Author Archive: Retro

Settlers pour into California in 1853, causing conflict with Spanish landowners; the Three Mesquiteers intervene

Maynard invests in a ranch, but when his partner is first accused of rustling horses, then killed, Our Man Kermit must get to the bottom of things. Dir. Charles Abbott

Eddie Dean, under orders as a U.S. Land Office agent, is trying to prevent a range war from being started between homesteaders and ranchers when a caravan of the so-called ‘Nesters’, start to take over land acquired by the homesteaders by a government lease. Quirt Thayer, working both sides against the middle, has his gang join with the ranchers seeking revenge against the settlers for raids on the ranchers by Quirt’s henchmen. Eddie uses his friendship with Mary King, daughter of the leading rancher, to pin the guilt on the correct culprits.

Produced by Ken Murray strictly as a vehicle for Laurie Anders, his curvy protégé from his television show and billed above the title and first billed in the cast as Laurie

Tyler finds a murdered rancher and is blamed for his death. He searches for the real killer with the help of a ventriloquist. Produced by Sam Katzman. Dir. Sam Katzman

Young frontiersman joins a wagon train to California to keep from going to jail, talking a French lass into posing as his wife. Eventually he must take responsibility as the sole scout when the natives attack. From the novel by Zane Grey. Dir. Otto Brower, David Burton

Ethically challenged fur trader and his henchmen make the mistake of messing with an Oregon-bound wagon train led by Tex. Dir. Al Herman

Rancher has a scheme to own all the land in the valley: by drawing up phony Spanish Land Grants and having his mexican cohort come to claim ownership. Produced by Stan Laurel and Jed Buell. Dir. Sam Newfield

Horse trader Randall suspects that a competitor is selling stolen horses and undertakes his own investigation. Produced by Harry S. Webb. Dir. Bernard B. Ray (Raymond K. Johnson)