''Conquest of Cheyenne'' is a 1946 American

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film in the

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directed by

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and written by Earle Snell. The film stars

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, Peggy Stewart,

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, and

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. The film was released on July 29, 1946, by

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Plot

Red Ryder helps to bring in an oil well on a ranch owned by Jackson, after Tom Dean found oil in the ranch. However, Tuttle sets the well on fire in an effort to get the ranch foreclosed.

Cast

as Red Ryder *

as Little Beaver *

as Duchess * Peggy Stewart as Cheyenne Jackson *

as Tom Dean *

as Banker Tuttle *

Tom London Tom London (born Leonard T. Clapman; August 24, 1889 – December 5, 1963) was an American actor who played frequently in B-Westerns. According to ''The Guinness Book of Movie Records'', London is credited with appearing in the most films in ...

as Sheriff Dan Perkins *

Emmett Lynn Emmett Earl Lynn (February 14, 1897 – October 20, 1958) was an American actor of the stage and screen. Early life Lynn was born in Muscatine, Iowa. When he was nine years old, Lynn became a song plugger in Denver, Colorado. From that ...

as Daffy *

Kenne Duncan Kenne Duncan (February 17, 1903 – February 5, 1972) was a Canadian-born American B-movie character actor. Hyped professionally as "The Meanest Man in the Movies," the vast majority of his over 250 appearances on camera were Westerns, bu ...

as Geologist McBride *George Sherwood as Murdo *Frank McCarroll as Henchman Long *

Jack Kirk Jack Kirk (February 19, 1895 – September 13, 1948) was an American film actor from Missoula, Montana who had roles in over 300 films, mostly B-westerns, from 1926 and 1954. Selected filmography * '' The Stolen Ranch'' (1926) * '' Dames Ahoy ...

as Deputy Blake *

Tom Chatterton Tom Chatterton (February 12, 1881 – August 17, 1952) was an American actor and director.. Born in Geneva, New York, Chatterton was active in sports as a youth. He gained early acting experience with Ben Horning's stock theater company in Syrac ...

as Rancher Jones

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* 1946 films American Western (genre) films 1946 Western (genre) films Republic Pictures films Films directed by R. G. Springsteen Films based on comic strips Films based on American comics American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Joseph F. Poland 1940s English-language films 1940s American films Red Ryder films {{1940s-Western-film-stub