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70% Critic Match
Colorado Pioneers
“JUSTICE RIDES THE PLAINS!”
7.0 / 10• 1945• 57m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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 & Crew
Bill Elliott
Red Ryder
Lead
Robert Blake
Little Beaver
Alice Fleming
Duchess
Roy Barcroft
Bull Reagan
Bud Geary
Bill Slade
BC
Billy Cummings
Joe
Freddie Chapman
Skinny
Frank Jaquet
Dave Wyatt
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. R.G. Springsteen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Colorado Pioneers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
