A series of pornography-related murders has Lt. Carson (Kenne Duncan) frustrated, not only because the killer remains at...
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1960
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A Tennessee outlaw wants to create a huge network of other outlaws. In the process, he kills the father of a man's fiance,...
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1960
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A transient finds the corpse of a murdered policeman and decides to steal his clothing and his identity to find the killers...
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1959
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Night of the Ghouls (which was also known as Revenge of the Dead) was Edward D. Wood Jr.'s first attempt at making a horror...
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Dr. Vlad Acula
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1959
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Ronnie Ashcroft, an editor-turned-producer, made his directorial debut with The Astounding She-Monster, a shoestring-budgeted...
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1958
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Revolt at Fort Laramie offers the old one about sworn enemies uniting to defeat an even more awesome foe. In this instance....
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1957
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1957
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One of the least-known of the American-International "B" westerns of the 1950s, Flesh and the Spur offers the spectacle of...
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1957
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Set in 1952, at a point when the United States was bogged down in the "police action," Hell's Horizon focuses on one crew of...
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1955
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The redoubtable Johnny Carpenter is producer, author and star of the low-budget western Lawless Rider. Exploiting his slight...
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Freno Frost
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1954
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Gene Autry's second 1953 entry, On Top of Old Smoky casts Autry more or less as himself, a travelling balladeer. The story...
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1953
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Gene Autry's summer release for 1953 was the 56-minute Pack Train. In this one, Autry is assigned to safely transport...
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Ross McLain
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1953
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In this western, two Federal Marshals attempt to round up ruthless counterfeiters by having hero Lash LaRue dress up as the...
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1952
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Produced by Jack Schwarz on behalf of Eagle Lion Studios, Badman's Gold was ultimately released through United Artists....
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Rance
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1951
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Hills of Utah casts Gene Autry as a frontier doctor with a predilection for singing. A recent med-school graduate, Autry sets...
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1951
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Gene Autry stars in the 1951 sagebrusher Whirlwind. In this outing, Autry plays a frontier postal inspector known for his...
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1951
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This 1951 Gene Autry vehicle is based on a supposedly true incident. At the close of the Civil War, a band of Southern...
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1951
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Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a lady bank robber in this average Mack Brown series late-entry from Monogram. The lady,...
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1951
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The "badmen" of the title in this average western from Monogram are Waller (I. Stanford Jolley), a greedy express agent and...
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1951
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Lana Turner stars as an ambitious model who seeks her fortune in New York City. She is befriended by over-the-hill cover-girl...
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1950
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Columbia's final release for 1950 was the Gene Autry western Indian Territory. Set during the Reconstruction Era, the story...
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1950
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Code of the Silver Rage is more of the same from Republic western star Allan "Rocky" Lane. This time, Rocky plays U.S....
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1950
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1950
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1950
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1950
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Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier, didn't become a nationwide craze (and merchandising cash cow) until Disney got hold...
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1950
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Though the hit song "Mule Train" is most closely associated with Frankie Laine, it was Gene Autry who first sang the tune on...
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1950
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Singing cowboy Jimmy Wakely was in his final year of movie stardom when Gun Runner was released by Monogram. Wakely has more...
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Nebraska
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1949
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1949
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Monogram's Whip Wilson western series occasionally produced a better-than-average entry. In Range Land, Wilson and saddle pal...
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1949
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Based on a novel by Charles Huckelmann, Deputy Marshal was a "special" by the standards of cost-conscious Screen Guild...
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1949
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1949
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1949
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1949
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Western star Whip Wilson stars in the Monogram oater Crashing Thru. He periodically displays his whip-wielding skill (which...
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1949
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Gene Autry enjoyed considerable success with his recording of Stan Jones' haunting "Riders in the Sky". He then parlayed this...
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1949
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By the time Law of the West came out in 1949, Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown westerns were beginning to all look alike. Here as...
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1949
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Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown western series galloped ever onward in Hidden Danger. This time, Johnny and his saddle pal Banty...
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1949
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Even his cinematic rival Lash LaRue allowed that Whip Wilson was one of the best whip wielders in the movies. Shadows of the...
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1949
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Ostensibly a Jimmy Wakely musical Western -- the singer's final starring vehicle -- The Lawless Code is really a showcase for...
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1949
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1949
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In his second-to-last Monogram Western, country & western singer Jimmy Wakely does hardly any singing at all as he and...
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1949
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This western deals with an actual historical event. The story follows the endeavors of a heroic fellow who captures the...
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1948
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Smugglers are working the border between Mexico and California in this action-filled and, of course, tuneful Gene Autry...
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1947
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In his first film after four-years of military duty, Gene Autry returns to a familiar setting: a modern western...
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1946
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One of the most entertaining serials to be released by Republic Pictures, this mystery employed yet another inscrutable...
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1946
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This fast-paced western, geared entirely to the small-fry, was the first in Republic Pictures' long-running "Red Ryder"...
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1946
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In this western, Red Ryder and his sidekick prove that a man never committed the crime of which he has been accused. They...
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1946
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Roll on Texas Moon was the first of 26 Roy Rogers vehicles directed by fast-action specialist William Witney. The plot...
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1946
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In this western, a stagecoach driver learns that his little brother is working for a corrupt, rival stage line. The good...
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1946
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Adhering to the long tradition of casting non-action leads in their serials, Republic Pictures hired former 20th Century-Fox...
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1946
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Country-western star Roy Acuff heads the cast of the modest Republic musical Night Train to Memphis. Taking time off from his...
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1946
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In this western, Red Ryder rounds up a gang of horse thieves who have been stealing cavalry horses. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1946
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In this western, a postal inspector becomes determined to discover the truth after a series of robberies involving...
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1946
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Rainbow over Texas is set in a western never-never land, with vintage six-shooters and stagecoaches sharing screen time with...
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1946
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In this his second starring Western, Republic Pictures' laconic singing cowboy Monte Hale played, of all things, a...
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1946
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This gentle, tuneful western is one of cowboy crooner Roy Rogers' best and most successful films; it is also his personal...
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Croupier
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1946
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Making his starring debut, Republic cowboy Monte Hale strums his guitar and sings Over the Rainbow Trail by Ken Carson, The...
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1946
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The Mysterious Mr. Valentine is a neat-and-tidy thriller from the Republic B-picture mills. Lovely Linda Stirling is driving...
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1946
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Red Ryder and his comical sidekick take on a new batch of bad-guys in this western, the 16th in the Red Ryder series. This...
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1946
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In this western, Red Ryder leads a wagon train of homesteaders into a ghost town and discovers that it has become an...
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1945
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In this western, a wagonmaster stops a greedy newspaper editor from buying up an entire territory. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1945
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Jane Randolph, the star of several Val Lewton projects at RKO, goes the "spoiled heiress" route in Republic's Sporting...
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1945
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The luscious Linda Stirling starred in this 15-chapter action serial from genre specialist Republic Pictures as Claire...
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1945
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A range feud once again took center stage in this average Sunset Carson B-western from assembly-line studio Republic....
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1945
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Idealistic young attorney John Norton (Robert Lowery) finds himself on the Road to Alcatraz when he's accused of murdering...
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1945
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The first of actor Sunset Carson and director Thomas Carr's collaborations, Santa Fe Saddlemates is about a U.S. marshal...
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1945
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1945
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Rusty Curtis wants his beloved cavalry horse back, but unfortunately the former sergeant's steed has been sold to a society...
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1945
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Comprised of 15 episodes from one of Republic Studio's favorite sci-fi serials, this chiller follows the terrifying exploits...
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1945
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1945
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An interesting idea falls somewhat flat in this average Allan Lane Western, in which the young sister (Twinkle Watts) of a...
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1945
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Kit Carson appears in Trail of Kit Carson in the form of Allan "Rocky" Lane. The tall, dark and taciturn western hero spends...
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1945
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1944
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Bill Elliot is back as Red Ryder in Cheyenne Wildcat. Also back are Ryder's perennial cohorts Little Beaver (Bobby Blake,...
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1944
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The most obvious discrepancies concerning this otherwise well-remembered cliffhanger from genre specialist Republic Pictures...
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1944
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In this western, a crusty old sourdough finally finds the silver mine of his dreams only to find his mine threatened by...
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1944
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In this western, Red Ryder, his youthful sidekick, and another pal take on a wicked governor. This was the first in a new...
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1944
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"Wild Bill" Elliott heads the all-star (by B-flick standards, at any rate) western Hidden Valley Outlaws. Elliott does battle...
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1944
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Roy Rogers and Dale Evans weren't yet husband and wife when they co-starred in Song of Nevada, but the rapport and chemistry...
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1944
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In this western, brave Red Ryder and his sidekick save a murdered judge's son from going to jail by proving that someone...
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1944
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In this off-beat western, a cowboy is struck on the head and loses his memory. Opportunistic outlaws then assure him that he...
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1944
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It's nearly the End of the Road for condemned prisoner Chris Martin (John Abbott), slated to be executed for a murder he says...
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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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Secrets of Scotland Yard is Republic's spin on a plotline first elucidated in the old E. Phillips Oppenheim novel...
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1944
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In his second starring Western, Republic's newest cowboy hero Allan Lane went up against Roy Barcroft, the studio's master...
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1944
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With his performance in the offbeat sagebrusher The Laramie Trail, Bob Livingston makes his final appearance in a Republic...
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1944
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In his third western for Republic Pictures, Allan Lane plays Tex Jordan, a cattle rancher en route to sell his stock to...
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1944
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This 91-minute Republic "special" stars Michael O'Shea as Matt Braddock, an aggressive Henry Kaiser-like shipbuilder...
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1944
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Trail of Terror is a PRC Studios western starring Dave O'Brien (here billed as Dave "Tex" O'Brien) and Jim Newell. Texas...
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1944
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This "Red Ryder" entry stars Gordon "Wild Bill" Elliot as Ryder. The heroine (Linda Stirling) is having troubles with the...
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1944
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Western star Don "Red" Barry essays a dual role in Republic's Outlaws of Santa Fe. Actually, the two "characters" are one:...
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1944
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1944
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Leonard Maltin once observed that Storm Over Lisbon is what Casablanca would have looked like had it been produced by...
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1944
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Wolves of the Range was another entry in PRC's "Lone Rider" ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi...
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1943
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In this western, a paroled desperado and his twin, a preacher, wander about the Old West to bring "salvation." The parson...
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1943
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In a rather desperate attempt to duplicate the success of Republic Pictures' Three Mesqueteers B-Western series, Monogram...
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1943
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Tim Holt's third RKO Radio western for 1943 was The Avenging Rider. The story finds Holt trying to clear himself and his...
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1943
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Man from Rio Grande stars Don "Red" Barry as movie cowboy star Lee Grant. The plot finds Grant coming to the rescue of...
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1943
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Starring the engaging Donald Barry (nicknamed, for obvious reasons, "Red"), this average Republic Western was filmed...
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1943
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In this western, Wild Bill and his assistant, try to learn why a young med school graduate is being spurned by the members...
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1943
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There's practically no western action in Hands Across the Border, but there's music aplenty. Roy Rogers stars as a wandering...
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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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1943
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Bob Kane's 1939 Detective Comics superhero The Batman came to the screens in serial form courtesy of Columbia Pictures and...
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1943
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1943
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In this western a pugnacious cowboy tries to prevent a city-slicker from conning the local ranchers and the utility company....
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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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The second entry in Monogram's low-budget "Trail Blazers" B-Western series, The Law Rides Again marked the final directorial...
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1943
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Set during the "man"power shortage of WW II, this low-budget western tells the story of a group of cowgirls hired by the...
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1943
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In this western, a pair of ranchers tire of being oppressed by the excessive taxation an avaricious crook in possession of a...
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1943
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In Old Oklahoma is better known today by its reissue title, War of the Wildcats. John Wayne heads the cast as oil man Dan...
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1943
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Overland Mail Robbery is another entry in Republic's "Wild Bill" Elliot western series. Once again, Elliot's leading lady is...
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1943
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Some clever directorial touches by veteran Elmer Clifton help lift Days of Old Cheyenne from the B-western norm. Don "Red"...
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1943
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Don "Red" Barry is unjustly accused of being a Missouri Outlaw. The real bad guys are a gang of crooks who've been conning...
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1942
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Juilliard-educated former opera-singer George Houston once again played vigilante turned champion of justice Tom Cameron,...
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1942
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Nyoka Gordon (Kay Aldridge) leads an expedition into the most remote part of the Libyan desert in search of her father,...
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1942
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Long forgotten, Monogram's Man With Two Lives has recently resurfaced on the videocassette market, proving itself a most...
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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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The Three Mesquiteers are back in the saddle in Republic's Code of the Outlaws. In this outing, the Mesquiteers are played by...
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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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The Range Busters-John "Dusty" King, David Sharpe, Max "Alibi" Terhune-do their bit for the war effort in Texas to Bataan....
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1942
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Here's another entry in PRC's long-running "Billy the Kid" series, again starring Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson and...
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1942
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By Monogram standards, the cast of Isle of Missing Men was Academy Award calibre. John Howard and Gilbert Roland head a group...
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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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The all-purpose title Westward Ho was applied in 1942 to this "Three Mesquiteers" western. This time, the Mesquiteers are...
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1942
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A well-acted, well-paced entry in the Don "Red" Barry Western series from Republic Pictures, The Sombrero Kid featured the...
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1942
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Fugitive Nazis threaten to take over the Wyoming range in this Three Mesqueteers outing, which also warns about the danger of...
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1942
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This contemporary western centers on two cowboy radio gossip columnists who get themselves in trouble after they begin...
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1942
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Riders for Justice is the TV title of the Republic "Three Mesquiteers" western Westward Ho (the change was made to avoid...
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1942
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In this, one of the last episodes of the Lone Rider series, the hero must prove himself innocent after his charged with the...
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1942
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The sequel to Columbia's 1938 hit The Spider's Web, this typical war-time serial again starred the stalwart Warren Hull as...
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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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Before changing his name to Richard Powers, cowboy hero Tom Keene spent the waning days of his stardom at Monogram, churning...
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1941
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The Adventures of Captain Marvel is a 12-episode Republic serial based on the comic book character of the same name. Young...
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1941
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In this serial, onetime football hero Slingin' Sammy Baugh stars as Tom King, a Texas Ranger on the hunt for the Nazis who...
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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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In this western, the bad guy kills a rancher and a Texas ranger so that the location of a copper mine will remain a secret....
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1941
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Trailing Double Trouble was the second entry in Monogram's "Range Busters" series. Ray Corrigan, John King and Max Terhune...
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1940
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In his final Western for Poverty Row's Metropolitan Pictures, Bob Steele played Bob Hall, a lawman looking into a series of...
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1940
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In this adventure, the final entry in the "Renfrew of the Mounties" series, the intrepid RCMP officer and his girl friend...
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1940
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The Sagebrush Family Trails West was the first attempt by Producer's Distributing Corporation (later known as PRC Pictures)...
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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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Chet Adams
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1940
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The first of eight Tim McCoy Westerns for ultra low-budget Producers' Distributing Corp./Producers Releasing Corp., Texas...
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Bill Willis
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1940
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In the sixth of eight Renfrew of the Royal Mounted "Northwesterns," mounties Renfrew (James Newill) and Kelly (Dave O'Brien)...
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1940
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Frontier Crusader was Tim McCoy's first western vehicle for the newly-formed Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). The star...
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1940
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1940
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Carl Krusada (aka Val Cleveland) was credited with the screenplay for this typically inferior Jack Randall oater from Poverty...
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1940
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Filmed back-to-back with Roll, Wagons, Roll (1939), this minor Tex Ritter Western once again teamed Ritter with the rangy,...
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1940
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Jack Randall, a truly minor singing cowboy, stars in this low-budget oater from Metropolitan Pictures. Jack Rowan (Randall)...
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1940
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In this B movie actioner, a plucky female cub reporter is determined to get her boss a front page scoop and so finagles a...
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1940
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A randy stud, a Kentucky Derby winner, sires a successor on the sly and creates all sorts of problems for his owner in this...
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1939
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Though it probably isn't saying much, Flaming Lead is the best of Ken Maynard's starring vehicles for low-budget Colony...
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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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Tim McCoy is back as hard-ridin' Lighting Bill Carson in Victory Pictures' Trigger Fingers. When rustlers invade a peaceful...
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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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Veteran character star Charles B. Middleton ("Ming the Merciless") escapes from a penitentiary after 15 years of imprisonment...
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1939
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In this North western, a brave Canadian Mountie pursuing a gang of fur thieves finds himself drummed out of the RCMP and...
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1939
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This science fiction film features the revenge of Ming who vowed to destroy the Earth. ~ Rovi...
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1938
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Based on a series of popular pulp-magazine stories, the 15-chapter Columbia serial The Spider's Web stars Warren Hull as one...
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Ran Singh
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1938
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Frontier Scout was one of a handful of western vehicles for opera star George Houston, who adapted surprisingly well to his...
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1938
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1938
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In this drama, a doctor disguises himself as a circus clown and starts a new life. When a wealthy young woman is knocked out...
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Lorenzo
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1937
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In this crime drama, an insurance investigator trails a notorious gang of jewel thieves who smuggle their booty inside...
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1937
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In this romantic comedy a woman inherits a boarding house. The enterprising lass turns it into a fancy nightclub. There she...
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1937
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Undercover Men concerns a man who attempts to regain his honor after behaving like a coward when the bank where he worked as...
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1935
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In this fluffy comedy, an innocent usherette falls for a customer whom she finally meets and eventually marries. Soon after...
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1931
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