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Frank McGlynn Jr. - Movies

Bar 20 Rides Again 1935 2 stars

    N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, Jean Rouverol, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Harry Worth, Frank McGlynn Jr., Paul Fix, Chill Wills, Al St. John

  Once again Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) outwits the bad guys. This time he befriends the outlaws and then leads the sheriff to their hideout.

Custer's Last Stand 1936 1 star

    N/R, 320 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Rex Lease, Lona Andre, William Farnum, Ruth Mix, Jack Mulhall, Nancy Caswell, George Chesebro, Dorothy Gulliver, Frank McGlynn Jr., Helen Gibson, Josef Swickard, Chief Thundercloud

  The search is on for an Indian arrow that holds the key to hidden gold (on Indian land) in this 15-episode serial as scout Kit Cardigan (Rex Lease) attempts to prevent a war over the arrow. But attempts fail when both sides are drawn into what will become known as Custer's Last Stand.

Hopalong Cassidy 1935 3 stars

    N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Hopalong Cassidy Enters

Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, Paula Stone, James Ellison, Robert Warwick, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jim Mason, Kenneth Thomson, Frank McGlynn Jr., Charles Middleton, Frank Campeau

  This film marks the debut of a long string of Hopalong Cassidy films. Hopalong (William Boyd) gets involved in a range war and stops rustlers from stealing cattle from neighboring ranches.

Lawless Range 1935 1 star

    N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Earl Dwire, Frank McGlynn Jr., Yakima Canutt, Jack Curtis, Glenn Strange

  John Wayne stars as government agent John Middleton sent to get to the bottom of cattle rustling and uncovers the banker out to get gold mines by scaring everyone away.

Riders of the Purple Sage 1931 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Hamilton MacFadden
Cast: George O'Brien, Marguerite Churchill, Noah Beery, Yvonne Pelletier, Frank McGlynn Jr., Stanley Fields, James Todd, Lester Dorr, Shirley Nail, Cliff Lyons

  The Zane Grey novel is again brought to the screen, as Jim Lassiter (George O'Brien) is out to rescue his sister and her daughter from a kidnapper (Noah Beery). Taking a job at a ranch, he finds that the kidnapper is living under a pseudonym and is the local judge. There are no religious undertones in this OK version.

Westward Ho 1935 1 and a half stars

    N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Frank McGlynn Jr., Jack Curtis, Dickie Jones, Yakima Canutt, Hank Bell, Bradley Metcalfe, Jim Farley, Mary MacLaren, Glenn Strange

  While traveling West with their parents, John Wyatt (John Wayne) and his brother, Jim (Frank McGlynn Jr.), were the only survivors of a wagon train attack. Jim was kidnapped by the band of outlaws. Years later, John forms a vigilante posse, The Singing Raiders, and seeks revenge the outlaws–not knowing that his brother now leads the gang.

Movie Quick Pick

1. Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)
2. Custer's Last Stand (1936)
3. Hopalong Cassidy (1935)
aka: Hopalong Cassidy Enters
4. Lawless Range (1935)
5. Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)
6. Westward Ho (1935)

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