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Cast
Bill Elliott
as 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Tex Ritter
as Tex Martin
Frank Mitchell
as Cannonball Q. Boggs
Virginia Carpenter
as Sherry Monroe
Luana Walters
as Marcia Banning
Budd Buster
as Colonel Sam Monroe
Forrest Taylor
as Dr. Mark Banning
Gavin Gordon
as Major Halland Clark, aka Keller
Lowell Drew
as Peabody
Edmund Cobb
as Sergeant Charley Cobb
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1942
Runtime0h 58m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresWestern
Votes1
DirectorWallace Fox
WritersLuci Ward
TypeFeature Film
Rating8.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe Lone Star Vigilantes
About The Lone Star Vigilantes
It's Wild Bill Elliot as Wild Bill Hickok in the Columbia B-western Lone Star Vigilantes. Returning from Civil War duty, Hickok, Tex Martin and Cannonball find that their Texas home town is under the rule of Colonel Monroe, a bush-league dictator with his own police force. In true Hitlerian fashion, Monroe extorts huge sums of money from the populace, terrorizing them into silence. Our three heroes set about to put an end to Monroe's regime, with time out for Tex Ritter's musical interludes.
Directed by Wallace Fox, The Lone Star Vigilantes leans on a strong ensemble — Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Frank Mitchell — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about western titles of 1942.
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