Ray "Crash" CorriganFilmography

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

Actors: Marshall Thompson, Shawn Smith, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer, Richard Benedict

Synopsis: One of the best of the medium-budgeted science fiction flicks of the 1950s, It! The Terror from Beyond Space is set in "the future" (1973, to be exact). An rescue ship travels out to Mars to retrieve the only survivor of a space probe that has experienced some sort of cataclysm. That survivor Read More

Zombies of Mora-Tau

Actors: Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Autumn Russell, Joel Ashley, Morris Ankrum

Synopsis: Quickie king Sam Katzman's Zombies of Mora Tau is a game attempt to imitate what Roger Corman was doing so well over at American-International. The story takes place on the coast of Africa, where a race of white zombies jealously guards an ancient, jewel-encrusted African Idol. The treasure rests Read More

The Domino Kid

Actors: Rory Calhoun, Kristine Miller, Andrew Duggan, Yvette Dugay, Peter Whitney

Synopsis: Rory Calhoun both starred in and put up the money for the Columbia oater The Domino Kid. As the title character, Calhoun's mission in life is to rid the earth of the five outlaws who destroyed his ranch and killed his father. Before the film is ten minutes old, the Domino Kid has killed four of Read More

Apache Ambush

Actors: Bill Williams, Richard Jaeckel, Alex Montoya, Adele August, Tex Ritter

Synopsis: Longtime B-western favorites Tex Ritter and Ray "Crash" Corrigan are among the supporting players of the Columbia oater Apache Ambush. Star of the proceedings is Bill Williams, cast as Indian scout James Kingston. In the last days of the Civil War, President Lincoln (James Griffith) selects Read More

Killer Ape

Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Carol Thurston, Max Palmer, Burt Wenland, Nestor Paiva

Synopsis: Killer Ape is one of the most violent entries in Columbia's "Jungle Jim" series. In this outing, Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) finds out that members of the Wazuli tribe are selling animals to white hunters. These animals are in turn used for illegal research in a scheme to create drugs for bacterial Read More

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

Actors: Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo, Charlita, Muriel Landers

Synopsis: Bela Lugosi plays a mad scientist in the jungle who stumbles across a couple of comedians (intended to resemble Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis) and proceeds to use them as lab mice in his experiments. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Trail of Robin Hood

Actors: Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones, Rex Allen

Synopsis: Filmed in eye-pleasing Trucolor, Republic's Trail of Robin Hood is one of the most entertaining and likable of Roy Rogers' starring films. Roy comes to the rescue of veteran cowboy star Jack Holt (playing himself) when the latter's Christmas-tree business is jeopardized by greedy rivals. With the Read More

Zamba

Actors: June Vincent, Jane Nigh, Jon Hall, Beau Bridges

Synopsis: Eight-year-old Beau Bridges essayed his first leading role in Zamba. Bridges plays a young boy who, with his mother (June Vincent), is stranded in the middle of the African jungle. Through circumstances beyond their control, mother and son are separated. She manages to reach civilization and Read More

The White Gorilla

Synopsis: "An All-Star Cast" (well, that's what the credits say) helps bring a confusing tale of shenanigans in the jungle to the screen in this low-budget adventure saga, which has become a cult favorite. Steve Collins (Ray "Crash" Corrigan") is an explorer who stumbles injured and exhausted into Morgan's Read More

Renegade Girl

Synopsis: Alan Curtis plays a hired Union agent who's been dispatched to capture a Confederate gal who's the leader of some ravaging rebels. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Land of Hunted Men

Synopsis: The Range Busters bust the range once more in Monogram's Land of Hunted Men. This time around, the star trio consists of Ray "Crash" Corrigan (returning to the Range Busters series after a brief hiatus), Dennis Moore and Max Terhune. The villains, led by good old Charles King, are Read More

She's for Me

Actors: George Dolenz, David Bruce, Grace McDonald, Lois Collier, Charles Dingle

Synopsis: A romantic triangle between two best friends and a beautiful woman provides the basis of this romantic comedy. The girl in question is the niece of the head of the law firm the men work for. She likes both of the men, but one of them she considers more of a brother. This one is very manipulative Read More

Black Market Rustlers

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Dennis Moore, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Evelyn Finley, Steve Clark

Synopsis: In the tradition of Cowboy Commandos, the Range Busters (Ray Corrigan, Dennis Moore, and Max Terhune) take on Black Market Rustlers in this wartime western. The film's villains busy themselves by stealing cattle, then selling the meat on the black market for ridiculously exorbitant prices. The Read More

Bullets and Saddles

Synopsis: In this western the wild and wooley Range Busters are again out for justice. This time they are after a shady businessman and his cutthroat gang who are harassing the settlers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Cowboy Commandos

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Dennis Moore, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Evelyn Finley, Johnny Bond

Synopsis: This diverting cinematic time capsule pits the hard-ridin' Range Busters against a Nazi spy ring. The Busters are played on this occasion by Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Dennis Moore and Max "Alibi" Terhune. The Teutonic villains intend to cripple the war effort by sabotaging local magnesite shipments Read More

Boot Hill Bandits

Synopsis: "The Range Busters" -- "Crash" (Ray "Crash" Corrigan), Dusty (John "Dusty" King), and "Alibi" (Max Terhune) -- go up against yet another licentious saloon owner in this Western series entry from Monogram. As it turns out, the saloon proprietor, Brand Bolton (John Merton), is actually in the employ Read More

Thunder River Feud

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Jan Wiley, Jack Holmes

Synopsis: Thunder River Feud is the latest adventure of "The Range Busters," aka Ray "Crash" Corrigan, John "Dusty" King and Max "Alibi" Terhune. This time, the heroic trio come to the rescue of pretty rancher Maybelle (Jan Wiley), who is stuck in the middle of a deadly range war. Causing all the ruckus is Read More

Rock River Renegades

Synopsis: In this western, the courageous Range Busters, round up the rabble-rousing rustlers who've been rendering Rock River really rowdy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Dr. Renault's Secret

Actors: J. Carrol Naish, John Shepperd, Lynne Roberts, George Zucco, Bert Roach

Synopsis: A remake of the 1927 horror melodrama The Wizard (which, alas, no longer exists), 20th Century-Fox's Dr. Renault's Secrets packs a real wallop in its brisk 58-minute running time. The scene is a remote French village, where the murder of drunken tourist Austin (Jack Norton) coincides with the Read More

Arizona Stagecoach

Synopsis: In this western the three Range Busters go undercover, take on a gang of ruthless outlaws, and bring them to justice. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Texas Trouble Shooters

The Strange Case of Dr. Rx

Actors: Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Samuel S. Hinds, Edmund MacDonald

Synopsis: Hot on the heels of his starring turn in The Mad Doctor of Market Street, Lionel Atwill was top-billed in another chiller-diller, The Strange Case of Dr. Rx. Somebody has been going around murdering known criminals who've escaped prosecution thanks to crooked lawyer Dudley Crispin (Samuel S. Read More

The Trail of the Silver Spurs

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, I. Stanford Jolley, Dorothy Short

Synopsis: Trail of the Silver Spurs was Monogram's first "Range Riders" entry for 1941. As in previous episodes, the three heroes are portrayed by Ray "Crash" Corrigan, John "Dusty" King and Max "Alibi" Terhune. The plot concerns the efforts by the Range Riders to "exorcise" an alleged ghost town. It is Read More

Saddle Mountain Round-Up

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Jack Mulhall

Synopsis: Like the first entry in the "Range Busters" series, the 1941-42 season opener Saddle Mountain Roundup was as much a whodunit as a western. This time, the murder victim is irascible rancher Magpie Harper (John Elliot). Arriving too late to save Harper from his fate, heroes Ray "Crash" Corrigan, John "Dusty" King Read More

Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Marian Kerby

Synopsis: Apparently hoping to break out of the series' formula rut, the producers of the "Range Riders" western Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona employ a clever and amusing framing device. At the beginning of the picture, the son of Range Rider John "Dusty" King (played by King) meets the son of Dusty's old pal Read More

Underground Rustlers

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Gwen Gaze, Robert Blair

Synopsis: The Range Busters are at it again in Monogram's Underground Rustlers. Set in California gold country during the financial panic of 1869, the story concerns a gang of clever gold thieves who utilize a subterranean tunnel to abscond with their ill-gotten gains. Enter our three heroes, Ray "Crash" Read More

Tonto Basin Outlaws

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Jan Wiley, Tristram Coffin

Synopsis: The Range Busters returned to bust a few more ranges in Tonto Basin Outlaws. As ever, the three protagonists are played by Ray "Crash" Corrigan, John "Dusty" King and Max "Alibi" Terhune. The story takes off when Corrigan takes a job as manager of the Tonto Basin hotel. From here, he intends to Read More

Wrangler's Roost

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, John King, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Forrest Taylor, Gwen Gaze

Synopsis: Wrangler's Roost is another of Monogram's "Range Busters" epics, said Busters portrayed herein by Ray "Crash" Corrigan, John "Dusty" King and Max "Alibi" Terhune. The plot is predicated on the legend of "gentleman bandit" Black Bart, long thought dead but now apparently back in business. On behalf Read More

The Kid's Last Ride

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Luana Walters, Eddie Brian

Synopsis: The Range Riders - Ray "Crash" Corrigan, John "Dusty" King and Max "Albi" Terhune-ride the range once more in Monogram's Kid's Last Ride. Sent to a wide-open town to stem the activities of the local criminal element, our three heroes almost immediately get mixed up in a deadly feud between local Read More

Fugitive Valley

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Julie Duncan, Glenn Strange

Synopsis: Part of the "Range Buster" series of westerns, this film follows the adventures of a couple of former criminals (Ray Corrigan and John King) as they give up their thieving ways and take on the responsibilities of deputies. When a group of outlaws, headed by a man known as "The Whip," begins to Read More

West of Pinto Basin

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Gwen Gaze, Tristram Coffin

Synopsis: No sooner had the second of Monogram's "Range Riders" westerns hit the screens than the third entry, West of Pinto Basin, was prepared for release. Once again, the Range Riders are portrayed by Ray "Crash" Corrigan, John "Dusty" King and Max "Alibi" Terhune, who this time are hot on the trail of a Read More

The Three Mesquiteers: Lone Star Raiders

The Three Mesquiteers: Under Texas Skies

The Three Mesquiteers: Heroes of the Saddle

The Three Mesquiteers: Covered Wagon Days

The Three Mesquiteers: Trail Blazers

Saturday Night Serials

Synopsis: Rhino Video put out this compilation tape of trailers and film clips from the golden age of serials (the 1930s and 1940s), released mainly by Republic, Columbia, Universal and Mascot. Among the serials showcased are The Phantom Creeps, Junior G-Men, Phantom Empire and Undersea Kingdom. ~ Brian Read More

The Range Busters

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Luana Walters, LeRoy Mason, Earl Hodgins

Synopsis: In emulation of Republic's "Three Mesquiteers" western series, Monogram launched its own three-star sagebrush property, "The Range Busters"-which was also the name of the first film in the series. Former Mesquiteers Ray "Crash" Corrigan and Max Terhune comprised two-thirds of the Range Busters Read More

Trailing Double Trouble

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune

Synopsis: Trailing Double Trouble was the second entry in Monogram's "Range Busters" series. Ray Corrigan, John King and Max Terhune star respectively as Crash, Dusty and Alibi, three wandering do-gooders dedicated to cleaning up the West. One wag suggested that this film could have been retitled "The Range Read More

Frontier Horizon

Actors: John Wayne, Raymond Hatton, Phyllis Isley, Eddy Waller

Synopsis: The Three Mesqueteers attempt to prevent wholesale slaughter in this fine Republic Western starring John Wayne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, and Raymond Hatton. Planning to build a reservoir on the site, the state government has condemned the town of New Hope and surrounding ranches. Construction chief Read More

The Night Riders

Actors: John Wayne, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Doreen McKay, Ruth Rogers

Synopsis: This "Three Mesquiteers" western is based upon the exploits of one James Addison Reavis, a clever 19th century con artist who through a series of elaborate land swindlers tried to declare himself owner of the state of Arizona (Reavis' checkered career was later the basis for Samuel Fuller's The Baron of Arizona Read More

Three Texas Steers

Actors: John Wayne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Carole Landis, Ralph Graves

Synopsis: Forever switching its time-frame from past to present, Republic's "Three Mesquiteers" series returned to a contemporary milieu for Three Texas Steers. The story revolves around a bankrupt circus, and the efforts made by Stony (John Wayne), Tucson (Ray Corrigan) and Lullaby (Max Terhune) to save Read More

The Three Mesquiteers: Kansas Terrors

Wyoming Outlaw

Actors: John Wayne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, Don "Red" Barry, Pamela Blake

Synopsis: Forever keeping apace of current headlines, Republic's "Three Mesquiteers" series came up with the 1939 entry Wyoming Outlaw. The story is based on a true incident, wherein a disgruntled young lawbreaker took refuge in the mountains of Wyoming, successfully eluding a large posse for several days. Read More

Guns of Sonora

Synopsis: Robberies are undertaken by an outlaw who looks amazingly like one of the Three Mesquiteers. (AKA Outlaws of Sonora) ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Call of the Mesquiteers

Synopsis: This program B western features our three heroes attempting to straighten things out after they accidentally cause the death of another man. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Pals of the Saddle

Actors: John Wayne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Doreen McKay, Joe Forte

Synopsis: Pals of the Saddle is one of the more engaging entries in Republic's Three Mesquiteers Western series. Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune repeat their standard roles of Tucson Smith and Lullaby Joslin; the role of Stony Brooke, recently vacated by Bob Livingston, is here played by none other than John Wayne Read More

Santa Fe Stampede

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, John Wayne, Max "Alibi" Terhune, William Farnum, June Martel

Synopsis: The Republic Three Mesquiteers series western Santa Fe Stampede stars John Wayne as Stony Brooke, Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Tucson Smith, and Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin. The plot finds our heroic trio butting heads and exchanging gunfire with a gang of crooked politicians. Head crook LeRoy Mason Read More

Red River Range

Actors: John Wayne, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Lorna Gray, Polly Moran

Synopsis: The villains in the "Three Mesquiteers" entry Red River Range are bunch of progressive cattle thieves. This being 1939, the bad guys round up their stolen goods and herd them into streamlined trucks. It's a plot device that had previously used in Republic's Gene Autry series, but it still had Read More

Call the Mesquiteers

Actors: Max "Alibi" Terhune, Lynne Roberts, Earl Hodgins

Synopsis: In this episode of the western series, the Mesquitters try to stop a ring of silk thieves while dealing with a shady medicine show man and his kids. One of his offspring is a beautiful young woman. The Mesquiteers must hurry to find the thieves as they too are suspects. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Read More

Riders of the Black Hills

Actors: Max "Alibi" Terhune, Ann Evers, Roscoe Ates

Synopsis: Riders of Black Hills is the second of 13 consecutive "Three Mesquiteers" westerns directed by George Sherman. The Mesquiteers this time out are Stony Brooke (Bob Livingston), Tucson Smith (Ray Corrigan) and Lullaby Joslin (Max Terhune). All three come to the rescue when a racehorse is kidnapped Read More

The Purple Vigilantes

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Joan Barclay, Earl Dwire

Synopsis: The Three Mesquiteers ride again in the economical Republic sagebrusher Purple Vigilantes. The Mesquiteers in question are Stony Brooke, Tucson Smith and Lullaby Joslin, played this time out by Robert Livingston, Ray "Crash" Corrigan and Max Terhune. The storyline is a timely one, inspired by the Read More

The Three Mesquiteers: Riders of the Black Hills

Overland Stage Raiders

Actors: John Wayne, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Louise Brooks, Anthony Marsh

Synopsis: The "Three Mesquiteers"--John Wayne, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune--find themselves in the modern-day west in Overland Stage Raiders. The "stages" being raided are actually Greyhound buses, bearing gold shipments to the east. Airborne hijackers steal the gold, but the Mesquiteers vanquish the Read More

Outlaws of Sonora

Actors: Max "Alibi" Terhune, Jack Mulhall, Otis Harlan

Synopsis: With the departure of John Wayne to more prestigious films, Robert Livingston returned to the role of Stony Brooke in Republic's "Three Mesquiteers" series. In Outlaws of Sonora, Stony and his saddle pals Tucson (Ray Corrigan) and Lullaby (Max Terhune) are hired by a cattleman's association. While Read More

Heroes of the Hills

Actors: Robert Livingston, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Priscilla Lawson, LeRoy Mason

Synopsis: In this entry in the long-running series of westerns, the Three Mesquiteers transform their ranch into a prison farm to provide a model for prison reform. They are opposed by a local contractor who wants to build a standard prison. He and his colleagues endeavor to destroy the ranch, but they are Read More

The Three Mesquiteers: Outlaws of the Sonora

The Three Mesquiteers: Pals of the Saddle

The Three Mesquiteers: Santa Fe Stampede

The Three Mesquiteers: Overland Stage Raiders

Riders of the Whistling Skull

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Mary Russell, Roger Williams

Synopsis: In perhaps their most unusual Western adventure, the Three Mesqueteers -- Stony (Bob Livingston), Tucson (Ray Corrigan), and Lullaby (Max Terhune) -- go in search of Professor Marsh (John Van Pelt), an archeologist who vanished while searching for the lost city of Lukachukai. Along for the ride Read More

The Painted Stallion [Serial]

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Hoot Gibson, Sammy McKim, LeRoy Mason, Jack Perrin

Synopsis: Western favorites Ray "Crash" Corrigan and Hoot Gibson head the cast of the 12-chapter Republic serial The Painted Stallion. Corrigan plays American federal agent Steve Clark, on assignment in Santa Fe to draw up a trade agreement with the newly installed Mexican governor. Meanwhile, Walter Read More

Roarin' Lead

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Robert Livingston, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Christine Maple, Hooper Atchley

Synopsis: The Three Mesquiteers take on a group of frontier fascists in the zippy series entry Roarin' Lead. This being Season One of the "Mesquiteers" series, the heroic threesome is played by Ray "Crash" Corrigan (as Tucson Smith), Robert Livingston (Stony Brooke), and Max Terhune (Lullaby Joslin). Read More

Range Defenders

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Eleanor Stewart, Harry Woods

Synopsis: The Three Mesquiteers are back for more action in this well-photographed Republic western. This time, heroes Stoney Brooke (Bob Livingston), Tucson Smith (Ray "Crash" Corrigan) and Lullaby Joslin (Max Terhune) find themselves in a middle of a range war between cattlemen and sheepmen. The villains Read More

Join the Marines

Actors: Paul Kelly, June Travis, Purnell Pratt, Reginald Denny, Warren Hymer

Synopsis: This service comedy from the Republic Studio mills was perhaps the most aggressively titled of the "Marine Corps" film cycle of the mid-1930s (Come on Leathernecks, Pride of the Marines et. al.) Paul Kelly plays Phil Donlan, a pugnacious ex-cop and ex-Olympic athlete who is run out of New York in Read More

Hit the Saddle

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Rita Hayworth, Robert Livingston, Max "Alibi" Terhune

Synopsis: Hit the Saddle has enjoyed more latter-day attention than most of Republic's "Three Mesquiteers" western films thanks to the presence of young Rita Hayworth. Billed under her given name of Cansino, Rita plays a seductive saloon thrush who breaks the heart of Mesquiteer Stony Brook (Robert Livingston Read More

Heart of the Rockies

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Robert Livingston, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Lynne Roberts, Sammy McKim

Synopsis: Heart of the Rockies launched Republic's second season of popular "Three Mesquiteers" westerns. Returning to the fold are Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke, Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Tucson Smith and Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin. This time our heroes play modern-day cattle ranchers who are falsely Read More

Wild Horse Rodeo

Actors: Max "Alibi" Terhune, June Martel, Walter Miller

Synopsis: An early entry in Republic Pictures' popular "Three Mesqueteers" western series, Wild Horse Rodeo features Robert Livingston who, as Stony Brooke, wants to capture Cyclone, a wild stallion made famous in the magazine illustrations of Alice Harkley (June Martel). Against the wishes of Alice, with Read More

Come On, Cowboys

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Robert Livingston, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Maxine Doyle, Willie Fung

Synopsis: A travelling circus provides the background for this "Three Mesquiteers" western. One of the circus owners is a counterfeiter, who when he's caught with the goods shifts the blame to his partner. Our three heroes Stoney (Robert Livingston), Tucson (Ray "Crash" Corrigan) and Lullaby (Max Terhune) Read More

The Three Mesquiteers: Hit the Saddle

The Trigger Trio

Actors: Max "Alibi" Terhune, Ralph Byrd, Sandra Corday, Robert Warwick

Synopsis: In this western, the Three Mesquiteers must find a killer and his band after they murder an official from the State Agricultural Service who had come to investigate an outbreak of anthrax. The killer is fearful that the official would quarantine his entire herd. Unfortunately for the foolish Read More

Gunsmoke Ranch

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Robert Livingston, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Julia Thayer

Synopsis: One of the timelier Three Mesquiteers westerns, Gunsmoke Ranch was inspired by the Ohio and Mississippi river floodings of 1937. As usual, the Mesquiteers are Stony Brooke (Robert Livingston), Tucson Smith (Ray "Crash" Corrigan) and Lullaby Joslin (Max Terhune). After rescuing young Marion (Julia Read More

Country Gentlemen

Actors: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Joyce Compton, Lila Lee, Pierre Watkin

Synopsis: The zany vaudeville comedy team of Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson was still one year away from their smash Broadway hit Hellzapoppin' when they starred in Republic's Country Gentlemen. The daffy duo plays a couple of gold-stock swindlers who try to fleece the citizenry of a small town. They end up Read More

The Vigilantes Are Coming [Serial]

Actors: Fred Kohler

Synopsis: Yet another Zorro imitation, this adventure serial starred Robert Livingston as Don Loring, whose father and brother are killed by the evil General Burr (Fred Kohler). Seeking revenge, Loring dons a black cape and mask, calls himself "The Eagle," and goes about bringing Burr and his men to Read More

Batmen of Africa

Synopsis: In their first serial effort, newcomers Republic Pictures went with the tried and true: beloved animal trainer Clyde Beatty, who had earlier headlined the Mascot serial The Lost Jungle (1934). It is really Beatty, playing himself, who meets and saves Baru (Manuel King), "The Son of the Jungle," Read More

Undersea Kingdom [Serial]

Synopsis: Directed by B. Reeves Eason and former editor Joseph Kane, this Flash Gordon imitation was the second serial from a then newcomer in the field, Republic Pictures. Actually, it was only the Republic Eagle trademark that was new; Undersea Kingdom was produced by Nat Levine, formerly of Mascot Read More

Ghost Town Gold

Actors: Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Robert Livingston, Max "Alibi" Terhune, Kay Hughes, LeRoy Mason

Synopsis: Ghost Town Gold was the second entry in Republic's long-running "Three Mesquiteers" western series. Ray "Crash" Corrigan and Robert Livingston return as Tucson Smith and Stony Brooke, while Max Terhune replaces Sid Saylor as Lullaby Joslin. Almost immediately, comic ventriloquist Terhune Read More

The Leathernecks Have Landed

Actors: Lew Ayres, Isabel Jewell, James Ellison, James Burke, J. Carrol Naish

Synopsis: The Leathernecks Have Landed is an adventure yarn revolving around three boisterous marines. Lew Ayres is the headstrong one, James Ellison the sincere one, and Maynard Holmes the roly-poly comic relief. Holmes is killed in a nightclub brawl for which Ayres gets the blame. The real murderers are Read More

The Three Mesquiteers

Actors: Robert Livingston, Sid Saylor, Kay Hughes

Synopsis: After a couple of false starts, William Colt MacDonald's "Three Mesquiteers" stories were converted into a western film series by Republic Studios. The Mesquiteers, a trio of wandering do-gooders, are muscular Tucson Smith, played by Ray "Crash" Corrigan; hotheaded Stony Brooke, played by Robert Livingston Read More

Night Life of the Gods

Actors: Alan Mowbray, Florine McKinney, Peggy Shannon, Richard Carle, Theresa Maxwell Conover

Synopsis: Another of Thorne Smith's slyly naughty fantasy novels, Night Life of the Gods was transferred to the screen with reasonable fidelity to the original in 1934. Alan Mowbray plays the eccentric Hunter Hawk, inventor of a ray gun that can turn human beings into statues. Much to his surprise, Hawk is Read More

The Phantom Empire [Serial]

Actors: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Jack Carlyle, Dorothy Christy, Frankie Darro

Synopsis: In his first starring role, Gene Autry must perform daily on Radio Ranch or forfeit his contract. Meanwhile, local kids Frankie (Frankie Darro) and Betsy Baxter (Betsy Ross King) establish a group of Junior Thunder Riders to emulate a mysterious band of horsemen that seems to vanish into thin air. Read More

Dante's Inferno

Actors: Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Rita Hayworth, Alan Dinehart, Scotty Beckett

Synopsis: Carnival barker Spencer Tracy befriends elderly concessionaire Henry B. Walthall, who owns a picturesque but stodgy display depicting Dante's Inferno. Walthall is more interested in the spiritual aspects of Man's fascination with Hell, but Tracy uses hoopla and exaggeration to get the suckers into 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