George MontgomeryFilmography

The Daredevil

Synopsis: In this action movie, a top stock-car driver causes a death on the race track and finds his career in shambles. Desperate for money, he gets a job as a driver for a drug ring. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Leo Chronicles

Ride the Tiger

Crew: Director

Synopsis: George Montgomery, several years before chucking acting in favor of woodworking, directs and stars in Ride the Tiger. Montgomery plays a Miami nightclub owner whose partner is murdered. The cops could care less (so it seems), so the owner goes after the murderer himself. The film takes its sweet Read More

Satan's Harvest

Crew: Director

Synopsis: George Montgomery directs and stars in in this location-filmed adventure (for reasons unknown, TV prints credit the direction to one "Douglas K. Stone"). Montgomery heads to South Africa when he inherits a Johannesburg estate. But the place is run down, and the overseers seem surly and secretive. Read More

Strangers at Sunrise

Synopsis: Strangers at Sunrise takes place at the turn of the century, during the Boer war. An Afrikaaners family offers hospitality to a group of British soldiers. The guests turn out to be deserters, who terrorize the family for the remainder of the film. George Montgomery stars, with Dean Martin's Read More

Hallucination

Actors: George Montgomery, Danny Stone, Tom Baker, Marianne Kanter

Synopsis: This little aberration of the Sixties was originally released to theaters as The Hallucination Generation. Star George Montgomery does a Timothy Leary act as a charismatic LSD guru (one wonders if Montgomery offers woodworking hints between drug trips). Juvenile lead Danny Stone, upset at his mom Read More

Bomb at 10:10

Synopsis: This Yugoslav thriller is set during World War 2. George Montgomery plays an inmate in a particularly vicious POW camp. Escaping, Montgomery links up with a group of Yugoslav partisans. In Bridge on the River Kwai fashion, he leads them back to the camp to wipe out the sadistic Nazi overseers. Read More

Hostile Guns

Actors: George Montgomery, Yvonne De Carlo, Tab Hunter, Brian Donlevy, John Russell

Synopsis: U.S. Marshal Gid McCool (George Montgomery) leads a wagon train of convicted felons to Huntsville prison in this routine western. The only female among the crooks is the dancehall girl Laura Mannon (Yvonne De Carlo), McCool's former flame. When McCool cannot be swayed from completing his lawful Read More

Outlaw of Red River

Synopsis: Before turning full time (more or less) to building furniture, George Montgomery enjoyed a modicum of success in foreign films. Montgomery's Outlaw of Red River was lensed in Mexico in 1966, then showed up in a dubbed version in the US a year or so later. The star plays a border lawman of the Read More

Bonanza: The Code

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, George Montgomery, Robert Ellenstein

Synopsis: An uncharacteristically villainous George Montgomery guest-stars as gunslinger Dan Taggert, who challenges Joe Cartwright to a duel. As an opportunist named Fitts (Robert Ellenstein) begins taking bets on the outcome of the gunfight, Ben and Hoss try to use a soft answer to turneth away Taggert's Read More

Battle of the Bulge

Actors: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, Telly Savalas, George Montgomery

Synopsis: In December of 1944, the Allied high command is convinced that German forces in Belgium are in a low state of readiness, and perhaps even about to withdraw. Only one officer on the front lines, intelligence specialist Lt. Col. Kiley (Henry Fonda), believes otherwise -- that the Germans are Read More

Warkill

Actors: George Montgomery, Tom Drake, Eddie Infante, Henry Duval

Synopsis: In this action film, a reporter (Tom Drake) travels to the Philippines during World War II to report on a famous American colonel, John Hannegan (George Montgomery). However, when he meets the revered colonel and witnesses a battle, he discovers that the man's heroics come at the cost of ruthless Read More

Satan's Harvest

Synopsis: When an American sleuth acquires a South African estate from an inheritance, little does he know that the estate is headquarters for an elaborate drug smuggling ring. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Guerrillas in Pink Lace

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Hollywood movie star (and future ace cabinet maker) George Montgomery spent much of the early 1960s trying to establish himself as a producer/director. Like most of his directorial efforts, Guerillas in Pink Lace was lensed in the Philippines and suffers from cheesy production values, but all in Read More

From Hell to Borneo

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A wealthy mercenary lives in blissful solitude upon his private island in the Philippines. This actioner chronicles what happens when it is invaded by pirates, mobsters, and smugglers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Samar

Crew: Director

Actors: George Montgomery, Gilbert Roland, Ziva Rodann, Joan O'Brien

Synopsis: Before going into the furniture business full-time, actor George Montgomery produced and directed a number of lively Philippine-based actioners. In Samar, Montgomery plays a mercenary who is shipped off to a 19th-century Spanish penal colony. The man in charge of Samar, played by Gilbert Roland Read More

The Steel Claw

Crew: Director

Actors: George Montgomery, Charito Luna, Mario Barri, Paul Sorenson

Synopsis: George Montgomery directs, stars, and co-scripts this routine, somewhat dated wartime drama set in the Philippines during World War II. Capt. John Larsen (Montgomery) has to go behind enemy lines at the beginning of the war to rescue a general from Japanese captivity. Instead of breezing through Read More

King of the Wild Stallions

Actors: George Montgomery, Diane Brewster, Edgar Buchanan, Emile G. Meyer, Jerry Hartleben

Synopsis: An old-fashioned western, King of the Wild Stallions features a pretty widow in distress, a handsome foreman who comes to her rescue, and a nasty landowner. Martha (Diane Brewster) is troubled because unless she can come up with $500 she will lose her land to Matt (Emile Meyer), a wealthy cattle Read More

Watusi

Actors: George Montgomery, Taina Elg, David Farrar, Rex Ingram, Dan Seymour

Synopsis: This flawed sequel uses footage that was cut from its precursor, King Solomon's Mines, along with repeats of a few scenes from that film, to construct a story about a return to Africa to look for the fabled mines. Harry Quartermain (George Montgomery) is the son of the man who first set out on the Read More

Man from God's Country

Actors: George Montgomery, Randy Stuart, James Griffith, Gregg Barton, Kim Charney, Susan Cummings

Synopsis: In this western, a trigger happy sheriff is asked to step down by the townsfolk who want to have a quieter, safer town. He obliges and then travels to Sundown where he and a war buddy team up and drive all the criminals out of the town. When the streets are safe, he then falls in with a saloon Read More

Cimarron City [TV Series]

Actors: George Montgomery, John Smith, Audrey Totter, Jason Robards, Sr., Dan Blocker

Toughest Gun in Tombstone

Actors: George Montgomery, Beverly Tyler, Don Beddoe, Jim Davis, Scotty Morrow

Synopsis: The Toughest Gun in Tombstone, at least according to this film, as Arizona ranger Matt Sloane (George Montgomery). Working undercover, Sloane infiltrates an all-star outlaw gang consisting of Johnny Ringo (Jim Davis), Ike Clanton (Gerald Milton), Curly Bill Broces (Lane Bradford) and several other Read More

Badman's Country

Actors: George Montgomery, Neville Brand, Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Karin [Katharine] Booth, Gregory Walcott

Synopsis: A veritable honor roll of famed western heroes and villains appears in the fanciful oater Badman's Country. It all begins when Sheriff Pat Garrett (George Montgomery) draws up plans to lure the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, headed by Butch Cassidy (Neville Brand) and the Sundance Kid (Russell Johnson) Read More

New Day at Sundown

Street of Sinners

Actors: Geraldine Brooks, Nehemiah Persoff, Marilee Earle, William Harrigan

Synopsis: This action-filled police drama chronicles the difficult first year of a rookie cop. The trouble begins on his very first day on the beat when he has a conflict with the criminally connected owner of the local tavern. Against the more moderate advice of his experienced partner, the rookie insists Read More

Gun Duel in Durango

Actors: George Montgomery, Ann Robinson, Steve Brodie, Bobby Clark, Frank Ferguson

Synopsis: Originally released as Gun Duel in Durango, this solid little western stars George Montgomery as reformed outlaw Dan. He falls in love with ranch owner Judy (Ann Robinson), but she won't accept his proposal until she's certain that he's given up his criminal activities. This proves difficult when Read More

Last of the Badmen

Actors: George Montgomery, James Best, Douglas Kennedy, Keith Larsen, Robert Foulk

Synopsis: Last of the Badmen gets started in 1880 Chicago, as detective Dan Barton (George Montgomery) prepares to head westward. Barton intends to round up a gang of stagecoach bandits, whose modus operandi is to spring criminals from jail in return for their services. In order to infiltrate the Read More

Black Patch

Actors: George Montgomery, Diane Brewster, Thomas Pittman, Leo Gordon, House Peters, Jr.

Synopsis: George Montgomery both produced and starred in the psychological western Black Patch. Written by character actor Leo Gordon (who also appears on screen), the story revolves around one-eyed marshal Clay "Black Patch" Morgan (Montgomery). The marshal is delighted to find out that his old buddy Hank Read More

Pawnee

Actors: George Montgomery, Bill Williams, Lola Albright, Francis McDonald, Robert Griffin

Synopsis: George Montgomery stars in Pawnee as Paul, a white man raised by Indians. Upon attaining adulthood, Paul finds himself rejected by both the Pawnee tribe and the white community. He manages to attain a job as a wagon train scout, but even in this position of respect and authority he is treated with Read More

Huk

Actors: George Montgomery, Mona Freeman, John Baer, James Bell

Synopsis: Adapted by Stirling Silliphant from his own novel, Huk was filmed on location in the Philippines. George Montgomery heads the cast as a plantation owner who struggles to fend off native insurrectionists (the "Huks" of the title). He is aided in this effort by fellow planter John Baer, whose wife Read More

Canyon River

Actors: George Montgomery, Marcia Henderson, Peter Graves, Richard Eyer, Walter Sande

Synopsis: Canyon River stars George Montgomery as trail boss Steve Patrick. Reversing the procedure usually depicted in westerns of this nature, Patrick is assigned to guide a cattle drive from the west-coast state of Oregon to the wilds of Wyoming. En route, our hero must fend off attacks from both Read More

Robbers' Roost

Actors: George Montgomery, Richard Boone, Sylvia Findley, Bruce Bennett, Peter Graves

Synopsis: The 1955 western Robbers' Roost was the second film version of the venerable Zane Grey yarn. George Montgomery stars as a taciturn outlaw who lands an honest job on the spread managed by physically disabled Bruce Bennett. When Bennett's sister Sylvia Findley is kidnapped by crooked Richard Boone Read More

Seminole Uprising

Actors: George Montgomery, Karin [Katharine] Booth, William Fawcett, Steven Ritch, John M. Pickard

Synopsis: There's a surprising lack of action in the Sam Katzman-produced western Seminole Uprising. George Montgomery heads the cast as Army lieutenant Cam Elliot, who is assigned to round up a group of renegade Seminoles who've left their Florida reservation and have escaped to Texas. Along the way Read More

Battle of Rogue River

Actors: George Montgomery, Richard Denning, Martha Hyer, John Crawford, Emory Parnell, Charles Evans

Synopsis: George Montgomery heads the virile cast of the B-plus western Battle of Rogue River. Montgomery plays Cavalry major Frank Archer, assigned to protect the settlers in Oregon territory. Archer tries to find out why the previously peaceful Indians have suddenly become warlike. What he doesn't know is Read More

Masterson of Kansas

Actors: George Montgomery, Nancy Gates, James Griffith, Jean Willes, Benny Rubin

Synopsis: Long before he devoted his life to gimmicky horror epics, director William Castle turned out a series of compact westerns for Columbia. One of the best of the batch was Masterson of Kansas, starring George Montgomery as dandified gunslinger Bat Masterson. The screenplay, by future Maverick Read More

The Lone Gun

Actors: George Montgomery, Dorothy Malone, Frank Faylen, Neville Brand, Skip Homeier

Synopsis: There are few surprises in The Lone Gun--and few lulls, either. Things get under way when ex-marshal George Montgomery rides into a wide-open Texas town. Montgomery intends to bring three cattle-rustling brothers to justice. Since those siblings are played by Neville Brand, Douglas Kennedy and Read More

Gun Belt

Actors: George Montgomery, Tab Hunter, Helen Westcott, John Dehner, William Bishop

Synopsis: Technically a "B" western, Gun Belt is a notch or two above the norm. George Montgomery stars as former outlaw Billy Ringo, whose bank-robbing brother Matt (John Dehner) implicates him in a recent holdup. When Matt is killed in a shootout, Matt's son Chip (Tab Hunter) holds Billy responsible. When Read More

The Pathfinder

Actors: George Montgomery, Helena Carter, Jay Silverheels, Walter Kingsford, Rodd Redwing

Synopsis: Flying in the face of Hollywood tradition, this cinemadaptation of James Fennimore Cooper's The Pathfinder features genuine Native Americans in several principal "Indian" roles. Set during the French-Indian wars of the 18th century, the film stars George Montgomery as The Pathfinder, an Indian Read More

Jack McCall, Desperado

Actors: George Montgomery, Angela Stevens, Douglas Kennedy, James Seay, Eugene Iglesias

Synopsis: Jack McCall, the man who shot Wild Bill Hickok in the back, is presented in a sympathetic light in this "revisionist" western. During the Civil War, McCall (George Montgomery) is falsely accused of treason. He escapes to prove his innocence, but vengeful union sergeant Will Bill Hickok (Douglas Kennedy Read More

Fort Ti

Actors: George Montgomery, Joan Vohs, James Seay, Irving Bacon, Ben A. Astar

Synopsis: Future horror-film entrepreneur William Castle warmed the director's chair for Fort Ti. Set in the 18th century, the film recounts the exploits of Rogers' Rangers, a band of adventurers devoted to seeking out a "northwest passage" through Canada. At this juncture, however, Major Rogers (Howard Petrie Read More

Cripple Creek

Actors: George Montgomery, Karin [Katharine] Booth, Jerome Courtland, William Bishop, Richard Egan

Synopsis: Cripple Creek is an excellent example of Columbia's "A-minus/B-plus" Technicolor westerns of the 1950s. Government agent Bret Ivers (George Montgomery) goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of gold smugglers. Ivers and his two partners (Jerome Courtland and Richard Egan) face exposure and sudden Read More

The Sword of Monte Cristo

Actors: George Montgomery, Berry Kroeger, William Conrad, Rhys Williams

Synopsis: Sword of Monte Cristo picks up where the Dumas original leaves off. The titular sword is not only valuable in itself, but also provides clues to the whereabouts of the Count of Monte Cristo's missing fortune. The conniving chief minister of France (Berry Kroeger) will stop at nothing to gain Read More

The Texas Rangers

Actors: George Montgomery, Gale Storm, Jerome Courtland, Noah Beery, Jr., William Bishop

Synopsis: Not a remake of the 1936 film of the same name, The Texas Rangers is an enjoyable second-echelon western from the Columbia Pictures mill. George Montgomery stars as Johnny Carver, a former outlaw serving a life sentence in prison. Carver is given a second chance by the Texas government. Here's the Read More

Indian Uprising

Actors: George Montgomery, Audrey Long, Carl Benton Reid, Eugene Iglesias, John Baer

Synopsis: Columbia's Colorado Uprising was neither expensive enough to qualify as an "A" picture nor inexpensive enough to qualify as a "B." It was simply a "programmer," and as such was eminently suitable for solo playdates or double-feature berths. George Montgomery stars as cavalry captain McCloud, whose Read More

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

Actors: George Montgomery, Ellen Drew, Phillip Reed, Noah Beery, Jr., Paul Guilfoyle

Synopsis: Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier, didn't become a nationwide craze (and merchandising cash cow) until Disney got hold of him in 1954. In the meantime, however, there was Columbia's Davy Crockett, Indian Scout, which in fact had little to do with the famed frontiersman. George Montgomery Read More

The Iroquois Trail

Actors: George Montgomery, Brenda Marshall, Glenn Langan, Reginald Denny, Monte Blue

Synopsis: Iroquois Trail (British title: The Tomahawk Trail) could be classified as a western, but for the fact that the story is set in 1775. Based on James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, the film stars George Montgomery as Cooper's stalwart Indian scout Hawkeye. Hoping to avenge his brother's Read More

Dakota Lil

Actors: George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Marie Windsor, John Emery, Wallace Ford

Synopsis: Although Marie Windsor plays the title role in Dakota Lil, she is shunted away to third billing, right after male leads George Montgomery and Rod Cameron. Montgomery is cast as a secret service agent Tom Horn, sent West to round up a gang of counterfeiters. He starts by gaining the confidence of Read More

Lulu Belle

Actors: Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery, Albert Dekker, Otto Kruger, Glenda Farrell

Synopsis: In this musical drama set at the turn-of-the-century, a saloon singer marries a wealthy attorney and then begins fooling around with a series of lovers, including a boxier, his manager, and a powerful owner of a railroad who takes her to New York where she becomes a Broadway star. Unfortunately Read More

The Girl from Manhattan

Actors: Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery, Charles Laughton, Ernest Truex, Hugh Herbert

Synopsis: The Girl From Manhattan is a minor but watchable variation on the old "mortgage-on-the-farm" plot device. The girl of the title is Carol Maynard (Dorothy Lamour), who after several years in the Big Apple returns to her home town, where her uncle, boarding-house manager Homer Purdy (Ernest Truex) Read More

Belle Starr's Daughter

Actors: George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Ruth Roman, Wallace Ford, Charles Kemper

Synopsis: A young woman rides out for vengeance against the marshall who killed her notorious outlaw mother in this western sequel to 1941's Belle Starr. Once in the rough-and-tumble town where he works she learns the surprising truth. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Brasher Doubloon

Actors: George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts, Fritz Kortner

Synopsis: Raymond Chandler's famed detective Philip Marlowe (George Montgomery) is hired by a rich, eccentric widow, Mrs. Murdock (Florence Bates) to find and return a stolen gold coin. Marlowe quickly finds himself involved an a case which includes robbery, blackmail and murder. Just as Marlowe begins to Read More

Three Little Girls in Blue

Actors: June Haver, George Montgomery, Vivian Blaine, Celeste Holm

Synopsis: 20th Century-Fox pulled its script for Three Blind Mice out of mothballs once more for Three Little Girls in Blue. June Haver, Vera-Ellen and Vivian Blaine are the blue-clad trio, searching for wealthy husband in Atlantic City in 1905. As in all other versions of this Stephan Powys story, two of Read More

Bomber's Moon

Actors: George Montgomery, Annabella, Kent Taylor, Walter Kingsford, Martin Kosleck

Synopsis: An American pilot swears to get revenge on the German ace who shot his brother in this war movie set in war-torn Europe. Montgomery is the pilot. After he sees his brother die while trying to parachute to safety, Montgomery's plane is shot down over Germany. He is placed in a POW camp. There he Read More

Coney Island

Actors: Betty Grable, George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, Phil Silvers, Charles Winninger

Synopsis: Everything clicks in this tuneful, colorful and profitable Betty Grable musical. The star plays Katie Farley, a gyrating saloon entertainer in turn-of-the-century New York. Convinced that Katie is destined for Bigger Things, Coney Island impresario Eddie Johnson (George Montgomery) tries to turn Read More

China Girl

Actors: Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen, Alan Baxter

Synopsis: China Girl charts the exploits of two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams (George Montgomery), stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic "China Girl" Miss Young (Gene Tierney Read More

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Actors: George Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara, John Sutton, Laird Cregar, Victor Francen

Synopsis: This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century, Congress appropriated the money to build the school, but opponents who believed it to be an illegitimate expansion of the powers of the federal government Read More

Orchestra Wives

Actors: George Montgomery, Ann Rutherford, Glenn Miller, Cesar Romero, Lynn Bari, Jackie Gleason

Synopsis: In his last screen appearance, bandleader Glenn Miller plays--are you sitting down?--a bandleader. The film's main plot involves small-town girl Ann Rutherford, who impulsively marries George Montgomery, a trumpeter in the Miller band. Rutherford soon finds that she isn't particularly suited for Read More

Roxie Hart

Actors: Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman, Nigel Bruce

Synopsis: Based on the Ben Hecht/Charlie McArthur play Chicago, Roxie Hart is a short-but-sweet satire of highly publicized court trials. Ginger Rogers plays showgirl Roxie Hart, whose no-good husband kills a man and insists that Roxie take the blame, since juries seldom send a woman to the chair. She Read More

The Last of the Duanes

Actors: George Montgomery, Lynne Roberts, Eve Arden, Francis Ford, George E. Stone

Synopsis: With Paramount abandoning its "Zane Grey" western series in 1941, 20th Century-Fox took up the cudgel with such films as The Last of the Duanes. George Montgomery stars as Buck Duane, who in 1870 returns to his Texas hometown, only to find out that his father has been murdered. Following the most Read More

Jennie

Actors: Virginia Gilmore, William Henry, George Montgomery, Ludwig Stossel, Dorris Bowdon

Synopsis: Virginia Gilmore stars as Jennie, the daughter-in-law of German-born shoe manufacturer Ludwig Stossel. The stubborn manufacturer refuses to grow with the time, continuing to run his business and his household with outmoded and oppressive "old country" methods. Jennie counters this attitude by Read More

Accent on Love

Synopsis: In this sentimental drama, a real estate executive tires of his privileged life working for his wealthy father-in-law and decides to leave his job and family to become a WPA ditch digger. While laboring, he meets a lovely immigrant, with whom he falls in love. He then begins working to help the Read More

Cadet Girl

Actors: Carole Landis, George Montgomery, William Tracy, Janis Carter

Synopsis: America had not officially gone to war in November of 1941, but try telling that to the producers of the "preparedness" drama Cadet Girl. The title character is nightclub songstress Gene Baxter (Carole Landis), but the weight of the film rests on the shoulders of West Point cadet Tex Mallory (George Montgomery Read More

The Cowboy and the Blonde

Actors: Mary Beth Hughes, George Montgomery, Alan Mowbray, Roberl Conway, John Miljan

Synopsis: This back-stage romantic comedy pokes fun at Hollywood cowboys as it tells the story of a champion rodeo rider who is contracted to work in a series of low-budget westerns. He has rootin' tootin' fun until he meets a spoiled, volatile actress. He decides to personally take responsibility for Read More

Riders of the Purple Sage

Actors: George Montgomery, Mary Howard, Robert H. Barrat, Lynne Roberts, Kane Richmond

Synopsis: Previously filmed three times, the evergreen Zane Grey yarn Riders of the Purple Sage was given a fourth go-round by 20th Century-Fox in 1941. George Montgomery stars as Jim Lassiter, who learns early on that his niece Fay (Patty Patterson) has been cheated out of her inheritance by crooked Judge Read More

Young People

Actors: Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood, Arleen Whelan, George Montgomery

Synopsis: "Over the hill" at the tender age of 12, Shirley Temple closed out her 20th Century-Fox contract with the musical seriocomedy Young People. After years of trodding the boards in vaudeville, Wendy Ballantine (Temple) and her adoptive parents Joe (Jack Oakie) and Kit (Charlotte Greenwood retire) to Read More

Charter Pilot

Actors: Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Arleen Whelan, George Montgomery, Hobart Cavanaugh

Synopsis: The title character in Charter Pilot is King Morgan (Lloyd Nolan), who thinks nothing of taking life-threatening risks on a daily basis. When Morgan marries radio personality Marge Duncan (Lynn Bari), he accedes to her wishes and takes a desk job. Alas, he is unable to resist the call of the Read More

Stardust

Actors: Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young, Charlotte Greenwood, William Gargan

Synopsis: 17-year-old Linda Darnell received her first big break in the appropriately titled 20th Century-Fox production Star Dust. Discovered by talent scout Thomas Brooke (Roland Young), teenager Carolyn Sayre (Darnell) is brought to Hollywood, where she is turned down for a contract because she is Read More

Hi-Yo Silver

Actors: Lee Powell, Lynne Roberts

Synopsis: Hi-Yo Silver is a 69-minute abridgement of the 1938 Republic serial The Lone Ranger. Departing from the continuity established by the Lone Ranger radio program (which had been running since 1933), the film offers five leading man, any one of whom might be the legendary "masked rider of the Read More

Frontier Pony Express

Actors: Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, Raymond Hatton, Edward Keane, Noble Johnson

Synopsis: Frontier Pony Express is a fast-paced Roy Rogers program western which could stand up on its own with any big-budgeted "A" picture. Per the title, Rogers plays an express rider, working the California-to-Kansas City route. While the Civil War rages in the East, our hero must contend with Yankee Read More

Southward Ho!

Actors: Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, George "Gabby" Hayes, Wade Boteler, Arthur Loft

Synopsis: Roy Rogers got himself a new sidekick in the disheveled, toothless person of George “Gabby” Hayes in this fine Republic western, a partnership that would last until 1946. Roy and Gabby play veterans of the Confederate Army who inherit half-ownership of a Texas ranch. Unfortunately, the other half Read More

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

Actors: Cesar Romero, Marjorie Weaver, Chris-Pin Martin, George Montgomery, Robert H. Barrat

Synopsis: In this episode of the popular western series, Cisco stops a claim-jumping killer from the mine. He then makes sure the mine's rightful heir, an orphaned infant is cared for by the local school marm. Cisco has a brief tryst with her, but she loves another. Cisco soon finds a different love, a Read More

Saga of Death Valley

Actors: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Don "Red" Barry, Doris Day, Frank M. Thomas

Synopsis: Roy Rogers is forced to chase down his own kid brother in this exemplary Republic Pictures oater produced and directed by Joseph Kane. Roy Rogers Sr. (Lane Chandler) is brutally murdered by nasty Ed Tasker (Frank M. Thomas), who takes off with the only witness to the killing, Rogers' youngest son Read More

Rough Riders' Roundup

Actors: Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, Raymond Hatton, Eddie Acuff, William Pawley

Synopsis: Hot on the heels of Frontier Pony Express came the equally exciting Roy Rogers vehicle Rough Riders' Roundup. In the first film, Rogers was an express rider during the Civil War era; in the second, he's a veteran of the Spanish American war (ubiquitous fellow, isn't he?) With several of his fellow Read More

In Old Monterey

Actors: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, George "Gabby" Hayes, The Hoosier Hotshots

Synopsis: The United States Air Force dropping bombs on decent, taxpaying ranchers is perhaps not your standard B-Western theme but that is exactly what happens in In Old Monterey. It's 1939 and war is breaking out in Europe. Fearing a possible invasion, the air force feels the urgent need to test its Read More

The Lone Ranger [Serial]

Actors: Lynne Roberts, Hal Taliaferro, Herman Brix

Synopsis: Most everyone knows that The Lone Ranger, "masked rider of the plains", was in fact a former Texas Ranger named Reid, who vowed to fight for justice after his older brother was killed. The 1938 Republic serial version of The Lone Ranger muddies the "true identity" waters by offering us five Read More

Gold Mine in the Sky

Actors: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carolyn Hughes, Craig Reynolds, Cupid Ainsworth

Synopsis: In this musical western, ranch owner "Lucky" Langham (Robert Homans) dies unexpectedly, and in his will he leaves his spread to his daughter Cody (Carol Hughes). However, "Lucky" added the proviso that ranch foreman Gene (Gene Autry) is to be the executor of his will, and must give his OK before Read More

Springtime in the Rockies

Actors: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Polly Rowles, Ula Love, Ruth Bacon

Synopsis: Gene Autry and veteran Western director Jospeh Kane team up for this lightweight effort. Gene (Gene Autry) is the foreman of a ranch which has just been put under new ownership, though he soon has his doubts about his new boss -- Sandra Knight (Polly Rowles), a pretty young woman with a college Read More

The Singing Vagabond

Actors: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ann Rutherford, Barbara Pepper, Warner P. Richmond

Synopsis: 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 her first screen appearances in this Gene Autry musical western. Teenage runaway Lettie Morgan (Rutherford) stows away with a group of showgirls en route to California after Read More

Star Dust

Synopsis: Lily Becker (Hope Hampton) is the musically talented daughter whose mother forces her into a marriage to the son of a wealthy man. Mistreated by the callous husband, she flees to New York to make it in the music business. She gives birth to a child and attempts suicide when she nearly starves to Read More