JOHN WAYNE’S FIRST EVER LEADING ROLE! 🤠 The Big Trail (1930) | Epic Pre-Code Western

Young, fearless scout Breck Coleman (John Wayne) guides a massive wagon train of brave pioneer families across thousands of miles of uncharted wilderness along the Oregon Trail. Facing treacherous river crossings, brutal blizzards, Indian attacks, and internal sabotage from a ruthless villain, Coleman must lead the settlers to safety while seeking justice for a murdered friend. Directed by Raoul Walsh and filmed in groundbreaking 70mm Grandeur widescreen, The Big Trail (1930) is an epic pre-Code Western masterpiece that launched John Wayne’s legendary Hollywood career.

🎬 DIRECTORS
Raoul Walsh
Louis R. Loeffler (uncredited)

✍️ WRITERS
Hal G. Evarts — story: “The Shaggy Legion”, Little, Brown, 1930. Serialized first in the Saturday Evening Post, 6 parts: November 30, 1929 – January 4, 1930
Marie Boyle — dialogue, screenplay (both uncredited)
Jack Peabody — dialogue, screenplay (both uncredited)
Florence Postal — dialogue, screenplay (both uncredited)
Raoul Walsh — story contributor (uncredited)

🎭 CAST
John Wayne — Breck Coleman
Marguerite Churchill — Ruth Cameron
El Brendel — Gus
Tully Marshall — Zeke
Tyrone Power Sr. (as Tyrone Power) — Red Flack
David Rollins — Dave Cameron
Frederick Burton — Pa Bascom
Ian Keith — Bill Thorpe
Charles Stevens — Lopez
Louise Carver — Gus’s Mother-in-Law

🎭 GENRES
Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western

🎬 ALSO KNOWN AS (AKA)

The Big Trail — 🎬 Original title, 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇺🇸 United States
The Big Trail (English) — 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇮🇳 India, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇳🇿 New Zealand, 🇵🇰 Pakistan, 🇿🇦 South Africa
Raoul Walsh’s The Big Trail (complete title) — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇺🇸 United States
The Oregon Trail (Working Title) — 🇺🇸 United States
De baan der reuzen (Flemish) — 🇧🇪 Belgium
La piste des géants (French) — 🇧🇪 Belgium
La piste des géants — 🇫🇷 France
A Grande Jornada — 🇧🇷 Brazil
Големият път (Bulgarian) — 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
大追踪 (Mandarin) — 🇨🇳 China
Veliki put — 🇭🇷 Croatia
Veliki put (Serbian, literal title) — 🏴 Yugoslavia
Velká cesta (Czech) — 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
Mod lykkens land — 🇩🇰 Denmark
Raske rada — 🇪🇪 Estonia
Onnen maata kohti — 🇫🇮 Finland
Suuri lännen tie (TV listings title) — 🇫🇮 Finland
Der große Treck — 🇩🇪 Germany
Το μεγάλο μονοπάτι — 🇬🇷 Greece
A nagy ösvény — 🇭🇺 Hungary
Il grande sentiero — 🇮🇹 Italy
Biggu Toreiru — 🇯🇵 Japan
ビッグ・トレイル（1930）(Japanese) — 🇯🇵 Japan
La gran jornada — 🇲🇽 Mexico, 🇪🇸 Spain
La gran jornada (Spanish) — 🇺🇸 United States
La gran jornada (original subtitled version) — 🇺🇾 Uruguay
Mot lykkens land — 🇳🇴 Norway
Droga olbrzymów — 🇵🇱 Poland
A Pista dos Gigantes — 🇵🇹 Portugal
Marea pistă — 🇷🇴 Romania
빅 트레일 — 🇰🇷 South Korea
Большая слежка (Russian) — ☭ Soviet Union
Mot lyckans land — 🇸🇪 Sweden