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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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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Below the Border 1942 N/R, 57 min. Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Linda Brent, Eva Puig, Charles King, Dennis Moore, Bud Osborne, Frank Ellis, Tex Palmer, Ted Mapes, Kermit Maynard, Bud Osborne, Howard Masters, Jack Rockwell
The Rough Riders–Marshal Buck Robert (Buck Jones), Marshal Tim McCall (Tim McCoy), and Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton)–are on the trail of cattle rustlers with Buck posing as an outlaw to infiltrate the gang. Needless to say, they are successful in bringing the gang members to justice.
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Bombs Over Burma 1943 N/R, 67 min. Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Anna May Wong, Noel Madison, Leslie Denison, Nedrick Young, Dan Seymour, Frank Lackteen, Teala Loring, Dennis Moore, Richard Loo, Hayward Soo Hoo
During World War II, Chinese school teacher Lin Ying (Anna May Wong) risks her life when she spies for the Allies as part of the effort to protect the Burma Road for use by Chinese guerillas.
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Bullets and Saddles 1943 N/R, 56 min. Genre: Western
Director: Anthony Marshall Cast: Ray Corrigan, Dennis Moore, Max Terhune, Julie Duncan, Budd Buster, Rose Plumer, Forrest Taylor, Glenn Strange, Steve Clark, John Merton, Ed Cassidy
The popular "Range Busters" series comes to an end in this film that brings the crime-fighters to a town where a rich property owner wants to take over the remaining territory.
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Crime Doctor's Courage 1945 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: George Sherman Cast: Warner Baxter, Hillary Brooke, Jerome Cowan, Lloyd Corrigan, Mark Roberts, Emory Parnell, Charles Arnt, Anthony Caruso, Lupita Tovar, Dennis Moore
A bride suspects her new husband is a killer and calls in the Crime Doctor. It turns out that the man's first two wives died under mysterious conditions and now he turns up dead.
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Danger Flight 1939 N/R, 61 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Howard Bretherton Cast: John Trent, Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone, Jason Robards Sr., Dennis Moore, Julius Tannen, Eddie Parker, Tommy Baker, Joseph E. Bernard, Harry Harvey Jr.
Tailspin Tommy Tompkins (John Trent) volunteers to help juvenile delinquents build model airplanes and teaches them how to make planes that can provide miniature distress signals. His efforts pay off when his real plane crashes, and he is able to make the model plane do some signaling. Based on the comic strip. Other "Tailspin" films include "Stunt Pilot" and "Mystery Plane."
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The Dawn Rider 1935 N/R, 53 min. Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury Cast: John Wayne, Marion Burns, Yakima Canutt, Reed Howes, Dennis Moore, Joseph De Grasse, Earl Dwire, Bert Dillard, Nelson McDowell, Tex Phelps, Herman Hack, Jack Jones, Fred Parker, James Sheridan, Tex Palmer
John (John Wayne) is on the trail of the gang that killed his father and suffers a gunshot wound in the process. He is nursed back to health by Alice (Marion Burns) who turns out to be the sister of the killer. Add to that a touch of jealousy, and we're talking a final shootout.
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East Side Kids 1940 N/R, 62 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Robert F. Hill Cast: Leon Ames, Dennis Moore, Joyce Bryant, Hal E. Chester, Harris Berger, Frankie Burke, Vince Barnett, Dave O'Brien, Ted Adams, Maxine Leslie
Ex-street gang member, and now detective, Pat O'Day (Leon Ames) helps to keep the East Side Kids from leading a life of crime on the streets on NYC. His immediate task is to save them from a counterfeit gang they are involved with and also free an innocent man from jail.
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Flying Wild 1941 N/R, 63 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: William West Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Donald Haines, Joan Barclay, David Gorcey, Bobby Stone, Ernest Morrison, Dave O'Brien, Eugene Francis, Herbert Rawlinson, George Pembroke, Dennis Moore
Mugs (Leo Gorcey) and the rest of the East Side Kids work at an airplane factory where they uncover a plot to steal secrets and provide them to enemy agents.
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The Gay Ranchero 1948 N/R, 72 min. Genre: Western
Director: William Witney Cast: Roy Rogers, Tito Guizar, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Estelita Rodriguez, George Meeker, Dennis Moore, Bob Nolan, LeRoy Mason, Keith Richards
Roy Rogers is the singing Sheriff and he must deal with a gang who tries to take over the airport.
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Irish Luck 1939 N/R, 58 min. Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: Howard Bretherton Cast: Frankie Darro, Mantan Moreland, Dick Purcell, Lillian Elliott, Sheila Darcy, Dennis Moore, James Flavin, Howard M. Mitchell, Maxine Leslie, Ralph Peters
A hotel guest is murdered, and hotel bellhop Buzzy (Frankie Darro) hides the suspect, Kitty (Sheila Darcy), at his house while he and friend Jefferson (Mantan Moreland) find the real killer after a series of misadventures.
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The Lone Rider and the Bandit 1942 N/R, 54 min. Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield Cast: George Houston, Al St. John, Dennis Moore, Vickie Lester, Glenn Strange, Jack Ingram, Milton Kibbee, Carl Sepulveda, Slim Andrews, Eddie Dean, Slim Whitaker, Kenne Duncan
"The Lone Rider" (George Houston) heeds the call of the sheriff (Dennis Moore) to stop the bad guys who are terrorizing prospectors in order to get their land. Going undercover as a musician (remember–George Houston was an opera singer in the past and would return to that profession after dabbling in Westerns), he gets to the bottom of the problem, and all ends well.
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Lone Rider Fights Back 1941 N/R, 64 min. Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield Cast: George Houston, Al St. John, Dorothy Short, Dennis Moore, Frank Hagney, Charles King, Frank Ellis, Horace B. Carpenter, Hal Price, Merrill McCormick, Curley Dresden, Walter James
Lone Rider and sidekick Fuzzy (George Houston and Al St. John) arrive in town at the request of a friend who had been murdered before they appeared on the scene. You can bet that Lone Rider will bring the people responsible to justice, and you can also bet that Fuzzy will bring a few laughs.
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The Mummy's Curse 1944 N/R, 62 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Leslie Goodwins Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Coe, Virginia Christine, Kay Harding, Dennis Moore, Holmes Herbert, Martin Kosleck, Kurt Katch, Addison Richards, Charles Stevens, William Farnum, Napoleon Simpson, Ann Codee, Budd Buster, Herbert Heywood
In this sequel to "The Mummy's Ghost," Kharis the Mummy (Lon Chaney Jr.) and Princess Ananka (Virginia Christine) are dug out of the bog they disappeared into at the end of the earlier film. Archaeologist James Halsey (Dennis Moore) and his assistant Dr. Ilzor Zandaab (Peter Coe)–who, unknown to Halsey, is a member of the Egyptian cult of Akran–arrive to find the mummies who have been transferred to Cajun country after the bog was drained. Kharis and Ananka are revived when Zandaab obtains tanna leaves that he knows are the secret potion to bring them back. Ananka suffers from amnesia and wanders the streets. Kharis is determined to find her, and he wreaks havoc in Louisiana as he kills anyone who stands in his way. Will Halsey be the one to finally put the mummies away for good? This is the final film in the "Mummy" series.
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Mutiny in the Big House 1939 N/R, 83 min. Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh Cast: Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Pat Moriarity, Dennis Moore, William Royle, Charley Foy, George Cleveland, Russell Hopton, Nigel De Brulier, Jeffrey Sayre, Eddie Foster, Dave O'Brien
Johnny (Dennis Moore) is sent to prison for forging a check. The prison Chaplain (Charles Bickford) attempts to bring salvation to the new arrival while hardened criminal Red (Barton MacLane) tries to involve Johnny in a prison break.
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Overland Mail 1939 N/R, 51 min. Genre: Western
Director: Robert F. Hill Cast: Addison Randall, Vince Barnett, Jean Joyce, Tristram Coffin, Glenn Strange, George Cleveland, Dennis Moore, Merrill McCormick, Maxine Leslie, James Sheridan, Hal Price
An Indian tribe member is murdered by outlaws. Meanwhile, the destination of Overland Mail riders Jack Mason (Addison Randall) and sidekick Porchy (Vincent Barnett) is being used as the base of operations by a gang of counterfeiters. With help from undercover agents Mary (Jean Joyce) and Duke (Dennis Moore), Jack and Porchy take care of both problems.
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Riders in the Sky 1949 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Western
Director: John English Cast: Gene Autry, Gloria Henry, Pat Buttram, Mary Beth Hughes, Robert Livingston, Alan Hale Jr., Dennis Moore, Kenne Duncan, Steve Darrell, Tom London
Gene Autry's friend Ralph (Steve Darrell) is in jail, framed for murder by the town's boss (Robert Livingston). Gene saves the day and wins the love of Ralph's daughter Anne (Gloria Henry) to boot. 1 User Review
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| | westernmovie fan 01/28/2007 | | The plot was somewhat trying, but the part was the music and the visualization of the famous Ghost Rider's in the Sky, by Stan Jones. |
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Riders of the West 1942 N/R, 58 min. Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Sarah Padden, Harry Woods, Walter McGrail, Christine McIntyre, Charles King, Milburn Morante, Dennis Moore, Kermit Maynard, Tom London, Jack Kirk, Bud Osborne, Lee Phelps
In this continuation of the "Rough Riders" series, rustling is becoming a problem in the Red Bluff area, prompting Ma Turner (Sarah Padden) to call for help from the Rough Riders–Marshal Buck Rogers (Buck Jones), Marshal Tim McCall (Tim McCoy), and Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton). As usual, the three arrive at different times with different undercover occupations. It doesn't take long before the town's sheriff (Lee Phelps), banker (Walter McGrail), and saloon owner (Harry Woods) are found to be part of the problem, and the gang is brought to justice.
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Sagebrush Troubador 1935 N/R, 68 min. Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Barbara Pepper, J. Frank Glendon, Dennis Moore, Tom London, Frankie Marvin, Fred Kelsey, Hooper Atchley, Julian Rivero
Gene Autry sings his way along while he is hot on the trail of a killer.
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Spooks Run Wild 1941 N/R, 69 min. Genre: Comedy / Horror
Director: Phil Rosen Cast: Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, David Gorcey, Ernest Morrison, Donald Haines, Dave O'Brien, George Pembroke, Angelo Rossitto, Dorothy Short, Dennis Moore, P.J. Kelly, Guy Wilkerson
While the East Side Kids are camping in the mountains, they hear that a monster-killer is on the loose. Muggsy (Leo Gorcey) suffers a gunshot wound, and the boys seek shelter in an old mansion, which happens to be owned by Nardo (Bela Lugosi). Later, the kids see Muggsy walking around in a trance and think that Nardo has turned him into a zombie. But, is Nardo a monster-killer, or is he simply a magician–only the horrors experienced within the walls of the old mansion will reveal the answer.
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| 1. Across the Plains (1939)
2. Arizona Bound (1941) aka: Rough Riders
3. Below the Border (1942)
4. Bombs Over Burma (1943)
5. Bullets and Saddles (1943)
6. Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
7. Danger Flight (1939)
8. The Dawn Rider (1935)
9. East Side Kids (1940)
10. Flying Wild (1941)
11. The Gay Ranchero (1948)
12. Irish Luck (1939)
13. The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942)
14. Lone Rider Fights Back (1941)
15. The Mummy's Curse (1944)
16. Mutiny in the Big House (1939)
17. Overland Mail (1939)
18. Pirates on Horseback (1941)
19. Riders in the Sky (1949)
20. Riders of the West (1942)
21. Sagebrush Troubador (1935)
22. Spooks Run Wild (1941)
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