Ride Ryder Ride (1949)

Having grown up on 'A Christmas Story' I've long been curious to see a 'Red Ryder' story, now I have and there's not much there. Originally a comic strip 'Red Ryder' spawned some film serials, and later a series of B westerns of which 'Ride Ryder Ride' is one. Teamed with the aunt who raised him, a comic old man, and a young Indian boy Red Ryder is a 'cow puncher' who stands for truth and common decency. In this film he is very concerned about due process and the responsibilities of the press, he enacts a scheme to use a newspaper to flush out the criminal activities of a hotelier called 'Frenchie Beaumont' but things still have to end in a fight. Rather evidently made for children. **