''Black Hills Express'' is a 1943 American

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film directed by John English and starring

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Wally Vernon Walter J. Vernon (May 27, 1905 – March 7, 1970) was an American comic and character actor and dancer. Early life Vernon was born in New York City in 1905. He was in show business from the age of three, appearing in vaudeville and stock thea ...

and

Ariel Heath Ariel Heath Dean (January 1, 1922 – July 21, 1973) was an American actress. She is best known for appearing in '' The Leopard Man'' (1943), ''The Black Hills Express'' (1943) and '' Career Girl'' (1944). Heath was born in Lexington, Kent ...

.Martin p.306 The film's

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was by Russell Kimball.

Partial cast

as Lon Walker *

as Deputy Deadeye *

as Gale Southern * George J. Lewis as Henchman Vic Fowler * William Halligan as Marshal Harvey Dorman *

Hooper Atchley Lemuel Hooper Atchley (April 30, 1887 – November 17, 1943) was an American film actor. Atchley was the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Atchley. He was a 1908 graduate of the Knoxville, Tennessee, school system. Atchley's first professional ac ...

as Jason Phelps * Charles Miller as Raymond Harper *

Pierce Lyden Pierce W. Lyden (January 8, 1908 – October 10, 1998) was an American actor best known for his work in television and film Westerns. Early life Lyden was born in a sod house on a ranch near Hildreth, Nebraska on January 8, 1908. The son of a hor ...

as Henchman Carl *

Jack Rockwell Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 1947) was an American film actor who was born in Mexico. He appeared in over 250 movies, mostly Westerns, between 1927 and 1947. Rockwell's older brother was character actor Charles ...

as Sheriff *

Bob Kortman Robert F. Kortman (December 24, 1887 – March 13, 1967) was an American film actor mostly associated with westerns, though he also appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy comedies. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1914 and 1952. ...

as Henchman Dutch * Al Taylor as Henchman Denver aka Stoner

References

Bibliography

* Len D. Martin. ''The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959''. McFarland, 1998.

External links

* 1943 films 1943 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by John English Republic Pictures films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub