Author Archive: Retro

The Rough Riders find an orphaned baby in a ranch house and wreak vengeance on the rustlers who killed its parents. Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennet

When mild mannered Friendly Fields is sent to the Blair ranch to work, he is mistaken for the notorious outlaw Blackie Burke. When a drought develops and the ranchers look for new grazing land, he plays the part and forces them to give he best plot to his boss Miss Blair. But no sooner than his mother arrives to expose the hoax, the real Blackie also arrives.

To maintain his vast ranch holdings, Henry Steele holds Jane, the daughter of his deceased business partner, against her will. Stalwart ranger Bob Sanborn rescues Jane in a riding incident and is invited to stay over at the ranch by the malevolent Steele, who catches on immediately to the fact that Sanborn has been asked by Jane to help her escape. Steele escorts Bob off the ranch just after giving the order to his vicious ranch hands, Mudo and Tonto, not to let him leave alive.

Wayne’s last appearance as one of The Three Mesquiteers finds them trying to help settlers who bought into a tract of land which is about to be flooded. Dir. George Sherman

Federal Marshal Reb Russell is sent into a territory to investigate a large-scale rustling operation.

The Frontier Marshals have been called in to try and break up a counterfeiting operation. Phony bills received at their horse auction leads them to Duke Mallory’s dude ranch. Mallory holds an engraver prisoner and gets rid of the fake bills by having three of his cronies become big winners at his gambling tables. Lee Powell tries to become Mallory’s partner to get evidence but is made a prisoner when his true identity becomes known.

Crabbe stars as Chief Moya, guardian of his tribe’s rich gold deposits. Keene plays a mining engineer sent by a claim-jumper to find and control the mine, but he soon discovers he’s on the wrong side. Based on the novel by Zane Grey. Dir. James P. Hogan

Sheriff Tyler is stuck between loyalties when he must arrest his sweetheart’s rancher brother for the murder of a sheep-herder. The sheep men want him dealt with, but the cattleman want him released. Dir. Harry Webb

Bad guy cheats homesteaders out of the money they put down for land, but Taylor arrives in the form of a “mysterious rider” to make things right. Based on the novel “The Mysterious Rider” by Zane Grey. Dir. Fred Allen