Author Archive: Retro

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.

One of director Sam Peckinpah’s fist films. A motly group of frontier misfits band together to fend off an Apache rampage.

Red gets involved in a murder when an outlaw gang led by a greedy banker try to take over his gold mine. Red’s half brother is the corrupt town sheriff, who arrests him and sends him to the gallows to hang. Dir. George Sherman

Lightning Bill Carson hunts down a gang of thieves who hid a fortune in stolen government bonds on a troubled ranch which is on the verge of being auctioned off. Produced by Sam Katzman. Dir. Sam Newfield

Commie spies use a range war as a red herring to cover up their theft of helium from an unsuspecting rancher. Undercover cowboy G-Man puts the brakes on this heinous plot. Dir. Sam Newfield

Gibson must help a mining community drive off outlaws, but first he has to beat a murder charge. Written by Alan James. Dir. Alan James

Perrin and Rice ride to El Rio and save the life of a pretty mexican dancer, who in turn gives them information to help foil a smuggler. Dir. Bernard B. Ray

Singing cowboy assists a sick old woman in her fight against a crooked lawyer, while falling in love with her daughter. Based on the novel “The Dude Ranger” by Zane Grey. Produced by Sol Lesser. Dir. Gus Meins

Tobias Simms (James Craig) is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the “El Paso Kid”, and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his long-suffering wife Zoe (Lynn Bari). Throughout the film, he tells his worried wife “just one more time”, but is unable to stop, angering Zoe greatly. However, he does have brief moments of heroics when he helps the Widow Weeks (Una Merkel) save her farm. This was Eagle-Lion Studios first big budget film.