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    Prairie Schooners

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    This article is about a film. For the covered wagon, see Prairie schooner.

    Prairie Schooners
    Theatrical poster for the film
    Directed bySam Nelson
    Screenplay byRobert Lee Johnson,
    Fred Myton
    Produced byLeon Barsha
    StarringBill Elliott
    Evelyn Young
    Dub Taylor
    CinematographyGeorge Meehan
    Edited byAl Clark
    Production
    company
    Columbia Pictures
    Release date
    • September 30, 1940 (1940-09-30) (US)[1]
    Running time
    		58 minutes
    CountryUnited States
    LanguageEnglish

    Prairie Schooners is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson, and stars Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn Young, and Dub Taylor. It is the first in Columbia Pictures' series of 12 "Wild Bill Hickok" films, followed by Beyond the Sacramento.[2]

    Plot

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    Cast

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    • Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Hickok
    • Evelyn Young as Virginia Benton[3]
    • Dub Taylor as Cannonball
    • Kenneth Harlan as Dalton Stull
    • Ray Teal as Wolf Tanner
    • Bob Burns as Jim Gibbs
    • Netta Packer as Cora Gibbs
    • Richard Fiske as Adams
    • Edmund Cobb as Rusty
    • Jim Thorpe as Chief Sanche

    Film series

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    Prairie Schooners is the first film in Columbia's series of 12 "Wild Bill Hickok" movies. They include:[4]

    1. Prairie Schooners (Sept 1940)
    2. Beyond the Sacramento (Nov 1940)
    3. The Wildcat of Tucson (Dec 1940)
    4. Across the Sierras (Feb 1941)
    5. North from the Lone Star (March 1941)
    6. Hands Across the Rockies (June 1941)
    7. King of Dodge City (Aug 1941)
    8. Roaring Frontiers (Oct 1941)
    9. The Lone Star Vigilantes (Jan 1942)
    10. Bullets for Bandits (Feb 1942)
    11. The Devil's Trail (May 1942)
    12. Prairie Gunsmoke (July 1942)

    References

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    1. ^ "Prairie Schooners: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
    2. ^ Blottner, Gene (2011). "Wild Bill Hickok". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.
    3. ^ "Prairie Schooners (1940) - Sam Nelson | Review | AllMovie".
    4. ^ Blottner, Gene (2011). "Wild Bill Hickok". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.
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