The Hallelujah Trail

This book was the basis for the 1965 large-scale western movie staring Burt Lancaster and Lee Remick of the same name. The book and the movie describe the (chaotic) events surrounding the transport of a wagon trainload of liquor. As a teenager, I found the movie hilarious - laugh out loud fun. You'v......more

The Hallelujah Trail is the story of how eighty wagons of whiskey disappeared somewhere between Julesburg and Denver in late November 1867. Journalist Jim Perry, "truthful, impartial, and fair", has written a report and investigated all the parties involved in the journey of the wagon train: owner a......more

One of my favorite films is the delightful parody of the Western genre, THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL. Taking place just after the end of the Civil War, it is the story of a huge wagon train of whiskey and champagne bound for the parched throats of miners in Denver ... and the many interested parties with di......more

This book is hilarious and the movie is worth the watch as well.......more