Pioneer Justice (1947)

Director:

Ray Taylor

Writer:

Adrian Page

Release Date:

28 June 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Lawless . . . Reckless . . . Matchless!

Plot:

Judd and his gang are driving the ranchers away. When Lash and Fuzzy arrest them, the Sheriff lets them go...

Plot Keywords:

Padding | Untimely Sneeze | Death | Secret Hideout | Pursuit

Cast

Lash La Rue	...	Cheyenne
Al St. John	...	Fuzzy (as Al 'Fuzzy' St. John)
Jennifer Holt	...	Betty Walters
William Fawcett	...	Uncle Bob
Jack Ingram	...	Bill Judd
Dee Cooper	...	Henchman (Criler in credits)
Lane Bradford	...	Henchman Joe
Henry Hall	...	Crooked Sheriff
Steve Drake	...	Al Walters
Bob Woodward	...	Deputy Jackson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Evans	...	Barfly (uncredited)
Terry Frost	...	Gambler Grayson (uncredited)
Chick Hannon	...	Barfly (uncredited)
Wally West	...	Henchman Criler (uncredited)
Slim Whitaker	...	Bartender Ben (uncredited)

Directed by
Ray Taylor

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Adrian Page

Produced by
Jerry Thomas	....	producer

Original Music by
Walter Greene		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Ernest Miller		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Hugh Winn

Set Decoration by
Vin Taylor		(as Vincent Taylor)

Makeup Department
Fred T. Walker	....	director of makeup

Production Management
William L. Nolte	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ira Webb	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Glen Glenn	....	sound engineer

Special Effects by
Ray Mercer	....	special effects

Other crew
Gloria Welsch	....	dialogue director (as Gloria Welch)

Production Companies

• Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)

Distributors

• Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) (1947) (USA) (theatrical)
• Eagle-Lion Films (1947) (USA) (theatrical)
• Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Films Around the World (II) (2002) (USA) (TV)
• RareSerials.com (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Stokey Video (video)

Other Companies

• Glen Glenn Sound Company  sound

Also Known As:

Runtime:

56 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)

Spurred to tell the truth

This was a pretty good B western from Producer's Releasing Corporation starring Lash LaRue and Al St. John as a pair of undercover operatives trying to stop a lot land grabbing in a certain locale in the west. They've got their work cut out for them as three former operatives who were in the open got themselves killed. Sheriff Henry Hall is totally ineffectual and just might be in with the gang.

This film borrows a technique usually used by movie serials where some master villain is never seen, but heard so you don't know his identity until the final reel. So we don't know who it is, but I guessed about halfway through the film. He left some tell tale marks from his spurs on the table in his cabin hideout. My mom always told me to keep my feet off the table.

Steve Drake who is Jennifer Holt's brother is killed by the gang after a crooked card game (they have many villainous pursuits) and that's when Lash and St. John spring into action. Jennifer is the sister of Tim Holt who was starring in his own series of B westerns over at RKO.

This is the first Lash LaRue western I've seen and reviewed. It's not a bad one, shoddy production values and all. Nice cast and a decent plot with good elements involved.