Blazing the Overland Trail is a 1956 American Western Serial film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Lee Roberts. It was the 57th and last serial produced by Columbia and the last American serial ever produced by any studio (either major or minor). Republic Pictures, the only other serial-producing US studio in the mid 1950s, had ceased its serial production the previous year with King of the Carnival. Plot Rance Devlin intends to build his own empire in the American West using his Black Raiders and allied Indians to do so. Only US Army scout Tom Bridger, allied with Pony Express rider Ed Marr and U.S. Army cavalry Captain Frank Carter, can stop him. Cast Lee Roberts as Tom Bridger Dennis Moore as Ed Marr Norma Brooks as Lola Martin Gregg Barton as Captain Carter Don C. Harvey as Rance Devlin Lee Morgan as Alby Pierce Lyden as Bragg Edward Coch as Carl Reed Howes as Dunn Kermit Maynard as Al Pete Kellett as Pete Al Ferguson as Fergie Production The film uses stock footage from Overland with Kit Carson. Chapter titles Gun Emperor of the West Riding the Danger Trail The Black Riders Into the Flames Trapped in the Runaway Wagon Rifles for Redskins Midnight Attack Blast at Gunstock Pass War at the Wagon Camp Buffalo Stampede Into the Fiery Blast Cave-in Bugle Call Blazing Peril Raiders Unmasked Source: See also List of American films of 1956 List of film serials by year List of film serials by studio References External links 1956 films 1956 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Columbia Pictures film serials 1950s English-language films Films directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton 1950s American films