Frontier Scout (1938 film)

Frontier Scout
Directed by	Sam Newfield
Written by	Frances Guihan
Produced by	Franklyn Warner Maurice Conn
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by	Richard G. Wray
Production company	Fine Arts Pictures
Distributed by	Grand National Pictures
Release date	16 September 1938 (1938-09-16)
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Frontier Scout is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield starring George Houston as Wild Bill Hickok. It was filmed in Kernville, California.

Plot

After their daring activities in the War Between the States, former Army scouts and spies Wild Bill Hickok, Whiney Roberts and Steve Norris head West. Norris is losing cattle as are all the other ranchers in the area due to a large group of cattle rustlers who also kill every lawman they can find. Undercover U.S. Marshal Hickok and his sidekick Whiney are sent out to clear up the situation.

Cast

• George Houston as Wild Bill Hickok
• Al St. John as Whiney Roberts
• Beth Marion as Mary Ann Norris
• Stephen Chase as Mort Bennett
• Dave O'Brien as Steve Norris
• Jack C. Smith as General Ulysses S. Grant
• Budd Buster as Jones/the Bookkeeper
• Walter Byron as Lieutenant Adams
• Dorothy Fay as Julie
• Jack Ingram as One-Shot Folsom
• Minerva Urecal as Helen
• Kenne Duncan as Crandall
• Slim Whitaker as Davis
• Kit Guard as King
• Carl Mathews as Elliott
• Joseph W. Girard as Dr. Lawrence
• Frank LaRue as Mr. Norris
• Mantan Moreland as the Butler
• Bill Nestell as a Henchman
• Jim Thorpe as another Henchman

See also

• List of films and television shows about the American Civil War

External links

• Frontier Scout at IMDb