U.S. Marshal Jim Blake brings law and order to a frontier community terrorized by old nemesis Clay Stacy and his mob.U.S. Marshal Jim Blake brings law and order to a frontier community terrorized by old nemesis Clay Stacy and his mob.U.S. Marshal Jim Blake brings law and order to a frontier community terrorized by old nemesis Clay Stacy and his mob.
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Truman Bradley
- Narrator
- (voice)
Trevor Bardette
- Dan Yarbro
- (uncredited)
Monte Blue
- Ned - U.S. Marshal
- (uncredited)
Rudy Bowman
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Barbara Brown
- Mrs. Stone
- (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
- Barroom Gambler
- (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
- Minor Role (edited from 'Dodge City')
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Thurston Hall
- Minor Role (edited from 'Dodge City')
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Robert Homans
- Mail Clerk
- (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
- Mayor Stone
- (uncredited)
Cactus Mack
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- …
Jack Mower
- Stationmaster
- (uncredited)
Jessie Proctor
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaIt was the expansion of the railroad that encouraged the systematic hunting of the bison. The workers needed food, meat specifically, and the company paid well for it, thus placing pressure on the bison. It was only after the railroad construction was completed that the primary economic focus shifted to hides. The railroad made them easier to transport, thus placing even more pressure on the bison.
- GoofsIn the late 1800s, the American bison had received legal protection in only a few states (e.g., Idaho, New Mexico), but only after they had been exterminated in those states. It wasn't until the early 1900s that serious legal action and attempts to regrow the herds were made. At that point there were only a few thousand remaining in the wild or captivity, so to claim (as the narrator does) that unscrupulous hunters illegally hunted bison is not accurate - immorally perhaps, but not illegally.
- Quotes
Marshal Jim Blake: [to Martha] Why don't you know enough to let a man do a man's job, and you women stick to your kitchen chores?
- ConnectionsEdited into My Country 'Tis of Thee (1950)
- SoundtracksColumbia, the Gem of the Ocean
(uncredited)
aka "The Red, White and Blue"
Played at the railroad ceremony
Featured review
At least, Robert Shayne didn't have to waste time explaining away his accent.
Which is what Errol Flynn usually spent 10 minutes doing in each of his westerns explaning how he acquired his accent while "punching caws down on the Rye-Ohh-Gran-dee", including 1939's "Dodge City" which is where most of the footage (of any value or had more than two people in the scene) of this 1945 short came from. Of course, it's disjointed and choppy; one can't stuff 90 minutes of film into a 20 minute bag without the use of a narrator. For those who have lots of time to waste, then watch "Frontier Days" and "Dodge City" and match up costumes and scenes. Hey, no big deal, just one of those things Warners used to peddle to the exhibitors for filler. The only complaint here is that they didn't just use the whole 20 minutes with the camera on Dorothy Malone showing just how a two-sizes too-small western shirt should be worn.
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- Technicolor Specials (1945-1946 season) #1: Frontier Days
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- Runtime17 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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