Pioneers of the Frontier

Pioneers of the Frontier
Directed bySam Nelson
Screenplay byFred Myton
Produced byLeon Barsha
StarringWild Bill Elliott
Dorothy Comingore
Dick Curtis
Dub Taylor
Stanley Brown
Richard Fiske
CinematographyGeorge Meehan
Edited byJames Sweeney
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • February 14, 1940 (1940-02-14)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Pioneers of the Frontier is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Dorothy Comingore, Dick Curtis, Dub Taylor, Stanley Brown and Richard Fiske. The film was released on February 14, 1940, by Columbia Pictures.[1][2][3] It is the second in Columbia Pictures' series of four "Wild Bill Saunders" films, followed by The Man from Tumbleweeds.[4]

  1. ^ "Pioneers of the Frontier (1940) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  2. ^ Hans J. Wollstein. "Pioneers of the Frontier (1940) - Sam Nelson". AllMovie. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "Pioneers of the Frontier". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  4. ^ Blottner, Gene (2011). "Wild Bill Saunders". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.