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User Rating:
5.9/10   61 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Frank Gruber (novel)
Harold Shumate (screenplay)
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Release Date:
10 September 1943 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
AN EPIC OF THE BOISTEROUS, BRAWLING OLD WEST! (original poster) more
Plot:
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Brisk Grade B western with a twist. more (4 total)

Cast

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Richard Dix ... John Bonniwell
Jane Wyatt ... Eleanor Sager
Albert Dekker ... Steve Barat
Eugene Pallette ... Tom Waggoner
Victor Jory ... Jeff Barat
Robert Armstrong ... Malachy
Beryl Wallace ... Soubrette
Clem Bevans ... Clem, the Bridge Tender
Hobart Cavanaugh ... Mayor Josh Hudkins
Francis McDonald ... Gil Hatton
Willie Best ... Bones
Douglas Fowley ... Ben Nash
Rod Cameron ... Kelso, Cowhand
Eddy Waller ... Ed Gilbert, Newspaper Editor
Ray Bennett ... Messenger (as Raphael Bennett)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Wagon Wheels (UK)
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Runtime:
79 min
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Language:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Fun Stuff

Soundtrack:
LULLABY OF THE HERD more

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Brisk Grade B western with a twist., 29 January 2001
4/10

This is a small grade film with a twist. A marshall turns on the corrupt town officials who appointed him to office. He spends the rest of the film battling both them and the usual outlaws. Richard Dix is fine in a role that is made for him. Jane Wyatt provides the love interest. Victor Jory as the suave but all too human villain is also memorable. This received an Oscar nom for Original Score - probably not deserving.

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