Author Archive: Retro

Insurance Agent Ted Sanders has been called in to investigate a robbery and murder. A deputy also arrives to investigate. But unknown to Ted, the Deputy is a fake and actually part of the gang. The fake plants some of the money in Ted’s room so he can arrest him. Then with the help of the gang he plans to finish Ted off.

Man teams up with a gunslinger looking for revenge and sets out to find the murderer of his twin brother. Dir. Edward L. Cahn

The Rough Riders find an orphaned baby in a ranch house and wreak vengeance on the rustlers who killed its parents. Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennet

When mild mannered Friendly Fields is sent to the Blair ranch to work, he is mistaken for the notorious outlaw Blackie Burke. When a drought develops and the ranchers look for new grazing land, he plays the part and forces them to give he best plot to his boss Miss Blair. But no sooner than his mother arrives to expose the hoax, the real Blackie also arrives.

To maintain his vast ranch holdings, Henry Steele holds Jane, the daughter of his deceased business partner, against her will. Stalwart ranger Bob Sanborn rescues Jane in a riding incident and is invited to stay over at the ranch by the malevolent Steele, who catches on immediately to the fact that Sanborn has been asked by Jane to help her escape. Steele escorts Bob off the ranch just after giving the order to his vicious ranch hands, Mudo and Tonto, not to let him leave alive.

Wayne’s last appearance as one of The Three Mesquiteers finds them trying to help settlers who bought into a tract of land which is about to be flooded. Dir. George Sherman

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The Frontier Marshals have been called in to try and break up a counterfeiting operation. Phony bills received at their horse auction leads them to Duke Mallory’s dude ranch. Mallory holds an engraver prisoner and gets rid of the fake bills by having three of his cronies become big winners at his gambling tables. Lee Powell tries to become Mallory’s partner to get evidence but is made a prisoner when his true identity becomes known.

Crabbe stars as Chief Moya, guardian of his tribe’s rich gold deposits. Keene plays a mining engineer sent by a claim-jumper to find and control the mine, but he soon discovers he’s on the wrong side. Based on the novel by Zane Grey. Dir. James P. Hogan