Wild Bill Hickok Rides

1942
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1h 22m

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Bruce Cabot in Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)

In 1870s Montana, Wild Bill Hickok fights against injustices brought upon the settlers by a crooked land-developer aided by a dishonest sheriff and illegal land-grabbers.In 1870s Montana, Wild Bill Hickok fights against injustices brought upon the settlers by a crooked land-developer aided by a dishonest sheriff and illegal land-grabbers.In 1870s Montana, Wild Bill Hickok fights against injustices brought upon the settlers by a crooked land-developer aided by a dishonest sheriff and illegal land-grabbers.

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6.2/10

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Trivia
'Wild Bill' Hickok's (1837-1876) well-deserved reputation as a gunfighter was established in an interview with Colonel George Ward Nichols published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine in 1867. Hickok was a good shot and probably killed at least seven men. He was a frontier scout in the Union army during the Civil War and after the war, he became a marshal in Hays City, KS and then in Abilene, KS. He appeared in a play with Buffalo Bill Cody in 1873, and in 1876, Hickok was shot in the back by Jack McCall during a poker game in Deadwood, Dakota Territory.

Goofs
Ray Teal is credited onscreen as "Beadle", but when he is sworn in as a witness, his name is "Jack Handley". Similarly, Dick Botiller is credited as "Sager" but is called "Mr. Knox", and Elliott Sullivan is credited as "Bart Hanna" but is called "Mr. Harris".

Quotes
Daisy - Belle's Maid: Fallin' in love without heartache is just like trying to eat crackers without leaving a crumb.

Soundtracks
The Lady Got a Shady Deal
(1942) (uncredited)
Music by M.K. Jerome
Lyrics by Charles Newman
Sung by Constance Bennett and chorus in the casino
Reprised by Jane Jones, Jack 'Tiny' Lipson, Bud Jamison and chorus in the casino

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6/10

Decent Saturday afternoon ride

"What are you gonna do, Miss Andrews?" "Anybody I can."

Woah. How did that get past the Hays Office.

I had to stick around after hearing that line.

Turns out it's a Blazing Saddles inspiration. Warren William schemes for land rights that will make him rich, just like Harvey Korman's Hedley Lamarr. Bruce Cabot plays the name-brand sureshot Wild Bill Hick0k, a sober versionn of Gene Wilder's Waco Kid. Bennett plays the English-speaking version of Madeline Kahn's Lili Von Schtupp, complete with cabaret act and instructions to ''seduce and abandon the sheriff of Rock Ridge," so to speak.

So mix land sn@tch in with some call girls, train robbers, and a thrilling horse-and-buggy chase and you've got a decent way to waste a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon.

Actually surprised it hasn't cropped up on TV more often. If Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan or Alexis Smith were the leads thisthing would be in heavy rotation.