Again Pioneers (1950)
November 1, 1950Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Colleen Townsend
Sallie Keeler
Tom Powers
Ken Keeler
Sarah Padden
Ma Ashby
Regis Toomey
Dave Harley
Jimmy Hunt
Nathaniel [Ashby]
Evelyn Brent
Alice Keeler
Larry Olsen
Kenny Keeler
Erville Alderson
Pa Ashby
Peggy Wynne
Arla Ashby
Melinda Casey
Rebecca Ashby (as Melinda Plowman)
Gene Roth
Monty Barnes
Judith Allen
Mrs. Barnes
William West
Director
Harry Cheshire
Col. Garnett
Hart Wayne
Police Chief Bill Marlin
Larry Carr
Malcolm Keeler
Irving Gertz
Composer
Louis Mason
Farmer Reader
John Parlow
Matt Jans
Gertrude Astor
Mrs. Jans
Russell Hicks
Pete Galloway
Raymond Bond
Dr. Miles
Bill Neff
Minister
Connie Evans
Mrs. Brown
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Again Pioneers (sometimes referred to as 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.