Young Bill Hickok

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Movie - Young Bill Hickok

Year: 1940
Rated: NR
Parental Rating: Acceptable for children
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 59
Format: Black & White
Genre(s): Biography; Western
Production: Republic
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Western history a la Roy Rogers. He plays the famed gunslinger in a wholly fictionalized story, complete with cowboy songs, that bears absolutely no resemblance to the actual Bill Hickok. Just after the Civil War, Taliaferro and Blue lead a guerrilla band that is plotting with foreign agent Miljan to build a mighty and evil empire in the American Southwest. Rogers defeats them in the usual style with Payne (as another maltreated historical figure, "Calamity Jane") giving some assistance. A routine, efficiently told Western with the usual chases, fighting, and musical interludes. leave a comment

Cast

Roy Rogers: Bill Hickok

Charlie Abrahams: "Gabby"

Sally Payne: Calamity Jane

Monte Blue: Marshal Evans

Hal Taliaferro: Morrell

Ethel Wales: Mrs. Stout

Monte Montague: Majors