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