Sombra, the Spider Woman is the feature-film abridgement of the 1947 Republic serial The Black Widow (which explains why a...
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1966
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One of the better Roy Rogers films of its period, The Gay Ranchero also happens to be one of the more violent Rogers efforts....
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1948
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The tragic death from a heart attack of veteran supporting player LeRoy Mason marred the filming of this, Monte Hale's first...
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1948
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Clayton Moore stars as Jesse James in this Western serial, in which the notorious outlaw attempts to leave behind the...
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1947
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Filmed in "glorious" Trucolor, a low-budget substitute for Technicolor, Under Colorado Skies remains a standard B-Western,...
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1947
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1947
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The restful hues of the Trucolor process add to the overall entertainment value of Republic's Along the Oregon Trail. Singing...
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1947
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Back to his standard Rocky Lane characterization after a brief series of "Red Ryder" westerns, Allan Lane stars in Republic's...
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1947
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Saddle Pals hits a new low for Gene Autry's postwar Republic westerns, containing literally no action at all. Autry is drawn...
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1947
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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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Republic Pictures attempted to mix the popular Zorro sub-genre with a modern crime story in this action serial directed by...
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1946
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There's no "valley" in Valley of the Zombies, and only one "zombie," played with relish by Ian Keith. At large in a great...
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1946
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In the tradition of several of the Gene Autry vehicles of the 1930s, Roy Rogers' Helldorado is built around a real-life...
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1946
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Steve King stars in this serial as a forest ranger who must prevent a mad scientist from discovering a buried treasure. ~...
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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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Dan Long
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1946
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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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Republic's Under Nevada Skies blends equal parts music and action, resulting in a treat for fans of both. Roy Rogers stars as...
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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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Carson
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1946
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Most of this Republic B-plus mystery yarn is set in a penthouse, next door to a music hall where a strange song-and-dance...
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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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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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A much celebrated bout between legendary prize-fighters Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons becomes a hot issue in the Nevada...
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1946
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Red Ryder rounds up a crooked sheriff in this western adventure. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1945
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1945
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Also released in a feature version -- retitled FBI 99 -- this 12 chapter Republic Pictures serial benefitted from fine...
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1945
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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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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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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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Roy Rogers and Dale Evans still weren't man and wife when they costarred in Republic's San Fernando Valley. As always,...
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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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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 convoluted western, a sickly cowboy sidekick gets into a terrible fix when he is mistaken for a notorious bank...
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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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There's oil in them thar' hills and an unscrupulous oil company scout attempts to drive the settlers off their newly valuable...
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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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Subtitled The Fighting Guerillas, Chetniks tells the story of Yugoslavian guerilla fighter General Draja Mihailovitch. Based...
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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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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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Having functioned as Alvin J. Neitz's assistant director in the first two "Trail Blazers" Westerns, Monogram...
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Duke Wade
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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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Monogram's Tom Keene western series continued its winning streak with 1942's Western Mail. As was customary, Keene is a good...
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Gordon
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1942
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Despite its title and the fact that it was made by Universal Studios, 1942's The Silver Bullet has nothing to do with...
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Walter Kincaid
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1942
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Sundown Jim was the second of two 20th Century-Fox westerns starring football champ John Kimbrough. The story takes place in...
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1942
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It Happened in Flatbush is a likable baseball comedy inspired by the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers' pennant win. Lloyd Nolan portrays...
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1942
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Like most of 20th Century-Fox's "Michael Shayne"detective series, Time to Kill was based on a source other than Brett...
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1942
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1942
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1942
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A courageous cowboy dons the guise of a Texas Ranger to keep murderous cattle rustlers from harming a beautiful young woman,...
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1942
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With Paramount abandoning its "Zane Grey" western series in 1941, 20th Century-Fox took up the cudgel with such films as The...
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1941
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In this exciting western, a cowboy hero and his partner are en route to meet the hero's brother when they are waylaid by the...
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Reynolds
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1941
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Nick Barter
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1941
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The taciturn William Elliott stars in this above-average entry in Columbia's "Wild Bill Hickock" B-Western series. Returning...
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1941
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Tim Holt plays a rancher named Drummond who runs up against a gang of crooked frontier land agents. When Drummond complains...
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Rankin
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1941
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Previously filmed three times, the evergreen Zane Grey yarn Riders of the Purple Sage was given a fourth go-round by 20th...
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1941
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Ubiquitous 20th Century-Fox contractee Lynn Bari is the heroine of The Perfect Snob. Carefully raised by her social-climbing...
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1941
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Stuntman extraordinaire David Sharpe is the human star of the adventure quickie Silver Stallion. The bulk of the story,...
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Pascal
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1941
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As conceived, Monogram's On the Spot was meant to be purely a Frankie Darro vehicle, with black comedian Mantan Moreland as...
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1940
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A wedding ceremony is rudely interrupted by a bank robbery next door, the bridegroom is shot and the best man is accused of...
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Sheriff Bill Gregory
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1940
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In emulation of Republic's "Three Mesquiteers" western series, Monogram launched its own three-star sagebrush property, "The...
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Torrence
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1940
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This "Three Mesquiteers" western entry stars Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke, Raymond Hatton as Rusty Joslin and...
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1940
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In this animal adventure, Silver Wolf, a police dog is considered a killer after he is falsely blamed for killing someone....
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Pete Taylor
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1940
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Previously filmed in 1930 with Lawrence Tibbett and Grace Moore, the robust Sigmund Romberg operetta New Moon was given...
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1940
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1940
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Donald Barry, not yet Donald "Red" Barry, heads the cast of the Republic western Ghost Valley Raiders. A federal marshal,...
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Frank Ewing
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1940
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Tailspin Tommy (played by John Trent) flies again in Monogram's Sky Patrol. The plot is motivated by an airborne smuggling...
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1939
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The Three Mesqueteers attempt to prevent wholesale slaughter in this fine Republic Western starring John Wayne,...
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1939
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A "special" by Monogram standards, Lure of the Wasteland was lensed in a not inexpensive process called Telco-color. Grant...
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Butch
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1939
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Controversy over ancient Spanish land grants takes center stage in this exciting George O'Brien Western from RKO. Presented...
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1939
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Gene Autry goes up against a crooked oil company in this delightful music Western restored in 2001 by Gene Autry...
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1939
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Forever keeping apace of current headlines, Republic's "Three Mesquiteers" series came up with the 1939 entry Wyoming Outlaw....
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1939
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This especially wacky Three Stooges short was directed by comedian Charley Chase. The boys are traveling salesmen in the...
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1939
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Seldom was the identity of a "mystery" villain so obvious than in the 15-chapter Columbia serial Overland With Kit Carson....
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Baxter
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1939
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1938
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Singing cowboy Bob Baker starred in this average music western as a cavalry officer assigned to investigate the murders of...
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Summers
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1938
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Back when silver-haired character actor Larry Blake was a firm-jawed leading man at Universal, he starred in the low-budget...
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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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1938
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In this entry in the long-running series of westerns, the Three Mesquiteers transform their ranch into a prison farm to...
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Red
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1938
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When nefarious Topa Topa fur-trapper Pete Taylor murders his hunting partner and tries to pin the killing on beloved local...
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1938
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Its somewhat risible title aside (how can a saddle have rhythm?), this is one of the better Gene Autry westerns of the late...
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Pameroy
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1938
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Charles Starrett heads the cast; Sam Nelson directs; and the supporting players inlude Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Ed Cobb,...
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McLain
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1938
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1937
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The prolific Jack Natteford wrote this unusual Gene Autry Western -- or, to be accurate, "Eastern" -- which reportedly...
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Len Parker
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1937
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Escobedo
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1937
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The very urban Paul Kelly is the unlikely hero of It Happened Out West. Sent to Arizona to persuade ranch owner Anne Martin...
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Burt Travis
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1937
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Cardigan
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1937
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This action drama features John Wayne in an early, non western role. He plays a trucker who owns half of a small but...
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1937
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Former nightclub crooner Smith Ballew made his singing-cowboy debut in Western Gold. Set during the Civil War, the story...
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Fred Foster
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1937
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Russell Gleason, the personable and talented son of actors James and Lucille Gleason, is afforded a rare starring role in the...
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Fred Johnson
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1937
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In this western, a singing outlaw and a US marshal kill each other in a fight. Their demise is witnessed by an opportunistic...
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1937
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Ghost Town Gold was the second entry in Republic's long-running "Three Mesquiteers" western series. Ray "Crash" Corrigan and...
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Barrington
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1936
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A coarse cowboy is heralded as a fast-draw gunslinger in this western film. ~ Rovi...
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1936
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Stodgily directed by actor Russell Hopton, this low-budget oil-drilling melodrama was one of three action-adventures teaming...
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Hank Langford
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1936
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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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This peppy Monogram meller stars Robert Armstrong as a big-city newspaper reporter. After getting a bonus, Armstrong...
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Eel
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1935
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A young John Wayne is charged with building a road into the title valley in this routine Western from Monogram. The building...
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Rogers
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1935
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With a 45-minute running time, or thereabouts, Texas Terror was John Wayne's shortest Lone Star/Monogram Western and far from...
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Joe Dickson
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1935
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Three convicts bust out of prison in this drama. One of the fugitives is an innocent man. Fortunately, his former employer's...
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1935
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The second entry in Buck Jones' Universal western series, When a Man Sees Red casts Jones as the foreman of a ranch owned by...
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1934
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Silent-film director Edwin Carewe hoped to stage a talkie comeback with his self-produced Are We Civilized? Set in a...
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Paul Franklin, Jr.
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1934
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In his first in a series of well-mounted Westerns and action melodramas for independent producer Sol Lesser, George O'Brien...
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Dale Hyslip
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1934
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An above-average Monogram programmer, Red Head stars the gorgeous Grace Bradley as a good-hearted photographer's model. After...
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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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La Farge
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1934
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An old man learns the sad truth of the old saw about being careful what you wish for in this horror outing that is based on...
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1933
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The strapping Tom Tyler, in his fourth and last serial for Universal, played a daredevil pilot coming to the aid of a...
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1933
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The 1933 Fox production Smoky was the first of three film adaptations of the classic Will James novel. James himself served...
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Lefty
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1933
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"How would you like to star opposite the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood?" Enticed by these words, brunette leading...
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1933
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Cowboy star Bill Cody trades his Stetson and chaps for the red uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Mason of the...
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1932
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A serial remake of a 1926 Western feature starring William Boyd, The Last Frontier became an early opportunity for young Lon...
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1932
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Directed by the prolific Harry L. Fraser, Texas Pioneers features laconic silent screen cowboy Bill Cody as a cavalry captain...
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Mark Collins
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1932
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If only Merrily We Go To Hell was as interesting as its title! To escape an arranged marriage, heiress Joan Prentice...
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1932
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Silent-screen comedian Harry Langdon was the darling of the critics in 1927, but his career quickly lost momentum, and by the...
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1930
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Dr. Gardoni
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1930
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A prospector's unhappy wife (Alice Calhoun) takes in, cares for and later comes to love a man (LeRoy Mason) who is unjustly...
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1929
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The Technicolor "spectacular" The Viking was loosely based on the exploits of Norwegian explorer Leif Ericsson. Using O. A....
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Alwin
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1929
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Mexican-born Dolores Del Rio is convincingly cast as a fiery Hungarian lass in Revenge. Yet another variation on...
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Jorga
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1928
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When Sandow the dog failed to work out as Pathe's answer to Rin Tin Tin, the studio banked its hopes on another noble hound,...
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1928
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Poverty-row studio Film Booking Office (the later RKO) had a winning combination in the strapping Tom Tyler and freckle-faced...
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1926
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Movie-serial maven Charles Hutchison handled the directorial responsibilities of the thrill-a-minute Flying High. While...
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1926
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1924
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