Author Archive: Retro

Hoppy “masquerades” as a timid lawyer to foil the schemes of a land-grabber who uses a gang of midnight riders to drive people away from their oil-rich land. Dir. George Archainbaud

Drifting horse traders are just passing through when they uncover a horse thief’s scheme to empty his neighbors’ ranches of their herds, blaming his thefts on a wild stallion. Written by Frances Kavanaugh. Dir. Robert Emmett Tansey

Jack has been called in to investigate stage robberies where the stolen
gold bullion mysteriously disappears, He finds the Professor, an elderly
ex-con, and convincing him they used to work together, gets the Professor
to get him in to the gang. Now posing as an outlaw, he learns what the
Professor does with the bullion, but he is in trouble when his true
identity is revealed. Written by Maurice VanAuken

Stoney’s doppelganger kidnaps the real Stoney Burke and begins a rampage of theft and murder, leaving Tucson and Lullaby to wonder if their pal has gone to the dark side. Dir. George Sherman

Baker and Knight are in the wrong place at the wrong time and end up getting sent to prison for pillaging a wagon train. The judge knows they’re innocent, and breaks them out of jail to go after the real gang of bad guys. Dir. Joseph H. Lewis

Williams comes up with a plan which will aid his lawman pal in capturing the dangerous Juarez Kid. Written by Robert F. Hill. Dir. Robert F. Hill

A lawman becomes disgusted with “The System” that seems to allow criminals to go free, and becomes a vigilante, dispensing justice his way. Dir. Robert North Bradbury

Gowdey’s scheme is to repeatedly sell a ranch by mail and to tell the buyer
to bring the money in cash. His men then kill the buyer and keep the cash.
But when he sells a ranch to Luke Jones, Jones asks his cousin Fuzzy to
join him and Fuzzy brings Rocky Cameron and that spells trouble for Gowdey. Written by Maurice VanAuken

A marshal is sent to clean up a mining town being terrorized by an organized gang that is killing miners and stealing their claims.