Blazing Across the Pecos 1948  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Nazarro
Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Patricia Barry, Paul Campbell, Charles C. Wilson, Thomas E. Jackson, Chief Thundercloud, Jock Mahoney, Jack Ingram, Pat O'Malley
Masked hero The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) is back and comes to the aid of an inept sheriff (Smiley Burnette). When the town's mayor, Ace (Charles C. Wilson), hears that The Durango Kid has been killed, he sets out to terrorize his business rival. But who is that new deputy to the sheriff? One of the weaker films in the series.
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Bonanza Town 1951 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Two-Fisted Agent
Director: Fred F. Sears
Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Fred F. Sears, Luther Crockett, Myron Healey, Charles Horvath, Slim Duncan, Ted Jordan, Al Wyatt, Paul McGuire, George Chesebro, I. Stanford Jolley
A crooked judge attempts to interfere in The Durango Kid's (Charles Starrett) efforts to recover stolen bank money.
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Gallant Defender 1935  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Selman
Cast: Charles Starrett, Al Bridge, George Chesebro, Jack Clifford, Tom London, Joan Perry, Harry Woods, Roy Rogers, Glenn Strange, Bob Nolan
Charles Starrett made lots of movies; this is an early one in which he must clear himself from a murder charge.
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Green Eyes 1934 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Shirley Grey, Charles Starrett, Claude Gillingwater, John Wray, William Bakewell, Dorothy Revier, Ben Hendricks Jr., Alden "Stephen" Chase, Arthur Clayton, Aggie Herring, Edward Keane, Robert Frazer
Stephen Kester (Claude Gillingwater) is hosting a weekend masquerade party at his country mansion when he is found stabbed to death in a closet. You guessed it–police are called in, guests are questioned, and the murder is solved.
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The Mask of Fu Manchu 1932   N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Charles Brabin
Cast: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, David Torrence, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Lawrence Grant, Herbert Bunston
Fu Manchu (Boris Karloff) plots to obtain the mask of Genghis Khan, which will give him the necessary means to rule the world. Falling into his torture chamber are Terrence Granville (Charles Starrett) and Sheila (Karen Morley), but Scotland Yard's Investigator Nayland Smith (Lewis Stone) enters the picture and saves both the hapless couple and the world from the influence of Fu Manchu.
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Murder on the Campus 1933 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: On the Stroke of Nine
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Charles Starrett, Shirley Grey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ruth Hall, Dewey Robinson, Maurice Black, Edward Van Sloan, Harry Bowen, Harrison Greene, Henry Hall
Reporter Bill Bartlett (Charles Starrett) is writing a story of students working their way through college. He meets student/nightclub singer Lillian Vayne (Shirley Grey), and the two hit it off. Upon hearing a gunshot shortly after dropping her off on campus, Bill and Lillian become suspects, and she is arrested. After two more students are killed, Bill investigates on his own and comes up with the real culprit.
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The Mysterious Avenger 1936 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Selman
Cast: Charles Starrett, George Chesebro, Jon Hall, Bob Nolan, Joan Perry, Hal Price, Roy Rogers, Wheeler Oakman, Edward Le Saint, Lafe McKee
Two ranchers feud over which one is the rustler. Charles Starrett steps in and finds the real one.
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The Old Wyoming Trail 1937 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Folmar Blangsted
Cast: Charles Starrett, Dick Curtis, Donald Grayson, George Chesebro, Tom London, Bob Nolan, Roy Rogers, Barbara Weeks, Guy Usher, Edward Peil Sr.
The railroad is coming, so the bad guys try to get the land away from the good guys to make money from the railroad. Starrett doesn't let that happen.
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The Return of Casey Jones 1933 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Train 2419
Director: John P. McCarthy
Cast: Charles Starrett, Ruth Hall, Robert Elliott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jackie Searl, George Walsh, Margaret Seddon, Gordon De Main, George Nash, Anne Howard
Jim Martin (Charles Starrett) is a young railroad engineer who does not enlist in the military during World War I. Branded a coward by friends and neighbors, Jim gets advice from the legendary Casey Jones (Robert Elliott), and Jim proves his bravery on the home front when he prevents a train wreck.
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Robin Hood of the Range 1943 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Berke
Cast: Charles Starrett, Arthur Hunnicutt, Kay Harris, Frank LaRue, Kenneth MacDonald, Hal Price, Johnny Mitchell, Edward Peil Sr., Bud Osborne, Stanley Brown, Jimmy Wakely, Ted Mapes, Merrill McCormick, John Tyrrell, Herman Hack
Steve Marlowe (Charles Starrett), ala Robin Hood, is out to save settlers from the greedy railroad. Steve is the foster son of Henry Malone (Kenneth MacDonald) who runs the railroad, and, in order to help the homesteaders, Steve must disguise himself as "The Vulcan" in his battle against the railroad.
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A Shot in the Dark 1935 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Charles Starrett, Robert Warwick, Edward Van Sloan, Marion Shilling, Doris Lloyd, Helen Jerome Eddy, James Bush, Julian Madison, Ralph Brooks, Eddie Tamblyn, Robert McKenzie, Jane Keckley, Herbert Bunston, John Davidson
After college student Byron Coates is found murdered, Byron's roommate Ken Harris (Charles Starrett) and his father Joseph Harris (Robert Warwick) set out to investigate. When another student is murdered, suspicions begin to zero in on Professor Bostwick (Edward Van Sloan), but there is more murder in the future before the case is solved.
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Stampede 1936  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ford Beebe
Cast: Charles Starrett, Finis Barton, J.P. McGowan, LeStrange Millman, Reginald Hincks, James McGrath, Arthur Kerr, Jack Atkinson, Michael Heppell, Ted Mapes
The bad guys want Dale's (Finis Barton) ranch and kill a man who wants to buy cattle from Dale, which will help him pay off his debts. Along comes the dead man's brother, Larry (Charles Starrett), who not only wants the herd but also wants revenge. As all good Western fans know, Starrett later became famous as "Durango Kid."
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The Viking 1931 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Varick Frissell, George Melford
Cast: Bob Bartlett, Louise Huntington, Charles Starrett, Arthur Vinton, Wilfred Grenfell
Seal hunter Jed (Arthur Vinton) coerces the town jinx Luke (Charles Starrett) into going with him on an expedition off the Newfoundland coast aboard The Viking, which is commanded by Capt. Barker (Bob Bartlett). They join a hunting party on the ice floes where Jed tries to kill Luke. But, Jed is blinded by the snow, and Luke helps him find his way back to safety on the boat. Jed regains his sight and, from that moment on, becomes Luke's loyal defender.
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What Price Crime? 1935 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Albert Herman
Cast: Charles Starrett, Noel Madison, Virginia Cherrill, Charles Delaney, Jack Mulhall, Nina Guilbert, Henry Roquemore, John Elliott, Arthur Loft, Jack Cowell, Lafe McKee, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
G-man Allen Grey (Charles Starrett) goes undercover as a prizefighter in order to catch the gang that is smuggling firearms that they steal from the government. The trail leads to nightclub owner Douglas Worthington (Noel Madison) who turns out to be the gang leader. Our hero's task becomes more difficult when he falls in love with Worthington's sister (Virginia Cherrill).
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| 1. Bandits of El Dorado (1949)
2. Blazing Across the Pecos (1948)
3. Bonanza Town (1951)
aka: Two-Fisted Agent
4. Both Barrels Blazing (1944)
5. Gallant Defender (1935)
6. Green Eyes (1934)
7. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
8. Murder on the Campus (1933)
aka: On the Stroke of Nine
9. The Mysterious Avenger (1936)
10. The Old Wyoming Trail (1937)
11. The Return of Casey Jones (1933)
aka: Train 2419
12. Robin Hood of the Range (1943)
13. A Shot in the Dark (1935)
14. Stampede (1936)
15. The Viking (1931)
16. What Price Crime? (1935)
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