''Last Days of Boot Hill'' is a 1947 American

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

film directed by

Ray Nazarro Ray Nazarro ''(aka'' "Ray" and "Nat;" ''né'' Raymond Alfred Nazarro; September 25, 1902 – September 8, 1986) was an American Film director, film and television director, Television producer, producer, and screenwriter. Budd Boetticher called ...

and written by Norman S. Hall. The film stars

Charles Starrett Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 – March 22, 1986) was an American actor, best known for his starring role in the ''Durango Kid'' westerns. Starrett still holds the record for starring in the longest series of theatrical features: ...

Virginia Hunter Virginia Hunter (née Reed; February 17, 1920 – March 23, 2012) was an American model and actress. She appeared in over 20 films during the 1940s. Early years Hunter was the daughter of Freeman A. Reed. Hunter grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, bef ...

, Paul Campbell, Mary Newton and

Smiley Burnette Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was an American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and ...

. The film was released on November 20, 1947, by

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. This was the twenty-seventh of 65 films in the ''

Durango Kid Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 – March 22, 1986) was an American actor, best known for his starring role in the ''Durango Kid'' westerns. Starrett still holds the record for starring in the longest series of theatrical features: ...

'' series.

Plot

Cast

as Steve Waring / The Durango Kid *

as Paula Thorpe * Paul Campbell as Frank Rayburn *Mary Newton as Clara Brent *

as Smiley Burnette

References

External links

* {{Ray Nazarro 1947 films 1940s English-language films American Western (genre) films 1947 Western (genre) films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Ray Nazarro American black-and-white films 1940s American films English-language Western (genre) films