Aerial Gunner 1943  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William H. Pine
Cast: Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Lita Ward, Jimmy Lydon, Keith Richards, Dick Purcell, Robert Mitchum, William "Billy" Benedict, Olive Blakeney, Edward Earle
Real-life action scenes help make this standard World War II propaganda fare worth watching. Rival buddies (Richard Arlen and Chester Morris) go through basic training together, as well as wooing the same woman (Lita Ward). Look for Robert Mitchum in a bit part.
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Alaska Highway 1943  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Ralph Sanford, Joe Sawyer, William Henry, Eddie Quillan, Jack Wegman, Harry Shannon, Edward Earle, Keith Richards
Army engineer Woody (Richard Arlen) is assigned to work on an important project: building the Alaskan Highway. He works with his trouble-loving younger brother, Steve (William Henry), and has had to come to Steve's aid more than once. Matters heat up when Steve shows an interest in Woody's girlfriend, Ann (Jean Parker).
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Ambush at Cimarron Pass 1958 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jodie Copelan
Cast: Scott Brady, Margia Dean, Baynes Barron, William Vaughn, Clint Eastwood, Irving Bacon, Frank Gerstle, Keith Richards, Dirk London, Ken Mayer
Set in the early years after the Civil War, this story is about Union and Confederate veterans joining forces against the warring Apaches.
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Case of the Baby-Sitter 1947  N/R, 40 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Tom Neal, Allen Jenkins, Pamela Blake, Virginia Sale, George Meeker, Tom Kennedy, Rebel Randall, Keith Richards, Lona Andre, Crane Whitley, Eddie Kane, Bill Kennedy
Russ Ashton's (Tom Neal) detective agency is hired to provide baby-sitting duties for a duke and duchess (George Meeker and Rebel Randall), and Russ assigns his inept, but funny, assistant, Harvard (Allen Jenkins), to the job. But the duke and duchess are really jewel thieves, and a rival gang wants loot from the last heist, which brings Russ into action. Filmed concurrently with "The Hat Box Mystery" with several of the same stars.
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The Gay Ranchero 1948  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Tito Guizar, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Estelita Rodriguez, George Meeker, Dennis Moore, Bob Nolan, LeRoy Mason, Keith Richards
Roy Rogers is the singing Sheriff and he must deal with a gang who tries to take over the airport.
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Queen of the Amazons 1947 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edward Finney
Cast: Robert Lowery, Patricia Morison, J. Edward Bromberg, John Miljan, Amira Moustafa, Bruce Edwards, Keith Richards, Jack George, Wilson Benge, Cay Forester, Vida Aldana, Darby Jones
After her fiancee, Gary (Robert Lowery), is captured by a tribe of Amazon women, Jean (Patricia Morison), hires a guide to take her through the jungle in search of Gary.
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Spoilers of the Plains 1951 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones, Grant Withers, William Forrest, Don Haggerty, House Peters Jr., George Meeker, Fred Kohler Jr., Keith Richards
This doesn't sound too much like a Western when you learn that we're talking about spies, rocket-launchings, and satellites as being a part of the tale. In any event, Roy Rogers fights it out with the bad guys and comes away the hero.
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| 1. Aerial Gunner (1943)
2. Alaska Highway (1943)
3. Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)
4. Case of the Baby-Sitter (1947)
5. The Gay Ranchero (1948)
6. North of the Great Divide (1950)
7. Queen of the Amazons (1947)
8. Spoilers of the Plains (1951)
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