Hands Across the Rockies explained

Hands Across the Rockies
Director:	Lambert Hillyer
Producer:	Leon Barsha
Screenplay:	Paul Franklin
Starring:	Wild Bill Elliott Dub Taylor Kenneth MacDonald
Cinematography:	Benjamin H. Kline
Editing:	Mel Thorsen
Color Process:	Black and white
Studio:	Columbia Pictures
Distributor:	Columbia Pictures
Runtime:	56 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Hands Across the Rockies is a 1941 American western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Dub Taylor and Kenneth MacDonald.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is the sixth in Columbia Pictures' series of 12 "Wild Bill Hickok" films, followed by King of Dodge City.^[4]

Plot

Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott) and Cannonball (Dub Taylor) help two young people in love (Mary Daily and Stanley Brown) and bring the murderer (Kenneth MacDonald) of Cannonball's father to justice.

Cast

• Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Hickok
• Mary Daily as Marsha Crawley
• Dub Taylor as Cannonball Taylor
• Kenneth MacDonald as Juneau Jessup
• Frank LaRue as Rufe Crawley
• Donald Curtis as Dade Crawley
• Tom Moray as Hi Crawley
• Stanley Brown as Johnny Peale
• Slim Whitaker as Marshal Bemis
• Harrison Greene as Abel Finney
• Art Mix as Red - Henchman
• Eddy Waller as Judge Plunkett
• Hugh Prosser as Cash Jennings

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hands Across the Rockies (1941) - Overview . TCM.com . 2019-03-01.
2. Web site: Jeaniff Dorset . Hands Across the Rockies (1941) - Lambert Hillyer . AllMovie . 2019-03-01.
3. Web site: Hands Across the Rockies . Catalog.afi.com . 2019-03-01.
4. Book: Blottner . Gene . Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years . 2011 . McFarland . 9780786486724 . Wild Bill Hickok .