Author Archive: Retro

Scott moves his family from Kentucky to Nevada to escape a bloody feud, but ends up in a sheep herder/cattleman war between members of the same feuding families. Based on the novel by Zane Grey. Dir. Henry Hathaway.

Ranger Bill, known as The Shadow, poses as a rustler to infiltrate outlaws who are planning to dupe an old friend. Dir. Jack Nelson

Rodeo horse trainer is torn between his girl and his horse. Color.

After Jack and Jimmy get paid for delivering horses, Jimmy rides off to pay
the hands. Plug Perkins gets Cheyenne to kill him but Cheyenne leaves a
plate from his harmonica at the scene. Jack finds the plate and catches up
with Cheyenne just as Perkins is about to shoot him. After saving
Cheyenne’s life, he has a plan that will trick Cheyenne into a confession. Written by Maurice VanAuken

When Hadley finds gold on his land, Kirby kills him and then goes after
Hadley’s ranch. After Eddie Dean foils Kirby’s robbery attempt, Kirby
forces the assistant land agent Tuttle to sell the ranch to him. But Eddie
learns of the forgery thru Tuttle’s boss and goes after Kirby. Written by Maurice VanAuken

Baker joins the Cattleman’s Protection Agency to catch a band of rustlers, who happen to be the same group of baddies who murdered his father. Produced by Trem Carr. Dir. Joseph H. Lewis

Texas Ranger Tim is forced to turn in his badge when he lets two criminals go, and he joins an outlaw gang to get even. Or, is it all a ruse to catch some more bad guys? Produced by Sigmund Neufeld. Dir. Sam Newfield

California attempts to break free from Mexico and join the Union, but two brothers end up on opposing sides of the conflict. Dir. Hamil Petroff

Abused and dominated by men in her youth, Belle Starr now out-rides, out-smokes, out-shoots, and out-gambles them as she makes her way around the Old West, usually wearing male garb. One man who’s her equal is Larry Blackie with whom she has an on-again, off-again relationship which is often argumentative and sometimes violent. Together they become involved in a robbery which goes awry. Belle has to rescue Larry and though he’s grateful, he now wants to go his own way. However, he expresses the hope that someday they’ll once more cross paths and then … who knows?