Author Archive: Retro

Kirk Allenby is hired by the Cattleman’s Association to track down and arrest a rancher who they believe is stealing cattle. Allenby finds his quarry but is astounded to discover that that man, Bob Enright, looks enough like him to be his twin. He is forced to shoot Enright, but as the man lay dying he gets Allenby to promise that he will help Enright’s sister, who is being forced to marry the real boss of the cattle rustling operation, who has framed Enright in order to take over his ranch.

Railroad investigator Tex must get to the bottom of a mysterious “ghost train” that has been seen in the territory. Sightings seem to coincide with large disappearances of cattle. Dir. Al Herman

Buck buys a deserted piece of land and sets up a dude ranch, but quickly runs afoul of sheep herders, who wanted the land for themselves. Produced by Buck Jones. Dir. Lesley Selander

Tom Cameron is after the man that killed his parents when he was a boy. Obtaining a deed from a family killed just like his, he runs into trouble with Mitchell whose men committed the murder. Accused of the murder by Mitchell, he is quickly tried and convicted and the Judge he recognizes as the man he is looking for.

The Range Busters are after Jingler and the gold taken from the Denver mint. They travel to Bottleneck only to find it a ghost town. But after Alibi salts the mine, Bottleneck quickly becomes a boom town.

Cowboy Larry O’Day and his sidekick Lucky Smith happen upon a distraught Barbara Hartwell, who is about to be arrested for the murder of her uncle. With Barbara behind bars, Larry is determined to find the real killer and soon finds himself in the middle of a mystery involving crazed German entomologists and a smuggling ring bringing Chinese “picture girls” across the Mexican border for sale to wealthy Chinese bachelors.

Steele rides into Apache Basin, an area torn apart by a bitter feud between cattlemen and homesteaders, and must enlist help from “The Riders of the Sage”, a group of hooded do-gooders. Dir. Harry Webb

Cowboys and Indians both have a problem with a crafty wild stallion. It’s up to Chief Thundercloud to tame him. Dir. Edward Finney