Author Archive: Retro

In this well made western, the builders of the railroad have a problem: the civil war will start at any moment, and the sympathizers of the south will do everything they can to sabotage it. After many incidents they go to Washington to ask for the army to help them, but as the war had not started, they send only one man:Sterling Hayden, and he sure knows how to deal with it. Very entertaining, worth seeing for anybody who likes westerns

Tex put the Kern gang away once but they have returned with reinforcements and have take over the town of Red Rock capturing the townsmen and forcing them to work for them in the gold mines. Dave and Tex then organize the ranchers into the Territorial Rangers. After blowing up the mines to keep the gang from getting the gold, they are ready for the showdown between the two sides.

A cowboy finds himself in jail for rustling cattle. His buddy gets the idea to form a lynch mob in the hopes of arranging his escape once the mob takes him out of jail. However, things don’t quite work out the way he planned.

Townsfolk hire a supposed gunfighter (Ken Maynard) to handle a railway matter.

Set during the Civil War, loyal soldier Ballew is sent on a mission by President Lincoln to find out why gold shipments aren’t reaching the Eastern states. Nightclub singer Ballew’s first starring role. Dir. Howard Bretherton

Stranded pioneers become the targets of a hostile Indian group, who will let them through their territory only if they give them their wagonload of Kentucky Rifles. Dir. Carl Hittleman

Ken gets out of prison and goes after the gang who framed him for robbing a bank, and must find the man who has information which will clear his name. Dir. Harry L. Fraser

Keene voyages to Canada to nab a gunman who killed his pa in a grocery store hold-up. Produced by Robert North Bradbury, Written by Robert Emmett Tansey. Dir. Robert North Bradbury