of his wife looming, Morrowbie must attempt the impossible: escape.

Seven Alone tells the gripping story of a family of orphans who embark on a perilous journey across the treacherous Oregon Trail in the 1840s. With courage and determination, the children face harsh weather, Indian attacks, and the challenges of the wild frontier. Along the way, they learn important lessons about love, loss, and the true meaning of family.

Created by a four-time Emmy-winning filmmaker, "The Story of the Oregon Trail" chronicles the great mid-1800s trek across the unsettled American West. One in ten pioneers died along the way; many walked the entire 2,000 miles barefoot; but in the end nearly a half-million Americans followed the ruts west in search of a better life. Rare photos, diary excerpts, and stunning footage tell a fascinating story of tragedy and triumph.