Hands Across the Rockies

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Hands Across the Rockies
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Screenplay byPaul Franklin
Story byA Gunsmoke Case for Major Cain
by Norbert Davis
Produced by Leon Barsha
Starring Wild Bill Elliott
Dub Taylor
Kenneth MacDonald
Cinematography Benjamin H. Kline
Edited byMel Thorsen
Color process Black 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]

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Plot

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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