Colorado Pioneers (1945)
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.
Director:
R.G. Springsteen
Writer:
Earle Snell
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Bill Elliott as Red Ryder |
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Robert Blake as Little Beaver |
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Alice Fleming as Duchess |
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Roy Barcroft as Bull Reagan |
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Bud Geary as Bill Slade |
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Billy Cummings as Joe |
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Freddie Chapman as Skinny |
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Frank Jaquet as Dave Wyatt |
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Tom London as Sand Snipe |
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Monte Hale as Cowhand That Quits |
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Billie Thomas as Smokey |
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George Chesebro as Hank Disher |
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Emmett Vogan as Judge |
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Tom Chatterton as Father Marion |
| Writing | Peter Whitehead | Story |
| Writing | Fred Harman | Characters |
| Directing | R.G. Springsteen | Director |
| Writing | Earle Snell | Screenplay |
| Sound | Richard Cherwin | Music Director |
