Author Archive: Retro

Texas Ranger arrives in town to visit his buddy, the sheriff, only to find that he’s been murdered by an outlaw gang. Dir. Albert Ray

Renfrew of the Mounties adventure finds Our Hero checking into an air freight service which kills its clients and steals their cargo. Dir. Ralph Staub

Good-hearted outlaw is convinced by local rustlers that he should assume his corrupt brother’s identity and job…as sheriff. Dir. Phil Rosen

Ranger Bill Williams goes to prison to get information on Chuck Adams. Then a fake posse chase gets him invited into Adams’ gang. But just as he learns who Adams’ boss is and is about to make his move, his cell mate who escaped from prison returns to identify him.

Both Lawrence and Salter are mine owners. Salter has planted men at
Lawrence’s mine and when Lawrence ships his high grade ore, they switch it
with Salter’s worthless ore. Obtaining ore samples from both mines, Marshal
Lee Powell figures out the scheme and he and his deputies Art and Bill go
after the bad guys. Written by Maurice VanAuken

The Hurley’s own a lumber mill and want to harvest all the timber in the valley. They kill the Forester and substitute their brother Dusty in his place. Dusty then says all the trees are infected and must be cut down. But Rex Allen is suspicious and writes to the Forestry Department.

Pete Childers, a notorious killer, is assigned as a deputy to Sheriff Bob
Hall. Hardy Keller, wanted for murder, is hiding on a ranch own by Bob’s
sweetheart, Helen Jones and her brother Fred. Childers is working with
Farley, a crooked cattle dealer. After Childers wantonly shoots down the
surrendering Kellar, Bob beats him up and fires him. Bob knows that Fred is
on familiar terms with the rustlers, but Helen won’t believe him and they
quarrel. Written by Les Adams

Spade Cooley investigates silver mine robberies by masked outlaw “Silver Bandit.”

Dty Gulch Trading Post owner Kurt Fabian advances money on mortgages to the local settlers to finance an irrigation program. Three Texas Rangers, Tex Wyatt, Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins transport the money in a strong box which they place in the Wells Fargo safe as agent Sam Benson assures them that he is the only one who knows the safe combination. Fabian conspires with Bill Gunner, Breed Crocker and Trigger Booth to steal the money and they fail, but Fabian gets it on his own. Benson is arrested, and a committee of citizens, led by Oscar Perrin accuse Captain Wyatt and the Rangers of carelessness and request the resignation of the Captain if the money is not recovered. Fabian owns the abandoned ghost town of “Mystic”, and Gunner, Crocker and Booth take him there to force him to tell where he has hidden the money, They shoot at his feet to intimidate him and [...]