Wildfire (1945 film)
1945 film
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Wildfire, also known as Wildfire: The Story of a Horse in the United Kingdom, is a 1945 American Cinecolor Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Bob Steele.
Directed byRobert Emmett Tansey
Written byFrances Kavanaugh
Based onstory by W.C. Tuttle
Produced byWilliam B. David
executive
Robert L. Lippert
executive
Robert L. Lippert
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| Directed by | Robert Emmett Tansey |
| Written by | Frances Kavanaugh |
| Based on | story by W.C. Tuttle |
| Produced by | William B. David executive Robert L. Lippert |
| Starring | Bob Steele |
| Cinematography | Marcel Le Picard |
| Edited by | Charles Henkel Jr. |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Screen Guild Productions (US) Exclusive (UK)[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 1 hour, 17 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35,000[2] |
| Box office | $350,000[2] |
It was an early film production from Robert L. Lippert.[2]
Its sequel The Return of Wildfire was directed by Ray Taylor and starred Richard Arlen.
Plot
Cast
- Bob Steele as "Happy" Haye
- Sterling Holloway as "Alkali" Jones
- John Miljan as Pete Fanning
- Eddie Dean as Sheriff Johnny Deal
- Virginia Maples as Judy Gordon
- Sarah Padden as Aunt Agatha
- Gene Alsace as Henchman Buck Perry
- Francis Ford as Ezra Mills
- William Farnum as Judge Polson
- William 'Wee Willie' Davis as Henchman Moose Harris
Soundtrack
- Eddie Dean – "On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan" (Written by Glenn Strange and Eddie Dean)
- Eddie Dean – "By the Sleepy Rio Grande"
