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  • Oklahoma Raiders (1944)
  • Passed
    57 min | Drama, Music, Western
Oklahoma Raiders (1944)
Passed
57 min | Drama, Music, Western

Oklahoma Raiders is yet one more Betty Burbridge re-working of an original Bennett Cohen story ("Come on Danger,1932", "The Renegade Ranger, 1938", "Come On Danger, 1942" and "Alias Billy the Kid, 1946" among a couple of other uses), ...See moreOklahoma Raiders is yet one more Betty Burbridge re-working of an original Bennett Cohen story ("Come on Danger,1932", "The Renegade Ranger, 1938", "Come On Danger, 1942" and "Alias Billy the Kid, 1946" among a couple of other uses), usually commissioned by Cohen or Oliver Drake as Associate Producers of whichever version they were involved with. In this one, the hero is an investigator sent by the U.S. Army rather than the Texas Rangers, but the roots show quickly. During the Civil War, Union Army Lieutenant Steve Nolan and Corporal Banjo Bonner are assigned to trail and capture "El Vengador/The Avenger", outlaw leader whose band is stealing herds of wild horses before they can be delivered on contract to the Army. Disguised as an unshaven, seedy cowpuncher, Steve arrives in Benton, Oklahoma territory and witnesses the robbery of the post office by Duggan and Higgins, henchmen of Arnold Drew, who holds the contract to deliver the horses. Steve stops the two robbers but is wounded by the unseen Drew. The townspeople assume the unconscious Steve is part of the gang, and judge Clem Masters instructs a deputy to take Steve to the next town to have his head-wound treated. Drew orders Duggan and Higgins to ambush the wagon and kill Steve, but they shoot the deputy instead, and the team runs away with the helpless Steve. He is dumped over an embankment just as Donna Ross, Todd Wingate and Boone Talbot arrive on the scene. Donna takes Steve to a hideout in the mountains, where she is revealed as El Vengador, leading a group of dispossessed ranchers against Drew and land agent James Prescott, who have illegally taken over the rancher's lands, so they can take over the contract of furnishing the horses. Steve is nursed back to health by Donna and returns clean-shaven to Benton to gather evidence against the Drew/Prescott gang, but Donna and Todd think he is a spy who has betrayed them. Written by Les Adams See less
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Betty Burbridge (screenplay)
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Mar 17, 1944 (United States)

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34 cast members
Name Known for
Tex Ritter
Steve Nolan Steve Nolan   See fewer
Fuzzy Knight
Banjo Bonner Banjo Bonner   See fewer
Dennis Moore
Todd Wingate Todd Wingate   See fewer
Jennifer Holt
Donna Ross Donna Ross   See fewer
Jack Ingram
Arnold Drew Arnold Drew   See fewer
George Eldredge
James Prescott James Prescott   See fewer
John Elliott
Judge Clem Masters Judge Clem Masters   See fewer
Slim Whitaker
Sheriff Seth Banning Sheriff Seth Banning   See fewer
Richard Alexander
Duggan (as Dick Alexander) Duggan (as Dick Alexander)   See fewer
Herbert Rawlinson
Colonel Rogers Colonel Rogers   See fewer
Ethan Laidlaw
Deputy Williams Deputy Williams   See fewer
Johnny Bond
Guitar Player Guitar Player   See fewer
Paul Sells
Concertina Player (as Red River Valley Boys) Concertina Player (as Red River Valley Boys)   See fewer
Wesley Tuttle
Singer (as Red River Valley Boys) Singer (as Red River Valley Boys)   See fewer
Jimmie Dean
Guitar Player (as Red River Valley Boys) Guitar Player (as Red River Valley Boys)   See fewer
Bob Baker
Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited)   See fewer
Roy Bucko
Deputy (uncredited) Deputy (uncredited)   See fewer
William Desmond
Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Ellis
Henchman (uncredited) Henchman (uncredited)   See fewer
Gil Frye
Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited)   See fewer
George Hazel
Barfly (uncredited) Barfly (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Hendricks
Barfly (uncredited) Barfly (uncredited)   See fewer
Stephen Keyes
Boone Talbot (uncredited) Boone Talbot (uncredited)   See fewer
Merrill McCormick
Barfly (uncredited) Barfly (uncredited)   See fewer
Lew Morphy
Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited)   See fewer
Artie Ortego
Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited)   See fewer
Gil Patric
Bugler (uncredited) Bugler (uncredited)   See fewer
George Plues
Guard / Wagon Driver (uncredited) Guard / Wagon Driver (uncredited)   See fewer
Carl Sepulveda
Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited)   See fewer
Bill Sloan
Orderly (uncredited) Orderly (uncredited)   See fewer
George Sowards
Barfly (uncredited) Barfly (uncredited)   See fewer
Michael Vallon
Bartender (uncredited) Bartender (uncredited)   See fewer
Henry Wills
Cowhand (uncredited) Cowhand (uncredited)   See fewer
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