Roaring Frontiers

Roaring Frontiers

Bad news for Bandits...but good news for all lovers of rhythm and thrills!

NR 1941 · 58 min · ★ 8.0 · Western

U.S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok arrives in Goldfield to arrest Tex Martin, who has been accused of murdering the sheriff. "Hawk" Hammond, the man behind the sheriff's killing, sends his legions of henchmen to lynch Tex before the trail. Wild Bill and Tex escape to a stagecoach rest station run by Reba Bailey. There is a showdown battle at Hammond's saloon but not before Tex gets to sing two songs followed by a third one after the battle.

Directed by Lambert Hillyer · Written by Robert Lee Johnson

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