Colorado Pioneers (1945)

Colorado Pioneers

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.

Colorado Pioneers

Casting arrow_drop_down

Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott
as Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Robert Blake
Robert Blake
as Little Beaver (as Bobby Blake)
Alice Fleming
Alice Fleming
as The Duchess
Roy Barcroft
Roy Barcroft
as Bull Reagan
Bud Geary
Bud Geary
as Henchman Bill Slade
Billy Cummings
Billy Cummings
as Joe, Parish Boy
Freddie Chapman
Freddie Chapman
as Skinny, Parish Boy
Frank Jaquet
Frank Jaquet
as Dave Wyatt
Tom London
Tom London
as Sand Snipe
Monte Hale
Monte Hale
as Cowhand That Quits
Billie Thomas
Billie Thomas
as Smokey, Parish Boy (as Buckwheat Thomas)
George Chesebro
George Chesebro
as Hank Disher
Emmett Vogan
Emmett Vogan
as Judge
Tom Chatterton
Tom Chatterton
as Father Marion

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Peter Whitehead
Peter Whitehead
Story
Fred Harman
Fred Harman
Characters
R.G. Springsteen
R.G. Springsteen
Director
Earle Snell
Earle Snell
Screenplay
Richard Cherwin
Richard Cherwin
Music Director

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