Author Archive: Retro

Action aplenty as a Texas Ranger confronts the leader of a gang of Mexican bandits who have been raiding gold miners.

Two Montana saddletramps head for bustling Music City and open up a detective agency in this comical adventure that was originally the pilot of a television series. Not only do the two have to accustom themselves to strange big-city ways, they have to learn to become less inept at the gumshoe game as they try to expose extortionists and return a missing singer. Singers Barbara Mandrell and Roy Acuff make cameo appearances. If you remember the Smokey and the Bandit Series, this could be best summarized as a what if Smokey had been the Snow Man’s sidekick instead of the other way around. I remember as being a hilarious show. Funny in a unique late 70’s sit com on film kind of way.

Native son returns from school in Spain to California in 1855 and finds corrupt politicians stealing land from old California families. He becomes a sort of Robin Hood in order to fight them.

Marshall poses as a convict to bring in a gang who stole a quarter of a million in bonds. Dir. Harry L. Fraser

Mama’s boy becomes a ranch foreman and is mistaken for a tough outlaw, which he uses to his advantage. Watch for “Queen of the Screen”, Florence Lawrence, in a minor role. Dir. Otto Brower

The Range Busters have been sent to Dry Gulch where a gang has been holding up stages and committing murder. Arriving, Dusty shoots the gun out of the hand of Decker. The two men them plan a showdown after Decker’s hand heals. This gives the Range Busters time to prove that Decker and his men are the ones they want. When the appointed time arrives, Dusty goes off to face Decker who has hidden men in ambush.

Dude’s gang captures Stony and seeing the resemblance, Dude poses as Stony. Wanted for the robberies and murder committed by Dude, a wounded Stony escapes. After Doc Martin fixes him up, Dude’s gang kidnaps Martin to operate on Dude. Now it’s Stonys turn to pose as Dude as the Mesquiteers try to round up the gang.

Thrown out of the family mining business, young man travels west and stumbles upon a ring of mine thieves who are holding his father’s employee hostage. Written by Robert North Bradbury. Dir. Robert North Bradbury

After he watches the brutal murder of his family, a young boy grows to manhood in morbid fear of gunfights, and is hence “Branded a Coward”; especially when he’s seen cowering behind the bar during a saloon holdup. Can he find his courage in time to avenge his family? Dir. Sam Newfield