Colorado Pioneers (1945)

Colorado Pioneers

1945

Western

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

R.G. Springsteen

Cast

Alice Fleming as Duchess

Bill Elliott as Red Ryder

Billy Cummings as Joe

Bud Geary as Bill Slade

Frank Jaquet as Dave Wyatt

Freddie Chapman as Skinny

Monte Hale as Cowhand That Quits

Robert Blake as Little Beaver