Author Archive: Retro

A mare dies while foaling the Red Stallion. He is reared by a boy and is entered in a big race – something like the Kentucky Derby.

The Arizona Rangers have been disbanded, but decide to go on one last mission to catch a infamous stagecoach robber and murderer…played by “Gabby”!Written by Robert North Bradbury. Dir. Robert North Bradbury

A white boy raised as an Indian is the only hope for a ranch that has been pushed into debt by some unethical ranchers. Dir. J. Frank Glendon

Cowboy becomes an unintentional dupe for the bad guys…or is he really a federal agent working undercover to find his father’s murderer? Dir. Robert North Bradbury

Newspaper editor exposes a gang of stagecoach robbers, and as a result his son is attacked. Sounds like a job for The Rough Riders, who go undercover as a pair of preachers and an undertaker. Jones’ final film, released after his death in the Cocoanut Grove fire. Dir. Howard Bretherton

Cowhand Ladd dances with cantina girl Estrella and has a part in shooting Sheriff Tyler.

Villains stage midnight raids on a young cowgirl’s ranch, killing off all her employees, until a stranger hires on to help her. Dir. S. Roy Luby

An Indian and a deserted African American Soldier meet in a desert and are both trying to start a new life. They become friends and decide to start a farm together. When the Indian goes to a nearby town to buy some chickens. In his absence the deserted soldier is attacked and the farm destroyed by some racist neighbors. It’s time for some payback!

Our heroic trio are mistaken for a gang of silk thieves, and must quickly discover the real bad guys. Dir. Jon English