Author Archive: Retro

In a nearly-instant of a remake of ‘Cowboy Holiday’, Rex Bell plays Jimmy
Sawyer, a Cattleman’s Association operative, and goes on the trail of his
friend Pancho Gonzales,known as the Juarez Kid. The Kid has been charged
with being responsible for an outbreak of lawlessness in the border area.
Sawyer is unconvinced of the Kid”s guilt, as he had given his word, three
years earlier, to Sawyer that he would go straight. Jimmy is convinced that
somebody is posing as The Juarez Kid, and he begins the search at the
Hawley ranch. Written by Les Adams

When Steve Harper chases down some rustlers, he loses his gun in the
ensuing fistfight. After Wilson is killed, Steve’s gun is found nearby and
he as arrested. Jimmy Wilson breaks him out of jail and he heads after the
real killer.

Sergeant Bob Steele (Bob Custer), of the Texas Rangers, is assigned to put an end to the lawlessness of a
gang of outlaws led by a mysterious man known as ‘The Black Hawk.’ Hoping
to infiltrate the gang, he poses as an outlaw named “Lightning” Brady. Written by Les Adams

Yates has hired Petrie and his men to stop logger Kerrigan from fulfilling
his contract. When Petrie’s man Slade gets the loggers to quit, Kerrigan’s
daughter arrives with a new crew. When they destroy the flume, Hoppy builds
an overhead line to transport the logs. Now desperate, Petrie sets out to
blow up the dam and Hoppy takes to the overhead line in an attempt to get
there in time to stop him. Written by Maurice VanAuken

After saving himself from hanging, Laramie Nelson saves Tracks Williams from the same fate. They then travel to Lindsay’s ranch where they get jobs. There they run into Adams who they learn is planning to rustle Lindsay’s horses.

The third in the series of six PRC westerns starring Bob Steele as Billy the Kid (Bob Steele, finds Billy and his pals, Jeff Blanchard (Carleton Young) and Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) ambushed in a cabin and, as they are making their getaway, Jeff is wounded. They go to Little Bend Valley where Jim Blanchard, Jeff’s uncle, has a ranch. On their way, there see Ed Baker (Charles King0 and Buck Mason (Rex Lease) stop the wagon driven by Ann Roberts (Louise Currie). Billy stops the two henchmen from throwing the supplies from the wagon. Ann tells Billy that she and her father, Tom Roberts (Forrest Taylor), have bought a ranch but that someone is trying to run them out of the valley. They ride with Ann and Jeff is surprised to see that the Roberts’ are living on what was formerly his uncle’s ranch. The Roberts had only been there a short time, [...]

Trains are being robbed by a gang led by an outlaw on a beautiful white horse. The marshal sent to investigate finds out the horse beings to the girl he’s in love with.

Marshal Hoppy has been called in to investigate payroll robberies and
arrives posing as Marvelo the mind reader. When Lucky arrives Hoppy has him
pose as the expected Marshal. Hoppy works his way into the gang led by Ma
Burton and sets a trap for them. But once again Lucky slips up revealing
the masquerade and Hoppy finds himself a prisoner in a burning building. Written by Maurice VanAuken

Our hero, Ken (played by Ken Maynard), takes in a misguided Mort Clark
(played by Paul Fix) who’s heart is in the right place but his judgement is
a little off. Mort turns out to be the brother of Helen Clark (played by
the beautiful Helen Mack), whom Ken had met (and became infatuated with)
while on a trip back East. Mort can’t face his sister because of his
shameful past and allows Ken to help him turn his life around. Mort gets
his head on straight only to get duped into playing a fixed card game – and
losing not only his dignity but all of Ken’s money. In an attempt to right
a wrong, Mort gets himself deeper into trouble. As if things can’t get
worse, Helen shows up the same time that Mort is brought into town in
handcuffs for armed robbery. [...]