Prairie Pioneers (1941)
It is 1853 and settlers are pouring into California which means trouble for the old Spanish landowners. The El Dorado Mine Co. wants the land of Don Ortega for the minerals and is using the settlers and his friend Don Carlos to take the land over. But Tucson is on the side of Roberto and see's that something is not right with all the trouble they have been having. But the situation turns ugly for Don Ortega when Roberto is set up for a murder he did not commit.
Director: Lester Orlebeck
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Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke |
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Bob Steele as Tucson Smith |
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Rufe Davis as Lullaby Joslin |
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Esther Estrella as Dolores Ortega |
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Robert Kellard as Roberto Ortega |
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Guy D'Ennery as Don Miguel Ortega |
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Davison Clark as Don Carlos Montoya |
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Jack Ingram as Wade - Henchman |
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Kenneth MacDonald as Fields (as Ken MacDonald) |
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Lee Shumway as Nelson |
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Mary MacLaren as Martha Nelson |
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Yakima Canutt as Morrison - Henchman |
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Jack Kirk as Al - Settler |
| Directing | Lester Orlebeck | Director |
| Writing | Barry Shipman | Writer |