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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Boys' Reformatory 1939  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Frankie Darro, Grant Withers, David Durand, Warren McCollum, Al Hill Jr., Robert McClung, George Offerman Jr., Frank Coghlan Jr., Ben Welden, Lillian Elliott
When orphaned Tommy (Frankie Darro) goes to reform school on a bum rap to cover for the deeds of his foster brother, Eddie (Ben Welden), he is befriended by Dr. Owens (Grant Withers) who helps him break out so that Tommy can track down those who influenced Eddie.
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Call of the Prairie 1936 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, Muriel Evans, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Chester Conklin, Al Bridge, Chill Wills, Hank Mann, Al Hill, Willie Fung
Outlaws are thwarted when Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) sneaks up on them and then convinces them to change their ways.
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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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Dawn on the Great Divide 1942  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Buck Jones, Raymond Hatton, Mona Barrie, Rex Bell, Robert Lowery, Harry Woods, Betty Blythe, Christine McIntyre, Robert Frazer, Tristram Coffin, Lee Shumway, Roy Barcroft
The Rough Riders are back with Rex Bell replacing Tim McCoy (who was serving in the military during World War II). A gang disguised as Indians is raiding wagon trains carrying settlers and railroad supplies across the plains. Buck (Buck Jones) and Sandy (Raymond Hatton) guide the latest wagon train while Jack (Rex Bell) infiltrates the gang to end the raids once and for all. This is the popular Western actor Buck Jones' last film. He died in a Boston fire shortly before the film was released.
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Down Texas Way 1942 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Luana Walters, Dave O'Brien, Glenn Strange, Lois Austin, Harry Woods, Tom London, Jack Daley
The Rough Riders–Buck (Buck Jones), Tim (Tim McCoy), and Sandy (Raymond Hatton)–are back for their sixth episode of the series. When Sandy is framed for the murder of the town's banker (who was taking on the gang trying to gain control of the town), Buck and Tim come to the rescue and bring the real killers to justice.
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Ghost Town Law 1942 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Carpenter, Murdock MacQuarrie, Charles King, Howard Masters, Tom London, Ben Corbett, Jack Ingram
Secret passages in a ghost town hamper the efforts of the Rough Riders in their search for a dastardly gang of killers.
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Heart of the West 1936  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Lynn Gabriel, Russell Hayden, Sidney Blackmer, Charles Martin, Billy King, Natalie Moorhead, John Rutherford, Fred Kohler
This is one of the best in the series of Hopalong Cassidy films. Problems come in the form of one of Hopalong Cassidy's neighbors, but the matter is settled when Hoppy roots out the troublemaker.
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Hopalong Cassidy 1935  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.
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In Old Colorado 1941 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Russell Hayden, Margaret Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Sarah Padden, Cliff Nazarro, Stanley Andrews, James Seay, Glenn Strange
With water at a premium, arguments are inevitable over rights to watering holes, and Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) steps in to solve the problem between neighboring ranchers.
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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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Ladies They Talk About 1933 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Dorothy Burgess, Maude Eburne, Harold Huber, Ruth Donnelly, Robert Warwick, Lillian Roth, Helen Ware
In prison for bank robbery, Nan (Barbara Stanwyck) finds salvation and love through the Reverend David Slade (Preston Foster).
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Midnight Limited 1940 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: John "Dusty" King, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland, Edward Keane, Monte Collins, Pat Flaherty, Herbert Ashley, Lita Chevret, I. Stanford Jolley, Buck Woods, Lane Chandler, Monte Collins, Charles Stevens
The Phantom Robber (I. Stanford Jolley) has robbed the "Midnight Limited" four times–even though private eye Val Lennon (John "Dusty" King) and his assistant, Joan (Marjorie Reynolds), have been hot on his trail. Determined to get his man, Val sets himself up as bait, goes undercover, and prepares to nab the Phantom Robber.
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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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The San Antonio Kid 1944 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Linda Stirling, Tom London, Earle Hodgins, Duncan Renaldo, Glenn Strange, LeRoy Mason, Jack Kirk, Robert J. Wilke, Jack O'Shea
When oil is found by an oil company geologist, he receives aid from a gang to help scare the ranchers into selling their land. But Red Ryder (Bill Elliott) is interfering, so gunslinger San Antonio Kid (Duncan Renaldo) is brought in to deal with Red Ryder. Good luck Red.
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The Showdown 1940 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Britt Wood, Morris Ankrum, Jan Clayton, Roy Barcroft, Donald Kirke, Walter Shumway, Eddie Dean, Wright Kramer
Horse thieves run into trouble when Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and his friend, Lucky (Russell Hayden), follow their trail to stop their illegal activities.
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Star Reporter 1939 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Warren Hull, Marsha Hunt, Morgan Wallace, Wallis Clark, Clay Clement, Virginia Howell, Paul Fix, Joseph Crehan, Eddie Kane, William Ruhl, Lester Dorr, Monte Collins
After gangsters murder his father, John Randolph (Warren Hull) inherits his father's newspaper and races to expose those responsible for the crime. More than a few surprises lie ahead as he sorts out clues, but the one that throws John for a loop is when he learns that the man who pulled the trigger is his own birth father.
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Three on the Trail 1936 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, James Ellison, Onslow Stevens, Muriel Evans, George "Gabby" Hayes, William Duncan, Claude King, Clara Kimball Young, John St. Polis, Ernie Adams, Jack Rutherford
A gang of cattle rustlers robs a stagecoach, and Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) heads off in hot pursuit.
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Up in the Air 1940 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Frankie Darro, Marjorie Reynolds, Mantan Moreland, Lorna Gray, Gordon Jones, Tristram Coffin, Clyde Dilson, Dick Elliott, John Holland, Carleton Young
Ambitious radio station pageboy Frankie (Frankie Darro) pushes management to air a comedy program starring him and his porter pal (Mantan Moreland). Just when it appears he will be successful in his quest, the station's stars start getting killed while on the air. C'mon Frankie, solve this case.
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West of the Law 1942 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Cook, Harry Woods, Jack Daley, Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart, Milburn Morante, Roy Barcroft, Horace B. Carpenter, Tom London, Bud Osborne, Tex Palmer, George DeNormand, Al Ferguson
In the final (of eight) "Rough Riders" film, Marshals Buck, Tim, and Sandy (Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, and Raymond Hatton) are brought to the town by newspaper editor Rufus Todd (Milburn Morante) whose presses have been ruined when he was about to uncover the gang responsible for a gold robbery. As usual, The Rough Riders go undercover to nab the culprits–including the leader, a respected town leader.
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| 1. Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)
2. Below the Border (1942)
3. Beyond the Last Frontier (1943)
4. Boys' Reformatory (1939)
5. Call of the Prairie (1936)
6. Danger Flight (1939)
7. Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
8. Down Texas Way (1942)
9. The Eagle's Brood (1935)
10. Ghost Town Law (1942)
11. Heart of the West (1936)
12. Hidden Valley Outlaws (1944)
13. Hopalong Cassidy (1935)
aka: Hopalong Cassidy Enters
14. In Old Colorado (1941)
15. Irish Luck (1939)
16. Ladies They Talk About (1933)
17. Midnight Limited (1940)
18. Riders of the West (1942)
19. The San Antonio Kid (1944)
20. The Showdown (1940)
21. Star Reporter (1939)
22. Three on the Trail (1936)
23. The Trap (1946)
24. Up in the Air (1940)
25. West of the Law (1942)
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