Author Archive: Retro

Baker joins the Cattleman’s Protection Agency to catch a band of rustlers, who happen to be the same group of baddies who murdered his father. Produced by Trem Carr. Dir. Joseph H. Lewis

Texas Ranger Tim is forced to turn in his badge when he lets two criminals go, and he joins an outlaw gang to get even. Or, is it all a ruse to catch some more bad guys? Produced by Sigmund Neufeld. Dir. Sam Newfield

California attempts to break free from Mexico and join the Union, but two brothers end up on opposing sides of the conflict. Dir. Hamil Petroff

Abused and dominated by men in her youth, Belle Starr now out-rides, out-smokes, out-shoots, and out-gambles them as she makes her way around the Old West, usually wearing male garb. One man who’s her equal is Larry Blackie with whom she has an on-again, off-again relationship which is often argumentative and sometimes violent. Together they become involved in a robbery which goes awry. Belle has to rescue Larry and though he’s grateful, he now wants to go his own way. However, he expresses the hope that someday they’ll once more cross paths and then … who knows?

While travelling to visit his outlaw brother in Mexico, a man unknowingly begins travelling with a Texas Ranger who is after his brother. From the novel “South of the Rio Grande” by Max Brand. Dir. Elliott Nugent

Texas Ranger Sergeant Jim Steele (Jim Newill) spots Pete Dawson (Bud Osborne) taking horses over the Mexico-Texas border, but Dawson has an alibi. A new group of recruits arrives at the Ranger station, among them, Tex Wyatt (Dave O’Brien), the son of Ranger Captain John Wyatt (Forrest Taylor), whom he hasn’t seen for many years. Captain Wyatt tells Tex that, in the Rangers, he is there strictly on his own merit and there will be no favors played. He assigns Tex to pick up Dawson’s trail, but orders that no arrest be made without proof. Jim, Tex and Ranger Panhandle Perkins (Guy Wilkerson) find Dawson and his men at the Oasis Trading Post where, forgetting his orders, Tex tries to arrest him. A fight ensues until Jean Lorin (Iris Meredith), the Post owner, covers the fighters with a gun and demands they stop. Dawson escapes and Captain Wyatt dismisses Tex from the Ranger Service for [...]

The Texas Rangers take on a shifty lawyer who tries to cheat a family out of a fortune in oil land. Written by Elmer Clifton. Dir. Elmer Clifton

Cowboy Steele works undercover to stop a rustler gang working along the Mexican border, and falls for a barmaid with a heart of gold. Dir. J.P. McCarthy

Eddie Dean (Eddie Dean) and his friend Ezra (Emmett Lynn), while acting as trail guides for a wagon-train for homesteaders, stop a
hold-up attempt by a gang led by Cherokee (‘Lash La Rue’ (qv.) When the
settlers reach their destination, Eddie learns that unscrupulous
landgrabbers, led by a saloon-owner and a crooked judge, have killed the
sheriff, Eddie’s friend, and taken control of all the available land. Eddie
is appointed Sheriff and persuades the outlaws, who attempted the holdup,
to join him in his fight against the landgrabbers and they will get a
pardon from the state governor. Written by Les Adams