Colorado Pioneers (1945)
JUSTICE RIDES THE PLAINS!
1945-11-14
United States of America
57 Min.
PG-13
Overview
An interesting entry in Republic Pictures' long-running "Red Ryder" B-Western series, this film is not about hardy settlers braving the Colorado winters, as the title would suggest. Instead it's a sort of Reform School Western about a couple of wayward Chicago boys (Billy Cummings and Freddie Chapman) taken in by Ryder's indomitable aunt, "The Duchess" (Alice Fleming.) The boys escaped their very own "Fagin," Bull Reagan (Roy Barcroft), and were given a second chance on the lady's Western ranch. Unfortunately, Reagan returns to do a bit of cattle rustling, once again luring the boys into becoming his accomplices.
Cast
Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Little Beaver (as Bobby Blake)
The Duchess
Bull Reagan
Henchman Bill Slade
Joe, Parish Boy
Skinny, Parish Boy
Dave Wyatt
Sand Snipe
Cowhand That Quits
Smokey, Parish Boy (as Buckwheat Thomas)
Hank Disher