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1942 film by Ford Beebe, John Rawlins

Not to be confused withOverland Mail (1939 film).

Overland Mail
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Directed by	Ford Beebe John Rawlins
Written by	Paul Huston George H. Plympton Griffin Jay Brenda Weisberg
Story by	Johnston McCulley
Produced by	Henry MacRae
Starring	Lon Chaney Jr. Noah Beery Jr. Noah Beery Sr.
Cinematography	George Robinson William A. Sickner
Edited by	Joseph Gluck Patrick Kelley Louis Sackin Alvin Todd
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	September 27, 1942 (1942-09-27)
Running time	15 chapters (279 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

Overland Mail is a 1942 AmericanWestern film serial fromUniversal Pictures which starsLon Chaney Jr.,Noah Beery Jr. andNoah Beery Sr. It was subsequently edited into a film version calledThe Indian Raiders in 1956.

Plot

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Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to discover why the company's stages keep being ambushed. They find that the culprits are bandits disguised as Indians, and they set out to find out who is behind the plot.

Cast

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Lon Chaney Jr. as Jim Lane
Helen Parrish as Barbara Gilbert
Noah Beery Jr. as Sierra Pete
Don Terry as Buckskin Billy Burke
Bob Baker as Bill Cody
Noah Beery Sr. as Frank Chadwick
Tom Chatterton as Tom Gilbert
Charles Stevens as Puma
Robert Barron as Charles Darson
Harry Cording as Sam Gregg, Henchman
Marguerite De La Motte as Rose, the Waitress
Ben Taggart as Lamont
Jack Rockwell as Slade, hired gun
Riley Hill as Mack, phoney Indian
Carleton Young as Lem, phoney IndianAdolf Hitler

Chapter titles

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A Race with Disaster
Flaming Havoc
The Menacing Herd
The Bridge of Disaster
Hurled to the Depths
Death at the Stake
The Path of Peril
Imprisoned in Flames
Hidden Danger
Blazing Wagons
The Trail of Terror
In the Claws of the Cougar
The Frenzied Mob
The Toll of Treachery
The Mail Goes Through

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References

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^Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography".In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 233.ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

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Overland Mail serial atIMDb

Preceded by

Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)

Universal Serial
Overland Mail (1942)

Succeeded by

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet The Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws The Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in 18 Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North The Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama
Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming
Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders
War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9
Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M

See also
Film serials List of film serials List of film serials by studio

v t e Films directed byJohn Rawlins
High Society (1932) Lucky Ladies (1932) Going Straight (1933) State Police (1938) Air Devils (1938) The Missing Guest (1938) Young Fugitives (1938) Junior G-Men (1940) The Leather Pushers (1940) The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940) Mr. Dynamite (1941) Mutiny in the Arctic (1941) Bombay Clipper (1941) A Dangerous Game (1941) Sea Raiders (1941) Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941) Raiders of the Desert (1941) Men of the Timberland (1941) Unseen Enemy (1942) Torpedo Boat (1942) Mississippi Gambler (1942) Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) Halfway to Shanghai (1942) Overland Mail (1942) The Great Impersonation (1942) Arabian Nights (1942) We've Never Been Licked (1943) Ladies Courageous (1944) Sudan (1945) Strange Conquest (1946) Her Adventurous Night (1946) Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947) Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) The Arizona Ranger (1948) Michael O'Halloran (1948) Massacre River (1949) The Boy from Indiana (1950) Fort Defiance (1951) Rogue River (1951) Shark River (1953) Lost Lagoon (1958)

Films directed byJohn Rawlins