Hands Across the Rockies
| Hands Across the Rockies | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
| Screenplay by | Paul Franklin |
| Story by | A Gunsmoke Case for Major Cain by Norbert Davis |
| Produced by | Leon Barsha |
| Starring | Wild Bill Elliott Dub Taylor Kenneth MacDonald |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Edited by | Mel Thorsen |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hands Across the Rockies is a 1941 American western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Dub Taylor and Kenneth MacDonald.[1][2][3] It is the sixth in Columbia Pictures' series of 12 "Wild Bill Hickok" films, followed by King of Dodge City.[4]
Plot
[edit]Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott) and Cannonball (Dub Taylor) help two young people in love (Mary Daily and Stanley Brown) and bring the murderer (Kenneth MacDonald) of Cannonball's father to justice.
Cast
[edit]- Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Hickok
- Mary Daily as Marsha Crawley
- Dub Taylor as Cannonball Taylor
- Kenneth MacDonald as Juneau Jessup
- Frank LaRue as Rufe Crawley
- Donald Curtis as Dade Crawley
- Tom Moray as Hi Crawley
- Stanley Brown as Johnny Peale
- Slim Whitaker as Marshal Bemis
- Harrison Greene as Abel Finney
- Art Mix as Red - Henchman
- Eddy Waller as Judge Plunkett
- Hugh Prosser as Cash Jennings
References
[edit]- ^ "Hands Across the Rockies (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ Jeaniff Dorset. "Hands Across the Rockies (1941) - Lambert Hillyer". AllMovie. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Hands Across the Rockies". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ Blottner, Gene (2011). "Wild Bill Hickok". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.