''Pioneer Days'' is a 1940 American

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directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jack Randall, June Wilkins and

Frank Yaconelli Frank Yaconelli (October 2, 1898 – November 19, 1965) was an Italian-born American film actor. Biography When he was a child his family emigrated to the United States, settling in Boston. Yaconelli was a character actor playing supporting rol ...

.Pitts p.250

Plot

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employed by a stagecoach company investigating a series of hold-ups on the route goes undercover to try and catch the guilty party. He comes to suspect it may be Slater, a man who has cheated the attractive Mary Leeds out of her half-share of a

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Cast

* Jack Randall as Jack Dunham * June Wilkins as Mary Leeds *

as Manuel Gonzales Julian Ramariez *

Nelson McDowell Nelson McDowell (August 14, 1870 – November 3, 1947) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1917 and 1945. McDowell was born in Greenville, Missouri. His parents were N. B. McDowell and Anne Hampton. He attend ...

as Judge Tobias Tarryton * Ted Adams as Slater *

Bud Osborne Leonard Miles "Bud" Osborne (July 20, 1884 – February 2, 1964) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 600 films and television programs between 1912 and 1963. Biography Osborne was born Miles Osborne in Knox County, Texas ...

as Saunders - Henchman * Robert Walker as Trigger - Henchman *

George Chesebro George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * '' M ...

as Roper - Henchman * Glenn Strange as Sheriff *

Jimmy Aubrey Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English actor who worked with both Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, having gone with Fred Karno's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in v ...

as Stagecoach Guard * Lafe McKee as Sam - Express Agent *

Richard Cramer Richard Earl Cramer (July 3, 1889 – August 9, 1960) was an American actor in films from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. Burly, menacing and gravel-voiced, Cramer specialized in villainous roles in many low-budget westerns, but is today ...

as Jim - Bartender *

Victor Adamson Albert Victor Adamson (January 4, 1890 – November 9, 1972) was a New Zealand director, producer, screenwriter, and actor most famous for directing and starring in B and Z grade westerns in the early days of motion pictures. Adamson often ...

as Henchman

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012.

External links

* 1940 films 1940 Western (genre) films 1940s English-language films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Harry S. Webb American black-and-white films Monogram Pictures films 1940s American films {{1940s-western-film-stub