Release Year: 1940
Release Date: Thu Sep 26 1940
Runtime: 114 minutes
Filmed In Black And White
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Filming Locations: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, Moffat Ranch
Studio: 20th Century-Fox
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Actors: Chief John Big Tree (as Big Elk (as Chief Big Tree)), Davison Clark (as Johnson), Claire Du Brey (as Emma Smith (as Claire DuBrey)), Tully Marshall (as Judge), Dick Rich (as 1st Mob Leader), Edwin Maxwell (as 2nd Mob Leader), Ralph Dunn (as Jury Foreman), Edmund MacDonald (as Elder), George Melford (as John Taylor), Russell Simpson (as U.S. Army Major), Esther Brodelet (as One of Brigham Young’s Wives), Paul E. Burns (as Man with California Gold News), Cliff Clark (as Dissenter), Edmund Elton (as Undetermined Role), Jody Gilbert (as Stout Woman Who Can’t Swim), William Haade (as Skeptic), Herbert Heywood (as Jokester at Chronicle Notice), Cammilla Johnson (as Little Girl), Cullen Johnson (as Boy in Covered Wagon), Payne B. Johnson (as Boy in Covered Wagon), David Kirkland (as Elder), Bob Kortman (as Agitator), Paul Kruger (as Raider), Anne Kunde (as Mormon), Frank LaRue (as Sheriff), Charles Frederick Lindsley (as Trailer Narrator (voice)), Tom London (as Raider), Murdock MacQuarrie (as Undetermined Role), Louis Mason (as Man Laughing at Joke), Charles Middleton (as Mob Member), Lucille Miller (as One of Brigham Young’s Wives), Frank Mills (as Man in Newspaper Office /Agitator), Philip Morris (as Mob Member), Imboden Parrish (as Minor Role), Ruth Robinson (as Discouraged Mormon), John Roy (as Minor Role), Frank Shannon (as Second Man with California Gold News), Lee Shumway (as Mob Member), Harry Tyler (as Undetermined Role), Eddy Waller (as Man with California Gold News), Cecil Weston (as Minor Role), Blackie Whiteford (as Court Spectator), Hank Worden (as Mormon Cheering Porter)
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Plot: The true story of the famous Mormon leader, Brigham Young and his battle to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two of his people, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
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Sources: Museum Of Western Film History Archives, IMDb