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Kit Carson is a american film of genre Romance directed by George B. Seitz released in USA on 30 august 1940 with Jon Hall

Kit Carson (1940)

Kit Carson
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Released in USA 30 august 1940
Length 1h37
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Romance,    Western
Rating62% 3.14653.14653.14653.14653.1465

Kit Carson is a 1940 Western directed by George B. Seitz and starring Jon Hall as Kit Carson, Lynn Bari as Delores Murphy, and Dana Andrews as Captain John C. Fremont . This picture was filmed on location at Cayente (Kayenta), Arizona and was one of the early films to use Monument Valley as a backdrop. The supporting cast features Ward Bond as a character named "Ape," future Lone Ranger Clayton Moore without his mask, and Raymond Hatton as Jim Bridger.

Synopsis

Kit Carson (Jon Hall) and his two saddle pals, Ape (Ward Bond) and Lopez (Harold Huber) are attacked by Indians. They manage to escape unscatched and make their way to Fort Bridger, where Captain John Fremont (Dana Andrews) hires Carson to guide a wagon train westward to California south along the Oregon Trail. Both Carson and Fremont fall in love with pretty Dolores Murphy (Lynn Bari), on her way to her father's hacienda in Monterey. Meanwhile, General Castro (C. Henry Gordon), the Mexican Governor General of California, arms the Shoshoni Indians in an effort to keep the Americans out of California.

Actors

Jon Hall

(Christopher "Kit" Carson)Lynn Bari

(Dolores Murphy)Dana Andrews

(Captain John C. Fremont)Harold Huber

(Lopez)Ward Bond

(Ape)
And :
Renie Riano
Clayton Moore
Iron Eyes Cody
Raymond Hatton
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