Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 film by Ray Enright
- January 31, 1942 (1942-01-31)
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides is a 1942 American western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot and Warren William.[1] Bennett was paid $10,000 for her appearance, a significant drop from what she had recently been earning.[2] Cabot is one of a number of actors to have played Wild Bill Hickok on screen.
Plot
After her Chicago gambling hall burns down in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Belle Andrews accepts an offer from an ambitious businessmen Harry Farrel to accompany him to Powder River, Montana to open a new casino. However, once there, she becomes disgusted by his criminal activities and joins forces with Wild Bill Hickok to thwart his plans.
Cast
- Constance Bennett as Belle Andrews
- Bruce Cabot as Wild Bill Hickok
- Warren William as Harry Farrel
- Betty Brewer as Jane 'Janey' Nolan
- Walter Catlett as Sylvester W. Twigg
- Ward Bond as Sheriff Edmunds
- Howard Da Silva as Ringo - the Prosecutor
- Frank Wilcox as Jim Martin - Ned's Lawyer
- Faye Emerson as Peg - Chorus Girl
- Lucia Carroll as Flora - Chorus Girl
- Julie Bishop as Violet - Chorus Girl
- Russell Simpson as Edward 'Ned' Nolan
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Judge Henry Hathaway
- Lillian Yarbo as Daisy - Belle's Maid
- Cliff Clark as Vic Kersey
- Trevor Bardette as Sam Bass
- Elliott Sullivan as Bart Hanna
- Dick Botiller as Sager
- Ray Teal as Beadle
- Lillian Yarbo as Daisy, Belle's Maid
References
Bibliography
- Kellow, Brian. The Bennetts: An Acting Family. University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
- Rainey, Buck. Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen and Outlaws. McFarland, 2015.
External links
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides at IMDb
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Films directed by Ray Enright
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- Jaws of Steel (1927)
- The Girl from Chicago (1927)
- Land of the Silver Fox (1928)
- The Little Wildcat (1928)
- Domestic Troubles (1928)
- Stolen Kisses (1929)
- Skin Deep (1929)
- Song of the West (1930)
- Golden Dawn (1930)
- Dancing Sweeties (1930)
- Scarlet Pages (1930)
- Play Girl (1932)
- The Tenderfoot (1932)
- Blondie Johnson (1933)
- Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
- The Silk Express (1933)
- Havana Widows (1933)
- I've Got Your Number (1934)
- Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
- The Circus Clown (1934)
- Dames (1934)
- The St. Louis Kid (1934)
- While the Patient Slept (1935)
- Traveling Saleslady (1935)
- Alibi Ike (1935)
- We're in the Money (1935)
- Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
- Snowed Under (1935)
- Earthworm Tractors (1936)
- China Clipper (1936)
- Sing Me a Love Song (1937)
- Ready, Willing, and Able (1937)
- Slim (1937)
- The Singing Marine (1937)
- Back in Circulation (1937)
- Swing Your Lady (1938)
- Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
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- Going Places (1938)
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- Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
- Teddy, the Rough Rider (1940)
- An Angel from Texas (1940)
- River's End (1940)
- The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
- Thieves Fall Out (1941)
- Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
- Law of the Tropics (1941)
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- Men of Texas (1942)
- Sin Town (1942)
- Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
- The Iron Major (1943)
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- China Sky (1945)
- Man Alive (1945)
- One Way to Love (1946)
- Trail Street (1947)
- Albuquerque (1948)
- Coroner Creek (1948)
- Return of the Bad Men (1948)
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