''Sudden Bill Dorn'' is a 1937 American

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film by

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directed by Ray Taylor and starring Buck Jones, Noel Francis and

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. The film has been described as "slow-paced" and "confusing" with the plot and storyline being difficult to follow, typical of Jones' later Universal output of which ''Sudden Bill Dorn'' was the last.

Plot

Cast

* Buck Jones as Bill Dorn * Noel Francis as Lorna Kent *

as Diana Viargas *

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as Cap Jinks *

Lee Phelps Lee Phelps (born Napoleon Bonaparte Kukuck; May 15, 1893 – March 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 600 films between 1917 and 1953, mainly in uncredited roles. He also appeared in three films that won the Acade ...

as Ken Fairchild * Harold Hodge as Mike Bundy * Ted Adams as Henchman Fontana * Mabel Colcord as Maggie * W.E. Lawrence as Henchman Hank Smith * Tom Chatterton as Morgan * Ezra Paulette as Cowhand Curly * Carlos De Valdez as Don Francisco Viargas * Joe Bishop as Singing Cowhand Bud * Charles Le Moyne as Sheriff MacArthur

References

External links

* 1937 films 1937 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ray Taylor 1930s American films 1930s English-language films English-language Western (genre) films {{1930s-Western-film-stub