Prairie Schooners

Prairie Schooners

1940 · 58 min · ★ 8.0 · Western

Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott) leads a wagon train of settlers from Kansas to Colorado. Along the way, they cross a group of Indians who don't want any more settlers on their land.

Directed by Sam Nelson · Written by Fred Myton

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Bill Elliott 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Evelyn Young Virginia Benton
Dub Taylor Cannonball
Kenneth Harlan Dalton Stull
Ray Teal Wolf Tanner
Bob Burns Jim Gibbs
Netta Packer Cora Gibbs
Richard Fiske Adams
Edmund Cobb Blacksmith Rusty
Jim Thorpe Chief Sanche

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