Colorado Pioneers

Colorado Pioneers

57 mins | Western | Nov. 14, 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.

Colorado Pioneers

57 mins | Western | Nov. 14, 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.
Producers Republic Pictures
Original title Colorado Pioneers
Directors R.G. Springsteen
Writers Peter Whitehead, Fred Harman, Earle Snell

Cast

Bill Elliott

as Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)

Robert Blake

as Little Beaver (as Bobby Blake)

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

Billie Thomas

as Smokey, Parish Boy (as Buckwheat Thomas)

George Chesebro

as Hank Disher

Emmett Vogan

as Judge

Tom Chatterton

as Father Marion