The Oregon Trail is a 1936 American Western film directed by Scott Pembroke for Republic Pictures and starring John Wayne. It is a lost film with no known prints remaining. In 2013, film collector Kent Sperring discovered 40 photographs that were taken during the making of the film. The Oregon Trail started production on November 29, 1935, and was filmed at Alabama Hills. Plot John Wayne plays retired army captain John Delmont, who discovers from his father's journal that he was left to die by a renegade, and vows to hunt down the killer. Cast John Wayne as Capt John Delmont Ann Rutherford as Anne Ridgeley Joseph W. Girard as Col. Delmont Yakima Canutt as Tom Richards Frank Rice as Red E. H. Calvert as Jim Ridgeley Ben Hendricks Jr. as Maj. Harris Harry Harvey as Tim Fern Emmett as Minnie Jack Rutherford as Benton Marian Ferrell as Sis Roland Ray as Markey Gino Corrado as Forrenza Edward LeSaint as Gen. Ferguson Octavio Giraud as Don Miguel See also List of lost films References External links 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films 1936 lost films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Scott Pembroke Lost Western (genre) films Lost American films Republic Pictures films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films