Wild Bill Hickok Rides is a 1942 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot and Warren William.Rainey p.199 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, Montana, to open a new casino. However, upon arrival, she becomes disgusted by his criminal activities and joins forces with Wild Bill Hickok to thwart his plans.
Cast Constance Bennett as Belle Andrews Bruce Cabot as Wild Bill Hickok Warren William as Harry Farrel Betty Brewer as Jane 'Janey' Nolan Walter Catlett as Sylvester W. Twigg Ward Bond as Sheriff Edmunds Howard Da Silva 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 as Vic Kersey Trevor Bardette as Sam Bass Elliott Sullivan as Bart Hanna Dick Botiller as Sager Ray Teal as Beadle
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Bibliography Kellow, Brian. The Bennetts: An Acting Family. University Press of Kentucky, 2004. Rainey, Buck. Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen and Outlaws. McFarland, 2015.
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