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RUNTIME
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Tight 55-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Taming of the West
"THE LAW REACHED ONLY AS FAR AS HIS GUNS COULD SHOOT!"
1939 0h 55m EN
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MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
WesternAdventureAction
Synopsis
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When the marshal of the lawless town of Prairie Port is shot while trying to break up a saloon brawl, Wild Bill Saunders, a newcomer to town, rides in pursuit of Turkey, the marshal's assailant.
“THE LAW REACHED ONLY AS FAR AS HIS GUNS COULD SHOOT!”
Cast
Bill Elliott
Wild Bill Saunders
Iris Meredith
Pepper Jenkins
Dick Curtis
Rawhide
Dub Taylor
Cannonball
James Craig
Handy Clem
Stanley Brown
Slim
Ethan Allen
Judge Bailey
Kenneth MacDonald
Carp Blaisdale
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Norman Deming
- Writers
- Robert Lee Johnson, Robert Lee Johnson, Charles F. Royal
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Fun facts 🍿
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ERA
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87 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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CINEMA
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Part of the "Wild Bill Saunders Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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ERA
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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CAST
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Bill Elliott and Iris Meredith and Dick Curtis carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "THE LAW REACHED ONLY AS FAR AS HIS GUNS COULD SHOOT!".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0032006 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Norman Deming directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 55-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 287 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Part of the "Wild Bill Saunders Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Bill Elliott and Iris Meredith and Dick Curtis carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "THE LAW REACHED ONLY AS FAR AS HIS GUNS COULD SHOOT!".
- 7IMDB entry: tt0032006 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 55 min · 0h 55m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Part of
Wild Bill Saunders Collection
Columbia Pictures’ four “Wild Bill Saunders” westerns.
Also by
Norman Deming
Production companies
Who made it
Columbia Pictures
US
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1939-12-07
Also known as
International titles
- The Taming of the WestUS
