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Red Ryder Collection

The exploits of Red Ryder, a lawman and fighter in the old west

28 movies 1940 – 1949 28h 41m total

Movies in this collection

Adventures of Red Ryder
Adventures of Red Ryder

Calvin Drake employs a group of low-lifes to drive away land owners along the path of a new railroad; Red Ryder opposes this strategy.

Tucson Raiders
Tucson Raiders

Tucson Raiders

1944 54m Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennet

In Elliot's initial appearance as Red Ryder, he finds himself framed for murder. Little Beaver then foils the crooked Sheriff's attempt to have Red killed excaping jail. When Hannah Rogers gives the Sheriff a note, Red sees her give him a signal. Gabby lifts the note and Red decodes it.

Marshal of Reno
Marshal of Reno

Marshal of Reno

1944 54m Dir. Wallace Grissell

One of two towns will be selected to be the County Seat and Editor Palmer has a gang working to make sure his town is chosen. Investigating the lawlessness, Red Ryder poses as an outlaw to get into the gang hoping to find out who the boss is.

The San Antonio Kid
The San Antonio Kid

The San Antonio Kid

1944 54m Dir. Howard Bretherton

A geologist has found oil on the neighboring ranches and teams up with Ace who has his gang create a reign of terror to get the ranchers to sell out. But to get rid of Red Ryder, Ace sends for the San Antonio Kid. Arriving, the Kid has a freak accident and Red comes along to save his life.

Cheyenne Wildcat
Cheyenne Wildcat

Cheyenne Wildcat

1944 56m Dir. Lesley Selander

Bill Elliot is back as Red Ryder in Cheyenne Wildcat. Also back are Ryder's perennial cohorts Little Beaver (Bobby Blake, later Robert Blake of Baretta fame) and the Duchess (Alice Fleming). When not pummeling the bad guys, Ryder is the reluctant apex of a love triangle.

Vigilantes of Dodge City
Vigilantes of Dodge City

This "Red Ryder" entry stars Gordon "Wild Bill" Elliot as Ryder. The heroine (Linda Stirling) is having troubles with the freight company that she owns. Time and again, her coaches are beset by hooded thieves. With Red Ryder on the job, the robbers haven't got a chance, but they put up a fight anyway.

Sheriff of Las Vegas
Sheriff of Las Vegas

Sheriff of Las Vegas

1944 55m Dir. Lesley Selander

In this western, brave Red Ryder and his sidekick save a murdered judge's son from going to jail by proving that someone else killed his father.

Great Stagecoach Robbery
Great Stagecoach Robbery

In this western, Red Ryder tries to be a good example for a young man who idolizes his father, an outlaw. The boy wants to follow in his father's footsteps when the hero intervenes.

Lone Texas Ranger
Lone Texas Ranger

"Iron Mike" Haines (Tom Chatterton), a crooked sheriff, and "Hands" Weber (Roy Barcroft), the town blacksmith, are in cahoots and have been robbing stages, silver mines, etc., and framing innocent ranchers and cowhands with their deeds.

Phantom of the Plains
Phantom of the Plains

Phantom of the Plains

1945 56m Dir. Lesley Selander

Red Ryder tries to warn a duchess that her newfound beau has a history of murdering his wives.

Marshal of Laredo
Marshal of Laredo

Marshal of Laredo

1945 56m Dir. R.G. Springsteen

Substituting for Allan Lane, who'd been called away to active military service, Bill Elliot stars in the Republic "Red Ryder" western Marshal of Laredo. This time, Red comes to the aid of a frontier lawyer, who is suspected of being an outlaw

Colorado Pioneers
Colorado Pioneers

Colorado Pioneers

1945 57m Dir. R.G. Springsteen

In Chicago, Red catches the crook Bull and his two young accomplices. Hoping to reform the boys, he brings them back to the ranch. But upon returning he finds that part of the ranch has been burned and all the hands are quitting.

Wagon Wheels Westward
Wagon Wheels Westward

Wagon Wheels Westward

1945 56m Dir. R.G. Springsteen

In this western, Red Ryder leads a wagon train of homesteaders into a ghost town and discovers that it has become an outlaw's hideout.

California Gold Rush
California Gold Rush

California Gold Rush

1946 56m Dir. R.G. Springsteen

California Gold Rush is set in 1849. Ryder heads to Sutter's Mill, where he must contend with claim-jumping and treachery.

Sheriff of Redwood Valley
Sheriff of Redwood Valley

Redwood Valley residents raise $50,000 for blasting a mountain tunnel to bring a new railroad there. Town leader Bidwell engineers a plot to steal the money and to blame it on the Reno Kid (Bob Steele) who has recently broken out of prison in order to clear himself of false charges that sent him there and caused him to lose his ranch.

Sun Valley Cyclone
Sun Valley Cyclone

Sun Valley Cyclone

1946 56m Dir. R.G. Springsteen

In this western, Red Ryder rounds up a gang of horse thieves who have been stealing cavalry horses.

Conquest of Cheyenne
Conquest of Cheyenne

Conquest of Cheyenne

1946 56m Dir. R.G. Springsteen

Red Ryder and his comical sidekick take on a new batch of bad-guys in this western, the 16th in the Red Ryder series. This time the heroic duo try to save a female rancher from a greedy financier who wants her land so he can exploit the enormous oil fields lying under it.

Santa Fe Uprising
Santa Fe Uprising

Santa Fe Uprising

1946 56m Dir. R.G. Springsteen

The Duchess, the aunt of Red Ryder, comes to town to protect her property. Crawford, a town big-shot behind an outlaw gang, tries to prevent her from reaching her destination, but the attack is thwarted by Red.

Stagecoach to Denver
Stagecoach to Denver

Stagecoach to Denver

1946 54m Dir. R.G. Springsteen

Lambert has the stagecoach wrecked killing the Commissioner so his phony replacement can alter Coonskin's land survey. When Red Ryder exposes the survey hoax, Lambert has his stooge Sheriff put Red in jail.

Vigilantes of Boomtown
Vigilantes of Boomtown

The ranch of Red Ryder (Allan Lane) and his aunt, The Duchess (Martha Wentworth), is being used as the training site for "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (George Turner) for his upcoming fight in Carson City, Nevada for the heavyweight championship against Bob Fitzsimmons (John Dehner). Molly McVey (Peggy Stewart), the daughter of a U.S.

Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley

Red Ryder convinces homesteaders to settle in Paradise Valley. Business men in nearby Central City want control of the valley and water supply and propose to build a dam for half interest in the land. They use Red to generate interest in the dam but when the dam is completed, they rig the stockholder's meeting so Central City will get the water.

Oregon Trail Scouts
Oregon Trail Scouts

Oregon Trail Scouts

1947 58m Dir. R.G. Springsteen

Red Ryder battles an unscrupulous fur thief named Hunter for the right to trap beaver and otter on the land of Chief Running Fox.

Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon

Red Ryder returns to Sioux City, Wyoming, at the close of the Spanish-American War, settling down at the ranch of his aunt, The Duchess, with his pals Little Beaver and "Blizzard". But Red soon discovers that the country is over-run by rustlers.

Marshal of Cripple Creek
Marshal of Cripple Creek

Tom Lambert arrives and Long John Case gets him into trouble. To protect his wife and son he refuses to talk and is sent to prison. Long John then gets Lambert's son into his outlaw gang but Lambert is told the boy's problems are caused by Red Ryder. So Lambert breaks prison planning to kill Red. [Written by Maurice Van Auken]

Ride, Ryder, Ride!
Ride, Ryder, Ride!

Ride, Ryder, Ride!

1949 58m Dir. Lewis D. Collins

Riding the plains with Little Beaver and Buckskin Blodgett, Red Ryder encounters bandits trying to hold up the stagecoach carrying Libby Brooks, owner of the Devil's Hole newspaper

Roll, Thunder, Roll!
Roll, Thunder, Roll!

Roll, Thunder, Roll!

1949 1h Dir. Lewis D. Collins

Jim Bannon is back as enduring cowboy hero Red Ryder in Eagle-Lion's Roll, Thunder, Roll. As ever, Ryder's cohorts are Little Beaver and the Duchess, here played by "Little Brown Jug" and Marin Sais. This time, Ryder tries to prove that a series of cattle raids and ranch fires were not the handiwork of masked Mexican do-gooder El Conejo.

The Fighting Redhead
The Fighting Redhead

The Fighting Redhead

1949 54m Dir. Lewis D. Collins

Red Ryder gets a telegram from his old friend Dan O'Connor asking for help in his fight against Faro Savage and his gang of rustlers. A gun dropped by Faro during a rustling raid makes Red and Sheila O'Connor, Dan's daughter, think they have ample proof against Faro but they are stymied by the law.

Cowboy and the Prizefighter
Cowboy and the Prizefighter

Red Ryder (Jim Bannon) KO's a fight racket with sidekick Little Beaver (Little Brown Jug) and a new friend.