Air Devils 1938  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Rawlins
Cast: Larry J. Blake, Dick Purcell, Beryl Wallace, Mamo Clark, Minerva Urecal, Charles Brokaw, Forbes Murray, LeRoy Mason, Paul Sutton, Al Kikume, Billy Wayne, Michael Visaroff
Ace pilots Horseshoe (Larry J. Blake) and Slats (Dick Purcell) work as cops on a South Pacific island where they both fall for the beautiful Lolano (Mamo Clark). But, Lolano appears interested in someone else, so Horseshoe and Slats head off on a rescue mission against marauding natives.
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Apache Rose 1947  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Olin Howland, George Meeker, Minerva Urecal, John Laurenz, Bob Nolan, Russ Vincent, LeRoy Mason, Donna Martell, Terry Frost, Conchita Lemus, Tex Terry, Pat Brady, Ken Terrell
Oil prospector Roy Rogers tries to get drilling rights to an old Spanish land grant in California. Problems arise when Roy has to contend with boat gamblers who are after the oil-rich land themselves. Meanwhile, Billie Colby (Dale Evans) finds her life is threatened, and she teams up with Roy to get the goods on the gamblers.
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Black Gold 1936  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Russell Hopton
Cast: Frankie Darro, LeRoy Mason, Gloria Shea, Berton Churchill, Stanley Fields, Frank Shannon, George Cleveland, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Dewey Robinson, Slim Whitaker, Carleton Young, Horace B. Carpenter
J.C. Anderson (Berton Churchill) sabotages Dan O'Reilly's (Frank Shannon) oil well and kills Dan in the process, leaving Dan's young son Clifford, "Fishtail," (Frankie Darro) as owner of the well. Geologist Hank Langford (LeRoy Mason) comes to Fishtail's aid but, because of his offer, is kidnapped by Anderson. All is not lost; Hank escapes and saves the day.
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The Dude Ranger 1934  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: George O'Brien, Irene Hervey, LeRoy Mason, Henry Hall, Syd Saylor, Jim Mason, Sid Jordan, Alma Chester, Lloyd Ingraham, Si Jenks, Earl Dwire, Lafe McKee
Easterner Ernest Selby (George O'Brien) inherits a cattle ranch and heads West to check it out. But when he discovers that the cattle are being rustled, he hires on as a dude cowhand to find out what's going on. He uncovers the bad guy and even gets the girl, Ann (Irene Hervey). A good early Western.
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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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Ghost Town Gold 1936 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Kay Hughes, LeRoy Mason, Burr Caruth, Bob Kortman, Milburn Morante, Frank Hagney, Don Roberts, Yakima Canutt, Hank Worden
The Three Mesquiteers (Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune) retrieve stolen gold, and they must hurry to get it back in the bank before foreclosure proceedings. But the gang that stole the money wants it back. Ventriloquist Max Terhune and his dummy Elmer add some laughs.
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Hands Across the Border 1943 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Ruth Terry, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Onslow Stevens, Mary Treen, Kenne Duncan, Bob Nolan, Joseph Crehan, Duncan Renaldo, LeRoy Mason, Bob Nolan
Roy Rogers comes to the rescue of a lady rancher who breeds some pretty fine horses. She is being victimized by a corrupt businessman who wants a piece of the action.
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Jesse James Rides Again 1947 N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Fred C. Brannon, Thomas Carr
Cast: Clayton Moore, Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft, John Compton, Tristram Coffin, Tom London, Holly Bane, Edmund Cobb, Gene Roth, Fred Graham, LeRoy Mason, Ed Cassidy
In this 13-episode serial, Jesse James (Clayton Moore) is on the run from Missouri and rides into a Tennessee town. He immediately becomes involved in helping local farmers and ranchers take on the bad guys who want their land for the oil beneath the surface. A good serial. Highlight: movie-ending wagon chase.
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The Last Frontier 1932 N/R, 212 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Storey
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Dorothy Gulliver, Ralph Bushman, William Desmond, Richard Neill, Joe Bonomo, Pete Morrison, Yakima Canutt, LeRoy Mason, Frank Lackteen, Judith Barrie, Ben Corbett
In this 12-episode serial, newspaper editor Tom Kirby (Lon Chaney Jr.), disguising himself as the masked "Black Ghost," takes on outlaw Tiger Morris (Richard Neill) who drives settlers away so he can have gold-laden property for himself. Tom gets help from Western heroes, including Wild Bill Hickock and General Custer. Remake of the 1926 feature-length film.
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Mexicali Rose 1939 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Noah Beery, Luana Walters, William Farnum, Tom London, William Royle, LeRoy Mason, Wally Albright, Roy Barcroft
Gene (Gene Autry) must help poor Mexican children from being taken advantage of by bad oilmen who are only interested in money. Among Gene's songs is the title song.
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My Pal Trigger 1946 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Yakima Canutt, Frank McDonald
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Jack Holt, LeRoy Mason, Roy Barcroft, Sam Flint, Kenne Duncan, William Haade, Bob Nolan
One of Roy Rogers' best, this is a light-hearted musical tale of how Roy obtained Trigger. Both Roy and a dastardly gambler want to breed their mares with a champion stallion. The bad guy shoots the stallion, but not before Roy's mare is pregnant with Trigger. Lots of fun, action, and songs.
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Mystery Man 1935  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Ray McCarey
Cast: Robert Armstrong, Maxine Doyle, Henry Kolker, LeRoy Mason, James Burke, Guy Usher, Dell Henderson, Monte Collins, Norman Houston, James P. Burtis, Otto Fries, Sam Lufkin, Sam Flint, Lee Shumway
Chicago reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) celebrates receiving a big bonus, goes on an all-night bender, wakes up in St. Louis, and loses his job. It doesn't take long before Larry finds himself the suspect in a murder case and, with help from passing-stranger Anne (Maxine Doyle), sets out to clear his name by solving the case and identifying the real murderer.
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New Frontier 1939 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Frontier Horizon
Director: George Sherman
Cast: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Jones, Eddy Waller, Sammy McKim, LeRoy Mason, Harrison Greene, Reginald Barlow, Dave O'Brien, Jack Ingram, Hal Price
In John Wayne's last "Three Mesqueteers" film (since he moved up to bigger-time films), the group helps settlers whose land is the prospective site for a reservoir. The Mesqueteers convince the settlers to move to a new area where irrigation is scheduled to become available. But when that turns out to be a hoax, the Mesqueteers take action.
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The Painted Stallion 1937 N/R, 210 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan James, Ray Taylor, William Witney
Cast: Ray Corrigan, Hoot Gibson, LeRoy Mason, Duncan Renaldo, Sammy McKim, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Perrin, Ed "Oscar" Platt, Lou Fulton, Jean Carmen, Yakima Canutt, George DeNormand
This 12-chapter Serial is entertaining, if you are into old Westerns. U.S. agent Clark Stewart (Ray Corrigan) is sent to Santa Fe to complete a trade agreement with Mexico. Meanwhile, Walter Jamison (Hoot Gibson) leads a wagon train West to Santa Fe with passengers that are hoping to take advantage of the agreement. But the evil governor of Santa Fe (Alfredo Dupray) attempts to undermine the negotiations AND stop the wagon train from arriving. Throughout the journey, a mysterious rider on a beautiful, painted stallion shoots whistling arrows to protect the wagon train passengers. Plenty of action, and old West heroes such as Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, and Jim Bowie add to the festivities.
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Rainbow Valley 1935 N/R, 52 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Lucile Browne, George "Gabby" Hayes, LeRoy Mason, Bert Dillard, Lloyd Ingraham, Jay Wilsey, Frank Ball, Lafe McKee, Fern Emmett, Art Dillard, Tex Palmer, Tex Phelps, Herman Hack, Eddie Parker
The Rainbow Valley community needs a new road, but Rogers (LeRoy Mason) and his gang continuously halt the project through the use of explosives. John Martin (John Wayne) sets out to uncover who is responsible and why the effort is being undermined. Martin finds that the gang is causing problems as the means to buy the land cheap, and he takes appropriate action.
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The Range Busters 1940 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: S. Roy Luby
Cast: Ray Corrigan, John "Dusty" King, Max Terhune, Luana Walters, Earle Hodgins, LeRoy Mason, Frank LaRue, Kermit Maynard, Bruce King, Carl Mathews, Horace Murphy, Karl Hackett, Hank Worden, Herman Hack, Ed Brady
Former "Three Mesquiteers," Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune team up with John "Dusty" King for a new series as "The Range Busters." The Range Busters are called in to deal with a mysterious "phantom" who is killing ranch hands. They get the job done, and the audience may be surprised at the identity of the culprit.
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Riders of the Purple Sage 1941 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: James Tinling
Cast: George Montgomery, Mary Howard, Robert Barrat, Lynne Roberts, Kane Richmond, Patsy Patterson, Richard Lane, Oscar O'Shea, LeRoy Mason, Frank McGrath
This telling of the Zane Grey story, again without the novel's religious undertones, has Jim Lassiter (George Montgomery) showing up to help his niece, who is being cheated out of her inheritance by a crooked judge (Robert Barrat). The judge also heads a vigilante group that is, in reality, a thieving and murdering group trying to get the settlers out of the area.
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Round-Up Time in Texas 1937 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Maxine Doyle, LeRoy Mason, Earle Hodgins, Dick Wessel, Buddy Williams, Ken Cooper, Slim Whitaker, Carleton Young
Now, Gene Autry is after jewel thieves when he delivers a herd of horses to his brother in South Africa.
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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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San Fernando Valley 1944 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Yakima Canutt, John English
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Jean Porter, Andrew Tombes, Bob Nolan, Charles Smith, Edward Gargan, LeRoy Mason, Dot Farley, Jim Farley
Lady ranchers need help and Roy Rogers rides to the rescue.
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Santa Fe Stampede 1938 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Sherman
Cast: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, William Farnum, June Martel, LeRoy Mason, Tom London, Yakima Canutt, Martin Spellman, Genee Hall
The Three Mesquiteers (John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune) square off against crooked politicians. When one Mesquiteer is jailed, the others must come to his rescue.
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Texas Terror 1935 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Lucile Browne, LeRoy Mason, George "Gabby" Hayes, Fern Emmett, Jay Wilsey, Yakima Canutt, John Ince, Henry Roquemore, Jack Duffy, Artie Ortego, Herman Hack, Tex Palmer, Tex Phelps, Frank Ball
Sheriff John Higgins (John Wayne) thinks that he has killed his good friend, Dan Matthews (Frank Ball), during an outlaw gang shootout and turns over his badge to Ed Williams (George "Gabby" Hayes). Later, John meets Dan's sister Beth (Lucile Browne) who, not knowing of the role he may have played in her brother's death, hires John as her ranch foreman. Stagecoach robber Joe Dickson (LeRoy Mason) tells Beth about John's past, and, later, John learns that Joe is the one responsible for Dan's death. John calls together a tribe of Indians to track down Joe, and, no longer feeling guilty, John is now free to fall in love with Beth.
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Tucson Raiders 1944 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Bill Elliott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Ruth Lee, Peggy Stewart, LeRoy Mason, Stanley Andrews, John Whitney, Karl Hackett, Tom Steele, Tom Chatterton
In the first film of a successful "Red Ryder" series (a previous series had not fared well), Bill Elliott takes on the role of the hero and Robert Blake plays young sidekick Little Beaver. In this episode, the duo takes on an evil governor.
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Under Nevada Skies 1946 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Douglass Dumbrille, Leyland Hodgson, Tristram Coffin, Iron Eyes Cody, Bob Nolan, Rudolph Anders, LeRoy Mason
Roy Rogers is looking for the uranium deposits but thieves have stolen the needed map. Roy, Gabby Hayes, and his Indian pals go after the bad guys.
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Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge 1937 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Betty Bronson, LeRoy Mason, Charles Middleton, Russell Simpson, Jack Kirk, Art Mix, Frankie Marvin, Henry Hall
The Georgia cattlemen and woodsmen keep feudin' and fightin' until Gene Autry steps in with his friends to tame things.
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| 1. Air Devils (1938)
2. Apache Rose (1947)
3. Black Gold (1936)
4. Comin' Round the Mountain (1936)
5. The Dude Ranger (1934)
6. The Gay Ranchero (1948)
7. Ghost Town Gold (1936)
8. Gold Mine in the Sky (1938)
9. Hands Across the Border (1943)
10. Jesse James Rides Again (1947)
11. The Last Frontier (1932)
12. Mexicali Rose (1939)
13. My Pal Trigger (1946)
14. Mystery Man (1935)
15. New Frontier (1939)
aka: Frontier Horizon
16. The Painted Stallion (1937)
17. Rainbow Valley (1935)
18. The Range Busters (1940)
19. Rhythm of the Saddle (1938)
20. Riders of the Purple Sage (1941)
21. Round-Up Time in Texas (1937)
22. The San Antonio Kid (1944)
23. San Fernando Valley (1944)
24. Santa Fe Stampede (1938)
25. Texas Terror (1935)
26. Tucson Raiders (1944)
27. Under Nevada Skies (1946)
28. Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937)
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