Prairie Schooners

For prairie schooners, see covered wagon.

Prairie Schooners is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson, and stars Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn Young, and Dub Taylor. It is the first in Columbia Pictures' series of 12 "Wild Bill Hickok" films, followed by Beyond the Sacramento.^[2]

Prairie Schooners
Theatrical poster for the film
Directed by	Sam Nelson
Screenplay by	Robert Lee Johnson, Fred Myton
Produced by	Leon Barsha
Starring	Bill Elliott Evelyn Young Dub Taylor
Cinematography	George Meehan
Edited by	Al Clark
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Release date	September 30, 1940 (1940-09-30) (US)[1]
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Cast

• Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Hickok
• Evelyn Young as Virginia Benton^[3]
• Dub Taylor as Cannonball
• Kenneth Harlan as Dalton Stull
• Ray Teal as Wolf Tanner
• Bob Burns as Jim Gibbs
• Netta Packer as Cora Gibbs
• Richard Fiske as Adams
• Edmund Cobb as Rusty
• Jim Thorpe as Chief Sanche

Film series

Prairie Schooners is the first film in Columbia's series of 12 "Wild Bill Hickok" movies. They include:^[4]

1. Prairie Schooners (Sept 1940)
2. Beyond the Sacramento (Nov 1940)
3. The Wildcat of Tucson (Dec 1940)
4. Across the Sierras (Feb 1941)
5. North from the Lone Star (March 1941)
6. Hands Across the Rockies (June 1941)
7. King of Dodge City (Aug 1941)
8. Roaring Frontiers (Oct 1941)
9. The Lone Star Vigilantes (Jan 1942)
10. Bullets for Bandits (Feb 1942)
11. The Devil's Trail (May 1942)
12. Prairie Gunsmoke (July 1942)

References

1. "Prairie Schooners: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
2. Blottner, Gene (2011). "Wild Bill Hickok". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.
3. "Prairie Schooners (1940) - Sam Nelson | Review | AllMovie".
4. Blottner, Gene (2011). "Wild Bill Hickok". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.

External links

• Prairie Schooners at IMDb
• Prairie Schooners at the TCM Movie Database
• Prairie Schooners at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films