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)
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
West of Sonora
Western star Charles Starrett was amazing; he kept making the same film over and over, but always made it seem as if it was for the first time. In West of Sonora, Starrett once again plays a frontier good-guy named Steve (Steve Rollins, to be exact), who, when the need arises, disguises himself as The Durango Kid, masked righter of wrongs. This time, Steve/Durango champions the cause of 10-year-old Penelope Clinton (Anita Castle), who has spent her short life as the focus of a feud between her grandfathers, suspected outlaw Black Murphy (Steve Darrell) and Sheriff Jack Clinton (George Cheseboro).
1948-03-25 | en
5.0
Laramie Mountains
Markham and his men have found gold on the Indian reservation and are trying to get rid of them by starting an Indian war. Dressed as Indians they are attacking the soldiers. Steve Holden is the Indian agent sent to prevent a war. After finding proof that white men posing as Indians were responsible, he is able to locate the gang's hideout but quickly becomes a prisoner slated to be killed. - Written by Maurice VanAuken
1952-04-19 | 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
5.5
Both Barrels Blazing
The outlaw gangs are robbing the railroads and the Rangers cannot follow them when they move to New Mexico. So Kip decides to take a vacation to New Mexico and, as the Durango Kid, bring Cass and his gang back to justice. But Cass and his gang are killed at the bank in a double cross and Kip must still find the loot. For this, he enlists the help of Tex and Grubstake, although Grubstake does not know it.
1945-05-16 | en
0.0
Prairie Roundup
In Prairie Roundup, Fred F. Sears' direction brings a welcome jolt of vitality to Columbia's aging "Durango Kid" western series. Once again, Charles Starrett stars as Steve Carson, a lawman who is forced to assume the identity of masked do-gooder Durango. Framed for murder, Carson escapes to locate the real killer. It turns out that he was set up by cattle baron Buck Prescott (Frank Fenton), who eliminates competition by stealing livestock from other ranchers.
1951-01-15 | fr
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
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
Heading West
Dakota Indian Agent Steve Reynolds receives a copy of the Bonanza City Nuggett from Jim Mallory and reads a story blaming the Durango Kid for recent gold mine raids.
1946-08-14 | 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
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
8.0
The Return of the Durango Kid
A masked outlaw steals from bank robbers to help the poor.
1945-04-19 | en
5.0
The Kid from Broken Gun
Charles Starrett makes his final appearance as The Durango Kid, this time as Steve Reynolds, a postal inspector who has gone underground to catch the bad guys. His longtime sidekick, Smiley Burnette appears as an itinerant optometrist who is hardly in the plot line of the film. Jock Mahoney plays Jack Mahoney, an eastern educated dude who has come back home. The Durango Kid teaches Jack how to draw and fire a six-gun, and the two ultimately work together to bring the outlaws to justice.
1952-08-19 | en
0.0
The Desert Horseman
The Durango Kid sets out to clear his name after being falsely accused of a payroll robbery.
1946-07-10 | en
5.0
Whirlwind Raiders
It's 1873 and the disbanded Texas Rangers have been replaced by the corrupt Texas State Police. Steve Lanning arrives posing as a wanted outlaw to get in with them in his attempt to have them replaced. His inside work helps the Durango Kid break up the State Police raids but he is in trouble when his secret identity as Durango becomes known to them.
1948-05-12 | en
0.0
Phantom Valley
The Durango Kid, along with assistance from sidekick Smiley Burnett, investigates a pair of murders that threaten to fuel a range war.
1948-02-19 | en
6.0
Bonanza Town
Using marked bills, Steve is looking for the supposedly dead Henry Hardison. Coming to Bonanza Town he gets a job with the town boss Crag Bozeman and gets paid with marked bills. He suspects Hardison is Boseman's boss and he is right as Hardison and his men are now planning to get rid of both him and the Durango kid.
1951-07-26 | en
6.0
Quick on the Trigger
Quick on the Trigger was Charles Starrett's second "Durango Kid" picture for 1949. It all begins when ousted sheriff Steve Warren (Starrett) is put on trial for the murder of heroine Nora Reed's (Helen Parrish) brother. Steve is innocent, of course, but he doesn't stand a chance against prosecuting attorney Garvey Yager (Lyle Talbot) -- especially since Yager is the real killer.
1948-12-02 | en