Winners of the West (1940 serial)

For the silent serial of the same name, see Winners of the West (1921 serial).

Winners of the West

Directed by	Ford Beebe Ray Taylor
Produced by	Henry MacRae
Written by	George H. Plympton Basil Dickey Charles R. Condon
Starring	Dick Foran Anne Nagel Tom Fadden James Craig Harry Woods Charles Stevens
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Cinematography	Jerome Ash John Hickson William A. Sickner
Edited by	Saul A. Goodkind (supervising) Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	July 2, 1940 (1940-07-02)
Running time	13 chapters (247 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

Winners of the West is a 1940 Universal movie serial. It stars Dick Foran and Anne Nagel in a plot about the construction of a railroad and a local ganglord who opposes it. This was Universal's 115th serial release (the 47th with sound).

The studio had used the name for an earlier silent serial but there are no plot similarities between the two versions. Columbia's Roar of the Iron Horse is very similar to this serial, however, and the writer George H. Plympton worked on both.

Plot

The Hartford Transcontinental Railroad is attempting to build a railroad through "Hell's Gate Pass". However, King Carter, the self-appointed ruler of the land beyond the pass, does not want this to happen. He sends henchmen, including local Indians, to disrupt the construction anyway they can, from sabotage to kidnapping Claire Hartford, the daughter of the company President. The President's assistant, Jeff Ramsay, and his sidekicks, stop King Carter's schemes at every point and eventually defeat him entirely. This opens the area up to new settlers, the first of which is Jeff himself and his new wife Claire.

Cast

Dick Foran as Jeff Ramsay, employee of the Hartford Transcontinental Railroad
Anne Nagel as Claire Hartford, daughter of John Hartford
Tom Fadden as Tex Houston, scout and one of Jeff Ramsay's sidekicks
James Craig as Jim Jackson, another of Jeff Ramsay's sidekicks
Harry Woods as King Carter, villain
Charles Stevens as Snakeye, King Carter's lead henchman
Edward Keane as John Hartford, President of the Hartford Transcontinental Railroad
Trevor Bardette as Raven, one of King Carter's henchmen
Edgar Edwards as Tim, one of King Carter's henchmen
Edmund Cobb as Maddox, one of King Carter's henchmen
William Desmond as Bill Brine, Railroad foreman
Roy Barcroft as Logan, one of King Carter's henchmen

Production

Stunts

Cliff Lyons, riding double for Dick Foran (Jeff Ramsay) and Tom Fadden (Tex Houston)
Eddie Parker, fight double for Dick Foran (Jeff Ramsay)
Fred Graham, doubling Harry Woods (King Carter)
Kermit Maynard
Ken Terrell
Henry Wills

Chapter titles

Winners of the West is available for free download at the Internet Archive
2: The Wreck at Red River Gorge
3: The Bridge of Disaster
Winners of the West is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Winners of the West is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Winners of the West is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Winners of the West is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Winners of the West is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Winners of the West is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Winners of the West is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Winners of the West is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Winners of the West is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Winners of the West is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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References

↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 227. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

Winners of the West at the Internet Movie Database
Winners of the West at AllMovie

Preceded by Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)	Universal Serial Winners of the West (1940)	Succeeded by Junior G-Men (1940)

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in Eighteen Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West The Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M

See also

Film serials List of film serials List of film serials by studio

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