Prairie Schooners

1940 film by Sam Nelson

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

Prairie Schooners

Theatrical poster for the film

Directed by| Sam Nelson
Screenplay by| Robert Lee Johnson,
Fred Myton
Produced by| Leon Barsha
Starring| Bill Elliott
Evelyn Young
Dub Taylor
Cinematography| George Meehan
Edited by| Al Clark

Production
company

Columbia Pictures

Release date

* September 30, 1940 (1940-09-30) (US)[1]

Running time

| 58 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

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.

## External links

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* Prairie Schooners at IMDb
* Prairie Schooners at the TCM Movie Database
* Prairie Schooners at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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Films directed by Sam Nelson

* Outlaws of the Prairie (1937)
* Cattle Raiders (1938)
* Law of the Plains (1938)
* Rio Grande (1938)
* The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)
* South of Arizona (1938)
* The Colorado Trail (1938)
* West of Cheyenne (1938)
* West of the Santa Fe (1938)
* Western Caravans (1939)
* Texas Stampede (1939)
* North of the Yukon (1939)
* The Thundering West (1939)
* Mandrake the Magician (1939)
* The Stranger from Texas (1939)
* Konga, the Wild Stallion (1939)
* The Man from Sundown (1939)
* Overland with Kit Carson (1939)
* Parents on Trial (1939)
* Pioneers of the Frontier (1940)
* Prairie Schooners (1940)
* Bullets for Rustlers (1940)
* Outlaws of the Panhandle (1941)
* The Avenging Rider (1943)
* Sagebrush Law (1943)

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