Frontier Days (film)

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Frontier Days
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Directed by Robert F. Hill
Written by Norman Springer
Robert F. Hill
Produced byRay Kirkwood
Starring Bill Cody
Ada Ince
Wheeler Oakman
Cinematography Brydon Baker
Edited by S. Roy Luby
Music by Lee Zahler
Production
company
Altmount Pictures
Distributed bySpectrum Pictures
Release date
  • November 15, 1934 (1934-11-15)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Frontier Days is a 1934 American western film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Bill Cody, Ada Ince and Wheeler Oakman. It was produced by independent Poverty Row outfit Altmount Pictures for release as a second feature. [1] Location shooting took place in the Alabama Hills in California.

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Plot

A detective working for Wells Fargo goes undercover as The Pinto Kid to investigate the killings of a series of stagecoach drivers. However this leads to himself being accused of the murder of one of them.

Cast

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References

  1. Pitts p.359

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