Challenge of the Range
Roughing up phantom rustlers!
Genres
Overview
Charles Starrett once more dons the mask of mysterious do-gooder "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's Challenge of the Range. Wandering cowboy Steve Roper (Starrett) is hired by the Farmers Association to stem the activities of a group of gunmen who are driving ranchers off their land. The most likely suspect turns out to be innocent: the real culprits are within the Association itself. With the help of the chief suspect's son, Roper brings the crooks to justice.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
54 min
Release Date
1949-04-02
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
5
Charles Starrett
Steve Roper / The Durango Kid
Paula Raymond
Judy Barton
Billy Halop
Reb Matson
Steve Darrell
Cal Matson
Smiley Burnette
Smiley Burnette
Henry Hall
Jim Barton
Robert Filmer
Grat Largo
George Chesebro
Lon Collins (uncredited)
John Cason
Henchman Henley (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Henchman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
Henchman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Freddie Daniel
Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Ezra (uncredited)
Cactus Mack
Henchman (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
Henchman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank McCarroll
Henchman Dugan (uncredited)
John McKee
Cliff (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Saunders (uncredited)
Rose Plumer
Townswoman (uncredited)
Marshall Reed
Matson Rider (uncredited)
M.H. Richman
Bass Player (uncredited)
Matty Roubert
Henchman (uncredited)
J.D. Sumner
Guitar Player (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Townsman (uncredited)
Eddie Wallace
Accordion-player (uncredited)
0.0
Across the Badlands
Charles Starrett once more hits the trail as "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's Across the Badlands. By now, the formula was a well-oiled machine: Starrett becomes a lawman, is challenged by the local criminal element, and ultimately goes beyond the law as the masked Durango.
1950-09-14 | en
0.0
Fort Savage Raiders
Fort Savage Raiders is another entry in Charles Starrett's "Durango Kid" western series. Starrett once again does double duty as a peacekeeper named Steve (this time his last name is Drake) and as masked avenger Durango. The heavy of the piece is escaped military prisoner Craydon (John Dehner) who, with several other fugitives from justice, forms an army of terrorists.
1951-03-14 | en
0.0
Texas Dynamo
Charles Starrett plays The Durango Kid in the 1950 Columbia western Texas Dynamo. As a novelty, Starrett not only plays Durango and his "alter ego" Steve Drake, but also takes on a third identity, that of a hired gun in the employ of the film's bad guys. As one critic noted, this may be the only western in which the hero is obliged to chase himself. Jock O'Mahoney -- later known as Jock Mahoney -- plays a secondary role, and also doubles for Starrett during the riskier stunt sequences.
1950-06-01 | en
0.0
Outcasts of Black Mesa
Our Hero is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Once again, he breaks jail to find the real culprits. And once again, he dons his Durango Kid disguise, whereupon stunt-double Jock Mahoney swings into action. Outcasts of Black Mesa is distinguished by the presence of a relative newcomer to the film game, leading lady Martha Hyer.
1950-04-13 | en
0.0
Renegades of the Sage
The plot finds Steve/Durango attempting to capture ex-Civil War guerilla fighter Miller who may be the man who's been going around knocking down telegraph wires.
1949-11-24 | en
0.0
Horsemen of the Sierras
When Robin Grant inherits a valuable range, certain evil interests try their best to kill off Robin and claim the land for themselves. US Marshall Steve Saunders comes to the boy's rescue.
1949-11-22 | en
0.0
El Dorado Pass
Charles Starrett returns as The Durango Kid in Columbia's El Dorado Pass. It all begins when Durango, in his everyday guise of Steve Clanton, is falsely accused of robbing a stagecoach. The genuine criminal is not only a thief but a coin collector, searching for a valuable specimen by staging holdups.
1948-10-13 | en
0.0
Frontier Gunlaw
Jim Stewart comes to Mesa City and buys a ranch from publisher Matt Edwards, who is confined to a wheelchair. The area is terrorized by an outlaw gang known as The Phantoms. When Jim's cattle herd is rustled and his ranch foreman Pop Evans killed, he takes an active hand against the gang in his guise as the Durango Kid.
1946-01-31 | en
5.0
Outlaws of the Rockies
Outlaws of the Rockies is the fourth of Columbia's revitalized "Durango Kid" series. Charles Starrett is back in the saddle as the masked do-gooder Durango, aka easygoing sheriff Steve Williams. Accused of being a member of an outlaw gang, Williams is forced to don his Durango disguise to bring the actual criminals to justice.
1945-09-18 | en
0.0
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
Charles Starrett, aka "The Durango Kid", is back in Raiders of Tomahawk Creek. Starrett plays Steve Blake, a novice Indian agent, sent out to investigate a series of mysterious murders.
1950-09-30 | en
4.0
Blazing Across the Pecos
This time the Durango Kid confronts an expert gambler.
1948-07-01 | en
3.8
Snake River Desperadoes
Starrett tries to prevent a range war between settlers and the Native Americans. Blue and his fellow scoundrels think they can profit from the bloodshed,but the Durango Kid along with a couple of precocious youngsters put an end to Blue's terrorism.
1951-05-30 | en
5.0
Gunning for Vengeance
Steve Landry arrives as the new Marshal of a town that is having trouble with outlaws. When an outlaw escapes over the State line out of his jurisdiction, the Durango Kid brings him in. The Durango Kid then continues to break up the outlaw raids. But Belle, the saloon owner who is in cahoots with the outlaws, notices the the boot prints of the Durango Kid match those of the new Marshal and a trap is sent to get Durango.
1946-03-21 | en
0.0
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
Charles Starrett plays lawman Steve Forsythe in Ridin' the Outlaw Trail. Somewhere along the line, of course, Steve is obliged to don the mask of The Durango Kid, mysterious righter of wrongs. The "wrongs" in this instance include the theft of $20,000 in gold, and the "kidnapping" of a blacksmith's forge! Jim Bannon, who only a few months earlier had played the heroic Red Ryder, provides the villainy in this fast-paced "Durango Kid" entry
1951-02-23 | en
5.5
The Rough, Tough West
Charles Starrett returns as the Durango Kid in Columbia's Rough, Tough, West. For most of the film, however, Starrett is known as "Steve Holden," a former Texas Ranger who comes to a wide-open mining town to visit an old friend (Jack -- later Jock -- Mahoney). Alas, said friend has turned bad, and is busy arranging a major land grab when Steve arrives on the scene. With deep regret, our hero dons his Durango disguise to thwart his ex-friend's criminal activities.
1952-06-14 | en
0.0
Frontier Outpost
Federal agent Steve Lawton works undercover with his assistant, Smiley Burnette, to track down an outlaw gang that is raiding government gold shipments bound for Fort Navajo.
1950-12-29 | en
5.0
Pecos River
Steve is a Government Agent looking for the gang that stole the U.S. Mail. He goes undercover...
1951-12-15 | en
6.0
Smoky Canyon
Mahoney is a sheep man who's framed for the murder of a rancher. It's all part of a scheme by a dishonest cattleman who hopes to extenuate a range war for his own profit. The Durango Kid helps clear Mahoney's name.
1952-01-31 | en
0.0
Streets of Ghost Town
The Durango Kid and his sidekick look for stolen gold with a history.
1950-08-03 | en
5.0
Trail to Laredo
Filmed at the Providencia Ranch (today's Forrest Lawn in Burbank, CA), this typical "Durango Kid" Western featured the Cass County Boys performing "Go West Young Lady" by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin, in addition to series regular Smiley Burnette singing his own "It's My Turn" and "The Yodeler. This time, the Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) is chasing down a gang of outlaws shipping stolen gold in crates marked "ring bolts," ably assisted by Smiley, a treasury agent working undercover as a house painter. Virginia Maxey supplies female interest and little Tommy Ivo, in one of his six appearances in the Durango Kid series, also gets in the way of the action.
1948-08-11 | en