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The Taming of the West Reviews

1939
0 hr 55 mins
Action & Adventure
NR

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Wild Bill Saunders (Bill Elliott) pursues cattle rustlers after they kill several sheriffs in quick succession. Pepper: Iris Meredith. Rawhide: Dick Curtis. Cannonball: Dub Taylor. Handy: James Craig. Slim: Stanley Brown. Judge Bailey: Ethan Allen.

Elliott was an established cowboy star by this time, and Columbia Pictures gave him a bigger budget to stop the cattle rustlers in this one. The rustlers are evil through and through, using up sheriffs like disposable razor blades, so Elliott's fists get ready to do the talking. Instead of the customary gun battles, Elliott was known for his fisticuffs action and so he uses his knuckles to clean out the bad guys and win the heart of Meredith, who had been the main lady for Charles Starrett in his westerns.