Arizona Bound 1941 N/R, 57 min. Genre: Western / Action / Adventure / Romance aka: Rough Riders
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Luana Walters, Dennis Moore, Kathryn Sheldon, Tristram Coffin, Horace Murphy, Slim Whitaker, I. Stanford Jolley, Hal Price, Ben Corbett, Gene Alsace, Budd Buster
In this first of a series of "Rough Riders" films, the Rough Riders–Buck Roberts (Buck Jones), Tim McCall (Tim McCoy), and Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton)–are called in to save Ruth Masters' (Luana Walters) stage line when a dastardly gang, led by Steve Taggert (Tristram Coffin), begins robbing the stages and shooting the drivers.
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Clearing the Range 1931 N/R, 64 min. Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Otto Brower Cast: Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Hooper Atchley, George Mendoza, Robert Homans, Edward Peil Sr., Edward Hearn, Eva Grippon, Maston Williams, Jack Byron, Tex Driscoll, Ben Corbett, Fred Gilman, Jim Corey, Milton Brown
Bank cashier Lafe Kildare (Hooper Atchley) has been stealing from the bank, and when the bank president Jim Fremont (Edward Hearn) begins to suspect Lafe, Lafe kills Jim and becomes the bank president. Jim's brother Curt (Hoot Gibson) arrives in town posing as a cowardly drifter to investigate his brother's murder. He does his investigating at night, posing as Mexican bandit El Capitan in order to solve the murder, which he does, bringing Lafe to justice. Meanwhile, he wins the affections of a rancher's daughter, Mary Lou Moran (Sally Eilers–Hoot Gibson's wife at the time).
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Coyote Trails 1935 N/R, 65 min. Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Bernard B. Ray Cast: Tom Tyler, Ben Corbett, Alice Dahl, Lafe McKee, Richard Alexander, Slim Whitaker, George Chesebro, Lane Chandler, Bud McClure, Jimmy Aubrey, Art Dillard, Tex Palmer, Robert(2) Walker, George Morrell, Lew Meehan
Rancher John Baker's (Lafe McKee) horses are being rustled, and he offers a $1,000 reward for the capture of a stallion that he believes is chasing his mares. Cowhand Tom Riley (Tom Tyler) catches the stallion and, after forming a bond with the horse, sets out with his sidekick Windy (Ben Corbett) to corner the real horse thief, Mack Larkin (Richard Alexander)
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Fargo Express 1933 N/R, 61 min. Genre: Western
Director: Alan James Cast: Ken Maynard, Helen Mack, Roy Stewart, Paul Fix, William Desmond, Jack Rockwell, Claude Payton, Joe Rickson, Charles King, Hank Bell, Pat Harmon, Ben Corbett
Ken (Ken Maynard) takes Helen's (Helen Mack) brother Mort (Paul Fix) under his wing to straighten him out. But Mort is set up in a crooked card game and taken to jail. Now Ken must bring the real culprits to justice in order to clear Mort.
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Ghost Town Law 1942 N/R, 62 min. Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Carpenter, Murdock MacQuarrie, Charles King, Howard Masters, Tom London, Ben Corbett, Jack Ingram
Secret passages in a ghost town hamper the efforts of the Rough Riders in their search for a dastardly gang of killers.
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Haunted Gold 1932 N/R, 57 min. Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Mack V. Wright Cast: John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Harry Woods, Erville Alderson, Otto Hoffman, Martha Mattox, Blue Washington, Slim Whitaker, Bud Osborne, Ben Corbett, Bob Burns, John T. Prince, Mack V. Wright
John Mason (John Wayne) receives a weird message telling him to return to a mine that his father left him half interest in. He arrives with his sidekick Clarence (Blue Washington) and finds the deserted Sally Ann mine–an abandoned mine shaft with secret passages. But the mine is already occupied by Joe Ryan (Harry Woods) and his gang of bandits who are holed up trying to claim the mine's gold. Also in the mine is a mysterious phantom who spies on the goings on through holes in the wall. Who is the phantom, and will John be able to thwart the bandits? Throughout the adventures, love blooms between John and Janet (Sheila Terry) whose father had discovered the mine years ago.
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The Last Frontier 1932 N/R, 212 min. Genre: Western
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Storey Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Dorothy Gulliver, Ralph Bushman, William Desmond, Richard Neill, Joe Bonomo, Pete Morrison, Yakima Canutt, LeRoy Mason, Frank Lackteen, Judith Barrie, Ben Corbett
In this 12-episode serial, newspaper editor Tom Kirby (Lon Chaney Jr.), disguising himself as the masked "Black Ghost," takes on outlaw Tiger Morris (Richard Neill) who drives settlers away so he can have gold-laden property for himself. Tom gets help from Western heroes, including Wild Bill Hickock and General Custer. Remake of the 1926 feature-length film.
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Lightning Carson Rides Again 1938 N/R, 58 min. Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield Cast: Tim McCoy, Joan Barclay, Frank Wayne, Ted Adams, Forrest Taylor, Bob Terry, Jane Keckley, Ben Corbett, Frank LaRue, James Flavin, Reed Howes, Karl Hackett
When "Lightning Bill" Carson's (Tim McCoy) nephew Paul (Bob Terry) is accused of murder, Carson poses as a Mexican to infiltrate the gang that is really behind the murder. The job becomes tougher when his disguise is revealed.
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The Man from Colorado 1948 N/R, 99 min. Genre: Western
Director: Henry Levin Cast: Glenn Ford, Ellen Drew, William Holden, Ray Collins, Edgar Buchanan, Denver Pyle, Jerome Courtland, James Millican, Ian MacDonald, James Bush, Jim Bannon, William "Bill" Phillips, Eddie Fetherston, Ben Corbett, Stanley Andrews
Colonel Owen Devereaux (Glenn Ford) is a disturbed Civil War veteran who becomes a federal judge after returning from the war. His Army buddy Del Stewart (William Holden) has been appointed marshal, and he tries to help Owen overcome his psychologically motivated need to condemn men to death. Making matters worse is the fact that Del shares an unrequited love with Owen's wife Caroline (Ellen Drew) that causes jealousy. Tensions mount and lead to a violent conclusion.
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Marked Trails 1944 N/R, 59 min. Genre: Western
Director: John P. McCarthy Cast: Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Veda Ann Borg, Mauritz Hugo, Ralph Lewis, Steve Clark, Charles Stevens, Lynton Brent, Bud Osborne, George Morrell, Ben Corbett
Oil swindlers led by Blanche (Veda Ann Borg) better watch out when veteran heroes Parkford and Bob (Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele) set out to out-con them.
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The Outlaw Tamer 1933 N/R, 56 min. Genre: Western
Director: J.P. McGowan Cast: Lane Chandler, Blanche Mehaffrey, Slim Whitaker, J.P. McGowan, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ben Corbett, Richard Cramer, Tex Palmer, Herman Hack, Maston Williams
Wounded Tex (Lane Chandler) is taken in by Jean (Blanche Mehaffrey) who nurses him back to health. He is later robbed while taking Jean's gold to the bank and is arrested for the crime. But he breaks out and he, Jean, and prospector Cactus (George "Gabby" Hayes) take care of the robbers–who are also involved in cattle rustling.
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Ride Him, Cowboy 1932 N/R, 55 min. Genre: Western
Director: Fred(2) Allen Cast: John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Henry B. Walthall, Otis Harlan, Harry Gribbon, Frank Hagney, Edmund Cobb, Frank Ellis, Glenn Strange, Slim Whitaker, Lafe McKee, Edward(2) Burns, Ben Corbett, Hal Price, Murdock MacQuarrie
John Drury (John Wayne) saves the life of a wild horse named Duke when the horse is sentenced to death as a danger to the community after knocking a cowboy unconscious. John trains Duke and learns that Duke was framed. Later, John is about to be lynched for a crime he did not commit when the previously unconscious cowboy regains consciousness in time to name the real culprit and save John.
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| 1. Arizona Bound (1941) aka: Rough Riders
2. Clearing the Range (1931)
3. Coyote Trails (1935)
4. Fargo Express (1933)
5. Ghost Town Law (1942)
6. Haunted Gold (1932)
7. The Last Frontier (1932)
8. Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938)
9. The Man from Colorado (1948)
10. Marked Trails (1944)
11. The Outlaw Tamer (1933)
12. Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)
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