Author Archive: Retro

Gene and Frog must keep the new settlers of a small town from being swindled by some bad guys. Dir. Joseph Kane

Texas Ranger scouting for the army tries to warn the colonel about an impending Commanche attack, and is put in jail for his trouble. Dir. Joseph Kane

Autry leads the cattle ranchers in a war against invading oilmen, and ends up getting framed for murder. Produced by Armand Schaefer. Dir. Joseph Kane

Autry in a dual role as a lawman tracking villains whom his father put in prison twenty years ago. Produced by Armand Schaefer. Dir. Jon English

Gene tries to break up the Georgia equivalent of a range war between turpentiners and cattlemen, with the help of the ever reliable Smiley. Produced by Armand Schaefer. Dir. Joseph Kane

Evil Indian Agent Richards is cheating the Indians into starvation. Gene shows that their raids are only for survival.

Just as Lucky Webster (Fred Kohler Jr). is being questioned about a recent train robbery, Tom Allen (Tom Keene) appears at his ranch and confirms his alibi. Lucky offers Tom a job with the gang he is secretly working for. Lucky’s sister, Julie (Jean Trent), doesn’t realize he is mixed up with an outlaw gang. Tom, a U.S. Marshal working undercover with Sheriff Big Bill Collins (Glenn Strange), asks the sheriff about respected citizen and bank president Jeff Gordon (LeRoy Mason), whom he suspects of working with the mail robbers. Tom plants a dictophone in Gordon’s office and hears him tell gang leader Jim Rivers (Karl Hackett) that the next shipment is $15,000 and gives Rivers information to make the hold-up. Julie, accidently, tips Lucky off to Tom’s real identity and Tom is ambushed as he rides back to the gang’s hideout.

Manager Nifty Harmon brings his fighter Spike Sullivan to town for the big fight. When Brick Loring knocks down Spike’s opponent in a street fight, the townsmen get Brick to replace him. When Brick refuses to throw the fight, Jock drugs his coffee. After Brick loses, Jock robs Nifty of the prize money and flees. Recovered from the drug, Brick takes out after him.