The Covered Wagon (1923) | Directed by James Cruze - Full Movie

Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon. On their quest the pilgrims will experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and indian attack. To complicate matters further, a love triangle develops, as pretty Molly must chose between Sam, a brute, and Will, the dashing captain of the other caravan. Can Will overcome the skeleton in his closet and win Molly's heart?

The Covered Wagon is a 1923 American silent Western film released by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Cruze based on a 1922 novel of the same name by Emerson Hough about a group of pioneers traveling through the old West from Kansas to Oregon. J. Warren Kerrigan starred as Will Banion and Lois Wilson as Molly Wingate. On their quest they experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and Indian attack.

The Covered Wagon is one of many films from 1923 that entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2019.

Directed by: James Cruze
Written by: Jack Cunningham (adaptation)
Based on: The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
Produced by: Jesse L. Lasky
Starring: J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson
Cinematography: Karl Brown
Edited by: Dorothy Arzner
Music by: Josiah Zuro, Hugo Riesenfeld
Production company: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release date: March 16, 1923
Running time: 98 minutes
Country: United States
Language: Silent (English intertitles)
Budget: $782,000
Box office: $3.5 million