Cattle Stampede 1943  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Frances Gladwin, Charles King, Glenn Strange, Frank Ellis, Ed Cassidy, Ray Bennett, Roy Brent, Steve Clark, Budd Buster, John Elliott
Billy and Fuzzy (Buster Crabbe and Al St. John) come to the rescue when cattle rustlers begin their operations in Oklahoma. Plenty of action amid Fuzzy's antics.
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Dead or Alive 1944 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Marjorie Clements, Rebel Randall, Ray Bennett, Charles King, Budd Buster, Bud Osborne, Henry Hall, Ted Mapes, Reed Howes
The "Texas Rangers" series continues as Tex (Tex Ritter) and the Rangers set out to bring an outlaw gang to justice by infiltrating the gang.
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Death Rides the Plains 1944 N/R, 53 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Robert Livingston, Al St. John, Joan Barclay, Ray Bennett, Patti McCarty, I. Stanford Jolley, George Chesebro, John Elliott, Kermit Maynard, Slim Whitaker, Karl Hackett, Ted Mapes
Ben and Rogan (Ray Bennett and I. Stanford Jolley) have a good thing going: they advertise to sell a ranch, tell the prospective buyer to bring the cash, and then kill the buyer and take the money. But their days are numbered when The Lone Rider (Robert Livingston) and sidekick Fuzzy (Al St. John) get involved. One of many "Lone Rider" films.
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Dick Tracy Returns 1938  N/R, 254 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery / Romance
Director: John English, William Witney
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Charles Middleton, Lynne Roberts, Jack Ingram, Jerry Tucker, Ned Glass, David Sharpe, John Archer, Lee Ford, Reed Howes, Michael Kent, John Merton, Ray Bennett, Jack Roberts, Eddie Foster
Ralph Byrd is back as Dick Tracy in another 15 episode installment that finds Tracy on the trail of the Stark gang, a murderous Stark family, led by Pa Stark (Charles Middleton), who has added one of Tracy's men to their list of victims.
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Forlorn River 1937 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
aka: River of Destiny
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Buster Crabbe, June Martel, Harvey Stephens, John Patterson, Syd Saylor, William Duncan, Chester Conklin, Ray Bennett, Ruth Warren, Lew Kelly, Barlowe Borland, Larry Lawrence, Lee Powell, Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian
In this Zane Grey tale, Nevada (Buster Crabbe) and his sidekick "Weary" (Syd Saylor) are in pursuit of Les Setter (Harvey Stephens) and his gang. Nevada finds Les, but the outlaw is clever and frames Nevada for rustling, and the ineffective sheriff (Chester Conklin) jails Nevada. By story's end, Nevada eventually gets his man–and also gets the lady (June Martel).
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Rimfire 1949  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: James Millican, Mary Beth Hughes, Reed Hadley, Henry Hull, Fuzzy Knight, Victor Kilian, Chris-Pin Martin, George Cleveland, Margia Dean, Ray Bennett, Glenn Strange, I. Stanford Jolley, John L. Cason, Jason Robards Sr.
After thwarting a stagecoach robbery, Tom Harvey (James Millican) rides into a New Mexico town presumably looking for work–but we know that he's a Secret Service agent investigating stolen gold. Hired as Deputy Sheriff, Tom soon becomes involved in a case of multiple murders that some superstitious townsfolk believe are the result of a hanged man's ghost. Tom is able to solve both his case as well as the town's problem.
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The Spoilers 1942 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay, Harry Carey, Richard Barthelmess, George Cleveland, Samuel S. Hinds, Russell Simpson, William Farnum, Marietta Canty, Jack Norton, Forrest Taylor, Ray Bennett, Art Miles
This is a good retelling of Rex Beach's novel, "The Spoilers." Roy Glennister (John Wayne) arrives in Alaska with Helen Chester (Margaret Lindsay) and is greeted by saloon owner Cherry Malotte (Marlene Dietrich) who has staked Flapjack (Russell Simpson) as a partner in Glennister's mine. Problems rise to the fore when the gold commissioner, Alexander McNamara (Randolph Scott), conspires to take over the rights to the mines in the area. A legal fight appears to be impossible, and the result is a bar-room brawl in which Glennister and McNamara fight for the rights to the mine.
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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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| 1. Cattle Stampede (1943)
2. Dead or Alive (1944)
3. Death Rides the Plains (1944)
4. Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
5. Forlorn River (1937)
aka: River of Destiny
6. Rimfire (1949)
7. The Spoilers (1942)
8. Texas Trail (1937)
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