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The Return of Daniel Boone

  • 19411941
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
57
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Bill Elliott in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
  • Western
Leach Kilgrain has a plan to gain control of all the ranches in Pecos. His unscrupulous Mayor Ewell boosts taxes higher than the ranchers can pay, and Kilgrain plans to buy the land cheaply ... Read allLeach Kilgrain has a plan to gain control of all the ranches in Pecos. His unscrupulous Mayor Ewell boosts taxes higher than the ranchers can pay, and Kilgrain plans to buy the land cheaply at foreclosure sales. Ellen Brandon rebels and shoots the tax collector Fuller when he vis... Read allLeach Kilgrain has a plan to gain control of all the ranches in Pecos. His unscrupulous Mayor Ewell boosts taxes higher than the ranchers can pay, and Kilgrain plans to buy the land cheaply at foreclosure sales. Ellen Brandon rebels and shoots the tax collector Fuller when he visits her father, Jeb Brandon. While running from Kilgrain's henchie posse, she encounters W... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
57
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  • Director
    • Lambert Hillyer
  • Writers
    • Paul Franklin(story)
    • Joseph Hoffman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Bill Elliott
    • Betty Miles
    • Dub Taylor
Top credits
  • Director
    • Lambert Hillyer
  • Writers
    • Paul Franklin(story)
    • Joseph Hoffman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Bill Elliott
    • Betty Miles
    • Dub Taylor
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    • 5User reviews
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    Bill Elliott and Betty Miles in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
    Ray Bennett, Bill Elliott, Bud Osborne, and Francis Walker in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
    Bill Elliott, Bud Osborne, and Lee Powell in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
    Bill Elliott in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
    Bill Elliott, Verda Rodik, and Verna Rodik in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
    Bill Elliott, Bud Osborne, and Lee Powell in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
    Bill Elliott and Betty Miles in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
    Ray Bennett, Buel Bryant, Bill Elliott, Betty Miles, Bud Osborne, Lee Powell, Dub Taylor, Francis Walker, Verda Rodik, and Verna Rodik in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
    Bill Elliott and Betty Miles in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
    Bill Elliott, Bud Osborne, and Lee Powell in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
    Ray Bennett, Bill Elliott, Betty Miles, Bud Osborne, and Francis Walker in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
    Ray Bennett, Bill Elliott, Bud Osborne, and Francis Walker in The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)

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    Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott
    • Wild Bill Booneas Wild Bill Boone
    Betty Miles
    Betty Miles
    • Ellen Brandonas Ellen Brandon
    Dub Taylor
    Dub Taylor
    • Cannonballas Cannonball
    Ray Bennett
    Ray Bennett
    • Leach Killgrainas Leach Killgrain
    Walter Soderling
    Walter Soderling
    • Mayor Elwellas Mayor Elwell
    Carl Stockdale
    Carl Stockdale
    • Jeb Brandonas Jeb Brandon
    Bud Osborne
    Bud Osborne
    • Redas Red
    Francis Walker
    Francis Walker
    • Bowersas Bowers
    Lee Powell
    Lee Powell
    • Fulleras Fuller
    Tom Carter
    • Wagneras Wagner
    Edmund Cobb
    Edmund Cobb
    • Henderson -as Henderson -
    Verda Rodik
    Verda Rodik
    • Melindaas Melinda
    • (as The Rodik Twins)
    Verna Rodik
    Verna Rodik
    • Matildaas Matilda
    • (as The Rodik Twins)
    Brandon Beach
    • Stage Depot Clerkas Stage Depot Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Hank Bell
    Hank Bell
    • Wagon Driveras Wagon Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Buel Bryant
    • Lash Flandersas Lash Flanders
    • (uncredited)
    Edwin Bryant
    • Eddie Flandersas Eddie Flanders
    • (uncredited)
    Roy Butler
    • Auction Bidderas Auction Bidder
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Lambert Hillyer
    • Writers
      • Paul Franklin(story) (screenplay)
      • Joseph Hoffman(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      One of over 100 Columbia features, mostly Westerns, sold to Hygo Television Films in the 1950s, who marketed them under the name of Gail Pictures; opening credits were redesigned, with some titles misspelled, the credit order of the players rearranged, some names misspelled, and new end titles attached, thus eliminating any evidence of their Columbia roots. Apparently, the original material was not retained in most of the cases, and the films have survived, even in the Sony library, only with these haphazardly created replacement opening and end credits.
    • Quotes

      [Bill hands Cannonball a wad of cash to put in his safe]

      Cannonball: Land of piece of plenty! I never seen so many brand new folded pesos in all my life. Where'd you get all this, Bill?

      Bill Boone: That's the reward money for Mike Flanders.

      Cannonball: You sure did do a quick job of him. You know, Bill, I wish you had ventilated his two brothers at the same time.

      Bill Boone: No, Cannonball. Now that Mike is gone, Eddie and Lash will settle down and be good citizens.

      Cannonball: No, sir. The same blood in the same family and those two brothers of his are out to get you for shootin' Mike.

      Bill Boone: Well, out to get and gettin' is two different things.

    • Soundtracks
      When It's Hitchin' Time in the Chapel
      Sung by Verda and Verna Rodik

    User reviews5

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    Top review
    5/10
    Increasing taxes exponentially
    The citizens of this part of the west would scoff at Oliver Wendell Holmes's dictum that taxes are the price we pay for living in a free society. Not when the government is run by a lot of crooks who've found a new racket. Just tax the citizens to death.

    Ray Bennett who has the mayor and sheriff in his pocket just has them increase taxes exponentially on the citizens and when they don't cough up the tribute just seize their land and sell it.

    That's what Bill Elliott is in town to prove with the help of trusty sidekick Dub Taylor is trying to prove. Elliott is Wild Bill Boone in this film the grandson of Daniel Boone, hence the title The Return Of Daniel Boone.

    Watching this all I can say is that the message about government and taxes is one that should resonate with all right wing audiences. For all that it's an entertaining western with Cannonball Taylor being the object of the affection of a pair of man hungry twins.
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    • Sep 11, 2015

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 7, 1941 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 1 minute
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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