Utah Wagon Train

Utah Wagon Train

A half-million in gold buried in a cave 100 years and a mad race across the forgotten California pioneer trail to find it

1951 · 67 min · ★ 6.7 · Western

Rancher Rex Allen receives a summons from his uncle. an old time frontiersman, that he is in trouble. The uncle has been hired to lead a modern-day band of adventurers on a wagon train retracing the route taken by their ancestors 100 years ago. Before Rex can talk to his uncle, the uncle is murdered, and Rex sets out to find the killer and the motive by taking his uncle's place as the leader of the wagon train.

Directed by Philip Ford · Written by John K. Butler

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Rex Allen Rex Allen
Koko Koko, Rex Allen's Horse (as Koko the Miracle Horse of the Movies)
Buddy Ebsen 'Snooper' Trent
Penny Edwards Nancy Bonner
Roy Barcroft Hank Driscoll
Sarah Padden Sarah Wendover
Grant Withers Red Bancroft
Arthur Space Robert Hatfield
Edwin Rand Jess Sutton
Robert Karnes Henchman Jack Scully
William Holmes Henchman Pete Millan
Stanley Andrews Sheriff

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