Prairie Stranger
1941 film by Lambert Hillyer
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Prairie Stranger is a 1941 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Winston Miller. It is based on the 1936 novel The Medico Rides the Trail by James L. Rubel. The film stars Charles Starrett, Cliff Edwards, Patti McCarty, Forbes Murray, Frank LaRue and Archie R. Twitchell. The film was released on September 18, 1941, by Columbia Pictures.[1][2][3] The film is the third in the "Medico" series, which includes The Medico of Painted Springs and Thunder Over the Prairie, released earlier that year.[4]
Directed byLambert Hillyer
Screenplay byWinston Miller
Based onThe Medico Rides the Trail
by James L. Rubel
by James L. Rubel
Produced byWilliam Berke
| Prairie Stranger | |
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| Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
| Screenplay by | Winston Miller |
| Based on | The Medico Rides the Trail by James L. Rubel |
| Produced by | William Berke |
| Starring | Charles Starrett Cliff Edwards Patti McCarty Forbes Murray Frank LaRue Archie R. Twitchell |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Edited by | James Sweeney |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Cast
- Charles Starrett as Steven Monroe
- Cliff Edwards as 'Bones' Mallory
- Patti McCarty as Sue Evans
- Forbes Murray as Jud Evans
- Frank LaRue as Jim Dawson
- Archie R. Twitchell as Barton
- Francis Walker as Craig
- Edmund Cobb as Dr. Westridge
- Jim Corey as Undertaker
- Russ Powell as Whittling Jones
- Lew Preston as Lew Preston
- Lopez Willingham as Ranch Hand