Death Rides the Range 1940 N/R, 58 min. Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield Cast: Ken Maynard, Fay McKenzie, Ralph Peters, Julian Rivero, Charles King, John Elliott, William Costello, Sven Hugo Borg, Michael Vallon, Julian Madison, Kenneth Rhodes, Murdock MacQuarrie
Spies intend to gain control of Letty's (Fay McKenzie) ranch in order to mine a secret reserve of Helium on her property. But undercover agent Ken (Ken Maynard), posing as a cowboy drifter, comes to the rescue.
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Desert Patrol 1938 N/R, 56 min. Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield Cast: Bob Steele, Marion Weldon, Rex Lease, Ted Adams, Forrest Taylor, Budd Buster, Steve Clark, Jack Ingram, Julian Madison, Tex Palmer
Ranger Dave Austin (Bob Steele) is assigned to investigate the murder of a fellow Ranger. Pretending to be an outlaw, he not only gets his man but also brings a gang of smugglers to justice.
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Dick Tracy's G-Men 1939 N/R, 263 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John English, William Witney Cast: Ralph Byrd, Irving Pichel, Ted Pearson, Walter Miller, George Douglas, Robert Carson, Julian Madison, Jennifer Jones, Tristram Coffin, George Cleveland, Kenneth Harlan, Ted Mapes, William Stahl, Robert Wayne, Ken Terrell
In the third of four Dick Tracy serials, Tracy (Ralph Byrd) is an FBI agent and is on the trail of Zarnoff, the head of an international spy ring. The trouble is, it's the second chase of the evil Zarnoff, who had previously been caught by Tracy and executed. However, after being revived by drugs, he is back in business and gives Dick and his men all they can handle. (15 episodes)
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Guns in the Dark 1937 N/R, 56 min. Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Claire Rochelle, Dick Curtis, Julian Madison, Syd Saylor, Ted Adams, Steve Clark, Jim Corey, Roger Williams, Slim Whitaker, Lew Meehan, Budd Buster
After swearing never to use a gun after he thought that he had killed his best friend, Johnny (Johnny Mack Brown) becomes involved in a feud between Joan's (Claire Rochelle) construction company and Brace's (Dick Curtis) gang. Joan is building a dam that would be in the way of Brace's stolen cattle route. Brace's gang also just happens to have been involved in Johnny's friend's killing.
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It's a Gift 1934 N/R, 73 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol, Julian Madison, Tammany Young, Tommy Bupp, Spencer Charters, Guy Usher, Baby LeRoy, Morgan Wallace, Charles Sellon, Josephine Whittell, Diana Lewis, Dell Henderson
In this classic W.C. Fields comedy, Harold Bissonette (Fields), despite objections from his nagging wife (Kathleen Howard), uses a mail-order service to buy a California orange grove that, of course, turns out to be worthless. Comedy reigns as Bissonette finds a way out of his financial mess.
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A Shot in the Dark 1935 N/R, 69 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Charles Lamont Cast: Charles Starrett, Robert Warwick, Edward Van Sloan, Marion Shilling, Doris Lloyd, Helen Jerome Eddy, James Bush, Julian Madison, Ralph Brooks, Eddie Tamblyn, Robert McKenzie, Jane Keckley, Herbert Bunston, John Davidson
After college student Byron Coates is found murdered, Byron's roommate Ken Harris (Charles Starrett) and his father Joseph Harris (Robert Warwick) set out to investigate. When another student is murdered, suspicions begin to zero in on Professor Bostwick (Edward Van Sloan), but there is more murder in the future before the case is solved.
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Torture Ship 1939 N/R, 57 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Victor Halperin Cast: Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel, Julie Bishop, Sheila Bromley, Anthony Averill, Eddie Holden, Russell Hopton, Julian Madison, Wheeler Oakman, Stanley Blystone, Skelton Knaggs
Intent on curing criminal minds, Dr. Herbert Stander (Irving Pichel) transports escaped criminals on Lt. Bob Bennett's (Lyle Talbot) ship with plans to operate on them at a remote island.
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Wagon Wheels 1934 N/R, 56 min. Genre: Western aka: Caravans West
Director: Charles Barton Cast: Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Billy Lee, Monte Blue, Raymond Hatton, Jan Duggan, Leila Bennett, Olin Howland, Howard Wilson, Julian Madison, Donald Gray, Colin Tapley
This film, based on a Zane Grey novel, involves the perils that befall a wagon train of settlers heading West. Randolph Scott plays the leader of the wagon train who must overcome attacks of not only bad weather, but Indians and fur traders who do not want settlers in their area.
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| 1. Death Rides the Range (1940)
2. Desert Patrol (1938)
3. Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
4. Guns in the Dark (1937)
5. It's a Gift (1934)
6. A Shot in the Dark (1935)
7. Torture Ship (1939)
8. Wagon Wheels (1934) aka: Caravans West
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