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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Man from Oklahoma 1945  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Musical / Romance
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Roger Pryor, Arthur Loft, Maude Eburne, Si Jenks, Bob Nolan, Robert J. Wilke, Sam Flint, Elaine Lange, Edmund Cobb, Charles Soldani, Eddie Kane, George Sherwood
During the Oklahoma land rush, Jim Gardner (Roger Pryor) wants to acquire the Pine Valley land rights so that he can make money from its oil. Gardner sets out to renew a feud between the Lane and Whittaker families who own the valley. Roy Rogers tries to help Peggy Lane (Dale Evans) stake her claim to the oil rights and, in the process, settle the Lane-Whittaker feud. Meanwhile, Gabby Whittiker (George "Gabby" Hayes) becomes romantically involved with Peggy's gun-packing Grandma Lane (Maude Eburne). The songs include "I"m Beginning to See the Light" and "Dragin' the Wagon."
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Strange Illusion 1945   N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Out of the Night
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Jimmy Lydon, Sally Eilers, Warren William, Regis Toomey, Charles Arnt, George Reed, Jayne Hazard, Sonia Sorel, John Hamilton, Pierre Watkin, Jimmy Clark, Mary McLeod, Victor Potel, George Sherwood, Gene Roth
Paul (Jimmy Lydon) has been having nightmares in which his father, who was killed under suspicious circumstances, warns him that a stranger will threaten his family. True to his dreams, smooth Brett (Warren William) shows up to woo Paul's mother (Sally Eilers). Paul investigates and puts himself in danger. An interesting takeoff on "Hamlet." 1 User Review
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| | Hamlet-like plot in modern (1945) setting | darknessatnoon 01/10/2007 | | Quite enjoyed it... not quite film noir... moves well... mostly plausible... framing device is hokily done (but so was Bill's)... cast looks familiar from 1950s TV Superman series. |
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| 1. Conquest of Cheyenne (1946)
2. Man from Oklahoma (1945)
3. Strange Illusion (1945)
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