Author Archive: Retro

Proper eastern girl heads West, meets an uncouth drunk, and before you know it we’ve got true love on our hands. Oh, and there’s also the bad guys, who are smuggling ammunition across the border. Based on the novel by Zane Grey. Dir. Lesley Selander

Lady gambler supports her drunken father with her winnings and dallies with a gunman until she falls for the new doctor in town. Written by Carl Hittleman. Dir. Carl Hittleman

Mexican outlaw rigs a horserace to win a cowboy’s horse, then kills someone during a card game and blames that on the cowboy as well. The poor guy ends up hiding in the desert, trying to clear his name. Dir. Charles Hutchinson

U.S. Marshal tries to stop the slaughtering of buffalo by a gang of poachers, while searching for the murderer of his mommy. Written by Robert Emmett Tansey. Dir. Al Herman

Lawman Ritter goes undercover to catch some claim-jumping outlaws who are murdering gold miners. Tex’s film debut. Written by Robert Emmett Tansey, J.P. McCarthy, & Al Jennings. Dir. J.P. McCarthy

The Range Busters get mixed up in a fight between two land barons while trying to clean up the criminals in a small town. Dir. S. Roy Luby

Ex-outlaw Tim Mallory is looking for the killer of his friend Chuck. Having thwarted a robbery attempt by one of his old gang members he is made a Deputy. He finds Houger who he believes is the killer and starts cleaning up his town. When an old gang member arrives and exposes him, he is arrested. But before being taken to jail, he sees Houger is wearing Chuck’s watch.

Vivian as the Hawk is the secret leader of an outlaw gang. She wants the Chambers ranch and after Chambers is killed she sends her men to kill his daughter who is arriving on the stage. Eddie breaks it up and later foils a robbery attempt by the gang. Finding a hat at the scene, he marks it and leaves it hoping it will turn up again.