Frontier Scout (1938 film)

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Frontier Scout
Directed bySam Newfield
Written byFrances Guihan
Produced byFranklyn Warner
Maurice Conn
StarringSee below
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited byRichard G. Wray
Production
company
Fine Arts Pictures
Distributed byGrand National Pictures
Release date
16 September 1938
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Frontier Scout is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield starring George Houston as Wild Bill Hickok.[1] It was filmed in Kernville, California.

Plot[]

After their daring activities in the War Between the States, former Army scouts and spies Wild Bill Hickock, Whiney Roberts and Steve Norris head West. Norris is losing cattle as are all the other ranchers in the area due to a large group of cattle rustlers who also kill every lawman they can find. Undercover U.S. Marshal Hickok and his sidekick Whiney are sent out to clear up the situation.

Cast[]

  • George Houston as Wild Bill Hickok
  • Al St. John as Whiney Roberts
  • Beth Marion as Mary Ann Norris
  • Stephen Chase as Mort Bennett
  • Dave O'Brien as Steve Norris
  • Jack C. Smith as General Ulysses S. Grant
  • Budd Buster as Jones/the Bookkeeper
  • Walter Byron as Lieutenant Adams
  • Dorothy Fay as Julie
  • Jack Ingram as One-Shot Folsom
  • Minerva Urecal as Helen
  • Kenne Duncan as Crandall
  • Slim Whitaker as Davis
  • Kit Guard as King
  • Carl Mathews as Elliott
  • Joseph W. Girard as Dr. Lawrence
  • Frank LaRue as Mr. Norris
  • Mantan Moreland as the Butler
  • Bill Nestell as a Henchman
  • Jim Thorpe as another Henchman

Notes[]

  1. ^ p. 118 Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d edition McFarland, 13 Dec 2012

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