Barton MacLaneFilmography

I Dream of Jeannie: Jeannie, the Governor's Wife

Synopsis: At the urging of Jeannie (Barbara Eden), Tony (Larry Hagman) is entered in the Florida gubernatorial election, with Roger (Bill Daily) as his campaign manager. Unfortunately, Tony is a military officer, and thus ineligible to hold political office unless he resigns his commission. But there's an Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Haven't I Seen Me Someplace Before?

Synopsis: As a birthday present, Roger (Bill Daily) is given one wish, to be granted by Jeannie (Barbara Eden). Unfortunately, Roger bollixes things up when he casually expresses his wish that he could go on an important space flight instead of Tony (Larry Hagman). As a result, Tony and Roger not only Read More

Buckskin

Actors: Barry Sullivan, Joan Caulfield, Wendell Corey, Lon Chaney, Jr., John Russell

Synopsis: Chaddock (Barry Sullivan) is the straight-shooting marshall of Gloryhole, Montana. Wealthy rancher Rep Marlowe (Wendell Corey) practically owns the town by way of his gambling saloons, shady land deals and hired guns who intimidate the law-abiding citizens. Sheriff Tangley (Lon Chaney Jr.) calls Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Jeannie and the Wild Pipchicks

Synopsis: Barbara Eden plays a dual role in this episode, as both Jeannie and Jeannie's gray-haired, bespectacled mother. A box of enchanted "Pipchick" candy from Jeannie's mom has a curious effect on Tony (Larry Hagman), endowing him with super strength. Convinced that Tony has created the candy himself Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Dr. Bellows Goes Sane

Synopsis: Dr. Bellows (Hayden Rorke) has finally put together what he considers an authenticated dossier of the strange goings-on in the home of Tony Nelson (Larry Hagman). Despite the concerted efforts of both Tony and Jeannie (Barbara Eden), Bellows succeeds in delivering the document to Gen. Peterson Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Greatest Invention in the World

Synopsis: Jeannie (Barbara Eden) creates a "miracle" spot remover to clean a stain on Tony's jacket. The result: the jacket proves to be indestructible, leading Gen. Peterson (Barton MacLane) to demand that Tony (Larry Hagman) give another demonstration of the remarkable remover--a demonstration so Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: My Master, the Spy

Synopsis: Jeannie (Barbara Eden) wants Tony (Larry Hagman) to take her to a Parisian restaurant, but he is slated to remain at NASA headquarters for a top-secret meeting about "Operation Galaxy". Resourcefullly, Jeannie creates two Tonys, one to fulfill his astronaut duties, the other to escort her to the Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: The Greatest Entertainer in the World

Synopsis: Sammy Davis Jr. appears as himself in this episode, in which Tony (Larry Hagman) assures Gen. Peterson (Barton MacLane) that he will be able to book Sammy for an upcoming NASA party. Unfortunately, Davis is unable to fulfill his obligation, whereupon Jeannie (Barbara Eden) creates a duplicate Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: A Secretary Is Not a Toy

Synopsis: While working as a secretary for General Peterson (Barton MacLane), Jeannie (Barbara Eden) gets the idea in her pretty little head that her master Tony (Larry Hagman) should be promoted to general as well. With a nod of the head and the blink of an eye, Jeannie sets the wheels in motion that will Read More

Arizona Bushwackers

Actors: Howard Keel, Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, Marilyn Maxwell, Scott Brady

Synopsis: Producer A.C. Lyles managed to do quite well for himself in the 1960s by making low-budget westerns crammed full of familiar faces whose stock in the film industry had slipped a bit. Starring in Arizona Bushwackers were such celebrities of yesteryear as Howard Keel, Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, Marilyn Maxwell Read More

The Monkees: Monkees in Texas

Actors: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith

Synopsis: In this freewheeling takeoff of Bonanza, the Monkees pay a visit to the Texas ranch owned by Mike's Aunt Kate (Jacqueline DeWit). Before long, they find themselves in a pitched battle against land-grabbing oil baron Ben Cartwheel (Barton MacLane), who moonlights as the notorious bandit Black Bart. Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: How Lucky Can You Get?

Synopsis: General Peterson (Barton MacLane) sends Tony (Larry Hagman) and Roger (Bill Daily) to Reno to celebrate their promotions to Major. Jeannie (Barbara Eden) was supposed to stay behind, but Roger is determined to win big-time at the gambling tables. As a result, Jeannie is smuggled to the Biggest Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Jeannie and the Kidnap Caper

Synopsis: Tony (Larry Hagman) angrily orders Jeannie (Barbara Eden) to stop using magic--completely, no matter what the provocation. Alas, a few moments later Tony is kidnapped by Communist spies and whisked off to a torture chamber, where his captors hope to extract certain top secrets from him. Jeannie Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Permanent House Guest

Synopsis: After being humiliated in front of General Peterson (Barton MacLane) once again--he could have sworn he saw an elephant in Tony's bedroom!--Dr. Bellows (Hayden Rorke) is more determined than ever to prove that something very, VERY strange is going on in the Nelson household. To this end, he Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Watch the Birdie

Synopsis: Thanks to Jeannie's magic, Tony (Larry Hagman) temporarily becomes a champion-level golfer. This appeals to General Peterson (Barton MacLane), who enters Tony in a grudge match against the Navy's best players. Stubbornly determined to win on his own, Tony refuses to allow Jeannie (Barbara Eden) to Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: My Master, the Doctor

Synopsis: Tony (Larry Hagman) makes the mistake of telling Jeannie (Barbara Eden) that his childhood ambition was to become a doctor. Almost instantly, "Doctor" Anthony Nelson pops up in an operating room, where Roger is just about to undergo removal of his appendix. Making things even more delicate is the Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Richest Astronaut in the World

Synopsis: In this pivotal episode, Roger (Bill Daily) finally learns the truth: The gorgeous Jeannie (Barbara Eden) who lives in the house of his friend Tony (Larry Hagman) is a genuine genie. Hoping to take advantage of this, Roger "steals" Jeannie and becomes her new master. Before long, Roger is Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Happy Anniversary

Synopsis: In the first episode of I Dream of Jeannie's second season--and the first to be filmed in color--Jeannie (Barbara Eden) arranges a sentimental journey for herself and her master Tony (Larry Hagman) on the desert island where they first met one year ago. This time, however, the ancient bottle that Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Never Try to Outsmart a Genie

Synopsis: Preparing to embark on a three-week trip to Rome, Tony (Larry Hagman) orders Jeannie (Barbara Eden) to remain home. Certain that Tony will succumb to the charms of some fair senorina or other, Jeannie resorts to every trick in the book to force Tony to stay in Cocoa Beach. Finally, Tony gives up Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Is There an Extra Jeannie in the House?

Synopsis: Jeannie (Barbara Eden is just about worn to a frazzle serving as genie to two masters, namely Tony (Larry Hagman) and Roger (Bill Daily). More work comes her way when Roger begs Jeannie to get him out of trouble when he keeps his date Sheila (a pre-Laugh-In Judy Carne), the niece of Dr. Bellows Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Bigger Than a Bread Box

Synopsis: To prove to the gullible Roger (Bill Daily) that fortune teller Madame Zolta (Jorja Curtwright) is a phony, Tony (Larry Hagman) agrees to participate in one of Zolta's séances. Dr. Bellows (Hayden Rorke) attends as well, hoping somehow to get to the bottom of the weird goings-on in Tony's house. Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: My Wild Eyed Master

Synopsis: Jeannie (Barbara Eden) comes to the rescue when it looks as though Tony (Larry Hagman) will be scrubbed from an orbital flight because of poor eyesight. Using her magic, Jeannie gives Tony the best pair of eyes on earth. Unfortunately, they prove to be too good--and now "X-ray vision" Tony is able Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Always on Sunday

Synopsis: Tennis star Pancho Segura makes a guest appearance in this episode, the plot of which predates Ground Hog Day by nearly three decades. When Tony (Larry Hagman) shows signs of working too hard, helpful Jeannie (Barbara Eden) arranges a long rest for her master, by changing every day into Sunday. Read More

The Munsters: Herman Picks a Winner

Synopsis: To teach Eddie (Butch Patrick) a lesson about the evils of gambling, Herman (Fred Gwynne) places a bet at the race track, fully expecting to lose his money. Instead, Herman wins big--and keeps winning big the more bets he makes. This brings our hero into close and none-too-comfortable proximity Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: My Master, the Great Caruso

Synopsis: Jeannie (Barbara Eden) uses her magic to give Tony (Larry Hagman) the singing voice of the immortal Enrico Caruso. Upon hearing Tony sing, General Peterson (Barton MacLane) enters him in a NASA talent show. Unfortunately, just before this happens, Tony has ordered Jeannie to "remove" Caruso's Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: I'll Never Forget What's Her Name

Synopsis: After a blow on the head, Tony (Larry Hagman) suffers from "selective" amnesia--that is, he can remember everything except that he is the Master of a genie named Jeannie (Barbara Eden). Thus, when he meets Jeannie for what he thinks is the very first time, he immediately falls in love with her Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: My Master, the Thief

Synopsis: Jeannie (Barbara Eden) claims a pair of 2000-year-old slippers that she thinks she once wore in ancient Persia. Unfortunately, the slippers were part of a priceless exhibit at a local museum. As a result, Jeannie's hapless master Tony (Larry Hagman) is accused of being a thief, thereby sparking a Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: My Master, the Great Rembrandt

Synopsis: Weekend artist Tony (Larry Hagman) paints a copy of a famous Rembrandt for a charity auction, putting his own signature on it. Jeannie (Barbara Eden) is so impressed by the results that she magically switches Tony's copy with the genuine Rembrandt hanging in the Louvre. Thus, when two art experts Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: My Master the Magician

Synopsis: To explain away the fact that Dr. Bellows (Hayden Rorke) has caught him floating in mid-air (courtesy of Jeannie [Barbara Eden], of course--Tony (Larry Hagman) alibis that he is an amateur magician. Calling Tony's bluff, Dr. Bellows orders the long-suffering astronaut to perform his magic act at a Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: This Is Murder

Synopsis: Jeannie has taken an oath to kill any and all descendants of the royal household that cheated her family 3000 years ago. Unfortunately, one of those descendants is the lovely Princess Tarji (Gila Golan), whom Tony (Larry Hagman) has been assigned to escort during the Princess' visit to Cocoa Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: G.I. Jeannie

Synopsis: Now that Tony (Larry Hagman) has broken up with his fiancée, Jeannie (Barbara Eden) is more determined than ever to have him all to herself. To make certain of this, Jeannie joins the WAAF's, in hopes of becoming Tony's secretary on the base. Her plan backfires when she is assigned to another Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: The Marriage Caper

Synopsis: General Stone (Byron Morrow), the father of Tony's fiancée Melissa (Karen Sharpe), invites him to join him overseas as his military attaché. Melissa of course is delighted by this turn of events, hoping to move the wedding date closer. The fly in the ointment is Jeannie, who of course harbors a Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Guess What Happened on the Way to the Moon?

Synopsis: By now, Tony (Larry Hagman) is all to aware that he can never elude the troublesome Jeannie (Barbara Eden)--not even way out in the desert, where Tony and Roger (Bill Daily) are on a survival mission. It's all part of a preparation for a journey to the moon, so naturally the two astronauts are Read More

The Rounders

Actors: Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue Ane Langdon, Hope Holiday, Chill Wills

Synopsis: Two aging bronc-busters (Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda) make their meager money by breaking wild horses. They dream of better days--possibly retiring to some island paradise--but they never put any money in the bank because they spend it all on booze and girls. They think their no-dough days are done Read More

Town Tamer

Actors: Dana Andrews, Terry Moore, Pat O'Brien, Lon Chaney, Jr., Bruce Cabot

Synopsis: Adapting his own novel, Frank Gruber penned the screenplay for the A.C. Lyles production Town Tamer. Veteran filmmaker Leslie Selander directs an equally veteran cast in this high-action Western. After his wife is murdered, hired gun Tom Rosser (Dana Andrews) rides into town in search of revenge Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: The Lady in the Bottle

Synopsis: The first season of I Dream of Jeannie kicks off with the now-famous episode (originally filmed in black and white) wherein the space capsule carrying astronaut Tony Nelson (Larry Hagman) crash-lands on a deserted island. As Tony surveys the surrounding area, he stumbles upon an ancient-looking Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Whatever Happened to Baby Custer?

Synopsis: Taking time off from Lost in Space, Billy Mumy guests as Custer Jamison, an 8-year-old neighbor boy who considers astronaut Tony Nelson (Larry Hagman) as his personal hero. Dropping in unannounced at Tony's house, Custer witnesses Jeannie (Barbara Eden) floating about in mid-air. When the kid Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Russian Roulette

Synopsis: Tony (Larry Hagman) and Roger (Bill Daily) are ordered to entertain a pair of Russian Cosmonauts--one of whom turns out to be a gorgeous young woman, Maj. Sonya Tiompkin (Arlene Martel). The jealous Jeannie (Barbara Eden) decides to keep tabs on Tony by hiding herself, and her bottle, in Roger's Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Too Many Tonys

Synopsis: Feeling neglected by Tony (Larry Hagman), Jeannie conjures up an exact double of her master (also played by Larry Hagman). The "Second Tony" is far more amorous and compliant than the "original", a fact that Jeannie hopes to exploit to put the real Tony in the mood for marriage. The plan had Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Djinn and Water

Synopsis: J. Carroll Naish guest stars as Jeannie's great-grandfather, Bilejik the Djinn. Upon learning that Tony (Larry Hagman) is involved in an experiment to extract fresh water from salt water, Jeannie (Barbara Eden) summons forth Bilejik, who invented the same process back in ancient times. Of course Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: The Yacht Murder Case

Synopsis: The ubiquitous Jeannie (Barbara Eden) pops up uninvited at a party on board a yacht which Tony (Larry Hagman) is attending. Angrily, Tony reprimands Jeannie, whereupon she disappears in a puff a smoke. Alas, when Tony is unable to account for Jeannie's whereabouts later on, he ends up in jail on a Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Anybody Here Seen Jeannie?

Synopsis: The three astronauts chosen by NASA to make America's first spacewalk are Tony Nelson (Larry Hagman), Roger Healey (Bill Daily) and George Conway (yes, that's Dabney Coleman). Unfortunately, it looks as though Tony will be scrubbed from the mission thanks to a nervous Jeannie (Barbara Eden), who Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: The Moving Finger

Synopsis: While working as a technical consultant on a film about astronauts, Tony (Larry Hagman) begins going out with the star, gorgeous Rita Mitchell (Nancy Kovack). Seething with jealousy, Jeannie (Barbara Eden) decides to win Tony back by going into the movies herself. There's only one teeny-tiny Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruinous Road

Synopsis: The Pierce Construction Company has gone wildly over budget on a questionable land-development project, and head man Joe Marshall (Bert Freed) wants to know why. Before long, Marshall has been murdered, and Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is hired to defend the chief suspect, engineer Adam Conrad Read More

Law of the Lawless

Actors: Dale Robertson, Yvonne De Carlo, William Bendix, Bruce Cabot, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: This is the first of numerous westerns produced by A.C. Lyles which became famous not for their stories but for who played in them--all the stars being veterans not often seen on the screen anymore. As far as plot line, essentially we have a badguy who has become a good guy (read that ex Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Devious Delinquent

Synopsis: Wealthy Timothy Balfour Sr. (Otto Kruger) draws up a new will leaving a great deal of money to his namesake grandson Tim (John Washbrook), but the lad may not be worthy of such an honor. Well on the way to becoming a full-fledged "J.D.", Tim is shaken down by hoodlum crony Chick Montana (David Read More

Pocketful of Miracles

Actors: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk

Synopsis: Director Frank Capra's last feature film, Pocketful of Miracles is a Technicolor remake of his 1933 film Lady for a Day. A barely recognizable Bette Davis plays Apple Annie, the besotted, unkempt, rag-clad street vendor who controls the activities of all the beggars on Broadway. Apple Annie is the Read More

Noose for a Gunman

Actors: Jim Davis, Lyn Thomas, Ted de Corsia, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Jim Davis was light-years away from his role as Larry Hagman's dad on Dallas when he starred in Noose for a Gunman. In this 1960 B oater, Davis is a gunslinger who is appointed town marshal to clean out the criminal element. It isn't long before Davis is kicked out of town on a trumped-up murder Read More

Gunfighters of Abilene

Actors: Barton MacLane, Judith Ames, Arthur Space, Eugenia Paul

Synopsis: One of the busiest directors of westerns at this time, Edward L. Cahn helms this uninspired saddle saga about love and betrayal. Kip (Buster Crabbe) is a gunslinger with a score to settle. Seth (Barton MacLane), a villainous land baron, frames Kip's brother for a crime he never committed and Read More

Elfego Baca: Friendly Enemies at Law

Synopsis: In the ninth episode of Walt Disney's ten-part miniseries Elfego Baca, frontier lawyer Baca (Robert Loggia) accepts a stallion in payment for helping beleagured cattleman Frank Oxford (Ray Teal). It seems that Rauls Kettrick (Barton MacLane), the town boss of Taota, refuses to return 50 head of Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Violent Village

Synopsis: While vacationing in the mountain community of Fawnskin, Perry (Raymond Burr) becomes intrigued by the plight of recently paroled Phil Beecher (Ray Hemphill), who is despised by the townfolk because he was responsible for the death of Aggie Norris--who happened to be the daughter of Perry's good Read More

Disneyland: Tales of Texas John Slaughter: Wild Horse Revenge

Synopsis: In the eighth episode of Walt Disney's 17-part miniseries Tales of Texas John Slaughter, John (Tom Tryon) and his new friend, Kentucky horse breeder Ashley Carstairs (Darryl Hickman), have managed to survive the ordeal of being stranded in the New Mexico desert. This experience has only Read More

Disneyland: Tales of Texas John Slaughter: The Robber Stallion

Synopsis: In the seventh episode of Walt Disney's 17-part miniseries Tales of Texas John Slaughter, the recently widowed Slaughter (Tom Tryon) arrives in New Mexico to purchase a herd of cattle and bring it back to Tombstone, where hungry silver miners will pay top dollar. Upon his arrival, he is talked Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Footloose Doll

Synopsis: Millie Crest (Ruta Lee) is in big trouble. Already framed for embezzlement, Millie could also face a charge of "stolen identity" by posing as Fern Driscoll (Helene Stanley), a woman who is supposed to have died in a car accident in which Millie was involved. The beleagured girl has also stabbed Read More

The Geisha Boy

Actors: Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa, Barton MacLane, Suzanne Pleshette

Synopsis: Jerry Lewis, plays a third-rate USO magician named Gilbert Woolley, working the Far East circuit with his pet rabbit Harry. Nearly fired for accidentally humiliating haughty movie star Marie McDonald, Gilbert's career is salvaged by kindly Japanese aristocrat Sessue Hayakawa; it seems that Gilbert Read More

Girl in the Woods

Actors: Forrest Tucker, Maggie Hayes, Barton MacLane, Diana Francis, Murvyn Vye, Joyce Compton

Synopsis: Republic Studios' B pictures were generally more exciting than their As, as was certainly the case with Girl in the Woods. The eponymous heroine is Bell Cory, played by Maggie Hayes. Bell is the wife of restless lumberman Steve Cory (Forrest Tucker), who'd been in constant trouble with the Read More

Frontier Gun

Actors: John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Barton MacLane, Robert Strauss, Lyn Thomas

Synopsis: 3DFrontier Gun3D is another of the moderately interesting low-budget westerns turned out by 20th Century-Fox's Regal Films subsidiary in the late 1950s. John Agar plays Jim Crayle, who offers his services as voluntary marshal when crazed gunman Yubo (Robert Strauss) inaugurates a reign of Read More

Hell's Crossroads

Actors: Stephen McNally, Peggie Castle, Robert Vaughn, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon

Synopsis: This wide-screen Republic western is yet another retelling of the James Brothers saga--albeit one with a few unexpected twists. This time, Jesse (Henry Brandon) and Frank (Douglas Kennedy) are supporting characters, while the film's dramatic weight is carried by Jesse's (fictional) friend and Read More

Naked in the Sun

Synopsis: A true story about the war between the Osceola and Seminole Indians and a slave trader who turned from selling Africans as slaves to enslaving Seminoles. The Native Americans turn in a bloody revolt. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Sierra Stranger

Actors: Howard Duff, Gloria McGhee, Dick Foran, John Hoyt, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Shortly before committing himself to the TV sitcom Mr. Adams and Eve, Howard Duff starred in the dust-caked western Sierra Stranger. After rescuing Sonny Grover (Ed Kemmer) from a brutal beating, well-meaning Jess Collins (Duff) discovers that Sonny is the town no-good. The far-from-grateful Read More

Three Violent People

Actors: Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Gilbert Roland, Tom Tryon, Forrest Tucker

Synopsis: Set in the American West after the Civil War, this drama is the pull-no-punches story of a lethal family feud. Colt Saunders (Charlton Heston) fought for the Confederacy in the war, and he returns to his family's Texas cattle ranch after impulsively marrying Lorna Hunter (Anne Baxter) following a Read More

The Naked Gun

Synopsis: Not to be confused with the popular David Zuckor comedy from the late '80s that starred Leslie Nielson, 1956's Naked Gun chronicles the adventures of a bored insurance salesman who spices up his drab life by heading to the Mexican jungle to search for an ancient Aztec treasure and return it to its Read More

Backlash

Actors: Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell, John McIntire, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: The breathtakingly beautiful Technicolor cinematography of Irving Glassberg is but one of the many small pleasures of the big-budget western Backlash. Set in post-Civil War Arizona, the film stars Richard Widmark as Jim Slater, who hopes to prove that his down-and-out father (John McIntire) was Read More

Wetbacks

Actors: Lloyd Bridges, Nancy Gates, Barton MacLane, John Hoyt, Harold Peary

Synopsis: Per its title, Wetbacks deals with the smuggling into the US of illegal Mexican aliens. The villains are played by John Hoyt and, of all people, Harold "The Great Gildersleeve" Peary. Hoping to smash Hoyt and Peary's smuggling operation is fishing-boat skipper Lloyd Bridges, who, unbeknownst to Read More

The Man Is Armed

Synopsis: In this crime drama, a naive truck driver gets tricked into helping crooks pull off a major heist. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Last of the Desperadoes

Actors: James Craig, Jim Davis, Barton MacLane, Margia Dean, Donna Martel

Synopsis: James Craig plays Sheriff Pat Garrett, the man who gunned down Billy the Kid. We always thought that was the end of the story, but Last of the Desperados informs us that Garrett was forced to flee from the vengeance of Billy's gang (we also never knew that Billy had a gang). Everywhere he Read More

Jaguar

Actors: Sabu, Chiquita, Barton MacLane, Jonathan Hale

Synopsis: Though Mickey Rooney is listed as coproducer of Jaguar, the star of the proceedings is East Indian actor Sabu, here cast as a young South American. Though raised in a civilized atmosphere, Juano (Sabu) cannot quite shake the savage instincts of his jungle-bred forefathers. When he is falsely Read More

Foxfire

Actors: Jane Russell, Jeff Chandler, Dan Duryea, Mara Corday, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: For full appreciation of the culture-clash drama Foxfire, it is crucial that the viewer accept Jeff Chandler as a Native American--not much of a stretch, since he'd previously been thoroughly convincing as Cochise in Broken Arrow. Chandler plays Jonathan Dartland, a half-breed Apache mining Read More

Treasure of Ruby Hills

Actors: Zachary Scott, Carole Mathews, Barton MacLane, Dick Foran, Lola Albright

Synopsis: Zachary Scott heads the cast of the heavily plotted western Treasure of Ruby Hills. The son of a notorious outlaw, Haney (Scott) intends to settle down peacefully in Soledad, Arizona. This proves difficult when Haney finds himself in the middle of a violent feud over water rights. The heavy of the Read More

Jail Busters

Synopsis: In this entry in the long-running series, the Bowery Boys must help a reporter who was beaten up during an undercover investigation at a local prison. With the consent of the reporter's editor, the boys pull off a phony jewel caper and two of them are imprisoned. In the pokey, they learn that the Read More

Hell's Outpost

Actors: Rod Cameron, Joan Leslie, John Russell, Chill Wills, Jim Davis

Synopsis: This "modern" western stars Rod Cameron as opportunistic Korean war veteran Tully Gibbs. Posing as a friend of the late son of mine owner Kevin Russel (Chill Wills), Tully intends to work the mine for all it's worth and then pull out. By and by, Tully slowly turns honest, but the same cannot be Read More

The Silver Star

Actors: Edgar Buchanan, Marie Windsor, Lon Chaney, Jr., Earle Lyon

Synopsis: Edgar Buchanan enjoys a rare top-billed assignment in Lippert's The Silver Star. The film's leading man, however, is one Earle Lyon, who also produced the picture. Lyon plays a reluctant sheriff who turns tail and runs when three outlaws come to town intending to do him in. Ultimately, Lyon is Read More

Jubilee Trail

Actors: Vera Ralston, Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, John Russell, Ray Middleton, Pat O'Brien

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Gwen Bristow, Jubilee Trail is a sprawling, all-star western from the Republic Studio mills. Despite is vaunted budget, the plot is strictly B-picture material. Ambitious California landowner Charles Hale (Ray Middleton) hopes to add to his riches by marrying off his brother Read More

The Glenn Miller Story

Actors: James Stewart, June Allyson, Charles Drake, George Tobias, Henry Morgan

Synopsis: The Glenn Miller Story traces Miller's rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of his era. June Allyson is on hand as Miller's wife, Helen, who learns the value of patience when Glenn spends his wedding night jamming with Gene Krupa and Louis Armstrong. Read More

Rails into Laramie

Actors: John Payne, Mari Blanchard, Dan Duryea, Joyce MacKenzie, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Rails into Laramie is one of the more obscure Universal-International western programmers of the 1950s, but this is no reflection on its entertainment value. John Payne stars as "town tamer" Jefferson Harder, who intends to clean up the wide-open community of Laramie. Everyone knows that the Read More

Sea of Lost Ships

Actors: John Derek, Wanda Hendrix, Walter Brennan, Richard Jaeckel, Tom Tully

Synopsis: Sea of Lost Ships is partly a tribute to the U.S. Coast Guard, but mostly a typical Republic Pictures melange of action, romance and suspense. John Derek plays Grad Matthews, descended from a long line of Coast Guard officers. Through a misunderstanding, Grad is booted out of the Coast Guard Read More

Jack Slade

Actors: Mark Stevens, Barton MacLane, John Litel, Paul Langton

Synopsis: The psychological makeup of a dangerous gunman is probed in Jack Slade. Beginning with his childhood, Slade (Mark Stevens) is shown to be extremely unbalanced; in fact, he kills his first man at age 13. Growing up in the West, Slade comes to the conclusion that his gun is his only friend. At Read More

Captain Scarface

Actors: Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Considering its cast, it's surprising that Captain Scarface isn't better known. Filmed during the waning days of the 1950s "Red Scare", the story concerns a group of enemy agents (read: Communists), who plan to blow up the Panama Canal. The spies abduct a brilliant atomic scientist and force him Read More

Cow Country

Actors: Edmond O'Brien, Helen Westcott, Bob Lowry, Barton MacLane, Peggie Castle

Synopsis: A "big" western by Allied Artists standards, Cow Country is directed with his usual panache by horse-opera expert Lesley Selander. Adapted from a novel by Curtis Bishop, the film stars Edmond O'Brien as Ben Anthony, an adventurer-for-hire who casts his lot with Texas cattleman Walt Garnet (Robert H. Barrat Read More

Kansas Pacific

Actors: Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon, Tom Fadden

Synopsis: Walter Wanger's first production for Allied Artists, Kansas Pacific is more slick and polished than the usual budget western. Set just before the Civil War, the film concerts Kansas Pacific railroad's westward expansion, a project stymied by the sabotage activities of Southern sympathizers. Read More

Bugles in the Afternoon

Actors: Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: During the Civil War, Colonel Kern Shafter (played by Ray Milland) and Captain Edward Garnett (played by Hugh Marlowe) become embroiled in a conflict, the cause of which is somewhat cloudy. As a result, Shafter leaves the Eastern Cavlary and moves West, where he is able to re-enlist. Ten years Read More

Thunderbirds

Actors: John Derek, John Drew Barrymore, Mona Freeman, Gene Evans, Eileen Christy

Synopsis: Not to be confused with a 1942 20th Century-Fox aviation actioner with the same title, Thunderbirds is a Republic Pictures war flick. John Derek and John Barrymore Jr. play two handsome flyboys with the Oklahoma National Guard who are pressed into service at the outbreak of World War II. They Read More

The Half-Breed

Actors: Robert Young, Janis Carter, Jack Buetel, Barton MacLane, Reed Hadley

Synopsis: One of only five films directed by Academy Award-nominated editor Stuart Gilmore, this 1951 Western stars Robert Young as Dan Craig, a gambler who may be the only man who can stop a war between a tribe of Native Americans and a group of white settlers. Shortly after the U.S. Civil War, Frank Read More

Drums in the Deep South

Actors: James Craig, Barbara Payton, Guy Madison, Barton MacLane, Craig Stevens

Synopsis: Directed by former set designer William Cameron Menzies, this minor Civil War effort from low-budget producers King Brothers stars James Craig and Guy Madison as former West Point roommates now on opposing sides in the war between the states. Assigned to delay General Sherman's march toward Read More

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Actors: James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena Carter, Ward Bond, Luther Adler

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Horace McCoy (They Shoot Horses, Don't They), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye offers James Cagney at his nastiest. The star plays career criminal Ralph Cotter, who gets things started by violently busting out of jail, then murdering his partner in crime. Seeking out female companionship Read More

Bandit Queen

Actors: Barbara Britton, Willard Parker, Phillip Reed, Barton MacLane, Martin Garralaga

Synopsis: Long before she became a TV cosmetic-commercial spokeswoman, Barbara Britton essayed the title role in Bandit Queen. Britton plays Lola, daughter of a American father and Spanish-aristocrat mother. When her parents are murdered, Lola forms an outlaw band, dedicated to reclaiming those portions of Read More

Rookie Fireman

Actors: Bill Williams, Barton MacLane, Marjorie Reynolds, Gloria Henry, Richard Quine

Synopsis: Former sailor Joe Blake (Bill Williams) is the Rookie Fireman in this Columbia quickie. Though fiercely independent, Blake learns how to be a team player as he goes through the firefighters' training process. Occasionally, he has second thoughts about returning to the sea, and his on-the-job Read More

Best of the Badmen

Actors: Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan

Synopsis: Though RKO Radio Pictures was, in 1951, still faithful to the concept of "B" westerns starring Tim Holt, the studio was more than capable of turning out an "A" oater from time to time. Best of the Badmen stars Robert Ryan as a former Union officer who persuades a fictional vigilante group which Read More

Let's Dance

Actors: Fred Astaire, Betty Hutton, Roland Young, Ruth Warrick, Lucile Watson, Gregory Moffett

Synopsis: Fred Astaire and Betty Hutton make a surprisingly copacetic screen team in Let's Dance. Hutton plays a more sedate role than usual as war widow Kitty McNeil. Not wishing to have her young son Richard (Gregory Moffatt) grow up in the stiff and stuffy environs of her Boston in-laws' mansion, Kitty Read More

Red Light

Actors: George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Raymond Burr, Gene Lockhart, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Infused with religious themes, this crime drama is considered a minor example of film noir. Set in Los Angeles, it tells the grim story of vengeful embezzler Nick Cherney, who plots murderous revenge after he is fired from Johnny Torno's freight company. He gets it by killing Johnny's Read More

Unknown Island

Actors: Virginia Grey, Phillip Reed, Richard Denning, Barton MacLane, Dick Wessel

Synopsis: In this science fiction adventure, John Fairbanks (Richard Denning) is a former Marine who, while on duty, discovered a previously unknown island in the Pacific where dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals have somehow managed to escape extinction and live as they did millions of years ago. Still Read More

Angel in Exile

Actors: John Carroll, Adele Mara, Thomas Gomez, Alfonso Bedoya

Synopsis: Angel in Exile represents a one-time-only directorial collaboration between cult favorite Allan Dwan and B-western workhouse Philip Ford. Upon his release from jail, hardened criminal Charlie Dakin (John Carroll) heads to Mexico in search of his stolen gold, hidden in a mine shaft by Dakin's Read More

Silver River

Actors: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell, Bruce Bennett, Tom D'Andrea

Synopsis: Love leads a man to his most evil deeds and forces him to change his ways in this Western. After being handed a dishonorable discharge during the Civil War, Mike McComb (Errol Flynn) becomes a professional gambler and follows a path of ruthless action to get what he wants. After moving out West Read More

Relentless

Actors: Robert Young, Marguerite Chapman, Willard Parker, Akim Tamiroff, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Described by one critic as a western version of The 39 Steps, Relentless stars Robert Young as a cowboy on the lam. Framed for murder, Young must find the one man who can clear him, while a posse dogs his trail. He briefly becomes an outlaw, hoping to make contact with his quarry by befriending Read More

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: John Huston's 1948 treasure-hunt classic begins as drifter Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart), down and out in Tampico, Mexico, impulsively spends his last bit of dough on a lottery ticket. Later on, Dobbs and fellow indigent Curtin (Tim Holt) seek shelter in a cheap flophouse and meet Howard (Walter Huston Read More

The Walls of Jericho

Actors: Art Baker, Griff Barnett, Anne Baxter, Helen Brown, Linda Darnell

Synopsis: The year is 1908 and the setting Jericho, Kansas, a veritable cesspool of sin and vice. Dave Connors is a politically ambitious lawyer married to Belle, the town lush, and is in love with beautiful colleague Julia Norman. Matters are worsened when Algeria Wedge, his best friend's wife, makes a Read More

The Dude Goes West

Actors: Eddie Albert, Binnie Barnes, Catherine Doucet, Dick Elliott, Tom Fadden

Synopsis: In this western comedy, a milquetoast gunsmith from the East Coast goes to Arsenic City, Arizona because he has heard that everybody their carries guns. His trip West is an exercise in misfortune. Everything that could go wrong on the journey, does. At least he meets a pretty woman, also en route Read More

Tarzan and the Huntress

Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Patricia Morison, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) goes on one of his occasional pro-ecological kicks in Tarzan and the Huntress. This time, the Lord of the Jungle runs afoul of an animal-trapping exposition headed by titular huntress Tanya (Patricia Morison). Not wishing to see his jungle friends packed in crates and Read More

Cheyenne

Actors: John Alvin, Bruce Bennett, Monte Blue, John Compton, Tom Fadden

Synopsis: A mysterious crook by the name of "The Poet" is robbing Wells Fargo stages and creating havoc in the Old West. The sheriff is having no luck discovering the desperado's identity; when he comes across James Wylie (Dennis Morgan), a gambler who is running from the law in Carson City, he blackmails Read More

Jungle Flight

Actors: Robert Lowery, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane, Douglas Blackley, Douglas Fowley

Synopsis: On February 17, 1947, two efforts from Paramount's Pine-Thomas productions were tradeshown in tandem. The first was I Cover Big Town; the second was Jungle Flight.The latter film stars Robert Lowery and Douglas Blackley as Kelly Jordan and Andy Melton, troubleshooting freight pilots engaged in Read More

Santa Fe Uprising

Synopsis: This fast-paced western, geared entirely to the small-fry, was the first in Republic Pictures' long-running "Red Ryder" series to star Allan Lane. Lane had taken over from William Elliot, who had been promised A-westerns only by company president Herbert I. Yates. Ryder and his young Indian pal Read More

Mysterious Intruder

Actors: Richard Dix, Barton MacLane, Nina Vale, Regis Toomey, Helen Mowery

Synopsis: Mysterious Intruder was the fifth entry in Columbia's B-picture series based on the radio anthology "The Whistler". Richard Dix, the leading man in all but one of the "Whistler" films, stars as duplicitous private eye Don Gale. Motivating the storyline are a pair of priceless Jenny Lind wax Read More

San Quentin

Actors: Lawrence Tierney, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon, Marian Carr, Carol Forman

Synopsis: This prison reform-minded melodrama from B-movie director Gordon Douglas opens with an introduction from Lewis F. Lawes, the real-life prison warden turned author of 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932). Lawrence Tierney stars as Jim Roland, one of the founding members of the Inmate's Welfare League Read More

The Spanish Main

Actors: Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Binnie Barnes, John Emery

Synopsis: RKO Radio's first film in the three-color Technicolor process was the standard-issue swashbuckler The Spanish Main. Paul Henried is his usual stoic self as Laurent Van Horn, a Dutch sea captain shipwrecked on the coast of Cartagena, a Spanish-held island. Sentenced to be hanged, Van Horn and his Read More

Scared Stiff

Actors: Jack Haley, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane, Veda Ann Borg, Arthur Ayleswofth

Synopsis: This comedy centers around an inept reporter who wouldn't recognize a hot story if it burned him on the hand. The trouble begins when he is assigned to do a story on a local wine festival. Meanwhile an escaped convict holds the heated interest of the rest of the newspaper employees. The bungler Read More

Tarzan and the Amazons

Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Henry Stephenson, Maria Ouspenskaya

Synopsis: Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) must once more contend with outsiders who invade his jungle domain to hunt for gold. Guarding the valuable ore is a tribe of hostile Amazons, led by Maria Ouspenskaya. The Amazons regard every man as their enemy, and very nearly kill Tarzan before he can rescue them Read More

The Mummy's Ghost

Actors: Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Ramsay Ames, Robert Lowery, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: The still very undead mummy experiences insane jealousy in this the third of Universal's Kharis thrillers. Although he was thought to have perished in a fire in The Mummy's Tomb (1942), Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) is once again wreaking havoc in the town of Mapleton, MA. Sent by the High Priest Read More

Secret Command

Actors: Pat O'Brien, Carole Landis, Chester Morris, Ruth Warrick, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Secret Command features Pat O'Brien as a onetime foreign correspondent in the wartime employ of the FBI. Under an assumed name, O'Brien goes to work at a shipyard, intending to keep both eyes open for potential saboteurs. To maintain the cover, O'Brien is given a "wife" (Carole Landis) and two Read More

Gentle Annie

Actors: James Craig, Donna Reed, Marjorie Main, Henry Morgan

Synopsis: Marjorie Main's first solo starring vehicle for MGM finds the formidable character actress cast as a tough-but-tender female outlaw. Living on her tumbledown ranch in Oklahoma territory, Annie Goss (Main) shelters her desperado sons (Henry Morgan, Paul Langton) from the authorities. While planning Read More

Nabonga

Actors: Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Fifi D'Orsay, Barton MacLane, Julie London, Bryant Washburn

Synopsis: In this campy jungle adventure, an embezzler's daughter is the sole survivor of a plane crash. Hurt and afraid, the woman is befriended by a gorilla who protects her from danger. They stay together for many years when one day a man appears looking for the stolen loot. At first Nabonga wants to rip Read More

Cry of the Werewolf

Actors: Nina Foch, Stephen Crane, Osa Massen, Blanche Yurka, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Nina Foch plays the title role in this rather dull horror melodrama from Columbia Pictures. Investigating his father's murder Bob Morris (Stephen Crane) and his Transylvanian girlfriend Elsa (Osa Massen) come to suspect the mysterious Celeste Latour (Foch), who calls herself a Gypsy princess. And Read More

Song of Texas

Actors: Sheila Ryan, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon, Arline Judge

Synopsis: Roy Rogers heads the cast of Song of Texas as a rodeo star named Roy Rogers. Quitting the rodeo operated by larcenous Jim Calvert (Barton MacLane), Roy goes into the ranching business. As a favor to his old pal, washed-up bronco buster Sam Bennett (Harry Shannon), Roy convinces Bennett's daughter Read More

Marine Raiders

Actors: Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey, Frank McHugh, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: In this wartime propaganda film, two Marine officers and their company go on leave when the Army takes over during the Guadalcanal invasion. Their leave is spent in Australia where one of the officers falls in love with a woman. His pal, afraid that there will be no turning back for his buddy Read More

Bombardier

Actors: Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott, Anne Shirley, Eddie Albert, Walter Reed

Synopsis: A major moneymaker for RKO Radio, Bombardier stars Pat O'Brien and Randolph Scott as trainers at a school for bomber pilots. O'Brien and Scott argue over teaching methods, while their students vie for the affections of Anne Shirley. O'Brien's methods prove sound during a bombing raid over Tokyo. Scott Read More

The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case

Synopsis: This second entry in Columbia's "Crime Doctor" series once again stars Warner Baxter as Dr. Ordway, a former criminal turned criminologist. In this outing, Ordway is called in to analyze the dreams of elderly Patricia Cornwall (Virginia Brissac). It is hoped that this will provide a clue to the Read More

A Gentle Gangster

Actors: Barton MacLane, Molly Lamont, Joyce Compton, Jack LaRue

Synopsis: Mike Hallett (Barton MacLaine) is A Gentle Gangster in this satisfactory Republic programmer. A big shot during prohibition, Hallett quit the rackets back in 1923 when his future wife Ann (Molly Lamont) threatened to leave him. Twenty years later, Hallett and his former cohorts Steve (Dick Wessel) Read More

Man of Courage

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Barton MacLane, Charlotte Wynters, Lyle Talbot, Dorothy Burgess, Patsy Nash

Synopsis: Barton MacLane dominates the proceedings in the PRC quickie Man of Courage. Taking a break from his usual gangster and convict roles, MacLane plays a crusading district attorney. His number one target is mob boss Lyle Talbot, who enjoys the protection of several crooked politicos. With Read More

The Underdog

Actors: Barton MacLane, Bobby Larson, Jan Wiley, Charlotte Wynters, Conrad Binyon

Synopsis: In this drama, a rural family, displaced by the dust-bowl and the foreclosure of their family farm, moves to the city in search of financial security during the 1940s. The change is difficult for the impoverished clan, but it is most difficult for their son who gets picked on by the local gangs. Read More

Highways by Night

Actors: Richard Carlson, Jane Randolph, Jane Darwell, Barton MacLane, Ray Collins

Synopsis: In this drama, a wealthy playboy decides to "slum it" for a while to see how regular people live. Trouble ensues when he inadvertently gets involved in a mob murder. He finds himself pursued by both the police and the criminals. As he escapes, he finds and falls in love with an impoverished Read More

The Big Street

Actors: Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Agnes Moorehead, Barton MacLane, Eugene Pallette

Synopsis: Lucille Ball delivers the finest dramatic performance of her career in this satisfying adaptation of Damon Runyon's The Big Street. Ball is cast as Gloria, aka "Your Highness," the vain and thoroughly selfish star attraction of gangster Case Ables' (Barton MacLaine) New York nightclub. Henry Fonda Read More

All Through the Night

Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne, Jane Darwell, Frank McHugh

Synopsis: Humphrey Bogart plays Gloves Donahue, a rough-hewn but essentially decent New York gambler. The Runyonesque plot gets moving when Gloves tries to find out what's holding up his favorite restaurant's daily shipment of cheesecake. Paying a call on the bakery, Gloves stumbles into a Nazi spy ring Read More

Wild Geese Calling

Actors: Henry Fonda, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Ona Munson, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Wild Geese Calling is one of those 20th Century-Fox star vehicles which used to pop up all the time on TV before the Carsons, Lenos and Lettermans rendered "The Late Late Show" obsolete. Set in Oregon and Alaska at the turn of the century (the last century, that is), the film stars Henry Fonda as Read More

Hit the Road

Actors: Gladys George, Barton MacLane, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell

Synopsis: German director Joe May was light-years removed from his glory days at UFA when he helmed the "Little Tough Guys" entry Hit the Road. This time, the youthful protagonists-Tom (Billy Halop), Pig (Huntz Hall), String (Gabe Dell) and Ape (Bernard Punsley)-are all the orphaned sons of gangsters who'd Read More

The Maltese Falcon

Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Barton MacLane, Gladys George

Synopsis: After two previous film versions of Dashiell Hammett's detective classic The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros. finally got it right in 1941--or, rather, John Huston, a long-established screenwriter making his directorial debut, got it right, simply by adhering as closely as possible to the original. Read More

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Actors: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Ian Hunter, Barton MacLane, Donald Crisp

Synopsis: 1941's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the second sound version of the Robert Louis Stevenson "doppelganger" tale. This time Spencer Tracy plays the benevolent Dr. Jekyll, whose experiments in releasing the evil impulses within himself transform him into the bestial Mr. Hyde. The problem here is that Read More

Barnacle Bill

Actors: Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Leo Carrillo, Virginia Weidler, Donald Meek

Synopsis: MGM tried to recapture the magic of the Wallace Beery/Marie Dressler films of the 1930s with Barnacle Bill. Beery is teamed with Marjorie Main, a Dressler "type" who had a roughneck style all her own. In the film, grumbly old fisherman Beery spends most of his screen time avoiding Main, who Read More

High Sierra

Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Alan Curtis

Synopsis: In a manner of speaking, Humphrey Bogart had George Raft to thank for his ascendancy to stardom: after all, if Raft hadn't turned down both High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon, Bogart might have continued playing second-billed gangsters to the end of his days. Adapted from W. R. Burnett's novel by Burnett Read More

Western Union

Actors: Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger, Virginia Gilmore, Barton MacLane, John Carradine

Synopsis: 20th Century-Fox's Western Union was loosely based on a story by Zane Grey. The basic historical facts behind the connecting of telegraph wires between Omaha and Salt Lake City serve as a backdrop for a fictional story straight out of Manhattan Melodrama. Randolph Scott and Barton MacLane are cast Read More

Come Live with Me

Actors: James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter, Veree Teasdale, Donald Meek

Synopsis: James Stewart's last Hollywood film before entering military service, Come Live with Me teams Stewart with the hauntingly beautiful Hedy Lamarr. Lamarr plays a wealthy Austrian emigree, in love with a married American publisher. The girl must quickly find an American husband or she'll be deported. Read More

Manpower

Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh

Synopsis: Manpower was Warner Bros' latest reworking of 1932's Tiger Shark, with power-company linemen substituting for tuna fisherman. While repair some downed lines in a heavy thunderstorm, Hank McHenry (Edward G. Robinson) saves the life of his best pal Johnny Marshall (George Raft). While Johnny emerges Read More

Melody Ranch

Actors: Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, Ann Miller, Barton MacLane, Barbara Jo Allen

Synopsis: Beautifully restored to its original theatrical length of 84 minutes by the Gene Autry Foundation, Melody Ranch is a bright, tuneful, and at times quite action-packed piece of B-Western extravaganza, Republic style. The victim of both a drop in ratings and a tardy leading lady, radio star Gene Read More

Men without Souls

Actors: John Litel, Barton MacLane, Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford, Don Beddoe

Synopsis: Few studios churned out prison pictures with as much frequency as Columbia Pictures. In Men Without Souls, young Johnny Adams (Glenn Ford) deliberately gets himself thrown in prison to accumultate incriminating evidence against Capt. White (Cy Kendall), the sadistic guard responsible for death of Read More

The Secret Seven

Actors: Florence Rice, Barton MacLane, Bruce Bennett, Joseph Crehan

Synopsis: In this crime drama, an ex-crook uses his skills as a forensic scientist to solve crimes. He forms a secret society of forensic scientists. Their main mission is convince skeptical police departments that modern science has a lot to offer them. To prove their point, the scientists randomly choose Read More

Gangs of Chicago

Actors: Lloyd Nolan, Barton MacLane, Lola Lane, Ray Middleton, Astrid Allwyn

Synopsis: In this crime drama, a young man becomes a criminal lawyer after witnessing the police shooting of his father, a thief. Most of his clients are criminals and he soon finds himself involved with a mob boss. Together they build a new crime syndicate. Unfortunately, the attorney's partner is secretly Read More

Big Town Czar

Actors: Barton MacLane, Tom Brown, Eve Arden, Jack LaRue, Frank Jenks

Synopsis: It was once said of actor Barton MacLane that he never spoke when shouting would do. Cast as the title character in Big Town Czar, MacLane is afforded plenty of opportunity for shouting, which he seizes with a vengeance. Working his way up from the tenements, Phil Carey (MacLane) is truly king of Read More

I Was a Convict

Actors: Barton MacLane, Beverly Roberts, Clarence Kolb, Janet Beecher

Synopsis: In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he becomes good friends with his cellmates and after they are all released, the magnate appoints them both as executives in his company. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Mutiny in the Big House

Actors: Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Pat Moriarity, Dennis Moore, William Royle

Synopsis: A frequent visitor to contemporary TV cable services, Monogram's Mutiny in the Big House affords stalwart supporting player Charles Bickford top billing as a prison chaplain, with jailhouse-flick veteran Barton MacLane billed second as a hardened con. The nominal hero, however, is fourth-billed Dennis Moore Read More

Torchy Runs for Mayor

Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, John Miljan, Frank Shannon

Synopsis: Torchy Runs for Mayor stars Glenda Farrell as fast-lipped newspaper reporter Torchy Blaine. In possession of a crooked political boss' "little red book" of crimes and misdemeanors, Torchy can't convince any of the newspapers in her city to print the contents. She has to rely on a small-town Read More

Stand up and Fight

Actors: Wallace Beery, Robert Taylor, Florence Rice, Helen Broderick, Charles Bickford

Synopsis: Directed with customary haste by Woody Van Dyke, Stand Up and Fight is an excellent dual vehicle for veteran Wallace Beery and up-and-coming Robert Taylor. Set in the American west in the mid-19th century, the story concerns the efforts of empire-building Blake Cantrell (Taylor) to construct a Read More

Prison Break

Actors: Barton MacLane, Glenda Farrell, Paul Hurst, Constance Moore, Ward Bond

Synopsis: In this drama, a tuna fisherman is wrongly convicted for murder. Because he is a model, and oft-times heroic prisoner, he is up for early parole. While parole is better than prison, it is still not justice for the man as he is unable to travel far and marry his beloved. He decides that his only Read More

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, Patric Knowles, Henry O'Neill

Synopsis: Number seven in Warner Bros.' "Torchy Blaine" series was Torchy Blaine in Chinatown, with Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane returning as fast-talking gal reporter Torchy and her ever-lovin' police lieutenant boyfriend Steve McBride. Actually, there's very little of Chinatown in the storyline Read More

Gold Is Where You Find It

Actors: George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, John Litel

Synopsis: Michael Curtiz directs this Technicolor Western based on the familiar story by Clements Ripley about the rivalry between farmers and miners in the Sacramento valley during the years following the California Gold Rush. Handsome engineer Jared Whitney (George Brent) from the Golden Moon mining Read More

Blondes at Work

Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, Rosella Towne, Donald Briggs

Synopsis: Blondes at Work is number four in Warner Bros.' lively "Torchy Blane" series. Glenda Farrell returns as girl reporter Torchy Blane, she of the mile-a-minute mouth, while Barton MacLane is back as Torchy's boyfriend/sparring partner, police lieutenant Steve McBride. The story revolves around Read More

The Storm

Actors: Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Preston S. Foster, Tom Brown

Synopsis: The Storm is standard hard-guy stuff starring three of Hollywood's hardest: Charles Bickford, Barton MacLaine and Preston S. Foster. The film is set aboard a ship, where hostilities run high between two radio operators who happen to be brothers. During the climactic storm at sea, however, everyone Read More

You and Me

Actors: Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, Robert Cummings, Barton MacLane, Roscoe Karns

Synopsis: This film is one of acclaimed director Fritz Lang's less noted achievements, a mixture of romance, comedy, drama, and satire. It includes three songs by the famed Kurt Weill, including "The Right Guy for Me." George Raft plays Joe Dennis, an ex-convict working in a department store. The store's Read More

Torchy Gets Her Man

Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, Willard Robertson, George Guhl

Synopsis: In this entry in the "Torchy Blane" series, the plucky young reporter tries to expose a ring of counterfeiters led by a man pretending to be a G-man assigned to investigate the case. He asks her not to print any of the information she has gathered so as not to blow his cover. The ploy works until Read More

The Adventurous Blonde

Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Anne Nagel, Tom Kennedy, George E. Stone

Synopsis: In their third crime-solving adventure, smart-aleck newspaper woman Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell) and slightly dense homicide dick Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) are about to get hitched when Torchy's reporter friends pull a practical joke on them. As a wedding present, the harebrained newsboys Read More

San Quentin

Actors: Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Barton MacLane, Joe Sawyer

Synopsis: One of a slew of prison reform picture that flourished during the Great Depression, this melodrama was banned in Finland. Pat O'Brien stars as Steve Jameson, a former Army officer who is hired at the infamous California prison of the title and quickly brings military order to the facility Read More

You Only Live Once

Actors: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon, William Gargan

Synopsis: Archetypal depression-era stars Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney are felicitously teamed in Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once. Fonda plays an ex-convict who can't get a break on the "outside". He marries Sidney, who like her husband is one of life's losers. Framed on a murder rap, Fonda is forced to Read More

Fly-Away Baby

Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Gordon Oliver, Hugh O'Connell, Marcia Ralston

Synopsis: This is the second entry in the Torch Blane reporter series. In this episode, ace reporter Torchy, wanting to impress her beau the police lieutenant, begins looking into a notorious murder. She gets a hot tip, boards a plane and sets off to follow up. She is accompanied by two rival journalists. Read More

Born Reckless

Actors: Rochelle Hudson, Brian Donlevy, Barton MacLane, Robert Kent, Harry Carey

Synopsis: In this actioner, an auto racer becomes a cab driver for a company that is being strong-armed by avaricious gangsters trying to gain control of all of the city's taxi companies. Anyone opposing them is framed, but the brave racer isn't so easily intimidated and he decides to take on the crooks Read More

Draegerman Courage

Actors: Jean Muir, Henry O'Neill, Robert H. Barrat, Addison Richards

Synopsis: Draegermen are the brave people who rescue victims of mining disasters. This film tells the story of a Nova Scotia mining disaster that left three men, a doctor, the mine owner, and a foreman, stranded during a cave-in. The head draegerman is in love with the doctor's daughter. He leads the crew Read More

Ever Since Eve

Actors: Robert Montgomery, Marion Davies, Patsy Kelly, Frank McHugh, Allen Jenkins

Synopsis: A lovely stenographer, tired of men falling all over her, tries to make herself homely in this comedy. With her horn rim specs and tweed suits, she finds that she is actually able to get some work done. She begins working as a writer's secretary to help him make his deadline. When the writer Read More

Wine, Women and Horses

Actors: Barton MacLane, Ann Sheridan, Dick Purcell, Wally Cassell

Synopsis: Jim Turner (Barton MacLaine) loves "wine, women and horses," though not always in that order. Our hero's revelry is interrupted by his shrill and prudish wife Marjorie (Peggy Bates), who tells him to stay away from the racetrack or she'll walk. Presumably to the cheers of the audience, Turner Read More

The Prince and the Pauper

Actors: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson, Barton MacLane, Billy Mauch

Synopsis: In 1882, Mark Twain published a delightful fairy tale "for young people of all ages"; 45 years later, Warner Bros., inspired by the real-life coronation of Edward VII, created a lavish screen version starring radio favorites Billy and Bobby Mauch in the title roles and Errol Flynn as their dashing Read More

God's Country and the Woman

Actors: George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton MacLane, Robert H. Barrat, Alan Hale

Synopsis: Rivalry, romance, and brotherly love in logging camps are chronicled in this drama. The trouble begins when the brother of a lumber company owner arrives from Paris to work for him. Upon seeing the beautiful owner of the rival logging camp, the newly arrived brother immediately defects to begin Read More

The Kid Comes Back

Actors: Wayne Morris, Barton MacLane, June Travis, Dick Jones, "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom

Synopsis: In this boxing drama, a prizefighter spies a young man during a street fight. Deciding that the lad shows promise, he begins training him for the ring. The young man's sister gets romantically involved with the trainer and this creates problems. More trouble ensues when the young man is slated to Read More

Jailbreak

Actors: June Travis, Craig Reynolds, Barton MacLane, Dick Purcell, Addison Richards

Synopsis: Jailbreak is a formula Warners "B" with all the attendant stereotypes. Dick Purcell plays a convict accused of murdering a fellow prisoner. Craig Reynolds, a temporarily incarcerated reporter, sets about to prove Purcell's innocence. June Travis is the "girl on the outside," awaiting the release Read More

Bengal Tiger

Actors: Barton MacLane, June Travis, Warren Hull, Paul Graetz

Synopsis: Never mind the title Bengal Tiger; Warner Bros. wasn't about to make a full-fledged jungle epic on a B-picture budget, so most of the action takes place in a stateside circus. At base, the film is Warners' 1936 edition of its 1932 hit Tiger Shark, resurrecting the "old guy and young guy battling Read More

Bullets or Ballots

Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Barton MacLane, Frank McHugh, Joseph King, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell

Synopsis: Two-fisted New York police detective Edward G. Robinson is so volatile that he manages to get himself thrown off the force in disgrace. The local gangsters are delighted, in that Robinson had been breathing down their necks. When Robinson goes to crime boss Barton MacLaine insisting that he's Read More

Times Square Playboy

Actors: Warren William, June Travis, Barton MacLane, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart

Synopsis: In this comedy, based on a George M. Cohan play, a hick comes to the city to attend his old buddy's wedding. The rube is such a bumpkin that trouble ensues every time he speaks. Thanks to him, the wedding is nearly called off. Fortunately it all works out in the end. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Read More

The Walking Dead

Actors: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn, Marguerite Churchill, Warren Hull, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: In one of his most successful portrayals of a "living dead" man, Boris Karloff plays John Ellman, an ex-convict who is framed by the mob for the murder of the judge who first put him away. Evidence proving Ellman's innocence arrives seconds after he is electrocuted. Officials allow Dr. Evan Read More

Smart Blonde

Actors: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Winifred Shaw, Craig Reynolds, Addison Richards

Synopsis: As originally conceived by detective novelist Frederick Nebel, hotshot girl reporter Torchy Blaine was a male news-hound named Kennedy. For the purpose of Warner Bros.' Smart Blonde, the character's name and gender was changed -- thereby inaugurating one of the most popular and enjoyable movie Read More

Black Fury

Actors: Paul Muni, Karen Morley, William Gargan, Barton MacLane, John Qualen

Synopsis: Like many 1930s Warner Bros. films, Black Fury drew its inspiration from the headlines. The story is adapted from a true-life incident from 1929, wherein a striking Pennsylvania coal miner was beaten to death by three company detectives; this served as the focus for Henry R. Irving's stage play Read More

Ceiling Zero

Actors: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, June Travis, Stuart Erwin, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Ceiling Zero is an adaptation of the Broadway play by Frank "Spig" Wead. James Cagney and Pat O'Brien are supremely typecast as, respectively, Dizzy Davis, a cocky civil aviator and Jake Lee, a sober-sided ground commander. Dizzy ducks out of a dangerous mission in order to dally with pretty Tommy Read More

Page Miss Glory

Actors: Marion Davies, Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Mary Astor, Frank McHugh

Synopsis: William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productions moved from MGM to Warners with Page Miss Glory--along with Cosmopolitan's biggest commodity, actress Marion Davies. The plotline has something to do with a composite photo prepared for a magazine contest: The combined facial attributes of Garbo, Dietrich Read More

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Actors: Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis, Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins

Synopsis: The legs in question in this the second of Warner Bros. Perry Mason whodunits belong to Margy Clune (Patricia Ellis), the first-prize winner in a Lucky Legs contest and the fiancée of Dr. Bob Doray (Lyle Talbot). But when Margy goes to collect her winnings, she finds that the contest's promoter Read More

G-Men

Actors: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Lloyd Nolan, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstrong, Barton MacLane

Synopsis: In G Men, Warner Bros. "bad boy" James Cagney plays James "Brick" Davis, a young lawyer whose education has been financed by soft-hearted racketeer McKay (William Harrigan). When Cagney's best pal, detective Eddie Buchanan (Regis Toomey), is killed in a gangland shooting, James decides to become a Read More

Dr. Socrates

Actors: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Barton MacLane, Raymond Brown, Robert H. Barrat, Ralph M. Remley, John Eldredge

Synopsis: Paul Muni is a prominent physician who is kidnapped by gangsters and forced to tend the needs of head crook Barton MacLaine. MacLaine takes a liking to the intellectual doctor and allows him to go home after his job is done. Muni finds himself the reluctant "staff physician" for the gangster, thus Read More

Man of Iron

Actors: Barton MacLane, Mary Astor, John Eldredge, Dorothy Peterson, Joseph Crehan

Synopsis: Though usually a supporting player in Warner Bros' A pictures, Barton MacLane was permitted an occasional leading role in the studio's B-picture product. Man of Iron casts MacLane as a blue-collar factory worker who, through hard work and initiative, is promoted to vice president. Unfortunately Read More

Frisco Kid

Actors: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez, Lili Damita, Donald Woods

Synopsis: Clearly inspired by the success of Goldwyn's Barbary Coast, Warner Bros.' The Frisco Kid stars James Cagney as turn-of-the-century opportunist Bat Morgan. Heading to the gold fields of California, Bat is almost shanghaied in San Francisco but manages not only to escape his would-be captors but Read More

Go into Your Dance

Actors: Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Helen Morgan, Patsy Kelly

Synopsis: Broadway legend Al Jolson and his second wife Ruby Keeler costarred in this thin backstage musical. In keeping with Jolson's earlier starring films, the plotline is melodramatic to the point of risibility. Jolson plays an irresponsible performer whose unprofessional antics incur the wrath of Read More

The Case of the Curious Bride

Actors: Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods, Claire Dodd, Allen Jenkins, Errol Flynn

Synopsis: Errol Flynn makes his Hollywood screen debut as a corpse in this funny, fast-paced whodunit, the third of six Perry Mason vehicles produced by Warner Bros. from 1934 to 1937. Flynn's murder victim is one Gregory Moxley, the estranged and long-thought dead husband of Perry's client, Rhoda Montaine Read More

I Found Stella Parish

Actors: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Paul Lukas, Sybil Jason, Jessie Ralph

Synopsis: Kay Francis stars as Stella Parish, a London stage favorite who suddenly disappears without a trace. British news correspondent Keith Lockridge (Ian Hunter) girdles the globe in search of Stella, who has left her beloved daughter Gloria (Sybil Jason) in the care of an aunt (Jessie Ralph). Finally Read More

Stranded

Actors: Kay Francis, George Brent, Patricia Ellis, Donald Woods, Robert H. Barrat

Synopsis: In this romance, a social worker employed by Traveler's Aid finally is able to show her love to a construction foreman responsible for building the Golden Gate Bridge. She has loved him for nine years and is delighted that they can finally be together. Unfortunately, both of them are so busy that Read More

The Last Round-Up

Actors: Randolph Scott, Barbara Fritchie, Monte Blue, Fred Kohler, Fuzzy Knight

Synopsis: Zane Grey's frequently-filmed story Border Legion was produced in 1934 under the title The Last Round-Up. Randolph Scott plays Jim Cleve, one of several volunteers keeping the US-Mexican border safe on behalf of American settlers. Ostensibly the hero, Cleve is actually out-heroed by the film's Read More

Lone Cowboy

Actors: Jackie Cooper, Lila Lee, John Wray, Addison Richards, Gavin Gordon

Synopsis: Adapted by director Paul Sloan from the novel by Will James, Lone Cowboy is an "outdoors" epic tailored to the talents of young Jackie Cooper. Actually the title character is not played by Cooper but by character actor Addison Richards, cast as a grizzled old rodeo rider named Dobe Jones. Placed Read More

To the Last Man

Actors: Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Jack LaRue, Noah Beery, Sr.

Synopsis: Previously filmed in 1923, Zane Grey's To the Last Man manages to pack plenty of A-level production values into what was essentially a B-picture budget. In the years following the Civil War, Kentucky man Lynn Hayden (Randolph Scott) moves his family to Nevada, partly to start life anew, but mostly Read More

The Thundering Herd

Actors: Randolph Scott, Judith Allen, Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Noah Beery, Sr., Raymond Hatton

Synopsis: Zane Grey's Thundering Herd was first filmed by Paramount in 1925, with Jack Holt in the lead. This 1933 remake utilizes a great deal of stock footage from the original, going so far as to rehire several of the supporting players from the earlier film to match the old scenes with the new; in Read More

Man of the Forest

Actors: Randolph Scott, Verna Hillie, Harry Carey, Noah Beery, Sr., Barton MacLane

Synopsis: Man of the Forest is based on a Zane Grey story, previously filmed in 1921 and 1926. The title character is two-fisted frontiersman Brett Dale, played by Randolph Scott. Dale gets wind of a plot to kidnap Alice Gaynor (Verna Hillie), the daughter of wealthy rancher Jim Gaynor (Harry Carey) and Read More

Buffalo Stampede

Actors: Randolph Scott, Judith Allen, Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Noah Beery, Sr., Raymond Hatton

Synopsis: Zane Grey's Thundering Herd was first filmed by Paramount in 1925, with Jack Holt in the lead. This 1933 remake utilizes a great deal of stock footage from the original, going so far as to rehire several of the supporting players from the earlier film to match the old scenes with the new; in Read More

Hell and High Water

Actors: Richard Arlen, Judith Allen, Charles Grapewin, Guy Standing

Synopsis: No relation to the 1955 Cold War melodrama of the same title, the confusing 1933 melange Hell and High Water takes place in a tawdry waterfront community. Misogynistic garbage-scow skipper Captain Jericho (Richard Arlen) is none too happy when would-be suicide Sally Driggs (Judith Allen) ends up Read More

Tillie and Gus

Actors: W.C. Fields, Alison Skipworth, Baby Le Roy, Jacqueline Wells, Clifford Jones, George Barbier

Synopsis: Alison Skipworth and W.C. Fields play Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom, a husband-and-wife team of con artists. The larcenous couple is summoned to a small town by their niece (Jacqueline Wells) and her husband (Clifford Jones) when the niece's father dies. Hoping for a sizeable inheritance Read More

Big Executive

Actors: Ricardo Cortez, Richard Bennett, Elisabeth Young, Sharon Lynne, Dorothy Peterson

Synopsis: The Big Executive is Ricardo Cortez, to whom success is less important than the pursuit of success. Having lost as many fortunes as he's gained, Cortez again teeters on the verge of bankruptcy. His principal business rival, who'd like nothing better than to see Cortez standing on a street corner Read More

His Woman

Actors: Gary Cooper, Claudette Colbert

Synopsis: In this drama, a remake of Sal of Singapore(1929), the captain of a freighter becomes an instant father when his crew rescues a drifting Navy boat that contains a baby. The captain decides that he will keep the baby and take it back to the U.S. instead of turning it in to the authorities. He Read More

The Cocoanuts

Actors: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Mary Eaton

Synopsis: While The Four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo) were appearing nightly on Broadway in Animal Crackers in the spring of 1929, they spent their days shooting their first film, The Cocoanuts, at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Long Island. Based on their 1925 stage hit, The Cocoanuts is Read More