Author Archive: Retro

After years of wandering, Tim returns to Sagebrush where he is suspected of murder and the conflict between him and Sheriff Hurley is reignited. After Tim beats Hurley in a wrestling match he goes to the bank to collect. But Hurley and banker Blackton, taking money from the bank, claim Tim robbed the bank.

This film was produced and released in 1944 by Film Enterprises for the 16mm school-and-institutional market, and was picked up and released in 1948 by Astor for theatrical 35mm showings. Both versions finds the citizens of Rockford upset over a series of murders and robberies. The Sundowners, Andy Clyde (Andy Clyde), Jay Kirby (Jay Kirby) and Russ Wade (Russell Wade), ride into Rockford and innocently takes jobs with Tug Wilson (Jack Ingram) and his tough crew of line riders, who are in cahoots with Yeager (Hal Price) in a big land swindle scheme. The Sundowners fight their way out of Wilson’s camp, and seeing a runaway, give chase and rescue Donna Fraser (Evelyn Finley, who, in the real world, could outride all three of them), daughter of Dan Fraser (Steve Clark), who owns the land Yeager is after. They join forces with local Ranger Bob Casey (Marshall Reed) against the Wilson/Yeager faction. Seeking to escape, [...]

Both Nolan and Ross are losing cattle and Ross’ foreman Kerns is the culprit. When Taylor finds a wanted poster of Kerns he goes after him.

Rival ranchers squabble over the rights to some oil land which borders both of their properties, and also find time to fight for the affections of a pretty cowgirl. Dir. Lambert Hillyer

A gambler is thought to be an outlaw; a misconception he encourages in order to join a gang of smugglers and clear his brother’s name. Dir. William Nigh

Lawman Ritter tries to quarantine cattle because of hoof-and-mouth disease, but can’t get the ranchers to cooperate, due to a money-grubbing banker who may be infecting the cattle. Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennett.

Noted gunman Black Jack and his friends arrive and take jobs on the Allen ranch. Allen’s hands have quit and his cattle are being rustled. When one of Black Jack’s friends is killed by the rustlers, he finds the killer and when they fight his Marshal’s badge drops out and Ruby, the leader of the rustlers, picks it up. With his identity now known she sets a trap for him.

One of the rarest, which is okay as it seldom even appears on the want lists of dedicated P.R.C. collectors (especially those who have seen it), and one of the oddest of the “who-let-this-out” films. Filmed on location in the Kansas City area, with only B-western star Fred Scott and actress Loie Bridge the only two in the cast who had ever been in a film (and Scott had none after this), and the only other Hollywood connections were director Fred C. Newmeyer, who hadn’t had a directing job since 1937 and who chose to be billed as Fred Neymeyer here; cameraman Edward A. Kull, billed as Eddie Kull and editor George Halligan, who may have assumed it wouldn’t be seen by anybody and kept his own name on the credits. At this period in time, actress Loie Bridge was a Kansas City residence herself. Sister of actor Alan Bridge, the pair had their start [...]

In the midst of some friendly horseplay on their “Flying R” ranch, the Range Busters, Crash Corrigan, Dusty King and Alibi Terhune, are sobered by the arrival of a buckboard bearing their old friend Larry Meadows and his niece Dorrie Willard. Meadows seeks their aid against a gang of outlaws terrorizing his town. Ernie Willard, Dorrie’s brother, has been taken in by Tex Laughlin who is using the Willard ranch as an undercover for his real occupation as a member of a gang of outlaws led by Tim Douglas, a supposed friend of the Willards.