| Winners of the West | |
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| 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 |
| Editing by | Saul A. Goodkind (supervising) Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 2 July 1940 |
| Running time | 13 chapters (247 min) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Winners of the West (1940) is a 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.
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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 beyod 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.
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| Preceded by Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) |
Universal Serial Winners of the West (1940) |
Succeeded by Junior G-Men (1940) |