Colorado Pioneers 1945 N/R, 57 min. Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Roy Barcroft, Bud Geary, Billy Cummings, Freddie Chapman, Frank Jaquet, Tom London, Monte Hale, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, George Chesebro
After catching a villain, Red Ryder (Bill Elliott) sees hope in the two young accomplices. They are put to work at Red's aunt's ranch, but we haven't seen the end of the villain–or the boys' temptations.
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Conquest of Cheyenne 1946 N/R, 55 min. Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Peggy Stewart, Jay Kirby, Milton Kibbee, Tom London, Emmett Lynn, Kenne Duncan, George Sherwood, Jack Kirk, Tom Chatterton
There's oil on Cheyenne's (Peggy Stewart) ranch, and a well is built to get it. But crooked banker Tuttle (Milton Kibbee) wants the oil for himself and intends on foreclosing–after he burns down the well. He didn't plan on Red Ryder (Bill Elliott) riding to the rescue. Bill Elliott's last appearance as Red Ryder, but the series continued with Allan 'Rocky' Lane in the lead role.
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Marshal of Laredo 1945 N/R, 55 min. Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft, Tom London, Sarah Padden, Tom Chatterton, Don Costello, Bud Geary, George Chesebro, Wheaton Chambers
When a lawyer is framed for murder by the bad guys, Red Ryder and youthful sidekick Little Beaver (Bill Elliott and Robert Blake) come to the rescue in the nick of time.
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The San Antonio Kid 1944 N/R, 59 min. Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Linda Stirling, Tom London, Earle Hodgins, Duncan Renaldo, Glenn Strange, LeRoy Mason, Jack Kirk, Robert J. Wilke, Jack O'Shea, Tom London, Tom Steele, Henry Wills
When oil is found by an oil company geologist, he receives aid from a gang to help scare the ranchers into selling their land. But Red Ryder (Bill Elliott) is interfering, so gunslinger San Antonio Kid (Duncan Renaldo) is brought in to deal with Red Ryder. Good luck Red.
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Sun Valley Cyclone 1946 N/R, 56 min. Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Roy Barcroft, Monte Hale, Kenne Duncan, Eddy Waller, Edmund Cobb, Tom London, Ed Cassidy, George Chesebro, Rex Lease, Hal Price, Jack Rockwell, Frank O'Connor
After Red Ryder's (Bill Elliott) horse Thunder kills a man who was about to shoot Red, the horse goes on trial for murder. This prompts Red to tell the story of how he got Thunder, which involves being the only one who could ride the horse and then being sent on a mission to find horse thieves.
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Tucson Raiders 1944 N/R, 55 min. Genre: Western
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet Cast: Bill Elliott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Ruth Lee, Peggy Stewart, LeRoy Mason, Stanley Andrews, John Whitney, Karl Hackett, Tom Steele, Tom Chatterton
In the first film of a successful "Red Ryder" series (a previous series had not fared well), Bill Elliott takes on the role of the hero and Robert Blake plays young sidekick Little Beaver. In this episode, the duo takes on an evil governor.
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Wagon Wheels Westward 1945 N/R, 56 min. Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft, Emmett Lynn, Dick Curtis, Jay Kirby, George J. Lewis, Tom London, Kenne Duncan, George Chesebro
Red Ryder (Bill Elliott) and sidekick Little Beaver (Robert Blake) come to the aid of Red's aunt (Alice Fleming) by leading a wagon train with settlers to a small town. What they don't know is that the town has been evacuated by the citizens after hearing of a gold strike, and in the place of the town's officials a gang has set up shop awaiting the arrival of the settlers in order to get their money.
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Who Done It? 1942 N/R, 75 min. Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: Erle C. Kenton Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patric Knowles, Louise Allbritton, William Gargan, William Bendix, Mary Wickes, Don Porter, Thomas Gomez, Jerome Cowan, Ludwig Stossel, Alice Fleming, Joe Kirk, Edward Keane, Gladys Blake
Soda jerks Chick Larkin (Bud Abbott) and Mervyn Milgrim (Lou Costello) work in the same building that houses a radio station. They aspire to be radio mystery writers, and, when a radio network's president is killed, they pretend to be detectives out to solve the murder. Their ruse is exposed when cops Moran (William Gargan) and Brannigan (William Bendix) show up, but that doesn't stop them, and the investigation leads to Mervyn dangling from the radio station's electric wire between two skyscrapers.
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| 1. Colorado Pioneers (1945)
2. Conquest of Cheyenne (1946)
3. Marshal of Laredo (1945)
4. The San Antonio Kid (1944)
5. Sun Valley Cyclone (1946)
6. Tucson Raiders (1944)
7. Wagon Wheels Westward (1945)
8. Who Done It? (1942)
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