The Devil's Trail (1942 film)

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The Devil's Trail

Directed by	Lambert Hillyer
Screenplay by	Robert Lee Johnson
Produced by	Leon Barsha
Starring	Wild Bill Elliott Tex Ritter Eileen O'Hearn
Cinematography	George Meehan
Edited by	Charles Nelson
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	May 14, 1942 (1942-05-14)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Devil's Trail is a 1942 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It is the eleventh in Columbia Pictures' series of 12 "Wild Bill" Hickok films.^[5]

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Plot

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Cast

Wild Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Hickok
Tex Ritter as Tex Martin
Eileen O'Hearn as Myra
Frank Mitchell as Cannonball
Noah Beery as Buck McQuade
Ruth Ford as Ella
Joel Friedkin as Dr. Willowby
Joe McGuinn as Jim Randall
Edmund Comb as Sid Howland
Tristram Coffin as Ed Scott

References

↑ "The Devil's Trail (1942)". American Film Institute. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
↑ "'Devil's Trail' With Bill Elliott At Henry's Today". The Daily Mail. 1942-05-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
↑ "Elliott Ritter Co-Starred in 'Devil's Trail'". The Osage Journal and The Osage County News. 1942-08-07. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
↑ "Noah Beery Villian In 'Devil Trail'". The Detroit Tribune. 1942-12-19. p. 8. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
↑ Blottner, Gene (2011). "Wild Bill Hickok". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.

External links

The Devil's Trail at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Lambert Hillyer
1910s	An Even Break (1917) The Narrow Trail (1917) The Mother Instinct (1917) Riddle Gawne (1918) Breed of Men (1919) The Poppy Girl's Husband (1919) The Money Corral (1919) Square Deal Sanderson (1919) Wagon Tracks (1919) John Petticoats (1919)
1920s	The Toll Gate (1920) Sand! (1920) The Cradle of Courage (1920) The Testing Block (1920) O'Malley of the Mounted (1921) The Whistle (1921) White Oak (1921) White Hands (1922) Travelin' On (1922) The Super-Sex (1922) Caught Bluffing (1922) The Altar Stairs (1922) Scars of Jealousy (1923) Temporary Marriage (1923) The Shock (1923) The Spoilers (1923) Mile-a-Minute Romeo (1923) Eyes of the Forest (1923) Those Who Dance (1924) Barbara Frietchie (1924) I Want My Man (1925) The Knockout (1925) The Unguarded Hour (1925) The Making of O'Malley (1925) Her Second Chance (1926) Miss Nobody (1926) 30 Below Zero (1926) The War Horse (1927) Chain Lightning (1927) The Branded Sombrero (1928)
1930s	Beau Bandit (1930) The Deadline (1931) One Man Law (1931) Forbidden Trail (1932) South of the Rio Grande (1932) Hello Trouble (1932) Dangerous Crossroads (1933) The Fighting Code (1933) Before Midnight (1933) Police Car 17 (1933) Unknown Valley (1933) Master of Men (1933) Once to Every Woman (1934) The Man Trailer (1934) Men of the Night (1934) The Most Precious Thing in Life (1934) The Defense Rests (1934) Against the Law (1934) One Is Guilty (1934) Behind the Evidence (1935) In Spite of Danger (1935) Men of the Hour (1935) The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935) Super Speed (1935) The Invisible Ray (1936) Dangerous Waters (1936) Dracula's Daughter (1936) Girls Can Play (1937) Speed to Spare (1937) All American Sweetheart (1937) Gang Bullets (1938) My Old Kentucky Home (1938) Extortion (1938) Women in Prison (1938) Convict's Code (1939) Should a Girl Marry? (1939)
1940s	The Durango Kid (1940) Beyond the Sacramento (1940) North from the Lone Star (1941) The Return of Daniel Boone (1941) Hands Across the Rockies (1941) The Pinto Kid (1941) The Medico of Painted Springs (1941) The Son of Davy Crockett (1941) Thunder Over the Prairie (1941) King of Dodge City (1941) Prairie Stranger (1941) Roaring Frontiers (1941) The Royal Mounted Patrol (1941) The Devil's Trail (1942) North of the Rockies (1942) Prairie Gunsmoke (1942) Vengeance of the West (1942) Fighting Frontier (1943) The Stranger from Pecos (1943) Batman (1943) Six Gun Gospel (1943) The Texas Kid (1943) Smart Guy (1943) Law Men (1944) Ghost Guns (1944) Land of the Outlaws (1944) Partners of the Trail (1944) Range Law (1944) Beyond the Pecos (1945) Stranger from Santa Fe (1945) South of the Rio Grande (1945) The Lost Trail (1945) Frontier Feud (1945) Flame of the West (1945) Border Bandits (1946) Trigger Fingers (1946) Under Arizona Skies (1946) The Gentleman from Texas (1946) Shadows on the Range (1946) Silver Range (1946) Raiders of the South (1947) Valley of Fear (1947) Trailing Danger (1947) Land of the Lawless (1947) The Law Comes to Gunsight (1947) Flashing Guns (1947) Prairie Express (1947) The Hat Box Mystery (1947) Gun Talk (1947) Song of the Drifter (1948) Overland Trails (1948) Oklahoma Blues (1948) Crossed Trails (1948) Partners of the Sunset (1948) Frontier Agent (1948) Range Renegades (1948) The Fighting Ranger (1948) The Sheriff of Medicine Bow (1948) Outlaw Brand (1948) Gun Runner (1949) Gun Law Justice (1949) Trails End (1949) Haunted Trails (1949) Riders of the Dusk (1949) Range Land (1949)

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The Devil's Trail (1942 film)

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Plot

Cast

References

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