Colt Comrades

Colt Comrades is a 1943 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Michael Wilson. The film stars William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Teddi Sherman, Victor Jory, George Reeves and Douglas Fowley. The film was released on June 18, 1943, by United Artists.

Plot
Hoppy, Johnny Travers and California Carlson buy 50% of a ranch. The ranch is owned by siblings who haven’t been able to pay their extravagant water bill so the ranch is almost in foreclosure.

Hoppy and comrades quit the US Marshal Service. The local land baron (Victor Jory) owns the whole valley’s water rights. He also controls the cattleman’s association.

But instead of paying the water bill, California invests in oil drilling. Both sets of partners feel they will lose the ranch. In the end the oil drilling pays off in water and the ranch is saved.

Cast

 * William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy
 * Andy Clyde as California Carlson
 * Jay Kirby as Johnny Travers
 * Teddi Sherman (billed as Lois Sherman) as Lucy Whitlock
 * Victor Jory as Jebb Hardin
 * George Reeves as Lin Whitlock
 * Douglas Fowley as Henchman Joe Brass
 * Herbert Rawlinson as Rancher Varney
 * Earle Hodgins as Wildcat Willie
 * Robert Mitchum as Dirk Mason