Author Archive: Retro

Set during the Civil War, loyal soldier Ballew is sent on a mission by President Lincoln to find out why gold shipments aren’t reaching the Eastern states. Nightclub singer Ballew’s first starring role. Dir. Howard Bretherton

Stranded pioneers become the targets of a hostile Indian group, who will let them through their territory only if they give them their wagonload of Kentucky Rifles. Dir. Carl Hittleman

Ken gets out of prison and goes after the gang who framed him for robbing a bank, and must find the man who has information which will clear his name. Dir. Harry L. Fraser

Keene voyages to Canada to nab a gunman who killed his pa in a grocery store hold-up. Produced by Robert North Bradbury, Written by Robert Emmett Tansey. Dir. Robert North Bradbury

Red Ryder must get to the bottom of things when a championship prize fight is used as cover for a bank robbery. Trouble ensues when Ryder is mistaken for one of the boxers and kidnapped. Dir. R. G. Springsteen

An attorney resorts to kidnapping the mother of a baby who has just inherited $50,000. The Range Busters must become babysitters until they can figure out a way to get Mom back. Dir. S. Roy Luby

Massey plays abolitionist John Brown, whose violent ways must be stopped by the U.S. Army. Flynn and Reagan are West Point grads who fight over de Havilland and are recruited to halt Brown’s activities by guarding the Santa Fe Trail. Dir. Michael Curtiz

Revisionist version of the events leading up to the murder of Wild Bill. Written by Johnny Carpenter. Dir. Richard Talmadge

Cowpoke overextends his credit in a oil field deal with his partner, who dies, leaving him to fight off two con artists and an outlaw who wants the land for himself. Produced by William Pine & William C. Thomas. Dir. Frank McDonald