Colorado Pioneers
1945An 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.
Acted in
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