The Hawk of Wild River

"FORTY-FIVE GUNNING...WILD WEST FUNNING!"

Steve Martin is sent to Wild River to recover stolen gold and finds the town is being terrorized by The Hawk and his outlaw gang. The Hawk attempts to murder Sheriff Jack Mahoney and is captured and jailed. Steve helps the Hawk break jail and thus makes contact with the bandit gang. He sends a bungling photographer, Smiley Burnette, to warn the sheriff that the gang plan to rob the express office.

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Release Date

February 28, 1952

Status

Released

Original Title

The Hawk of Wild River

Runtime

53min

Budget

Revenue

Language

English

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

The Durango Kid Collection

Part of

The Durango Kid Collection

Includes: The Durango Kid, Both Barrels Blazing, The Desert Horseman, Law of the Canyon, Whirlwind Raiders, Blazing Across the Pecos, Desert Vigilante, Laramie, The Blazing Trail, Snake River Desperadoes, Bonanza Town, Laramie Mountains, The Rough, Tough West, The Return of the Durango Kid, Blazing the Western Trail, Texas Panhandle, Roaring Rangers, Gunning for Vengeance, Galloping Thunder, Heading West, Terror Trail, The Fighting Frontiersman, The Lone Hand Texan, Prairie Raiders, Buckaroo from Powder River, Last Days of Boot Hill, South of Death Valley, Pecos River, Landrush, Two-Fisted Stranger, South of the Chisholm Trail, West of Dodge City, Trail to Laredo, Challenge of the Range, Bandits of El Dorado, Trail of the Rustlers, Cyclone Fury, The Stranger From Ponca City, West of Sonora, Prairie Roundup, Smoky Canyon, Lawless Empire, The Kid from Broken Gun, Across the Badlands, Junction City, The Hawk of Wild River, The Kid from Amarillo, Fort Savage Raiders, Ridin' the Outlaw Trail, Texas Dynamo, Outcasts of Black Mesa, Renegades of the Sage, Horsemen of the Sierras, Quick on the Trigger, El Dorado Pass, Six-Gun Law, Frontier Gunlaw, Outlaws of the Rockies, Rustlers of the Badlands, Riders of the Lone Star, Phantom Valley, Streets of Ghost Town, Raiders of Tomahawk Creek, Frontier Outpost, Lightning Guns