Colorado Pioneers 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.

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