Author Archive: Retro

Jesse James leaves Missouri for Mississippi, and immediately charms all the women in Mississippi out of their bloomers and garters. His first conquest is the banker’s daughter who helps him loot the bank in exchange for a promise of marriage; he wanders over to the saloon and runs the crooked partner of the proprietress out of town, takes all of his-and-her money and leaves her, between kisses, hounding him for her share; the third one, the saloon singer, actually makes a mark out of him as she cons him into a boxing match against a professional fighter and he loses the fight and his money, but he holds the singer and the fighter up as they leave town and gets his money back; and then he romances and swindles Cattle Kate, a replay of what he had done somewhere before to Kate and the “gotcha-again” Kate even ends up behind bars. But no film that [...]

Sartana, bounty hunter and gunfighter, witnesses the robbery of a shipment of gold. He finds his way into town where he meets with a lot of suspicious stares from the locals. He also meets with Samuel Spencer, who seems to own the company in this company town. The gold shipments are being stolen, so Spencer agrees to hire Sartana to protect the next gold shipment. Numerous dull-witted villains make attempts on Sartana’s life, but he survives. Eventually, Sartana’s nemesis Sabbath (he of the white coat and parasol) rides into town. With a showdown inevitable, Sartana and Sabbath square off

Community leader insinuates that their sheriff isn’t doing all he can to round up an outlaw gang because he has friends in the gang. The sheriff must take off his badge to go after the gang. Songs include “The Old Chuck Wagon” and “Pride of the Prairie”. Written by George Waggner. Dir. George Waggner

During a stagecoach robbery, a cowboy saves the life of a pretty girl who turns out to be half-owner of the local saloon. The cowboy finds out later that her partner is the brains behind all the stagecoach robberies.

Greedy land baron is driving homesteaders off of their land, and it’s up to Ellison, Hayden and Hatton to put a stop to it. Dir. Thomas Carr

A despised cavalry commander is unfairly blamed by his troop for the death of a popular officer and must redeem himself in front of his men during an Indian attack on the fort.

Following the Civil War a Union soldier returns home to find his father has been brutally murdered by a rancher with a land-grabbing scheme. Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennett

Strong cast enlivens this saga of railoards vs. fright wagons in the 1860s. Hero Dix is the railroad man; Cobb is the owner of a fright line who tries to save his business by hiring the villainous Jory to keep the iron horse from coming through. Lots of action.