

Riding West
1944-05-17 · 58 min · ★ 10.0
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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- Directors
- William Berke
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Charles StarrettSteve Jordan
Shirley PattersonAlice Morton
Arthur HunnicuttProf. Arkansas Higgins (as Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt)
Ernest TubbErnie
Steve ClarkAlexander Morton
Wheeler OakmanCaptain Amos Karnes
Blackie WhitefordSgt. Dobbs (as J.P. Whiteford)
Clancy CooperBlackburn
Billy WilkersonChief Red Eagle (as Bill Wilkerson)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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