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RUNTIME
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Tight 58-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Prairie Schooners
1940 0h 58m EN
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8.0
BANGER
★8.0TMDB · 2
Western
Synopsis
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Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott) leads a wagon train of settlers from Kansas to Colorado. Along the way, they cross a group of Indians who don't want any more settlers on their land.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Bill Elliott
'Wild' Bill Hickok
Evelyn Young
Virginia Benton
Dub Taylor
Cannonball
Kenneth Harlan
Dalton Stull
Ray Teal
Wolf Tanner
Bob Burns
Jim Gibbs
Netta Packer
Cora Gibbs
Richard Fiske
Adams
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Sam Nelson
- Writers
- George Cory Franklin, Fred Myton, Robert Lee Johnson
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Sam Nelson directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 58-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 286 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Bill Elliott and Evelyn Young and Dub Taylor carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0032940 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 58 min · 0h 58m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Sam Nelson
Production companies
Who made it
Columbia Pictures
US
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- colorado
- farmer
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1940-09-29
