Prairie Gunsmoke

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Prairie Gunsmoke
Prairie Gunsmoke poster.jpg
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Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Screenplay by Fred Myton
Story by Jack Ganzhorn
Produced by Leon Barsha
Starring Wild Bill Elliott
Tex Ritter
Frank Mitchell
Virginia Carroll
Hal Price
Tris Coffin
Cinematography Benjamin H. Kline
Edited byArt Seid
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 16, 1942 (1942-07-16)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Prairie Gunsmoke is a 1942 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Frank Mitchell, Virginia Carroll, Hal Price and Tris Coffin. The film was released on July 16, 1942, by Columbia Pictures. [1] [2] [3] It is the twelfth and final film in Columbia Pictures' "Wild Bill Hickok" series. [4]

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References

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