

Colorado Pioneers
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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.
Cast

Bill Elliott
Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)

Robert Blake
Little Beaver (as Bobby Blake)

Alice Fleming
The Duchess

Roy Barcroft
Bull Reagan

Bud Geary
Henchman Bill Slade

Billy Cummings
Joe, Parish Boy

Freddie Chapman
Skinny, Parish Boy

Frank Jaquet
Dave Wyatt

Tom London
Sand Snipe

Monte Hale
Cowhand That Quits

Billie Thomas
Smokey, Parish Boy (as Buckwheat Thomas)

George Chesebro
Hank Disher

Emmett Vogan
Judge
