Western Caravans
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Cast & Crew
Sam Nelson
Charles Starrett
Iris Meredith
Dick Curtis
Russell Simpson
Hal Taliaferro
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Young Jim Carson, the sheriff of Powder River, Arizona, fears bloodshed when Winchester Thompson, Cole, Murdock and the other cattlemen threaten to prevent settlers from making claims on their ranges. Thompson's daughter Joyce, realizing that her father's stand is wrong, rides into town to confer with Jim. Agreeing that the only way to avert conflict is to delay the settlers' arrival until the cattlemen leave on their drive to market, Joyce and Jim ride to the homesteaders' caravan and persuade them to camp at Indian Springs until the cattlemen leave. Upon returning to town, Joyce learns that her father has vowed that he will not permit the government agent to record the settlers' claims. Joyce is so upset that she declares she is leaving home. At his daughter's threat, Thompson backs down and pledges to help the settlers. The ill will towards the homesteaders has really been instigated by Mort Kohler, Tex and Scanlon, who has been posing as ranch hands. They plan to steal the cattle when hostilities between the settlers and ranchers break out. When that plan fails, the rustlers plan new tactics and frame Joel Winters, a new arrival, for the theft of Thompson's cattle. Enraged, Thompson orders Winters to pack up and leave or the cattlemen will run him and the other settlers out of town. In response, Winters rides for help, leaving his son Matt behind to guard his land. After Matt is shot by Kohler, Winters demands the arrest of his murderer, or else the homesteaders will take the law into their own hands. Hoping to avoid trouble, Jim interrupts the cattlemen's meeting to arrest Thompson, and during the ensuing scuffle, one of Thompson's men arrives with news that Kohler, Tex and Scanlon are stealing the cattle. Hostilities are forgotten as the cattlemen and settlers join in pursuit of the rustlers. After Kohler falls to his death, the others are apprehended, and a new era of understanding between the ranchers and settlers begins.
Director
Sam Nelson
Cast
Charles Starrett
Iris Meredith
Dick Curtis
Russell Simpson
Hal Taliaferro
Hank Bell
Sammy Mckim
Edmund Cobb
Ethan Laidlaw
Glenn Strange
Jack Rockwell
George Chesebro
Sam Garrett
John Rand
Eddie Hearn
Steve Clark
Jack Montgomery
The Sons Of The Pioneers
Bob Nolan
Pat Brady
Tim Spencer
Hugh Farr
Karl Farr
Crew
Irving Briskin
Milton Carter
Bennett R. Cohen
George Cooper
Harry L. Decker
Benjamin Kline
William Lyon
Bob Nolan
Allen Siegler
Tim Spencer
M. W. Stoloff
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The working title of this picture was Arizona Cowboy. Although the copyright records credit Allen Siegler with photography, the Daily Variety and Variety reviews credit Benjamin Kline. Similiarly, although the copyright records list Hal Taliaferro's character as "Joel," Variety names him "Jed." The Film Daily review erroneously credits sound engineer George Cooper as the photographer. Modern sources add Herman Hack and Charles Brinley to the cast.
