Wildfire (1945 film)

Wildfire
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	Action Pictures
Distributed by	Screen Guild Productions (US) Exclusive (UK)[1]
Release date	July 18, 1945 (1945-07-18) (United States)
Running time	1 hour, 2 seconds
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35,000[2]
Box office	$350,000[2]

Eddie Dean and Virginia Maples in Wildfire (1945)

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.

It was an early film production from Robert L. Lippert.^[2]

It's sequel The Return of Wildfire was directed by Ray Taylor (director) and starred with 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"

See also

• List of films about horses

References

1. "Wildfire; the story of a horse". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 13. 1946. p. 155. ProQuest 1305812853.
2. Ryon, A. (September 23, 1962). "Third-run film king tells industry's woes". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 168195832.

External links

• Wildfire at IMDb
• Wildfire is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
• Wildfire at the TCM Movie Database