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Again Pioneers is a 1950 American black-and-white short drama film produced by Paul F. Heard for the Protestant Film Commission. Directed by William Beaudine, it stars Colleen Townsend, Tom Powers, Sarah Padden, and Regis Toomey. The story is set in the fictional town of Fairview and depicts the friction between the middle-class residents and the impoverished migrants who live on the outskirts in a shantytown called "The Patch". The film explores the meaning of the American Dream for both types of residents, and the responsibility of the church to reinstill Christian values of human dignity and freedom into American life. The film was produced at the request of the Home Missions Council of North America. It was not released commercially, but was distributed to 30,000 Protestant denominational churches in the United States.
Original Release
11/02/1950
US Release
11/02/1950
Cast
Name | Character |
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Colleen Townsend | Sallie Keeler |
Tom Powers | Ken Keeler |
Sarah Padden | Ma Ashby |
Regis Toomey | Dave Harley |
Jimmy Hunt | Nathaniel [Ashby] / Nathaniel Ashby |
Evelyn Brent | Alice Keeler |
Larry Olsen | Kenny Keeler |
Larry Carr | Malcolm Keeler |
Erville Alderson | Pa Ashby |
Peggy Wynne | Arla Ashby |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Colleen Townsend | Sallie Keeler |
Tom Powers | Ken Keeler |
Sarah Padden | Ma Ashby |
Regis Toomey | Dave Harley |
Jimmy Hunt | Nathaniel [Ashby] / Nathaniel Ashby |
Evelyn Brent | Alice Keeler |
Larry Olsen | Kenny Keeler |
Larry Carr | Malcolm Keeler |
Erville Alderson | Pa Ashby |
Peggy Wynne | Arla Ashby |
Melinda Casey | Rebecca Ashby (as Melinda Plowman) / Rebecca Ashby |
Gene Roth | Monty Barnes |
Judith Allen | Mrs. Barnes |
Harry Cheshire | Col. Garnett / Col onelGarnett |
Hart Wayne | Police Chief Bill Marlin |
Louis Mason | Farmer Reader |
John Parlow | Matty Jans |
Gertrude Astor | Mrs. Irma Jans |
Russell Hicks | Pete Galloway |
Raymond Bond | Dr. Miles |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paul F. Heard | Producer |
Barney A. Sarecky | Producer |