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Riding West (1944)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Western
Written By:Luci Ward
In Theaters:5/17/1944
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Runtime:58 minutes
Studio:Columbia Pictures
Cast
William Berke
Director
Charles Starrett
Steve Jordan
Shirley Patterson
Alice Morton
Arthur Hunnicutt
Prof. Arkansas Higgins (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt)
Ernest Tubb
Ernie
Steve Clark
Alexander Morton
Wheeler Oakman
Captain Amos Karnes
Blackie Whiteford
Sgt. Dobbs (as J.P. Whiteford)
Clancy Cooper
Blackburn
Billy Wilkerson
Chief Red Eagle (as Bill Wilkerson)
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