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1942 film by Ray Enright

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Directed by	Ray Enright
Written by	Charles Grayson Paul Gerard Smith Raymond L. Schrock
Produced by	Bryan Foy Edmund Grainger
Starring	Constance Bennett Bruce Cabot Warren William Betty Brewer
Cinematography	Ted D. McCord
Edited by	Clarence Kolster
Music by	Howard Jackson Heinz Roemheld
Production company	Warner Brothers
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date	January 31, 1942 (1942-01-31)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Wild Bill Hickok Rides is a 1942 American western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot and Warren William. Bennett was paid $10,000 for her appearance, a significant drop from what she had recently been earning. 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

Rainey p.199
Kellow p.49-50

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

v t e Films directed by Ray Enright
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Films directed by Ray Enright

Tracked by the Police (1927)
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)
Hard to Get (1938)
Going Places (1938)
The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
On Your Toes (1939)
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)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
The Spoilers (1942)
Men of Texas (1942)
Sin Town (1942)
Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
The Iron Major (1943)
Gung Ho! (1943)
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)
South of St. Louis (1949)
Montana (1950)
Kansas Raiders (1950)
Flaming Feather (1952)
The Man from Cairo (1953)

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