Bill Hickok, assisted by Calamity Jane, is after a foreign agent and his guerrilla band who are trying to take over some western territory just as the Civil War is coming to a close.
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| Roy Rogers | ... | Bill Hickok | |
| George 'Gabby' Hayes | ... | Gabby Whitaker | |
| Julie Bishop | ... | Louise Mason (as Jacqueline Wells) | |
| John Miljan | ... | Nicholas Tower | |
| Sally Payne | ... | Miss Calamity Jane Canary | |
| Archie Twitchell | ... | Phillip | |
| Monte Blue | ... | Marshal Evans | |
| Hal Taliaferro | ... | Morrell | |
| Ethel Wales | ... | Mrs. Stout | |
| Jack Ingram | ... | Henchman Red Burke | |
| Monte Montague | ... | Charlie Majors | |
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Bill Hickok in his early pre-gunslinger years as a freight-line agent protecting a gold shipment from villains out to steal gold and land out west while America is diverted by the Civil War back east. With the help of Calamity Jane and her horse-trader uncle, Hickok battles the bad guys while trying to win the love of his life, Louise, in a formulaic B western adventure with songs. Written by Dale Roloff
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cowboy in tight pants | cowboy horse relationship | older cowboy younger cowboy relationship | wild bill hickok | calamity jane |Taglines:
BILL HICKOK...PATHFINDER...PLAINSMAN...PIONEER...reliving America's most colorful days!Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 October 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Aconteceu em Cheyenne See more »Company Credits
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Runtime:
(original) | (edited)Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Written by Milo Sweet and Nat Vincent
Played on guitar and sung by Roy Rogers
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The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film. See more »Quotes
'Gabby' Whitaker: This here be the first high-class entertainment seen in these parts since them actor folks put on Shakespeare's omelet.See more »
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A Cowboy Wedding(uncredited)
Written by Milo Sweet and Nat Vincent
Played on guitar and sung by Roy Rogers
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Roy Rogers stars as "Young Bill Hickok", saving California and its gold from wicked invaders like John Miljan (as Nicholas Tower) against a Civil War back-story with references to Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth. This time George "Gabby" Hayes brings along his niece, none other than Calamity Jane (well played by Sally Payne) to assist Mr. Rogers. It's an interesting team-up concept, however unlikely.
The film's highlight is its posse / stagecoach chase scene, near the film's end. Rogers and Yakima Canutt -- I assume the stuntman is the stunning Mr. Canutt -- perform well in an exciting man-under-the-stage sequence. That sequence followed one of the typical Rogers songs. Otherwise, this is nothing more than a fair Rogers western.
*** Young Bill Hickok (1940) Joseph Kane ~ Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Sally Payne