Author Archive: Retro

Once honorable band of hooded mercenaries regroups with an evil agenda, and the townspeople call for the Three Mesquiteers. Dir. George Sherman

Former Marshal Jack Rowan had hopes to put away his guns forever when he buys a cattle ranch near the Mexican border, but he discovers that Mexican cattle are being smuggled across the border by way of his ranch. Jack stops at the store run by John Howard to get supplies and meets Carol Howard, the storekeeper’s niece. Jack sees Taylor, a suspected rustler, follow Frank Stone into his office. He overhears Taylor tell Stone that the Sheriff has caught one of the cattle smugglers, but he has named Jack as the gang leader. They capture the listening Jack and go for the sheriff. Stone brags to Howard and Carol that he has Jack a prisoner, Carol and Jack’s sidekick Manny free Jack. Jack and Manny trail Taylor and see him pay for cattle to be smuggled into the Texas. Manny goes for the Sheriff while Jack hides outside the tunnel, used by the smugglers, [...]

Flash Purdue incites the ranchers by accusing the Benson family of murder. They are warned in time and cross the border to safety. Muley Benson however stays and joins the rodeo circuit. Five years later he gets a request to return. Arriving he is made a prisoner by Flash who now plans to kill him for having shot him in the ear earlier when he called the Benson’s murderers.

When a Ranger is killed, the Captain sends Dave Austin to investigate. Posing as an outlaw, he meets Apache Joe who he realizes was the killer. He also meets Dan Drury, the man that transfers money between Apache Joe and his boss. He takes a job on Drury’s ranch but is in trouble when Drury’s sister Jean reveals his true identity.

The Range Busters arrive to see if they can find out who has been robbing the stage of the mine payrolls. Crash is a big winner in Faro Wilson’s card game and when the winning bills are later checked, they are found to be from the mine payroll. When the mine manager is seen sneaking into Faro’s office, the Range Busters know how Faro learns of the shipments and they are ready when the next payroll goes out.

A land robber orders his cutthroats to steal the deed to the Pecos Rancho, land originally granted by the King of Spain. The owners are killed but their son escapes. Years later, he returns as the Pecos Kid to reclaim his family’s heritage.

After serving in WWI, the title characters (with Saylor in the role of Lullaby) band together with cattlemen against outlaws. First in the series. Dir. Ray Taylor

Pecos businessman Matt Gardner is buying up freighters, or wagon trains of food supplies, at cheap prices through intimidation, and charging high prices by deliberately causing phony food shortages at his trading posts. The only one refusing to sell his supplies is Zack Sibley, who is dead set on maintaining his freighter business as well as tracking down his father’s murderer, his ex-business partner. Gardner plans on eliminating any competition Sibley presents by sending his thugs to kill him and raid his wagon train.