# Prairie Raiders

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{{short description|1947 film by Derwin Abrahams}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Prairie Raiders
| image          = Prairie Raiders poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [Derwin Abrahams](/source/Derwin_Abrahams)
| producer       = [Colbert Clark](/source/Colbert_Clark)
| screenplay     = [Ed Earl Repp](/source/Ed_Earl_Repp)
| starring       = [Charles Starrett](/source/Charles_Starrett)<br/>[Nancy Saunders](/source/Nancy_Saunders)<br/>[Mark Roberts](/source/Mark_Roberts_(actor))<br/>Ozie Waters<br/>[Smiley Burnette](/source/Smiley_Burnette)
| cinematography = George F. Kelley
| editing        = [Paul Borofsky](/source/Paul_Borofsky)
| studio         = [Columbia Pictures](/source/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](/source/Western_film) directed by [Derwin Abrahams](/source/Derwin_Abrahams) and written by [Ed Earl Repp](/source/Ed_Earl_Repp). The film stars [Charles Starrett](/source/Charles_Starrett), [Nancy Saunders](/source/Nancy_Saunders), [Mark Roberts](/source/Mark_Roberts_(actor)), Ozie Waters and [Smiley Burnette](/source/Smiley_Burnette). The film was released on May 29, 1947, by [Columbia Pictures](/source/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](/source/The_Durango_Kid_(film))'' 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](/source/Charles_Starrett) as Steve Bolton / The Durango Kid
*[Nancy Saunders](/source/Nancy_Saunders) as Ann Bradford
*[Mark Roberts](/source/Mark_Roberts_(actor)) as Bronc Masters 
*Ozie Waters as Ozie Waters
*[Smiley Burnette](/source/Smiley_Burnette) as Smiley Burnette
*[Hugh Prosser](/source/Hugh_Prosser) as Spud Henley
*[Lane Bradford](/source/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](/source/John_Cason_(actor)) as Cinco
*[Sam Flint](/source/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

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