''The Pioneers'' is a 1941 American
Western
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Places
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*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
film directed by
Albert Herman
Albert Herman (1887–1958) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director. Herman was a prolific director, working mainly on low-budget movies for companies such as Producers Releasing Corporation. He is sometimes credited as Al Herman. ...
and starring
Tex Ritter
Woodward Maurice Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a popular singer and actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John, grandsons Jason and ...
,
Karl Hackett
Carl Ellsworth Germain (September 5, 1893 – October 24, 1948), known professionally as Karl Hackett, was an American actor. He served in the U.S. army during World War I. He was married to Ruby Burnette Moore.
On October 24, 1948, Hackett ...
and
Wanda McKay
Wanda McKay (born Dorothy Quackenbush; June 22, 1915 – April 11, 1996) was an American actress and model.
Early years
McKay was born as Dorothy Quackenbush in Portland, Oregon,McKay's obituary in the Los Angeles Times says that she was " ...
.
[Bond p.81]
Plot
A
frontiersman
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leads a group of pioneering settlers to their new homestead.
Cast
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Tex Ritter
Woodward Maurice Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a popular singer and actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John, grandsons Jason and ...
as Tex Ritter
*
Wanda McKay
Wanda McKay (born Dorothy Quackenbush; June 22, 1915 – April 11, 1996) was an American actress and model.
Early years
McKay was born as Dorothy Quackenbush in Portland, Oregon,McKay's obituary in the Los Angeles Times says that she was " ...
as Suzanna Ames
*
Slim Andrews as Slim Hunkafeller
*
Red Foley
Clyde Julian "Red" Foley (June 17, 1910 – September 19, 1968) was an American musician who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II.
For more than two decades, Foley was one of the biggest stars of the gen ...
as Red Foley
*
Doye O'Dell
Doye () is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Jura department
The following is a list of the 494 communes of the Jura department of France.
The comm ...
as Doye O'Dell
*
Del Lawrence as John Ames
*
George Chesebro
George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California.
Partial filmography
* ''Mi ...
as Wilson - Henchman
*
Karl Hackett
Carl Ellsworth Germain (September 5, 1893 – October 24, 1948), known professionally as Karl Hackett, was an American actor. He served in the U.S. army during World War I. He was married to Ruby Burnette Moore.
On October 24, 1948, Hackett ...
as Carson
*
Lynton Brent
Lynton Wright Brent (August 2, 1897 – July 2, 1981) was an American film actor and a writer. He appeared in over 240 films between 1930 and 1950.
Brent is best known for his prolific work with Columbia Pictures in the Three Stooges shor ...
as Jingo - Henchman
*
Gene Alsace
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as Sheriff
*
Chief Many Treaties
Chief may refer to:
Title or rank
Military and law enforcement
* Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force
* Chief of police, the head of a police department
* Chief of the boa ...
as Chief Warcloud
*
Charles Soldani as Chief Lone Deer
References
Bibliography
* Bond, Johnny. ''The Tex Ritter Story''. Chappell Music Company, 1976.
External links
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1941 films
1941 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
Films directed by Albert Herman
Monogram Pictures films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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