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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Between Fighting Men 1932  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Forrest Sheldon
Cast: Ken Maynard, Ruth Hall, Josephine Dunn, Wallace MacDonald, Albert J. Smith, Walter Law, James Bradbury Jr., John Pratt, Robert(2) Walker, Jack Rockwell, Bob Kortman, Jack Kirk, Edmund Cobb, Charles King, Tracy Layne
Wally (Wallace MacDonald) and his adopted brother Ken (Ken Maynard) find themselves in the middle of a conflict between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. Their father, cattleman Winchester "Win" Thompson (Walter Law), hires gunman Butch Martin (Albert J. Smith) to get a sheepman to move, and Butch shoots him. The sheepman's daughter Judy (Ruth Hall) moves onto the Thompson ranch where Ken and Wally compete for her attentions–and, by story's end, Judy will pick one of them to live with happily ever after.
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Border Caballero 1936  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Tim McCoy, Lois January, Ralph Byrd, Ted Adams, J. Frank Glendon, Earl Hodgins, John Merton, Slim Whitaker, Jack Rockwell, Tex Phelps, Horace B. Carpenter, Steve Clark, Dick Botiller, Henry Hall, Si Jenks
Justice Department agent Tex Weaver (Ralph Byrd) is working undercover at Doc Shaw's (Earle Hodgins) medicine show in an effort to find evidence on bank robber Buff Brayden (Ted Adams). Tex gets assistance from an old friend and ex-agent Tim Ross (Tim McCoy) and saloon girl Goldie Harris (Lois January). When Tex is murdered, Tim takes over the investigation and gets evidence to convict Braden as well as the head of the gang, bank examiner Wiley Taggart (J. Frank Glendon).
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Border Vigilantes 1941 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Derwin Abrahams
Cast: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Frances Gilford, Victor Jory, Morris Ankrum, Tom Tyler, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Rockwell, Britt Wood
When outlaws try to take over mines around his Bar 20 Ranch, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) steps in to resist the intruders.
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Brand of Hate 1934 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: Bob Steele, Lucile Browne, William Farnum, Mickey Rentschler, George "Gabby" Hayes, James Flavin, Archie Ricks, Charles K. French, Rose Plumer, Jack Rockwell, Blackie Whiteford, Bob Burns
Trouble begins when the evil Bill (George "Gabby" Hayes) and his two sons move in with Bill's brother, Joe (William Farnum). When one of the sons kills Rod's (Bob Steele) father and tries to put the blame on Joe, Rod takes on the bad guys.
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Brand of the Outlaws 1936 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: Bob Steele, Margaret Marquis, Jack Rockwell, Charles King, Ed Cassidy, Virginia True Boardman, Frank Ball, Bob Kortman, Chuck Morrison, Budd Buster, Horace Murphy
Gary Gray (Bob Steele) is searching for his father's murderer when he becomes involved with Ben Holt (Jack Rockwell) and his gang of outlaws. Fights ensue, but Gary manages to prevent the gang's holdup of a stagecoach. When Gary figures out that Holt is the one who murdered his father, he is determined to get revenge–but Holt has been warned and has his own plans for how to deal with Gary. The question is, "Will he succeed?"
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Bulldog Courage 1935 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury, Paul Fix, Eddie Buzard, John Cowell, Karl Hackett, John Elliott, Edmund Cobb, Edward Hearn, Jack Rockwell, Ed Cassidy, Art Mix
Years after his father was killed by a crooked banker (Karl Hackett) who tried to take over his mine, Tim Braddock (Tim McCoy) rides into town to exact revenge. The banker is still trying to take over mines, and Tim takes care of the bad guys–once and for all.
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Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie 1941 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Taylor
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day, Kathryn Adams, Lee Shumway, Harry Cording, Jack Rockwell, Ernie Adams, Ed Cassidy, Pat J. O'Brien, Jim Corey, William Desmond
After Joe's (Johnny Mack Brown) brother is murdered by a gang of claim jumpers, he sets out to extract revenge.
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Drum Taps 1933 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: J.P. McGowan
Cast: Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dix, Frank Coghlan Jr., Charles Stevens, Al Bridge, Harry Semels, Jim Mason, Slim Whitaker, Kermit Maynard, Hooper Atchley, Lloyd Ingraham, Jack Rockwell
Boy Scouts come to the aid of rancher Ken (Ken Maynard) in protecting his and other ranchers' property from a gang trying to grab their land.
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Fargo Express 1933 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan James
Cast: Ken Maynard, Helen Mack, Roy Stewart, Paul Fix, William Desmond, Jack Rockwell, Claude Payton, Joe Rickson, Charles King, Hank Bell, Pat Harmon, Ben Corbett
Ken (Ken Maynard) takes Helen's (Helen Mack) brother Mort (Paul Fix) under his wing to straighten him out. But Mort is set up in a crooked card game and taken to jail. Now Ken must bring the real culprits to justice in order to clear Mort.
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Forty Thieves 1944 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Douglass Dumbrille, Louise Currie, Kirk Alyn, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Frazer, Glenn Strange, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Rockwell, Bob Kortman
Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) loses the sheriff's election to timid Jerry Doyle (Kirk Alyn) who got the outlaw vote. When the town goes downhill, Hoppy proceeds to have Doyle impeached. But the dastardly outlaw boss (Douglass Dumbrille) brings in 40 outlaws to deal with our hero. Even Hoppy can't possibly take care of that many bad guys at once, or can he?
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Honor of the Range 1934 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan James
Cast: Ken Maynard, Cecilia Parker, Fred Kohler, Frank Hagney, Jack Rockwell, James A. Marcus, Albert J. Smith, Eddie Barnes, Franklyn Farnum, Slim Whitaker, Al Bridge, Hal Taliaferro
This offbeat Western features Ken Maynard playing two roles: one as good-guy sheriff Ken and the other as his weak and crooked brother Clem. After town bad-guy Rawhide (Fred Kohler) robs the bank and takes Ken's girlfriend, Mary (Cecilia Parker), hostage with help from Clem, Ken is blamed. After a change of heart, Clem tells Ken of Rawhide's hideout. Going undercover, Ken saves the day as Mary plays and organ loudly to distract gang members.
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In Old Santa Fe 1934 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Howard, Joseph Kane
Cast: Ken Maynard, Evalyn Knapp, H.B. Warner, George "Gabby" Hayes, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Jack Rockwell, Wheeler Oakman, Kenneth Thomson, George Chesebro
In their screen debut, Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette come to the aid of hero Ken Maynard after he gets in trouble with big city gamblers who have rigged a horse race, causing Ken to lose his horse, and framing Ken for murder to boot.
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The Law Rides 1936 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: Bob Steele, Harley Wood, Charles King, Buck Connors, Margaret Mann, Jack Rockwell, Norman Neilsen, Barney Furey, Ted Mapes, Budd Buster, Tex Palmer, George Morrell, Blackie Whiteford
Gold left at the scene of a robbery and murder is the key to finding the bad guy. Bruce (Bob Steele), who is a suspect, sets out to find the culprit while clearing himself.
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The Lawless Frontier 1934 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Sheila Terry, George "Gabby" Hayes, Earl Dwire, Yakima Canutt, Jack Rockwell, Jay Wilsey, Gordon De Main, Herman Hack, Artie Ortego, Lloyd Whitlock, Arthur Millett
John Tobin and Dusty (John Wayne and George "Gabby" Hayes) team up to capture the outlaw Zanti (Earl Dwire) who killed John's parents years before. John takes Zanti prisoner after Zanti tries and fails to kidnap Dusty's granddaughter Ruby (Sheila Terry), but Marshal Walton (Jack Rockwell) believes that John is an outlaw. Meanwhile, Dusty is hiding in a mine where Zanti is shackled, but Zanti escapes. Now, John tracks Zanti into the desert where Zanti drinks poisoned water and dies. By story's end, John captures the other gang members, becomes the new marshal, and marries Ruby.
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Mystery Man 1944 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Don Costello, Eleanor Stewart, Francis McDonald, Forrest Taylor, Jack Rockwell, Bob Burns, Pierce Merton
After Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) prevents a bank robbery, the villains steal cattle from his Bar 20 ranch and frame Hoppy as their leader.
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Neath the Arizona Skies 1934 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
aka: 'Neath the Arizona Skies
Director: Henry L. Frazer
Cast: John Wayne, Sheila Terry, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jay Wilsey, Shirley Jean Rickert, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire, Jack Rockwell, Phil Kieffer, Harry L. Fraser, Herman Hack, George Morrell, Tex Phelps, Artie Ortego, Eddie Parker
Nina (Shirley Jean Rickert) is a half-Indian child who has inherited land that contains oil. Her guardian, Chris Morrell (John Wayne), tries to contact Nina's long-lost father Tom (Earl Dwire) because she needs his signature before collecting the oil lease. Meanwhile, Sam Black (Yakima Canutt) and his gang will stop at nothing to get their hands on Nina's inheritance. Chris does find Tom, and with cowhand Matt Downing (George "Gabby" Hayes), they fight Black and his gang in a final confrontation in the Snake River.
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No Man's Range 1935 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
aka: No Man's Land
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: Bob Steele, Roberta Gale, Buck Connors, Steve Clark, Charles K. French, Jack Rockwell, Roger Williams, Earl Dwire, Ed Cassidy, Jack Kirk, Pat Harmon, Herman Hack
Summoned to Ed Oliver's (Charles K. French) ranch, Jim Hale (Bob Steele) and sidekick Fuzz (Buck Connors) arrive in the midst of a range war. Jim helps rancher Helen Green (Roberta Gale) get her cattle past the Brady gang headed by Ed Brady (Steve Clark). Brady, it turns out, has kidnapped Oliver. Perhaps explosives are called for to take care of the bad guys. This is the first of several Bob Steele films directed by his dad, Robert N. Bradbury.
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Renegade Trail 1939 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters, Sonny Bupp, Russell Hopton, Jack Rockwell, Roy Barcroft
Unbeknownst to Joey Joyce (Sonny Bupp), his "hero" father is not really deceased. Instead, he is rustling cattle–from his own family. Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) comes to the rescue of the good "widow," Mary Joyce (Charlotte Wynters) and her young son Joey.
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Riders of Death Valley 1941 N/R, 280 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Cast: Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Buck Jones, Charles Bickford, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Lon Chaney Jr., Noah Beery Jr., Jean Brooks, Monte Blue, Glenn Strange, Roy Barcroft, Jack Rockwell
This 15-episode serial was one of the higher-budgeted Westerns of its day, with several well-known actors of that era. A vigilante group led by Jim Benton (Dick Foran) is formed to protect miners from scheming men who want to grab their land. One long chase, it seems, with plenty of cliffhangers.
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Riders of the Rockies 1937 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: Tex Ritter, Louise Stanley, Horace Murphy, "Snub" Pollard, Earl Dwire, Charles King, Yakima Canutt, Martin Garralaga, Jack Rockwell, Tex Palmer, Hank Worden, The Texas Tornadoes, Jack Kirk, Chick Hannon, Fred Parker
Arizona Rangers Tex, Doc, and Pee Wee (Tex Ritter, Horace Murphy, and "Snub" Pollard) rescue stagecoach passenger Louise Rogers (Louise Stanley). It turns out that Louise is a secret agent who will help the trouble-prone Ranger trio bring a gang of rustlers, led by Butch Regan (Charles King), to justice.
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Roarin' Guns 1936 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Tim McCoy, Rosalinda Price, Wheeler Oakman, Rex Lease, John Elliott, Karl Hackett, Richard Alexander, Jack Rockwell, Ed Cassidy, Tommy Bupp, Lew Meehan, Artie Ortego, Tex Phelps, Hank Bell, Wally West
Bad guys start a range war, and rancher Bob Morgan (John Elliott) and his cattlemen's group send for gunfighter Tim (Tim McCoy) to deal with the situation. In the fight to save his ranch, Bob is killed, and Tim is blamed for the killing. But, by story's end, Tim takes care of the situation and wins the heart of Bob's niece, May (Rosalinda Price).
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Shine on, Harvest Moon 1938 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, Lulubelle&Scotty, Stanley Andrews, William Farnum, Pat Henning, Jack Rockwell, Jack Ingram, Frank Jaquet, Chester Gunnels
Romeo and Juliet set in a Western as Roy Rogers plays the son of one ex-partner who is feuding with the other–who happens to have a daughter.
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Silver on the Sage 1939 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ruth Rogers, Stanley Ridges, Frederick Burton, Roy Barcroft, Jack Rockwell, Ed Cassidy, Wen Wright
Twin brothers use their saloon as a decoy for their more profitable business–cattle rustling. But, Hopalong Cassidy brings law and order to the town and ousts the brothers.
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Stagecoach War 1940 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Julie Carter, Harvey Stephens, J. Farrell MacDonald, Britt Wood, Eddie Dean, Eddy Waller, Jack Rockwell, Rad Robinson
Wells Fargo agent Jeff Chapman (J. Farrell MacDonald) gets help from Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) in ensuring the delivery of his company's money.
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Sunset Trail 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters, Glenn Strange, Jack Rockwell, Tom London, Jan Clayton, Robert Fiske, Kenneth Harlan
When a neighboring rancher is brutally murdered, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) searches for the killer.
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Texas Trail 1937 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Selman
Cast: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, George "Gabby" Hayes, Judith Allen, Billy King, Alexander Cross, Ray Bennett, Karl Hackett, Bob Kortman, Jack Rockwell
Hopalong Cassidy is out to help the Army during the Spanish American War in this episode. Horses are needed, so Hoppy's Bar 20 cowhands act as Rough Riders to catch the horses. But–there are horse thieves who also want those horses.
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The Traitor 1936  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Tim McCoy, Frances Grant, Karl Hackett, Jack Rockwell, Pedro Regas, Frank Melton, Dick Curtis, J. Frank Glendon, Hal Taliaferro, Edmund Cobb, Dick Botiller, Soledad Jimenez
Texas Ranger Tim (Tim McCoy) goes undercover in order to catch the leader (J. Frank Glendon) of a gang of smugglers. Tim infiltrates the gang, but, after a battle between the gang and the good guys, Tim is arrested. All is sorted out when his true identity is revealed.
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The Underdog 1943 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Barton MacLane, Bobby Larson, Jan Wiley, Charlotte Wynters, Conrad Binyon, Elizabeth Valentine, Kenneth Harlan, George Anderson, Jack Kennedy, I. Stanford Jolley, Frank Ellis, Jack Rockwell
In this World War II era story, the Tate family–John and Amy (Barton MacLane and Jan Wiley) along with their son Henry (Bobby Larson) and his dog Hobo–lose their farm due to a foreclosure and move to the city. But, even more problems await them in the city in the form of gangs, both local and Nazi saboteurs.
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Whistlin' Dan 1932 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Ken Maynard, Joyzelle Joyner, Georges Renavent, Hank Bell, Frank Ellis, Merrill McCormick, Artie Ortego, Jessie Arnold, Jack Rockwell, Lon Poff, Art Mix, Iron Eyes Cody
Whistlin' Don Savage's (Ken Maynard) sidekick is kidnapped and $5,000 is demanded before sunset–or else. When Dan doesn't come up with the money in time, his pal is killed. Now it's revenge time as Dan infiltrates the killer's gang. But more problems lie ahead for our hero.
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Winds of the Wasteland 1936 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: John Wayne, Phyllis Cerf, Lew Kelly, Yakima Canutt, Douglas Cosgrove, Lane Chandler, Sam Flint, Bob Kortman, Ed Cassidy, Jon Hall, Merrill McCormick, Christian J. Frank, Jack Rockwell, Arthur Millett, Horace B. Carpenter
John Blair and Larry Adams (John Wayne and Lane Chandler) buy an old stagecoach line in hopes of getting a government mail contract. But they must win a race with a rival line, and the rivals Cal Drake (Douglas Cosgrove) and his henchman Smokey (Yakima Canutt) will do anything to knock the good guys out of the running. A good early Wayne effort that helped launch him to stardom.
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| 1. Below the Border (1942)
2. Between Fighting Men (1932)
3. Border Caballero (1936)
4. Border Vigilantes (1941)
5. Brand of Hate (1934)
6. Brand of the Outlaws (1936)
7. Bulldog Courage (1935)
8. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941)
9. Drum Taps (1933)
10. Fargo Express (1933)
11. Forty Thieves (1944)
12. Honor of the Range (1934)
13. In Old Santa Fe (1934)
14. The Law Rides (1936)
15. The Lawless Frontier (1934)
16. Mystery Man (1944)
17. Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
aka: 'Neath the Arizona Skies
18. No Man's Range (1935)
aka: No Man's Land
19. Renegade Trail (1939)
20. Riders of Death Valley (1941)
21. Riders of the Rockies (1937)
22. Roarin' Guns (1936)
23. Shine on, Harvest Moon (1938)
24. Silver on the Sage (1939)
25. Stagecoach War (1940)
26. Sunset Trail (1939)
27. Texas Trail (1937)
28. The Traitor (1936)
29. Undercover Man (1942)
30. The Underdog (1943)
31. Whistlin' Dan (1932)
32. Winds of the Wasteland (1936)
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