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1949
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The legendary Knights of the Round Table came to the screen in 1949 courtesy of penny-pinching serial producer Sam Katzman. A...
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Bors
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1949
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This adventure is the first live-action Superman serial and was one of the most successful multi-chapter films ever made....
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1948
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Yet another comic strip character -- Whitney Ellsworth's Congo Bill -- reached the screens in serial form courtesy of...
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1948
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Two communities fight to become county seat in this Jimmy Wakely music western from Monogram Pictures. When Rainbow's End,...
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1948
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Arguably Eddie Dean's best Western -- and certainly the balladeer's most unusual -- The Hawk of Powder River features busy...
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1948
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Robert Lowery stars as Paul Kimberly, a former newspaperman who takes on a particularly noxious form of corruption. The...
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1947
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Based on a popular comic strip, this 15 episode Columbia chapterplay produced by legendary cheapskate Sam Katzman (aka...
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1947
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Promoted from Republic B westerns to "A" productions, William "Wild Bill" Elliot found himself in the sort of roles...
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1947
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In this western, a cowboy crooner finds himself entangled with ruthless rustlers posing as Rangers. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1947
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Three on a Ticket was the fourth entry in PRC's "Michael Shayne" series, and arguably the best of the batch. Hugh Beaumont,...
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1947
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The most unlikely cowboy hero of them all, whip-wielding, black-garbed "Lash" La Rue made his starring debut in this...
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1947
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The Abbott & Costello western spoof The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap is predicated on an actual Montana law of the 19th...
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1947
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Having drunk his way out of most of the major studios and not a few of the minor ones, cowboy star Ken Maynard had trouble...
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1947
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The Caravan Trail stars PRC Pictures' resident singing cowboy Eddie Dean. This time around, wagonmaster Dean is appointed...
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1946
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Looking for all the world like Robin Hood, Robert Shaw starred in this typically threadbare Sam Katzman serial as David...
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1946
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Officially released one month before PRC's "Billy the Kid" entry Prairie Badmen, Ghost of Hidden Valley, another...
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1946
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Inexpensive Cinecolor adds little to this standard Eddie Dean music western from bottom-of-the-barrel company PRC. Dean, as...
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1946
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That dependable sleuth of pulp fiction fame, Nick Carter, apparently had an equally stalwart son. Chick Carter, Boy Detective...
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Joe Carney
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1946
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When a local banker is killed in the West, G-man Kirby Grant and partner Fuzzy Knight investigate and uncover an insurance...
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1946
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One of four western films made for PRC by bantam-weight Bob Steele, Ambush Trail stars Steele as cowpoke Curley Thompson. The...
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1946
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Its title notwithstanding, there's precious little female epidermis on display in PRC's Queen of Burlesque. Real life...
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1946
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Prairie Badmen is a typically threadbare entry in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series. This time around, Billy Carson...
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1946
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In his final starring Western for PRC, Bob Steele plays Jim Brandon who is imprisoned for a bank robbery and murder he didn't...
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Bill Rankin
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1946
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Fuzzy Q. Jones (Al St. John) discovers that he may be an heir to a ranch in this ho-hum entry in PRC's Billy Carson Western...
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Merritt
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1945
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In this western, the Texas Rangers must stop a range war between sheepherders and cattle ranchers from erupting. ~ Sandra...
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1945
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One of the screen's favorite tough blondes, the delightful Veda Ann Borg, stole the show in this low-budget serial produced...
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1945
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Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton once again play undercover U.S. marshals Nevada McKenzie and Sandy Hopkins. This time,...
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1945
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A great old Western filled with Tex Ritter's songs, this one revolves around a manhunt by the Texas Rangers who are trying to...
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1945
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Undoubtedly inspired by Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians, filmed the same year by United Artists as And Then There Were...
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1945
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A bit paunchier but no less energetic, Johnny Mack Brown is back as Nevada Jack McKenzie in Frontier Feud. Once again, Nevada...
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1945
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Fighting Bill Carson, as any B-western aficionado can readily tell you, is played by Buster Crabbe. And where there's Bill...
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1945
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An otherwise typically cheesy Billy "the Kid" Carson B-Western series entry from Poverty Row studio PRC, His Brother's Ghost...
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1945
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The penultimate entry in the Texas Rangers lineup, PRC's super-low-budget rival to Republic Pictures' Three Mesqueteers...
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1945
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Larry "Buster" Crabbe and Al St. John -- "Our Old Pals," as they were billed -- get in trouble with a murderous Charles King...
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1945
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A gang which frees criminals and kills them to collect their reward is broken up by the Texas Rangers who plant one of their...
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1945
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Though it wasn't the first of the batch, The Stranger from Pecos would have been an excellent starting point for Johnny Mack...
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1945
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The "urban" nature of the title notwithstanding, Gangster's Den is another PRC Studios B-western. Buster Crabbe and...
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1945
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This PRC "Billy the Kid" western once more teams Buster Crabbe, as Billy Carson, with Al St.John, as perennial sidekick Fuzzy...
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1944
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The Great Mike is a horse owned by sensitive farm boy Jimmy (Buzzy Henry). Though the nag is prestently hitched to a...
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1944
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In their third and final "Trail Blazers" Western together, Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele witness what appears to be...
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1944
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Filmed at Corriganville, actor Ray "Crash" Corrigan's movie ranch in Simi Valley, Sonora Stagecoach was the last of...
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1944
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In this western, a gang of evil cattle rustlers wreaks havoc upon a community of ranchers. Three Texas Rangers come to the...
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1944
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Replacing James Newell, country and western crooner Tex Ritter joins Dave "Tex" O'Brien and Guy Wilkerson in the last eight...
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1944
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Being in the presence of a gun-slinger is intimidating enough, but when a "thundering" gun-slinger comes riding over the...
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Steve Kirby
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1944
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One thing is certain in Frontier Outlaws. Despite evidence to the contrary, Billy Carson (Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy Q. Jones...
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1944
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In this western, Billy the Kid must convince Fuzzy not to leave the trail. Fuzzy tries anyway and buys a small-town...
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1944
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A "Texas Rangers" series entry from PRC, this low budget western features Dave "Tex" O'Brien as a stranger in town...
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1944
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In the penultimate "Trail Blazers" B-Western, the often difficult Ken Maynard found himself summarily replaced by Chief...
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1944
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Partners in most of the low-budget Texas Rangers Westerns, Tex Ritter and Dave O'Brien are at loggerheads through the greater...
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1944
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Two wild western towns battle it out for the position of county seat. Fortunately, Red Ryder and his little side-kick are...
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1944
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1944
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The old bromide about the western town run by outlaws as a hideout for their fellow crooks makes a return appearance in...
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1944
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Larry "Buster" Crabbe, as Billy Carson, and his sidekick Fuzzy (Al St. John) decide to turn in their spurs and instead...
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1944
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Rustler's Hideout is more of the same from PRC's resident cowboy stars Buster Crabbe and Al St. John. Cast once again as...
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Buck Show
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1944
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Code of the Prairie was among the first of cowboy star Sunset Carson's vehicles for Republic Pictures. There is nothing...
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1944
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Buster Crabbe is back as Billy Carson, aka Billy the Kid, in the PRC western The Devil Riders. In this one, Billy and his...
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1944
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Having worked as a duo in the first three entries of Monogram's low-budget "Trail Blazers" series, veteran Western stars Ken...
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1944
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In this western, a courageous cowboy stops the land-grabbing conspiracy of a corrupt banker. The banker was planning to wait...
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1944
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No, the "Pinto Bandit" doesn't go around stealing beans. This is another of PRC's "Texas Rangers" series, starring...
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1944
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Paramount Pictures did their patriotic duty with this World War II era musical, with a number of the studio's biggest stars...
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1944
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Johnny Mack Brown heads the cast of Monogram's Outlaws of Stampede Pass. Per the title, the film concerns a western...
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1943
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Cattle Stampede was the 200th production of that legendary B-picture mill, PRC Studios. Buster Crabbe plays Billy the Kid...
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Coulter
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1943
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With Riders of the Rio Grande, Republic's 51-entry "Three Mesquiteers" western series came to an end. Starring as the...
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1943
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In this "Billy the Kid" series western, Billy (Buster Crabbe) is framed by an outlaw gang. Fortunately, state governor Arnold...
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1943
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Wild Bill comes to the rescue when his friend needs him to take care of a crook in this western. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi...
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1943
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In this Western drama, Steve Upton (Randolph Scott) is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne...
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1943
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Another low-budget entry in PRC's interminable Texas Ranger series, Border Buckaroos is perhaps the only B-Western to...
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1943
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Having functioned as Alvin J. Neitz's assistant director in the first two "Trail Blazers" Westerns, Monogram...
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1943
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In this western, the Texas Rangers round up rustlers by masquerading as the same. Trouble ensues when while in disguise one...
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1943
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A young woman and her two buddies team up to run her newly inherited trucking company. In this comedy, the trouble begins...
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1943
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The Range Busters bust the range once more in Monogram's Land of Hunted Men. This time around, the star trio consists of...
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1943
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That favorite old B-Western menace Charles King is at it again in Raiders of Red Gap, the last of PRC's "Lone Rider" Westerns...
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Bennett
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1943
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The Triangle W Ranch is indeed haunted in this Monogram Range Busters series entry, though not by the spirit of the late...
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1943
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In this western, Billy the Kid has been wrongfully arrested for robbing a train. In order to prove his innocence, the Kid...
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Vic
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1943
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In this western, a cowboy and his pals must stop outlaws from stealing a cache of gold ore. Action ensues, and they succeed....
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1943
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In the first entry in PRC's Texas Ranger series, Tex Wyatt (Dave "Tex" O'Brien) and Panhandle Perkins (Guy Wilkerson) are...
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1943
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The budget for this fine Roy Rogers Western was doubled and the title changed from Starlight on the Trail to the more...
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1943
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Don "Red" Barry plays Lt. "California Joe" Weldon in this Civil War-era western. Joe is a Union undercover agent, whose job...
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1943
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Though the film's title is The Texas Kid, the film's star Johnny Mack Brown plays a cowboy named Nevada. The titular "kid",...
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1943
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The Fighting Valley is another of PRC's "Texas Rangers" westerns, with Dave O'Brien, Jim Newell and Guy Wilkerson as the...
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1943
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In the second of PRC's ramshackle Texas Rangers Westerns, Tex Wyatt (Dave "Tex" O'Brien) is blamed for a murder actually...
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1943
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Like most of Monogram's 1943 "Range Busters" westerns, Two-Fisted Justice was directed by Robert Tansey. In this outing, the...
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Trigger
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1943
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In this western the three Range Busters go undercover, take on a gang of ruthless outlaws, and bring them to justice. ~...
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Director
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1942
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Handsome second-lead Dennis Moore took center stage in this entry in PRC's low-budget "Lone Rider" Western series. Moore, who...
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1942
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In this western, a frontier detective disguised as an entertainer performs for the leader of an outlaw gang. At the same...
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1942
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When the order of the Western frontier is threatened by bandits, cowboys are the only measure of justice in the area. ~ Rovi...
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1942
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After several years of mediocre westerns, cowboy star Tom Keene finally managed to find a winning formula in his 1941-42...
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1942
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Slade
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1942
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In this western, two deputies go undercover to save a scientist from his evil kidnappers. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1942
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The old plot device of a western "ghost town" being used as a hideout for criminals is trotted out again in Monogram's Ghost...
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1942
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Also known as Billy the Kid in Law and Order, this PRC sagebrusher stars Buster Crabbe as Billy "The Kid" Carson and...
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1942
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Prince the wonder horse and his gallant rider gallop off to protect hapless ranchers from the ruthless Nazi bad guys who are...
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1942
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Riders of the West is another entry in Monogram's repetitious but profitable "Rough Riders" series. Back in the saddle again...
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1942
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In this western, "the Lone Rider," and his pardner catch the masked gunman that robbed a stage. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1942
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In this episode of the "Billy the Kid" series of westerns, outlaw Billy (Buster Crabbe) is mistakenly appointed Sage Valley's...
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1942
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In one of his better early Westerns, Tim Holt, as Deputy Marshal Larry Durant, is sent to Spencerville where a gang of...
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1942
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The Range Busters do their heroic duty once again as they set out to capture those responsible for a bank robbery and murder...
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1942
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In this western, a mining engineer vengefully seeks out the claim jumpers that murdered his brother. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1941
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Buster Crabbe is Billy Carson and Al St. John is Fuzzy Q. Jones in this formula PRC western. Riding into a wide-open town,...
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1941
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Badger
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1941
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Buster Crabbe makes his first appearance as frontier do-gooder Billy Carson in PRC's Billy the Kid Wanted. The film also...
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Saunders
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1941
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Ace police reporter Wally Williams (Wallace Ford) is so devoted to his job that he even neglects his new bride Alice...
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1941
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The "Rough Riders"-Buck Jones, Tim McCoy and Raymond Hatton-are back in the saddle in Forbidden Trails. As was customary, the...
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Fulton
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1941
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Opera singer-turned-cowboy hero George Houston stars in PRC's Lone Rider in Ghost Town. Houston is cast as Tom Cameron, who...
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1941
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In this " Lone Rider" B-Western series entry, Tom Cameron (George Houston) and his pal Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John are deputy...
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1941
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Veteran action and western director Spencer G. Bennet certainly opens this the second of Monogram's eight "Rough Riders"...
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1941
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Although rather grandly dedicated to "the law officers of the Old West, who led the fight for law and order in the pioneer...
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1941
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PRC's "Billy the Kid" series had two different stars over a six-year period. Bob Steele plays the title role in 1941's Billy...
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1941
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Tim McCoy is the Texas Marshal in this better than usual PRC western. McCoy is forced to take on a hooded vigilante group...
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1941
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One of silent serial queen Pearl White's best efforts, The Iron Claw was remade by Columbia Pictures starring brunette Joyce...
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1941
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PRC's Outlaws of the Rio Grande stars Tim McCoy in his traditional role of a US marshal. Operating around the Mexican border,...
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1941
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Serials usually spawned feature film versions, but with this film, it was the other way around. A 1932 Buck Jones Western,...
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1941
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Johnny Mack Brown saves the day in the Universal western programmer Law of the Range. Finding himself in the middle of a...
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1941
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Guess what happens in the PRC western The Lone Rider Ambushed? Yes, he does get ambushed, but that's not all. Posing as his...
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1941
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In their second Western outing together, PRC's low-budget team of George Houston and Al St. John go in search of a Mexican...
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Jarvis
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1941
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Bantam-weight western star Don "Red" Barry certainly deserved his designation as "The Cowboy Cagney" in Republic's Desert...
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1941
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Opera star-cum-cowboy hero George Houston stars in PRC's The Lone Rider Fights Back. Appropriately enough, Houston disguises...
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1941
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Ken Maynard's western series for bottom-barrel Colony Pictures sputtered along with Lightning Strikes West. Former government...
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1940
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West of Carson City remains one of the best of Johnny Mack Brown's Universal westerns. The story takes place in a gold-rush...
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1940
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Don Douglas, a rather bland supporting actor from Scotland, was elevated to the starring role in this low-budget Western...
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1940
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Inspired no doubt by the success of Republic Pictures' singing cowboys, Universal dragged Jimmy Wakely and his Rough Riders...
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1940
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In this his penultimate Western for low-budget company Monogram, Jack Randall assumed the identity of a murdered ranger in...
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1940
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The last of 22 Monogram Westerns starring Jack Randall, Wild Horse Range was no worse -- nor any better -- than the previous...
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1940
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The otherwise standard Ken Maynard western Death Rides the Range is distinguished somewhat by a topical slant. The plot...
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1940
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Bantam-weight western star Don "Red" Barry, Republic's answer to James Cagney, is perfectly cast in One Man's Law. When plans...
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1940
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In this western, a retired marshal must once again put on his badge to protect his town from the vicious desperadoes that...
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1940
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The first of six Jack Randall Westerns directed by Monogram studio hack Raymond K. Johnson, The Cheyenne Kid presented the...
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1940
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In this Navy drama, a young sailor finds himself interested in everything but marriage. But then he encounters a runaway...
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1940
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In 1824, Benito Juarez (Carlton Young), the president of the new Mexican Republic, worries that vitally important gold...
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1939
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South of the Border, a western directered by George Sherman, features two United States government agents (Gene Autry) and...
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1939
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In this actioner, a hardened cowboy decides to stop studying law and become a Texas state trooper instead. At the governor's...
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1939
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Cowboy star Bill Elliot makes his first appearance in his familiar guise of "Wild Bill" in Columbia's Taming of the West....
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1939
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Frontier Pony Express is a fast-paced Roy Rogers program western which could stand up on its own with any big-budgeted "A"...
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1939
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Oklahoma Frontier was Johnny Mack Brown's second starring western for Universal. On the eve of his honeymoon with new bride...
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1939
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The third of eight Bob Steele Westerns produced by bargain-basement company Metropolitan, Mesquite Buckaroo was a slight...
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1939
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Tex Ritter, Monogram' low-budget answer to Republic's Gene Autry, got himself a new sidekick in rangy Nelson McDowell in the...
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1939
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A frequent visitor to contemporary TV cable services, Monogram's Mutiny in the Big House affords stalwart supporting player...
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1939
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In this episode of the Three Mesquiteers series of westerns the trio must help two rival sides involved in a range war settle...
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1939
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Amazingly, this Jack Randall series Western from Monogram was almost a remake of Randall's previous effort, Mexicali Kid....
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1939
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A typical Tex Ritter "Boots and Saddle" singing Western from low-budget company Monogram, Sundown on the Prairie featured...
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Dorgan
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1939
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In this mildly entertaining Tex Ritter music Western, a crooked attorney, Watkins (Harry Harvey), attempts to drive the...
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1939
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An above-average entry in the Monogram Tex Ritter series of music Westerns, Song of the Buckaroo proved to be a memorable...
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1939
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One of the more unusual B-Westerns of the 1930s, Down the Wyoming Trail featured the spectacle of stampeding elk.Tex Ritter...
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George (Red) Becker
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1939
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The first of eight Bob Steele Westerns from Gower Gulch producer Harry S. Webb's Metropolitan Pictures Corp., Feud of the...
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1939
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In this western, a U.S. marshal impersonates an outlaw and rides to Texas to find the looters who have been raiding supply...
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1939
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After having terrorized singing cowboy Tex Ritter in 19 consecutive Westerns, veteran Bad Guy Charles King found himself...
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1939
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Following up his movie portrayal of Wild Bill Hickok, Bill Elliot stars as famed trailblazer John "Frontier" Freeman in...
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1939
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The Tex Ritter Monogram Westerns had a change of directors with Riders of the Frontier, Spencer Gordon Bennet having replaced...
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1939
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On the Great White Trail was the second B-picture inspired by Laurie York Erskine's "Renfrew of the Royal Mounted" books....
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1938
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1938
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Singing cowboy Jack Randall does his usual in Monogram's Danger Valley, Randall's second starring film. When someone...
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Dana
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1938
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Famous for his rendition of "My Blue Heaven," crooner Gene Austin was turned into a Western star by the independent Alexander...
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1938
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The first Tex Ritter Western from Monogram Pictures, Starlight Over Texas contained the singing cowboy's trademark mix of...
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1938
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The second of the Stan Laurel-financed Fred Scott-singing Westerns, Songs and Bullets features the riding baritone as Melody...
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1938
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Filmed on location at Kernville, CA, this B-Western from Poverty Row company Monogram starred Jack Randall as Jack Dinton,...
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1938
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Filmed after the star and his producer already had signed a new deal with rival company Monogram, this Grand National Tex...
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1938
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Although Monogram claimed that Jack Randall received an average of over 1,000 fan letters a week, the studio was quietly...
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1938
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In Early Arizona was western star Bill Elliot's first effort for Columbia Pictures. Not yet "Wild Bill" Elliot (as he would...
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1938
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Tex Ritter's final music Western for floundering company Grand National, The Utah Trail was yet another low-budget patch-up...
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1938
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In his second music Western for Monogram, Tex Ritter had the dubious honor of being accompanied by hillbilly acts Louise...
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1938
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Phantom Ranger was the last of a quartet of Tim McCoy westerns produced by Maurice Conn for Monogram release. The star is...
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Dan
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1938
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In this musical western, ranch owner "Lucky" Langham (Robert Homans) dies unexpectedly, and in his will he leaves his spread...
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1938
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Bantam-weight cowboy star Bob Steele stars in Thunder in the Desert. If you're familiar with Steele, you'll know that he was...
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Harris
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1938
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Veteran western star Buck Jones both co-produced (with Lesley Selander) and directed this well-mounted Universal B-Western...
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1937
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1937
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Tom Tyler ground out 19 starring westerns for Reliable Pictures in the mid-1930s, of which Santa Fe Bound is neither the best...
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1937
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This average Tex Ritter music Western provided the former radio and Broadway performer with not one but two comedy sidekicks:...
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Butch Regan
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1937
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Singing cowboy Tex Ritter once again battled the ornery Charles King in this average music Western from poverty row company...
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Red Holman
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1937
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Co-starring Troop 13 of the Los Angeles District Boy Scouts of America, this Tex Ritter music Western opens with footage from...
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Stark
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1937
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The third of six Rex Bell Westerns produced by the Alexander brothers, Arthur and Max, The Idaho Kid was the first to be...
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1937
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1937
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Filmed on a microscopic budget, the independently-produced Island Captives is purportedly set in the South Seas (though it...
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1937
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Though A.W. Hackel's Supreme Pictures went belly-up in 1936, he continued grinding out his popular Bob Steele westerns,...
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Bert Gilmore
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1937
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1937
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In between warbling Old Home Ranch and Yellow Mellow Moon (both by June Hershey and Don Swander), barytone cowboy Fred Scott...
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1937
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No, we don't get to see Johnny Mack Brown's mother in labor in A Lawman is Born. Brown is "born" as a star packer when he's...
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1937
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Smoke Tree Range represented another winning collaboration between cowboy hero Buck Jones and his favorite director...
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1937
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In this western, brand new rancher Bob Steele, a former gunslinger in search of a more peaceful life, finds his quiet...
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1937
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Filmed on location at Kernville, California, this otherwise average Tex Ritter singing Western employed on of the better...
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1937
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Brett
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1937
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1937
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1937
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Bob Steele once again goes in search for the outlaw who murdered his father in this average Western released by Republic...
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1937
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Bob Steele -- or, as he was known in the trade papers, "Our Bob" -- stars as Tom Shaw, the courageous foreman of the ranch...
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1937
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As cattlemen battle, a gunman arrives in Arizona for peace and quiet only to be entangled in their mess so assists the good...
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1937
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Based on the notorious Black Legion which had created quite a turmoil in Michigan a few years earlier, screenwriter Edmund...
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Blackie Devlin
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1937
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The 1937 Bob Steele western Ridin' the Lone Trail was released by the legendary Republic Studios, but it was filmed...
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1937
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Arguably the best of Hoot Gibson's six Westerns for small-scale producer Walter Futter's Diversion Pictures, Lucky Terror...
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1936
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Singing cowboy Gene Autry stars in this formula western as Gene Autry (so far, so good), who teams up with his buddy Frog...
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1936
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Stuffed dummies on horseback manage to fool a gang of munitions smugglers in this farfetched low-budget Western from the...
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1936
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Produced for around 10,000 dollars by Gower Gulch entrepreneur Arthur Alexander, this the fourth of six Rex Bell Westerns was...
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Johnson
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1936
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Guns and Guitars could have served as the title of any Gene Autry picture released in 1937. In this one, medicine-show...
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Sam
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1936
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Notorious Hollywood tightwad Sam Katzman's first serial, Shadow of Chinatown stars Bela Lugosi as Victor Poten, a Eurasian...
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1936
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In this western, a pugilist heads out west to find the crook who fixed his last fight so he can clear his own name. ~ Sandra...
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1936
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Sunset of Power is regarded as one of Buck Jones' more meritorious Universal westerns. The heavy of the piece, grim-visaged...
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1936
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In this North western, a Mountie is assigned to patrol the Canadian and US border. He also stops the evil outlaws that have...
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1936
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1936
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Republic's The Lawless Nineties reteams the studio's up-and-coming cowboy star John Wayne with 19-year-old ingenue...
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1936
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1936
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Western favorite Bob Steele stars as Sundown Saunders, so named because of his remarkable ability to win at poker just at the...
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1936
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1936
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Last of the Warrens is ever-so-slightly better than most of Bob Steele's westerns for A.W. Hackel's Supreme Pictures. Once...
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1936
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Filmed back-to-back with Rip Roarin' Buckaroo, this low-budget Western starred the darkly handsome Tom Tyler as Jerry Lane, a...
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1936
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Veteran silent screen star William Farnum earns one of his more prominent talking picture roles in this otherwise standard...
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1936
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In his second "Range Rider" music Western for poverty row newcomer Grand National, Tex Ritter played Tex Saunders, the...
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Tick
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1936
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1936
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Johnny Mack Brown goes in search of a treasure map tattooed on the chest of a man who once betrayed his father in this...
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1936
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Directed by former film editor S. Roy Luby, this above-average mystery-western starred Johnny Mack Brown as Billy Donovan, a...
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1936
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In this Western, neighboring sheep farmers engage in a long-standing feud over that results in tragedy. The problem began...
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1935
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A streamlined, fast-paced silent B-Western, this Tom Tyler vehicle was one of several oaters featuring a very young, still...
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1935
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Nobody is what he (or she) appears to be in this above-average western starring Bob Steele and directed by his father, Robert...
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1935
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The second of Kermit Maynard's "Mountie" actioners for Ambassador Pictures, Northern Frontier was a major improvement on the...
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1935
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Kermit Maynard once again dons a Mountie uniform in Ambassador Films' Red Blood of Courage. The plot gets underway when Mark...
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1935
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Outlawed Guns stars Buck Jones as Reece Rivers, the nice-guy older brother of headstrong Babe Rivers (played by Pat O'Brien...
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1935
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This Western stars Kermit Maynard as a man who goes to jail for a crime actually committed by his brother and his gang. Upon...
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1935
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Ann Rutherford, who would later rise to fame in the Andy Hardy series at M-G-M and in a number of musical roles, made one of...
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1935
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1935
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Gene Autry's first starring Western, Tumbling Tumbleweeds sets the pace for the 98 or so Autry oaters to come. As he would...
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1935
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The film that revived Edward G. Robinson's career after a string of flops, along with A Slight Case of Murder (1938), it was...
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1935
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1934
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1934
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Filmed at the Columbia ranch in ten days in September of 1934, this Tim McCoy Western did not enjoy a wide release until...
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1934
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In this drama, a fighter's fiancee refuses to marry him until he can overcome his insane jealousy. He does and they marry....
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1934
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Kermit Maynard, the talented brother of western favorite Ken Maynard, launched his own starring series for Ambassador Films...
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1934
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An admirably tough B-picture enlivened by an energetic James Cagney performance, Picture Snatcher stars Cagney as Danny Kean,...
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1933
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Ken Maynard goes undercover to prove that his father (Horace B. Carpenter), a bank president, did not commit suicide but was...
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1933
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Curley Fletcher's famous lament "The Strawberry Roan became Ken Maynard's favorite Western and went a long way to popularize...
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1933
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This Tom Keene western casts the leading man as a lawkeeper who accidentally kills his best friend (Creighton Chaney, aka Lon...
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1933
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A pet monkey saves the day in this otherwise unusually adult Bob Steele Western. The bantam-weight Steele plays Nick, aka...
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Sheriff Jake Sharpe
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1933
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B-Western perennial Bob Steele made attempts at diversifying in 1933 by playing a circus acrobat in The Gallant Fool and a...
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1933
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Unlike the unintentionally amusing vehicles of many another western star, most of Hoot Gibson's starring films are funny on...
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1933
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Ghost City was one of eight Monogram westerns which teamed veteran cowboy star Bill Cody with juvenile performer...
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1932
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Released by Syndicate, a forerunner of sorts to Monogram Pictures, this Western serial stars veteran silent actor Robert...
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Mack
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1932
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In his fourth of six inexpensive Westerns for Allied Pictures in 1932, veteran cowboy ace Hoot Gibson played a foreman...
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1932
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1932
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Tall, steely-eyed Tom Tyler makes a physically impressive RCMP officer in Honor of the Mounted. Tyler manages to "get his...
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1932
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Hoot Gibson's first 1932 western was the breezy The Gay Buckaroo. The ol' Hooter plays Clint Hale, a rancher in love with...
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"Faro" Parker
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1932
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As he had so many times before, Hoot Gibson pretended to be a dimwit in this low-budget Western, his penultimate for...
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1932
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Not the best of Tim McCoy's 16 Westerns for Columbia (1931-1932), Cornered, directed by action specialist B. Reeves Eason,...
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1932
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The second of two projected John Wayne serials produced by genre expert Mascot Pictures, this film used the budget-saving...
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1932
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Ken Maynard searches for a wayward youngster in this average Western from his days with low-budget KBS Productions. A rancher...
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1932
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The Pocatello Kid must have been sheer ambrosia for Ken Maynard fans, offering their idol in a dual role. Maynard is cast as...
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1931
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1931
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Two Gun Man was one of the better entries in Ken Maynard's variable western series for Tiffany Productions. Armed with a...
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1931
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Considered by many the prototypical low-budget Ken Maynard oater, Range Law starred Maynard as Hap Connors, a prisoner making...
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1931
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Ken Maynard's Branded Men wasn't up to the standards of his previous Range Law, but it was still better than the usual...
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1931
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In his third Western for low-budget company Tiffany, Ken Maynard plays Ken Neville, a cowboy returning to the old homestead...
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Black
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1931
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A fine early sound Western, this Buck Jones series entry from his Columbia period told the well-known story of a feud between...
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1931
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Lawman Dan Barton (Ken Maynard) is framed for the murder of his partner. Even the dead man's sister (Jeanette Loff) believes...
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1930
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Disguising himself as a bandit, diminutive cowboy star Bob Steele infiltrates the gang who abducted his father, the sheriff....
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1930
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1930
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In the third of five inexpensive silent crime melodramas produced by Universal, former B-Western ace Bill Cody played...
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1929
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Though currently unavailable for viewing, the Hal Roach/MGM "Our Gang" silent comedy "Fair and Muddy" would seem to be a...
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1928
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Originally released on April 7, 1928, "Barnum & Ringling, Inc." was the first "Our Gang" silent comedy to be released with a...
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1928
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Second-string Universal cowboy Fred Humes starred in this familiar silent Western about a returning war veteran who finds...
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1927
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1925
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1923
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This mystery is based on the novel by Louis Joseph Vance. While on vacation, Billy Kirkwood (Herbert Rawlinson) meets pretty...
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Freddie Hallam
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1922
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Early silent screen hero William Russell starred as a miner killing a claim jumper in self defence in this average Western...
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1921
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