{{short description|1947 film by Derwin Abrahams}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Use American English|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = Prairie Raiders | image = Prairie Raiders poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Derwin Abrahams | producer = Colbert Clark | screenplay = Ed Earl Repp | starring = Charles Starrett<br/>Nancy Saunders<br/>Mark Roberts<br/>Ozie Waters<br/>Smiley Burnette | cinematography = George F. Kelley | editing = Paul Borofsky | studio = Columbia Pictures | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{Film date|1947|5|29}} | runtime = 54 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}
'''''Prairie Raiders''''' is a 1947 American Western film directed by Derwin Abrahams and written by Ed Earl Repp. The film stars Charles Starrett, Nancy Saunders, Mark Roberts, Ozie Waters and Smiley Burnette. The film was released on May 29, 1947, by Columbia Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499224/prairie-raiders |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104004838/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499224/Prairie-Raiders/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2018 |title=Prairie Raiders (1947) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=December 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Hans J. Wollstein |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/prairie-raiders-v106496 |title=Prairie Raiders (1947) - Derwin M. Abrahams |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=December 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/25301-PRAIRIE-RAIDERS |title=Prairie Raiders |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=December 8, 2019}}</ref> This was the twenty-third of 65 films in the ''Durango Kid'' series.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blottner |first1=Gene |title=Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years |date=2011 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786486724 |chapter=The Durango Kid }}</ref>
==Plot== {{no plot|date=November 2019}}
==Cast== *Charles Starrett as Steve Bolton / The Durango Kid *Nancy Saunders as Ann Bradford *Mark Roberts as Bronc Masters *Ozie Waters as Ozie Waters *Smiley Burnette as Smiley Burnette *Hugh Prosser as Spud Henley *Lane Bradford as Stark *Ray Bennett as Flagg *Douglas D. Coppin as Clerk Briggs *Steve Clark as Sheriff *Tommy Coats as Shorty *Frank LaRue as Bradford *John Cason as Cinco *Sam Flint as Secretary of the Interior
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0039728|Prairie Raiders}}
Category:1947 films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:1947 Western (genre) films Category:Columbia Pictures films Category:Films directed by Derwin Abrahams Category:American black-and-white films Category:1947 English-language films Category:1947 American films Category:English-language Western (genre) films