Roaring Frontiers
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80% Critic Match

Roaring Frontiers

Bad news for Bandits...but good news for all lovers of rhythm and thrills!

8.0 / 10 1941 58mNR English
Western

Storyline

U.S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok arrives in Goldfield to arrest Tex Martin, who has been accused of murdering the sheriff. "Hawk" Hammond, the man behind the sheriff's killing, sends his legions of henchmen to lynch Tex before the trail. Wild Bill and Tex escape to a stagecoach rest station run by Reba Bailey. There is a showdown battle at Hammond's saloon but not before Tex gets to sing two songs followed by a third one after the battle.

Cast & Crew

Bill Elliott

Bill Elliott

'Wild' Bill Hickok

Lead
Tex Ritter

Tex Ritter

Tex Martin (Tex Rawlings in credits)

Ruth Ford

Ruth Ford

Reba Bailey

Frank Mitchell

Frank Mitchell

Cannonball

Bradley Page

Bradley Page

Hawk Hammond

Tristram Coffin

Tristram Coffin

Bert (Flint Adams in credits)

Hal Taliaferro

Hal Taliaferro

Link Twiddle

FW

Francis Walker

Henchman Boot Hill

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lambert Hillyer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Roaring Frontiers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker