12 Mar 1940
Pioneers of the West
Pioneers of the West is a 1940 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie[1] directed by Lester Orlebeck.
The Last Bandit
They chased the rumor of gold 'cross half a continent...men who knew only how to rob and kill...and their women who lived only for love!
About to marry Jim Plummer, Kate Foley runs off to Nevada when Ed Bagley convinces her a quick fortune can be made robbing gold shipments that are being transported by the railroad. In Bannock City she meets reformed-bandit Frank Plummer, posing as Frank Norris, brother of Jim Plummer, who has being going straight and working as an express shipment guard. Jim also shows up and plans a robbery by stealing a train and hiding it in an abandoned tunnel. The two brothers are on opposite sides of the law with the now-reformed Kate caught in the middle.
Top Billed Cast
Bill Elliott Frank Norris / Frank Plummer
Lorna Gray Kate Foley / Kate Sampson
Forrest Tucker Jim Plummer
Andy Devine Casey Brown
Jack Holt Mort Pemberton
Minna Gombell Winnie McPhail
Virginia Brissac Kate's Mother
Louis Faust Hank Morse
Stanley Andrews Jeff Baldwin
Martín Garralaga Patrick Moreno
Joseph Crehan Local No. 44 Engineer
Charles Middleton Blindfolded Circuit Rider
George Backus Fireman (uncredited)
George Bell Deputy (uncredited)
Hank Bell Bert (uncredited)
John Bose Townsman (uncredited)
Bob Burns Townsman (uncredited)
George Chesebro Rolley Beggs (uncredited)
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