CHAPTER SYNOPSES, CASTS (Alphabetical Order)
BLAZING FRONTIER (1943)
Director: Sam Newfield
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematog.: Robert E. Cline
Film Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Writer: Patricia Harper
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Marjorie Manners, Milton Kibbee, I. Stanford Jolley,
Frank Hagney, Kermit Maynard, George Chesebro, Frank Ellis, Jimmy Aubrey,
Barney Beasley, Hank Bell, Budd Buster, Rube Dalroy, Art Dillard, Curley
Dresden, Kenne Duncan, Jack Evans, Morgan Flowers, Augie Gomez,
Herman Hack, Chick Hannon, Robert F. Hill, Ray Jones, Charles King,
Cactus Mack, Frank McCarroll, Jack Montgomery, George Morrell,
Tex Palmer, Pascale Perry, Lew Porter, Wally West, Slim Whitaker,
Bill Wolfe
Synopsis: “In the 19th and last of the PRC "Billy the Kid" series
(first six with Bob Steele and last 13 with Buster Crabbe), a feud
develops between the settlers and the railroad detectives in Red Rock
Valley. Clem Barstow sends for Billy the Kid and Fuzzy Jones to help.
Buster suspects that Ward Tragg, chief of the railroad detectives, and
Luther Sharp, land agent for the Western Railroad Company, are
defrauding the settlers without the knowledge or sanction of the
company. Billy and the settlers rustle off cattle, which have been
illegally confiscated by Tragg and his men, in order to raise money for
Barstow to bid on a ranch which Sharp is illegally auctioning off. Billy
discovers that the purchase price on the deed has been altered and
Barstow writes the company to send a man to investigate. When Tragg
learns about this, he makes plans to kidnap the railroad official.”
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BORDER BUCKAROOS (1943)
Director: Oliver Drake
Writer: Oliver Drake
Producers: Arthur Alexander, Alfred Stern
Cinematog.: Ira H. Morgan
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Music: Lee Zahler
Cast: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Christine McIntyre, Eleanor Counts,
Jack Ingram, Ethan Laidlaw, Charles King, Michael Vallon, Kenne Duncan,
Roy Brent, Reed Howes, Bud Osborne, Slim Whitaker
Synopsis: “With the owner of a ranch now dead, Melford takes aim at
the two heirs. The will states they must arrive by a certain date or the
property will revert to his Lawyer cohort. When his men try to stop
their arrival the Texas Rangers appear just in time. Tex poses as a
hired gunman and Jim as one of the heirs as they try to find out why
Melford wants an apparently worthless ranch.” Internet Movie Database
BOSS OF RAWHIDE (1943)
Director: Elmer Clifton
Writer: Elmer Clifton
Producers: Alfred Stern, Arthur Alexander
Cinematog.: Robert E. Cline
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Cast: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Nell O'Day, Ed Cassidy, Jack Ingram,
Billy Bletcher, Charles King, George Chesebro, Robert F. Hill, Dan White, Lucille
Vance, Jimmy Aubrey, Fred Burns, Budd Buster, Tex Cooper, Curley Dresden,
Frank Ellis, Herman Hack, Karl Hackett, Bob Kortman, Bud Osborne, Rose
Plumer, Wally West, Slim Whitaker,
Synopsis: “In the 8th film of the 22-film series, Texas Rangers Tex
Wyatt, Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins are sent to the district of
Rawhide to investigate the killings of several ranchers. Tex enters the
town posing as a tramp while the other two Rangers join a troupe of
itinerant minstrels. Tex, convinced that while they may find the killer,
it will not prevent further harassment of the poorer ranchers, and he
returns to the Ranger station and persuades his father, Texas Ranger
Captain John Wyatt, to take a leave of absence and go to Rawhide and run
for Land Commissioner. Tex and his father meet Henry Colby, the
wealthiest landholder in the district, who has been advised by his ranch
foreman, Frank Hade, and Sam Barrett, the boss of Rawhide, that the
nesters are the cause of all the lawlessness. At a meeting, preceded by
the dullest, most demeaning minstrel show ever filmed, Captain Wyatt is
shot...” Internet Movie Database
BRAND OF THE DEVIL (1944)
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Writer: Elmer Clifton
Producers: Arthur Alexander, Alfred Stern
Cinematog.: Edward A. Kull
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Cast: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Ellen Hall, Stanford Jolley,
Charles King, Reed Howes, Budd Buster, Karl Hackett, Kermit Maynard,
Ed Cassidy, Hank Bell, John L. Cason, Jess Cavin, Jack Evans, Art Fowler,
Rose Plumer, Jack Tornek, Wally West
Synopsis: “Jolley is the leader of the Devil's Brand gang of
rustlers. When Molly Dawson sends for the Texas Rangers, Tex, Jim, and
Panhandle arrive pretending not to know each other. But eventually their
identities become known and they are captured by the gang.” Internet
Movie Database
CATTLE STAMPEDE (1943)
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Joseph O'Donnell
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematog.: Robert E. Cline
Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Frances Gladwin, Charles King, Ed Cassidy,
Hansel Warner, Ray Bennett, Frank Ellis, Steve Clark, Roy Brent, John Elliott,
Budd Buster, Ted Adams, Hank Bell, Roy Bucko, Tex Cooper, Art Dillard, Curley
Dresden, Herman Hack, Reed Howes, Ray Jones, Carl Mathews, Frank
McCarroll, George Morrell, Edward Peil Sr., Rose Plumer, Hal Price, Glenn
Strange, Wally West
Synopsis: “Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy Jones (Al St.
John) are on their way out of Arizona being chased by some riders who
hope to cash in on the reward money for their capture. They are warned
in time by Ed Dawson (Hansel Warner), but Ed is wounded in the getaway.
They get a doctor (John Elliott) to attend to Ed. The latter tells them
there is a range war in progress across the border and that he is
looking for men to help make a cattle drive to the rail junction.
Agreeing to help, they head for the Dawson ranch and run across a Dawson
man who has been killed from ambush. Mary Dawson (Frances Gladwin),
Ed's sister, thinks they did it but they convince her of their
innocence. The news of the killing causes ranch foreman Brandon (Charles
King), secretly working for the rustlers, to try and get the rest of
the Dawson hands to quit, but Billy intercedes and agrees to take the
cattle through for Sam Dawson. “ Internet Movie Database
DEVIL RIDERS, THE (1943)
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Joseph O'Donnell
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematog.: Robert E. Cline
Editor: Robert O. Crandall
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarty, Charles King, John Merton, Kermit
Maynard, Frank LaRue, Jack Ingram, George Chesebro, Ed Cassidy, Jimmy
Aubrey, Big Slicker Band, Hank Bell, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko, Steve Clark, Art
Dillard, Bert Dillard, Curley Dresden, Frank Ellis, Al Ferguson, Augie Gomez,
Herman Hack, Chick Hannon, Ray Jones, Kansas Moehring, Artie Ortego, Bud
Osborne, Rose Plumer, Smokey Rogers, Wally West, Tex Williams
Review: “Tired of trying to con the public into thinking Billy the
kid was anything but a cold-blooded murderer, Producers Releasing
Corperation brought stars Buster Crabbe and Al "Fuzzy" St. John back
together for a new series featuring a new squeaky-clean hero, changing
his name from Billy Bonney to Billy Carson and his clothes from black to
white, with the exception of his hat. Though not a wanted (or framed)
outlaw anymore the new Billy was pretty much the same as before.
“The Devil Riders is typical but entertaining, with the usual
amount of shootouts, horse chases and fistfights. There's also a good
musical interlude with authentic 1940's western swing music.
“The plot involves a new stage line passing through outlaw
territory. Billy, the proprietor of the local Pony Express and the stage
owner are friendly rivals for a mail contract. The outlaws try to kill
the coach line by attempting to start a feud between the two competitors
but ending up with Billy and pals fighting back against them.”
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DRIFTER, THE (1943)
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Patricia Harper
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematog.: Robert E. Cline
Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Falcon the Horse, Al St. John, Carol Parker, Jack Ingram,
Jimmy Aubrey, Slim Whitaker, Ray Bennett, Kermit Maynard, Roy Brent,
George Chesebro, Foxy Callahan, Herman Hack, Robert F. Hill, Wally West
Synopsis: “Billy Carson discovers that "Drifter" Davis, an exact
double, has been impersonating him in order to cover up a series of bank
robberies. When the sheriff jails Davis, believing him to be Carson,
Billy sees the chance to turn the tables and clear his name. He
impersonates Davis and takes his place as a sharpshooter with the Sally
Dawson Medicine Show that is traveling though the area. Just about the
time that Billy gets a lead that ties up Dirk Trent, the show's
publicity man, with the bank robberies, Billy's pal, Fuzzy Jones, causes
complications by helping Davis escape from jail, thinking he is the
real Billy Carson.” Internet Movie Database
FIGHTING VALLEY (1943)
Director: Oliver Drake
Writer: Oliver Drake
Producers: Arthur Alexander, Alfred Stern
Cinematog.: Ira H. Morgan
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Cast: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Patti McCarty, John Merton,
Robert Bice, Stanley Price, Mary MacLaren, John Elliott, Charles King,
Jimmy Aubrey, Roy Brent, Budd Buster, Jess Cavin, Curley Dresden,
Carl Mathews, George Morrell, Hal Price, Wally West, Don Weston,
Dan White, Tex Williams
Synopsis: “The Independent Smelting Company is being forced out of
business through ore shipments being hijacked while on the way from the
various mines. Ma Donovan, owner of the Elkhorn Mine, asks for help from
Texas Rangers Tex Wyatt, Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins. They learn
from Frank Burke, manager of the smelter, that if he cannot get ore he
will be forced to close, and the miners will have to do business with
the Rio Grande Corporation owned by Dan Wakely. Joan Manning, owner of
the smelter, arrives from the east, with her fiancée Paul Jackson and,
acting on his advice, intends to sell the smelter to Wakely's company.
At a meeting, with the Rangers present, Joan instructs Paul to prepare
an inventory of the plant for the sale, and he remarks that it is
practically bankrupt. Tex suggests that the miners use the remark by
Jackson to declare it bankrupt and appoint a receiver. They do so and
make Tex the receiver...” Internet Movie Database
FUGITIVE OF THE PLAINS (1943)
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: George Wallace Sayre
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Music: Leo Erdody
Cinematog.: Jack Greenhalgh
Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Maxine Leslie, Jack Ingram, Kermit Maynard,
Karl Hackett, Hal Price, George Chesebro, Frank Ellis, John Merton,
Jimmy Aubrey, Hank Bell, Budd Buster, Art Dillard, Curley Dresden,
Tex Harper, Kansas Moehring, Artie Ortego, Carl Sepulveda
Synopsis: “Billy the Kid learns that someone in Red Rock is
impersonating him, causing a warrant to be issued for his arrest. On the
way there he and Fuzzy Jones witness a hold-up by a gang of outlaws led
by Kate Shelly and Billy decides to join the gang in order to clear his
name. Kate sends Billy to rob the stagecoach and then has the sheriff
tipped off so that Billy will be caught. Billy captures two of Kate's
gang and learns about the tip-off, and tells Kate he couldn't pull off
the robbery because the sheriff had been informed. Kate gives Billy the
assignment of helping her rob the Red Rock Bank and, this time, Billy
tells the Sheriff but he also warns Kate not to go through with the
robbery because he knows she will be caught. But Kate, suspicious of
Billy, has him imprisoned and rides on over to Red Rock to rob the bank.
Kate is wounded in the hold-up and flees with the Sheriff in hot
pursuit...” Internet Movie Database
FUZZY SETTLES DOWN (1944)
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Louise Rousseau
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematog.: Jack Greenhalgh
Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Falcon (Billy's Horse), Al St. John, Patti McCarty, Charles
King, John Merton, Frank McCarroll, Hal Price, John Elliott, Ed Cassidy,
Robert F. Hill, Jimmy Aubrey, Silver Tip Baker, Holly Bane, Hank
Bell, Horace B. Carpenter, John L. Cason, Steve Clark, Ben Corbett, Bert
Dillard, Morgan Flowers, Herman Hack, Chick Hannon, Jack Hendricks, Ray
Jones, Ted Mapes, George Morrell, Artie Ortego, Tex Palmer, Edward Peil Sr.,
Jack Tornek, Wally West, Dan White
Review: “Of all of the B Western sidekicks, Smiley Burnette was the
only one to get top billing in a B Western. Fuzzy Settles Down should
have had Al St. John with top billing in the credits. As Fuzzy Q. Jones,
St. John is the title character and he has the most screen time. Buster
Crabbe, as Billy Carson, is a strong hero, but he really is like a
"reverse sidekick" for most of the movie. It is strange, but in the way
that sidekicks usually said things to build up the image of the hero,
Billy Carson's words and actions work to strengthen Fuzzy's character.
“Fuzzy earns reward money (with Billy's help) for catching two
bank robbers. He is determined to use that money to settle down
somewhere. When Fuzzy and Billy happen to ride into a town where the
local newspaper is up for auction, Fuzzy decides to buy it. They use the
newspaper to help rid the town of local bandits. Billy Carson moves the
plot along at all the right times, but it is only at the climax of the
movie that he does anything significant.
“Al St. John was usually a better actor than the lead actors he
supported, and the people at PRC must have been aware of it. He
absolutely knew how to entertain and draw attention to himself while on
screen. This movie is his showcase. If you are a fan of Fuzzy Q. Jones,
this movie spotlights his character more than usual.” Internet Movie
Database
GUNS OF THE LAW (1944)
Director: Elmer Clifton
Writer: Elmer Clifton
Producer: Arthur Alexander
Cinematog.: Edward A. Kull
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Cast: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Jennifer Holt, Budd Buster,
Charles King, Jack Ingram, Bob Kortman, Robert Barron, Frank
McCarroll, Bud Osborne, Slim Whitaker, Dan White
Synopsis: “The 11th in the series of 14 "Texas Rangers" westerns from
P.R.C. that starred Dave O'Brien and Jim Newill, before Newill was
replaced by Tex Ritter in the concluding eight films of a very bad
22-films series: Lillian Wilkins and her old Civil War Veteran Uncle Jed
Wilkins own a ranch through which a pipeline will be laid. They are
unaware of this but Dan Tyndall, Joe Hyslop and Tom Binns are aware of
the possibilities for a quick profit and set out to prove through
crooked-surveyor Sam Brisco that the land has been improperly surveyed
and not rightfully the possession of the Wilkins. They go to family
friend and attorney Kendall Lowther for advice and this is not a good
move as Lowther is actually the brains behind the scheme to beat them
out of their property. But Texas Rangers Tex Wyatt and Jim Steele show
up to take a hand on the side of the Wilkins. That also means that
Panhandle Perkins...” Internet Movie Database
GUNSMOKE MESA (1944)
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Writer: Elmer Clifton
Producer: Arthur Alexander
Cinematog.: Ira H. Morgan
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Cast: James Newill, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Patti McCarty, Jack Ingram,
Kermit Maynard, Robert Barron, Richard Alexander, Michael Vallon,
Roy Brent, Jack Rockwell, Budd Buster, Rose Plumer, Don Weston,
Tom Andrews
Synopsis: “Black's men kill a couple but fail to find their baby that
will make Black a fortune. The Texas Rangers arrive to find the
murdered couple and the baby and soon find themselves accused of the
murder. As the other two Rangers investigate, Panhandle turns on a
gramophone recorder to try and record the baby. Just then Black and his
men arrive making him a prisoner and what they say will later prove to
be the evidence needed to convict them.” Internet Movie Database
MYSTERIOUS RIDER, THE (a/k/a PANHANDLE TRAIL) (1943)
Director: Sam Newfield (as Sherman Scott)
Writer: Sam Robins
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematog.: Jack Greenhalgh
Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Caroline Burke, John Merton, Edwin Brian,
Jack Ingram, Slim Whitaker, Kermit Maynard, Ted Adams, Jimmy Aubrey,
Art Dillard, Bert Dillard, Frank Ellis, Augie Gomez, Karl Hackett, Joe
Phillips
Synopsis: “Escaping from the Marshal, Billy and Fuzzy ride to Laramy
only to find it a ghost town. Sykes and his gang have driven people away
while they look for the gold mine of a man they have killed. Billy
hopes to straighten things out, but is in more trouble when his true
identity becomes known.” Internet Movie Database
OUTLAW ROUNDUP (1944)
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Writer: Elmer Clifton
Producer: Alfred Stern
Cinematog.: Ira H. Morgan
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Cast: James Newill, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Helen Chapman, Jack Ingram,
I. Stanford Jolley, Charles King, Reed Howes, Bud Osborne, Frank Ellis,
Budd Buster, Jimmy Aubrey, Jess Cavin, Aleth Hansen, Frank McCarroll,
George Morrell, Cal Shrum, Jack Tornek, Dan White
Synopsis: “Before he was sent to prison, Spade Norton buried the
$200,000 he took from a robbery. Tex arrives posing as Norton and gets
into the local outlaw gang. But unknown to Tex, Norton had broken out
and now appears to expose him as a fake. As the outlaws head out to
retrieve the money and finish off Tex, he leaves a clue for his two
Ranger partners.” Internet Movie Database
PINTO BANDIT, THE (1944)
Director: Elmer Clifton
Writer: Elmer Clifton
Producer: Alfred Stern
Cinematog.: Edward A. Kull
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Cast: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Mady Lawrence, James
Martin, Jack Ingram, Ed Cassidy, Budd Buster, Karl Hackett, Bob
Kortman, Charles King, Jimmy Aubrey, Herman Hack, Jack Hendricks,
Ben Johnson, Carl Mathews, Kermit Maynard, Don Weston
Review: “A mostly routine Western about the Texas Rangers, "The Pinto
Bandit" is mostly worth watching for one fast-paced action sequence.
The story itself is mildly interesting. Someone is using violence to
interfere with a mail line, and the Rangers have only two clues - a
Pinto horse and a bullet size. Most of the characters are not very
interesting, although the story itself brings a couple of mild
surprises. The best part comes when there is a big race to settle some
of the issues involved with the mail line - the race ties together the
rest of the plot, and has a couple of exciting moments. Except for that,
the movie is not particularly memorable.” Internet Movie Database
RANGERS TAKE OVER, THE (1943)
Director: Albert Herman
Writer: Elmer Clifton
Producers: Arthur Alexander, Alfred Stern
Cinematog.: Robert E. Cline
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Cast: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Iris Meredith, Forrest Taylor,
I. Stanford Jolley, Charles King, Carl Mathews, Harry Harvey, Lynton
Brent, Bud Osborne, Cal Shrum, Cal Shrum's Rhythm Rangers, Jimmy
Aubrey, Hank Bell, Jess Cavin, Rusty Cline, Rube Dalroy, Art Dillard, Art
Fowler, Robert Hoag, George Morrell, Jack Tornek, Art Wenzel, Don
Weston, Slim Whitaker
Synopsis: “Texas Ranger Sergeant Jim Steele (Jim Newill) spots Pete
Dawson (Bud Osborne) taking horses over the Mexico-Texas border, but
Dawson has an alibi. A new group of recruits arrives at the Ranger
station, among them, Tex Wyatt (Dave O'Brien), the son of Ranger Captain
John Wyatt (Forrest Taylor), whom he hasn't seen for many years.
Captain Wyatt tells Tex that, in the Rangers, he is there strictly on
his own merit and there will be no favors played. He assigns Tex to pick
up Dawson's trail, but orders that no arrest be made without proof.
Jim, Tex and Ranger Panhandle Perkins (Guy Wilkerson) find Dawson and
his men at the Oasis Trading Post where, forgetting his orders, Tex
tries to arrest him. A fight ensues until Jean Lorin (Iris Meredith),
the Post owner, covers the fighters with a gun and demands they stop.
Dawson escapes and Captain Wyatt dismisses Tex from the Ranger Service
for disobeying orders...” Internet Movie Database
RENEGADE, THE (a/k/a CODE OF THE PLAINS) (1943)
Director: Sam Newfield
Writers: Milton Raison (as George Milton), George Wallace Sayre (as George Milton)
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Lois Ranson, Karl Hackett, Ray Bennett, Frank
Hagney, Jack Rockwell, Tom London, George Chesebro, Jimmy Aubrey,
Art Dillard, Jack Evans, Herman Hack, Chick Hannon, Silver Harr,
Jack Montgomery, Milburn Morante, Jack Tornek, Wally West, Dan White
Synopsis: “ This 18th entry, of 19, in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series
(first six starring Bob Steele and the last 13 with Buster Crabbe) finds
town banker John Martin (Karl Hackett) calling on Billy (Buster Crabbe)
and Fuzzy (Al St. John) for help in capturing the men that robbed his
bank. Billy figures that sooner or later some of the money will be put
in circulation and, through the serial numbers, the outlaws can be
identified. The gang is led by town Mayor Dave Hill (Ray Bennett) who
wants to wipe out the bank and the rancher's money source so that he can
take over their lands that are on, unknown to them, rich oil deposits.
Billy suspects the Mayor, but before he and Fuzzy break into the Mayor's
office and find the stolen money, John Martin is framed and accused of
robbing his own bank.” Internet Movie Database
RETURN OF THE RANGERS (1943)
Director: Elmer Clifton
Writer: Elmer Clifton
Producers: Arthur Alexander, Alfred Stern
Music: Lee Zahler
Cinematog.: Robert E. Cline
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Cast: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Nell O'Day, Glenn Strange,
Emmett Lynn, I. Stanford Jolley, Robert Barron, Henry Hall, Harry
Harvey, Richard Alexander, Hank Bell, Horace B. Carpenter, Steve Clark,
Tex Cooper, Curley Dresden, Art Fowler, Herman Hack, Charles King,
Rose Plumer, Art Wenzel, Wally West
Synopsis: “Texas Rangers Tex Wyatt "Dave O'Brien (I)' ), Jim Steele
(James Newill) and Panhandle Perkins Guy Wilkerson) are on their way to
Custer and, as they ride through the hills, waiting for Jim to finish
his song, they save the life of Anne Miller (Nell O'Day), who is being
pursued by rustlers. Not disclosing their identities as Rangers, Jim
accepts a job offer on the Miller ranch, while Tex and Panhandle ride on
to Custer. Jim and Anne come upon Frank Martin (Glenn Strange), the
manager of the Custer Land and Cattle Company, trying to evict a number
of old people from their homes. The oldsters are pioneers of the county
who had been promised homes for the balance of their lives by the
recently-deceased ranch owner. Anne is managing the ranch, pending the
arrival of Philip Dobbs (Harry Harvey), the trustee of the estate. Tex,
on the way to town, witnesses the hold-up of a buckboard carrying three
people; Philip Dobbs...” Internet Movie Database
RUSTLERS’ HIDEOUT (1944)
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Joseph O'Donnell
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematog.: Jack Greenhalgh
Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarty, Charles King, John Merton,
Terry Frost, Hal Price, Lane Chandler, Al Ferguson, Frank McCarroll, Ed
Cassidy, Falcon (Billy's Horse), Bob Burns, John L. Cason, Steve Clark,
Bud Osborne, Edward Peil Sr., Wally West
Synopsis: “Bringing a herd of cattle to Dave Crockett, Billy halts
before going through the pass where many herds have been rustled. He is
right as there are two men after Crockett's ranch and packing plant
which will be theirs if Crockett fails to pay off his note. When their
attempt to get Crockett's son in financial trouble is broken up by Billy
and their men fail to rustle the herd, they then poison the water
hole.” Internet Movie Database
SPOOK TOWN (1944)
Director: Elmer Clifton
Writer: Elmer Clifton
Producer: Arthur Alexander
Music: Lee Zahler
Cinematog.: Robert E. Cline
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Cast: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Mady Lawrence, Dick Curtis,
Harry Harvey, Ed Cassidy, Charles King, Robert Barron, Richard
Alexander, John L. Cason, Bert Dillard, John Elliott, Chick Hannon, Kermit
Maynard, Jack Tornek
Synopsis: “[Dry] Gulch Trading Post owner Kurt Fabian advances money
on mortgages to the local settlers to finance an irrigation program.
Three Texas Rangers, Tex Wyatt, Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins
transport the money in a strong box which they place in the Wells Fargo
safe as agent Sam Benson assures them that he is the only one who knows
the safe combination. Fabian conspires with Bill Gunner, Breed Crocker
and Trigger Booth to steal the money and they fail, but Fabian gets it
on his own. Benson is arrested, and a committee of citizens, led by
Oscar Perrin accuse Captain Wyatt and the Rangers of carelessness and
request the resignation of the Captain if the money is not recovered.
Fabian owns the abandoned ghost town of "Mystic", and Gunner, Crocker
and Booth take him there to force him to tell where he has hidden the
money, They shoot at his feet to intimidate him and he dies from fright
and shock...” Internet Movie Database
THUNDERING GUN SLINGERS (1944)
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Fred Myton
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematog.: Robert E. Cline
Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Frances Gladwin, Charles King, Jack Ingram,
Karl Hackett, Kermit Maynard, Budd Buster, George Chesebro, Jimmy
Aubrey, Hank Bell, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko, Bert Dillard, Augie Gomez,
Herman Hack, Jack Hendricks, Reed Howes, Cactus Mack, Jack
Montgomery, George Morrell, Wally West
Synopsis: “When Billy Carson's uncle is lynched as a supposed
rustler, Billy arrives looking for the murderers. He finds that Steve
Kirby holds a forged note on his Uncle's ranch. When Kirby sees that
Billy means trouble for him, he has him framed for murder. Then just as
he is inciting the mob to lynch him, Billy's new friend Doc Jones is
trying to break him out of jail.” Internet Movie Database
TRAIL OF TERROR (1943)
Director: Oliver Drake
Writer: Oliver Drake
Producers: Arthur Alexander, Alfred Stern
Cinematog.: Ira H. Morgan
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Cast: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Patricia Knox, Jack Ingram,
I. Stanford Jolley, Budd Buster, Robert F. Hill, Frank Ellis, Kenne Duncan,
Jimmy Aubrey, Artie Ortego, Rose Plumer, Tom Smith, Wally West, Slim
Whitaker, Dan White
Synopsis: “Belle Blaine, owner of the Crystal Palace Saloon at the
Cold Springs outpost, makes plans with Nevada Simmons to rob the
stagecoach. Curly Wyatt, the stage driver and infatuated with Belle,
agrees to take part. In a fight at the Red Rock relay station, the
station attendant, Al, is wounded but recognizes Curly among the
outlaws. Texas Rangers Dave Wyatt, Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins are
on their way to Red Rock, where Dave tells the other two he expects to
see his twin, Curly, whom he hasn't seen in years. At the station, Al
mistakes Dave for Curly and accuses him of being in on the robbery.
Meanwhile, Curly has had a change of heart, and, after taking the
robbery loot away from gang-member Hank, is hiding out in a cabin and
sends for Dave, with the intention of returning the money. The gang
arrives after Dave, and Curly is killed in a shootout. When the gang
enters the cabin, Dave poses as Curly and makes them believe it was his
twin that made off with the loot...” Internet Movie Database
VALLEY OF VENGEANCE, THE (1944)
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Joseph O'Donnell
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematog.: Jack Greenhalgh
Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Falcon (Billy's Horse), Al St. John, Evelyn Finley, Donald
Mayo, David Polonsky, Glenn Strange, Charles King, John Merton, Lynton
Brent, Jack Ingram, Bud Osborne, Nora Bush, Steve Clark, Gene Alsace,
Jimmy Aubrey, Hank Bell, Roy Bucko, Budd Buster, John L. Cason, Ed
Cassidy, Jess Cavin, Tex Cooper, Ben Corbett, Bert Dillard, Curley Dresden,
John Elliott, Morgan Flowers, Augie Gomez, Herman Hack, Jack Hendricks,
Jack Kenny, Eddie Laughton, Cactus Mack, Carl Mathews, Merrill
McCormick, George Morrell, Artie Ortego, Pascale Perry, Lew Porter, Jack
Tornek, Wally West, Dan White
Synopsis: “By the numbers-type summary, for those who don't care who
played what, finds this one opening with the shooting of two prominent
town-officials by Billy Casrson, who as a youth witnessed a band of
outlaws, led by the prominent citizens, massacre his and Fuzzy's parents
who were members of a wagon train heading west. In retrospect, Billy
tells his story to the Marshal about how the members of the
covered-wagon trek, trusted an attorney who stole their money and then
bought his gang to wipe them out and gain their promised lands, to make a
fortune for himself and his henchmen.” Internet Movie Database
WESTERN CYCLONE (1943)
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Patricia Harper
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Music: Leo Erdody
Cinematog.: Robert E. Cline
Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Marjorie Manners, Karl Hackett, Milton Kibbee,
Glenn Strange, Charles King, Hal Price, Kermit Maynard, Jack Ingram,
Jimmy Aubrey, Barney Beasley, Hank Bell, Lane Bradford, Steve Clark,
Victor Cox, Rube Dalroy, Art Dillard, Bert Dillard, Frank Ellis, Jack Evans,
Morgan Flowers, Lou Fulton, Herman Hack, Al Haskell, George Hazel,
Robert F. Hill, Frank McCarroll, Milburn Morante, Lew Morphy, George
Morrell, Charles Murray Jr., Artie Ortego, Jack Tornek, Wally West
Synopsis: “Randall is trying to get the Governor impeached so he can
take over control of the state. Knowing the Governor and Billy are good
friends, he has Billy framed for murder. Fuzzy finds the shell and Billy
sees it has a peculiar mark. Now they have to find the owner of that
gun.” Internet Movie Database
WEST OF TEXAS (1943)
Director: Oliver Drake
Writer: Oliver Drake
Producers: Arthur Alexander, Alfred Stern
Cinematog.: Ira H. Morgan
Editor: Charles Henkel Jr.
Cast: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Frances Gladwin, Henry Hall,
Marilyn Hare, Robert Barron, Jack Ingram, Jack Rockwell, Tom London,
Art Fowler, Hank Bell, Roy Butler, Victor Cox, Rube Dalroy, Curley
Dresden, Jack Evans, Herman Hack, Chick Hannon, Carl Mathews,
George Morrell, Matty Roubert, Jack Tornek, Wally West
Synopsis: “Texas Rangers Tex and Jim head to New Mexico to bring in
Yeager and his men who are fighting the new railroad. The real crooks
however are Calloway and his lawyer Conlon who have been forging deeds
and rustling cattle. When Tex sets a trap to bring in Yeager, Jim
refuses and the two Rangers find themselves on opposite sides.”
Internet Movie Database
WILD HORSE RUSTLERS (1943)
Director: Sam Newfield
Writer: Joseph O'Donnell
Producer: Sigmund Neufeld
Music: Leo Erdody
Editor: Holbrook N. Todd
Cast: Robert Livingston, Al St. John, Lane Chandler, Linda Leighton, Frank Ellis,
Stanley Price, Karl Hackett, Jimmy Aubrey, Robert F. Hill, Ben Corbett,
Curley Dresden, Silver Harr, Milton Kibbee, Bud McClure, Kansas
Moehring, Artie Ortego
Synopsis: “The setting is WWII and Hans Beckman has arrived from
Germany with a mission of destroying horses before they can be sold to
the government. He kidnaps and replaces his twin brother as ranch
foreman, but Tom Cameron suspects something is wrong and with sidekick
Fuzzy sets out to learn the truth.” Internet Movie Database