Colt Comrades

1943 film by Lesley Selander

June 18, 1943 (1943-06-18)

Running time

67 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Colt Comrades is a 1943 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Michael Wilson. The film stars William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Teddi Sherman, Victor Jory, George Reeves and Douglas Fowley. The film was released on June 18, 1943, by United Artists.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Hoppy, Johnny Travers and California Carlson buy 50% of a ranch. The ranch is owned by siblings who haven’t been able to pay their extravagant water bill so the ranch is almost in foreclosure.

Hoppy and comrades quit the US Marshal Service. The local land baron (Victor Jory) owns the whole valley’s water rights. He also controls the cattleman’s association.

But instead of paying the water bill, California invests in oil drilling. Both sets of partners feel they will lose the ranch. In the end the oil drilling pays off in water and the ranch is saved.

Cast

William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy
Andy Clyde as California Carlson
Jay Kirby as Johnny Travers
Teddi Sherman (billed as Lois Sherman) as Lucy Whitlock
Victor Jory as Jebb Hardin
George Reeves as Lin Whitlock
Douglas Fowley as Henchman Joe Brass
Herbert Rawlinson as Rancher Varney
Earle Hodgins as Wildcat Willie
Robert Mitchum as Dirk Mason

References

^ "Colt Comrades (1943) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
^ "Colt Comrades". TV Guide. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
^ Hal Erickson (2014). "Colt Comrades (1943)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.