Pioneers of the Frontier

Pioneers of the Frontier

58 mins | Western | Feb. 14, 1940

The second of Columbia Pictures' four "Wild Bill Saunders" westerns, Pioneers of the Frontier features William Elliott as the title character who discovers that his uncle Mort (Lafe McKee) has been murdered by an unscrupulous ranch foreman, Matt Brawley (Dick Curtis). But before he can right Brawley's wrongs, Wild Bill is arrested for a murder he didn't commit. Sidekick Cannonball Sims (Dub Taylor) and disgruntled girl rancher Joan Darcy (Dorothy Comingore) plot to break Wild Bill out of jail but Brawley is wise to their plan.

Pioneers of the Frontier

58 mins | Western | Feb. 14, 1940

Pioneers of the Frontier
The second of Columbia Pictures' four "Wild Bill Saunders" westerns, Pioneers of the Frontier features William Elliott as the title character who discovers that his uncle Mort (Lafe McKee) has been murdered by an unscrupulous ranch foreman, Matt Brawley (Dick Curtis). But before he can right Brawley's wrongs, Wild Bill is arrested for a murder he didn't commit. Sidekick Cannonball Sims (Dub Taylor) and disgruntled girl rancher Joan Darcy (Dorothy Comingore) plot to break Wild Bill out of jail but Brawley is wise to their plan.
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Pioneers of the Frontier
Directors Sam Nelson, Milton Carter
Writers Fred Myton

Cast

Bill Elliott

as Wild Bill Saunders

Dub Taylor

as Cannonball Simms

Dorothy Comingore

as Joan Darcey (as Linda Winters)

Dick Curtis

as Matt Brawley

Stanley Brown

as Henchman Dave

Richard Fiske

as Henchman Bart

Carl Stockdale

as Jim Darcey

Lafe McKee

as Mort Saunders

Ralph McCullough

as Lem Watkins

Al Bridge

as Marshal Larsen