Author Archive: Retro

Three apparent strangers, a gambler, a stagecoach driver and an outlaw seem to be working together to thwart a gang of bandits. Dir. Robert N. Bradbury

When ranch hands Jeff and his friend Mike spend all their money to buy land in Hawaii, they arrive to find they have been swindled by M’Tigue. Broke, they take jobs on the Harrington ranch. M’Tigue is after that ranch and is out to make sure their cattle drive fails so the note that is due cannot be paid off. But just when he will be needed, Jeff is fired.

A cowboy escapes from jail with the help of his girlfriend, and goes after the men he believes are responsible for his brother being shot down by lawmen.

A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer’s rich cattle baron father in the process.

Storm is out to wreck Ace’s stage line. When Tex arrives to help Ace, Storm brings in hired killer Mule Bates. But Tex and Bates know each other and the two devise a plan to fool Storm.

Dave stops a stagecoach hijack, but the gang leader jumps bail, and the Rangers ride for the final showdown with the outlaws. Dir. Harry L. Fraser

In the fourth and last Red Ryder (following “Ride, Rider, Ride”, “Roll, Thunder, Roll” and “The Fighting Redhead” in that order) of the Equity Pictures for Eagle-Lion distribution, filmed in Cinecolor, Red Ryder takes Steve Stevenson, who has saved Red’s life, to his ranch and gives him a job. Red’s aunt, the Duchess, knew Steve’s father, who supposedly committed suicide after losing his ranch betting on a prizefight. Steve refuses to believe that his father took his own life and the Duchess backs him up. On the way to town, Red, Steve, ranch hand Buckshot Blodgett and Red’s young Indian pal, Little Beaver, break up an attempted stagecoach robbery. Mark Palmer, the gambler who caused the death of Steve’s father, is a passenger. In town, Steve meets Sue Evans, who is going to work for saloon owner Bart Osborne. Palmer and Osborne are working together and want Ryder’s ranch, and they develop a plan to [...]

During the Spanish-American War, Colonel Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders are short of horses, and Hopalong Cassidy and his Bar-20 friends are detailed to round up a bunch of wild horses, but a renegade and his gang are out to stop the roundup.

Windy is appointed town sheriff but has a rough time catching a couple of rustlers, so Hoppy and Lucky come to town to help out. Dir. Lesley Selander