Colorado Pioneers (1945)
JUSTICE RIDES THE PLAINS!
57 min
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.
- Release date
- November 14, 1945
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Bill Elliott as Red Ryder
- Robert Blake as Little Beaver
- Alice Fleming as The Duchess
- Roy Barcroft as Bull Reagan
- Bud Geary as Henchman Bill Slade
- Billy Cummings as Joe, Parish Boy
- Freddie Chapman as Skinny, Parish Boy
- Frank Jaquet as Dave Wyatt
- Tom London as Sand Snipe
- Monte Hale as Cowhand That Quits
Crew
- R.G. Springsteen · Director
- Earle Snell · Writer
- Peter Whitehead · Writer
- Fred Harman · Writer
- Bud Thackery · Cinematographer