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70% Critic Match
The Return of Wild Bill
“Drilling daylight through killers!”
7.0 / 10• 1940• 1h 0m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
When Matt Kilgore and his men frame and then hang an innocent man, Lige Saunders sends for his son Wild Bill Saunders who arrives to find his father shot by Matt's brother. When the brother is killed in his fight with Bill, Matt sends two fake Deputies to arrest Bill whom he then plans to hang. But Matt's sister, attracted to Bill, overhears the plan and rides for help.
Cast & Crew
Bill Elliott
Wild Bill Saunders
Lead
Iris Meredith
Sammy Lou Griffin
George Lloyd
Matt Kilgore
Luana Walters
Kate Kilgore
Edward LeSaint
Lige Saunders
Frank LaRue
Ole Mitch
CM
Chuck Morrison
Henchman Bart
Dub Taylor
Cannonball
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joseph H. Lewis's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Return of Wild Bill is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
