The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail (1977)

5.0 (2 votes)
1 Season
September 21, 1977
English
Western

Synopsis

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.

Creator

Michael Gleason

Network

NBC

Episodes

Hard Ride Home
E1

Hard Ride Home

Sep 21, 1977
60 min

We meet the Wagon train . They are heading to the west coast to start a better life for themselves. Character and plot descriptions revealed.

The Last Game
E2

The Last Game

Sep 21, 1977
60 min

We meet the Wagon train . They are heading to the west coast to start a better life for themselves. Character and plot descriptions revealed. This one picked up where last week's left off.

The Waterhole
E3

The Waterhole

Sep 28, 1977
60 min

After hours in the desert, the Wagon Train comes upon a watering hole in the desert. After everyone drinks the water, they fall ill. IT takes some smart thinking to figure out what caused the sickness - and to save the people on the Wagon Train.

Trapper's Rendezvous
E4

Trapper's Rendezvous

Oct 12, 1977
60 min

No description available.

The Army Deserter
E5

The Army Deserter

Oct 19, 1977
60 min

No description available.

Hannah's Girls
E6

Hannah's Girls

Oct 26, 1977
60 min

Hannah Morgan (Stella Stevens) is the leader of a group of mail-order brides (who actually are a group of ""showgirls"") who join the wagon train. Romance percolates, but mutual respect arises instead as Hannah helps nurse Evan's daughter back from a bout of cholera.

Return From Death
E7

Return From Death

Nov 2, 1977
60 min

Evan Thorpe serves as defense attorney for a mysterious man suspected of killing a member of the wagon train. Frontier justice was never so just.

The Scarlet Ribbon
E8

The Scarlet Ribbon

Nov 9, 1977
60 min

A bullet-ridden wagon reveals that gun-runners are supplying rifles to the Redskins and Evan is detemined to run them to earth whatever the risk.

The Gold Dust Queen
E9

The Gold Dust Queen

Nov 16, 1977
60 min

No description available.

The Return of the Baby
E10

The Return of the Baby

Nov 23, 1977
60 min

An Indian woman gives birth to a baby after her village is destroyed.

Evan's Vendetta
E11

Evan's Vendetta

Nov 30, 1977
60 min

No description available.

Suffer the Little Children
E12

Suffer the Little Children

Dec 7, 1977
60 min

No description available.

Wagon Race
E13

Wagon Race

Dec 14, 1977
60 min

No description available.

Cast

Details

Original Title

The Oregon Trail

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

13

Production

Universal Television