Author Archive: Retro

When the bad guys realize they can’t bribe Steele to lose a high-stakes rodeo, they kidnap him before the competition starts. Dir. Harry Webb

In a remake of 1932’s “Night Rider”, which was later adapted into 1940’s “The Range Busters”, Arizona cowhand Billy Donovan comes to a Texas town and gives sharp-shooting exhibitions in his guise as an ammunition salesman for the Gigantic Shell Company, but is in reality searching for the killer of his brother-in-law who also caused the death of his sister. Bill meets Jean Halloran, who has received several notes signed by “The Phantom” ordering her to vacate the Double Bar-A ranch near an abandoned gold mine. The only other occupant on the ranch is Tom Jackson, her stepfather, who is a cripple, with both legs paralyzed. Billy also learns that Salazar, the town’s most noted shot, is looking for him. Investigating the mine, Billy falls down the shaft, is knocked senseless but recovers and follows a figure through the mine who climbs up through a trap door. The trap door leads to Jackson’s bedroom. He [...]

An avenging stranger guns down a gang of ruthless bandits in revenge for the murder of his family.

McCoy tries to round up a gang of gold-hungry outlaws who disguise themselves as a “League of Patriots” in order to pull off their heists. Dir. Sam Newfield

Cody’s buddy is swindled out of his ranch and then murdered, so he goes after the bad guys that done it. Written by Harry Fraser. Dir. Harry Fraser

A cowboy sleuth (Harry Carey) catches rustlers despite a rattlesnake.

Newly appointed marshall is unstoppable in his fight against corruption, but learns that the man who appointed him is his worst enemy. Future TV Superman George Reeves has a cameo as Jesse James. Dir. George Archainbaud

Tex is used as an unwitting dupe in a plot to get a herd of stolen horses across the Mexican border. Film debut of radio’s “The Range Ramblers” and “Tex Ritter’s Tornadoes”. Dir. Robert North Bradbury

Hoppy and his pals try to stop a notorious cattle rustler with delusions of grandeur. Dir. Howard Bretherton