An excellent action film with marvelous cinematography that captures the splendor of the Old West, KIT CARSON mixes fact and legend and comes up with a stirring tale. Hall is the fabled scout, perhaps the greatest who ever lived, guiding Andrews (as John C. Fremont) and his troops--plus a
caravan of prairie schooners--across the plains and mountains to the promised land of California. As they battle storms and Indian attacks, Hall and Andrews compete for the affections of one of the travelers, Bari. Once in California a new menace arrives in the form of Mexican general Gordon and
his soldiers, intent upon making the state a province of Mexico. Hall and his pioneer ...
Released:
1940
Rated:
NR
Length:
97 mins