Wagons Westward | |
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Directed by | Lew Landers |
Screenplay by | Joseph Moncure March Harrison Jacobs |
Produced by | Armand Schaefer |
Starring | Chester Morris Anita Louise Buck Jones Ona Munson George "Gabby" Hayes Guinn "Big Boy" Williams |
Cinematography | Ernest Miller |
Edited by | Ernest J. Nims Murray Seldeen |
Music by | William Lava |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Wagons Westward is a 1940 American Western film directed by Lew Landers, written by Joseph Moncure March and Harrison Jacobs and starring Chester Morris, Anita Louise, Buck Jones, Ona Munson, George "Gabby" Hayes and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. It was released on June 19, 1940 by Republic Pictures. [1] [2] [3]
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