Author Archive: Retro

Mexican outlaw rigs a horserace to win a cowboy’s horse, then kills someone during a card game and blames that on the cowboy as well. The poor guy ends up hiding in the desert, trying to clear his name. Dir. Charles Hutchinson

U.S. Marshal tries to stop the slaughtering of buffalo by a gang of poachers, while searching for the murderer of his mommy. Written by Robert Emmett Tansey. Dir. Al Herman

Lawman Ritter goes undercover to catch some claim-jumping outlaws who are murdering gold miners. Tex’s film debut. Written by Robert Emmett Tansey, J.P. McCarthy, & Al Jennings. Dir. J.P. McCarthy

The Range Busters get mixed up in a fight between two land barons while trying to clean up the criminals in a small town. Dir. S. Roy Luby

Ex-outlaw Tim Mallory is looking for the killer of his friend Chuck. Having thwarted a robbery attempt by one of his old gang members he is made a Deputy. He finds Houger who he believes is the killer and starts cleaning up his town. When an old gang member arrives and exposes him, he is arrested. But before being taken to jail, he sees Houger is wearing Chuck’s watch.

Vivian as the Hawk is the secret leader of an outlaw gang. She wants the Chambers ranch and after Chambers is killed she sends her men to kill his daughter who is arriving on the stage. Eddie breaks it up and later foils a robbery attempt by the gang. Finding a hat at the scene, he marks it and leaves it hoping it will turn up again.

Bob is wrongly arrested for murder, but soon escapes from jail and makes his way to another town, where he’s appointed deputy sheriff and can focus on clearing his name. Written by Robert North Bradbury. Dir. Robert North Bradbury

A frontiersman leads a group of pioneers to their destination in the Old West and then helps them settle it.