The Kansan,(Wagon Wheels) (1943)

Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Eugene Pallette, Victor Jory ... see more  , Robert Armstrong , Beryl Wallace , Clem Bevans , Hobart Cavanaugh , Francis McDonald , Willie Best , Douglas Fowley , Rod Cameron , Eddy Waller , Raphael Bennett , Sam Flint , Byron Foulger , Merrill McCormack , Jack Norton , Jason Robards Sr. , Glenn Strange , George Reeves

Like several other Harry Sherman Productions of the 1942-43 season, The Kansan was originally slated for a Paramount release, then redirected to United Artists. Richard Dix and Jane Wyatt, stars of th... read more e previous Sherman effort Buckskin Frontier, are reunited herein as western lawman John Bonniwell and rancher's daughter Eleanor Sager. After chasing the James Gang out of town, Bonniwell is appointed marshal by local bigwig Steve Barat (Albert Dekker). It turns out, however, that Barat is a crook with delusions of grandeur, hoping to use Bonniwell as a glorified henchman in his rise to power. Meanwhile, an unorthodox romantic triangle develops between Bonniwell, Eleanor as Barat's brother Jeff (Victor Jory). A powerhouse cast makes this modestly-budgeted western seem more expensive than it really was. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi