Across the Plains 1939  N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Addison Randall, Frank Yaconelli, Joyce Bryant, Hal Price, Dennis Moore, Glenn Strange, Bob Card, Bud Osborne, Monte Rawlins, Wylie Grant, Iron Eyes Cody, Buddy Cox, Texi-Ray Cox
Outlaws attack a wagon train, and the parents of young brothers Jack (Buddy Cox) and Jimmy (Texi-Ray Cox) are killed. Jack is adopted by Indians, and Jimmy is kidnapped by the outlaws. They grow up apart but are reunited when Jimmy, now known as the Kansas Kid (Dennis Moore), leads his outlaw gang in an ambush of Jeff (Glenn Strange) and his daughter Mary's (Joyce Bryant) wagon train. Jack, now known as Cherokee (Addison Randall) tries to lead them to safety, and now the gang sets out to eliminate Cherokee. They kidnap Buckskin (Hal Price) who has teamed up with Cherokee, and he overhears them talking about killing the Kid's parents. Cherokee rescues Buckskin, and he tells Cherokee the truth about his brother. The gang attacks, but the brothers bond together in battling the outlaws. Jimmy is mortally wounded while avenging his parents' death, but Jack's future looks brighter, and he asks Mary to marry him.
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The Arizona Raiders 1936  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Raymond Hatton, Marsha Hunt, Betty Jane Rhodes, Johnny Downs, Grant Withers, Don Rowan, Arthur Aylesworth, Richard Carle, Petra Silva, Herbert Heywood, Bob Card, Ken Cooper
Laramie (Buster Crabbe) saves himself from a hanging, saves horse thief Tracks (Raymond Hatton) from a hanging, springs young Lonesome (Johnny Downs) from jail, and the threesome head out on a variety of humorous escapades. Based on a Zane Grey story.
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Breed of the Border 1933  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Speed Brent Wins
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: Bob Steele, Marion Byron, Ernie Adams, George "Gabby" Hayes, Wilfred Lucas, Henry Roquemore, Fred Cavens, John Elliott, Perry Murdock, Bob Card, Horace B. Carpenter, Hal Price
Cowboy/racecar driver "Speed" Brent (Bob Steele) is hired by bad-guy Joe (Ernie Adams) to drive him to the Mexican border. But Brent is knocked out by one of Joe's henchmen and awakens to find that the gang has stolen bonds from Brent's friend. Brent hits the road to bring Joe and his gang to justice.
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Ridin' the Cherokee Trail 1941 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Tex Ritter, Slim Andrews, Forrest Taylor, Betty Miles, Fred Burns, Bruce Nolan, Jack Roper, Gene Alsace, Bob Card, James Sheridan, Hal Price, Tennessee Ramblers
Ranger Tex (Tex Ritter), with sidekick Slim (Slim Andrews), takes a vacation in Idaho for a little fishing. But he is soon embroiled in a fight for statehood–and murder. Plenty of songs in this one.
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Smokey Smith 1935 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: Bob Steele, George "Gabby" Hayes, Mary Kornman, Warner Richmond, Earl Dwire, Horace B. Carpenter, Tex Phelps, Archie Ricks, Bob Card, Tex Palmer, Perry Murdock, Herman Hack, Bert Dillard
Smokey (Bob Steele) teams up with a gang led by Blaze (George "Gabby" Hayes) in order to capture the bad guys who killed his parents and, in the process, retrieve a ring stolen from them.
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The Two Gun Man 1931 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Ken Maynard, Lucille Powers, Lafe McKee, Charles King, Nita Martan, Murdock MacQuarrie, Tom London, Walter Perry, Ethan Allen, Will Stanton, Frank Ellis, Bob Card
Marshal Blackie (Ken Maynard) and his sidekick Joe (Lafe McKee) are on the trail of cattle rustlers and pose as gunmen at a ranch. When the ranch foreman is killed, Blackie is blamed and must work even harder to uncover the rustlers.
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Wrangler's Roost 1941 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: S. Roy Luby
Cast: Ray Corrigan, John "Dusty" King, Max Terhune, Forrest Taylor, Gwen Gaze, George Chesebro, Frank Ellis, Jack Holmes, Walter Shumway, Tex Cooper, Horace B. Carpenter, Hank Bell, Tex Palmer, Bob Card
Black Bart, the "Gentleman Bandit," appears to be back in business after a lull in robberies. But the Range Busters (Ray Corrigan, John "Dusty" King, and Max Terhune) are sure that this man is an imposter since they know the real bandit is now an upstanding citizen. So they set the trap to bring the bandit to justice, which plays out at a poker table.
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| 1. Across the Plains (1939)
2. The Arizona Raiders (1936)
3. Breed of the Border (1933)
aka: Speed Brent Wins
4. Ridin' the Cherokee Trail (1941)
5. Smokey Smith (1935)
6. The Two Gun Man (1931)
7. Wrangler's Roost (1941)
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