Across the Sierras

Across the Sierras
Across the Sierras
	Film poster
Directed by	D. Ross Lederman
Screenplay by	Paul Franklin
Produced by	Leon Barsha
Starring	Wild Bill Elliott ; Richard Fiske ; Luana Walters
Cinematography	George Meehan
Edited by	James Sweeney
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 13, 1941;
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Across the Sierras is a 1941 American western film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Richard Fiske and Luana Walters.^[1]^[2] It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is the fourth in Columbia Pictures' series of 12 "Wild Bill Hickok" films, followed by North from the Lone Star.^[3]

Plot

After six years in prison, Mitch Carew returns to Arroyo to seek his revenge on the two men who sent him to prison, shopkeeper Dan Woodworth and Wild Bill Hickok. Carew goads Woodworth into drawing a pistol allowing him to legally kill the elderly Woodworth in self-defence.

Meanwhile, Hickok rescues his ne'er do well friend Larry Armstrong from a lynch mob with the idea that both of them settle down on a ranch. Though Bill finds the love of an Eastern girl, the lure of adventure and the Code of the West lead the pair into trouble, gunplay and vengeance.

Cast

Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Hickok
Richard Fiske as Larry Armstrong
Luana Walters as Anne Woodworth
Dub Taylor as Cannonball
Dick Curtis as Mitch Carew
LeRoy Mason as Stringer
Ruth Robinson as Lu Woodworth
John Dilson as Dan Woodworth
Milton Kibbee as Sheriff (as Milt Kibbee)
Ralph Peters as Hobie

References

^ Fetrow p.3
^ Hans J. Wollstein (2014). "Across the Sierras". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
^ Blottner, Gene (2011). "Wild Bill Hickok". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.