Author Archive: Retro

The kidnappers of Herbert Scott have been paid the demanded ransom but have
not returned Scott. The police chief suspects Larry Scott, the spendthrift
nephew, but an opposing view is held by Morrison, federal operator in
charge of the case. He assigns Betty Mason, his best woman operative, to
the case. Written by Les Adams

Bill Dane and Banty quit Kell’s outlaw gang. When Dane prevents Kell and his men from getting a bullion shipment, he is made Sheriff. Learning Dane is Sheriff, Kell and gang return, force Dane to give them the bullion, and make Dane a prisoner. Escaping, Dane trails the gang and engages them in a gunfight while his horse Tarzan goes for help.

Sent to investigate a payroll robbery, Marshall Rocky meets his old friends
Ken, Eddie, and Max. He has the serial numbers and when Pop puts on his
medicine show they get one of the bills. This enables Ken to see through
Sorrell’s scheme that threw the blame on an innocent rancher and he sets
out to prove it. Written by Maurice VanAuken

In a nearly-instant of a remake of ‘Cowboy Holiday’, Rex Bell plays Jimmy
Sawyer, a Cattleman’s Association operative, and goes on the trail of his
friend Pancho Gonzales,known as the Juarez Kid. The Kid has been charged
with being responsible for an outbreak of lawlessness in the border area.
Sawyer is unconvinced of the Kid”s guilt, as he had given his word, three
years earlier, to Sawyer that he would go straight. Jimmy is convinced that
somebody is posing as The Juarez Kid, and he begins the search at the
Hawley ranch. Written by Les Adams

When Steve Harper chases down some rustlers, he loses his gun in the
ensuing fistfight. After Wilson is killed, Steve’s gun is found nearby and
he as arrested. Jimmy Wilson breaks him out of jail and he heads after the
real killer.

Sergeant Bob Steele (Bob Custer), of the Texas Rangers, is assigned to put an end to the lawlessness of a
gang of outlaws led by a mysterious man known as ‘The Black Hawk.’ Hoping
to infiltrate the gang, he poses as an outlaw named “Lightning” Brady. Written by Les Adams

Yates has hired Petrie and his men to stop logger Kerrigan from fulfilling
his contract. When Petrie’s man Slade gets the loggers to quit, Kerrigan’s
daughter arrives with a new crew. When they destroy the flume, Hoppy builds
an overhead line to transport the logs. Now desperate, Petrie sets out to
blow up the dam and Hoppy takes to the overhead line in an attempt to get
there in time to stop him. Written by Maurice VanAuken

After saving himself from hanging, Laramie Nelson saves Tracks Williams from the same fate. They then travel to Lindsay’s ranch where they get jobs. There they run into Adams who they learn is planning to rustle Lindsay’s horses.

The third in the series of six PRC westerns starring Bob Steele as Billy the Kid (Bob Steele, finds Billy and his pals, Jeff Blanchard (Carleton Young) and Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) ambushed in a cabin and, as they are making their getaway, Jeff is wounded. They go to Little Bend Valley where Jim Blanchard, Jeff’s uncle, has a ranch. On their way, there see Ed Baker (Charles King0 and Buck Mason (Rex Lease) stop the wagon driven by Ann Roberts (Louise Currie). Billy stops the two henchmen from throwing the supplies from the wagon. Ann tells Billy that she and her father, Tom Roberts (Forrest Taylor), have bought a ranch but that someone is trying to run them out of the valley. They ride with Ann and Jeff is surprised to see that the Roberts’ are living on what was formerly his uncle’s ranch. The Roberts had only been there a short time, [...]