''Wild Bill Hickok Rides'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by

Ray Enright Ray Enright (March 25, 1896 – April 3, 1965) was an American film director. He directed 73 films between 1927–53, many of them for Warner Bros. He oversaw comedy films like Joe E. Brown vehicles, five of the six informal pairings of Joa ...

and starring Constance Bennett,

Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot (born Étienne de Pelissier Bujac Jr.; April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll in ''King Kong'' (1933) and for his roles in films such as ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1936), Fri ...

and Warren William. Bennett was paid $10,000 for her appearance, a significant drop from what she had recently been earning.Kellow p.49-50 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 Powder River may refer to: Places * Powder River (Wyoming and Montana), in Wyoming and Montana in the United States * Powder River Country, the area around the above river * Powder River (Oregon), in Oregon in the United States * Powder River Ba ...

, 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

* Constance Bennett as Belle Andrews *

as Wild Bill Hickok * Warren William as Harry Farrel * Betty Brewer as Jane 'Janey' Nolan * Walter Catlett as Sylvester W. Twigg *

Ward Bond Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series ''Wagon Train'' from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Ber ...

as Sheriff Edmunds *

Howard Da Silva Howard Da Silva (born Howard Silverblatt, May 4, 1909 – February 16, 1986) was an American actor, director and musical performer on stage, film, television and radio. He was cast in dozens of productions on the New York stage, appeared in mo ...

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 Cliff Clark (June 10, 1889 – February 8, 1953) was an American actor. He entered the film business in 1937 after a substantial stage career and appeared in over 200 Hollywood films. In the last years of his life, he also played in a numb ...

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

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1942 films American Western (genre) films American historical films 1942 Western (genre) films 1940s historical films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Ray Enright Warner Bros. films Films set in the 1870s Films set in Chicago Films set in Montana Films scored by Heinz Roemheld American black-and-white films Cultural depictions of Wild Bill Hickok 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub