Author Archive: Retro

Doctor-turned-lawman fights corruption and legal apathy as he tries to enforce the Homesteaders Act which will help settlers in Iowa fight land grabbers. Dir. William Nigh

Hall is after Dennison’s land. The Marshal sends Tex to help Dennison while Hall hires the Shooting Kid to finish off Dennison. But the Kid has been helped by Tex in the past and changes sides. He, Tex, and the other hands then try to get Dennison’s cattle past Hall’s barricade and on to market.

Rancher “Utah” Neyes crosses the border into Canada to meet his partner, only to find that the latter has been murdered by a gang led by “Nails” Nelson. “Utah”, with the aid of RCMP Jack Craig and fur-trapper Ivy Jenkins, manages to clear his own name of suspicion and also break up Nelson’s fur-stealing and smuggling racket.

Gambler Brown goes after a frontier gangster who is harassing ranchers with a protection racket. Dir. Sam Newfield

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

An old rancher is accused of murder actually committed by outlaw “The Laramie Kid”; his son tracks the real killer

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