Movie: Riding West

Top 9 Billed Cast

Charles Starrett
Charles Starrett

Steve Jordan

Shirley Patterson
Shirley Patterson

Alice Morton

Arthur Hunnicutt
Arthur Hunnicutt

Prof. Arkansas Higgins (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt)

Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb

Ernie

Steve Clark
Steve Clark

Alexander Morton

Wheeler Oakman
Wheeler Oakman

Captain Amos Karnes

Blackie Whiteford
Blackie Whiteford

Sgt. Dobbs (as J.P. Whiteford)

Clancy Cooper
Clancy Cooper

Blackburn

Billy Wilkerson
Billy Wilkerson

Chief Red Eagle (as Bill Wilkerson)

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    Charles Starrett stars in the lightning-paced Columbia western Riding West. Somebody is planning to sabotage the new Pony Express mail service, and hard-ridin' Steve Jordan (Charles Starrett) aims to find out who.

  • Release Date

    1944-05-17

  • Average

    10

  • Rating:

    5.0 starts
  • Tagline

    Mile by Mile the opened new trails...fighting every danger the old west knew!

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  • Languages:

    English
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