''Horsemen of the Sierras'' is a 1949 American
Western
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film directed by
Fred F. Sears and written by
Barry Shipman
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. The film stars
Charles Starrett
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,
Smiley Burnette
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,
T. Texas Tyler,
Lois Hall
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Early years
Hall was born on August 22, 1926, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of Lois Grace (née Lambert), a teacher, and Ralph Stewart Hall, a business ...
,
Tommy Ivo
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and
John Dehner
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. The film was released on November 22, 1949, by
Columbia Pictures
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.
Plot
Cast
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Charles Starrett
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as Steve Saunders / The Durango Kid
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Smiley Burnette
Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was an American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, a ...
as Smiley Burnette
*
T. Texas Tyler as T. Texas Tyler
*
Lois Hall
Lois Grace Hall (August 22, 1926 – December 21, 2006) was an American actress.
Early years
Hall was born on August 22, 1926, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of Lois Grace (née Lambert), a teacher, and Ralph Stewart Hall, a business ...
as Patty McGregor
*
Tommy Ivo
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* Tommy (given name)
* Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army
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as Robin Grant
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John Dehner
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as Duke Webster
*
Jason Robards Sr. as Phineas Grant
*
Dan Sheridan
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as Morgan Webster
*
Jock Mahoney
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as Bill Grant
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George Chesebro
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Partial filmography
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as Ellory Webster
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0041485, Horsemen of the Sierras
1949 films
American Western (genre) films
1949 Western (genre) films
Columbia Pictures films
Films directed by Fred F. Sears
American black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films