Frontier Days (film)
1934 film directed by Robert F. Hill
Frontier Days is a 1934 American western film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Bill Cody, Ada Ince and Wheeler Oakman. It was produced by independent Poverty Row outfit Altmount Pictures for release as a second feature. Location shooting took place in the Alabama Hills in California.
Plot
A detective working for Wells Fargo goes undercover as The Pinto Kid to investigate the killings of a series of stagecoach drivers. However, this leads to himself being accused of the murder of one of them.
Cast
Bill Cody as Bill Maywood - aka The Pinto Kid
Ada Ince as Beth Wilson
Wheeler Oakman as Enry Jethrow
Bill Cody Jr. as Bart Wilson
Franklyn Farnum as George Wilson
Lafe McKee as Hank Wilson
Victor Potel as Deputy Tex Hatch
William Desmond as Sheriff Barnes
Robert McKenzie as Casey
Harry Martell as Deputy Rio
Barney Beasley as Barfly / Deputy
Herman Hack as Townsman
Robert F. Hill as Chief Burrows
Lew Meehan as Deputy
Fred Parker as Doctor
Chico as Chico - Pinto Kid's Horse
References
Bibliography
Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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