The Return of Wild Bill

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The Return of Wild Bill
The Return of Wild Bill poster.jpg
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Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Screenplay byRobert Lee Johnson
Fred Myton
Story by Walt Coburn
Produced by Leon Barsha
Starring Wild Bill Elliott
Iris Meredith
George Lloyd
Luana Walters
Edward LeSaint
Frank LaRue
Cinematography George Meehan
Edited by Richard Fantl
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 27, 1940 (1940-06-27)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Return of Wild Bill is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Robert Lee Johnson and Fred Myton. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, George Lloyd, Luana Walters, Edward LeSaint and Frank LaRue. The film was released on June 27, 1940, by Columbia Pictures. [1] [2] [3] It is the fourth and last in Columbia Pictures' series of four "Wild Bill Saunders" films, which began with The Taming of the West . [4]

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