1 Abilene Town United Artists, 1946. 89 min. D: Edwin L. Marin. SC: Harold Shumate. With Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming, Lloyd Bridges, Helen Boyce, Howard Freeman, Richard Hale, Jack Lambert, Hank Patterson, Eddy Waller, Dick Curtis, Earl Schenck, Guy Wilkerson, Walter Baldwin, Buddy Roosevelt, Paul Brinegar, Dick Elliott, Harry Tenbrook, Chubby Johnson, Morgan Flowers, Bob Perry, Chief Tarachee, Chick Hannon, Victor Cox, Polly Bond, Maryellen Sennett. A sheriff tries to stop range fights between settlers and cattlemen in Kansas after the Civil War. Good Randolph Scott vehicle from the novel Trail Town by Ernest Haycox.
2 Abilene Trail Monogram, 1951. 54 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Harry Fraser. With Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Noel Neill, Tommy Farrell, Steve Clark, Dennis Moore, Marshall Reed, Lee Roberts, Milburn Morante, Ted Adams, Bill Kennedy, Stanley Price, Lyle Talbot, Al Haskell, Clarke Stevens, Jack Low. Two suspected horse thieves come to the aid of a young rancher who is having trouble driving his herd to market. Solid Whip Wilson outing.
3 Ace High Paramount, 1969. 120 min. Color. D-SC: Giuseppi Colizzi. With Terence Hill, Eli Wallach, Bud Spencer, Brock Peters, Kevin McCarthy, Steffan Zacharias, Livio Lorenzon, Tiffany Hoyveld, Remo Capitani, Armando Bandini, Isa Foster, Rick Boyd. Sentenced to hang, an outlaw gets out of prison and teams with two enemies to fleece a crooked casino owner. Well made but overlong and hard to follow. Filmed in Italy as Quattro Dell’Ave Maria (Ave Maria Four) and released in Great Britain as Revenge at El Paso.
4 Ace of Cactus Range Aywon, 1924. 43 min. D: Denver Dixon (Victor Adamson). SC: Irving Goldstein, Nellie Whitefield and Al Martin. With Art Mix (George Kesterson), Virginia Warwick, Clifford Davidson, Harvey Stafford, Dorothy Chase, Charles Colby, H. Paul Walsh, A.W. Dearie, Charles Mears. Diamond thieves threaten a young woman and her father who are helped by a lawman. Interesting silent curio from producer-director Victor Adamson; one of the few extant silent films starring George Kesterson as Art Mix.
5 Ace of Clubs Rayart, 1926. 60 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: G.A. Durlam. With Al Hoxie, Peggy Montgomery, Jules Cowles, Minna Redman, Andrew Waldron, Charles “Slim” Whittaker, Frank Ellis, Mutt (dog). A girl comes to live with her uncle and his son, not knowing they are rustling a widow’s cattle. Slapped together, rock-bottom Al Hoxie vehicle that survives in a 37-minute version.
6 Aces and Eights Puritan, 1936. 62 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: George A. Durlam. With Tim McCoy, Luana Walters, Wheeler Oakman, Rex Lease, John Merton, Charles Stevens, Joe Girard, Jimmie Aubrey, Earle Hodgins, J. Frank Glendon, Frank Ellis, Karl Hackett, Milburn Morante, Jack Kirk, Oscar Gahan, Robert Walker, Artie Ortego, Clyde McClary, Fred Parker. A gambling man plans to fleece the populace of a small town. Slow-paced Tim McCoy outing saved by the star’s fine performance as a gambler.
7 Aces ’N’ Eights RHI Entertainment, 2008. 80 min. Color. D: Craig R. Baxley. SC: Ronald M. Cohen and Dennis Shryack. With Casper Van Dien, Bruce Boxleitner, Ernest Borgnine, Jeff Kober, Jack Noseworthy, William Atherton, Jake Thomas, Rodney Scott, Deirdre Quinn, Victoria Chalaya, Alan Fudge, George LePorte, Emily Warfield, Ron Rogge, Michael H. Barnett, Kanin Howell, Deborah Ann Woll, Jared Ward, Jayden Lund, Melissa Bickerton, Gregory J. Barnett, Jeffrey G. Barnett. A railroad executive teams with a cowboy to stop two gunmen out to get rid of ranchers whose spreads are wanted for rights-of-way. By the numbers drama with nice action sequences.
8 Aces Wild Commodore, 1936. 57 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Monroe Talbot. With Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger, Phil Dunham, Roger Williams, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Ed Cassidy, Chuck Morrison, Theodore Lorch, William McCall, Bill Patton, Francis Walker, Jack Evans, Ray Henderson. A newspaper editor is threatened by outlaws when he tries to stop their activities. Low budget but nicely done Harry Carey film.
9 Across the Badlands Columbia, 1950. 55 min. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Helen Mowery, Stanley Andrews, Robert Wilke, Harmonica Bill (William Russell), Dick Elliott, Hugh Prosser, Robert W. Cavendish, Charles Evans, Paul Campbell, Richard Alexander, Bob Woodward. The general manager of a railroad calls in a lawman to investigate constant attacks on the line’s surveying crews. Well made “Durango Kid” entry. Released in Great Britain as The Challenge.
Across the Border see The Lone Rider Crosses the Border
10 Across the Great Divide Pacific International, 1977. 101 min. Color. D-SC: Stewart Raffill. With Robert Logan, Heather Rattray, Mark Edward Hall, George “Buck” Flower, Hal Bokar, Frank F. Salsedo, Fernando Celis, Loren Ewing, Tiny Brooks, James Elk, Stanley Cowley. In 1876 two orphans and a vagabond brave the harsh elements of the West to trek to Oregon so the youngsters can claim inherited land. Too long and a bit slow but nice scenery.
11 Across the Line High Water Films, 2000. 99 min. Color. D: Martin Spotti. SC: Sigal Erez and Michael Spotti. With Brad Johnson, Sigal Erez, Adrienne Barbeau, Brian Bloom, J.C. Quinn, Marshall Teague, Justin Urich, Julie Dolce Vita, Carlos Carrasco, Mark Adair-Rios, Stephen Spacek, Roger Velasco, Julia Vera, Steve Vinovich, Courtney Gebhart, John Vargas, Dave Silva, Timothy Dale Agee, Joshua Gallegos, Ernesto Garcia, Amit Knust, Don William Owen, Tony Perez, Luis Contreras, Elise Robbins, Bea Silvern, Tom Rosales. A beautiful illegal Mexican immigrant observes a murder and the lawman investigating the crime falls in love with her. Pretty fair contemporary Western drama focusing on the problem of undocumented workers.
12 Across the Plains Associated Independent Producers, 1928. 55 min. D-SC: Robert J. Horner. With Pawnee Bill, Jr. (Ted Wells), Ione Reed, Martha Barclay, Jack Richardson, Boris Bullock, Cliff Lyons. A crooked lawman tries to hang a ranch foreman for shooting a gambler in a dishonest poker game but a saloon girl comes to the rescue. Bottom rung entry in the low grade “Pawnee Bill Jr.” series. The film survives in a 37-minute version.
13 Across the Plains Monogram, 1939. 57 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Jack Randall, Joyce Bryant, Frank Yaconelli, Hal Price, Dennis Moore, Glenn Strange, Robert Card, Bud Osborne, Dean Spencer, Wylie Grant. As youngsters two brothers are separated and years later they meet again but on the opposite sides of the law. The hackneyed plot does not help this average Jack Randall vehicle.
14 Across the Rio Grande Monogram, 1949. 55 min. D: Oliver Drake. SC: Ronald Davidson. With Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Reno Browne, Riley Hill, Dennis Moore, Kenne Duncan, Ted Adams, Myron Healey, Bud Osborne, Polly (Bergen) Burgin, Bob Curtis, Carol Henry, Boyd Stockman, Frank Ellis, Ben Corbett. A young lawyer becomes involved with border ore smuggling. Typical Jimmy Wakely musical western enhanced by sidekick Dub Taylor.
15 Across the Sierras Columbia, 1941. 58 min. D: D. Ross Lederman. SC: Paul Franklin. With Bill Elliott, Richard Fiske, Luana Walters, Dub Taylor, Dick Curtis, LeRoy Mason, Ruth Robinson, Art Mix, John Dilson, Milton Kibbee, Ralph Peters, Tex Cooper, Eddie Laughton, Edmund Cobb, Tom London, James Pierce, Carl Knowles, Ed Coxen, Lew Meehan, Blackjack Ward, Curly Dresden, Rube Dalroy, Jack Tornek. Wild Bill Hickok plans to settle down in the Oklahoma Territory but gets involved with an old friend on the wrong side of the law and a bad man he once sent to jail. Surprisingly austere “Wild Bill Hickok” series entry with Dick Curtis stealing the show as villainous Mitch Carew; a very good programmer. British title: Welcome Stranger.
16 Across the Wide Missouri Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951. 79 min. Color. D: William A. Wellman. SC: Talbot Jennings. With Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou, J. Carrol Naish, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, George Chandler, Richard Anderson, Henri Letondal, Douglas Fowley, Maria Elena Marques, Louis Niccolletti Whitmore, Russell Simpson, John Hartman, Frankie Darro, James Whitmore, Henry Wills, Frank McGrath, Fred Graham, Chuck Roberson, Evelyn Finley. Story of the opening of the trail west from St. Louis in the nineteenth century. Well done and action filled; good entertainment.
Adios see The Lash
17 Adios, Amigo Atlas, 1976. 87 min. Color. D-SC: Fred Williamson. With Fred Williamson, Richard Pryor, James Brown, Robert Phillips, Mike Henry, Victoria Jee, Lynne Jackson, Shuaila Farhat, Thalmus Rasulala, Liz Treadwell. A con man and his fall guy pal ply their trade in the Old West. Nice comedy.
18 Adios Gringo Explorer Film/Fono Roma/Trebal Film C.C.-Les Films Corona, 1965. 97 min. Color. D: George Finlay (Giorgio Stegani). SC: Giorgio Stegani, Jose Jerez and Michele Villerot. With Giuliano Gemma (Montgomery Wood), Evelyn Stewart (Ida Galli), Roberto Camardiel, Peter Cross, Jesus Puente, Grant Laramy, Jean Martin, Max Dean, Monique Saint Clare, Ted Carter, Frank Brana. A rancher, cheated out of his cattle and forced to kill a man in self defense, sets out to clear his name and becomes involved with a woman raped by three men. Very popular in Europe and not bad for this type of fare; remade as Wanted (q.v.), also headlining Giuliano Gemma.
19 Adios Hombre Germania-Film, 1966. 85 min. Color. D: Mario Caiano. SC: Eduardo Manzanos (Brochero). With Craig Hill, Eduardo Fajardo, Piero Lulli, Giulia Rubini, Nello Passerine, Eleanora Vargas, Spartaco Conversi, Roberto Camardiel, Jacques Herlin, Elio Angelucci, Caterina Trentini, Pino Polidori, Massimo Carocci, Tomas Pico, Nazzareno Natale, Nazzareno Zamperla. An escaped convict tries to stop a madman and his gang who have taken over a small border town while waiting for a gold shipment. Typically violent Spaghetti Western. Also called Seven Pistols for a Massacre.
20 Adios, Sabata United Artists, 1971. 104 min. Color. D: Frank Kramer (Gianfranco Parolini). SC: Renato Izzo and Gianfranco Parolini. With Yul Brynner, Dean Reed, Pedro Sanchez, Susan Scott (Nieves Navarro), Gerard Herter, Sal Borgese, Franco Fantasia, Joseph Persuad, Gianni Rizzo, Salvatore Billa, Massino Carocci, Antonio Gardoli, Andea Scotti, Rick Boyd. A gunslinger is induced to aid Mexican rebels but he is also lured by a shipment of buried gold. Fair Italian production. Originally made as Indio Black, the title character was changed to Sabata; Lee Van Cleef starred in its predecessor, Sabata (q.v.), and its successor, The Return of Sabata (q.v.).
21 Adrenaline Cowboys Ardusty Home Entertainment, 2004. 84 min. Color. D-SC: Steven Dieveney. With Kelly Armstrong, Bo Derek, Mike Lee, Adriano Moraes, Ty Murray. Video documentary on the lives of cowboys seeking a bull riding championship. For fans of this sport. Also called Adrenaline Cowboys: 8 Seconds to Glory.
22 Advance to the Rear Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964. 97 min. Color. D: George Marshall. SC: Samuel A. Peeples. With Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus, Joan Blondell, Andrew Prine, Jesse Pearson, Alan Hale, James Griffith, Whit Bissell, Michael Pate, Yvonne Craig, Chuck Roberson, Bill Troy, Frank Mitchell, Harlan Warde, Paul Langton, Charles Horvath, Eddie Quillan, Paul Smith, Harvey Stephens, Gregg Palmer. During the Civil War a group of misfit raw recruits are mistakenly ordered by the Union army to guard a shipment of gold. A comedy that is only average but the cast is good despite the material.
23 An Adventure of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush United International, 1954. 60 min. Color. D: Robert Tansey. SC: Robert Emmet (Tansey). With Hugh Hooker, John Laurenz, Pamela Blake, Monte Blue, Terry Frost, James Kirkwood, Frank Scannell, John Carpenter, Noble “Kid” Chissell, Frank Marlowe. Two undercover operatives run into trouble with outlaws led by a corrupt lawyer after oil land. Tacky telefeature made up of two unsold pilots and also called Adventures of the Texas Kid.
24 The Adventurer of Tortuga Liber Film, 1965. 100 min. Color. D: Luigi Capuano. SC: De Riso and Poggi. With Guy Madison, Nadia Gray, Rik Battaglia, Inge Schoener, Mino Doro, Aldo Bufi Landi, Andrea Aureli, Guilio Marchetti, Linda Sini. A pirate is at odds with a Spanish governor for the hand of a beautiful Indian princess, the niece and heiress of a wealthy man. Mediocre dubbed costume melodrama from Italy originally issued as L’Avventuriero della Tortgua (The Adventurer from Tortuga). Video title: Cold Steel for Tortuga.
25 Adventures in Silverado Columbia, 1948. 75 min. D: Phil Karlson. SC: Kenneth Gamet, Tom Kilpatrick and Joe Pagano. With William Bishop, Gloria Henry, Edgar Buchanan, Forrest Taylor, Edgar Barrier, Irving Bacon, Joseph Crehan, Paul E. Burns, Patti Brady, Fred F. Sears, Joe Wong, Charles Kane, Eddy Waller, Netta Parker, Trevor Bardette, George Chesebro, Bud Osborne. Traveling west, author Robert Louis Stevenson is on a stage robbed by a masked highwayman called “The Monk” and when the driver is accused of being in cahoots with the bad man, the writer plans to capture the outlaw. Well done action drama based on Stevenson’s story “Silvarado Squatters.”
The Adventures of Bear Tooth see Beartooth
26 The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin Buena Vista, 1967. 110 min. Color. D. James Nielson. SC: Lowell S. Hawley. With Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, Karl Malden, Harry Guardino, Richard Haydn, Hermoine Baddeley, Bryan Russell, Liam Redmond, Cecil Kellaway, Joby Baker, Mike Mazurki, Alan Carney, Parley Baer, Arthur Hunnicutt, Dub Taylor, Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Gil Lamb, Burt Mustin, Dave Willock, John Qualen. A Boston boy and his stuffy butler travel to California to hunt for gold. Amusing genre spoof.
27 The Adventures of Don Coyote United Artists, 1947. 65 min. D: Reginald LeBorg. SC: Bob Williams and Ralph Cohn. With Frances Rafferty, Richard Martin, Marc Cramer, Bennie Bartlett, Frank Fenton, Byron Foulger, Eddie Parker, Pierce Lyden, Frank McCarroll, Val Carlo. Two caballeros try to help a young woman whose ranch is being attacked by outlaws. Nice little “B” outing.
28 The Adventures of Frank and Jesse James Republic, 1948. 13 chapters. D: Fred C. Brannon and Yakima Canutt. SC: Frankly Adreon, Sol Shor and Basil Dickey. With Clayton Moore, Noel Neill, Steve Darrell, George J. Lewis, Stanley Andrews, John Crawford, Sam Flint, House Peters, Jr., Dale Van Sickel, Tom Steele, James Dale, I. Stanford Jolley, Gene (Roth) Stutenroth, Lane Bradford, George Chesebro, Jack Kirk, Steve Clark, Dub Taylor, Carey Loftin, Frank Ellis, Art Dillard, Fred Graham, Guy Teague, Joe Yrigoyen, Eddie Parker, Bud Osborne, Rosa Turich, David Sharpe, Bob Reeves, Kenneth Terrell, Bud Wolfe. A crooked mine foreman tries to prevent Frank and Jesse James from repaying their robbery debts with proceeds from a gold mine they operate with a man and his daughter. Action-filled cliffhanger.
29 The Adventures of Frontier Fremont Sunn Classic, 1976. 85 min. Color. D: Richard Friedenberg. SC: David O’Malley. With Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle, Norman Goodman, Tony Mirrati. In 1835 a man decides to live in the wilderness and has to overcome many hardships before finding contentment in the wild. Low budget but entertaining family-oriented adventure feature.
30 Adventures of Gallant Bess Eagle Lion, 1948. 71 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Matthew Rapf. With Cameron Mitchell, Audrey Long, Fuzzy Knight, James Millican, John Harmon, Edward Gargan, Cliff Clark, Harry V. Cheshire, Evelynn Eaton, Herman Hack, Jack Tornek, Phil Arnold, Gallant Bess the Wonder Horse. A cowboy captures a wild horse and turns her into a trick rodeo attraction. Pleasant low budget affair.
31 The Adventures of Grizzly Adams at Beaver Dam NBC-TV, 1981. 60 min. Color. With Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle, Don Shanks, Bozo the Bear. A mountain man tries to stop a family of beavers from building a dam which he fears will flood his valley home. Genial segment of the TV series “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams” (NBC-TV, 1977–78) issued as a video feature. Filmed in the high Uinta Mountain Range of Utah.
32 The Adventures of Grizzly Adams: Blood Brothers NBC-TV, 1980. 59 min. Color. With Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle, Don Shanks, Bozo the Bear. Trying to live in the wild after being falsely accused of a crime, a man meets an Indian brave who becomes his blood brother. Okay segment from “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams” (NBC-TV, 1977–78) released on video.
33 The Adventures of Grizzly Adams: The Renewal NBC-TV, 1980. 73 min. D: Jack B. Hively. With Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle, Patrick Wayne, Don Shanks, Ned Romero, Rudy Ramos, John Bishop, Brian Erickson, Bozo the Bear. After aiding a settler and his son, whose wagon is struck by lightning, a mountain man helps an Indian tribe find their sacred bird of spring. Colorful video feature derived from “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams” (NBC-TV, 1977–78).
34 The Adventures of Ned Blessing: Dead Man’s Revenge Trinity Home Entertainment, 2004. 89 min. Color. D: Dan Lerner. SC: William D. Wittliff. With Brad Johnson, Luis Avalos, Brenda Bakke, Rob Campbell. As Ned Blessing battles to keep his evil enemies from taking back the town of Plumb Creek, the ghost of the town’s murdered sheriff aids him. Offbeat video feature derived from “Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times” (CBS-TV, 1993).
35 The Adventures of Ned Blessing: Return to Plumb Creek Trinity Home Entertainment, 2004. 95 min. Color. D: Jack Bender. SC: William D. Wittliff. With Brad Johnson, Luis Avalos, Brenda Bakke, Rob Campbell, Bill McKinney, Richard Riedle, Wes Studi, Gregory Scott Cummins. Ned Blessing returns to his small town Texas home and finds it has been taken over by two tyrants, a man and his wife. The first of a trio of video features lifted from “Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times” (CBS-TV, 1993); fair entertainment.
36 The Adventures of Ned Blessing: The Return of the Hooded Man Trinity Home Entertainment, 2004. 90 min. Color. D: Dan Lerner. SC: William D. Wittliff. With Brad Johnson, Luis Avalos, Brenda Bakke, Rob Campbell, Tim Scott, Wes Studi. Ned Blessing rescues his adopted father from being hung by the Texas Rangers and becomes a fugitive. Fans of the title character will like this video segment of “Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times” (CBS-TV, 1993).
The Adventures of Neeka see Neeka
37 Adventures of Red Ryder Republic, 1940. 12 Chapters. D: William Witney and John English. SC: Franklyn Adreon, Ronald Davidson, Norman S. Hall, Barney A. Sarecky and Sol Shor. With Don “Red” Barry, Noah Beery, Tommy Cook, Maude Pierce Allen, Vivian Coe, Harry Worth, Hal Taliaferro, William Farnum, Robert Kortman, Carleton Young, Ray Teal, Gene Alsace, Gayne Whitman, Hooper Atchley, John Dilson, Lloyd Ingraham, Charles Hutchison, Gardner James, Wheaton Chambers, Lynton Brent, Edward Hearn, Dickie Jones, Matty Roubert, Roy Brent, Ed Cassidy, William Benedict, Curley Dresden, Joe De La Cruz, Bud Geary, Jack Rockwell, Post Park, Fred Burns, Dan White, Kenneth Terrell, Reed Howes, Budd Buster, Ed Brady, Augie Gomez, Al Taylor, Frank Conklin, Walter James, Ernest Sarracino, Bob Burns, Jack Kirk, James Fawcett, Duke Green, Art Dillard, Art Mix, David Sharpe, Joe Yrigoyen, Bill Yrigoyen, William Nestel, James Carlisle, Max Waizman, Chester Conklin, Jack O’Shea, Robert Wilke, Chick Hannon, Rose Plummer. A crooked banker murders several citizens in his efforts to seize land to be used by the railroad and after he kills Red Ryder’s father, Red and his pal Little Beaver vow revenge. Top notch cliffhanger which made Don Barry a western star; well worth watching.
38 The Adventures of the Masked Phantom Equity, 1939. 59 min. Color. D: Charles Abbott. SC: Joseph O’Donnell and Clifford Sanforth. With Monte Rawlins, Betty Burgess, Larry Mason (Art Davis), Sonny La Mont, Merrill McCormick, Matty Kemp, Jack Ingram, Curley Dresden, Boots (Dog), Thunder (horse). A law officer dawns a mask in order to hunt outlaws smuggling stolen gold plates from a mine with low grade ore. Tattered, campy musical western curio.
The Adventures of the Texas Kid see The Texas Kid (1943)
Adventures of the Texas Kid (1954) see An Adventure of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush
39 Adventures of the Wilderness Family Pacific International, 1975. 100 min. Color. D-SC: Stewart Raffill. With Robert Logan, Susan Damante Shaw, Hollye Holmes, Ham Larsen, George “Buck” Flower, William Cornford. A modern-day family rejects civilization and moves to the rugged Rocky Mountains. Big moneymaking family film, slight on plot but visually satisfying. Followed by The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family and Mountain Family Robinson (q.v.).
40 Africa—Texas Style! Paramount, 1967. 109 min. Color. D: Andrew Marton. SC: Andy White. With Hugh O’Brian, John Mills, Nigel Green, Tom Nardini, Adrienne Corri, Ronald Howard, Charles Hayes, Haley Mills, Charles Malinda, Honey Wamala, Stephen Kikumu, Ali Twaha. A rancher in Kenya hires two American cowpokes to try to save African wildlife by herding and domesticating the animals, but a rival tries to ruin the plan. Although this Africa-set Western has a lot of promise it fails to deliver much in the way of entertainment although it was the basis for the television series “Cowboy in Africa” (ABC-TV, 1967–68) starring Chuck Connors with Tom Nardini and Ronald Howard repeating their screen characters.
41 Against a Crooked Sky Cinema Shares, 1976. 100 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy. SC: Eleanor Lamb and Douglas Stewart. With Richard Boone, Stewart Peterson, Henry Wilcoxon, Clint Ritchie, Shannon Farnon, Geoffrey Land, Vincent St. Cyr. After his teenage sister is kidnapped by Indians and his parents give her up for dead, a young boy joins an old trapper in trying to find her. Appealing, picturesque family feature.
42 Al Jennings of Oklahoma Colum-bia, 1950. 77 min. Color. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: George Bricker. With Dan Duryea, Gale Storm, Dick Foran, Gloria Henry, Guinn Williams, Raymond Greenleaf, Stanley Andrews, John Ridgely, James Millican, Harry Shannon, Robert Bice, Helen Brown, George J. Lewis, Jimmie Dodd, Edwin (Eddie) Parker, James Griffith, William Phillips, John Dehner, Charles Meredith, William Norton Bailey, Louis Jean Heydt, Harry Cording, Myron Healey, George Lloyd, Hank Patterson, George Chesebro, Earle Hodgins, John R. Hamilton, Harry Tyler, Guy Beach, Boyd Stockman, Tommy Ivo, Frank Matts. Al Jennings is forced to give up his law practice and soon becomes a famous outlaw. Highly fabricated, but entertaining version of Jennings’ life, based on his book, with fine work by Dan Duryea in the title role.
43 The Alamo United Artists, 1960. 192 min. Color. D: John Wayne. SC: James Edward Grant. With John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Richard Boone, Frankie Avalon, Carlos Arruza, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O’Brien, Chill Wills, Joseph Calleia, Ken Curtis, Hank Worden, Denver Pyle, Aissa Wayne, Julian Trevino, Jester Hairston, Veda Ann Borg, Olive Carey, Wesley Lau, Tom Hennessey, Bill Henry, John Dierkes, Guinn Williams, Jack Pennick, Fred Graham, Chuck Roberson, Boyd “Red’ Morgan, Ruben Padilla. The story leading up to the heroic sacrifice of the men at the Alamo, which led to Texas independence from Mexico. Too long and detailed but still a magnificent effort with excellent work by its stars and well staged battle sequences.
44 The Alamo Buena Vista, 2004. 137 min. Color. D: John Lee Hancock. SC: Leslie Bohem, Stephen Gaghan and John Lee Hancock. With Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Emilio Echevarria, Jordi Molia, Leon Rippy, Tom Davidson, Marc Blucas, Robert Prentiss, Kevin Page, Joe Stevens, Stephen Bruton, Laura Clifton, Ricardo S. Chavira, Steven Chester Price, Craig Erickson, Nick Kokich, Richard Nance, Jeff Garner, Estephania Lebaron, Alerno Omilami, Edwin Hodge, Emily Deschanel, Blue Deckert, Turk Pipkin, Brandon Smith, Tommy G. Kendrick, W. Earl Brown, Tom Everett, Rance Howard, Stewart Finlay-McLennan, Matt O’Leary, John S. Davies, Kit Gwin, Castulo Guerra, Francisco Philbert, Mauricio Zatarain, Flavio Hinoiosa, Hugo Perez, Jesus Mayorga, Hector Garcia, Roland Uribe, Ruben G. Rojas, Lanell Pena, Michael Crabtree, Anna Reyesn, Sonia Montoya, Elena Hurst, Lynn Mathis, Charles Sanders, Rutherford Cravens, Dameon Clarke, Tim Mateer, Nathan Price, Don Javier Castillo, Lonnie Rodriguez, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Buck Taylor, Oscar D. Silva, Marc Menchaca, Safia Gray, Eric Montoya, Michael Clossin, Robert Bassetti, Nathan Walker, Frank Matthews, Krystal Morton, Aidan Black, Daniel Zubiate, Bert Beatson, Tony Wolford, Wendy Bonn, Clint Tidwell, Crystal Marie Dudley, Frank Thompson, Charles E. Gray, Ann Taylor, Alyssa Peterson, Amanda Peterson, Celina Hernandez, Robert C. Pemelton, Richard Jones. Another elaborate re-telling of the battle of the Alamo; revisionist history and a box office bust.
45 The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory NBC-TV, 1987. 140 min. Color. D: Burt Kennedy. SC: Clyde Ware and Norman McLeod Morrill. With James Arness, Brian Keith, Alec Baldwin, Raul Julia, David Ogden Stiers, Lorne Greene, Gene Evans, Buck Taylor, Ethan Wayne, Stan Ivar, Jim Metzler, Tom Schanley, Fernando Allende, Kathleen York, Isela Vega, Michael Wren, Jon Lindstrom, Hinton Battle, David Sheiner, Noble Willingham, Eloy Casados, Tony Becker, Thomas Callaway, Jerry Potter, Grainger Hines, Tom Everett, Jan Triska, Gary Kasper, John Furlong, Jay Baker, Dale Swann, Laura Fabian, Loyda Ramos, Bel Sandre, Laura Martinez Harring, Nick Blair, Red West. Very good television movie about the epic 1836 confrontation at the Alamo. The battle scenes are first rate as are the performances, especially James Arness as Jim Bowie and Brian Keith as Davy Crockett.
46 Alaska Monogram, 1944. 76 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: George Wallace Sayre, Harrison Orkow and Malcolm Stuart Boyland. With Kent Taylor, Margaret Lindsay, Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Nils Asther, Iris Adrian, George Cleveland, Dewey Robinson, Lee “Lasses” White, John Rogers, John Maxwell, Warren Jackson. A prospector trying to hold off claim jumpers is unjustly accused of murder and is given three days to find the killer. Nicely done version of Jack London’s short story “Flush of Gold.”
47 Alaska Highway Paramount, 1943. 66 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Lewis R. Foster and Maxwell Shane. With Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Ralph Sanford, Bill Henry, Joseph Sawyer, Eddie Quillan, Jack Wegman, Harry Shannon, Edward Earle, Keith Richards, Lane Chandler, Kit Guard, Gary Gray, Charles Sullivan. Two hard headed brothers battle over the same girl as their father tries to head a crew building a roadway to Alaska to help the war effort. Rugged World War II program feature from the Pine-Thomas unit.
48 Alaska Safari American National Enterprises, 1968. 120 min. Color. D-SC: Arthur R. Dubs. With Arthur R. Dubs (narrator). Documentary on Alaska including its animal life, mountains and giant ice packs. Entertaining nature film followed by White Fury (q.v.).
49 Albuquerque Paramount, 1948. 90 min. Color. D: Ray Enright. SC: Clarence Upson Young and Gene Lewis. With Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George “Gabby” Hayes, Lon Chaney, Russell Hayden, Catherine Craig, George Cleveland, Irving Bacon, Bernard Nedell, Karolyn Grimes, Russell Simpson, Jody Gilbert, John Halloran, Dan White, Walter Baldwin, Lane Chandler, Cliff Clark, Forrest Taylor, Dick Elliott, Sam Flint, Lorin Raker, Lee “Lasses” White, Buddy Roosevelt, Frank Ellis, Gregg Barton, Sailor Vincent, Lee Bennett, Chuck Roberson, Artie Ortego, Iron Eyes Cody, Leander De Cordova, Warren Jackson, Jack Low, Tex Cooper, George Morrell, Chick Hannon, Foxy Callahan, George Hazel, Joe Murphy, Cap Somers, Tom Monroe, Sam Lufkin, Ray Hyke, Augie Gomez, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko. A man tries to stop his crooked uncle from bankrupting his freight line competitors and ends up falling in love with a rival owner’s pretty sister. Worth watching, especially for the brutal fight between Randolph Scott and Lon Chaney and Gabby Hayes’ antics.
50 Albur de Amor (Chance of Love) Studio Latino, 1947. 90 min. D-SC: Alfonso Patino Gomez. With Pedro Armendariz, Susanna Cora, Gilberto Gonzalez, Emma Roldan, Alfonso Bedoya, Alfredo Varela, Julio Ahuet, Jose Muno, Pascual Garcia Pena, Ignacio Pedon. A cowboy is asked to look after a ranch owner’s young daughter and he falls in love with her but when she rejects him because of his class he leaves the area, vowing to win her. Interesting Mexican Western drama.
51 Alias Billy the Kid Republic, 1946. 54 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Earle Snell and Betty Burbridge. With Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft, Tom London, Russ Whiteman, Tom Chatterton, Tex Terry, Pierce Lyden, Stanley Price, Ed Cassidy, Jack Rockwell, Jack Kirk, Jack O’Shea. A ranger lets a convicted murderer escape from jail so he can trial him to his gang but the man gets away and the lawman becomes involved with a female gang leader. Lots of action in this average Sunset Carson programmer.
52 Alias El Alacran (Alias the Scorpion) Radaent Films, 1961. 90 min. D: Arturo Martinez. With Rodolfo de Anda, Jaime Fernandez, Gina Romand, Dagoberto Rodriguez, Sonia Infante, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Oscar Pulido. After escaping to Mexico, Billy the Kid changes his name and works on a ranch where the owner is to wed a beautiful woman threatened by killers. Okay pseudo-historical Mexican Western, a sequel to El Muchacho de Durango (The Boy of Durango) [q.v.].
53 Alias Jesse James United Artists, 1959. 92 min. Color. D: Norman McLeod. SC: William Bowers and Daniel B. Beauchamp. With Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Jim Davis, Hugh O’Brian, Ward Bond, James Arness, Roy Rogers, Fess Parker, Gail Davis, James Garner, Gene Autry, Jay Silverheels, Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, Gloria Talbott, Will Wright, Mary Young, Sid Melton, George E. Stone, James Burke, Joseph Vitale, Lyle Latell, Harry Tyler, Mike Mazurki, Mickey Finn, Nestor Paiva, Emory Parnell, I. Stanford Jolley, Michael Whalen, Richard Alexander, Oliver Blake, Jack Lambert, Ethan Laidlaw, Glenn Strange, J. Anthony Hughes, Iron Eyes Cody, Bob Gunderson, Fred Kohler, Jr. An insurance mn is sent to protect Jesse James after the company discovers it has a policy on the outlaw and the agent ends up being mistaken for the gunman. Highly amusing Bob Hope vehicle filled with genre stars and old-timers.
54 Alias John Law Supreme, 1935. 54 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Forbes Parkhill. With Bob Steele, Roberta Gale, Earl Dwire, Jack Rockwell, Buck Connors, Bob McKenzie, Roger Williams, Steve Clark, Horace Murphy. A young man returns home to claim land where oil has been discovered while an outlaw gang leader masquerades as the heir. Bob Steele fans will like this speedy effort.
55 Alias Smith and Jones Universal/ABC-TV, 1971. 90 min. Color. D: Gene Levitt. SC: Matthew Howard and Glen A. Larson. With Peter Duel, Ben Murphy, Forrest Tucker, Susan Saint James, James Drury, Jeanette Nolan, Earl Holliman, John Russell, Bill Fletcher, Bill McKinney, Peter Brocco, Sid Haig, Jon Shank. Two outlaws are given amnesty if they agree to bring in a vicious gang. Adequate TV comedy Western feature, the pilot for the “Alias Smith and Jones” (ABC-TV, 1971–73) series.
56 Alias the Badman Tiffany, 1931. 66 min. D: Phil Rosen. SC: Earle Snell. With Ken Maynard, Virginia Brown Faire, Frank Mayo, Charles King, Lafe McKee, Robert Homans, Irving Bacon, Ethan Allen, Earl Dwire, Jack Rockwell, Jim Corey. A cowboy pretending to be an outlaw in order to catch the man who murdered his father falls in love with a girl whose father is a suspected cattle rustler. Good Ken Maynard vehicle.
57 The Alien Encounters Gold Key, 1976. 90 min. Color. D-SC: James T. Flocker. With Augie Tribuck, Matt Boston, Phil Catalli, Bonnie Henry, Patricia Hunt, Lukas Jackson, Chris Lee Jackson, Amy Dalton. In the desert country, a man tries to locate persons who have had encounters with alien beings. Slow moving and poorly made, the film manages to make its intriguing plot premise dull; desert scenery is the only interest.
Alien Thunder see Dan Candy’s Law
Alleluja and Sartana Are Sons...Sons of God see Halleluja and Sartana Strike Again
All Faces West see Call of the Rockies
58 All Hat Odeon Films, 2007. 89 min. Color. D: Leonard Farlinger. SC: Brad Smith. With Luke Kirby, Keith Carradine, Noam Jenkins, Lisa Ray, Rachael Leigh Cook, David Alpay, Ernie Hudson, Joel Keller, Graham Greene, Gary Farmer, Stephen McHattie, Michelle Nolden, Lorne Brass, Michael Mahonen, Elley-Ray Snow, Charlotte Laurier, Tony Rannelli, Brooke Johnson, Nigel Hamer, Doug Murray, Christopher Bolton, Trent McMullen, Shawn Orr, John Robinson, Deanna Dezmari, David Gardener, Tracy Wright, Sandy Hawley, Chad Beckon, Brian Bochinski, Tyrone Harding, Eldridge Lindsay, Ray Raganauth, Kris Robb, Augustus Siddo, Andrew Foster, Jessica Barrow, Sima Fisher, Diego Fuentes, Dan Loiselle. A former baseball player gets out of jail and goes back to his rural Ontario home only to get mixed up in romance and a land scam. Brad Smith adapted his novel for this pleasant modern day Canadian oater.
59 All Hell Broke Loose North American Motion Pictures, 2009. 90 min. Color. D: Christopher Forbes. SC: Christopher Forbes and Jim Hilton. With David Carradine, Dave Long, Allison Tysinger, Stan Fink, Jim Hilton, Scotty Sparks, Jerry Chesser, Dianne All, Harry All, Ronald Bumgardner, Tripp Courtney, Alex Daniel, Michael Hilton, Richard Kinsey, Dan Beck. A bumbling outlaw is hired to carry out a hit only to be hounded by a United States marshal. Sub-standard direct-to-video affair with a fuzzy plot.
60 All Mine to Give Universal-International/RKO Radio, 1957. 102 min. Color. D: Allen Reisner. SC: Dale Eunson and Katherine Eunson. With Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Rex Thompson, Patty McCormack, Ernest Truex, Hope Emerson, Alan Hale, Sylvia Field, Ralph Sanford, Steven Wooten, Butch Bernard, Yolanda White, Terry Ann Ross, Roy Engel, Ellen Corby, Reta Shaw, Royal Dano, Rita Johnson, Margaret Brayton. In frontier Wisconsin a pioneer family struggles to survive. Heart warming and very well done family movie; recommended.
61 All Out Stellar IV, 1968. 88 min. Color. D: Umberto Lenzi. SC: Eduardo Manzanos Brochero and Nino Stresa. With Mark Damon, John Ireland, Monica Randall, Fernando Sancho, Raf Baldassarre, Spartaco Conversi, Eduardo Fajardo, Armando Calvo, Jose Torres, Calisto Calisti, Miguel Del Castillo, Lisa Halverson, Tito Garcia, Joaquin Parra, Franco Guia, Frank Brana, Luis Induni, Ivan Scratuglia, Luis Barboo, Emilio Rodriguez, Rafael Albaicin, Fabian Conde, Claudio Scarchilli. A bounty hunter is hired to locate an outlaw suspected of hiding a cache of gold from a bank robbery. A cast full of Spaghetti Western favorites helps to cover the empty plot in this Italian-Spanish co-production made as Tutto per Tutto (All for All) and also called Go for Broke.
62 All the Pretty Horses Miramax Films, 2000. 116 min. Color. D: Billy Bob Thornton. SC: Ted Tally. With Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Penelope Cruz, J.D. Young, Laura Poe, Sam Shepard, Robert Patrick, Lucas Black, Yvette Diaz, Imelda Colindres, Agustin Solis, Ruben Blades, Elizabeth Ibarra, Bruce Dern, Miriam Colon, Lonnie Rodriguez, Raul Malo, Frederick Lopez, Ferron Lucero, Jr., Manuel Sanchez, Katie Harro, Denes Lujan, Leeann Lyons, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Edwin Figuera, Matthew E. Montoya, Julian Prada, Robert Enrique Pineda, Vincente Ramos, George R. Lopez, J.D. Garfield, Jo Harvey Allen, Julio C. Cedillo, Marc Miles, Brian Orr, Daniel Lanois, Jesse Plemons, Angelina Torres, Clark Sanchez, Theodore Grivas, Chris Talley, Richard Barela, James Roach, Dennis Chavez, Anthony Dilio, Philip Olivas, J. Nathan Simmons, Carlos Taboada, Rene Mungula, David Miguel Estrada, Dennis E. Garber, Patricia Miller, Jason Page. Two young men head to Mexico after World War II hoping to become cowboys but find the world is changing around them. Average coming of age drama.
63 Allegheny Uprising RKO Radio, 1939. 81 minutes. D: William A. Seiter. SC: P.J. Wolfson. With Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders, Brian Donlevy, Wilfred Lawson, Robert Barrat, John F. Hamilton, Moroni Olsen, Eddie Quillan, Chill Wills, Ian Wolfe, Wallis Clark, Monte Montague, Eddy Waller, Clay Clement, Olaf Hytten, Charles Middleton, Douglas Spencer, Bud Osborne, Stanley Blystone, Tom London. A frontiersman goes against his colony’s commanding officer and seeks out a crooked trader whose selling weapons to the Indians is threatening peace. Set in the pre–Revolutionary War period and based on fact, which makes it all the more interesting. British title: The First Rebel.
64 Along Came Jones RKO Radio, 1945. 90 min. D: Stuart Heisler. SC: Nunnally Johnson. With Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, Dan Duryea, Frank Sully, Russell Simpson, Arthur Loft, Willard Robertson, Don Costello, Ray Teal, Walter Sande, Lane Chandler, Frank Cordell, Tommy Coats, Tony Roux, Erville Alderson, Paul Sutton, Ernie Adams, Paul E. Burns, Chris-Pin Martin, Ralph Dunn, John Merton, Lee Phelps, Robert Kortman, Frank McCarroll, Hank Bell, Lou Davis, Ed Randolph, Herbert Heywood, Frank Hagney, Ralph Littlefield, Lane Watson, Doug Morrow, Jack Baxley, Geoffrey Ingram, Tom Herbert, Charles Morton, Lee Phelps, Billy Engle, Chalky Williams. A cowboy is mistaken for a hunted outlaw and becomes the target of both the posse looking for the fugitive and the bad man himself. Gary Cooper produced and starred in this International Pictures’ feature with tepid results.
65 Along the Great Divide Warner Bros., 1951. 88 min. D: Raoul Walsh. SC: Walter Doniger and Lewis Meltzer. With Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar, Walter Brennan, Ray Teal, Hugh Sanders, Morris Ankrum, James Anderson, Charles Meredith, Lane Chandler, Kenneth MacDonald, Steve Clark, Carl Harbaugh, Zon Murray, Sam Ash, Steve Darrell, Al Ferguson, Guy Wilkerson. A sheriff who feels responsible for his father’s death tries to bring a prisoner in for trial and along the way faces opposition from the man’s daughter as well as a posse that wants him to kill the captive. Well made, suspenseful and well acted, especially by Virginia Mayo as the prisoner’s pretty daughter.
66 Along the Mohawk Trail International Television Corporation (ITC), 1964. 89 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Nat Tanchuck. With John Hart, Lon Chaney, Bill Walsh, Stan Francis, John Vernon A frontiersman and his Indian friend try to help the people of a small community stop a man who has set himself up as dictator. Pleasant paste-up of three episodes of the Canadian-filmed syndicated television series “Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans” (1957).
67 Along the Navajo Trail Republic, 1945. 66 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez, Douglas Fowley, Nestor Paiva, Emmett Vogan, Roy Barcroft, Sam Flint, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Doye O’Dell, Tim Spencer, Ken Carson, Shug Fisher, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Tex Terry, Budd Buster, Eddie Kane, Marin Sais, Kit Guard, George Morrell, Hank Bell, Frank O’Connor, Bert Moorhouse, Frank Stephens, Marlene Ames, David Cota, Ed Cassidy. Cowboy Roy Rogers aids pioneers and gypsies against land grabbers. Dull going except for the exciting climax.
68 Along the Oregon Trail Republic, 1947. 64 min. Color. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Earle Snell. With Monte Hale, Adrian Booth, Max Terhune, Clayton Moore, Roy Barcroft, Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage, Will Wright, LeRoy Mason, Tom London, Forrest Taylor, Kermit Maynard, Wade Crosby, Frank Ellis. A cowboy finds himself at odds with a madman who wants to build an empire for himself in the West. Average Monte Hale outing helped by color and sidekick Max Terhune.
69 Along the Rio Grande RKO Radio, 1941. 61 min. D: Edward Killy. SC: Arthur V. Jones and Morton Grant. With Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Emmett Lynn, Robert Fiske, Betty Jane Rhodes, Hal Taliaferro, Carl Stockdale, Slim Whitaker, Monte Montague, Ruth Clifford, Ernie Adams, Bob Baker, Frankie Marvin, Ben Corbett, David Sharpe. In order to avenge the murder of their ex-boss, three men assume the guise of outlaws and head to Mexico and join the gang responsible for the killing. Typically good Tim Holt vehicle with Ray Whitley making his first appearance in the role of Smokey. A remake of Whistlin’ Dan (q.v.).
70 Along the Sundown Trail Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 59 min. D: Peter Stewart (Sam Newfield). SC: Arthur St. Clair. With Bill “Cowboy Rambler” Boyd, Art Davis, Lee Powell, Julie Duncan, Charles King, Karl Hackett, Howard Masters, John Merton, Jack Ingram, Kermit Maynard, Herman Hack, Frank Ellis, Ted Adams, Al St. John, Reed Howes, Art Dillard, Tex Palmer, Curley Dresden, Steve Clark, Hal Price, Jimmy Aubrey. A trio of lawmen hunt for outlaws out to rob a tungsten mine. Low grade entry in PRC’s “Frontier Marshal” series.
71 Alvarez Kelly Columbia, 1966. 114 min. Color. D: Edward Dmytryk. SC: Franklin Coen and Elliott Arnold. With William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O’Neal, Victoria Shaw, Roger C. Carmel, Richard Rust, Arthur Franz, Donald Barry, Harry Carey, Jr., Mauritz Hugo, Robert Morgan, Stephanie Hill, Paul Lukather, Clint Ritchie. An adventurer leads a herd of cattle East to sell to the Union army during the Civil War but he is kidnapped by Confederates who want the beef for themselves. Fairly entertaining; could have been better.
72 The Amazing Zorro Nickelodeon Network, 2002. 72 min. Color. D: Scott Henning. SC: Bob Forward. With Cusse Mankuma, Nancy Cortes, Mark Acheson, Carmen Aquirre, Kathleen Barr, Eli Gabay, Santo Lombardo, John Novak, Sylvia Maldonado, Dale Wilson (voices). The foppish Don Diego becomes the dashing masked Zorro to save his homeland from a cruel dictator. Fun animated rehash of Johnston McCulley’s story “The Curse of Capistrano.”
73 Ambush Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949. 89 min. D: Sam Wood. SC: Marguerite Roberts. With Robert Taylor, John Hodiak, Arlene Dahl, Don Taylor, Jean Hagen, Bruce Cowling, Leon Ames, John McIntire, Pat Moriarity, Charles Stevens, Chief Thundercloud, Ray Teal, Robin Short, Richard Bailey, Lane Chandler, Reed Howes, Cliff Clark, William Haade, Florence Lake, Hank Mann, Heinie Conklin, Bill Hale, Ray Bennett, Charles Cane, Tom Forman, Robert Hoy, Carol Henry, James Van Horn, Walt LaRue, Pat O’Malley, Fred Somers, Archie Butler. A scout finds himself at odds with a cavalry captain when he is assigned to bring back a woman captured by renegade Indians. The MGM gloss somewhat helps this average “A” outing.
74 Ambush at Cimarron Pass 20th Century–Fox, 1958. 70 min. D: Jodie Copelan. SC: Richard G. Taylor and John K. Butler. With Scott Brady, Margia Dean, Clint Eastwood, Irving Bacon, Frank Gerstle, Dirk London, Baynes Barron, Keith Richards, John Merrick. A rancher, once a Confederate, teams with soldiers to thwart an Indian attack. Arid feature of interest for giving Clint Eastwood his first major Western role.
75 Ambush at Tomahawk Gap Columbia, 1953. 73 min. Color. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: David Lang. With John Hodiak, David Brian, Maria Elena Marques, John Derrell, Ray Teal, John Qualen, Otto Hullett, Percy Helton, Trevor Bardette, John Doucette. Four convicts escape from jail to prove their innocence and become involved in an Indian attack. Well done and suspenseful.
76 Ambush Trail Producers Releasing Corporation, 1946. 59 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Elmer Clifton. With Bob Steele, Syd Saylor, Lorraine Miller, I. Stanford Jolley, Charles King, Bob (John) Cason, Budd Buster, Kermit Maynard, Frank Ellis, Ed Cassidy, Al Ferguson, Henry Hall, Wally West, Ray Jones, Roy Brent, Lew Morphy. A rancher comes to the aid of friends as they oppose a desperado after their spreads. Cheaply made PRC oater saved by star Bob Steele.
Kermit Maynard, Charles King, John Cason, unidentified player, Bob Steele and Syd Saylor in Ambush Trail (PRC, 1946).
77 Ambush Valley Reliable, 1936. 57 min. D: Raymond Samuels (Bernard B. Ray). SC: Bennett Cohen. With Bob Custer, Victoria Vinton, Vane Calvert, Eddie Phillips, Wally Wales, Oscar Gahan, Ed Cassidy, Denver Dixon, Wally West, Roger Williams, John Elliott. A lawman finds himself opposing the views of his future father-in-law who threatens to kill nesters who settle on his land. Low grade Bob Custer outing.
78 American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James EI Entertainment, 2010. 88 min. Color. D-SC: Fred Olen Ray. With Peter Fonda, Tim Abbell, George Stults, Jeffrey Combs, Michael Gaglio, Anthony Tyler Quinn, Siri Baruc, Ian Patrick Williams, Ted Monte, Christopher Weir, Franc Ross, Peter Sherayko, Lauren Eckstrom, Jake Thornton, Patrick Gorman, Randy Mulkey. A U.S. marshal is on the trail of the James gang with a showdown set in a ghost town. Poor.
79 American Empire United Artists, 1942. 82 min. D: William McGann. SC: J. Robert Bren, Gladys Atwater and Ben Grauman Kohn. With Richard Dix, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford, Leo Carrillo, Guinn Williams, Robert Barrat, Jack LaRue, Cliff Edwards, Chris-Pin Martin, Richard Webb, William Farnum, Hal Taliaferro, Tom London, Guy Rodin, Etta McDaniel. Two partners built a cattle empire in Texas despite personal problems between them over a woman and their battles with a Mexican bandit leader. Highly entertaining and well made with especially good work by Richard Dix and Preston Foster as the partners and Leo Carrillo as the bandit.
80 American Outlaws Warner Bros., 2001. 94 min. Color. D: Les Mayfield. SC: Roderick Taylor and John Rogers. With Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Ali Larter, Gabriel Macht, Gregory Smith, Harris Yulin, Kathy Bates, Timothy Dalton, Will McCormack, Ronny Cox, Terry O’Quinn, Nathaniel Arcand, Ty O’Neal, Joe Stevens, Barry Tubb, Jack Watkins, Tom Schuster, Lee Ritchey, Robin Christian, Ed Goldart, Brad Leland, Craig Erickson, Mark Walters, Michael Costello, Jack Gould, Morgana Shaw, Brady Coleman, Richard Jones, Steven “Dooky” Bland, Jerry Cotton, Muse Watson, Lane Thomas Wilson, Ron Hayden, Darryl Cox, Riley Flynn, Joe Brown, Shawn Patrick Nash, Jessica M-E Nitsch, Big Skinny Brown, Troy Dillinger, Johnny Bartee, Pei-San Brown, Susan E. Denison, Frank Matthews, Paul Wright, Steve Crawford, Chris Warner, Frank G. Curcio, Marvin Schroeder, Lisa Del Dotto, Kirk Hunter, Philip Olivas, Jeremy Denzlinger, Charles E. Gray, David Jachin Kelley, Rana Morrison. The James and Younger brothers team to oppose a railroad baron out to fleece homesteaders of their lands. Well worth watching.
81 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Universal, 1991. 75 min. Color. D: Phil Nibbling and Simon Wells. SC: Flint Dille. With Voices of James Stewart, Phillip Glasser, Erica Yohn, Cathy Cavadini, Nehemiah Persoff, Dom DeLuise, Amy Irving, John Cleese, Jon Lovitz, Larry Moss, Robert Watts, Mickie McGowan, Jennifer Darling, Sherry Lynn, Fausto Bara, Jack Angel, Vanna Bonta, Nigel Pegram, Philip Clarke, Lev Mailer, David Tate, Lisa Raggio, Patrick Penney, Annie Holiday, Lawrence Steffan. A mouse family is finagled by a sleazy cat into moving West while one of their friends follows along after his girlfriend. Pleasant animated feature, a sequel to An American Tail (1986) and James Stewart’s last film.
82 The Americano RKO Radio, 1955. 85 min. D: William Castle. SC: Guy Trosper. With Glenn Ford, Frank Lovejoy, Cesar Romero, Ursula Theiss, Abbe Lane, Rodolfo Hoyos, Tom Powers, Dan White, Frank Marlowe. A Texas cowboy is sent to Brazil to deliver prize Brahma bulls and runs into outlaws as well as a pretty girl. Typical mid–1950s “Western” set in Brazil instead of the Old West.
83 El Ametralladora (The Machine Gunner) Jalisco Films, S.A., 1943. 98 min. D-SC: Aurelio Robles Castillo. With Pedro Infante, Margarita Mora, Angel Garasa, Victor Manuel Mendoza, Arturo Soto Rangel, Alfredo Varela, Antonio Bravo, Manuel Arvide, Eugenia Galindo, Neomi Beltran, Manuel Noriega, Jose Torvay, Francisco Pando, Robert Canedo, Mariachi Vargas, Las Tres Morenas. A man called “The Machine Gunner” loses his girlfriend to another after being falsely accused of crimes committed by his rival. Okay Mexican Western, a sequel to Ay, Jalisco, no te Rajes! (Oh, Jalisco, Don’t Break Down!) (1941).
Amigo, Stay Away see Ben and Charlie
84 Among Vultures Rialto-Film/Jadran-Film/Atlantis-Film, 1964. 98 min. Color. D: Alfred Vohrer. SC: Eberhard Sendoff and Johanna Sibelius. With Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice, Elke Sommer, Gotz George, Walter Barnes, Mario Girotti, Renato Baldini, Sieghardt Rupp, Louis Velle, Mila Blach. Frontier scout Old Surehand and his Indian comrade Winnetou head a wagon train carrying the daughter of a diamond dealer; she is kidnapped by outlaws masquerading as Indians. Flavorful screen adaptation of Karl May’s novel with Stewart Granger adding underplayed comedy as Old Surehand. Made in West Germany as Unter Geirn (Among Vultures) and issued in the U.S. in 1968 by Columbia as Frontier Hellcat.
85 And God Said to Cain ZIV International, 1970. 93 min. Color. D: Anthony Dawson (Antonio Margheriti). SC: Giovanni Addessi and Antonio Margheriti. With Klaus Kinski, Peter Carsten, Marcella Michelangeli, Lee Burton, Antonio Cantafora, Giuliano Raffaelli, Alan Collins, Lucio De Santis, Maria Luisa Sala, Joaquin Blanco, Giacomo Furia, Furio Meniconi, Gigi Bonos, Marco Morelli, Franco Gula, Amerigo Santarelli, Osiride Pevarello, Ettore Arena, Renzo Pevarello, Pedro Mendiconi. After a decade in prison, a man gets out and vows revenge on those who framed him. Improbable Spaghetti Western filmed in Italy as E Dio Disse a Caino... in 1969.
86 And Now Miguel Universal, 1966. 95 min. Color. D: James B. Clark. SC: Ted Sherdeman and Jane Klove. With Pat Cardi, Guy Stockwell, Clu Gulagher, Michael Ansara, Joe De Santis, Pilar Del Rey, Peter Robbins, Buck Taylor, James Hall, Emma Tyson. A young boy longs to go with his father into the mountains for the summer grazing of their sheep herd but it takes an artist to teach him the meaning of patience in growing up. Nicely done period piece set in the Southwest.
87 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself HBO Films, 112 min. Color. D: Bruce Beresford. SC: Larry Gelbart. With Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey, Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent, Matt Daly, Michael McKean, Colm Feore, Alexa Davalos, Anthony Stewart Head, Kyle Chandler, Saul Rubinek, Cosme Alberto, Pedro Armendariz (Jr.), Michael F. Boyle, Peter Gregory, Jay Kimball, Jose Concepcion Macias, Darrell Pritchett, Diego Sandoval, John Wharton, Maria Guillermo Ramirez, Benjamin Long, Damian Alcazar, Rita Lopez Carrasco, Jorge Jimenez, Jose Manuel Lambarri, Carl Dillard, Marcelo Garcia, Fernando Becerril, Madeline Lee, Julian Sedgwick, Sacha Oberlander Tasletikye, Lilia Zeninna, Patricia Schweers, Gabriela Reynosa, Barbara May, Lynnanne Zager, Steve Calcote, Jake Koenig, Adrian Hernandez, Isalas Jimenez, Maurico Magana, Lorena Minguez, Cesar Di Parra. Needing money to fight Mexican government forces, Pancho Villa makes a deal with Hollywood to film his revolutionary activities. Interesting historical fiction made for television; the plot includes noted filmmakers D.W. Griffith (Colm Feore), Christy Cabanne (Michael McKean) and Raoul Walsh (Kyle Chandler).
And Then a Time for Killing see Tequila Joe
88 And They Smelled the Strange, Exciting, Dangerous Scent of Dollars Samy Film, 1973. 92 min. Color. D: Italo Alfaro (Piero Regnoli). SC: Piero Regnoli. With Robert Malcolm, Piero Vida, Rosalba Neri, Luigi Meccia, Salvatore Puntillo, Peter Landers, Spartaco Conversi, Claudio Ruffini, Franco Ukmar, Dante Maggio, Rocco Lerro, Amerigo Castrighella, Ottorino Polentini. The agent in charge of delivering a government railroad payroll finds himself beset by Mexican outlaws, a preformed priest and a saloon keeper, all of them after the money. Light, pleasant Italian Spaghetti Western released there as Sentivano...uno Stano, Eccitante, Pericoloso Puzzo di Dollari (They Felt ... the Strange, Exciting, Dangerous Stench of Dollars).
89 Angel and the Badman Republic, 1947. 100 min. D-SC: James Edward Grant. With John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey, Bruce Cabot, Irene Rich, Lee Dixon, Stephen Grant, Tom Powers, Paul Hurst, Olin Howlin, John Halloran, Joan Barton, Craig Woods, Marshall Reed, Hank Worden, Pat Flaherty, Jack Kirk. An outlaw on the run is reformed by the love of a devout Quaker girl. Fine John Wayne vehicle; the type of fare William S. Hart and Harry Carey did in the silent era.
90 Angel and the Badman Hallmark Channel/Barnholtz Entertainment, 2009. 92 min. Color. D: Terry Ingram. SC: Jack Nasser. With Lou Diamond Phillips, Deborah Kara Unger, Luke Perry, Terrance Kelly, Merrilyn Gann, Gig Morton, Michael Teigan, John Tench, Scott McNeil, Don Thompson, Brendan Wayne, Winston Rekert, Garry Chalk, Jennifer Copping, Melanie Papalia, Matthew Robert Kelly, Noah Beggs, Charles Andre, Jim Shield, Luis Javier, Stefan Arngim, Stephen Dimopoulos, Teach Grant. A wounded gunfighter is taken in by a widow who is raising a young son. Tepid TV remake of the John Wayne classsic.
91 Angel in Exile Republic, 1948. 90 min. D: Allan Dwan and Philip Ford. SC: Charles Larson. With John Carroll, Adele Mara, Thomas Gomez, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Art Smith, Tom Powers, Ian Wolfe, Howard Chamberlain, Elsa Lorraine Zepeda, Mary Currier, Don Haggerty, Mickey Simpson, Gloria Varela, Al Haskell, Soledad Jiminez, Charles Marsh, Julia Montoya, Elias Gamboa, Joe Dominguez, Rose Mary Lopez. In rural Mexico an ex-convict plans to use a played out mine to smuggle gold stolen in a robbery but begins to have a change of heart when the locals think he is sent by God. Pleasant inspirational drama.
92 Animal Called Man Trans-World Entertainment, 1972. 83 min. Color. D-SC: Roberto Mauri. With Vassili Karis, Gillian Bray, Craig Hill, Gilberto Galimberti, Amero Capanna, Carla Mancini, Paolo Magalotti, Roberto Dell’Acqua, Sergio Serafini. After a slick bandit wins his girl in a sharp shooting contest, a town despot vows revenge. Low grade, eccentric takeoff of the Spaghetti Western genre. Filmed as Animale Chiamato Uomo (Animal Called Man).
93 The Animals Levitt-Pickman, 1971. 86 min. Color. D: Ron Joy. SC: Hy Mizrahi. With Henry Silva, Keenan Wynn, Michele Carey, John Anderson, Joseph Turkel, Pepper Martin, Bobby Hall, Peter Hellmann, William Bryant, Peggy Stewart. A young school teacher is raped by five thugs, after they hold up a stagecoach she is riding, and swears revenge against them. Brutal oater which had limited theatrical release. British title: Five Savage Men.
94 Annie Get Your Gun Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950. 107 min. Color. D: George Sidney. SC: Sidney Shelton. With Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish, Edward Arnold, Keenan Wynn, Benay Venuta, Clinton Sundberg, James H. Harrison, Chief Yowlachie, Lee Tung Foo, William Tannen, Anne O’Neal, John Hamilton, Edward Earle, Marjorie Wood, Frank Wilcox, John Mylong, Carl Sepulveda, Carol Henry, Fred Gilman, Eleanor Brown, John War Eagle, Edith Mille, Dorinda Clifton, Ed Kilroy, Nolan Leary, Al Rhein, Budd Fine. Annie Oakley rises from backwoods target practice to the stop sharpshooter with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show as she tries to win the man of her dreams. Lively screen adaptation of the Irving Berlin musical which starred Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton on Broadway.
95 Annie Oakley RKO Radio, 1935. 90 min. D: George Stevens. SC: Joel Sayre and John Twist. With Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Pert Kelton, Moroni Olsen, Andy Clyde, Chief Thundercloud, Delmer Watson, Margaret Armstrong, Adeline Craig, Willie Best. A tomboy crack sharpshooter falls in love with the world’s top marksman and becomes the featured attraction of Buffalo Bill Cody’s show. Fictional account of the life of Annie Oakley but still pleasant entertainment.
96 Another Man, Another Chance United Artists, 1977. 132 min. Color. D: Claude Lelouch. SC: Jacques Lefrancois (Claude Lelouch). With James Caan, Genevieve Bujold, Francie Huster, Jennifer Warren, Susan Tyrrell, Rossie Harris. A young woman arrives in the West in 1880 with a photographer who dies suddenly and she meets and marries a widowed veterinarian. Well acted and visually interesting retelling of director Claude Lelouch’s A Man and a Woman (Allied Artists, 1966), this time set in the Old West. Made in France as Un Autre Homme, Un Autre Chance (Another Man, Another Chance). Alternate title: Another Man, Another Woman.
97 Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind CBS-TV, 1991. 100 min. Color. D: Bill Bixby. SC: Rob Gilmer. With Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Severance, Dan Kamin, Ken Farmer, Rip Torn, Sammy Allfred, Bud Shrake, Marvin Shapiro, Billy Streater, Bill Ballis, Harvey Christiansen, Bernard Engel, Gabriel Folse, James Harrell, Charles Gunning, Turk Pipkin, Julius Tennon, Larry Hovis, Richard Jones, Christine Poole, Tonie Perensky, Tracy Kristofferson, Michael Griffith, Paula Nelson, Shelby Lynne, Terry Mross. An ex-safecracker teams with a Texas Ranger to prove the innocence of another lawman accused of murdering a convict. Average follow-up to Pair of Aces (q.v.).
98 Any Gun Can Play Golden Eagle, 1968. 105 min. Color. D: Enzo G. Castellari. SC: Enzo G. Castellari, Romolo Guerrieri, George Simmonelli and Fabio Carpo. With George Hilton, Edd Byrnes, Gilbert Roland, Kareen O’Hara, Pedro Sanchez, Gerard Herter, Jose Torres. Three men, a bandit, a stranger and a banker, join forces so they can divide a fortune in stolen gold. Better than average Italian Western made so by the strong macho performance of Gilbert Roland as one of the lead players. Released in Italy in 1967 as Vado...l’Ammazzo e Torno by FIDA Cinematografica and also called Blood River and Go Kill and Come Back.
Gilbert Roland (center) in Any Gun Can Play (Golden Eagle, 1968).
99 Anything for a Friend Tarquinia Film, 1973. 90 min. Color. D: Miles Deem (Demofilo Fidani). SC: Demofilo Fidani, Mila Vitally and Filippo Perrone. With Red Carter (Ettore Manni), Bud Randall (Paolo Rosani), Rick Boyd (Federico Boldo), Gordon Mitchell, Simone Blondell (Simonetta Vitelli), Carla Mancini, Dennis Colt (Benito Pacifico), Sleepy Warren, Angela Portaluri, Raimondo Toscano, Custer Gail (Amerigo Castrighella), Paul Crain (Enzo Pulcrano), Michele (Branca) Francia, Antonio Basile, Luciano Conti, Vinicio Raimondi. Two conmen join a convoy heading to the gold fields and decide to take revenge after being robbed by outlaws. Pathetic Italian production played more for comedy than action; made as Amico Mio, Frega Tu...Che Frego Io!
100 Apache United Artists, 1954. 91 min. Color. D: Robert Aldrich. SC: James R. Webb. With Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, John McIntire, Charles (Bronson) Buchinsky, John Dehner, Paul Guifoyle, Ian MacDonald, Walter Sande, Morris Ankrum, Monte Blue, Philip Van Zandt, Rory Mallinson, Paul E. Burns, Dick Rich, John George, Lonnie Burr. An Indian gives up his pacifistic ways to combat the U.S. cavalry when the rights of his people are threatened. Not a very remarkable film with supporting players Charles Bronson and Monte Blue more impressive than star Burt Lancaster.
101 Apache Ambush Columbia, 1955. 68 min. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: David Lang. With Bill Williams, Richard Jaeckel, Alex Montoya, Movita, Adele August, Tex Ritter, Ray Corrigan, Ray Teal, Don C. Harvey, James Griffith, James Flavin, George Chandler, Forrest Lewis, George Keymas, Victor Milan, Harry Lauter, Bill Hale, Robert Foulk, Edmund Cobb, Clayton Moore, Kermit Maynard, Lane Chandler, Iron Eyes Cody. While leading a cattle drive to Texas after the Civil War, an ex–Union soldier is faced with trouble from marauding Indians and renegade Confederates. Average outing of interest because of Tex Ritter and Ray Corrigan in supporting roles.
102 Apache Blood Key International, 1975. 86 min. Color. D: Tom Quillen. SC: Jack Lee and Dewitt Lee. With Ray Danton, Dewitt Lee, Troy Nabors, Diane Taylor, Eva Kovacs, Jason Clark, David Robart, William Chadwick, Carl Mancini, Earl Baldwin, Wilford “Whizzer” White, Carl Nelson, Jack Lee. An Indian plans to get revenge for the Army massacring his tribe. Tatty low budget effort filmed in Arizona in 1971 as Pursuit.
103 Apache Chief Lippert, 1949. 60 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Gerald Green and Leonard Picker. With Alan Curtis, Tom Neal, Russell Hayden, Carol Thurston, Fuzzy Knight, Francis MacDonald, Trevor Bardette, Roy Gordon, Charles Soldani, Rodd Redwing. Two Indian brothers, once peaceful and one warlike, oppose each other to see who will lead their tribe. Low budget Lippert outing of interest because of its three stars.
104 Apache Country Columbia, 1952. 62 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Carolina Cotton, Harry Lauter, Francis X. Bushman, Mary Scott, Sidney Mason, Gregg Barton, Tom London, Byron Foulger, Frank Matts, Mickey Simpson, Iron Eyes Cody, Tony Whitecloud, Jemez Indians, Cass County Boys (Jerry Scoggins, Bert Dodson, Fred Martin), Frankie Marvin, Frank Ellis, Bob Woodward. A government agents tries to thwart an outlaw gang masquerading as Indians as cover for their illegal activities. Pretty fair Gene Autry opus filmed in Sepiatone.
105 Apache Drums Universal-Internatinonal, 1951. 75 min. Color. D: Hugo Fregonese. SC: David Chandler. With Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Willard Parker, Arthur Shields, James Griffith, Armando Silvestre, Georgia Backus, Clarence Muse, James Best, Ray Bennett. After being run out of a small town by a corrupt official, a gambler returns to help the citizens fight off an Indian attack. Despite its medium budget trappings, this one is not of much interest.
Apache Fury see Fury of the Apaches
106 Apache Gold Columbia, 1963. 91 min. Color. D: Harald Reinl. SC: Harald G. Petersson. With Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Mario Adorf, Marie Versini, Ralf Wolter, Walter Barnes, Milivoje Popovic-Mavid, Dunja Rajter, Chris Howland, Niksa Stefanini, Branko Spoljar, Husein Cokic, Demeter Bitenc, Gojko Mitic. A frontiersman and his Indian friend try to protect a local tribe from marauding whites who are after their gold. Action filled outing in the Karl May series from West Germany based on the author’s 1893 novel Winnetou, Der Rote Gentleman. Issued in Europe as Winnetou I and Winnetou the Warrior at 111 minutes.
107 The Apache Kid Republic, 1941. 56 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Eliot Gibbons and Richard Murphy. With Don “Red” Barry, Lynn Merrick, LeRoy Mason, Robert Fiske, John Elliott, Forbes Murray, Monte Montague, Al St. John, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Charles King, Frank Brownlee, John Cason, Cactus Mack, Kenne Duncan, Hal Price, Buddy Roosevelt. A young adventurer leads a wagon train of friends and neighbors westward to Oregon but finds out the trip was instigated by his crooked uncle who has a government contract to build a road. Nicely done Don Barry star vehicle with pretty Lynn Merrick adding to the scenery.
108 The Apache Kid’s Escape Horner Productions, 1930. 50 min. D-SC: Robert J. Horner. With Jack Perrin, Josephine Hill, Fred Church, Virginia Ashcroft, Henry Roquemore, Bud Osborne, Fred Burns, Buzz Barton, Horace B. Carpenter, Charles Le Moyne, Starlight (horse). An outlaw masquerades as a cowpoke and helps a friend who is in trouble, even giving up the girl he loves. Tattered early talkie mainly of curio value.
Apache Massacre see Face to the Wind
109 Apache Rifles 20th Century–Fox, 1964. 92 min. Color. D: William Witney. SC: Kenneth Gamet and Richard Schayer. With Audie Murphy, Michael Dante, Linda Lawson, L.Q. Jones, Ken Lynch, John Archer, Charles Watts, Hugh Sanders. A Cavalry captain in Arizona in 1879 is sent to capture marauding Indians who have been slaughtering miners and settlers. Speedy Audie Murphy vehicle somewhat hurt by stock footage and a mediocre plot.
110 Apache Rose Republic, 1947. 75 min. Color. D: William Witney. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Olin Howlin, George Meeker, Russ Vincent, Minerva Urecal, LeRoy Mason, Terry Frost, Tex Terry, John Laurenz, Donna (Martell) DeMario, James Linn. Oil wildcatter Roy Rogers discovers a rich deposit on a Mexican ranch but the owner is heavily in debt to a man who tries to kill a cousin who has half-interest in the land. Average Roy Rogers entry enhanced by Trucolor.
111 Apache Territory Columbia, 1958. 75 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Charles R. Marion and George W. George. With Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, John Dehner, Carolyn Craig, Leo Gordon, Myron Healey, Frank De Kova, Reg Parton, Bob Woodward, Thomas Pittman. While crossing the desert, a drifter comes across a girl who is the sole survivor of a wagon train attack and the two unite to fight attacking Indians. Average but fairly interesting Rory Calhoun vehicle.
112 Apache Trail Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943. 66 min. D: Richard Thorpe. SC: Maurice Geraghty. With Lloyd Nolan, Donna Reed, William Lundigan, Ann Ayars, Connie Gilchrist, Chill Wills, Miles Mander, Gloria Holden, Ray Teal, Grant Withers, Fuzzy Knight, Trevor Bardette, Frank M. Thomas, George Watts. After their ceremonial grounds are desecrated by whites, Indians go on the warpath and innocent settlers face the consequences. Okay M-G-M oater from the World War II era with a fine cast and fast direction.
113 Apache Uprising 20th Century–Fox/CBS-TV, 1956. 45 min. With Ricardo Montalban, John Lupton, Rita Moreno, John Conte (host). A scout is assigned to convince an Apache chief to stop his attacks on U.S. mail carriers. Originally an episode of “The 20th Century–Fox Hour” on CBS-TV, this interesting telefeature was based on Broken Arrow (q.v.) and served as the pilot for the “Broken Arrow” (ABC-TV, 1956–60) series.
114 Apache Uprising Paramount, 1966. 90 min. Color. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Harry Sanford. With Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, John Russell, Lon Chaney, Gene Evans, Richard Arlen, Robert H. Harris, Arthur Hunnicutt, DeForrest Kelley, George Chandler, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Parker, Abel Fernandez, Don “Red” Barry, Jim Mitchum, Dan White, Reg Parton, Roy Jenson, Rodd Redwing, Ben Stanton. A diverse group of stage passengers head for a way station where a robbery is set to occur and an Indian attack looms. Better-than-average A.C. Lyles Western with a good cast, highlighted by Lon Chaney as a happy-go-lucky stage driver.
115 Apache War Smoke Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952. 67 min. D: Harold Kress. SC: Jerry Davis. With Gilbert Roland, Glenda Farrell, Robert Horton, Barbara Ruick, Gene Lockhart, Henry (Harry) Morgan, Patricia Tierani, Hank Worden, Myron Healey, Emmett Lynn, Argentina Brunetti, Bobby Blake, Douglass Dumbrille, Chubby Johnson, Iron Eyes Cody. Bandits head for a stop after robbing a stagecoach only to find it is about to be attacked by Indians. MGM Western with a strong performance by Gilbert Roland in a good, bad man role.
116 Apache Warrior 20th Century–Fox, 1957. 73 min. D: Elmo Willams. SC: Kurt Neumann and Eric Norden. With Keith Larsen, Jim Davis, Rodolfo Acosta, John Miljan, Eddie Little Sky, Michael Carr, George Keymas, Lane Bradford, Eugenia Paul, Damian O’Flynn, Ray Kellogg, Allan Nixon, Karl Davis, Boyd Stockman. An Indian scout for the Army turns renegade when his brother is killed and his former white brother is forced to hunt him down. Fairly interesting outing with good work by Keith Larsen as the renegade, Jim Davis as the hunter and Rodolfo Acosta as the Indian responsible for the trouble.
117 Apache Woman American Releasing Corporation, 1955. 82 min. D: Roger Corman. SC: Lou Russoff. With Lloyd Bridges, Joan Taylor, Lance Fuller, Morgan Jones, Paul Birch, Paul Dubov, Jonathan Haze, Dick Miller, Chester Conklin, Lou Place, Gene Marlowe, Jean Howell. A government agent investigates several mysterious deaths blamed on reservation Indians. Roger Corman’s second Western is a low grade affair that moves well and should satisfy his followers.
Apache’s Last Battle see Old Shatterhand
118 Apocalypse Joe Columbia Film-Verleih, 1970. 90 min. Color. D: Leopoldo Savona. SC: Eduardo Brochero and Leopoldo Savona. With Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, Mary Paz Pondal, Ferando Cerulli, Vernoica Korosec, Giulio Baraghini, Fernando Bilboa, Flora Carosello, Virginia Garcia, Ugo Adinolfi, Sergio Sagnotti, Renato Lupi, Miguel Del Castello, Brunio Arie, Angelo Susani, Gilberto Gailimberti, Riccardo Pizzuli, Silvano Spadaccino, Stelio Candelli, Omero Capanna, Artemio Antonini. An actor-gunfighter finds out a town boss murdered his uncle and took over his mine which rightfully belongs to him and he plans to get even. Fast paced Italian action thriller made as L’Uomo Chiamoto Apocalisse Joe (A Man Called Apocalypse Joe).
119 The Appaloosa Universal, 1966. 98 min. Color. D: Sidney J. Furie. SC: James Bridges and Roland Kibbee. With Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon, Emilio Fernandez, Alex Montoya, Miriam Colon, Rafael Campos, Frank Silvera, Argentina Brunetti, Larry Mann. A prize horse is stolen from an cowboy and he heads into the Mexican wilderness at the turn of the century to retrieve it. Slow moving and not very interesting, but highlighted by good photography.
120 Appaloosa Warner Bros., 2008. 115 min. Color. D: Ed Harris. SC: Robert Knott and Ed Harris. With Bobby Jauregui, Jeremy Irons, Timothy V. Murphy, Lucie Rains, Jim Tarwater, Boyd Kestner, Gabriel Marantz, Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Adam Nelson, Corby Griesenbeck, Benjamin Rosenshein, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, James Gammon, Timothy Spall, Tom Bower, Erik J. Bockemier, Fred Hice, Neil Summers, Tim Carroll, Rene Zellweger, Bounthanh Xaynhachack, Ariana Gil, Art Usher, Clark Sanchez, Cliff Gravel, Mike Watson, Rex Linn, Bob Harris, Daniel T. Parker, Martin Connelly, Ed Pennybacker, Alvin William “Dutch” Lunak. Two cowpokes are hired to rid a small town of a murderous rancher and his gang with one of them falling for a newly arrived young widow. Pleasant and well made Western with the title referring to the New Mexico town where the action takes place.
121 The Apple Dumpling Gang Buena Vista, 1975. 100 min. Color. D: Norman Tokar. SC: Don Tait. With Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Don Knotts, Tim Conway, David Payne, Slim Pickens, Harry Morgan, Clay O’Brien, Brad Savage, Iris Adrian. A gambler becomes the guardian of three homeless children and tries to get rich by pulling off a fantastic bank robbery. Well done Disney comedy highlighted by the antics of Don Knotts and Tim Conway.
122 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again Buena Vista, 1979. 89 min. Color. D: Bernard McEveety. SC: Don Tait. With Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Kenneth Mars, Elyssa Davalos, Jack Elam, Robert Pine, Harry Morgan, Ruth Buzzi, Audrey Totter, Richard X. Slattery, John Crawford, Cliff Osmond, Ted Gehring. Two blunderers are hunted throughout the West as outlaws. Mediocre sequel to The Apple Dumpling Gang (q.v.).
123 Los Apuros de dos Gallos (The Tight Spot of Two Roosters). Oro Films, 1963. 93 min. Color. D-SC: Emilio Gomez Muriel. With Miguel Aceves Meija, Marco Antonio Muniz, Lilian de Celis, Lucha Villa, Angel Garaza, Fernando Soto “Mantequilla,” Miguel Angel Ferriz, Guillermo Alvarez Blanchi, Arthur “Bigoton” Castro, Julien de Meriche, Mario Orea, Emilio Garibay, Manuel Arvide, Jose Luis Fernandez, Martha Arlette, Pepe Hernandez, Jose Jasso. Four singing cowboys serenade the denizens of a rancho. Average Mexican Western musical comedy.
124 Aqui esta Juan Colorado Clasa-Mohme, 1946. 105 min. D: Rolando Aguilar. SC: Raul de Anda, Rolando Aguilar and Carlos Gaytan. With Luis Aguilar, Raul de Anda, Aurora Cortes, Iram Torres, Jose Torvay, Jose L. Murillo, Yadira Jiminez, Lidia Franco, Pepe Vava, Jose Paradve, Rafael Icardo. After helping to defeat government troops, a rebel leaders tries to settle down with his new love. Good historical Western from Mexico based on a folk hero.
125 Arctic Flight Monogram, 1952. 78 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Robert Hill and George Bricker. With Wayne Morris, Lola Albright, Alan Hale, Jr., Carol Thurston, Phil Tead, Tom Richards, Anthony Garson, Kenneth MacDonald, Paul Bryar, Dale Van Sickel. An Alaskan bush pilot is hired by a big game hunter to fly him to an area supposedly to find polar bears but actually he is a Soviet spy. Well done little action melodrama with good location footage.
126 Arctic Fury RKO Radio, 1949. 61 min. D-SC: Norman Dawn. With Del Cambre, Eve Miller, Gloria Petroff, Merrill McCormick, Fred Smith. A plane carrying a doctor to a plague ridden village crashes in the Arctic and he fights the elements to survive. Slapped together programmer also called Tundra.
127 Arctic Manhunt Universal-International, 1949. 69 min. D: Ewing Scott. SC: Oscar Brodney and Joel Malone. With Mikel Conrad, Carol Thurston, Wally Cassell, Helen Brown, Harry Harvey, Chet Huntley, Paul E. Burns, Quianna. Insurance agents are on the trail of an ex-convict who has fled to Alaska with money taken from a robbery. Low budget action outing based on director Ewing Scott’s book Narana of the North.
128 Arena Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953. 83 min. Color. D: Richard Fleischer. SC: Harold Jack Bloom. With Gig Young, Jean Hagen, Polly Bergen, Henry (Harry) Morgan, Barbara Lawrence, Robert Horton, Lee Aaker, Lee Van Cleef, Marilee Phelps, Jim Hayward, George Wallace, Stuart Randall, Morris Ankrum. A rodeo star lets success go to his head and this causes the near failure of his marriage. Mediocre modern day oater highlighted by rodeo footage from the annual Fiesta de los Vaqueros in Tucson, Arizona.
129 Arizona Columbia, 1940. 127 min. D: Wesley Ruggles. SC: Claude Binyon. With Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William, Regis Toomey, Paul Harvey, George Chandler, Byron Foulger, Porter Hall, Colin Tapley, Edgar Buchanan, Griff Barnett, Paul Lopez, Frank Darien, Syd Saylor, Addison Richards, Carleton Young, Jack Ingram, Emmett Lynn, I. Stanford Jolley, Uvaldo Varela, Earl Crawford, Ludwig Hart, Patrick Moriarty, Wade Crosby, Frank Hill, Nina Campana, Ralph Peters, Emmett Lynn, Walter Baldwin, William Harrigan, Walter Sande, John Arledge, Frank Richards, Kermit Maynard, Frank Brownlee, Lou Fulton, Stanley Brown, Richard Fiske, Fred Parker, Merrill McCormick, Julia Montoya. A young Arizona woman, with the aid of a Missouri man, sets out to battle corrupt elements in running a successful freight business and a large ranch. Entertaining “A” budget affair that is much too long, with a nice villainous portrayal by Warren William.
Arizona (1970) see Arizona Colt Returns
130 Arizona Badman Willis Kent, 1935. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: Willis Kent. With Reb Russell, Lois January, Charles (Slim) Whitaker, Edmund Cobb, Richard Botiller, Tommy Bupp, Ann Howard, Walter James, Ben Corbett, Tracy Layne, Lionel Backus, Ray Henderson, Silver Harr. An outlaw attempts to use his pretty stepdaughter to lure a cattlemen’s association agent away from the area while he pulls off a rustling job. Tacky Reb Russell series affair with good work by leading lady Lois January and Slim Whitaker, Edmund Cobb and Richard Botiller as rustlers.
Arizona Bill see The Road to Fort Alamo
131 Arizona Bound Monogram, 1941. 57 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Jess Bowers (Adele Buffington). With Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Luana Walters, Dennis Moore, Tristram Coffin, Kathryn Sheldon, Gene Alsace, Slim Whitaker, Artie Ortego, I. Stanford Jolley, Horace Murphy, Hal Price, Jack Daly. Three retired U.S. marshals on special assignment each take on different guises as they come to a town to find out who is the leader of a gang of stagecoach robbers. The first of eight films in the “Rough Riders” series and a good kickoff for the popular teaming of Buck Jones, Tim McCoy and Raymond Hatton.
132 Arizona Bushwackers Paramount, 1968. 86 min. Color. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Steve Fisher. With Howard Keel, Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, Marilyn Maxwell, Scott Brady, Brian Donlevy, Barton MacLane, James Craig, Reg Parton, Montie Montana, Eric Cody, Roy Rogers, Jr. During the Civil War a Confederate officer becomes the sheriff of an Arizona town and uncovers a gun runner dealing with local Indians. Well-done A.C. Lyles production highlighted by a top notch veteran cast with narration by James Cagney.
Arizona Colt see The Man from Nowhere
133 Arizona Colt Returns Izaro Films, 1970. 90 min. Color. D: Sergio Martino. SC: Ernesto Gastaldi and Joaquin Romero Hernandez. With Anthony Steffen, Rosalba Neri, Marcella Michelangeli, Aldo Sambrell, Roberto Camardiel, Raffaele [Raf] Baldassarre, Emilio Delle Piane, Gildo Di Marco, Jose Manuel Martin, Florentino Alonso, Silvio Bagolini, Luis Barboo, Enrico Marciani, Brizio Montinaro. An ex-convict and former bounty hunter takes revenge on the gang leader who murdered his sweetheart and his best friend. Average Spaghetti Western with the usual modicum of violence; also called Arizona.
134 The Arizona Cowboy Republic, 1950. 57 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Bradford Ropes. With Rex Allen, Teala Loring, Gordon Jones, Minerva Urecal, James Cardwell, Roy Barcroft, Stanley Andrews, Harry Cheshire, Edmund Cobb, Joseph Crehan, Steve Darrell, Douglas Evans, John Elliott, Chris-Pin Martin, Frank Reicher, George Lloyd, Lane Bradford. After service in World War II, a cowboy becomes the top attraction in a rodeo but bad guys falsely accuse him of being involved in a robbery. Rex Allen’s starring debut is a good one and he became know by the moniker of the film’s title.
135 Arizona Cyclone Universal, 1941. 57 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Sherman Lowe. With Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O’Day, Kathryn Adams, Herbert Rawlinson, Dick Curtis, Buck Moulton, Glenn Strange, Jack Clifford, Kermit Maynard, Frank Ellis, Carl Sepulveda, Chuck Morrison, Robert Strange, The Notables. The driver for a freight line tries to find out who murdered his boss over a telegraph hauling contract. Well done Johnny Mack Brown vehicle shackled by a trio of mediocre songs.
Top: Yvonne De Carlo and Howard Keel in Arizona Bushwhackers (Paramount, 1968). Bottom: Fuzzy Knight, Nell O’Day and Johnny Mack Brown in Arizona Cyclone (Universal, 1941).
136 Arizona Days Syndicate, 1928. 50 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Mack V. Wright. With Bob Custer, Peggy Montgomery, J.P. McGowan, John Lowell Russell, Mack V. Wright, Jack Ponder. A cowboy working for the cattlemen’s association pretends to be an outlaw in order to join a rustling gang and finds a local rancher is doing the same thing. Fairly action filled Bob Custer silent vehicle.
137 Arizona Days Grand National, 1937. 56 min. D: John English. SC: Lindsley Parsons. With Tex Ritter, Eleanor Stewart, Snub Pollard, Ed Cassidy, William Faversham, Forrest Taylor, Glenn Strange, Horace Murphy, Earl Dwire, Budd Buster, Salty Holmes, William Desmond, Al Taylor. A drifter joins a traveling minstrel show which is burned by outlaws and he becomes a tax collector in order to replace the attraction’s equipment and has a showdown with the villain responsible for the fire. Entertaining Tex Ritter outing.
138 Arizona Frontier Monogram, 1940. 55 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Tex Ritter, Arkansas Slim Andrews, Evelyn Finley, Frank LaRue, Tristram Coffin, Gene Alsace, Richard Cramer, James Pierce, Jim Thorpe, Hal Price, Sherry Tansey, Chick Hannon, Art Wilcox and His Arizona Rangers. A government agent is sent to investigate a series of Indian raids and becomes convinced the commander of a local Army post is behind the lawlessness. Filmed in Arizona, this Tex Ritter affair is pretty good with Tex singing “Red River Valley.”
139 Arizona Gang Busters Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), 1940. 57 min. D: Peter Stewart (Sam Newfield). SC: Joseph O’Donnell and William Lively. With Tim McCoy, Pauline Haddon, Lou Fulton, Ted Adams, Forrest Taylor, Otto Reichow, Julian Rivero, Arno Frey, Kenne Duncan, Carl Mathews, Ben Corbett, Frank Ellis, Curley Dresden. A cowboy in Arizona uncovers a Nazi fifth column and sets out to expose the spies. Nicely entertaining, topical Tim McCoy vehicle.
140 Arizona Gunfighter Republic, 1937. 58 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: George Plympton. With Bob Steele, Jean Carmen, Ted Adams, Ernie Adams, Lew Meehan, Steve Clark, John Merton, Karl Hackett, Frank Ball, Sherry Tansey, Jack Kirk, Hal Price, Budd Buster, Horace B. Carpenter, Tex Palmer, Allen Greer, Oscar Gahan. A cowboy is on the trail of the man who murdered his father. Entertaining and well-done with the usual Bob Steele plot motif.
141 The Arizona Kid Davis Distributing, 1928. 50 min. D-SC: Horace B. Carpenter. With Art Acord, Carol Lane, Cliff Lyons, Lynn Sanderson, Bill Conant, George Hollister, Horace B. Carpenter, James Tromp, Al Hoxie, Star (horse), Rex (dog). A U.S. marshal pretends to be a foppish bandit in order to round up a gang that robbed an express shipment and took the guard and his daughter hostage. Fast paced but low grade Art Acord vehicle, one of his last but not one of his best. Re-titled: Pursued.
142 The Arizona Kid Fox, 1930. 90 min. D: Alfred Santell. SC: Ralph Black. With Warner Baxter, Mona Maris, Carol(e) Lombard, Theodore Von Eltz, Arthur Stone, Solidad Jiminez, Walter P. Lewis, Jack Herrick, Wilfred Lucas, Hank Mann, James Gibson, Larry McGrath, De Sacia Mooers. Posing as a romantic Mexican miner, a bandit carries out his illegal activities while pursuing many girls until he falls for a married Eastern woman. Slow moving early talkie in which Warner Baxter carries on his Cisco Kid-like tradition.
143 The Arizona Kid Republic, 1939. 61 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Luci Ward and Gerald Geraghty. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Dorothy Sebastian, Stuart Hamblen, Sally March, David Kerwin, Earl Dwire, Peter Fargo, Fred Burns, Ed Cassidy, Jack Ingram, Ted Mapes, Frank McCarroll, Robert Middlemass, Georgia Simmons, Ben Corbett, Herman Hack, Tom Smith. During the Civil War, Roy and Gabby fight for the South and oppose a guerrilla who is allied with Roy’s pal. Good action sequences and minor songs in this well done film with an effective performance by Stuart Hamblen as a pseudo–Quantrill.
144 The Arizona Legion RKO Radio, 1939. 58 min. D: David Howard. SC: Oliver Drake. With George O’Brien, Lorraine Johnson (Laraine Day), Chill Wills, Carlyle Moore, Jr., Edward Le Saint, Harry Cording, Tom Chatteron, William Royle, Glenn Strange, Monte Montague, Bob Burns, John Dilson, Lafe McKee, Guy Usher, Robert Kortman, Wilfred Lucas, Jim Mason, Art Mix. An undercover agent, at a cavalry post commanded by a former friend who no longer trusts him, is assigned to expose a corrupt official. Highly competent and entertaining George O’Brien opus; remade as Fighting Frontier (q.v.).
145 Arizona Mahoney Paramount, 1936. 61 min. D: James Hogan. SC: Robert Yost and Stuart Anthony. With Joe Cook, Robert Cummings, June Martel, Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Marjorie Gateson, Fred Kohler, John Miljan, Dave Chasen, Irving Bacon, Richard Carle, Billy Lee, Fuzzy Knight, Si Jenks, James P. Burtis, Frank Mayo, Jim Mason, Jack Perrin, Charles Williams, Frank McGlynn, Jr., Tiny Newland, Victor Potel, Anna Demetrio, Charlotte Wyatt, Dot Farley, Jimmy Conlin, James C. Morton, John “Skins” Miller, Chester Gan, Harry Tyler, Spike Spackman, Frank Cordell, Cecil Kellogg, Al Burk, Bill Hurley, Johnny Eckert. An Eastern tenderfoot is falsely accused of being an outlaw but the real crooks proves his innocence. Standard “B” outing from Zane Grey’s Stairs of Sand with an emphasis on comedy, which was first filmed under that title in 1929 by Paramount with Wallace Beery, Jean Arthur, Phillips Holmes and Fred Kohler. Reissue title: Arizona Thunderbolt.
146 Arizona Manhunt Republic, 1951. 60 min. D: Fred C. Brannon. SC: William Lively. With Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen, James Bell, Lucille Barkley, Roy Barcroft, John Baer, Harry Harvey, Stuart Randall, Ted Cooper, Hazel Shaw, Herman Hack, Foxy Callahan. Two youngsters aid an old sheriff and his deputy in defeating a gang of outlaws. Mediocre entry in the “Rough Ridin’ Kids” series not helped much by the Republic sheen.
Arizona Mission see Gun the Man Down
147 Arizona Raiders Paramount, 1936. 54 min. D: James Hogan. SC: Robert Yost and John Krafft. With Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Marsha Hunt, Raymond Hatton, Jane Rhodes, Grant Withers, Johnny Downs, Don Rowan, Arthur Aylesworth, Richard Carle, Herbert Heywood, Petra Silva, Augie Gomez, Ken Cooper, James P. Burtis, Spike Spackman. A gunman sides with settlers who are being terrorized by a gang of outlaws in early Arizona. Fair “B” action film based on Zane Grey’s Raiders of Spanish Peaks. Reissued as Bad Men of Arizona.
148 Arizona Raiders Columbia, 1965. 88 min. Color. D: William Witney. SC: Alex Gottlieb, Mary Willingham and Willard Willingham. With Audie Murphy, Michael Dante, Ben Cooper, Buster Crabbe, Gloria Talbott, Ray Stricklyn, Read Morgan, George Keymas, Willard Willingham, Fred Graham. After the Civil War a former member of Quantrill’s Raiders joins the newly formed Arizona Rangers in hunting down his former cohorts who have been raiding area settlements. Better-than-average Audie Murphy vehicle not hurt by William Witney’s direction or a good supporting cast, including Buster Crabbe.
149 The Arizona Ranger RKO Radio, 1948. 63 min. D: John Rawlins. SC: Norman Houston. With Tim Holt, Jack Holt, Nan Leslie, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie, Paul Hurst, Robert Bray, Jim Nolan, Richard Benedict, William Phipps, Harry Harvey. Two new rangers join forces with an old-time lawman in taking on an outlaw gang. Typically good Tim Holt outing enhanced by his father, Jack Holt, as the veteran ranger.
150 Arizona Roundup Monogram, 1942. 56 min. D: Robert Emmett Tansey. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey) and Frances Kavanaugh. With Tom Keene, Hope Blackwood, Frank Yaconelli, Sugar Dawn, Jack Ingram, Steve Clark, Nick Moro, Tom Seidel, Hal Price, I. Stanford Jolley, Ed Cassidy, Tex Palmer, Gene Alsace, Fred Hoose, Horace B. Carpenter, James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey. A federal agent goes to work for a rancher selling wild horses to the government and tries to break up a combine formed by two crooks. Okay Tom Keene vehicle.
151 Arizona Stage Coach Monogram, 1942. 58 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: Arthur Hoerl. With Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhune, Nell O’Day, Kermit Maynard, Charles King, Carl Mathews, Slim Whitaker, Steve Clark, Frank Ellis, Roy Harris, Jack Ingram, Stanley Price, Forrest Taylor, Richard Cramer, Eddie Dean, Slim Harkey, Jimmy Aubrey, Milburn Morante, Denver Dixon, Herman Hack. The Range Busters try to help a man wrongly accused of murder by hunting for the real killer. Action filled entry in the “Range Busters” series (the last with the trio of Corrigan, King and Terhune) but it is hurt by too much stock footage and forced comedy.
152 Arizona Territory Monogram, 1950. 56 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Adele Buffington. With Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Nancy Saunders, Dennis Moore, John Merton, Carl Mathews, Ted Adams, Carol Henry, Bud Osborne, Frank Austin. A lawman is after counterfeiters who are transferring fake currency to merchants in the East. Average Whip Wilson vehicle.
153 The Arizona Terror Tiffany, 1931. 64 min. D: Phil Rosen. SC: John Francis (Jack) Natteford. With Ken Maynard, Lina Basquette, Hooper Atchley, Nena Quartaro, Michael Visaroff, Murdock MacQuarrie, Charles King, Tom London, Edmund Cobb, Fred Burns, Jack Rockwell, Jim Corey. Falsely accused of murder, a man is saved by a rancher and his daughter and he soon becomes aware of a plot to take over his benefactor’s land. Nicely done early sound feature, fast paced with scenic locations and Michael Visaroff is effective as a good-badman character.
154 Arizona Terrors Republic, 1942. 56 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Doris Schroeder and Taylor Cavan. With Don “Red” Barry, Lynn Merrick, Al St. John, Reed Hadley, Rex Lease, John Maxwell, Frank Brownlee, Lee Shumway, Tom London, John Merton, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Curley Dresden, Herman Hack, Kermit Maynard, Bud Osborne, Jack Kirk. Two cowboys come to the aid of ranchers who are being terrorized and heavily taxed by a tyrant who claims the land they have settled belongs to him via a Spanish land grant. The old saw about an ancient land grant is given fresh air here and the end result is lots of fast action. Remake of The Night Riders (1939) [q.v.].
Arizona Thunderbolt see Arizona Mahoney
155 Arizona Trail Universal, 1943. 57 min. D: Vernon Keays. SC: William Lively. With Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Dennis Moore, Janet Shaw, Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys, Jack Ingram, Erville Alderson, Joseph Greene, Glenn Strange, Dan White, Art Fowler, Roy Brent, George Gray, William Yip, Ray Jones, Bill Wolfe. A young man returns home to find his dad battling land-grabbers and he joins in the fight. Fairly well done Tex Ritter vehicle.
156 Arizona Trails Superior Talking Pictures, 1935. 56 min. D: Al James (Victor Adamson/Denver Dixon). SC: Tom Camden. With Bill Patton, Edna Aslin, Ed Carey, Tom Camden, Wallace Pindell, Delmar Costello, Herman Hack, Fred Parker, Ernest Scott, Frank Ball, Denver Dixon. A cowboy comes to the aid of a young man accused of murdering a gambler to whom he owed debts. Sub-par Victor Adamson production; a useless attempt to bring Bill Patton back to stardom.
157 Arizona Whirlwind Monogram, 1944. 59 min. D: Robert Tansey. SC: Frances Kavanaugh. With Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Myrna Dell, Ian Keith, Donald Stewart, Charles King, Karl Hackett, George Chesebro, Dan White, Frank Ellis, Charles Soldani, Charley Murray, Jr. A trio of U.S. marshals come to a small town to combat a crooked banker who his behind a diamond smuggling ring. Nicely done “Trail Blazers” feature with lots of action and good humor; Ken Maynard’s last film in the series.
158 The Arizona Wildcat 20th Century–Fox, 1939. D: Herbert I. Leeds. SC: Barry Trivers and Jerry Cady. With Jane Withers, Leo Carrillo, Pauline Moore, Henry Wilcoxon, William Henry, Douglas Fowley, Ethienne Girardot, Harry Woods, Russell Simpson, Lew Kelly, Rosita Harlan, Bruce Mitchell, Arthur Loft, Chris-Pin Martin, Julian Rivero, Fred Malatesta, Charles Stevens, Bob McKenzie, Art Dupuis, Buck Moulton, Donald Haines, Jack Baxley, Ed Brady, Neal Hart, Russ Powell, Anne Schaefer, Stub Musselman, George Ovey. After he is falsely accused of a crime, a former bandit is helped by his adopted daughter in exposing a crooked sheriff and an outlaw gang. Another venture out West with Jane Withers and strictly for her fans.
159 The Arizonian RKO Radio, 1935. 75 min. D: Charles Vidor. SC: Dudley Nichols. With Richard Dix, Margot Grahame, Preston Foster, Louis Calhern, James Bush, Ray Mayer, Francis Ford, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joseph Sawyer, Edward Van Sloan, Robert Kortman, Ted Oliver, Willie Best, Etta McDaniel, Jim Thorpe, Hank Bell. An honest lawman tries to protect his brother and his girl friend by cleaning up a small town run by a crook. Very entertaining Richard Dix vehicle and one of the best “A” budget Westerns of the 1930s.
160 Arkansas Judge Republic, 1941. 72 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Dorrell McGowan and Stuart McGowan. With The Weaver Brothers and Elviry, Roy Rogers, Pauline Moore, Spring Byington, Frank M. Thomas, Veda Ann Borg, Monte Blue, Eily Malyon, Loretta Weaver, Minerva Urecal, Harrison Greene, Frank Darien, Russell Hicks, Edwin Stanley. A working woman is accused of a crime actually committed by the daughter of a judge, the man who wrongly blamed her. Vehicle for the corn comedy and music of The Weaver Brothers and Elviry, with Roy Rogers along for bait; humorous.
161 Arkansas Swing Columbia, 1948. 63 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Barry Shipman. With Gloria Henry, The Hoosier Hotshots (Charles “Gabe” Ward, Ken Trietsch, Paul “Hezzie’ Trietsch, Gil Taylor), Stuart Hart, Mary Eleanor (Elinor) Donahue, June Vincent, Dorothy Porter, Douglas Fowley, Syd Saylor, Eddy Waller, Pierre Watkin, Dick Elliott, Cottonseed Clark, The Texas Rangers (Robert “Captain Bob” Crawford, Edward “Tookie” Cronenbold, Francis “Irish” Mahaney, Roderick “Dave” May). A small girl enlists the aid of The Hoosier Hotshots in helping her conceal a prize race horse from a grasping feed store owner and a rich socialite who owns a rival steed. Average hokum Columbia “B” musical. Also called Texas Sandman.
162 Armed and Dangerous: Time and Heroes of Bret Harte Gorky Film, 1977. 99 min. Color. D: Vladimir Vaynshtok. SC: Vladimir (Vaynshtok) Vladimirov and Pavel Finn. With Donalas Banionis, Mircea Verolu, Lyudmila Senchina, Leonid Bronevoy, Lev Durov, Algimantas Masiulis, Sergei Martinson, Maria Ploae, Oleg Zhakov, Vesvolod Abdulov, Talgat Nigmatulin, Dimtrie Craciun, Ferenc Bencze, Grigori Lyampe, Jan Schanilec. In the late 1880s a homesteader discovers oil on his land with the local banker blackmailing his wife and former mistress in an attempt to get the property. Posh Soviet production, based on Bret Harte’s novel Gabriel Conroy, that is deluged with left wing propaganda. Filmed as Vooruzhyon I Ochen Opasen.
163 El Arracadas (The Pendants). Cima Films, 1978. 110 min. Color. D: Alberto Mariscal. SC: Adolfo Torres Portillo. With Vicente Fernandez, Fernando Almada, Roberto Canedo, Patricia Rivera, Mario Almada, Raquel Olmedo, Maria Teresa Alvarez, Umberto Elizondo, Wanda Seux, Alfredo Gutierrez, Pedro Munoz, Patricia Maldonado, Luis de Alba, Alejandro Fernandez, Arturo Martinez, Jr. A gunman sets out to find the man who murdered his father. Violent Mexican revenge oater.
164 Arriba las Manos Texano (Hands Up, Texan) Estudios America, 1969. 85 min. Color. D: Alfredo B. Crevenna. SC: Alfredo Ruanova and Alfonso Morones A. With Rodolfo de Anda, Ofelia Montesco, Eric del Castillo, David Silva, Rosa Maria Gallardo, Cynthia Mandan, Juan Gallardo, Quintin Bulnes, Alfonso Mejia, Bruno Rey, Ricardo Munoz, Jose Luis Caro, Juan Garza, Carlos Suarez, Jesus Gomez, Victor Jordan, Raul Montoya. A cowboy teams with a gunman to stop a ruthless man and his gang from forcing ranchers to sell out cheap so they can get control of the area. Nicely done Mexican Western.
165 Arrow in the Dust Allied Artists, 1954. 80 min. Color. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Don Martin. With Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen, Tom Tully, Lee Van Cleef, Tudor Owen, Jimmy Wakely, John Pickard, Carleton Young, Iron Eyes Cody. A cavalry soldier deserts his unit and comes across a dying officer and assumes his identity which he later uses to take command of a wagon train under siege by Indians. Rather well done action drama with good direction by Lesley Selander; Jimmy Wakely sings “The Weary Stranger.”
166 Arrowhead Paramount, 1953. 105 min. Color. D-SC: Charles Marquis Warren. With Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado, Brian Keith, Mary Sinclair, Milburn Stone, Richard Shannon, Lewis Martin, Frank De Kova, Robert Wilke, Peter Coe, John Pickard, Pat Hogan, Mike Ragan, Chick Hannon, James Burke. In the Southwest a cavalry officer and the chief of the Tonto Apaches are at odds when the Indians refuse to sign a peace treaty and the soldier is ordered to consummate such a signing. Fairly entertaining feature greatly aided by the work of Charlton Heston and Jack Palance in the lead roles.
As I Rode Down to Laredo see Return of the Gunfighter
167 El Asesino Enmascarado (The Masked Assassin). Producciones Sotomayer, 1961. 86 min. D: Manuel Munoz. SC: Manuel Munoz and Jose Maria Fernandez Usain. With Miguel Aceves Mejia, Ana Bertha Lepe, Joaquin Cordero, Lilia Pardo, Eduardo Noriega, Arturo Martinez, Luis Aragon, Ramon Bugarini, Armando Velazco, El Enano Santanon, Jose Chavez, Lupe Carriles, Chel Lopez. In a lawless area where the locals are being victimized, a masked man emerges to defend the innocent. Average Mexican Western with the usual masked hero; sequel to Asesinos de la Lucha Libre (Assassins of the Wrestlers), also released in 1961 and starring Miguel Aceves, Joaquin Cordero and Lilia Pardo.
168 Los Asesinos (The Assassins). Filmica Vergara, 1968. 85 min. Color. D: Jaime Salvador. SC: Federico Curiel and Ramon Obon. With Nick Adams, Regina Torne, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Elsa Cardenas, Amadee Chabot, Carlos East, Chuck Anderson, Pancho Cordova, Juan Gallardo, Manuel Donde, Jose Eduardo Perez, Raul Perez, Prieto, Alfonso Mungula, Tito Novaro, Guillermo Ayala, Ali Junco, Roberto Iglesias, Queta Carrasco, Juan Garza, Rene Barrera, Jose Dupeyron, Ignacio Ballalvan, Ernesto Juarez, Carlos Ortigoza. Two bandits with a deep distrust of each other vie for control of a small border town. Mexican Western produced by Luis Enrique Vergara and mainly of interest because it was Nick Adams’ final film.
169 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Warner Bros., 2007. 160 min. Color. D-SC: Andrew Dominik. With Brad Pitt, Mary-Louise Parker, Brooklynn Prouix, Dustin Bollinger, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Jeremy Renner, Sam Shepard, Michael Parks, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Schneider, Joel McNichol, James DeFelice, J.C. Roberts, Darrell Orydzuk, Jonathan Erich Drachenberg, Torben S. Hansen, Alison Elliott, Lauren Calvert, Kailin See, Tom Aldredge, Jesse Frechette, Pat Healy, Ted Levine, Joel Duncan, James Carville, Stephanie Wahlstrom, Adam Arlukiewicz, Ian Ferrier, Michael Rogers, Calvin Blid, Sarah Lind, Nick Cave, Matthew Walker, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Copeman, Laryssa Yanchak, Hugh Ross, Myrna Vallance, Doug Christian, Sarah Murphy-Dyson, Barb Mitchell. Although he idolizes Jesse James, young Bob Ford plans to kill him for a reward and public recognition. Fair screen adaptation of Ron Hansen’s novel.
170 At Gunpoint Allied Artists, 1955. 81 min. Color. D: Alfred Werker. SC: Daniel B. Ullman. With Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone, Walter Brennan, Tommy Rettig, Skip Homeier, John Qualen, Harry Shannon, Whit Bissell, Irving Bacon, Jack Lambert, Frank Ferguson, James Anderson, John Pickard, Charles Morton, Anabel Shaw, Rick Vallin, Kim Charney, Mimi Gibson, James Griffith, Harry Lauter, Byron Foulger, Keith Richards, Lyle Latell, Barbara Woodell, Gertrude Astor, Harry Strang, Stephen Wootten, James Lilburn. A businessman is forced to kill a robber and finds himself deserted by his friends and aided only by his pretty wife when the dead man’s brother vows revenge against him. Tame take-off of Nigh Noon (q.v.) with a good cast.
171 Audaz y Bravero (Bold and Wild). Cinematografica Jalisco, S.A., 1965. 85 min. D: Alfonso Corona Blake. SC: Eduardo Gazon, Alfredo Corona Blake and Jesus Murcielago Velazquez. With Luis Aguilar, Lilia Pardo, Ofelia Montesco, Dagoberto Rodriguez, Noe Murayama, Arturo Martinez, Mario Chavez, Agustin Isunza, Guillero Merrara, Armando Gutierrez, Emilio Garibay, Sergio Barrios, Jose Alfredo Jiminez. A wealthy rancher loses his fiancee when another man spirits her away on their wedding day. Solid Mexican Western.
172 The Aurora Encounter New World, 1986. 90 min. Color. D: Jim McCullough, Sr. SC: Jim McCullough, Jr. With Jack Elam, Peter Brown, Carol Bagdararian, Dottie West, Spanky McFarland, Charles B. Pierce, Mickey Hays, Will Mitchell, Mindy Smith, Carly McCullough, Tracy Kuehert, Paula Barrett, Foster Litton, Kaye Winters, Lois Lane, Ann Hazlett, Don Pirl, Cyrus Thiebeault, Rick Phiffer, Big Charles Gibbons. Evil aliens take over a Western town and a newspaperwoman tries to write an expose of the invasion. Cheap Texas made sci-fi Western.
173 The Avenger Awyon, 1924. 50 min. D: Charles R. Seeling. With Guinn Williams, Kathleen Collins, Fred Maletesta. A cowboy tries to prove to his girl that her other suitor, a real estate agent, is a crook. Low grade poverty row affair for fans of Guinn “Big Boy” Williams.
174 The Avenger Columbia, 1931. 65 min. D: Roy William Neill. SC: George Morgan and Jack Townley. With Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier, Ed Peil, Sr., Otto Hoffman, Sidney Bracey, Edward Hearn, Walter Percival, Paul Fix, Frank Ellis, Al Taylor, Slim Whitaker, Blackjack Ward. Taking on the guise of a Mexican bandit, a man plans to take revenge on the gang who murdered his family. Buck Jones’ sixth sound film is a fine one with a south of the border setting and the star is very good in his Mexican disguise. Remade as Vengeance of the West (q.v.).
175 The Avenger B.R.C./Estela Films, 1966. 92 min. Color. D: Ferdinando Baldi. SC: Franco Rossetti and Ferdinando Baldi. With Franco Nero, Cole Kitosch, Elisa Montes, Hugo Blanco, Alberto Dell’Acqua (Robert Widmark), Livio Lorenzon, Jose Suarez, Luigi Pistilli, Antonella Murgia, Jose Guardiola. Trying to avenge the murder of his father, a man finds out the killer is the father of his younger half-brother. Fair Italian horse opera, a bit on the slow side. Released in Italy as Texas, Addio (Goodbye Texas).
176 The Avengers Republic, 1950. 90 min. D: John Auer. SC: Lawrence Kimble and Aeneas MacKenzie. With John Carroll, Adele Mara, Mona Maris, Roberto Airaldi, Jorge Villoldo, Vivian Bay, Fernando Lamas, Vincent Padula, Cecile Lezard, Juan Olaguivel, Andre LeBlanc. When settlers are attacked by bandits in South America, the heroic Don Careless rides to their rescue and avenges the murder of his father. Okay South American “Western” based on the novel Don Careless by Rex Beach.
177 The Avenging Comworld Pictures, 1981. 91 min. Color. D-SC: Lyman Dayton. With Michael Horse, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Matt Stetson, Sherry Hursey, Taylor Lacher, Joseph Running Fox, Cam Clarke, Brenda Venus, Dan August, Dorothy Romero. A well-educated half-breed finds himself the victim of racial persecution and accused of horse stealing. Passable melodrama with good work by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
178 Avenging Angel Hallmark Channel, 2007. 81 min. Color. D: David S. Cass, Sr. SC: William Sims Myers. With Kevin Sorbo, Nick Chinlund, Cynthia Watros, Richard Lee Jackson, Lorin McCraley, Wings Hauser, Joey King, Jim Haynie, Jack Riley, Sam Sorbo, Willow Geer, Dennis Fitzgerald, Tom O’Keefe, Brandon Parrish, Van Epperson, David Wells, Earl H. Bullock, Bobbi Stamm, Fred Cross, David Atkinson, Tom Carey, Tim Trobec, Brad Carter, Todd Royal, Dave Rowden, Rachel Abendroth. After losing his family to a land baron, a preacher becomes a gunfighter and eventually comes to the aid of a religious group being evicted from their land by a crooked lawman. Average TV Western.
179 The Avenging Rider RKO Radio, 1943. 55 min. D: Sam Nelson. SC: Harry O. Hoyt. With Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Ann Summers, Davison Clark, Norman Willis, Karl Hackett, Earle Hodgins, Ed Cassidy, Kenne Duncan, Bud Osborne, Robert Kortman, Guy Usher, Lloyd Ingraham, David Sharpe. A man wants to clear himself and his buddy of the murder of his partner in a gold mine. Good Tim Holt vehicle enhanced by sidekick support from Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards.
180 Avenging Waters Columbia, 1936. 56 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Nate Gatzert. With Ken Maynard, Beth Marion, John Elliott, Zella Russell, Ward Bond, Wally Wales, Tom London, Edmund Cobb, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Glenn Strange, Edward Hearn, Buck Moulton, Cactus Mack. A cowboy leads a cattle herd to be sold to a rancher and runs into a range feud over fencing rights. Pretty good Ken Maynard action entry, slightly marred by mediocre processing shots involving the climactic flood.
181 Aventuras de las Hermanas X (Adventures of the Sisters X) Estudios America, 1963. 87 min. D: Federico Curiel. SC: Federico Curiel and Alfredo Ruanova. With Kitty de Hoyos, Dacia Gonzalez, Dagoberto Rodriguez, Rene Cardona, Jose Chavez, Rafael Bertrand, Pancho Cordoba, Santanon, Roberto Ramirez Garza, Mario Alberto Rodriguez, Celia Viveros, Antonio Raxel, Agustin Fernandez. A dozen years after their parents are murdered, a traveling entertainer and her sister seek the killer. The first of a quartet of exciting female avenger features starring Kitty de Hoyos and Dacia Gonzalez, followed by Las Vengadoras Enmascaradas, Las Hijas del Zorro and Las Invencibles (qq.v.).
182 The Awakening Land NBC-TV, 1978. 111 min. Color. D: Boris Sagal. SC: James Lee Barrett and Liam O’Brien. With Elizabeth Montgomery, Hal Holbrook, Jane Seymour, Steven Keats, Louise Latham, Tony Mockus, Derin Atay, Michelle Stacy, Barney McFadden, W.H. Macy, Jeanette Nolan, James D. O’Reilly, Charles Tyner, Dorrie Kavanaugh, Bert Remsen, Sandra Wheeler, Art Kassul, Louis Plante, George Holcomb, Charles Gowan, Sean Frye, Johnny Timko, Pia Romans, Theresa Landreth, Dennis Dimster, Tracy Kieronomos, Katy Kurtzman, Bryne Piven, Devon Ericson, Martin Scanlan, Jane Alderman, Julie Briggs, Bernie Kuby, Bill Neal, Paul Swanson, Joan Tompkins, George Womack, Robert Padilla, Ann Eggert, John Kirk, Allen Hamilton, Oseley Cole. The life and times of a frontier woman in the Ohio Territory in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Sprawling three-part TV drama from the novels by Conrad Richter.
Awkward Hands see Manos Torpes
183 Back in the Saddle Republic, 1941. 73 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Richard Murphy and Jesse Lasky, Jr. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee, Edward Norris, Jacqueline Wells (Julie Bishop), Addison Richards, Arthur Loft, Edmund Cobb, Reed Howes, Stanley Blystone, Curley Dresden, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Frank Ellis, Jack O’Shea, Herman Hack, Bob Burns, Frankie Marvin, Bill Nestell, Art Dillard, Jess Cavin, John Indrisano, Bob Woodward, Bob Card, Jack C. Smith, Roy Bucko, Jack Montgomery. A cowpoke inherits a ranch and finds it is rich in copper, causing a local boom, but crooks are soon after the property. Fair Gene Autry outing with a heavy emphasis on songs.
184 Back to God’s Country Canadian Photoplays/First National, 1919. 60 min. D: David M. Hartford. SC: James Oliver Curwood. With Nell Shipman, Wheeler Oakman, Wellington Palyter, Ralph Laidlaw, Charles Arling. A husky dog comes to the aid of a young woman chased by lecherous crooks. Interesting silent adaptation of James Oliver Curwood’s story “Wapi the Walrus” with especially good photography and scenery; filmed in northern Canada.
185 Back to God’s Country Universal-International, 1953. 78 min. Color. D: Joseph Pevney. SC: Tom Reed. With Rock Hudson, Steve Cochran, Marcia Henderson, Hugh O’Brian, Chubby Johnson, Tudor Owen, John Cliff, Bill Radovich, Arthur Space, Pat Hogan. Carrying a cargo of valuable furs, a sea captain and his wife land in a remote Canadian harbor where a trader plots to steal the pelts, murder the seaman and take the woman. Color and the villainy of Steve Cochran greatly help this adaptation of James Oliver Curwood’s story.
186 The Back Trail Universal, 1924. 47 min. D: Clifford Smith. SC: Isadore Bernstein. With Jack Hoxie, Eugenia Gilbert, Claude Payton, Alton Stone (Al Hoxie), William Lester, William McCall, Buck Connors, Pat Harmon. After losing his memory in the war, a man is told he has a criminal past and is blackmailed into breaking his father’s will, harming the foster sister he loves, but he is aided by a ubiquitous tramp. Average Jack Hoxie silent feature from a story by Walt Coburn.
187 Back Trail Monogram, 1948. 54 min. D: Christy Cabanne. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Mildred Coles, Ted Adams, Pierce Lyden, Jimmy Horne, Jr., Snub Pollard, Marshall Reed, Bob Woodward, Carol Henry, George Morrell. A saloon owner is blackmailing a banker for a crime he did not commit and the victim asks for help from a State Protective League special investigator. Average.
188 Backfire Aywon, 1922. 50 min. D-SC: Alvin J. Neitz (Alan James). With Jack Hoxie, Florence Gilbert, George Sowards, Lew Meehan, William Lester, William Gould, Bert Rollins, Nellie Anderson, Poke Williams. A cowboy and his pal are framed for the murder of a Wells Fargo agent during a holdup, the crime being committed by a gang headed by a corrupt ranch foreman. Jack Hoxie action silent feature that will please his fans.
189 Backlash Universal-International, 1956. 84 min. Color. D: John Sturges. SC: Borden Chase. With Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell, John McIntire, Barton MacLane, Edward Platt, Harry Morgan, Robert Wilke, Reg Parton, Robert Foulk, Roy Roberts, Rex Lease, Glenn Strange, I. Stanford Jolley, Kermit Maynard, Jack Lambert, Gregg Barton, Fred Graham, Phil Chambers, Frank Chase. After five men die in an Indian attack, a survivor is hunted by a posse because they think he escaped with a fortune in gold. Entertaining affair done in the typically good John Sturges fashion.
190 Backtrack Universal, 1969. 97 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy. SC: Borden Chase. With James Drury, Neville Brand, Doug McClure, Rhonda Fleming, Ida Lupino, Fernando Lamas, Peter Brown, William Smith, Philip Carey, Royal Dano, Gary Clarke, Randy Boone, L.Q. Jones, Carol Byron, Ross Elliott, Hal Baylor, George Savalas, Alberto Morin, Ruben Moreno, Teresa Terry, Pricilla Garcia. On the way to Mexico to get a prize bull four Texas Rangers get involved with bandits. Tacky compilation of episodes of “The Virginian” and “Laredo” television series and issued theatrically.
191 Bad Bascomb Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946. 112 min. D: S. Sylvan Simon. SC: William Lipman and Grant Garrett. With Wallace Beery, Margaret O’Brien, Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish, Frances Rafferty, Marshall Thompson, Russell Simpson, Warner Anderson, Donald Curtis, Connie Gilchrist, Sara Haden, Renie Riano, Henry O’Neill, Frank Darien, Jane Green, Stanley Andrews, Joseph Crehan, Arthur Space, Eddie Acuff, John Gallaudet, Wally Cassell, Clyde Fillmore. Two bandits take refuge with a group of Mormons and one pays them back by stealing their money while the other remains to aid them during an Indian raid. Fans of Wallace Beery, Margaret O’Brien and Marjorie Main will go for this one.
192 Bad Company Paramount, 1972. 93 min. Color. D: Robert Benton. SC: David Newman and Robert Benton. With Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston, John Savage, Jerry Houser, Damon Cofer, Geoffrey Lewis, Ed Lauter, John Quade, Jean Allison, Charles Tyner, Claudia Bryar, Todd Martin. Two young draft dodgers head West on a robbery spree and are hounded by a relentless lawman during the Civil War. Underrated Western greatly helped by a fine cast, especially Jim Davis as the sheriff.
193 Bad Day at Black Rock Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955. 81 min. Color. D: John Sturges. SC: Millard Kaufman and Don McGuire. With Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, Walter Sande. A one-armed man arrives in a small Western town and uncovers a secret that upsets the locals. Excellent modern-day Western, well made, acted and directed.
194 Bad Girls 20th Century–Fox, 1994. 99 min. Color. D: Jonathan Kaplan. SC: Ken Friedman and Yolande Finch. With Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore, James Russo, James LeGros, Robert Loggia, Dermot Mulroney, Jim Beaver, Nick Chinlund, Neil Summers, Daniel O’Haco, Richard Reeves, Alex Kubik, Will MacMillen, Harry Northrup, Don Hood, Donald L. Montoya, Zoaunne LeRoy, Jimmy Lewis, Jr., Millie Weddles, Vince Davis, Blue Deckert, Robert Boyce, Nick Hagler, Mark Feitch, Max Bode, Morgan Blanchard, Cooper Huckabee, Richard Robbins, Beulah Quo, Rick Lundin, Mark Carlton, Amber Leigh, Chuck Bennett, R.C. Bates. Four hookers head for Colorado after a shooting to start new lives but one is hounded by a lawman from her past. Not very interesting.
195 Bad Jim 21st Century Film Corporation, 1990. 90 min. Color. D-SC: Clyde Ware. With James Brolin, Richard Roundtree, John Clark Gable, Harry Carey, Jr., Rory Calhoun, Ty Hardin, Pepe Serna, Bruce Kirby, Joe George, Suzanne Wouk, Pierette Grace, Scotty Wrght, Teresa Van der Woude, Tonya Townsend, Humberto Ortiz, William J. Ware. Three none-too-bright cowpokes decide to become outlaws and after pulling off a bank heist they find they are wanted men. Only fair, with its main interest being it co-starred Clark Gable’s son, John Clark Gable.
196 Bad Lands RKO Radio, 1939. 70 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Clarence Upson Young. With Robert Barrat, Noah Beery, Jr., Guinn Williams, Robert Coote, Douglas Walton, Andy Clyde, Addison Richards, Paul Hurst, Francis Ford, Francis McDonald, Jack (John) Payne. An Army officer leads his men into the desert in pursuit of renegade Indians and the soldiers get picked off, one by one. Modest but entertaining “B” drama, showing Lew Landers was not a hack director. Western remake of The Lost Patrol (RKO Radio, 1934) with Douglas Walton in both versions but in different roles.
197 The Bad Man First National, 1930. 90 min. D: Clarence Badger. SC: Howard Estabrook. With Walter Huston, Dorothy Revier, James Rennie, O.P. Heggie, Sidney Blackmer, Marion Byron, Guinn Williams, Arthur Stone, Edward Lynch, Harry Semels, Erville Alderson, Myrna Loy. Because he once saved his life, a Mexican bandit comes to the aid of a man about to lose his ranch. Early talkie mainly of interest to Walter Huston fans. First filmed in 1923 by Associated First National with Jack Mulhall, Holbrook Blinn and Enid Bennett.
198 The Bad Man Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1941. 70 min. D: Richard Thorpe. SC: Wells Root. With Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, Chris-Pin Martin, Tom Conway, Chill Wills, Nydia Westman, Charles Stevens, Artie Ortego, Joe Dominguez, Daniel Rea. An elderly rancher is forced to depend on an old friend, a bandit with a price on his head, to help him save his land from crooks. Third screen version of Porter Emerson Browne’s play is basically a vehicle for the delightful hamming of Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore.
Bad Man from Big Bend see Swing, Cowboy, Swing
199 Bad Man from Red Butte Universal, 1940. 58 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Sam Robins. With Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Bob Baker, Anne Gwynne, Lloyd Ingraham, Lafe McKee, Bill Cody, Jr., Roy Barcroft, Norman Willis, Earle Hodgins, Myrna McKinney, Art Mix, Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys. Arriving in a small Western town, a cowboy is mistaken for his killer twin. Average Johnny Mack Brown oater.
200 The Bad Man of Brimstone Metro-Goldwn-Mayer, 1937. 89 min. D. J. Walter Reuben. SC: Maurice Rapf and J. Walter Reuben. With Wallace Beery, Virginia Bruce, Dennis O’Keefe, Joseph Calleia, Lewis Stone, Guy Kibbee, Bruce Cabot, Guinn Williams, Cliff Edwards, Noah Beery, Charley Grapewin, Arthur Hohl, John Qualen, Robert Barrat, Raymond Hatton, Art Mix, John Wray, Virginia Brissac, Stanley Andrews, Eddy Waller, Robert Glecker, Jules Cowles, John T. Murray, George Regas, Olin Howland, Frank Hagney, E. Allyn Warren, Spencer Charters, Mitchell Lewis, Robert Middlemass, Harry Wilson, Larry McGrath, Bob Perry, Sidney Jarvis. When an old-time outlaw learns a young man is his son, it completely changes his life. Sentimental fare for Wallace Beery fans.
201 Bad Man of Deadwood Republic, 1941. 61 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Joseph R. Webb. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Carol Adams, Sally Payne, Henry Brandon, Herbert Rawlinson, Hal Taliaferro, Jay Novello, Monte Blue, Horace Murphy, Ralf Harolde, Jack Kirk, Yakima Canutt, Curley Dresden, Fred Burns, Lynton Brent, Lloyd Ingraham, George Lloyd, Robert Frazer, Archie Twitchell, Karl Hackett, Harry Harvey, Eddie Acuff, Tom London, Jack Rockwell, Ernie Adams, Jack O’Shea, George Morrell, Wally West, Bob Woodward, Horace B. Carpenter, Harrison Greene. In an attempt to turn his back on a lawless past, a young man joins a medicine show as a sharpshooter and becomes allied with citizens opposed to businessmen who are terrorizing them in order to thwart competition. Very good Roy Rogers vehicle with a fine supporting cast of familiar faces.
Bad Man of Harlem see Harlem on the Prairie
202 Bad Man’s River Scotia International, 1972. 89 min. Color. D: Eugenio (Gene) Martin. SC: Eugenio Martin and Philip Yordan. With Lee Van Cleef, Gina Lollobrigida, James Mason, Simon Andrev, Eduardo Fajardo, Diana Lorys, Gianni Garko, Jose Manuel Martin, Aldo Sambrell, Daniel Martin, Barta Barri. In 1905 an outlaw gang his hired by a Mexican revolutionary leader to blow up a safe but the crooks get involved with a beautiful woman and a double-cross. This Spanish-Italian-French co-production does not know whether to be a Western or a comedy and it fails miserably at both. Filmed in Spain as El Hombre del Rio Malo (The Man of the Bad River). Alternate video title: Hunt the Man Down.
Bad Men of Arizona see Arizona Raiders (1938)
203 Bad Men of Missouri Warner Bros., 1941. 71 min. D: Ray Enright. SC: Charles Grayson. With Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Wayne Morris, Arthur Kennedy, Victor Jory, Alan Baxter, Walter Catlett, Howard Da Silva, Faye Emerson, Russell Simpson, Virginia Brissac, Erville Alderson, Hugh Sothern, Sam McDaniel, Dorothy Vaughn, William Gould, Ann Todd, Roscoe Ates, Robert Winkler, Duncan Renaldo, Tom Tyler, Creighton Hale, Charless Middleton, Frank Mayo, Arthur Loft, Paul Panzer, Wade Boteler, Trevor Bardette, Stuart Holmes, Bud Osborne, Frank Wilcox, Spencer Charters, Jack Mower, Eddie Acuff, Eddy Waller, Herbert Heywood, Dix Davis, Sonny Bupp, Art Miles, Dutch Hendrian, Howard Mitchell, Leah Baird, Arthur Aylesworth, Joel Friedkin, Glen Cavender, Ray Teal, Bob Perry, Milton Kibbee, Vera Lewis, Ed Stanley, Henry Blair, Jack Carr, Tom Wilson. The story of the Younger Brothers and how they were pushed into a life of crime by carpetbaggers in Missouri after the Civil War. Entertaining but complete fiction.
204 Bad Men of the Border Universal, 1945. 56 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Adele Buffington. With Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight, Armida, John Eldredge, Barbara Sears, Francis McDonald, Soledad Jiminez, Edward Howard, Edmund Cobb, Pierce Lyden, Gene (Roth) Stutenroth, Roy Brent, Glenn Strange, Ethan Laidlaw, Charles Stevens. A U.S. marshal masquerading as an outlaw and a female Mexican agent investigating a counterfeit ring join forces to bring in the crooks. If one can overlook the implausible plot, Kirby Grant’s initial series vehicle for Universal is acceptable entertainment.