Bells of Rosarita 1945 N/R, 60 min. Genre: Western
Director: Frank McDonald Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Adele Mara, Grant Withers, Janet Martin, Bob Nolan, Bill Elliott, Robert Livingston, Addison Richardson, Roy Barcroft, Allan Lane, Don "Red" Barry, Sunset Carson, Kenne Duncan
Roy Rogers is filming a movie on location at the circus just inherited by Sue Farnum (Dale Evans) when her father died. But, trouble brews when her father's ex-partner, William Ripley (Grant Withers), tries to take over ownership of the circus. Roy is close by to help and–with help from "Gabby," Wild Bill Elliott, Allan Lane, Red Barry, and Sunset Carson–Roy saves the circus for Sue.
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Boots and Saddles 1937 N/R, 60 min. Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Judith Allen, Ronald Sinclair, Guy Usher, Bill Elliott, John Ward, Frankie Marvin, Chris-Pin Martin, Stanley Blystone
Gene Autry has his hands full trying to turn an Englishman into a Westerner.
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Boy of the Streets 1937 N/R, 75 min. Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh Cast: Jackie Cooper, Maureen O'Connor, Kathleen Burke, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Marjorie Main, Guy Usher, Matty Fain, George Cleveland, Bill Elliott, Don Latorre, Paul White
Street-kid Chuck Brennan (Jackie Cooper), who leads a neighborhood gang and worships his political operative father, tries to get into business on the corrupt side of city government. It looks like he just may make it–until he is shot by a gangster. Chuck survives but not to fight another day. Instead, he turns his life around with Nora (Maureen O'Connor) by his side.
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The Case of the Black Cat 1936 N/R, 65 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: William C. McGann, Alan Crosland Cast: Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Jane Bryan, Craig Reynolds, Carlyle Moore Jr., Bill Elliott, Nedda Harrigan, Garry Owen, Harry Davenport, George Rosener
Ricardo Cortez takes on the role of Perry Mason in the fifth entry in the series. Perry is called to a client's estate at night to write the client's granddaughter out of his will as an incentive to keep her from marrying a suspected fortune hunter. The client is killed in a suspicious fire, the gardener is murdered, and a treasure hunt for missing jewelry follows. The granddaughter's boyfriend is accused of the murders, but with Perry on his side, the real culprit will soon be identified. Director Alan Crosland was killed in an auto accident; the film was completed by William McGann.
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The Case of the Velvet Claws 1936 N/R, 60 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: William Clemens Cast: Warren William, Claire Dodd, Wini Shaw, Bill Elliott, Joe King, Addison Richards, Eddie Acuff, Olin Howland, Kenneth Harlan, Clara Blandick
Well, what-do-you-know, Perry Mason (Warren William) marries his faithful secretary, Della Street (Claire Dodd). But before they can take off on their honeymoon, Perry is hired (at gunpoint) to stop an article from being printed in a scandal sheet. It turns out that the woman behind the gun is the wife of the publisher of the paper, and she will do anything to ensure that her affair with another is not made public. Fast-paced, fun mystery.
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Ceiling Zero 1935 N/R, 95 min. Genre: Action
Director: Howard Hawks Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, June Travis, Stuart Erwin, James Bush, Henry Wadsworth, Barton MacLane, Bill Elliott, Isabel Jewell, Addison Richards
Howard Hawks spotlights pilots battling fog and poor communications to deliver the mail. Dizzy Davis (James Cagney) must atone for past mistakes in this action-oriented movie. One of the best of the Cagney-Pat O'Brien team-ups. Remade as "International Squadron" in 1941.
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Colorado Pioneers 1945 N/R, 57 min. Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Roy Barcroft, Bud Geary, Billy Cummings, Freddie Chapman, Frank Jaquet, Tom London, Monte Hale, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, George Chesebro
After catching a villain, Red Ryder (Bill Elliott) sees hope in the two young accomplices. They are put to work at Red's aunt's ranch, but we haven't seen the end of the villain–or the boys' temptations.
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Conquest of Cheyenne 1946 N/R, 55 min. Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Peggy Stewart, Jay Kirby, Milton Kibbee, Tom London, Emmett Lynn, Kenne Duncan, George Sherwood, Jack Kirk, Tom Chatterton
There's oil on Cheyenne's (Peggy Stewart) ranch, and a well is built to get it. But crooked banker Tuttle (Milton Kibbee) wants the oil for himself and intends on foreclosing–after he burns down the well. He didn't plan on Red Ryder (Bill Elliott) riding to the rescue. Bill Elliott's last appearance as Red Ryder, but the series continued with Allan 'Rocky' Lane in the lead role.
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The Devil's Party 1938 N/R, 65 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Ray McCarey Cast: Victor McLaglen, William Gargan, Paul Kelly, Beatrice Roberts, Frank Jenks, John Gallaudet, Samuel S. Hinds, Joe Downing, Arthur Hoyt, Edward Gargan, Bill Elliott, Scotty Beckett
Four NYC boys made a pact that they would always meet once a year to renew their friendship, Their plans were changed when one of them accidentally set fire to a warehouse and another one took the blame and was sent to reform school. Now Marty (Victor McLaglen)–who had taken the blame–is a professional gambler and owns a nightclub. They are reunited when two of them (William Gargan and John Gallaudet), now policemen, investigate a murder at Marty's club. After one is killed during the investigation, the fourth friend (Paul Kelly), now a priest, sees that justice is served.
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Marshal of Laredo 1945 N/R, 55 min. Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft, Tom London, Sarah Padden, Tom Chatterton, Don Costello, Bud Geary, George Chesebro, Wheaton Chambers
When a lawyer is framed for murder by the bad guys, Red Ryder and youthful sidekick Little Beaver (Bill Elliott and Robert Blake) come to the rescue in the nick of time.
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The San Antonio Kid 1944 N/R, 59 min. Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Linda Stirling, Tom London, Earle Hodgins, Duncan Renaldo, Glenn Strange, LeRoy Mason, Jack Kirk, Robert J. Wilke, Jack O'Shea
When oil is found by an oil company geologist, he receives aid from a gang to help scare the ranchers into selling their land. But Red Ryder (Bill Elliott) is interfering, so gunslinger San Antonio Kid (Duncan Renaldo) is brought in to deal with Red Ryder. Good luck Red.
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Sun Valley Cyclone 1946 N/R, 56 min. Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Roy Barcroft, Monte Hale, Kenne Duncan, Eddy Waller, Edmund Cobb, Tom London, Ed Cassidy, George Chesebro, Rex Lease
After Red Ryder's (Bill Elliott) horse Thunder kills a man who was about to shoot Red, the horse goes on trial for murder. This prompts Red to tell the story of how he got Thunder, which involves being the only one who could ride the horse and then being sent on a mission to find horse thieves.
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Tarzan's Revenge 1938 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm, George Barbier, C. Henry Gordon, Hedda Hopper, George Meeker, Joe Sawyer, Corbet Morris, John Lester Johnson, Frederick Clarke, Bill Elliott, Al Thompson, Blue Washington
Olympic decathlon champion Glenn Morris takes over the role of Tarzan in this story involving a safari; an evil king; and the lovely lady, Eleanor (Eleanor Holm). While on safari with her uncle (George Barbier), aunt (Hedda Hopper), and boyfriend Nev (George Meeker), Eleanor is captured by Ben Alieu Bey (C. Henry Gordon). Tarzan swings in to rescue Eleanor and saves her from Ben Alieu Bey's grasp.
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Tucson Raiders 1944 N/R, 55 min. Genre: Western
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet Cast: Bill Elliott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Ruth Lee, Peggy Stewart, LeRoy Mason, Stanley Andrews, John Whitney, Karl Hackett, Tom Steele, Tom Chatterton
In the first film of a successful "Red Ryder" series (a previous series had not fared well), Bill Elliott takes on the role of the hero and Robert Blake plays young sidekick Little Beaver. In this episode, the duo takes on an evil governor.
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Wagon Wheels Westward 1945 N/R, 56 min. Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft, Emmett Lynn, Dick Curtis, Jay Kirby, George J. Lewis, Tom London, Kenne Duncan, George Chesebro
Red Ryder (Bill Elliott) and sidekick Little Beaver (Robert Blake) come to the aid of Red's aunt (Alice Fleming) by leading a wagon train with settlers to a small town. What they don't know is that the town has been evacuated by the citizens after hearing of a gold strike, and in the place of the town's officials a gang has set up shop awaiting the arrival of the settlers in order to get their money.
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Wyoming 1947 N/R, 85 min. Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane Cast: Bill Elliott, John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Albert Dekker, Virginia Grey, George "Gabby" Hayes, Paul Harvey, Maria Ouspenskaya, Grant Withers, Harry Woods
"Wild Bill" Elliott comes to the rescue of settlers being harassed by a cattle baron who doesn't want his free range limited.
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| 1. Bells of Rosarita (1945)
2. Boots and Saddles (1937)
3. Boy of the Streets (1937)
4. The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
5. The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
6. Ceiling Zero (1935)
7. Colorado Pioneers (1945)
8. Conquest of Cheyenne (1946)
9. The Devil's Party (1938)
10. Hidden Valley Outlaws (1944)
11. Marshal of Laredo (1945)
12. The San Antonio Kid (1944)
13. Sun Valley Cyclone (1946)
14. Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
15. Tucson Raiders (1944)
16. Wagon Wheels Westward (1945)
17. Wyoming (1947)
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