Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Directed by Ray Enright
Produced by Bryan Foy
Edmund Grainger
Written by Charles Grayson
Paul Gerard Smith
Raymond L. Schrock
Starring Constance Bennett
Bruce Cabot
Warren William
Betty Brewer
Music by Howard Jackson
Heinz Roemheld (uncredited)
Cinematography Ted D. McCord
Edited by Clarence Kolster
Production
company
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.[1] Cabot is one of a number of actors to have played Wild Bill Hickock 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.

Main cast

References

  1. ↑ Kellow p.49-50

Bibliography

  • Kellow, Brian. The Bennetts: An Acting Family. University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
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