Colorado Pioneers
14/11/1945
1h



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


Bill Elliott
Red Ryder


Robert Blake
Little Beaver


Alice Fleming
Duchess


Roy Barcroft
Bull Reagan


Bud Geary
Bill Slade
Billy Cummings
Joe


Freddie Chapman
Skinny
Frank Jaquet
Dave Wyatt


Tom London
Sand Snipe


Monte Hale
Cowhand That Quits


Billie Thomas
Smokey


George Chesebro
Hank Disher


Emmett Vogan
Judge


Tom Chatterton
Father Marion
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