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Hands Across the Rockies

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Hands Across the Rockies
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLambert Hillyer
Screenplay byPaul Franklin
Story byA Gunsmoke Case for Major Cain
by Norbert Davis
Produced byLeon Barsha
StarringWild Bill Elliott
Dub Taylor
Kenneth MacDonald
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Edited byMel Thorsen
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 19, 1941 (1941-06-19)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hands Across the Rockies is a 1941 American western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Dub Taylor and Kenneth MacDonald.[1][2][3] It is the sixth in Columbia Pictures' series of 12 "Wild Bill Hickok" films, followed by King of Dodge City.[4]

Plot

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Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott) and Cannonball (Dub Taylor) help two young people in love (Mary Daily and Stanley Brown) and bring the murderer (Kenneth MacDonald) of Cannonball's father to justice.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Hands Across the Rockies (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  2. ^ Jeaniff Dorset. "Hands Across the Rockies (1941) - Lambert Hillyer". AllMovie. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Hands Across the Rockies". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  4. ^ Blottner, Gene (2011). "Wild Bill Hickok". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.
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