205  Bad Men of the Hills  Columbia, 1942. 58 min. D: William Berke. SC: Luci Ward. With Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Cliff Edwards, Luana Walters, Alan Bridge, Guy Usher, Joel Friedkin, Norman Jean Wooters, John Shay, Richard Botiller, Art Mix, Jack Ingram, Ben Corbett, Carl Sepulveda, Frank Ellis, John Cason, Steve Clark, Budd Buster, Ray Jones. Crooks try to murder a man investigating the killing of a marshal but he is befriended by the citizens of a lawless town who are really ranchers opposing the killers. A complicated plot and lots of action make this Charles Starrett-Russell Hayden vehicle pleasant viewing.

206  Bad Men of Thunder Gap  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1943. 60 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Elmer Clifton. With Dave O’Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Janet Shaw, Jack Ingram, Charles King, Tom London, Michael Vallon, Lucille Vance, I. Stanford Jolley, Bud Osborne, Jimmie Aubrey, Kermit Maynard, Hank Bell, Carl Mathews, Artie Ortego, Cal Shrum’s Rhythm Rangers. When outlaws plague a small town, members of the Texas Rangers try to stop them. Dull entry in the “Texas Rangers” series. Reissued in 1947 by Eagle Lion in a 39-minute version entitled Thundergap Outlaws.

207  Bad Men of Tombstone  Allied Artists, 1949. 74 min. D: Kurt Neumann. SC: Jay Monaghan. With Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds, Broderick Crawford, Fortunio Bonanova, Guinn Williams, John Kellogg, Mary Newton, Louis Jean Heydt, Virginia Carroll, Dick Wessell, Claire Carleton, Ted Hecht, Harry Cording, Lucien Littlefield, Harry Hayden, Olin Howlin, Robert Barrat, Julie Gibson, Joseph Crehan, Ted Mapes, Rory Mallinson, Ted French, Douglas Fowley, Dennis Hoey, Morris Ankrum, George Chesebro, Tom Fadden, Billy Gray, William Yip, Dick Foote, Gerald Courtemarche, Bonnie Lou Donaldson. During the Gold Rush era a young man tries to make a fortune but instead turns to a life of crime as a gunfighter. Average plot with good work by Barry Sullivan and Broderick Crawford as ruthless gunmen.

208  The Badge of Marshal Brennan  Allied Artists, 1959. 74 min. D: Albert C. Gannaway. SC: Thomas G. Hubbard. With Jim Davis, Arleen Whelan, Carl Smith, Lee Van Cleef, Louis Jean Heydt, Marty Robbins, Harry Lauter, Douglas Fowley, Lawrence Dobkin, Rick Vallin, Eddie Crandall, Darryl Guy, Edward Colemans. A outlaw on the run is mistaken for a dead marshal and goes up against an evil land baron. Low budget but pleasing affair sporting country music stars Carl Smith and Marty Robbins.

209  The Badlanders  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958. 85 min. Color. D: Delmer Daves. SC: Richard Collins. With Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado, Claire Kelly, Kent Smith, Nehemiah Persoff, Anthony Caruso, Robert Emhardt, Adams Williams, Ford Rainey, John Day, Richard Devon, Gregg Barton, Henry Wills. At the turn of the last century, two men plan to rob gold from an Arizona mine while each plans to double cross the other. Fairly good Western remake of The Asphalt Jungle (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950).

Badlands Drifter see Challenge of the MacKennas

210  Badlands of Dakota  Universal, 1941. 74 min. D: Alfred E. Green. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Broderick Crawford, Frances Farmer, Richard Dix, Hugh Herbert, Lon Chaney, Jr., Fuzzy Knight, Andy Devine, Addison Richards, Samuel S. Hinds, Eddie Dew, Kermit Maynard, Hank Bell, Charles King, Bradley Page, Carleton Young, Glenn Strange, Don Barclay, Emmett Vogan, Willie Fung, Edward Fielding, The Jesters, Richard Alexander, Jeanne Kelly, Harry Cording, Alan Bridge, Robert Barron, Chuck Morrison, William Ruhl, Jane Farley, Carl Sepulveda, Joe King. In Deadwood, a crooked saloon owner sends his younger brother to bring home his fiancee and the two end up falling in love. Solid Western with Frances Farmer (as Calamity Jane) and Richard Dix (as Wild Bill Hickok) stealing the show.

211  Badlands of Montana  20th Century–Fox, 1957. 75 min. D-SC: Daniel B. Ullman. With Rex Reason, Margia Dean, Beverly Garland, Keith Richards, Emile Meyer, William Phipps, Stanley Farrar, John Pickard, Ralph Peters, Paul Newlan, Russ Bender, Jack Kruschen, William Tannen. Two friends, a marshal and an outlaw, are forced into a showdown. Arid, mediocre affair.

212  Badman’s Country  Warner Bros., 1958. 68 min. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: Orville Hampton. With George Montgomery, Neville Brand, Buster Crabbe, Karin Booth, Gregory Walcott, Malcolm Atterbury, Russell Johnson, Richard Devon, Morris Ankrum, Dan Riss, Lewis Martin, Fred Graham, John Harmon, William Bryant. Sheriff Pat Garrett joins forces with Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson and Buffalo Bill Cody to go against Butch Cassidy and his gang. Familiar faces add zest to his otherwise average oater. Title song sung by The Mellowmen.

213  Badman’s Gold  Eagle Lion Classics, 1951. 58 min. D-SC: Robert Tansey. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey) and Alyn Lockwood. With John Carpenter, Alyn Lockwood, Kenne Duncan, Emmett Lynn, Jack Daly, Daisy (dog). When a series of robberies take place on a stage line carrying gold shipments, a marshal is called in to investigate. Made on a shoestring and it looks it.

214  Badman’s Territory  RKO Radio, 1946. 98 min. D: Tim Whelan. SC: Jack Natteford and Luci Ward. With Randolph Scott, Ann Richards, George “Gabby” Hayes, Lawrence Tierney, Tom Tyler, Steve Brodie, John Halloran, Phil Warren, William Moss, James Warren, Isabel Jewell, Morgan Conway, Nestor Paiva, Chief Thundercloud, Ray Collins, Virginia Sale, Andrew Tombes, Harry Holman, Richard Hale, Emory Parnell, George Chesebro, Ethan Laidlaw, Kermit Maynard, Bud Osborne, Ben Johnson, Carl Faulkner, Jason Robards, Buddy Roosevelt, Jack Clifford, Monte Montague, Elmo Lincoln, Boyd Stockman, Budd Buster, Robert Wilke, Phillip Morris, John Hamilton, John Elliott, Robert Homans, Frank LaRue, Harry Harvey, Wilbur Mack. A marshal is at a loss on how to stop a group of notorious outlaws who have taken refuge in a town outside government jurisdiction. Great Randolph Scott vehicle with a good supporting cast.

215  Bajo el Cielo de Sonora (The Faint Sky of Sonora)  Clasa-Mohme, 1948. 90 min. D: Rolando Aguilar. SC: Raul de Anda. With Raul de Anda, Leonora Amar, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Jose L. Murillo, Domingo Soler, Roberto Meyer, Jose Elias Moreno, Silviano Sanchez, Pepe Nava. For his final military assignment, a Mexican Army officer is assigned to make peace with the Yaqui tribe only to discover his government is persecuting the Indians. Well done south of the border drama.

216  Baker’s Hawk  Doty-Dayton, 1976. 105 min. Color. D: Lyman D. Dayton. SC: Dan Greer and Hal Harrison, Jr. With Clint Walker, Burl Ives, Diane Baker, Alan Young, Lee H. Montgomery, Taylor Lacher, Bruce M. Fisher, Cam Clarke, Danny Bouaduce, Phil Hoover, Brian Williams. A boy learns about growing up when he aids an injured hawk and helps his father fight crooks. Overlong but fairly interesting outdoor drama.

217  Una Bala es Mi Testigo (A Bullet Is My Witness)  Alameda Films, 1960. 90 min. D: Chano Urueta. SC: Ramon Obon. With Gaston Santos, Pedro de Aguillon, Jaime Fernandez, Mauricio Garces, Irma Castillon, Jose Castro, Emilio Garibay, Rita Macedo, Jose Luis Fernandez, Hortensia Lantovena. A stranger comes to a village where his friend stole 200,000 pesos and saves a rancher and his wife from an outlaw gang. Fast paced Mexican Western.

218  Ballad of a Bounty Hunter  United Pictures/Trebol Film, 1970. 83 min. Color. D: Joaquin L. Romero Merchant. SC: Joaquin L. Romero Merchant, Giovanni Simonelli and Victor Aux. With James Philbrook, Norma Bengell, Simon Andreu, Luis Induni, Emilio Caba, Alfonso Rojas, Maria Silva, Alvaro de Luna, Angel Ortiz. A bounty hunter falls in love with a young girl and then is forced to trail her brother. Low budget Spanish-Italian co-production made as Lo Non Perdono...Uccido! (I Do Not Forgive...I Kill!) in 1968.

219  Ballad of a Gunfighter  Parade, 1964. 84 min. D-SC: Bill Ward. With Marty Robbins, Joyce Redd, Bob Barron, Nestor Paiva, Michael Davis, Laurette Luez, Gene Davis, Traveler (horse). An outlaw’s plan to rob a stagecoach is foiled by another man who not only takes the bandit’s gold but also his woman. Marty Robbins’ first starring feature is a low budget affair but his fans will enjoy his singing “El Paso” and “San Angelo.”

220  The Ballad of Ben and Charlie  Variety International, 1972. 107 min. Color. D: Michele Lupo. SC: Sergio Donati and Luigi Montefiori (George Eastman). With Guiliano Gemma, George Eastman, Marisa Mell, Vittorio Congia, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Luciano Lorcas, Remo Capitani, Giovani Pazzafini, Aldo Sambrell, Franco Fantasia, Jose Manuel Martin, Cris Huerta, George Rigaud, Luis Induni, Roberto Camardiel, Claudio Ruffini, Jesus Guzman, Tom Felleghy, Francisco Sanz, Carla Mancini. Two petty crooks who detest each other team for a robbery spree that turns them into famous outlaws. Somewhat tongue-in-cheek Spaghetti Western is fun to watch. Issued in Italy as Amico, Stammi Lontano Alemno un Palmo and also called Amigo, Stay Away and Ben and Charlie.

221  The Ballad of Cable Hogue  Warner Bros., 1970. 120 min. Color. D: Sam Peckinpah. SC: John Crawford and Edmund Penny. With Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Peter Whitney, R.G. Armstrong, Gene Evans, William Mims, Kathleen Freeman, Vaughn Taylor, James Anderson, Victor Izay, Mary Munday, William Faralla, Matthew Peckinpah. A prospector is left in the desert to die by his partners but he manages to survive and build a depot station around a water hole and become prosperous. Rambling, overrated but somewhat ingratiating Sam Peckinpah feature highlighted by Stella Stevens as a gorgeous, good hearted whore.

Ballad of Death Valley (1965) see The Return of Ringo

Ballad of Death Valley (1970) see Sartana in the Valley of Vultures

222  The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez  PBS-TV, 1982. 99 min. Color. D: Robert M. Young. SC: Victor Villasenor. With Edward James Olmos, Tom Bower, James Gammon, Bruce McGill, Brion James, Pepe Serna, Alan Vint, Tim Scott, Michael McGuire, Jack Kehoe, Barry Corbin, Rosana DeSoto, Victoria Plata, William Sanderson. In 1901 a Mexican cowboy who shot a lawman who killed his brother tries to elude a 600-man posse across the Texas desert. Grim and somewhat slow made-for-Public TV movie given theatrical release in 1983 by Embassy Pictures.

223  The Ballad of Josie  Universal, 1968. D: Andrew V. McLaglen. SC: Harold Swanton. With Doris Day, Peter Graves, George Kennedy, Andy Devine, William Talman, David Hartman, Guy Raymond, Karen Jensen, Robert Lowery, Paul Fix, Audrey Christie, Elisabeth Fraser, Linda Meiklejohn, Shirley O’Hara, Timothy Scott, Don Stroud, Harry Carey, Jr., John Fiedler, Teddy Quinn, George Ives, Bill Quinn, J. Edward McKinley, Harry Swoger, Edward Faulkner, Alexander Lockwood, James Seay, Mike Lally, Ollie O’Toole, Jonathan Wynne. A widow in 1890 tries to build up a rundown ranch to raise sheep and starts a feud with cattlemen. Dud Doris Day Western that is supposed to be funny but is not.

224  The Ballad of Little Jo  Fine Line Features, 1993. 121 min. Color. D-SC: Maggie Greenwald. With Suzy Arne, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen, David Chung, Heather Graham, Rene Auberjonois, Carrie Snodgrass, Anthony Heald, Melissa Leo, Sam Robards, Olinda Turturro, Ruth Maleczech, Jeffrey Andrews, Cathy Haase, Peadair S. Addie, Sr., Irina Pasmur, Michael Rudd, Sasha Pasmur, David Ruben Plowman, Rusty Pegar, Troy Smith, Keith Kamppinen, Jenny Lynch, Vince O’Neil, Dennis McNiven, Barbara Jean Marsh, Robert Erickson, Tom Bower, Sean Murphy, Renee Tafoya, Richard Osterman, Karen Johnson, Jaime Crabtree, Tracy Mayfield, Julianne Kirst, Deborah J. Richard, Netha Goodrich, Becca Busch, Jim Dunkin, Homer Simon, Eryn L. Bent, Peter Plowman, Joe Freed, Anne Plowman, Melissa Ladvala, Yeugeuly Yasyriu, Duane Ebel. After being disowned by her parents for having an illegitimate child, a young woman poses as a man in order to survive in a mining community. Suzy Arne’s performance carries this well modulated frontier saga, allegedly based on a true story.

225  Bandera Bandits  K-Tel International, 1972. 92 min. Color. D: Sergio Corbucci. SC: Sergio Corbucci and Mario Amendola. With Susan George, Tomas Milan, Telly Savalas, Eduardo Fajardo, Rosanna Yanni, Franco Giacobini, Herbert Fux, Werner Pochath, Victor Israel, Laura Betti, Alvaro de Luna, Gene Collins, Rafael Albaicin, Jose Canalejas, Simon Arriaga, Lorenzo Robledo. Two robbers, an ex-convict and a young girl, are relentlessly pursued by a lawman. Action filled, low key Italian-Spanish-West German Spaghetti Western serio-comedy; sort of “Bonnie and Clyde” out West. Also called Sonny and Jed.

226  Bandido  United Artists, 1956. 92 min. Color. D: Richard Fleischer. SC: Earl Fenton. With Robert Mitchum, Ursula Thiess, Gilbert Roland, Zachary Scott, Rodolfo Acosta, Henry Brandon, Douglas Fowley, Victor Junco, Jose I. Torvay. Arriving in Mexico in 1916 to sell weapons during the revolution, an American adventurer finds himself up against a treacherous rival. Robert Mitchum and Zachary Scott as the foes and Gilbert Roland as the rebel leader make this a fast moving and pleasant feature.

227  Bandidos  Epic Film/Hesperia, 1967. 94 min. Color. D: Max Dillman (Massimo Dallamano). SC: Romano Migliorini, Giambattista Mussetto and Juan Cobos. With Enrico Maria Salerno, Terry Jenkins, Marco Guglielmi, Luigi Pistilli, Chris Huerta, Antonio Pica, Maria Martin, Venantino Venantini, Victor Israel, Roberto Messina, Valentino Morchi, Maria Martin, Arthur Chase, Giancarlo Bastianoni, Jesus Puente, Giancarlo Sisti, Franco Morici, Juan Jose Milian. After his hands are mutilated by a rival, a gunfighter trains an escaped convict to get even for him. Well modulated revenge themed Spaghetti Western; nicely directed and scored; also called Banditos.

228  Bandit King of Texas  Republic, 1949. 60 min. D: Fred C. Brannon. SC: Olive Cooper. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Helen Stanley, Harry Lauter, Jim Nolan, Robert Bice, John Hamilton, Lane Bradford, George Lloyd, Steve Clark, I. Stanford Jolley, Richard Emory, Danni Nolan. A government investigator is after racketeers who sell bogus land to settlers and then murder them for their money. Fast moving Allan Lane vehicle.

229  Bandit Queen  Lippert, 1950. 71 min. D: William Berke. SC: Victor West and Budd Lester. With Barbara Britton, Willard Parker, Philip Reed, Barton MacLane, Martin Garralaga, John Merton, Jack Ingram, Victor Kilian, Thurston Hall, Jack Perrin, Chuck Roberson, Margia Dean, Angie (Angelo Rossitto), Paul Martin, Pepe Hern, Lalo Rios, Mike Conrad, Carl Pitti, Hugh Hooker. When vicious land grabbers murder her family in Old California, a young woman takes on the guise of a masked crusader and leads a vigilante group against the killers. Passable Lippert feature with plenty of action and pretty Barbara Britton in the title role.

230  Bandit Ranger  RKO Radio, 1942. 64 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Bennett Cohen and Morton Grant. With Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Joan Barclay, Kenneth Harlan, LeRoy Mason, Glenn Strange, Jack Rockwell, Frank Ellis, Robert Kortman, Bud Geary, Dennis Moore, Ernie Adams, Russell Wade, Tom London, Lloyd Ingraham, Cliff Parkinson, Jess Cavin, Charles Murphy, Ray Johnson, Bob Clark, Wayne McCoy. Finding a dying Ranger, a man takes on the guise of the lawman to save his daughter from a murder-kidnap plot. Good drama interpolated with action and a workman-like cast.

231  The Bandit Trail  RKO Radio, 1941. 60 min. D: Edward Killy. SC: Norton S. Parker. With Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Janet Waldo, Lee “Lasses” White, Morris Ankrum, Roy Barcroft, J. Merrill Holmes, Eddy Waller, Glenn Strange, Frank Ellis, Guy Usher, Jack Clifford, Joseph Eggenton, Bud Osborne, John Merton, Bud Geary, Lew Meehan, Terry Frost, Carl Stockdale, James Farley, Al Ferguson, Bob Burns. A man and his two pals become outlaws after the murder of his father but when he falls in love with a pretty girl the trio go to the right side of the law and round up a gang. Typically solid Tim Holt vehicle.

Banditos see Bandidos

232  The Bandits  Lone Star, 1979. 89 min. Color. D: Robert Conrad and Alfredo Zacharias. SC: Robert Conrad, Edward Di Lorenzo and Alfredo Zacharias. With Robert Conrad, Antonio Aguilar, Jan-Michael Vincent, Pilar Pellicar, Maria Duval, Roy Jenson, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Manuel Lopez Ochoa, Jose Chavez, Elizabeth Dupeyron, Pascual Garcia Pena, Fanny Schuller, Leighton, Gould, Enrique Larcero,. A Mexican saves three cowpokes from being hanged and they accompany him to his homeland where they have a series of adventures. Average action feature filmed in Mexico in 1966 as Los Bandidos (The Bandits). Issued on video as Bandits.

233  Bandits of Dark Canyon  Republic, 1947. 59 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: Bob Williams. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Bob Steele, Roy Barcroft, Linda Johnson, John Hamilton, Francis Ford, Eddie Acuff, LeRoy Mason, Gregory Marshall, Norman Willis. When a mine owner is falsely accused of killing his foreman, he escapes with the help of friends and tries to find the murderer. Better than average Allan Lane entry, enhanced by co-star Bob Steele.

234  Bandits of El Dorado  Columbia, 1949. 56 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, George J. Lewis, Fred F. Sears, Clayton Moore, Mustard and Gravy, John Dehner, Jock (Mahoney) O’Mahoney, John Doucette, Max Wagner, Henry Kulky, Edmund Cobb, John Merton, Ray Bennett, Kermit Maynard, Jack Evans, Carl Mathews, Monte Montague, Blackie Whiteford, Merrill McCormick, Jack Tornek, Victor Cox, Herman Hack, Al Haskell, Ted Mapes, Ray Jones. A government investigator fakes the murder of a Texas Ranger in order to become wanted so he can learn how criminals are escaping across the Mexican border. Fair “Durango Kid” outing with footage from another series entry, Galloping Thunder (q.v.). British title: Tricked.

235  Bandits of the Badlands  Republic, 1945. 55 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Doris Schroeder. With Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Si Jenks, Monte Hale, John Merton, Forrest Taylor, Jack Ingram, Fred Graham, Robert Wilke, Tex Terry, Jack O’Shea, Jack Kirk, Horace B. Carpenter, Charles Stevens, Marshall Reed, Bob Reeves, Post Park, Foxy Callahan, Bert LeBaron. When his brother is murdered by outlaws in retaliation for his having killed one of their members during a holdup, a ranger resigns from the force and pretends to be an escaped convict to bring in the culprits. Fast paced and entertaining Sunset Carson vehicle.

Bandits of the Natchez Trace see Natchez Trace

236  Bandits of the West  Republic, 1953. 54 min. D: Harry Keller. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Cathy Downs, Roy Barcroft, Trevor Bardette, Ray Montgomery, Byron Foulger, Harry Harvey, Robert Bice. Outlaws try to sabotage a gas company and a U.S. marshal is sent to stop them. Despite declining production values in “B” Westerns in the early 1950s this Allan Lane entry is well made and fast paced.

237  Bandolero!  20th Century–Fox, 1968. 106 min. Color. D: Andrew V. McLaglen. SC: James Lee Barrett. With James Stewart, Dean Martin, Raquel Welch, George Kennedy, Andrew Prine, Will Geer, Denver Pyle, Tom Heaton, Rudy Diaz, Sean McClory, Harry Carey, Jr., Donald Barry, Guy Raymond, Perry Lopez, Jock Mahoney, Big John Hamilton, Dub Taylor, John Mitchum, Joseph Patrick Cranshaw, Roy Barcroft, Bob Adler. Masquerading as a hangman, a man saves his brother and their outlaw gang and then flee south of the border with a pretty hostage. Okay entertainment with good production values and a likable cast.

Dean Martin and James Stewart in Bandolero! (20th Century-Fox, 1968).

238  The Bang Bang Kid  Ajay Films, 1967. 90 min. Color. D: Stanley Prager. SC: Howard Beck. With Guy Madison, Tom Bosley, Sandra Milo, Riccardo Garrone, Jose Maria Caffarel, Dianik Zurakowska, Giustino Durano, Jose Caffarel. A bungler finds himself in a mining town lorded over by a notorious gunman but he is saved by a gun-toting robot. Amusing Old West parody co-produced by the U.S., Italy and Spain.

239  Banjo Hackett  Columbia/NBC-TV, 1976. 100 min. Color. D: Andrew V. McLaglen. SC: Ken Trevey. With Don Meredith, Ike Eisenmann, Chuck Connors, Jennifer Warren, Dan O’Herlihy, Jeff Corey, Gloria De Haven, L.Q. Jones, Jan Murray, Anne Francis, Slim Pickens, David Young, Richard Yung, Stan Haze. In 1880 a horse trader and his orphaned nephew wander the frontier looking for the boy’s prize horse that was stolen by a bounty hunter. Run-of-the-mill television feature, the pilot for a series that did not sell. Originally called Banjo Hackett: Roamin’ Free.

240  Bar L Ranch  Big 4, 1930. 60 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: Bennett Cohen. With Buffalo Bill, Jr., Yakima Canutt, Wally Wales, Betty Baker, Ben Corbett, Fern Emmett, Robert Walker, Tom London, Hank Bell, Bud Pope. After being fired from their jobs, a cowboy and his pal learn the ranch foreman is rustling the cattle of their ex-boss, a pretty young woman. Tattered early talkie.

241  Bar 20  United Artists, 1943. 55 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Morton Grant, Norman Houston and Michael Wilson. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Dustine Farnum, George Reeves, Victor Jory, Douglas Fowely, Betty Blythe, Robert Mitchum, Francis McDonald, Earle Hodges, Henry Wills, Roy Bucko. Hopalong Cassidy, California Carlson and Lin Bradley try to help a young woman and her mother after they lose their valuables in a holdup with the chief suspects being the girl’s fiance and his best man. Fairly good “Hopalong Cassidy” entry, draggy in spots with Robert Mitchum having a large role as a ranch owner.

242  Bar 20 Justice  Paramount, 1938. 70 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Arnold Belgard and Harrison Jacobs. With William Boyd, George Hayes, Russell Hayden, Paul Sutton, Gwen Gaze, Pat J. O’Brien, Joseph De Stefani, William Duncan, Walter Long, Bruce Mitchell, John Beach, Dick Dickinson, Wen Wright. Hopalong Cassidy tries to help a young widow in re-opening her mine while crooks try to keep it closed so they can get all its ore. Entertaining “Hopalong Cassidy” series feature.

243  Bar 20 Rides Again  Paramount, 1935. 61 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Doris Schroeder and Gerald Geraghty. With William Boyd, James Ellison, Jean Rouverol, George Hayes, Harry Worth, Frank McGlynn, Jr., Howard Lang, Ethel Wales, Paul Fix, J.P. McGowan, Joe Rickson, Al St. John, John Merton, Frank Layton, Chill Wills and His Avalon Boys, Jim Mason, Jack Kirk, Chuck Baldra, Tracy Layne, Sid Jordan. The cowpokes from the Bar 20 find themselves up against a land baron who fancies himself another Napoleon. The third feature in the “Hopalong Cassidy” series and one of the very best; highly recommended.

244  Bar Z Badmen  Republic, 1937. 57 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: George Plympton. With Johnny Mack Brown, Lois January, Tom London, Ernie Adams, Dick Curtis, Jack Rockwell, Milburn Morante, Horace Murphy, Budd Buster, Frank Ellis, George Morrell, Tex Palmer, Horace B. Carpenter, Art Dillard, Oscar Gahan. When he falsely accused of rustling a fellow rancher’s cattle, a man seeks the real culprits. Typically good Johnny Mack Brown-Republic production with a cast of familiar faces.

245  Barbarosa  Universal, 1982. 90 min. Color. D: Fred Schepisi. SC: William D. Wittliff. With Gary Busey, Willie Nelson, Gilbert Roland, Isela Vega, Danny De La Paz, George Voskovec, Alma Martinez, Howard Chamberlain, Wolf Muser, Kai Wuf, Harry Caesar, Sharon Compton, Roberto Contreros, Luis Contreros, Sonia De Leon, Joanelle Romera. A young farm boy, on the run for the accidental killing of his brother-in-law, is befriended by a notorious outlaw who teaches him to survive. Offbeat oater which got little theatrical release is fair although Willie Nelson is likable in the title role and Gilbert Roland is powerful as a vengeful patron.

246  Barbary Coast  United Artists, 1935. 91 min. D: Howard Hawks. SC: Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. With Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan, Frank Craven, Brian Donlevy, Otto Hoffman, Rollo Lloyd, Donald Meek, Harry Carey, Robert Gray, Clyde Cook, J.M. Kerrigan, Matt McHugh, Wong Chung, Russ Powell, Frederik Vogeding, David Niven, Edward Gargan, Herman Bing, Tom London, Heinie Conklin, Art Miles, Charles West. In San Francisco in 1849, a dance hall queen throws over a corrupt gambling house operator for an honest, but broke, young man. Fast paced and entertaining period piece with a bevy of fine performances.

247  The Barbary Coast  Paramount/ABC-TV, 1975. 100 min. Color. D: Bill Bixby. SC: Douglas Heyes. With William Shatner, Dennis Cole, Charles Aidman, Michael Ansara, Neville Brand, Bobbi Jordan, Richard Kiel, John Vernon, Lynda Day George, Leo Gordon, Bob Hoy, Terry Lester, Simon Scott, Todd Martin, Charles Picerni, Michael Carr, Bill Bixby. When a Confederate officer sets off an extortion plot he finds himself opposed by a casino owner and a government agent in San Francisco in the 1860s. Moderately sustaining telefeature that served as the pilot for the “Barbary Coast” (ABC-TV, 1975–76) series starring William Shatner and Doug McClure.

248  Barbary Coast Gent  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944. 87 min. D: Roy Del Ruth. SC: William R. Lipman, Grant Garrett and Harry Ruskin. With Wallace Beery, Binnie Barnes, John Carradine, Bruce Kellogg, Frances Rafferty, Chill Wills, Noah Beery, Henry O’Neill, Ray Collins, Morris Anrkum, Donald Meek, Addison Richards, Harry Hayden, Paul E. Burns, Paul Hurst, Victor Kilian, Cliff Clark, Louise Beavers, Robert Emmett O’Connor, Ray Teal, Earle Hodgins, Jack Norton, Harry Shannon, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Byron Foulger, Lee Phelps, Anne O’Neal, James Farley, Edgar Dearing. In the 1890s a likable crook makes a quick getaway from San Francisco and goes to Nevada where he plans to sell phony mining stock but to his surprise he reforms. Fun Wallace Beery vehicle.

249  The Bargain  Paramount, 1914. 50 min. D: Reginald Barker. SC: William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince. With Clara Williams, J. Barney Sherry, William S. Hart, J. Frank Burke, James Dowling. A notorious bandit is injured while trying to rob a stage and is rescued by a rancher and nursed back to health by the man’s pretty daughter, with whom he falls in love. William S. Hart’s first feature, in which he is third billed as the outlaw, is a good silent effort.

250  Barbed Wire  Columbia, 1952. 61 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Anne James, William Fawcett, Leonard Penn, Michael Vallon, Terry Frost, Clayton Moore, Edwin Parker, Sandy Sanders. When he can no longer find fresh herds, a cattle buyer uncovers a plot by a rancher to get homesteaders’ lands so he can construct a railroad. Fast moving and entertaining Gene Autry affair.

251  The Baron of Arizona  Lippert, 1950. 97 min. D-SC: Samuel Fuller. With Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Beulah Bondi, Reed Hadley, Vladimir Sokoloff, Robert Barrat, Robin Short, Barbara Woodell, Tina Rome, Margia Dean, Edward Keene, Gene Roth, Karen Kester, Joseph Green, Fred Kohler, Jr., Tristram Coffin, I. Stanford Jolley, Terry Frost, Angelo Rossitto, Zachary Yaconelli, Wheaton Chambers, Stuart Holmes, Jonathan Hale, Stanley Price, Sam Flint, Richard Cramer, Adolfo Ornelas, Robert O’Neil, Stephen Harrison, George Meader, Ed East, Al Haskell. A clerk in the Arizona land office spends years falsifying documents in order to prove he is the legal heir to thousands of acres in Arizona. Top notch work by Vincent Price in the title role, leading lady Ellen Drew and director-writer Samuel Fuller make this historical based film worth watching.

252  Barricade  Warner Bros., 1950. 75 min. Color. D: Peter Godfrey. SC: William Sackheim. With Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman, Robert Douglas, Morgan Farley, Walter Loy, George Stern, Robert Griffin, Frank Marlowe, Tony Martinez. Two outlaws come to the rescue of the denizens of a mining camp who are under the ruthless control of a tyrant. Fairly good Western reworking of The Sea Wolf (Warner Bros., 1941).

253  Barricade on the Big Black  NBC-TV, 1957. 54 min. D-SC: Anthony Spinner. With Richard Crenna, Mary LaRoche, Andrew Duggan, George Galbreth. An Indian-hating Army lieutenant finds himself falling in love with the white wife of a hostile warrior. Originally telecast March 27, 1957, as a segment of “Matinee Theatre,” this drama was issued to TV as a feature film.

254  The Barrier  Paramount, 1937. 90 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Bernard Schubert, Harrison Jacobs and Mordaunt Shairp. With Leo Carrillo, Jean Parker, James Ellison, Otto Kruger, J.M. Kerrigan, Robert Barrat, Andy Clyde, Sally Martin, Sara Haden, Addison Richards, Allen Davies. After her true background is revealed to her lover, a young woman decides to join her father, an Alaskan sea captain. Filmed at Washington’s Mount Baker National Forest, this drama from Rex Beach’s novel is an above average programmer. First filmed in 1926 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with Norman Kerry, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore and Marceline Day.

255  Barquero  United Artists, 1970. 115 min. Color. D: Gordon Douglas. SC: George Schenck and William Marks. With Lee Van Cleef, Warren Oates, Kerwin Mathews, Forrest Tucker, Mariette Hartley, Augie Gomez, Armando Silvestre, John Davis Chandler, Harry Lauter, Brad Weston, Craig Littler, Ed Bakey, Richard Lapp. A ferryman has to protect his job against bandits and when the gang wipes out a small Mexican village he hunts them down. Action filled but extremely violent and bloody oater, in the style Lee Van Cleef did in Europe.

256  The Bat People  American International, 1974. 95 min. Color. D: Jerry Jameson. SC: Lou Shaw. With Stewart Moss, Marianne McAndrew, Michael Pataki, Paul Carr, Arthur Space, Robert Berk, Pat Delaney, George Paulsin, Bonnie Van Dyke, Jeni Kulik, Laura Brooks Jefferson, Herb Pierce. While on his honeymoon, a doctor is bitten by a bat in New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns and becomes a monster. Average modern-day horror Western, also known as It Lives by Night.

257  The Battle of Apache Pass  Universal-International, 1951. 85 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: Gerald Drayson Adams. With John Lund, Jeff Chandler, Beverly Tyler, Susan Cabot, Bruce Cowling, John Hudson, James Best, Regis Toomey, Richard Egan, Hugh O’Brian, William Reynolds, Jay Silverheels, Tommy Cook, Jack Elam, Richard Garland, Jack Ingram, John Baer. An Army major and the Indian chief Cochise try to work together to keep the renegade Geronimo from slaughtering settlers. Jeff Chandler repeats the role of Cochise from Broken Arrow (q.v.) but this outing is no competition for that classic.

258  Battle of Greed  Crescent, 1937. 59 min. D: Howard Higgin. SC: John T. Neville. With Tom Keene, Gwynne Shipman, James Bush, Jimmy Butler, Budd Buster, Lloyd Ingraham, Bob Callahan, Henry Roquemore, Rafael (Ray) Bennett, Robert Fiske, Carl Stockdale, William Worthington. A young man becomes involved in treachery following the discovery of the Comstock Lode in Virginia City. One of the pseudo-historical features Tom Keene made for Crescent, it even includes Mark Twain in the adventure; average for the series.

259  Battle of Rogue River  Columbia, 1954. 71 min. Color. D: William Castle. SC: Douglas Heyes. With George Montgomery, Martha Hyer, Richard Denning, John Crawford, Emory Parnell, Michael Granger, Bill Bryant, Charles Evans, Lee Roberts, Steven Ritch, Frank Sully, Bill Hale, Jimmy Lloyd, Willis Bouchey. Settlers in Oregon in 1850 want statehood but this cannot be accomplished without the signing of a peace treaty with local Indians. Producer Sam Katzman must have spent the budget on Technicolor because the title battle is not much although the film entertains adequately.

260  The Battles of Chief Pontiac  Realart, 1952. 71 min. D: Felix Feist. SC: Jack DeWitt. With Lex Barker, Lon Chaney, Helen Westcott, Berry Kroeger, Roy Roberts, Larry Chance, Katherine Warren, Ramsey Hill, Guy Teague, James Fairfax, Abner George. In the early 1760s a ranger tries to negotiate a peace treaty between the British and Chief Pontiac only to find that a Hessian renegade is selling guns to the Indians. Cheaply made and historically inaccurate but not bad entertainment.

261  Battlin’ Buckaroo  Anchor, 1924. 60 min. D-SC: Alvin J. Neitz (Alan James). With Bill Patton, Peggy O’Day, Andrew Waldron, Lew Meehan, Anthony Freendenthall, Fred Hank. A nester loves a rancher’s daughter but gets the blame when her father is cheated by his crooked foreman. Low grade Bill Patton (whose screen persona was like that of a silent Jimmy Wakely) vehicle, action filled with nice photography (Marvin Hughes) and desert locales.

262  Battling Buckaroo  Willis Kent, 1932. 60 min. D: Armand Schaefer. SC: Oliver Drake. With Lane Chandler, Doris Hill, Yakima Canutt, Lafe McKee, Bill Patton, Ted Adams, Olin Francis, Bart Carre, Herman Hack, Pat Harmon, Cliff Lyons, Fred Parker. When crooks try to steal their gold, a Mexican rancher and his daughter are helped by an outlaw. Not much to recommend this one except for star Lane Chandler.

263  Battling Marshal  Astor, 1950. 55 min. D: Oliver Drake. SC: Rose Kreves. With Sunset Carson, Pat Starling, Lee Roberts, Forrest Matthews, Al Terry, A.J. Baxley, Richard Bartell, Bob Curtis, Pat Gleason, Stephen Keyes, Don Gray, Dale Carson, William Val, Buck Buckley, Joe Hiser. Two federal marshals arrive in a small town to investigate attempts made on the life of a rancher. Very low grade Sunset Carson vehicle.

Battling Outlaw see Billy the Kid in Texas

264  Battling with Buffalo Bill  Universal, 1931. 12 Chapters. D: Ray Taylor. SC: George Plympton and Ella O’Neal. With Tom Tyler, Lucille Brown, Rex Bell, William Desmond, Francis Ford, Yakima Canutt, Chief Thundercloud, Franklyn Farnum, Joe Bonomo, Art Mix, Bud Osborne, John Beck, George Regas, Jim Thorpe, Bobby Nelson, Edmund Cobb, Fred Humes. Scout Buffalo Bill Cody helps a young woman whose father’s mine is sought by a crook and his gang who have incited Indian attacks. Not much history here but there is plenty of action to make up for it in this cliffhanger.

265  The Bear  Tri Star Pictures, 1988. 96 min. Color. D: Jean-Jacques Annaud. SC: Gerard Brach. With Bart (bear), Youk (bear cub), Tcheky Karyo, Jack Wallace, Andre Lacombe. An orphan bear cub is protected by a huge Kodiak Bear who is being pursued by hunters. Picturesque and loving adaptation of The Grizzly King by James Oliver Curwood.

Bearheart of the Great Northwest see Legend of Bearheart

266  Beartooth  Filmark Entertainment Group, 1978. 86 min. Color. D: Zach Belcher. SC: Mary H. Belcher. With Dub Taylor, Buck Taylor, Johnny Bush, Judy Nugent. A man has to coexist with a huge bear so both of them can survive a terrible blizzard in the savage wilderness. Tacky production whose only asset is fine photography by James A. Sullivan; also called The Adventures of Bear Tooth.

267  The Bears and I  Buena Vista, 1974. 89 min. Color. D: Bernard McEveety. SC: John Whedon. With Patrick Wayne, Chief Dan George, Andrew Duggan, Michael Ansara, Robert Pine, Val De Vargas, Hal Baylor. A Vietnam War veteran moves to the north woods where he becomes embroiled in a dispute between Indians and settlers. This Walt Disney production is only average but the scenery is nice.

268  The Beast  West Devon/Nadir Cinematographica, 1970. 90 min. Color. D: Mario Costa. SC: Franco Calabrese and Mario Costa. With Klaus Kinski, Gabriella Girogelli, Luisa Rivelli, Steven Tedd, Lee Burton, Gianni Pallavicino, Andrea Aureli, Remo Capitani, Giuliano Raffaelli, Paul Sullivan, Grazia De Marze, Fioni Florence, Giora Garson, Cristina Iosani, Vittorio Mangano, Ivana Novak. A madman and his gang travels through the West leaving a path of rape and murder, planning to kidnap an heiress about to come into a huge inheritance. For Klaus Kinski followers, but well done.

269  The Beast of Hollow Mountain  United Artists, 1956. 80 min. Color. D: Edward Nassour and Ismael Rodriquez. SC: Robert Hill. With Guy Madison, Patricia Medina, Eduardo Noriega, Carlos Rivas, Marjo Navarro, Pascual Garcia Pena, Margarito Luna. When cattle begin disappearing from his ranch, a man tries to learn the cause and discovers a huge dinosaur. Taken from a story by Willis O’Brien, this film combines the horror and Western genres, but not very well, although the prehistoric beast looks good. Filmed in Mexico as El Monstruo de la Montana Hueca (The Monster of the Hollow Mountain).

270  Beau Bandit  RKO Productions, 1930. 68 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Wallace Smith. With Rod La Rocque, Doris Kenyon, Mitchell Lewis, Walter Long, Charles Middleton, George Duryea (Tom Keene/Richard Powers), James Donlan, Charles Brinley, Barney Furey, Bill Patton, Kenneth Cooper, Bob Erickson, Gordon Jones, Walt Robbins, Ben Corbett. A notorious bandit plans a bank heist but becomes enamored with a pretty girl only to find she is being sought after by the institution he is planning to rob. This early sound oater, definitely a curio today, was considered old-fashioned when it was first released.

271  The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend  20th Century–Fox, 1949. 77 min. Color. D-SC: Preston Sturges. With Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallee, Olga San Juan, Sterling Holloway, Hugh Herbert, El Brendel, Porter Hall, Danny Jackson, Emory Parnell, Alan Bridge, Chris-Pin Martin, Patti Behrs, Margaret Hamilton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Richard Hale, Georgia Caine, Esther Howard, Harry Hayden, Chester Conkin, Torben Meyer, Dewey Robinson, Richard Kean, Harry Tyler, Dudley Dickerson, Russell Simpson, Marie Windsor, Marie Monica McDonald, Snub Pollard, Frank Moran, Joseph Turkel, George Lynn, James Joseph O’Neill, Philo McCullough, George Melford, Tom McGuire, Eddie Gribbon, Emil Sitka, Gertrude Astor, George Magrill, Hank Mann, Frank Mills, Blackie Whiteford, Max Wagner, Ray Spiker. After a run-in with the law, a gun-toting young woman goes to a town where she is mistaken for the new school marm, but soon runs afoul of crooks. Bland Preston Sturges “comedy” that was a box office bust when it was issued, although a fine cast (Rudy Vallee and Emory Parnell are especially good) does its best.

Rudy Vallee, Betty Grable, Danny Jackson and Sterling Holloway in The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (20th Century–Fox, 1949).

272  Beauty and the Bandit  Monogram, 1946. 77 min. D: William Nigh. SC: Charles Belden. With Gilbert Roland, Ramsay Ames, Martin Garralaga, Frank Yaconelli, Vida Aldana, George J. Lewis, William Gould, Dimas Sotello, Felipe Turich, Glenn Strange, Alex Montoya, Artie Ortego. The Cisco Kid joins forces with a beautiful female bandit who is fighting corrupt officials. Nicely done “Cisco Kid” series adventure for which star Gilbert Roland wrote additional dialogue; the film is greatly helped by the presence of the luscious Ramsay Ames as a female Robin Hood.

273  Before the White Man Came  FC, 1921. 50 min. D: John Maple. SC: William E. Wing. The story of the American Indian and the tribes who lived in the West before the arrival of white settlers. Rather interesting, if somewhat crude, semi-documentary made in the B Horn Mountains of Montana and Wyoming with the cooperation of the Crow people (the film has an all Native American cast) who had adopted director John Maple into their tribe. Production was made in association with the Department of Indian Affairs and endorsed by the Department of the Interior.

274  Behind Southern Lines  Monogram, 1952. 51 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Melvin Levy and Maurice Tombragel. With Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Rand Brooks, Milburn Stone, Gloria Saunders, Robert Shayne, Murray Alper, Jonathan Hale, William Ruhl, Parke MacGregor, Bill McKenzie, Duke Green, Lee Phelps, Bill Meader, Orley Lindgren. During the Civil War, Union officer Wild Bill Hickok and his pal Jingle P. Jones go on a spy mission into the Confederacy and after the war, as U.S. marshals, they try to stop a gunman forcing a protection racket on miners. Okay initial theatrical release of episodes (“Behind Southern Lines” and “The Silver Mine Protection Story”) of “The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok” (1951–58).

275  Behind the Mask of Zorro  Duca/Hispamer/Promidex Film, 1965. 97 min. Color. D: Richard Blasco. SC: Richard Blasco, Mario Amendola, Jose Gallardo, Luis Lucas Ojeda and Daniel Ribera. With Tony Russel, Rosita Yarza, Jesus Puente, Maria Jose Alfonso, Jose Maria Seoane, Agustin Gonzalez, Mireya Meravigilia, Jose Rubio, Felix Garcia Sancho, Roberto Paoleti, Naria Seoane, Angel Soler, Maria Luisa Arias, Aldo Decconi, Angel Soler, Riccardo Lillo. The California governor’s butler is really Zorro who is trying to capture a bandit fomenting a revolution. Another in the long line of European “Zorro” sagas, this one being fairly good. An Italian-Spanish co-production filmed as El Zorro Cabalga Otra Vez (Zorro Rides Another Time) and also called Oath of Zorro.

276  Behind Two Guns  Aywon, 1924. 58 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With J.B. Warner, Hazel Newman, Jim Welch, Otto Lederer, William Calles, Marin Sais, Jay Morley, Jack Waltemeyer, Emile Gerdes, Bart Carre, Robert North Bradbury. A physician and his Indian cohort try to solve mysterious strongbox robberies. This fair silent Anthony J. Xydias production provides a chance to see a J.B. Warner vehicle.

277  Belle Le Grand  Republic, 1951. 90 min. D: Allan Dwan. SC: D.D. Beauchamp. With Vera Ralston, John Carroll, William Ching, Muriel Lawrence, Hope Emerson, Grant Withers, Stephen Chase, John Qualen, Henry (Harry) Morgan, Charles Cane, Thurston Hall, Marietta Canty, Glenn Vernon, Don Beddoe, Isabel Randolph, John Holland, Frank Wilcox, Paul Maxey, Pierre Watkin, John Hart, Edward Keane, Russell Hicks, Sam Flint, Ed Cassidy, John Hamilton, Perry Ivins, William Schallert, Maude Eburne, Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer, Queenie Smith, Peter Brocco, Hal Price, Dick Elliott, Andrew Tombes, Eddie Parks, Fred Hoose, James Kirkwood, John Wengraft, Howard Negley, Ruth Robinson, Gino Corrado, Thomas Browne Henry, James Arness, Eddie Dunn, Emory Parnell, Chester Clute, Sam Flint, Rodney Bell, John Close, John Vosper, Howard Mitchell, Jimmy Ogg, Don C. Harvey, Jerry Miley, Joseph Granby, Sam Sebby. In Virginia City a lady gambler marries a no-account she loves despite the fact the man has a yen for her younger sister. Big production, good supporting cast, empty script—mediocre film.

278  Belle of the Yukon  RKO Radio, 1944. 84 min. D: William A. Seiter. SC: James Edward Grant. With Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore, Bob Burns, Charles Winninger, William Marshall, Guinn Williams, Robert Armstrong, Florence Bates, Victor Kilian, Wanda McKay, Edward Fielding, Charles Soldani, Jane Hale, The Yukon Belles. A crooked gambling hall proprietor in the Yukon during the gold rush finally becomes an honest man to make his sweetheart happy. Fair adventure with emphasis on music and comedy.

279  Belle Starr  20th Century–Fox, 1941. 87 min. D: Irving Cummings. SC: Lamar Trotti. With Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, John Shepperd (Shepperd Strudwick), Elizabeth Patterson, Chill Wills, Louise Beavers, Olin Howland, Paul Burns, Joseph Sawyer, Joseph Downing, Charles Trowbridge, Howard Hickman, James Flavin, Charles Middleton, Matthew “Stymie” Beard, Mae Marsh, Kermit Maynard, Franklyn Farnum, Cecil Weston, Hugh Chapman, Davison Clark, George Reed, Norman Willis, Clarence Muse, Clinton Rosemond, Michael Morris, Dolores Hurlic, George Melford, Herbert Ashley, Billy Wayne, Dick Rich. After the Civil War, a Confederate guerilla leader and his bandit-wife wage a private war against local carpetbaggers. Not much fact in this screen biography of Belle Starr but who cares with Gene Tierney to look at?

280  Belle Starr  CBS-TV, 1980. 97 min. Color. D: John A. Alonzo. SC: James Lee Barrett. With Elizabeth Montgomery, Cliff Potts, Michael Cavanaugh, Fred Ward, Jesse Vint, Allan Vint, Geoffrey Lewis, Gary Combs, Sandy McPeak, David Knell, Geno Silva, Michelle Stacy, Peter Hobbs, Morgan Paull, Sarah Cunningham, Stony Bower, Burt Edwards, James Burke, Dee Cooper, Gilbert Combs, Kate Williams, John Edwards. Another retelling of the life of Belle Starr, this time showing her as a rebellious female who deserts her lover to ride with the likes of the James, Dalton and Younger brothers. Like its theatrical predecessor, this TV film has little foundation in fact but Elizabeth Montgomery is good in the title role.

281  Belle Starr Story  Eureka Films/Mercurfilm, 1968. 103 min. Color. D-SC: Nathan Wich (Piero Cristofani and Lina Wertmuller). With Elsa Martinelli, Robert Woods, George Eastman, Dan Harrison, Francesca Righini, Bruno Corazzari, Vladmer Nedar, Eugene Walter, Remo De Angelis. The two men she loves leads lovely Belle Starr into a life of crime in the Old West and when one of the is captured during a robbery she comes to his rescue. Not much in the way of historical fact in this Italian production, made as Il Mio Corpo per un Poker (My Body for a Poker), but Elsa Martinelli is easy to look at in the title role.

282  Belle Starr’s Daughter  20th Century–Fox, 1947. 85 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: W.R. Burnett. With George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Ruth Roman, Wallace Ford, Charles Kemper, William Phipps, Edith King, Chris-Pin Martin, Jack Lambert, J. Farrell MacDonald, Fred Libby, Larry Johns, Isabel Jewell, Kenneth MacDonald, Christine Larson, Frank Darien, Charles Stevens, William Perrott, Mary Foran, Paul E. Burns, Lane Chandler, Alvin Hammer, Harry Harvey, Bill Kennedy, Herbert Heywood, Henry Hall, John “Skins” Miller, William Ruhl, Hank Patterson, Carol Henry, Rudy Bowman, Johnny Reese. A marshal is blamed for the murder of Belle Starr and her daughter comes to town to avenge her mother’s death. Better than average outlaw yarn aided by its trio of stars, steady direction and a good script.

283  Bells of Capistrano  Republic, 1942. 73 min. D: William Morgan. SC: Lawrence Kimble. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Virginia Grey, Lucien Littlefield, Morgan Conway, Claire DuBrey, Charles Kane, Joe Strauch, Jr., Marla Shelton, Tristram Coffin, Jay Novello, Alan Bridge, Eddie Acuff, Jack O’Shea, Julian Rivero, William Forrest, Ken Christy, Dick Wessell, Guy Usher, Ralph Peters, Joe McGuinn, Terrisita Osta, Howard Hickman, William Kellogg, Peggy Satterlee, Frankie Marvin, Ray Jones. Singer Gene Autry and his crew join a rodeo targeted for destruction by a rival outfit. Gene Autry’s last pre–World War II starrer is on the sluggish side.

284  Bells of Coronado  Republic, 1950. 67 min. Color. D: William Witney. SC: Sloan Nibley. With Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Grant Withers, Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage, Pat Brady, Clifton Young, Robert Bice, Stuart Randall, Leo Cleary, John Hamilton, Edmund Cobb, Rex Lease, Lane Bradford, Eddie Lee, Henry Rowland, Loren Riebe, Duke Green. Insurance investigator Roy Rogers tries to find missing uranium ore thought to be sought after by a foreign power. Good action and an entertaining storyline make this an above average later Roy Rogers feature.

285  Bells of Innocence  Good Times, 2003. 110 min. Color. D: Alin Bijan. SC: Chris Bessey. With Chuck Norris, Mike Norris, Carey Scott, David A.R. White, Marshall R. Teague, Scarlett McAllister, Grant James, Gabby Di Ciolli, Scotty Veale, Matthew Grear, Cindy Michelle, Dennis O’Neil, Julie Arebalo, Marcus Mozier, Tara Di Leva, Alysse Cook. After the death of his daughter, a man and two friends embark on a journey and end up in a remote Texas town where they have to confront a evil mystery man who controls the area. Tepid modern-day horror Western based on a story by co-star Mike Norris, star Chuck Norris’ son.

286  Bells of Rosarita  Republic, 1945. 68 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Jack Townley. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Dale Evans, Adele Mara, Grant Withers, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Ken Carson, Shug Fisher, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Roy Barcroft, Earle Hodgins, Addison Richards, Janet Martin, Syd Saylor, Ed Cassidy, Kenne Duncan, Rex Lease, Robert Wilke, Ted Adams, Wally West, The Robert Mitchell Boychoir, Helen Talbot, Poddles Hanneford, Hank Bell, Eddie Kane, Tom London, Marin Sais, Sam Ash, Barbara Elliott, Mary McCarty, Bill Elliott, Allan Lane, Robert Livingston, Don “Red” Barry, Sunset Carson, Duke Taylor, Harvey Parry, Cactus Mack, Duke Green, Roger Creed, Frank McDonald, Frank McCarroll, Jack Richardson, Gil Perkins, Buster Brodie, Marian Kerrigan, Billy Cummings, Larry Williams. Movie star Roy Rogers tries to keep a circus from being taken over by crooks and he enlists the help of other screen cowboy heroes (Don “Red” Barry, Sunset Carson, Bill Elliott, Allan Lane, Bob Livingston). Interesting Roy Rogers outing with too much music and pretty Adele Mara stealing the acting honors.

287  Bells of San Angelo  Republic, 1947. 71 min. Color. D: William Witney. SC: Sloan Nibley. With Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Andy Devine, John McGuire, Olaf Hytten, David Sharpe, Fritz Leiber, Hank Patterson, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Eddie Acuff, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Dale Van Sickel, Buck Bucko, James Linn, Eddie Parker, Fred Graham, Luana Walters, Keefe Brasselle, Rex Rossi, Charles Sullivan, Ray Turner. Government investigator Roy Rogers is after a gang smuggling silver across the Mexican border. Fairly entertaining Roy Rogers entry.

288  Bells of San Fernando  Screen Guild, 1947. 74 min. D: Terry Morse. SC: Jack DeWitt and Renault Duncan (Duncan Renaldo). With Donald Woods, Gloria Warren, Monte Blue, Shirley O’Hara, Byron Foulger, Paul Newlan, Anthony Warde, Claire Du Brey, Gordon Clark, Angelo Rossitto, David Leonard, Frank Cody, Felipe Turich, Drew Allen, Luisa Triana. An evil man takes control of a small town in Southern California and rules like a tyrant until he is opposed by an Irish immigrant. Cheaply made but entertaining “B” feature.

289  Below the Border  Monogram, 1942. 57 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Jess Bowers (Adele Buffington). With Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Linda Brent, Charles King, Dennis Moore, Roy Barcroft, Ted Mapes, Bud Osborne, Eva Puig, Merrill McCormick, Jack Rockwell, Howard Masters, Walter McGrail, Reed Howes, Tex Palmer, Kermit Maynard, Frank Ellis, Kansas Moehring, Bill Nestell, Wally West, Jack Daly, Denver Dixon, Foxy Callahan. Three lawmen assume various guises as they head to the Mexican border to put a stop to a gang of cattle rustlers who have stolen jewels from a young woman whose fiance is involved with the crooks. Fine entry in “The Rough Riders” series.

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Ben and Charlie see The Ballad of Ben and Charlie (1972)

290  Bend of the River  Universal-International, 1952. 91 min. Color. D: Anthony Mann. SC: Borden Chase. With James Stewart, Julia (Julie) Adams, Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson, Lori Nelson, Jay C. Flippen, Henry (Harry) Morgan, Chubby Johnson, Royal Dano, Stepin Fetchit, Howard Petrie, Jack Lambert, Frank Ferguson, Frances Bavier, Cliff Lyons, Lillian Randolph, Britt Wood, Gregg Barton, Philo McCullough, Donald Kerr, Jennings Miles, Frank Chase, Hugh Prosser, Harry Arnie, Denver Dixon. A former border raider saves a man from hanging and the two lead a wagon train of fruit farmers to Oregon and along the way they fight hostile Indians. Big, brawling oater which is nicely produced; good entertainment.

291  Beneath Western Skies  Republic, 1944. 56 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Albert De Mond and Bob Williams. With Robert Livingston, Smiley Burnette, Effie Laird, Joe Strauch, Jr., LeRoy Mason, Kenne Duncan, Bud Geary, Jack Kirk, Tom London, Frank Jacquet, Jack Ingram, Budd Buster, Robert Wilke, Tom Steele, Herman Hack, Carl Sepulveda. A sheriff tries to stop an outlaw gang but a blow to the head causes him to have amnesia and becoming a pawn of the crooks. One of a trio of “John Paul Revere” films starring Robert Livingston; enjoyable.

292  The Best Man Wins  Columbia, 1948. 73 min. D: John Sturges. SC: Edward Huebsch. With Edgar Buchanan, Anna Lee, Robert Shayne, Gary Gray, George Lynn, Hobart Cavanaugh, Stanley Andrews, Bill Sheffield, Paul E. Burns, Marietta Canty. A man who deserted his family returns home and tries to win back his wife with the help of their son. Okay adaptation of Mark Twain’s story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.”

293  Best of the Badmen  RKO Radio, 1951. 84 min. Color. D: William D. Russell. SC: Robert Hardy Andrews and John Twist. With Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan, Bruce Cabot, John Archer, Lawrence Tierney, Barton MacLane, Tom Tyler, Robert Wilke, John Cliff, Lee MacGregor, Emmett Lynn, Carleton Young, Byron Foulger, Larry Johns, Harry Woods, William Tannen, Ed Max, David McMahon, Everett Glass, Robert Kortman. A Union officer takes Jesse James, the Ringo Kid and the Younger Brothers into custody only to be framed on a murder charge by a crooked detective. All-star galloper is quite good and will warm the hearts of genre fans.

294  The Better Man Wins  Sanford Productions, 1922. 64 min. D-SC: Frank S. Mattison and Marcel Perez. With Pete Morrison, Dorothy Wood, E.L. Van Sickle, Jack Walters, Gene Crosby, Tom Bay. A cowboy comes to the assistance of a ranch owner’s daughter when her father becomes ill, but is soon enticed by a pretty house guest, a cabaret performer. Fun Pete Morrison silent feature.

295  Between Fighting Men  World Wide, 1932. 60 min. D: Forrest Sheldon. SC: Betty Burbridge and Forrest Sheldon. With Ken Maynard, Ruth Hall, Wallace MacDonald, Josephine Dunn, Albert J. Smith, Walter Law, James Bradbury, Jr., John Pratt, Charles King, Edmund Cobb, Robert Kortman, Jack Rockwell, Jack Kirk, Bud McClure, Roy Bucko, Blackjack Ward. Two men try to halt a range war by stopping sheep men from moving their herds through town and at the same time they become rivals for the same girl. Very pleasant Ken Maynard vehicle with good use of comedy and surprisingly little action.

296  Between God, the Devil and a Winchester  Hispamex, 1968. 98 min. Color D: Dario Silvestri (Marino Girolami). SC: Marino Girolami, Manuel Martinez Remis and Tito Carpi. With Gilbert Roland, Richard Harrison, Ennio Girolami, Folco Lulli, Raf Baldassare, Dominique Boschero, Roberto Camardiel, Luis Barboo, Humberto Sempere, Gonzalo Esquiroz, Rocco Lerro, Jose Luis Lluch, Mirella Pamphili, Jose Sanchez, Enzo G. Castellari, Xan das Bolas, Rafael de la Rosa, Jose Maria Ecenarro, Jose Sacristan. A gang leader and a priest pretending to be a gunman try to enlist the aid of a scout in finding stolen treasure. Pretty fair Spaghetti Western adventure dominated by good performances by Gilbert Roland and Richard Harrison in this reworking of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Filmed as Anche nel West C’era una Volta Dio (God Was Also in the West at One Time).

297  Between Men  Supreme, 1935. 59 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Charles Francis Royal. With Johnny Mack Brown, Beth Marion, William Farnum, Earl Dwire, Lloyd Ingraham, Wally Wales, Frank Ball, Harry Downing, Horace B. Carpenter, Forrest Taylor, Bud Osborne, Sherry Tansey, Milburn Morante, Artie Ortego, Horace Murphy, Budd Buster, Francis Walker, Jack Kirk, George Morrell, Jim Corey, Tex Phelps, Archie Ricks, Clyde McClary, Silver Tip Baker. A young man goes West to find the rejected daughter of the man who raised him and he not only locates her but also his real father who thought he had been killed. Complicated plotline, good performances and competent production help this one add up to pleasing entertainment; the fist fight between Brown and Farnum is a corker with the latter more than holding his own.

298  Beyond the Border  Producers Distributing Corporation, 1925. 55 min. D: Scott R. Dunlap. SC: Harvey Gates. With Harry Carey, Mildred Harris, Tom Santschi, Jack Richardson, William Scott. A lawman brings in a girl’s brother who has been falsely accused of a crime only to find a local crook has taken his job. Entertaining Harry Carey silent feature.

Beyond the Frontier of Hate see Four Came to Kill Sartana

299  Beyond the Last Frontier  Republic, 1943. 57 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: John K. Butler and Morton Grant. With Eddie Dew, Smiley Burnette, Lorraine Miller, Robert Mitchum, Harry Woods, Kermit Maynard, Ernie Adams, Richard Cramer, Jack Kirk, Wheaton Chambers, Jack Rockwell, Cactus Mack, Art Dillard, Tom Steele, Henry Wills, Curley Dresden. In an effort to stop border gun runners, the Texas Rangers have one of their own infiltrate the gang. The first of two films which starred Eddie Dew in the “John Paul Revere” series, this one fails to do much other than have the hero take a backseat to villain Bob Mitchum.

300  Beyond the Law  Syndicate, 1930. 60 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: G.A. Durlam. With Robert Frazer, Louise Lorraine, Lane Chandler, Charles King, Jimmy Kane, William Walling, Franklyn Farnum, Harry Holden, George Hackathorne, Ed Lynch, Robert Graves, Al St. John, Bob Reeves, Blackie Whiteford, Tex Phelps. Two cowpokes ride into a region where the law is in cahoots with a hoodlum who hires a famous road agent to run ranchers off their spreads. Slow moving early talkie that is poorly recorded, includes too much stock footage and has two inane musical numbers by a group of singing soldiers.

301  Beyond the Law  Columbia, 1934. 60 min. D: D. Ross Lederman. SC: Harold Shumate. With Tim McCoy, Shirley Grey, Lane Chandler, Addison Richards, Dick Rush, Harry C. Bradley, Morton Laverre (John Merton). When a girl’s father is sent to prison for a murder committed during a holdup, a railroad detective, who believes him innocent, tries to find the real culprits. Good Tim McCoy programmer made as a part of his non-Western series for Columbia but basically a genre entry.

302  Beyond the Law  Sancrosiap/Roxy Film, 1968. 110 min. Color. D: Giorgio Stegani. SC: Giorgio Stegani and Fernando Di Leo. With Lee Van Cleef, Antonio Sabato, Lionel Stander, Graziella Granata, Bud Spencer, Ann Smyrner, Herbert Fux, Carlo Gaddi, Enzo Fiermonte, Gordon Mitchell, Hans Elsenspoek, Gunther Stoll, Carlo Pedersoli. A notorious bandit and his two cohorts rob a stage and he later befriends a man who saves his life and in a small town, is made sheriff and must protect a money shipment from a gang of vicious holdup men. Violent but well done Lee Van Cleef vehicle made in Italy as Al Di La Della Legge (Beyond the Law). Issued in the U.S. in 1973 by Cinema Shares running 78 minutes.

303  Beyond the Pecos  Universal, 1945. 59 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Bennett Cohen. With Rod Cameron, Eddie Dew, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt, Ray Whitley and His Bar-Six-Cowboys, Gene Roth, Robert Homans, Jack Ingram, Frank Jaquet, Henry Wills, Jack Rockwell, Jim Thorpe, Dan White, Al Ferguson, Forrest Taylor, William Desmond, Herman Hack, Artie Ortego, Merle Travis, Jerome Sheldon, Buster Brodie. Two men from feuding families fight over rich oil land rights and the love of a pretty girl. Stout Rod Cameron vehicle nicely helmed by veteran Lambert Hillyer.

304  Beyond the Purple Hills  Columbia, 1950. 70 min. D: John English. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Jo Dennison, Don Beddoe, James Millican, Don Kay Reynolds, Hugh O’Brian, Robert Wilke, Roy Gordon, Harry Harvey, Gregg Barton, Ralph Peters, Frank Ellis, John Cliff, Sandy Sanders, Merrill McCormick, Tex Terry, Maudie Prickett, Pat O’Malley, Herman Hack, Cliff Barnett, Frank O’Connor, Frankie Marvin, Bobby Clark, Boyd Stockman, Lynton Brent. An acting sheriff is forced to arrest his pal when the latter’s father is murdered although he believes his friend is innocent. Adequate Gene Autry musical western, a remake of Sheriff of Las Vegas (q.v.).

305  Beyond the Rio Grande  Big 4, 1930. 60 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: Carl Krusada. With Jack Perrin, Franklyn Farnum, Charline Burt, Emma Tansey, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Pete Morrison, Edmund Cobb, Henry Roquemore, Henry Taylor. When his partner robs a bank, a man is falsely blamed for the crime and is forced to head south of the border. Pretty fair early talkie that will appeal to fans of Jack Perrin and Franklyn Farnum.

306  Beyond the Rockies  RKO Radio, 1932. 60 min. D: Fred Allen. SC: Oliver Drake. With Tom Keene, Rochelle Hudson, Julian Rivero, Hank Bell, Ernie Adams, William Welsh, Ted Adams, Tom London, Marie Wells, Slim Whitaker, Frank Ellis, Jim Corey, Al Taylor, Rosa Turich. The governments sends a undercover agent to Texas to look into cattle rustling. David O. Selznick was the executive producer on his well made and fast moving production, starring a bit too gung-ho Tom Keene.

307  Beyond the Sacramento  Columbia, 1940. 58 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Luci Ward. With Bill Elliott, Evelyn Keyes, Dub Taylor, John Dilson, Bradley Page, Frank LaRue, Norman Willis, Steve Clark, Jack Clifford, Don Beddoe, Bud Osborne, George McKay, Olin Francis, Tex Cooper, Ned Glass, Harry Bailey, Blackjack Ward, Jack Low, Clem Horton, Chick Hannon, Eddie Laughton, George Morrell, Tex Phelps, Jack Tornek, Tom Moray. Settlers in California are plagued by lawlessness and Wild Bill Hickok tries to put a stop to the terrorism. Faced paced Bill Elliott affair with nice work by Evelyn Keyes as the heroine. British title: Power of Justice.

308  Beyond the Trail  Chesterfield, 1926. 50 min. D: Al Herman. With Bill Patton, Janet Dawn, Eric Mayne, Sheldon Lewis, Stuart Holmes, Clara Horton, James F. Fulton. After he accidentally causes two robbers to shoot each other, a bumbling cowpoke is assigned to bring in a thieving ranch foreman and ends up defeating him in a fight for the girl he loves. Tepid silent effort headlining klutzy hero (!) Bill Patton.

309  The Big Bonanza  Republic, 1945. 68 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Dorrell McGowan, Stuart McGowan and Paul Gengelin. With Richard Arlen, Robert Livingston, Jane Frazee, George “Gabby” Hayes, Lynne Roberts, Bobby Driscoll, J.M. Kerrigan, Russell Simpson, Frank Reicher, Cordell Hickman, Roy Barcroft, Fred Kohler, Jr., Charles King, Jack Rockwell, Henry Wills, Fred Graham, Dan White, Robert Wilke, Monte Hale, Tom Steele. During the Civil War a Union soldier is wrongly accused of cowardice and goes West where he meets up with a old friend, the gambling house proprietor who framed him. Republic B plus production benefited by the performances Richard Arlen and Bob Livingston as the good and bad guys.

310  Big Boy Rides Again  Beacon, 1935. 55 min. D: Al Herman. SC: William Nolte. With Guinn Williams, Connie Bergen, Charles K. French, Lafe McKee, Victor Potel, Bud Osborne, William Gould, Augie Gomez. A cowboy returns home to aid his father in protecting a hidden treasure only to have his dad killed and himself stalked by the murderer. Atmospheric, spooky dark house thriller set in the Old West. Remade as Saddle Mountain Roundup (q.v.).

311  Big Calibre  Supreme, 1935. 58 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Perry Murdock. With Bob Steele, Peggy Campbell, Georgia O’Dell, Earl Dwire, Bill Quinn, John Elliott, Forrest Taylor, Perry Murdock, Si Jenks, Frank Ball, Frank McCarroll, Blackie Whiteford. When he is falsely accused of killing his father, a rancher is nearly lynched before he escapes and proves his innocence. Bob Steele is on the run again in this series oater, which is not typical in that a physically grotesque chemist uses poison gas to kill his victims.

312  The Big Cat  Eagle-Lion, 1949. 75 min. Color. D: Phil Karlson. SC: Morton Grant. With Preston Foster, Lon McCallister, Forrest Tucker, Peggy Ann Garner, Skip Homeier, Sara Holden, Irving Bacon, Gene Reynolds. The long time hatred of two men over a girl is triggered by the arrival of her son in a Utah valley plagued by a rampaging cougar and a deadly drought. Better-than-average outdoor melodrama helped by nice location scenery and a good cast.

Big Chuck, Little Chuck see Hollywood, It’s a Dog’s Life

313  The Big Country  United Artists, 1958. 156 min. Color. D: William Wyler. SC: James R. Webb, Sy Bartlett and Robert Wilder. With Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Carroll Baker, Charles Bickford, Alfonso Bedoya, Chuck Connors, Chuck Hayward, Buff Brady, Jim Burk, Dorothy Adams, Chuck Roberson, Bob Morgan, John McKee, Jay Slim Talbot, John Morgan. A one-time sea captain arrives in the West to marry a rancher’s daughter and finds himself in the middle of a feud over water rights. Sprawling Western which is splendidly made but overblown and verbose.

A Big Deal at Dodge City see A Big Hand for the Little Lady

314  The Big Diamond Robbery  Film Booking Offices (FB0), 1929. D: Eugene Forde. SC: John Stuart Twist. With Tom Mix, Kathryn McGuire, Frank Beal, Martha Mattox, Ernest Hilliard, Barney Furey, Ethan Laidlaw, Tony (horse). A ranch foreman exposes a robbery gang led by the friend of his employer’s daughter, the crooks being after her priceless diamond ring. Modern-day Tom Mix adventure that survives today only in a 22-minute version, approximately the middle third of the feature.

315  Big Foot  Ellman Enterprises/Gemini-American/Western-International, 1971. 94 min. Color. D: Robert Slatzer. SC: Robert Slatzer and James Gordon White. With Chris Mitchum, Joi Lansing, John Carradine, Ken Maynard, Lindsay Crosby, James Craig, Judy Jordan, John Mitchum, Joy Wilkerson, Doodles Weaver, Dorothy Keller, Noble “Kid” Chissel, Nick Raymond, James Stellar, Lois Red Elk, Lonesome Fawn. When her plane crashes in Northern California, a woman is captured by an ape-like creature and after a rescue party saves her a peddler makes plans to exhibit the monster. Combination of horror and Western genres for the drive-in trade; interesting because of special billed Ken Maynard’s return to the screen as a storekeeper. Also known as Bigfoot.

316  The Big Gundown  Columbia, 1968. 90 min. Color. D: Sergio Sollima. SC: Sergio Donati and Sergio Sollima. With Lee Van Cleef, Tomas Milian, Fernando Sancho, Luisa Rivelli, Nieves Navarro, Benito Stefanelli, Walter Barnes, Angel Del Pozo, Maria Granada, Lanfranco Ceccarelli, Roberto Camardiel, Tom Felleghy, Gerard Herter. A famous Texas man hunter gets on the trail of a Mexican accused of raping and murdering a small girl but as the search continues he begins to realize the chase is being used to cover up another crime. Handsomely made feature starring Lee Van Cleef that was popular on both sides of the Atlantic; tremendous Ennio Morricone music score. Released in 1967 in Italy, where it was filmed, as La Resa Del Conti (Account Rendered) by P.E.A./Tulio De Micheli.

Big Gundown 2 see Run, Man, Run

317  A Big Hand for the Little Lady  Warner Bros., 1966. 95 min. Color. D: Fielder Cook. SC: Sidney Carroll. With Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Paul Ford, Charles Bickford, Burgess Meredith, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Middleton, John Qualen, James Kenny, Allen Collins, Jim Boles, Gerald Michenaud, Virginia Gregg, Chester Conklin, Ned Glass, Mae Clarke, James Griffith, Noah Keene, Milton Seltzer, Louise Glenn, William Cort. Trying to rid her husband of his compulsive gambling addiction, and recoup his losses, a woman enters a five-card poker showdown in Laredo in 1896. Somewhat of a genre takeoff, this production is amusing and well done. Also called A Big Deal at Dodge City.

318  Big Jack  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949. 85 min. D: Richard Thorpe. SC: Gene Fowler, Marin Borowsky, Otto Van Eyss and Robert Thoere. With Wallace Beery, Richard Conte, Marjorie Main, Edward Arnold, Vanessa Brown, Clinton Sundberg, Charles Dingle, Clem Bevans, Jack Lambert, Will Wright, William “Bill” Phillips, Syd Saylor, Andy Clyde, Ann Doran, Vince Barnett, Trevor Bardette, Francis McDonald, Edith Evanson, Tom Fadden, Robert B. Williams, Eddie Dunn, Minerva Urecal, Milton Parsons, Hank Bell, Richard Alexander, Del Henderson, Lane Bradford, Fred Gilman, Holly Bane, Frank McCarroll, James Pierce, E. Mason Hopper, Florence Auer, Henry Sylvester, William Norton Bailey, Casey MacGregor, Cactus Mack, Carl Sepulveda, Billy Dix, Robert Filmer, Frank McGrath, Carol Henry, Joan Blair, Eddie Parks, John Phipps, Jimmy Martin, Lynn Farr. In Colonial times a man and a woman make a living as road agents until they are reformed by a righteous doctor. Fairly good Wallace Beery vehicle with emphasis on humor; Beery’s last film and he looks in poor health.

319  Big Jake  National General, 1971. 110 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: Harry Julian Fink and R.M. Fink. With John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Chris Mitchum, Bobby Vinton, Bruce Cabot, Glenn Corbett, Harry Carey, Jr., John Doucette, Jim Davis, John Agar, Gregg Palmer, Robert Warner, Jim Burke, John Ethan Wayne, Virginia Capers, William Walker, Jerry Gatlin, Tom Hennessy, Don Epperson, Everett Creach, Jeff Wingfield, Hank Worden, Jerry Summers, Chuck Roberson, Bernard Fox, Roy Jenson. When his grandson is kidnapped by outlaws, a rich land owner sets out to rescue him. Typically good John Wayne vehicle with plenty of action and a good story line.

John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in Big Jake (National General, 1971).

320  The Big Land  Warner Bros., 1957. 98 min. Color. D: Gordon Douglas. SC: David Dortort and Martin Rackin. With Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien, Anthony Caruso, Julie Bishop, John Qualen, Don Castle, David Ladd, Jack Wrather, Jr., George J. Lewis, James Anderson, Don Kelly, Charles Watts, John Doucette, Henry Rowland. Businessmen try to cheat cattlemen and farmers in the post–Civil War era and the latter two unite in an attempt to build a railroad spur that will connect them to better markets. Good Alan Ladd vehicle with fine production values.

321  Big Money Rustlas  Psychopathic Records, 2010. 95 min. Color. D: Paul Andresen. SC: Paul Andresen, Studebaker Ducham and Joe Bruce (Violent J). With Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, 2 Tuff Tony, Boondox, Blaze, Mark Jury, Jason Mewes, Ron Jeremy, Bridget Powerz, Jody Sadler, Jamie Madrox, Monoxide, Jumpsteady, Brian David, Cindie Haynie, Corporal Robinson, Clay, Otis from Axe Murder Boys, Mike E. Clark, Erwin Shepansky, Billy Bill, Scott Hall, Jimmy Hart. A gambling tycoon is forced into a showdown with a lawman trying to save the town of Mudbug. Western comedy for Joggolo fans.

The Big North see The Wild North

322  Big Red  Buena Vista, 1962. 89 min. Color. D: Norman Tokar. SC: Louis Pelletier. With Walter Pidgeon, Gilles Payant, Emile Genest, Janette Bertrand, Doris Lussier, Rolland Bedard, George Bouvier, Teddy Burns Goulet. An orphan boy comes to live at the ranch of a wealthy dog fancier and he develops a rapport with a previously incorrigible canine. Enjoyable Disney family film made in Canada.

323  The Big Show  Republic, 1936. 59 min. D: Mack V. Wright. SC: Dorrell McGowan and Stuart McGowan. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Kay Hughes, Max Terhune, Sally Payne, William Newell, Charles Judels, Rex King, Harry Worth, Mary Russell, Christine Maple, Jerry Larkin, Jack O’Shea, Slim Whitaker, George Chesebro, Edward Hearn, Cliff Lyons, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Len Slye [Roy Rogers], Tim Spencer, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Tracy Layne, Jack Rockwell, Frankie Marvin, Cornelius Keefe, Horace B. Carpenter, Frances Morris, Richard Beach, Art Mix, I. Stanford Jolley, Sally Rand, The SMU 50 (Southern Methodist University Marching Band), The Light Crust Doughboys, The Beverly Hill Billies (Elton Britt, Aleth Hansen, Rudy Sooter), The Jones Boys. When a stuck-up cowboy film hero refuses to appear at a rodeo his stunt double takes his place, becomes mixed up with gangsters and eventually wins screen stardom. Very entertaining Gene Autry feature filmed at the Texas Centennial Exposition with a plethora of country and western acts; Max Terhune’s screen debut.

Big Showdown see The Grand Duel

324  The Big Sky  RKO Radio, 1952. 140 min. D: Howard Hawks. SC: Dudley Nichols. With Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt, Arthur Hunnicutt, Buddy Baer, Steven Geray, Hank Worden, Jim Davis, Henri Letondal, Robert Hunter, Booth Colman, Paul Frees, Frank De Kova, Guy Wilkerson, Cliff Clark, Fred Graham, George Wallace, Max Wagner, Charles Regan, Sam Ash, Don Beddoe, Jim Hayward, Anthony Jochim, Nolan Leary, Frank Lackteen, Ray Hyke, Eugene Borden, Veola Vonn, Cactus Mack, Crane Whitley. Two pals heading west join a fur trapping expedition and along the way both all in love with an Indian girl. Sprawling adaptation of A.B. Guthrie, Jr.’s novel; cuts for TV at 122 minutes make it more watch able; also available in a computerized color version.

325  The Big Sombrero  Columbia, 1949. 82 min. Color. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Olive Cooper. With Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo, Stephen Denne, George J. Lewis, Vera Marshe, William Edmunds, Martin Garralaga, Gene (Roth) Stutenroth, Neyle Morrow, Bob (John) Cason, Pierce Lyden, Jose Alvarado, Alex Montoya, Joe Kirk, Artie Ortego, Joe Dominguez. A cowboy tries to stop a crook from marrying a young woman for her ranch, which he plans to sell. Finely done and entertaining Gene Autry opus.

326  Big Stakes  East Coast Productions, 1922. 61 min. D: Clifford S. Elfelt. SC: Frank Howard Clark. With J.B. Warner, Elinor Fair, Les Bates, Willie May Carson, H.S. Karr, Robert Grey, Ethelbert Knott, Louis Emmons. An adventurer romances the betrothed of a rich Mexican rancher but switches his affections to a woman kidnapped by night riders. Action filled, light hearted, silent J.B. Warner vehicle.

327  The Big Stampede  Warner Bros., 1932. 53 min. D: Tenny Wright. SC: Kurt Kempler. With John Wayne, Noah Beery, Mae Madison, Luis Alberni, Berton Churchill, Paul Hurst, Sherwood Bailey, Frank Ellis, Hank Bell, Lafe McKee, Slim Whitaker, Ed Phillips, Bud Osborne, Joe Girard, Jim Corey, Al Taylor, Blackjack Ward, Chuck Baldra, G. Raymond Nye, Fred Burns, Iron Eyes Cody, Bob Fleming, Tom Bay, Al Haskell, Tex Phelps, John Ince, Leonard Trainor, Rose Plummer, S.S. Simon, Edward Burns. A deputy sheriff enlists the help of a bandit in opposing a ranch owner who kills lawmen so his gang can rustle cattle. Pleasing early John Wayne vehicle with the usual larger-than-life villainy of Noah Beery. Remake of Ken Maynard’s (who is clearly visible with his horse Tarzan in some of the footage) The Land Beyond the Law (First National, 1927) and remade under that title (q.v.) by Warner Bros. in 1936 with Dick Foran. The film’s theme song is “Under a Texas Moon.”

328  The Big Trail  United Artists, 1930. 158 min. D: Raoul Walsh. SC: Jack Peabody, Marie Boyle and Florence Postal. With John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, Tyrone Power (Sr.), El Brendel, Tully Marshall, David Rollins, Ian Keith, Frederick Burton, Russ Powell, Charles Stevens, Helen Parrish, Louise Carver, William V. Mong, Dodo Newton, Jack Peabody, Ward Bond, Marcia Harris, Marjorie Leet, Emslie Emerson, Frank Rainboth, Andy Shuford, Gertrude Van Lent, Lucille Van Lent, DeWitt Jennings, Alphonse Ethier, Chief Big Tree, Don Coleman, Pete Morrison, Iron Eyes Cody. While leading settlers west a young wagon master plans to avenge the murder of a trapper friend by one of the travelers. Originally shot in both 35 mm and 70 mm, this expansive production is a delight to the eye as well as providing John Wayne with a fine first starring role; it is hard to understand why this film was not more popular when it was released. Recommended. Later cut to 125 and 110-minute versions.

329  The Big Trees  Warner Bros., 1952. 89 min. Color. D: Felix Feist. SC: John Twist and James R. Webb. With Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore, Edgar Buchanan, John Archer, Alan Hale, Jr., Roy Roberts, Charles Meredith, Harry Cording, Ellen Corby, William Challee, Lester Sharp, Mel Archer, Duke Watson, Lillian Bond, Vicki Raaf, Kay Marlow, Sue Casey, Ann Stuart, Art Millan, Iris Adrian, William Vedder. An unscrupulous timber man gets into the confidence of a valley of settlers so he can cut their redwood trees and sell them. Color adds a nice touch to his lumbering yarn although “hero” Kirk Douglas is none-too-likable in the lead.

Bigfoot see Big Foot

330  Billy Jack  Warner Bros, 1971. 112 min. Color. D: T.C. Frank (Delores Taylor). SC: Frank Christina and Teresa Christina. With Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Clark Howard, Bert Freed, Julie Webb, Kenneth Tobey, Victor Izay, Debbie Schock, Stan Rice, Teresa Kelly, John McClune, Katy Moffatt. When the existence of a freedom school for runaway teenagers on an Indian reservation in Arizona is threatened by the citizens of a small town, a half-breed Vietnam veteran comes to its aid. Fans of the “Billy Jack” series should like this feature but otherwise beware of its peace-preaching.

331  Billy the Kid  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1930. 90 min. D: King Vidor. SC: Wanda Tuchok and Lawrence Stallings. With John (Johnny) Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson, Wyndham Standing, Karl Dane, Russell Simpson, Blanche Frederici, Roscoe Ates, Warner Richmond, James Marcus, Nelson McDowell, Jack Carlyle, John Beck, Christopher Martin, Soledad Jiminez, Don Coleman, Jack Rockwell, Frank Hagney, Blackjack Ward, Hank Bell. Billy the Kid murders a cattle baron in revenge for the death of a pal, then gets married, but he and his bride are trailed by Sheriff Pat Garrett, and a posse. Early talkie shot in wide screen is something of a novelty, but definitely worth a look. TV title: The Highwayman Rides.

332  Billy the Kid  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1941. 95 min. D: David Miller. SC: Gene Fowler. With Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter, Mary Howard, Gene Lockhart, Henry O’Neill, Frank Puglia, Cy Kendall, Connie Gilchrist, Ethel Griffies, Chill Wills, Guinn Williams, Olive Blakeney, Lon Chaney, Jr., Frank Conlan, Mitchell Lewis, Dick Curtis, Ted Adams, Earl Gunn, Frank Dunn, Grant Withers, Joe Yule, Carl Pitti, Arthur Housman, Lew Harvey, Priscilla Lawson, Kermit Maynard, Slim Whitaker, Ray Teal, George Chesebro, Frank Hagney, Edwin Brady, Tom London, Buck Mack, Ben Petti. A long-time lawman friend of Billy the Kid is forced to hunt him down when the outlaw kills the corrupt rancher who murdered his pal. A fair remake of the 1930 Billy the Kid (q.v.) with Robert Taylor miscast in the lead although Brian Donlevy is very good as Pat Garrett, here called Jim Sherwood.

333  Billy the Kid  Turner Home Entertainment, 1989. 96 min. Color. D: William A. Graham. SC: Gore Vidal. With Val Kilmer, Wilford Brimley, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Parks, Albert Salmi, Duncan Regehr, Julie Carmen, Tom Everett, Will Hannah, Clark Ray, Billy Joe Patton, Andrew Bicknell, Ned Vaughn, Mike Casper, Nate Esformes, Jack Dunlap, Richard Glover, John O’Hurley, Ric San Nicholas, Richard Blake, Bing Blenman, Patrick Massett, Kirk Nelson, Burr Steers, Ed Adams, Roberto Guajardo, Tiny Wells, Henry Max Kedrick, Sam Smiley, Red West, Rich Wheeler, Sidney Laen, Gore Vidal. Young Billy Bonney finds himself in the middle of the Lincoln County Cattle War, leading to his becoming a wanted outlaw. Passable entertainment; revisionist history. Also called Gore Vidal’s Billy the Kid.

Billy the Kid in Blazing Frontier see Blazing Frontier

Billy the Kid in Cattle Stampede see Cattle Stampede

Billy the Kid in Fugitive of the Plains see Fugitive of the Plains

334  Billy the Kid in Santa Fe  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 64 min. D: Peter Stewart (Sam Newfield). SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Bob Steele, Al St. John, Rex Lease, Dennis Moore, Marin Sais, Karl Hackett, Steve Clark, Hal Price, Charles King, Frank Ellis, Dave O’Brien, Kenne Duncan, Curley Dresden, John Elliott, Reed Howes, Milburn Morante, Henry Wills, Art Dillard, Wally West, George Morrell, Ray Henderson, Chick Hannon, Artie Ortego, Foxy Callahan, Oscar Gahan, Jack Evans, Denver Dixon, Herman Hack, Barney Beasley, George Hazel, Jack Tornek, Herman Howlin. A crook falsely accuses Billy the Kid of a killing so he escapes to Santa Fe where he makes an alliance with a man whose brother was hanged by the accuser. Run-of-the-mill PRC oater, fast and furious but not overly good.

Steve Clark, Bob Steele, Dennis Moore and Marin Sais in Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (PRC, 1941).

335  Billy the Kid in Texas  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1940. 63 min. D: Peter Stewart (Sam Newfield). SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Bob Steele, Terry Walker, Al St. John, Carleton Young, Charles King, John Merton, Lew Meehan, Frank LaRue, Slim Whitaker, Curley Dresden, Tex Palmer, Merrill McCormick, George Morrell, Denver Dixon, Bob Woodward, Sherry Tansey, Herman Hack, Oscar Gahan, Wally West, Ray Henderson, Augie Gomez, Pascale Perry, Art Dillard, Chick Hannon, Jack Evans, Ben Corbett, Al Haskell. Escaping from New Mexico, Billy the Kid thwarts a robbery and becomes a town marshal only to discover his brother heads an outlaw gang. Low grade but action filled; also called Battling Outlaw.

336  Billy the Kid Outlawed  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1940. 52 min. D: Peter Stewart (Sam Newfield). SC: Oliver Drake. With Bob Steele, Louise Currie, Al St. John, Carleton Young, John Merton, Ted Adams, Reed Howes, Kenne Duncan, Walter McGrail, Hal Price, George Chesebro, Jack Perrin, Steve Clark, Joe McGuinn, Carl Mathews, Budd Buster, Sherry Tansey. Billy the Kid and his pals are sought as outlaws by a corrupt sheriff who is in cahoots with local crooks planning a big swindle. The first of a half dozen “Billy the Kid” features starring Bob Steele, this one is fairly good considering its origins.

337  Billy the Kid Returns  Republic, 1938. 56 min. D: Joe (Joseph) Kane. SC: Jack Natteford. With Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Mary Hart (Lynne Roberts), Morgan Wallace, Fred Kohler, Wade Boteler, Edwin Stanley, Horace Murphy, Joseph Crehan, Robert Emmett Keane, Al Taylor, Ray Nichols, Chris-Pin Martin, Dorothy Vaughn, Betty Jean Hainey, Patsy Parsons, Tom Smith, Jim Corey, Bud McClure, Lloyd Ingraham, Rudy Sooter, Oscar Gahan, Bruce MacFarlane, Ralph Dunn, Jack Kirk, Al Haskell, Bob McKenzie, George Morrell, Bob Burns, George (Montgomery) Letz, Fred Burns, Fern Emmett, Betty Roadman, Tex Phelps, Fred Parker, Jack Evans, Silver Tip Baker, Bob Card, Frank O’Connor. After killing Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett asks the outlaw’s look-a-like to pretend to be the outlaw in order to stop a range war. Top notch Roy Rogers starring vehicle.

Billy the Kid Rides Again see The Kid Rides Again

338  Billy the Kid Trapped  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 59 min. D: Sherman Scott (Sam Newfield). SC: Oliver Drake and Joseph O’Donnell. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Anne Jeffreys, Bud McTaggart, Glenn Strange, Walter McGrail, Ted Adams, Jack Ingram, Milton Kibbee, Eddie Phillips, Budd Buster, Jack Kenney, Jimmy Aubrey, Wally West, Art Dillard, Kenne Duncan, George Chesebro, Carl Mathews, Richard Cramer, Curley Dresden, Horace B. Carpenter, Jim Mason, Hank Bell, Oscar Gahan, Herman Hack, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko, Ray Henderson, Augie Gomez, Jack Evans, Jack Tornek, Pascale Perry. Three outlaws who claim to be Billy the Kid and his cohorts attack a sheriff but the real Billy rescues the lawman and formulates plans to round up the culprits. Average series entry.

339  Billy the Kid vs. Dracula  Embassy, 1966. 89 min. Color. D: William Beaudine. SC: Carl K. Hittleman. With John Carradine, Chuck Courtney, Melinda Plowman, Virginia Christine, Walter Janovitz, Bing Russell, Lenni Geer, Roy Barcroft, Olive Carey, Mannie Landman, Marjorie Bennett, George Cisar, Charlita, William Forrest, Richard Reeves, Harry Carey, Jr., Max Kelvin, Jack Williams, William Challee. Billy the Kid is the foreman of a ranch whose nubile young owner is the lecherous object of Count Dracula, who poses as her uncle. As bad as its sounds with Dracula in bat form flying around in the daylight!

340  Billy the Kid Wanted  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 64 min. D: Sherman Scott (Sam Newfield). SC: Fred Myton. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Dave O’Brien, Choti Sherwood, Glenn Strange, Charles King, Slim Whitaker, Howard Masters, Joe Newfield, Budd Buster, Frank Ellis, Curley Dresden, Wally West, Steve Clark, Reed Howes, Ray Henderson, Art Dillard, Al Taylor, Pascale Perry, Kenne Duncan, Archie Hall, Augie Gomez, George Morrell, Chick Hannon. Billy the Kid hides at the ranch of a friend to elude a posse that framed him for a crime he did not commit. Cheaply made but entertaining.

341  Billy the Kid’s Fighting Pals  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 62 min. D: Sherman Scott (Sam Newfield). SC: George Plympton. With Bob Steele, Al St. John, Phyllis Adair, Hal Price, Carleton Young, George Chesebro, Forrest Taylor, Budd Buster, Julian Rivero, Wally West, Ray Henderson, Curley Dresden, Ed Piel, Sr., Art Dillard, Stanley Price, Sherry Tansey, Frank Ellis, Al Taylor, Milburn Morante, George Morrell, Jack Evans, Jack Tornek. When a sheriff is murdered, Billy the Kid gets the lawman’s look-a-like to pose as him so he can capture the killer. Low grade but okay PRC sagebrush yarn. TV title: Trigger Men.

342  Billy the Kid’s Gun Justice  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1940. 59 min. D: Peter Stewart (Sam Newfield). SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Bob Steele, Louise Currie, Al St. John, Carleton Young, Charles King, Rex Lease, Kenne Duncan, Forrest Taylor, Ted Adams, Al Ferguson, Karl Hackett, Ed Peil, Sr., Julian Rivero, Joe McGuinn, George Morrell, Blanca Vischer, Oscar Gahan, Richard Cramer, Curley Dresden, Wally West, Carl Mathews, Augie Gomez. Billy the Kid and his pals come to the aid of ranchers who bought properties only to learn a crook has diverted the local water supply. Another “Billy the Kid” effort, this one on the tacky side.

343  Billy the Kid’s Range War  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 58 min. D: Peter Stewart (Sam Newfield). SC: William Lively. With Bob Steele, Al St. John, Joan Barclay, Rex Lease, Carleton Young, Milton Kibbee, Karl Hackett, Ted Adams, Julian Rivero, John Ince, Buddy Roosevelt, Ralph Peters, Alden Chase, Howard Masters, George Chesebro, Charles King, Steve Clark, Tex Palmer, Blanca Vischer, Wally West, Sherry Tansey, Carl Mathews, Curley Dresden, Jack Tornek. Billy the Kid is accused of several killings by a steamboat operator who is trying to stop construction of a stage line road. Better-than-average “Billy the Kid” series entry later released on 16mm as Texas Trouble.

344  Billy the Kid’s Roundup  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 58 min. D: Sherman Scott (Sam Newfield). SC: Fred Myton. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Carleton Young, Joan Barclay, Glenn Strange, Dick Curtis, Slim Whitaker, John (Elliott) Webster, Charles King, Dennis Moore, Kenne Duncan, Curley Dresden, Richard Cramer, Wally West, Tex Palmer, Tex Cooper, Horace B. Carpenter, Jim Mason, Oscar Gahan, Herman Hack, Horace B. Carpenter, George Morrell, Denver Dixon, Tex Phelps, Barney Beasley, Lew Morphy, Art Dillard, Augie Gomez, Jack Evans, Morgan Flowers, Tom Smith. A small town sheriff is murdered and Billy the Kid urges a female newspaper operator to use her business to combat the culprits. Another okay “Billy the Kid” series outing.

345  Billy the Kid’s Smoking Guns  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 63 min. D: Sherman Scott (Sam Newfield). SC: George Milton. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Joan Barclay, Dave O’Brien, John Merton, Milton Kibbee, Ted Adams, Frank Ellis, Karl Hackett, Budd Buster, Joe Newfield, Slim Whitaker, Bert Dillard, Curley Dresden, Steve Clark, George Morrell, Art Dillard, Chick Hannon, Foxy Callahan, Lou Fulton. Billy the Kid and his pal Fuzzy help ranchers harassed by a gang of hoodlums. Plenty and action and shooting in this PRC feature. British title: Smoking Guns.

346  Billy Two Hats  United Artists, 1974. 97 min. Color. D: Ted Kotcheff. SC: Alan Sharp. With Gregory Peck, Desi Arnaz, Jr., Jack Warden, David Huddleston, Sian Barbara Allen, John Pearce, Dawn Little Sky, W. Vincent St. Cyr, Henry Medicine Hat, Zev Berlinsky, Anthony Scott. An old Irishman befriends a half-breed Indian boy and the two are chased by a relentless lawman after robbing a bank. Western filmed Israel with Gregory Peck making it palatable in his offbeat characterization of the Irish rogue.

347  Birth of a Legend  Gold Key, 1973. 96 min. Color. An orphaned coyote, who has learned to herd sheep instead of hunt them, is mistaken by an Navajo Indian for the reincarnation of his herdsman grandfather. Entertaining docudrama. Also called Navajo Coyote.

348  Bite the Bullet  Columbia, 1975. 131 min. Color. D-SC: Richard Brooks. With Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Jan-Michael Vincent, Ian Bannen, Ben Johnson, John McLiam, Jerry Gatlin, Robert Donner, Robert Hoy, Dabney Coleman, Paul Stewart, Jean Willes, Sally Kirkland, Buddy Van Horn. Numerous cowboys and adventurers enter an endurance horse race over 600 miles of badlands in 1908 for a $2,000 prize. Well produced but overlong Western which Ben Johnson steals with his poignant performance that should have won him a second Oscar.

349  Bitter Creek  Allied Artists, 1954. 74 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: George Waggner. With Bill Elliott, Beverly Garland, Veda Ann Borg, Carleton Young, Claude Akins, John Harmon, John Pickard, Jim Hayward, Forrest Taylor, Mike Ragan, Zon Murray, John Larch, Florence Lake, Earle Hodgins, Jane Easton, Joe Devlin, Dabbs Greer, Stanley Price. When his rancher brother is shot in the back a man plans to avenge the murder. Later Bill Elliott film is compact, well acted and nicely scripted.

350  Bitter Springs  British Empire Films, 1950. 86 min. D: Ralph Smart. SC: W.P. Lyescomb. With Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Gordon Jackson, Jean Blue, Charles Tingwell, Nonnie Piper, Nicky Yardley, Michael Pate, Henry Murdock. In frontier Australia, a sheepherder and his family face danger from attacking aborigines. Well made and exciting Australian drama also called Savage Justice.

351  Black Aces  Universal, 1937. 59 min. D: Buck Jones. SC: Frances Guihan. With Buck Jones, Kay Linaker, Robert Frazer, Charles King, Fred Mackaye, W.E. Lawrence, Raymond Brown, Robert Kortman, Frank Campeau, Charles LeMoyne, Arthur Van Slyke, Bob McKenzie, Lee Shumway, Bernard Phillips, Herman Hack, Ben Corbett, Jim Corey, Archie Ricks. Outlaws rustle a rancher’s cattle herd and he sets out to round up the gang. Buck Jones produced and directed this entry in his Universal series and the results are good.

352  Black Arrow  Columbia, 1944. 15 Chapters. D: Lew Landers. SC: Sherman Lowe, Jack Stanley, Leighton Brill and Royal K. Cole. With Robert Scott, Adele Jergens, Kenneth MacDonald, Robert Williams, Charles Middleton, Martin Garralaga, George J. Lewis, Chief Thundercloud, Nick Thompson, George Navarro, I. Stanford Jolley, Harry Harvey, John Laurenz, Dan White, Eddie Parker, Stanley Price, Ted Mapes, Iron Eyes Cody, Charles King, Forrest Taylor, Davison Clark, Elmo Lincoln, Kit Guard, Brooks Benedict. An Indian brave, who is really white, is run off the reservation for refusing to take revenge for the murder of his supposed father and he tries to prevent warfare when crooks want to steal gold from tribal land. Competent cliffhanger.

353  Black Bandit  Universal, 1938. 60 min. D: George Waggner. SC: Joseph West (George Waggner). With Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Rockwell, Forrest Taylor, Glenn Strange, Arthur Van Slyke, Carleton Young, Dick Dickinson, Rex Downing, Schuyler Standish. Twin boys are separated when they are young and later meet as grown men, one being a sheriff and the other an outlaw wanted for murder. Good production values add greatly to this Bob Baker series entry.

354  Black Bart  Universal-International, 1948. 80 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: Luci Ward, Jack Natteford and William Bowers. With Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Jeffrey Lynn, Percy Kilbride, Lloyd Gough, Frank Lovejoy, Don Beddoe, John McIntire, Ray Walker, Soledad Jiminez, Eddy Waller, Anne O’Neal, Chief Many Treaties, Douglas Fowley, Paul Maxey, Milton Kibbee, Ray Harper, Eddie Acuff, Ray Teal, Russ Conway, Ray Bennett, George Douglas, Reed Howes, Everett Shields, Wayne Treadway, Earl Audet, William Norton Bailey, Bert Davidson, Nina Campana, Bill O’Leary. On a tour of the West, dancer Lola Montez becomes involved with the famous highwayman Black Bart, who masquerades as a rancher, and she tries to reform him. Dan Duryea in the title role, Yvonne De Carlo as Lola Montez, and color, add zest to this fast-moving Western fantasy.

355  The Black Cyclone  Pathé, 1925. 70 min. D: Fred Jackman. SC: H.M. Walker and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. With Rex (horse), Guinn Williams, Kathleen Williams, Christian Frank; Killer, Pest, Lady (horses). A wild stallion, rescued from quicksand by a cowboy, aids his new master in fighting a crook as well as saving his mate from a herd led by a killer stallion. Good action filled silent adventure based on Hal Roach’s story.

356  The Black Dakotas  Columbia, 1954. 68 min. Color. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Roy Buffum and DeVallon Scott. With Gary Merrill, Wanda Hendrix, John Bromfield, Noah Beery, Jr., Fay Roope, Howard Wendell, Robert Simon, James Griffith, Richard Webb, Peter Whitney, Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, George Keymas, Robert Griffin, Frank Wilcox. In order to steal money from the Sioux Indians and start an uprising to cover their escape, two crooks murder an emissary. A good cast and color can do little to save this mundane bow-and-arrows “B” outing.

357  Black Eagle  Columbia, 1948. 76 min. D: Robert Gordon. SC: Edward Huebsch and Hal Smith. With William Bishop, Virginia Patton, Gordon Jones, James Bell, Trevor Bardette, Will Wright, Edmund MacDonald, Paul E. Burns, Harry V. Cheshire, Al Eben, Ted Mapes, Richard Talmadge, Ray Teal, Chuck Hamilton, Johnny Luther, Kernan Cripps, Glenn Thompson. A young man who tries to avoid trouble finds himself involved with a crooked livestock agent. Average action programmer.

358  Black Eagle of Santa Fe  International Television Corporation (ITC), 1966. 86 min. Color. D: Ernest Hofbauer. SC: Jack Lewis. With Brad Harris, Tony Kendall, Joachim Hansen, Horst Frank, Helga Sommerfeld, Werner Peters, Thomas Moore, Pinkas Braun, Serge Marquand. A power hungry rancher tries to goad the Comanches into war so he can steal their lands but a government agent and a newsman attempt to thwart him. Typically violent West German-French-Italian co-production filmed in West Germany by Rapid-Film as Die Schwarzen Adler von Santa Fe (The Black Eagle of Santa Fe) and originally running 93 minutes.

359  Black Fox: Black Horse  CBS-TV, 1995. 92 min. Color. D: Steven H. Stern. SC: John Binder. With Christopher Reeve, Raoul Trujillo, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey, Nancy Sorel, Chris Wiggins, Chris Benson, Lawrence Dane, Cyndy Preston, Dale Wilson, Leon Goodstriker, Morningstar Mecredi, Jole Phage-Wright, Byron Chief-Moon, Buffalo Child, Denis Lacroix, David Lereaney, Pat Johnston, Lorette Clow. A former slave tries to retrieve hostages from Indians in Texas during the Civil War. Sturdy TV movie based on Matt Braun’s book.

360  Black Fox: Good Men and Bad  CBS-TV, 1995. 90 min. Color. D: Steven H. Stern. SC: Michael Michaelian. With Christopher Reeve, Kim Coates, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey, Nancy Sorel, Kelly Rowan, David Fox, Lawrence Dane, Alan Shearman, Graham McPherson, Beverly Elliott, Tom McBeath, Rainbow Francks, Alan Van Sprang, Billy Morton, Ronald Carothers, John Dodds. A one-time slave becomes a deputy marshal in order to find his former owner and friend along with the man who murdered his pal’s wife. Another good telefeature from characters created by Matt Braun.

361  Black Fox: The Prince of Peace  CBS-TV, 1995. 96 min. Color. D: Steven H. Stern. SC: John Binder, Joe Byrne and Jed Rosebrook. With Christopher Reeve, Raoul Trujillo, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey, Nancy Sorel, Chris Wiggins, Dale Wilson, John Blackwood, Cyndy Preston, Rainbow Francis, Don S. Davis, Michael Rhoades, Luc Corbeil. Two friends, a former plantation owner and the slave he freed, try to help a Kiowa tribe from being raided by a rancher whose wife left him for a warrior. Equally good entry in the trilogy of TV movies from the novel Black Fox by Matt Braun.

The Black Ghost see The Last Frontier (1932)

362  Black Gold  United Artists, 1947. 90 min. D: Phil Karlson. SC: Agnes Christine Johnson. With Anthony Quinn, Katherine De Mille, Elyse Knox, Kane Richmond, Moroni Olsen, Ducky Louie, Darryl Hickman, Raymond Hatton, Thurston Hall, Charles Trowbridge, Jonathan Hale, Alan Bridge, Jack Norman, H.T. Tsiang. An Indian couple discover oil on their land, become millionaires and begin breeding horses, one of which wins the Kentucky Derby. Well-intentioned feature badly hurt by poor production values.

363  Black Gold  Warner Bros., 1963. 76 min. D: Leslie H. Martinson. SC: Bob Duncan and Wanda Duncan. With Philip Carey, Diane McBain, Claude Akins, James Best, Fay Spain, William Phipps, Dub Taylor, Ken Mayer, Iron Eyes Cody, Vincent Barbi, Rusty Wescoatt. When a ruthless tycoon plans to cheat a young woman out of her oil-rich lands, his foreman works to stop him. Typical modern-day drilling melodrama.

364  Black Hills  Eagle-Lion, 1947. 60 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Joseph Poland. With Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson, Terry Frost, Andy Parker and The Plainsmen, Steve Clark, William Fawcett, Nina Bara, Lane Bradford, Lee Morgan, George Chesebro, Bud Osborne, Steve Crane, Carl Mathews, Eddie Parker. A man kills a rancher who has discovered a rich gold vein but is thwarted by a lawman and his pal. Poor Eddie Dean vehicle, except for some good songs.

365  Black Hills Ambush  Republic, 1952. 54 min. D: Harry Keller. SC: M. Coates Webster and Ronald Davidson. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Lesley Banning, Roy Barcroft, Michael Hall, John Vosper, Ed Cassidy, John Cason, Michael Barton. A raider gang terrorizes a frontier area and a U.S. marshal is called in to stop them. Typical but good Allan Lane series entry.

366  The Black Hills Express  Republic, 1943. 56 min. D: John English. SC: Norman Hall and Fred Myton. With Don “Red” Barry, Wally Vernon, Ariel Heath, George Lewis, William Halligan, Hooper Atchley, Charles Miller, Pierce Lyden, Jack Rockwell, Robert Kortman, Al Taylor, LeRoy Mason, Milton Kibbee, Wheaton Chambers, Marshall Reed, Curley Dresden, Frank Ellis, Carl Sepulveda, Ray Jones. A famous outlaw is given a month’s immunity when the manager of the Black Hills division of Wells Fargo wants him to round up the gang robbing the company’s express lines. Very good Don Barry vehicle heaped with action and fine emoting.

367  Black Horse Canyon  Universal-International, 1954. 82 min. Color. D: Jesse Hibbs. SC: Geoffrey Homes. With Joel McCrea, Mari Blanchard, Murvyn Vye, Irving Bacon, Ewing Mitchell, John Pickard, Henry Wills. A veteran cowpoke and the niece of a cattle breeder team to capture a rebellious black stallion but are opposed by a neighboring rancher. Easy going oater for Joel McCrea fans.

Black Killer see Uccisore Nero

368  The Black Lash  Western Adventure, 1952. 54 min. D: Ron Ormond. SC: Kathy McKeel. With Lash LaRue, Al St. John, Peggy Stewart, Ray Bennett, Kermit Maynard, Byron Keith, Jimmie Martin, John Cason, Clarke Stevens, Bud Osborne, Roy Butler, Larry Barton, Jim Bannon, George Chesebro, Sarah Padden, Lee Morgan, Sandy Sanders, Forrest Matthews. U.S. Marshal Lash LaRue and his deputy Fuzzy Q. Jones try to put outlaw Deuce Rago back in prison. Produced by Ron Ormond, this follow-up to Frontier Revenge (q.v.) contains too much stock footage from that feature.

369  Black Market Rustlers  Monogram, 1943. 58 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: Patricia Harper. With Ray Corrigan, Dennis Moore, Max Terhune, Evelyn Finley, Steve Clark, Glenn Strange, Carl Sepulveda, George Chesebro, Frank Ellis, Hank Worden, John Merton, Hal Price, Stanley Price, Wally West, Carl Mathews, Tex Cooper, Claire McDowell, Frosty Royce, James Austin, Little Jean Austin, Ingrid Austin, Art Fowler, Foxy Callahan, Tex Palmer, Bert Dillard, George Morrell, Dick Rush, Tom Smith, Rube Dalroy, Barney Beasley. The Range Busters are sent by the government to stop a gang rustling cattle and killing ranchers while supplying beef for the black market. Pretty good “Range Busters” entry helped by trick-riding heroine Evelyn Finley.

Black Mountain Stage see Riders of Black Mountain

370  Black Noon  CBS-TV/Columbia, 1971. 73 min. Color. D: Bernard Kowalski. SC: Andrew J. Fenady. With Roy Thinnes, Yvette Mimieux, Ray Milland, Lyn Loring, Henry Silva, Gloria Grahame, Willliam Bryant, Buddy Foster, Hank Worden, Stan Barrett. Joshua Bryant, Jennifer Bryant, Charles McCready, Leif Garrett, Dave Cass, Suzan Sheppard. A circuit riding preacher and his wife arrive in a remote Western town infested by a weird religious cult and an evil gunfighter. Combination of the Western and horror genres is pretty well handled in this TV movie.

371  Black Patch  Warner Bros., 1957. 83 min. D: Allen H. Miner. SC: Leo Gordon. With George Montgomery, Diane Brewster, Leo Gordon, Tom Pittman, House Peters, Jr., Lynn Cartwright, Sebastian Cabot, Peter Brocco, Strother Martin, George Trevino, Dan Blocker. After the Civil War a sheriff is accused of killing a bank robber, the husband of the woman he once loved, and taking the money and hiding it. Mundane.

372  Black Rodeo  Cinerama, 1972. 87 min. Color. D-SC: Jeff Kanew. With Woody Strode, Muhammad Ali, Bud Bramwell, Cleo Hern, Skeets Henderson, Rocky Watson, Lisa Bramwell. Various noted black rodeo performers appear in an event staged in New York City. Documentary including comments by black personalities as well as some background on black history; for those interested in the subject.

373  Black Spurs  Paramount, 1965. 81 min. Color. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Steve Fisher. With Rory Calhoun, Linda Darnell, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney, Terry Moore, Richard Arlen, Bruce Cabot, Patricia Owens, Jerome Courtland, James Best, DeForest Kelley, James Brown, Joseph Hoover, Manuel Padilla, Robert Carricart, Joe Forte, Lorraine Bendix, Jeanne Baird, Guy Wilkerson, Read Morgan, Chuck Roberson, Reg Parton, Roy Jenson, Patricia King, Rusty Allen, Sally Nichols, William Bickmore, Max Powers, William Meador, Mike Mahoney. A cowboy gains the alliance of several important citizens in a small town in a scheme to make a nearby community so wild the railroad will bypass it and build locally. Not one of producer A.C. Lyles’ best but still nice to see all the veteran players.

Rory Calhoun and Lon Chaney in Black Spurs (Paramount, 1965).

374  Black Star  Ambrosiana Cinematografica, 1966. 93 min. Color. D-SC: Giovanni Grimaldi. With Robert Woods, Elga Andersen, Renato Rossini, Franco Lantieri, Jane Tilden, Andrea Scotti, Harald Wolff. A gambler-banker rides roughshod over a town in Mexico but his authority is threatened by the arrival of a mysterious man who begins defending the locals. Robert Woods is a Robin Hood of the Old West, Italian-style, in this violent opus originally called Johnny Colt and Starblack.

375  The Black Whip  20th Century–Fox, 1956. 77 min. D: Charles Marquis Warren. SC: Orville Hampton. With Hugh Marlowe, Coleen Gray, Adele Mara, Angie Dickinson, Richard Gilden, Strother Martin, Paul Richards, Charles Gray, Patrick O’Moore, Sheb Wooley, John Pickard, Harry Landers, Howard Culver. Whey they rescue a quartet of dance hall girls in a Western town, two brothers find themselves up against a whip-yielding bad man. Mundane and rather pointless oater.

376  Blackie the Pirate  Hispamex, 1971. 99 min. Color. D: Vincent Thomas (Lorenzo Gicca Palli). SC: Enzo Gicca (Lorenzo Gicca Palli). With Terence Hill, Silvia Monti, George Martin, Diana Lorys, Edmund Purdom, Monica Randall, Salvatore Borghese, Pat Basil, Ferdinando Bilboa, Bud Spencer, Aldo Cecconi, Paolol Magalotti, Gustavo Re, Alan Collins, Carlo Reali, Giuliano Dower, Luciano Catenacci. A buccaneer buys the captured wife of the Spanish viceroy in hopes of obtaining a treasure in gold. Italian-Spanish swashbuckler set in the early days of New World colonization.

377  Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado  Columbia, 1956. 76 min. D: Earl Bellamy. SC: Luci Ward and Jack Natteford. With Howard Duff, Victor Jory, Maggie Mahoney, Angela Stevens, David Orrick, William Tannen, Ken Christy, Martin Garalaga, Don C. Harvey, Pat O’Malley, Ralph Sanford, Charles Wagenheim, Holly Bane, Kermit Maynard, Bob Woodward. A famous outlaw wants to live a peaceful life but in order to do so he is forced to fight a gang of cattle thieves. Howard Duff is fine in the title role in this otherwise average outing.

378  Blade Rider: Revenge of the Indian Nations  Reel World, 1991. 102 min. Color. D: Vincent McEveety, Allen Reisner and Harry Harris. SC: Larry Cohen, Frederick Louis Fox, Ken Pettus, John Wilder and Jerry Ziegman. With Chuck Connors, Burt Reynolds, Lee Van Cleef, Greg Morris, David Brian, Noah Beery, Jr., Kathie Browne, Robert Lansing, Michael Pate, H.M. Wynant, Vaughn Taylor, Michael Keep, Felix Locher, Richard Tatro. After the Civil War, a man falsely accused of being a coward tries to start a new life for himself in the West. Cobbled together video feature made up of three episodes of the “Branded” (NBC-TV, 1965–66) series: “Call to Glory,” “Fill No Glass for Me” and “Now Join the Human Race.”

Blake’s Marauders see Payment in Blood

379  Blazing Across the Pecos  Columbia, 1948. 55 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Patricia (Barry) White, Chief Thundercloud, Paul Campbell, Charles Wilson, Thomas Jackson, Pat O’Malley, Jock Mahoney, Frank McCarroll, Pierce Lyden, Paul Conrad, Jack Ingram, Red Arnall and The Western Aces, Post Park, Jack Evans, Blackie Whiteford, Jack Tornek, Ralph Bucko. When outlaws attempt to goad an Indian uprising against local settlers, the Durango Kid tries to stop them. Anemic entry in the “Durango Kid” series. British title: Under Arrest.

Blazing Arrows see Fighting Caravans

380  Blazing Bullets  Monogram, 1951. 51 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: George Daniels. With Johnny Mack Brown, Lois Hall, House Peters, Jr., Stanley Price, Dennis Moore, Edmund Cobb, Milburn Morante, Forrest Taylor, Ed Cassidy, Carl Mathews. A U.S. marshal tries to find a man who has been kidnapped along with gold bullion, since the victim’s daughter is suspected of the crime. Mild action show.

381  The Blazing Forest  Paramount, 1952. 90 min. Color. D: Edward Ludwig. SC: Lewis R. Foster and Winston Miller. With John Payne, Susan Morrow, Richard Arlen, Agnes Moorehead, William Demarest, Roscoe Ates, Lynne Roberts, Ewing Mitchell, Walter Reed, Jim Davis, Joey Ray, Joe Garcia, Brett Houston, Max Wagner. A logger is contracted by a woman to cut timber on her north woods lands and he falls in love with her pretty niece but has troubles with his no-account brother. Handsome production with especially good work by Susan Morrow as the city yearning young woman and Richard Arlen as the recalcitrant sibling.

382  Blazing Frontier  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1943. 61 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Patricia Harper. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Marjorie Manners, Milton Kibbee, I. Stanford Jolley, Kermit Maynard, Frank Hagney, George Chesebro, Frank Ellis, Hank Bell, Jimmy Aubrey, Kenne Duncan, Robert Hill, Slim Whitaker, Pascale Perry, Morgan Flowers, Budd Buster, Charles King, Cactus Mack, Chick Hannon, Jack Evans, Augie Gomez, Rube Dalroy, Bert Dillard, Curley Dresden, Frank McCarroll, Tex Palmer, Ray Jones, Herman Hack, Bill Wolfe, John Elliott, Barney Beasley. When settlers and railroad officials fight over rights-of-way, Billy the Kid and Fuzzy Jones discover land agents are the cause of the trouble. Low grade but fast paced, the last “Billy the Kid” PRC series film; also called Billy the Kid in Blazing Frontier.

383  Blazing Guns  Monogram, 1943. 55 min. D: Robert Tansey. SC: Frances Kavanaugh. With Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Kay Forrester, LeRoy Mason, Emmett Lynn, Kenne Duncan, Frank Ellis, Lloyd Ingraham, Roy Brent, Charles King, Weldon Heyburn, Eddie Gribbon, George Kamel, Robbie Kavanaugh, Charles Murray, Jr., Robert Allen (Lee Roberts), John Bridges, Wally West, Victor Cox, Dan White. Two U.S. marshals are called to a locale where a gang of thugs is stealing land in order to put together a cattle empire. Slickly done and well-directed entry in “The Trail Blazers” series.

Blazing Guns (1950) see Marshal of Heldorado

384  Blazing Justice  Spectrum, 1936. 60 min. D: Albert Herman. SC: Zara Tazil. With Billy Cody, Gertrude Messinger, Gordon Griffith, Mil Moranti (Milburn Morante), Budd Buster, Frank Yaconelli, Charles Tannen, Buck Morgan, Curley Baldwin. After bringing in two wanted criminals, a cowboy is falsely accused of stealing money belonging to a rancher. Awkward, dull Bill Cody vehicle with about enough plot to fill a slow two reeler.

385  Blazing Saddles  Warner Bros., 1974. 94 min. Color. D: Mel Brooks. SC: Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Unger. With Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Liam Dunn, Alex Karras, John Hillerman, George Furth, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Mel Brooks, Carol Arthur, Dom DeLuise, Don Megowan, Burton Gilliam, Count Basie, Harvey Parry, Tom Steele. A black man, recently on a chain gang, becomes the sheriff of a Western town and must face local prejudice as well as dishonest state officials out to take over the area. Every cliché imaginable is kidded in this comedy oater which varies in quality from very funny to distasteful to boring. Best at the beginning when Frankie Laine sings the title song.

386  Blazing Six Shooters  Columbia, 1940. 61 min. D: Joseph H. Lewis. SC: Paul Franklin. With Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Pat Brady, Lloyd Perryman, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Dick Curtis, Alan Bridge, George Cleveland, Henry Hall, Stanley Brown, John Tyrrell, Eddie Laughton, Francis Walker, Edmund Cobb, Bruce Bennett. A cowboy tries to stop a crook from cheating an old man out his ranch that contains a silver deposit. Fair Charles Starrett vehicle.

387  Blazing Sixes  Warner Bros., 1937. 55 min. D: Noel Smith. SC: John T. Neville. With Dick Foran, Helen Valkis, John Merton, Myra McKinney, Kenneth Harlan, Glenn Strange, Wilfred Lucas, Henry Otho, Milton Kibbee, Gordon Hart, Bud Osborne, Artie Ortego, Tom Forman, Ben Corbett, Malcolm Waite, Tom Burns, Tom Wilson, Jack Mower, Gene Alsace, Frank Ellis, Cactus Mack. A government agent is assigned to capture outlaws robbing gold shipments and to accomplish his mission he masquerades as a bandit. Pleasing Dick Foran entry with the star handling the action in addition to singing a few ditties.

388  Blazing Stewardesses  Independent-International, 1975. 85 min. Color. D: Al Adamson. SC: Samuel M. Sherman and John R. D’Amato. With Yvonne De Carlo, Robert Livingston, Don “Red” Barry, The Ritz Brothers (Harry and Jimmy Ritz), Geoffrey Land, Regina Carrol, Connie Hoffman, T.A. King, Lon Bradshaw, Don Shanks, David Sharpe. Three sexy stewardesses come to the rescue of a rancher friend being robbed by his crooked foreman who is in cahoots with the local madam romancing the cattleman. Forgetting the brief opening sex scenes, this is a mild, amusing tribute to Westerns of yore, complete with a masked hero and a score made up of Gordon Zahler’s music; lots of fun, especially from Harry and Jimmy Ritz, last minute replacements for The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Joe Da Rita, Emil Sitka). Re-titled Cathouse Girls, The Great Truck Robbery, Texas Layover and Up Like a Shot!

389  The Blazing Sun  Columbia, 1950. 70 min. D: John English. SC: Jack Townley. With Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Lynne Roberts, Anne Gwynne, Edward Norris, Kenne Duncan, Alan Hale, Jr., Gregg Barton, Steve Darrell, Tom London, Sandy Sanders, Frankie Marvin, Bob Woodward, Boyd Stockman, Lewis Martin, Virginia Carroll, Sam Flint, Charles Coleman, Pat O’Malley, Amira Sessions, Nolan Leary, Chris Allen. Lawman Gene Autry is on the trail of two bank robbers. Okay modern-day oater.

390  Blazing the Overland Trail  Columbia, 1956. 15 Chapters. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: George Plympton. With Lee Roberts, Dennis Moore, Norma Brooks, Gregg Barton, Don C. Harvey, Lee Morgan, Pierce Lyden, Ed Coch, Reed Howes, Kermit Maynard, Al Ferguson, Bud Osborne, Jack O’Shea, Ray Jones. A crooked rancher organizes a gang to raid the overland trail but he is opposed by an Army scout and a Pony Express agent. Tacky cliffhanger, the last made in the U.S. and a sad finale to a grand genre. It includes footage from Overland with Kit Carson and White Eagle (1941) [qq.v.].

391  Blazing the Western Trail  Columbia, 1945. 60 min. D: Vernon Keays. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Charles Starrett, Tex Harding, Dub Taylor, Carole Mathews, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Alan Bridge, Nolan Leary, Virginia Sale, Steve Clark, Mauritz Hugo, Ethan Laidlaw, Edmund Cobb, Frank LaRue, Forrest Taylor, Francis Walker, James T. “Bud” Nelson, Budd Buster, Ted Mapes, John Tyrrell, Robert Williams, Chick Hannon, Edward Howard. The Durango Kid comes to the aid of a stagecoach operator who is being forced out of business by a rival. Pretty good “Durango Kid” episode. British title: Who Killed Waring?

Edmund Cobb in Blazing the Western Trail (Columbia, 1945).

Blazing Trail (1932) see Guns for Hire

392  The Blazing Trail  Columbia, 1949. 56 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Marjorie Stapp, Hank Penny and Slim Duncan, Jack O’Mahoney (Jock Mahoney), Steve Darrell, Fred F. Sears, Steve Pendleton, Robert Malcolm, Trevor Bardette, John Cason, Frank McCarroll, John Merton, Merrill McCormick, Herman Hack, Frank O’Connor, George Morrell, Rube Dalroy, Jack Evans, Blackie Whiteford. A sheriff and a newspaper editor believe fraud exists when a rancher is killed and his will leaves only a worthless mine to one brother while the other gets the rest his property. Fair mystery plot highlights this “Durango Kid” affair. British title: The Forged Will.

393  Blind Justice  Home Box Office (HBO), 1994. 85 min. Color. D: Richard Spence. SC: Daniel Knauf. With Armand Assante, Elisabeth Shue, Robert Davi, Adam Baldwin, Ian McElhinney, Danny Nucci, M.C. Gainey, Titus Welliver, Jack Black, Michael O’Neill, Douglas Roberts, Gary Cervantes, Jesse Dabson, Stanton Davis, Jimmy Herman, Clayton Landey, James Oscar Lee, Daniel O’Haco, Jeff O’Haco, Joe Pennell, Jason Rodriguez, Ric San Nicholas, Forrie J. Smith, Michael A. Goorjian, Tom Hodges. A nearly blind gunman, who is protecting a baby, joins forces with the cavalry to help deliver a gold shipment. Pretty good TV movie.

394  Blindman  20th Century–Fox, 1972. 105 min. Color. D: Ferdinando Baldi. SC: Vincenzo Cerami, Piero Anchisi and Tony Anthony. With Tony Anthony, Ringo Starr, Agneta Eckemyr, Lloyd Battista, Magda Konopka, Raf Baldassarie, David Dreyer, Ken Wood, Lucretia Love, Isabella Savona. A blind gunfighter tries to stop a ruthless Mexican bandit who has kidnapped fifty mail order brides. Typically violent, and entertaining, Spaghetti Western, co-produced and co-written by star Tony Anthony, with more nudity than usual for this fare.

395  The Blocked Trail  Republic, 1943. 56 min. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: John K. Butler and Jacquin Frank. With Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Jimmie Dodd, Helen Deverall, George J. Lewis, Walter Soderling, Kermit Maynard, Pierce Lyden, Carl Mathews, Hal Price, Budd Buster, Earle Hodgins, Bud Osborne, Al Taylor, Art Dillard, Bud Geary, Ellen Lowe, Matty Roubert, Nolan Leary, Cliff Parkinson, Roy Bucko, Jess Cavin, Rose Plummer, Bill Wolfe, Kelly Flint. The Three Mesquiteers are suspected of killing an eccentric man and they try to expose the murderer as well as his motive. A mystery motif with the killing of the miner only witnessed by his dwarf horse makes this “Three Mesquiteers” a bit different.

396  Blood and Guns  Filmamerica, 1968 90 min. Color. D: Guilio Petroni. SC: Guilio Petroni and Franco Solinas. With Tomas Milian, Orson Welles, John Steiner, Jose Torres, Luciano Casamonica, Anna Maria Lanciaprima, Giancarlo Badessi, Angel Ortiz, George Wang, Paco Sanz. During the Mexican Revolution in 1917, government soldiers and a young English doctor both want revenge on an illiterate peon who is leading a small band of rebels. Hard to follow and violent Italian oater, originally called Tepea and Viva la Revolucion.

397  Blood and Honor  DML, 2000. 273 min. D-SC: Donald Farmer. With Maria Ortiz, Miles O’Keefe, Rena Watts, Stancy Clements, Andy Hamrick, Joseph Casterline, Autumn Vena, Mary Tretchell, Michelle Bauer, Jeffrey Alfiero, Philip Newman, Shelley Holmes, Tavia Upshaw, Andre Buckner, Rick Martin, Earl Clark, Jennifer Huss, Dr. Maurice J. Fagan, Jr., Larissa LaRenne, Kathy Bell, Mark Johnson, Greg Perkins. At the close of the Civil War, a renegade Union officer takes control of a Southern plantation and its two beautiful sister inhabitants. Clunky, overlong melodrama.

398  Blood and Steel  Independent Pictures, 1925. 60 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: George Plympton. With Helen Holmes, William Desmond, Robert Edeson, Ruth Stonehouse, Mack V. Wright, Albert J. Smith, C.L. Sherwood, Paul Walters, Walter Fitzroy. An engineer is hired to help in the completion of a railroad and he learns a rival company plans to sabotage the project. This silent teaming of action stars Helen Holmes and William Desmond provides its quota of thrills.

399  Blood Arrow  20th Century–Fox, 1958. 78 min. D: Charles Marquis Warren. SC: Fred Freiberger. With Scott Brady, Phyllis Coates, Paul Richards, Don Haggerty, Rocky Shahan, Patrick O’Moore, Jeanne Bates, John Dierkes. When her people need a serum, a young Mormon woman treks through hostile country to get it and is exposed to Indian attacks. Phyllis Coates does well as the serum seeking Mormon in this interesting drama.

Blood at Sundown (1969) see Why Kill Again?

Blood City see Welcome to Blood City

400  Blood for a Silver Dollar  Teleworld, 1965. 92 min. Color. D: Kelvin Jackson Paget (Giorgio Ferroni). SC: George Finlay and Kelvin Jackson Paget (Giorgio Ferroni). With Montgomery Wood (Giuliano Gemma), Evelyn Stewart (Ida Galli), Peter Cross, John MacDouglas, Frank Farrel, Tor Altmayer, Max Dean, Andrew Scott (Andrea Scotti), Nicholas St. John, Benny Reeves, Frank Liston, Pedro Sanchez, Nello Pazzafini, Jean Martin, Peter Surtess, Benny Farber. After the Civil War, a man goes West in order to get the money to send for his wife but ends up in the middle of a double cross that nearly costs him his life and when his wife shows up thinking him dead she takes up with the man who betrayed him. Very violent Italian oater made by Fono Roma/Dorica/Explorer/Les Films Corona as Un Dollaro Bucato (A Dollar with a Hole in It). Also called One Silver Dollar.

Blood Money: Stranger and the Gunfighter see The Stranger and the Gunfighter

401  Blood on the Arrow  Allied Artists, 1964. 91 min. Color. D: Sidney Salkow. SC: Robert E. Kent. With Dale Robertson, Martha Hyer, Wendell Corey, Dandy Curran, Paul Mantee, Ted de Corsia, Elisha Cook, Jr., Tom Reese, John Matthews, Bloyce Wright, Michael Hammond, Leland Wainscott, Robert Carricart. An Army prisoner is the only survivor of an Indian attack and he takes refuge with a couple whose son has been kidnapped by the tribe and ransomed for rifles. None-too-interesting Indians-on-the-warpath affair; looks like it should have been made a decade before in black and white.

402  Blood on the Moon  RKO Radio, 1948. 88 min. D: Robert Wise. SC: Lillie Hayward. With Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan, Phyllis Thaxter, Frank Faylen, Tom Tully, Charles McGraw, Clifton Young, Tom Tyler, George Cooper, Richard Powers (Tom Keene), Bud Osborne, Zon Murray, Robert Bray, Al Ferguson, Chris-Pin Martin, Robert Malcolm, Ruth Brennan, Harry Carey, Jr., Hal Taliaferro, Iron Eyes Cody, Al Murphy. When his rustler pal hires a gunman to run a young woman and her father off their ranch either by persuasion or cattle theft, the gunfighter finds himself falling for the girl. Studio bound Western should have been more interesting but is greatly helped by its trio of stars, especially Robert Mitchum.

403  Blood River  Constantin, 1966. 93 min. Color. D: Piero Pierotti. SC: Piero Pierotti and Arpad de Riso. With Alan Steel, Toni Sailer, Mario Petri, Brigit Heiberg, Wolfgang Lukschy, Dada Galltti, Elisabetta Fanti, Anna Maria Polani, Pierre Cressoy. A gambler and his pal find an Inca treasure after suspecting a card sharp murdered a woman’s father and placed the blame on another man. Fair West German oater released there as Samson und der Schatz der Inkas (Samson and the Treasure of the Incas) and also called Lost Treasure of the Aztecs and Lost Treasure of the Incas.

Blood River (1968) see Any Gun Can Play

404  Blood Shack  Program Releasing Corporation, 1971. 55 min. Color. D: Wolfgang Schmidt (Ray Dennis Steckler). SC: Christopher Edwards. With Carolyn Brandt, Ron Haydock, Jason Wayne, Laurel Spring, John Bates, Steve Edwards, Linda Steckler, Laura Steckler. A woman inherits a ranch said to be plagued by a mysterious phantom. All this modern-day Western offers is a slim, slim budget, a few murders and some tepid rodeo footage. Alternate title: The Chopper. Some prints run 60 and 70 minutes.

405  Bloody Trail  Academy Entertainment, 1972. 91 min. Color. D: Richard Robinson. SC: Gale Robinson and David Allen Russell (Hagen Smith). With Paul Harper, Rance Howard, John Mitchum, Rickey Richardson, Hagen Smith, Eve York, Richard Benedict. During Reconstruction after the Civil War in the South, an ex–Union soldier runs afoul of both former Confederates and slaves. Pretty poor affair with nudity, violence and a supernatural subplot. Video title: White Justice.

406  Blowing Wild  Warner Bros., 1953. 90 min. Color. D: Hugo Fregonese. SC: Philip Yordan. With Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Roman, Anthony Quinn, Ward Bond, Ian MacDonald, Richard Karlan, Juan Garcia. A wildcatter puts up all his money in hopes of striking it rich with a gusher while his ex-love, now the wife of a rich oil tycoon, want to renew their relationship. Filmed in Mexico, this steamy oil fields drama promises more than it delivers; Frankie Laine sings the title song.

407  Blue  Paramount, 1968. 113 min. Color. D: Silvio Narizzano. SC: Meade Roberts and Ronald M. Cohen. With Terence Stamp, Joanna Pettet, Karl Malden, Ricardo Montalban, Anthony Costello, Joe De Santis, James Westerfield, Stathis Giallelis, Carlos East, Robert Lipton, Kevin Corcoran, Wes Bishop, Sally Kirkland, William Shannon, Michael Nader, Marian Mason, Jerry Gatlin. Raised by a Mexican bandit, a young man finds himself resented by the outlaw’s three sons and distrusted by Americans as well as Mexicans. Big, expensive Western that proves foreign genre directors cannot improve their craft in Hollywood; not much of a film.

408  Blue Blazes Rawden  Paramount-Artcraft, 1918. 55 min. D: William S. Hart. SC: J.G. Hawks. With William S. Hart, Maude George, Gertrude Claire, Robert McKim, Robert Gordon, Hart (Jack) Hoxie. A lumber camp worker wins a saloon in a bet but is forced to shoot and kill the owner only to be reformed by the dead man’s mother. Another frontier morality play from William S. Hart; good entertainment.

409  Blue Canadian Rockies  Columbia, 1952. 58 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Gail Davis, Carolina Cotton, Russ Ford, Tom London, Mauritz Hugo, Don Beddoe, Gene Roth, John Merton, David Garcia, Bob Woodward, Billy Wilkerson, The Cass County Boys (Jerry Scoggins, Bert Dodson, Fred Martin). Sent to Canada by his employer to stop the man’s daughter from marrying a no-good, Gene Autry find she has turned her home into a dude ranch and game preserve with the place plagued by a series of murders. Compact and interesting Gene Autry film.

Blue Eyes see Retribution Road

410  Blue Montana Skies  Republic, 1939. 56 min. D: B. Reeves Eason. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Harry Woods, Tully Marshall, Alan Bridge, Glenn Strange, Dorothy Granger, Edmund Cobb, Jack Ingram, John Beach, Elmo Lincoln, Walt Shrum and His Colorado Hillbillies, Allan Cavan, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Augie Gomez, Robert Winkler, Frankie Marvin, Wally West, Curley Dresden, Ted Mapes, Ray Henderson, Buck Moulton. When fur thieves begin smuggling pelts into the United States, the government sends an agent to trace the origins of the activities and round up the gang. Fairly good Gene Autry vehicle with a well-written script and ingratiating music interludes.

411  Blue Steel  Monogram, 1934. 54 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt, George Hayes, Ed Peil, Sr., Yakima Canutt, George Cleveland, George Nash, Lafe McKee, Hank Bell, Earl Dwire, Artie Ortego, Theodore Lorch, Horace B. Carpenter, Silver Tip Baker, Fern Emmett, Perry Murdock, Herman Hack, Bud McClure, Barney Beasley, Jack Evans, Herman Nowlin, Tex Phelps, Ralph Bucko. A U.S. marshal is after the notorious Polka Dot bandit and he and a fellow lawman come to the aid of a young woman whose father was murdered by the outlaw who is working for a rancher out to take over the area because of a rich gold deposit. Good John Wayne-Lone Star Western with an atmospheric opening sequence at a half-way house during a thunderstorm where a safe robbery takes place. Reworking of Son of the Plains (q.v.) and colorized as Stolen Goods.

Yakima Canutt, John Wayne and George Hayes in a posed scene from Blue Steel (Monogram, 1934).

412  Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw  American International, 1976. 88 min. Color. D: Mark Lester. SC: Vernon Zimmerman. With Marjore Gortner, Lynda Carter, Jesse Vint, Peggy Stewart, Merrie Lynn Ross, Gerrit Graham. Believing he is the reincarnation of Billy the Kid, a punk tries to live up to the outlaw’s reputation. Really bad modern-day Western.

413  The Boiling Point  Allied, 1932. 70 min. D: George Melford. SC: Daniel W. Lee, Harry Neumann and Tom Gallaghan. With Hoot Gibson, Helen Foster, Skeeter Bill Robbins, Lafe McKee, Tom London, George Hayes, Wheeler Oakman, William Nye, Charles Bailey, Billy Bletcher, Frank Ellis, Lew Meehan, Hattie McDaniel, Bob Burns, Art Mix, Merrill McCormick, Artie Ortego. A cowboy is sent to a neighbor’s ranch and told to hold his temper for a month or lose an inheritance but once there he gets involved in a fight over a girl. Overlong, slow moving Hoot Gibson vehicle.

414  The Bold Caballero  Republic, 1936. 69 min. Color. D-SC: Wells Root. With Robert Livingston, Heather Angel, Sig Rumann, Robert Warwick, Ian Wolfe, Emily Fitzroy, Charles Stevens, Walter Long, Ferdinand Munier, King (Chris-Pin) Martin, John Merton, Jack Kirk, Slim Whitaker, George Plues, Chief Thundercloud, Carlos De Valdez, Soledad Jiminez, Jack Rockwell, Henry Hall, Steve Clark, Harrison Greene, Si Jenks, Pascale Perry, Herman Hack, Rube Dalroy, Jimmy Aubrey, Artie Ortego, Dick Botiller, Wally West, Ben Corbett, Sherry Tansey, Bud McClure, Ed Phillips, Vinegar Roan, Yakima Canutt, Henry Morris, Bill Wolfe. In Spanish California a man becomes the masked avenger Zorro to stop the tyranny of crooked officials. The initial sound “Zorro” feature is a good one, enhanced by Magna Color, fast action and an ingratiating performance by Bob Livingston as Zorro. Some prints are in black and white.

415  The Bold Frontiersman  Republic, 1948. 60 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: Bob Williams. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft, Fred Graham, John Alvin, Francis McDonald, Ed Cassidy, Edmund Cobb, Harold Goodwin, Jack Kirk, Kenneth Terrell, Marshal Reed, Al Murphy. A government investigator resorts to trickery to capture an outlaw and his gang. Standard, but entertaining, Allan Lane vehicle.

416  The Boldest Job in the West  Promofilm, 1971. 101 min. Color. D-SC: Jose Antonio de la Loma. With Mark Edwards, Carmen Sevilla, Fernando Sancho, Charley Bravo, Piero Lulli, Yvan Verella, Frank Brana. A gang plans to carry off the robbery of a small town bank but everything goes wrong. Slight Italian Western shows how badly the genre was slipping at the time. Made as El Mas Fabulosi Golpe del Far West (The Most Fabulous Coup of the Far West) and also known as Nevada.

417  Bonanza: The Next Generation  LBS Communications, 1988. 93 min. Color. D: William F. Claxton. SC: Paul Savage. With Robert Fuller, John Ireland, Mark Peter Richman, John Amos, Michael Landon, Jr., Barbara Anderson, Brian A. Smith, Richard Bergman, Gillian Greene, Kevin Hagen, William Benedict, Dabbs Greer, Gary Reed, Les McLaughlin, Robert Hoy, Rex Linn, Jack Lilley, Jerry Gatlin, Jeffrey Meyer, Robert Jaurequi, Jeffrey Boudov, Laurie Rude, Clayton Staggs, David Q. Combs, Michael Delta Femina, Patrick Joseph O’Neill, Joyce Anderson, John D. Ward, M.C. Christopher, Jack O’Leary, Robert J. Fuller, Jeannette Knight, William James Anderson, Mike Silvera. Descendants of the Cartwright family run the Ponderosa ranch but are at odds with each other and a mining company out to exploit the spread. Mediocre TV movie follow up to “Bonanza” (NBC-TV, 1959–73).

418  Bonanza Town  Columbia, 1951. 56 min. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: Barry Shipman and Bart Forswell. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Fred F. Sears, Luther Crockett, Slim Duncan, Myron Healey, Charles Horvath, Ted Jordan, Al Wyatt, Marshall Reed, Vernon Dent, Paul McGuire, Nancy Saunders, Glenn Stuart, I. Stanford Jolley, George Chesebro, Robert J. Wilke, Nolan Leary, Steve Clark, Zon Murray, Bud Osborne, Guy Teague, George Magrill. The Durango Kid is after an outlaw thought to be dead but is actually in cahoots with a corrupt town boss. Average “Durango Kid” offering that is a sequel to West of Dodge City (q.v.). British title: Two-Fisted Agent.

419  The Boogens  Jensen Farley Pictures/Taft International, 1982. 95 min. Color. D: James L. Conway. SC: David O’Malley and Bob Hunt. With Rebecca Balding, Fred McCarren, Anne-Marie Martin, Jeff Harland, John Crawford, Med Flory, Jon Lormer, Peg(gy) Stewart, Scott Wilkinson, Marcia Reider. The reopening of a silver mine in a remote Utah town results in letting lose prehistoric monsters buried there since a 1912 disaster. Eerie modern-day horror Western provides shivers for fans.

420  Boom Town  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940. 116 min. D: Jack Conway. SC: John Lee Mahin. With Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Frank Morgan, Lionel Atwill, Chill Wills, Marion Martin, Minna Gombell, Joe Yule, Horace Murphy, Roy Gordon, Richard Lane, Casey Johnson, George Lessey, Sara Haden, Frank Orth, Frank McGlynn, Sr., Curt Bois, Dick Curtis, Baby Quintanilla, Nestor Paiva, Parker Barnett. Two partners strike it rich in the oil fields but soon part over money and a woman. Brawling big budget feature voted one of the top ten films of 1940 by Film Daily does not hold up well, but who cares with Hedy Lamarr to look at?

421  Boot Hill  Film Ventures, 1971. 87 min. Color. D-SC: Giuseppe Colizzi. With Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Eduardo Ciannelli, Woody Strode, Victor Buono, Lionel Stander, Alberto Dell’Acqua (Robert Widmark). Under the cover of a circus a man escapes from jail and is joined by two others in seeing revenge against an outlaw gang. Complicated and somewhat hard to follow Spaghetti Western issued in Italy in 1969 as La Collina Degli Stivali (The Hill of Boots).

422  Boot Hill Bandits  Monogram, 1942. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: Arthur Durlam. With Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhune, Jean Brooks, John Merton, Glenn Strange, I. Sanford Jolley, Steve Clark, Richard Cramer, George Chesebro, Budd Buster, Milburn Morante, Jimmy Aubrey, Carl Mathews, Merrill McCormick, Hank Bell, Horace B. Carpenter, Snub Pollard, Archie Ricks, Harry Willingham, Ray Henderson, James Sheridan, Wally West, Jack Tornek, Tom Smith, Jack Evans, Denver Dixon, Tex Palmer, Herman Hack, Bert Dillard. The Range Busters arrive in a town plagued by a series of Wells Fargo gold shipment holdups and try to find out who is behind the lawlessness. Muddled entry in “The Range Busters” series although Glenn Strange is grand as a murderous prospector.

423  Boothill Brigade  Republic, 1937. 58 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: George Plympton. With Johnny Mack Brown, Claire Rochelle, Dick Curtis, Horace Murphy, Frank La Rue, Ed Cassidy, Bobby Nelson, Frank Ball, Steve Clark, Frank Ellis, Lew Meehan, Jim Corey, Tex Palmer, Sherry Tansey. A crook holds the mortgage on a rancher’s land and forces him to do his bidding which upsets the man’s daughter and her fiance, his foreman. Final film in Johnny Mack Brown’s series for producer A.W. Hackel; above average and fast moving.

424  Boots and Saddles  Republic, 1937. 59 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Oliver Drake. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Judith Allen, Ra Hould, Guy Usher, Gordon (Bill) Elliott, Max Terhune, John Ward, Frankie Marvin, Chris-Pin Martin, Stanley Blystone, Bud Osborne, Merrill McCormick, Al Taylor, Nelson McDowell, Bob Reeves, Jerry Frank. Gene Autry becomes involved with the pretty daughter of an Army colonel when he sells horses to the service but finds a rival is out to close his business. Although action filled, this Gene Autry opus is somewhat hampered by a complicated plot.

Judith Allen and Gene Autry in Boots and Saddles (Republic, 1937).

425  Boots of Destiny  Grand National, 1937. 56 min. D: Arthur Rosson. SC: Philip White. With Ken Maynard, Claudia Dell, Vince Barnett, Walter Patterson, Martin Garralaga, George Morrell, Fred Cordova, Ed Cassidy, Sid D’Albrook, Carl Mathews, Wally West. A cowboy is put in jail when the local sheriff thinks he is a famous bandit after buried treasure on a young woman’s ranch. Low budget effort but beefy Ken Maynard could still carry a film and this one is more than passable. The title refers to traces of clay on the villain’s boots, which causes his capture.

426  The Border  Universal/RKO, 1982. 107 min. Color. D: Tony Richardson. SC: Deric Washsburn, Walon Green and David Freeman. With Jack Nicholson, Valerie Perrine, Harvey Keitel, Warren Oates, Jeff Morris, Dirk Blocker, Lonny Chapman, Elpidia Carillo, Shannon Wilcox. A U.S.-Mexican border guard finds himself caught in the middle with the smuggling of aliens. Mediocre modern-day melodrama.

427  Border Badmen  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1945. 59 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: George Milton. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Lorraine Miller, Marilyn Gladstone, Charles King, Marin Sais, Budd Buster, Bud Osborne, John Cason, Ray Bennett, Archie Hall, Robert Kortman, Slim Whitaker, Wally West, Steve Clark, Henry Hall, Frank Ellis, Victor Cox, Ray Jones, Ray Henderson, Roy Bucko. Fuzzy thinks he is the heir to an estate and on the way to claim it he and Billy Carson are arrested by a gang led by a man who wants the property for himself. Seedy but fast “Billy Carson” outing made entertaining by Al St. John’s many pratfalls.

428  Border Bandits  Monogram, 1946. 58 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Frank Young. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Rosa del Rosario, Riley Hill, John Merton, Tom Quinn, Frank LaRue, Steve Clark, Charles Stevens, Bud Osborne, Terry Frost, I. Stanford Jolley, Ray Jones, Lucio Villegas, Pat R. McGee, Rube Dalroy, Julia Villirea. Two U.S. marshals come to the aid of a young woman whose father has been robbed of valuable jewels. Mundane penultimate entry in the “Nevada Jack McKenzie” series.

429  Border Brigands  Universal, 1935. 58 min. D: Nick Grinde. SC: Stuart Anthony. With Buck Jones, Lona Andre, Fred Kohler, Frank Rice, Gertrude Astor, Edward Keane, J.P. McGowan, Hank Bell, Alan Bridge, Lew Meehan. When his brother is murdered by a gang leader who escapes across the Canadian border into the U.S., a Mountie quits the force and heads south for revenge. Another good outing for Buck Jones in his Universal series.

430  Border Buckaroos  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1943. 61 min. D-SC: Oliver Drake. With Dave O’Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Christine McIntyre, Eleanor Counts, Charles King, Jack Ingram, Ethan Laidlaw, Michael Vallon, Kenne Duncan, Reed Howes, Kermit Maynard, Bud Osborne, Slim Whitaker, Roy Brent. Mistaken for outlaws in a town where a murder has been committed, three lawmen join a gang to find out its leader. Typically paltry fourth entry in “The Texas Rangers” series.

431  Border Caballero  Puritan, 1936. 54 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Tim McCoy, Lois January, Ralph Byrd, Ted Adams, J. Frank Glendon, Earle Hodgins, John Merton, Bob McKenzie, Oscar Gahan, Harrison Greene, Si Jenks, Richard Botiller, Frank McCarroll, Tex Phelps, George Morrell, Jack Evans, Ray Henderson, Wally West, Bill Patton, Steve Clark, Herman Hack, Jimmy Aubrey, Artie Ortego, Slim Whitaker, Henry Hall, Jack Rockwell, Ben Corbett, Sherry Tansey, Bud McClure, Ed Phillips, Rube Dalroy, Bill Wolfe. A medicine show sharpshooter, a former federal agent, rejoins the service following the murder of his pal by an outlaw gang. Well done and fast paced Tim McCoy vehicle in which the star first used a Mexican disguise.

432  Border Café  RKO Radio, 1937. 67 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Lionel Houser. With Harry Carey, John Beal, Armida, Walter Miller, Marjorie Lord, J. Carrol Naish, Lee Patrick, Paul Fix, George Irving, Leona Roberts, Max Wagner, Alec Craig, Hooper Atchley, Dudley Clements. In order to rehabilitate himself, a young man goes West and ends up fighting outlaws to save a community. Pretty good “B+” effort with a sturdy performance by Harry Carey.

433  Border City Rustlers  Allied Artists, 1953. 54 min. D: Frank McDonald and Wesley Barry. SC: William Raynor. With Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Gloria Talbott, George J. Lewis, Steve Pendleton, Murray Alper, Jerome Sheldon, George Eldredge, Don Turner, Isabel Randolph, Robert Bice, John Carpenter, House Peters, Jr., Gregg Barton, Pierce Lyden, Bruce Edwards, Jo Carroll Dennison. Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles pretend to be murder victims in order to catch outlaws and they help a cowpoke imprisoned for crimes he did not commit. Pleasant theatrical release made up of “Border City” and “Ex-Convict Story,” two episodes of the “Wild Bill Hickok” (1951–58) TV series.

434  Border Devils  Artclass, 1932. 60 min. D: William Nigh. SC: Harry P. (Fraser) Crist. With Harry Carey, Kathleen Collins, Niles Welch, Ray Gallagher, Olive Fuller Golden, Murdock MacQuarrie, George Hayes, Albert Smith, Maston Williams, Art Mix, Merrill McCormick, Tetsu Komai, Frank Ellis, Jack Gallagher. Falsely accused of a crime, a man breaks jail to prove his innocence. Good Harry Carey vehicle.

435  Border Fence  Astor, 1951. 89 min. D: H.W. Kier and Norman Sheldon. SC: Norman Sheldon. With Walt Wayne, Lee Morgan, Mary Nord, Steve Raines, Henry Garcia, LeRoy Fisher, Frank Savage, Charles Clark, Frank Miller, Alvin France, Chester Scott, Jr., Ray Young, Jerry O’Dell. Out of prison after taking the blame for his rustler pal, a rancher again comes under suspicion when his friend steals from another cattleman. Bottom rung oater filmed in San Antonio, Texas; also called Cactus Barrier.

436  Border Feud  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1947. 54 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Lash LaRue, Al St. John, Ian Keith, Gloria Marlen, Kenneth Ferrell, Ed Cassidy, Bob Duncan, Brad Slaven, Mikel Conrad, Bud Osborne, Frank Ellis, Richard Cramer, Henry Wills, Bob Woodward, Casey MacGregor. Sheriffs Cheyenne Davis and Fuzzy Q. Jones are after a mysterious outlaw, The Tiger, and Cheyenne masquerades as the bad man in order to get the goods on him and his gang. Fast moving, but of little interest.

437  Border G-Man  RKO Radio, 1938. 60 min. D: David Howard. SC: Oliver Drake and Bernard McConville. With George O’Brien, Laraine (Day) Johnson, Ray Whitley, John Miljan, Rita LaRoy, Edgar Dearing, William Stelling, Edward Keane, Bob Burns, Ethan Laidlaw, Hugh Sothern, Ken Card, The Phelps Brothers, Herman Hack, Hank Bell. Posing as a ranch foreman, an FBI agent tries to find out who is heading a smuggling ring along the West Coast. Action packed George O’Brien Western, one of his best. Ray Whitley sings “Back in the Saddle Again,” which he co-wrote with Gene Autry, who used it as his theme song.

438  Border Guns  Awyon, 1935. 55 min. D-SC: Robert J. Horner. SC: Ollie Milliken. With Bill Cody, Franklyn Farnum, Janet Morgan (Blanche Mehaffey), George Chesebro, Fred Church, William Desmond, Jimmy Aubrey, Wally Wales, Doris Brook, Oscar Gahan, Nelson McDowell, Buck Morgan, Fred Parker, Frank Clark, Archie Ricks, Bud Pope, Barney Beasley. A cowpoke is aided by a notorious gunman in stopping outlaws from taking over range land. Crude and vapid, helped only by Franklyn Farnum’s bravura performance as the good-bad man.

439  Border Incident  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949. 95 min. D: Anthony Mann. SC: John C. Higgins and George Zuckerman. With George Murphy, Ricardo Montalban, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell, Arnold Moss, Alfonso Bedoya, Teresa Celli, Charles McGraw, Jose Torvay, John Ridgely, Arthur Hunnicutt, Sig Rumann, Otto Waldis, John McGuire, Jack Lambert, Nedrick Young, Fred Graham, Jose Dominguez, Al Haskell, Mitchell Lewis, Elias Gamboa, Martin Garralaga, Paul Marion, Manuel Lopez, William “Bill” Phillips, Lita Baron, Frank Conlan, Lynn Whitney, Harry Antrim, Tony Barr, Rozene Jones. U.S. Immigration agents try to put a stop to the smuggling of Mexicans into in the country across the Texas-Mexican border. Good expose, if somewhat violent, of modern-day slave trade.

Border Land see Borderland

440  Border Law  Columbia, 1931. 63 min. D: Louis King. SC: Stuart Anthony. With Buck Jones, Lupita Tovar, Frank Rice, Jim Mason, Don Chapman, Louis Hicks, F.R. Smith, John Wallace, Bob Burns, Glenn Strange, Fred Burns, Art Mix, Jack Evans, Herman Hack. When his brother is killed in a fight, a cowboy vows revenge. Excellent Buck Jones vehicle, which he remade as The Fighting Ranger (q.v.); also redone as Rio Grande Ranger (q.v.).

441  The Border Legion  Paramount, 1930. 80 min. D: Otto Brower and Edwin F. Knoff. SC: Percy Heath and Edward E. Paramore, Jr. With Richard Arlen, Jack Holt, Fay Wray, Eugene Pallette, Stanley Fields, E.H. Calvert, Ethan Allen, Syd Saylor. In Idaho an outlaw gang rescues a young cowboy about to be lynched for a crime committed by one of them, and the cowpoke agrees to join the band. Well done early sound version of the 1916 Zane Grey novel; first filmed in 1919 starring Hobart Bosworth, with Paramount remaking it in 1924 headlining Antonio Moreno.

442  The Border Legion  Republic, 1940. 58 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Olive Cooper and Louis Stevens. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Carol Hughes, Joseph Sawyer, Maude Eburne, Jay Novello, Hal Taliaferro, Dick Wessell, Paul Porcasi, Robert Emmett Keane, Ted Mapes, Fred Burns, Post Park, Art Dillard, Chick Hannon, Chuck Baldra, Art Mix, Eddie Acuff, Ed Peil, Sr., Lew Kelly, Monte Montague, Jack Kirk, Ed Brady, Curley Dresden, Cactus Mack, Bob Woodward, Pascale Perry, Jack Montgomery, Bob Card. A New York doctor heads to Idaho a wanted fugitive after taking the blame for a crime committed by his girl’s brother, and ends up joining an outlaw gang in order to bring them to justice. Pretty good Roy Rogers film although it bears little resemblance to the Zane Grey work. TV title: West of the Badlands.

Border Lust see Lust to Kill

443  Border Menace  Aywon, 1936. 55 min. D: Jack Nelson. SC: Robert J. Horner. With Bill Cody, Miriam Rice, George Chesebro, Jimmy Aubrey, Ben Corbett, Frank Clark, Jim Donnelly, Fred Parker, Robert Walker, Herman Hack, Oscar Gahan, Jack Evans, Tex Palmer, Barney Beasley. A Secret Service agent (called “The Shadow’) tries to prevent a crooked banker and his henchman from cheating a man and his daughter out of their oil lands. Rock bottom cinema and one of the very worst “B” Westerns.

444  Border Outlaws  United International/Eagle-Lion, 1950. 59 min. D: Richard Talmadge. SC: Arthur Hoerl. With Space Cooley, Maria Hart, Bill Edwards, Bill Kennedy, George Slocum, John Laurenz, Douglas Wood, Bud Osborne, John Carpenter, The Metzetti Brothers. Authorities post a big reward for the capture of the “Phantom Rider” who is wanted for smuggling drugs. Another sorry attempt at sagebrush stardom by country swing bandleader Spade Cooley, which mainly belongs to Bill Edwards. Richard Talmadge co-produced, directed and appears as one of the Metzetti Brothers.

445  Border Patrol  Pathé, 1928. 50 minutes. D: James P. Hogan. SC: Finis Fox. With Harry Carey, Kathleen Collins, Richard Tucker, Phillips Smalley, James Neil, James Marcus. A Texas Ranger falls in love with a young woman not knowing she is being used by a band of counterfeiters that includes her father. Modern-day Western with much footage in El Paso, Texas, containing lots of comedy and well photographed chase sequences.

446  Border Patrol  United Artists, 1943. 65 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Michael Wilson. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Russell Simpson, Claudia Drake, Cliff Parkinson, George Reeves, Pierce Lyden, Duncan Renaldo, Robert Mitchum, Earle Hodgins, Charles Stevens, Merrill McCormick, Herman Hack, Robert Kortman, Dan White, Bill Nestell, Hugh Prosser, Henry Wills, Leo J. McMahon, Charles Murphy, Denver Dixon, Roy Bucko. Texas Rangers Hopalong Cassidy, California Carlson and Johnny Travers try to help a woman find out who killed a mine operator and uncover a crooked judge, the leader of a murderous gang. Good, exciting “Hopalong Cassidy” entry with Russell Simpson excellent as a tyrant.

447  The Border Patrolman  20th Century–Fox, 1936. 60 min. D: David Howard. SC: Dan Jarrett and Bennett Cohen. With George O’Brien, Polly Ann Young, Roy (LeRoy) Mason, Mary Doran, Smiley Burnette, Tom London, Al Hill, Murdock MacQuarrie, John St. Polis, Cyril Ring, William P. Carlton, Martin Garralaga, Chris-Pin Martin. A wealthy family hires a border patrolman to keep their spoiled daughter in line but she goes to Mexico and gets involved with an international jewel theft ring and he has to come to her rescue. Pleasant George O’Brien vehicle interpolating comedy and action.

448  Border Phantom  Republic, 1937. 58 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: Fred Myton. With Bob Steele, Harley Wood, Don Barclay, Karl Hackett, Horace Murphy, Miki Morita, John Peters, Perry Murdock, Frank Ball, Hans Joby, Budd Buster, Horace B. Carpenter, Clyde McClary. A cowpoke and his tenderfoot pal stumble onto a young woman whose professor father has been murdered. Mystery element provides zest to his exciting Bob Steele feature.

449  Border Rangers  Lippert, 1950. 57 min. D: William Berke. SC: Victor West. With Don Barry, Robert Lowery, Wally Vernon, Pamela Blake, Lyle Talbot, Bill Kennedy, John Merton, George Keymas, Tom Kennedy, Eric Norden, Bud Osborne. An outlaw gang robs a bank and a Texas Ranger takes on the guise of a bandit to arrange their capture. Fast moving but cheaply produced.

450  Border River  Universal-International, 1954. 81 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: William Sackheim and Louis Stevens. With Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Pedro Armendariz, Howard Petrie, Erika Nordin, Alfonso Bedoya, George J. Lewis, Nacho Galindo, Ivan Triesault, George Wallace, Martin Garralaga, Lane Chandler, Louis Horvath, Britt Wood, Fred Beir, Monte Montague, Pilar Del Rey, Felipe Turich, Jack Del Rio, John Vernon, Robert Hoy, Joe Bassett. Near the end of the Civil War, a Confederate officer crosses the Rio Grande River into Zona Libra, a territory separated from Mexico, to buy weapons from a self-serving general. Color outing provides good entertainment.

451  Border Romance  Tiffany, 1930. 60 min. D: Richard Thorpe. SC: John Francis (Jack) Natteford. With Armida, Don Terry, Marjorie “Babe” Kane, Victor Potel, Wesley Barry, Nita Martan, Frank Glendon, Harry Von Meter, William Costello. Three cowpokes have their cattle stolen by a notorious Mexican bandit and one of them romances a girl to find the whereabouts of the thief, although he is in love with a pretty senorita. Dated curio.

452  Border Roundup  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 57 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Stephen Worth (Joseph O’Donnell). With George Houston, Al St. John, Smoky (Dennis) Moore, Patricia Knox, Charles King, I. Stanford Jolley, Ed Peil, Sr., Jimmy Aubrey, John Elliott, Nick Thompson, Frank Ellis, Curley Dresden, Lynton Brent, Dale (Gale) Sherwood, Jack Kirk, Herman Hack, Ray Henderson, Dan White. The Lone Rider assists a friend who has been framed for murder by crooks wanting a gold mine. Good entry in “The Lone Rider” series. TV title: The Lone Rider in Border Roundup.

453  Border Saddlemates  Republic, 1952. 57 min. D: William Witney. SC: Albert DeMond. With Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Slim Pickens, Forrest Taylor, Roy Barcroft, Jimmy Moss, Zon Murray, Keith McConnell, Bud Osborne, The Republic Rhythm Riders, Pat O’Malley, James Magrill, Post Park, Joe Yrigoyen, Billy Dix. A government agent is sent to a community on the U.S.-Canadian border to doctor silver foxes and uncovers a crooked scheme. The “B” Western was on the way out by the time this Rex Allen effort came along and the decline shows.

454  Border Sheriff  Universal, 1926. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With Jack Hoxie, Olive Hasbrouck, S.E. Jennings, Gilbert “Pee Wee” Holmes, Buck Moulton, Tom Lingham, Bert De Marc, Frank Rice, Floyd Criswell, Leonard Trainer. Working incognito, a lawman becomes the ally of a wealthy rancher he suspects is the head of a narcotics smuggling operation. Colorful Jack Hoxie film that shows why he was so popular in the 1920s.

455  Border Shootout  Turner Pictures, 1990. 100 min. Color. D-SC: C.T. McIntyre. With Glenn Ford, Cody Glenn, Jeff Kaake, Lizabeth Rohovit, Michael Horse, Russell Todd, Michael Ansara, Michael Forest, Kim Kelley, Charlene Tilton, George Salazar, Danny Nelson, Sam Smiley, Don Starr, Ed Gable, Josef Ranier, Gary Matansky, Rudy Martinez, Fred Jay Nelson, Connie McKenzie, Stanley Grover, Gale Wingfield, Bruce Paul Barbour, Sergio Calderon, Frank Plenchner, Emily Blanton, Steve Blanchard. As a long time sheriff trails cattle thieves, townspeople appoint a young rancher his deputy but he finds himself up against one of the area’s founders in trying to clean up lawlessness. Glenn Ford’s final Western is a pretty good TV movie.

456  Border Treasure  RKO Radio, 1950. 60 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Norman Houston. With Tim Holt, Jane Nigh, Richard Martin, John Doucette, House Peters, Jr., Inez Cooper, Julian Rivero, Kenneth MacDonald, Vince Barnett, David Leonard. Money collected for charity by a young woman is taken from her by outlaws and a cowboy plans to retrieve it. Quality Tim Holt series entry.

457  Border Vengeance  Awyon, 1925. 60 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: Forrest Sheldon. With Jack Perrin, Josephine Hill, Minna Redman, Vondell Darr, Jack Richardson, Bud Osborne, Leonard Clapham (Tom London), Hugh Saxon. A rancher is at odds with a gambler and his assayer cohort over a woman and a mine. Low grade silent offering.

458  Border Vengeance  Willis Kent, 1935. 57 min. D: Ray Heinz. With Reb Russell, Mary Jane Carey, Clarence Geldert, Kenneth MacDonald, Jane Bupp, Ed Phillips, Norman Feusier, Ben Corbett, Narty Joyce, Slim Whitaker, Fred Burns, Pat Harmon, Glenn Strange, Eddie Parker, Bart Carre, Silver Tip Baker, Bud Pope, Bill Gillis, Hank Bell, Rex Bell, Montie Montana, Mabel Strickland. A rodeo performer gets involved in a revenge plot set up by a crook who forced his family off their land by trumping up a fake murder charge against them. Very poor Reb Russell vehicle with lots of stock rodeo footage; Rex Bell and Montie Montana make brief appearances.

459  Border Vigilantes  Paramount, 1941. 63 min. D: Derwin Abrahams. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Victor Jory, Frances Gifford, Morris Ankrum, Ethel Wales, Tom Tyler, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Rockwell, Britt Wood, Hank Worden, Hank Bell, Edward Earle, Al Haskell, Curley Dresden, Chuck Morrison, Ted Wells, Wen Wright, John Beach, Johnny Luther, Lem Sowards, Herman Howlin, Joe Garcia, Foxy Callahan, Tex Cooper, Henry Wills, Arthur Thalasso, Jess Cavin, Charles Murphy, George Sowards. Hopalong Cassidy and pals Lucky and Califonria try to help a rancher friend stop raids by an outlaw gang. Formula, but fast paced “Hopalong Cassidy” entry.

460  Border Wolves  Universal, 1938. 57 min. D: Joseph H. Lewis. SC: Norton S. Parker. With Bob Baker, Constance Moore, Fuzzy Knight, Dickie Jones, Frank Campeau, Glenn Strange, Ed Cassidy, Oscar O’Shea, Jack Montgomery, Willie Fung, Dick Dorrell, Frank Ellis, Hank Bell, Jack Kirk, Ed Brady, Jack Evans, Eva McKenzie. During the California Gold Rush, a cowboy tries to clear himself after being falsely accused of criminal activities. Some fancy camerawork from director Joseph H. Lewis and star Bob Baker’s pleasant personality and songs make this add up to more than a passable outing.

461  Borderland  Paramount, 1937. 82 min. D: Nate Watt. SC: Harrison Jacobs. With William Boyd, James Ellison, George Hayes, Stephen Morris (Morris Ankrum), Charlene Wyatt, John Beach, Nora Lane, George Chesebro, Trevor Bardette, Earle Hodgins, Alan Bridge, John St. Polis, Slim Whitaker, Cliff Parkinson, Karl Hackett, Robert Walker, Frank Ellis, Ed Cassidy, J.P. McGowan, Jack Evans, Harry Bernard, Francis Walker, Roy Bucko, Ralph Bucko, Leo J. McMahon, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Herman Hack, Jim Corey, Frosty Royce, Joe Dominguez. Hopalong Cassidy pretends to take the side of lawlessness in order to aid the Texas Rangers and the Mexican Secret Service in capturing a notorious border bad man called “The Fox.” Overlong but entertaining “Hopalong Cassidy” entry.

Borderland Rangers see The Man from God’s Country (1924)

462  Borderline  Universal-International, 1950. 88 min. D: William A. Seiter. SC: Devery Freeman. With Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, Roy Roberts, Morris Ankrum, Jose Torvay, Charles Lane, Don Diamond, Nacho Galindo, Pepe Hern, Grazia Narciso. A narcotics agent and a newspaperwoman team to track down dope smugglers on the U.S.-Mexican border. Ho-hum feature that unsuccessfully treads a thin line between comedy and drama.

463  Borderline  Associated Film Distributors, 1980. 105 min. Color. D: Jerrold Freeman. SC: Steve Kline and Jerrold Freeman. With Charles Bronson, Bruno Kirby, Bert Remsen, Michael Lerner, Kenneth McMillan, Ed Harris, Karmin Murcelo, Enrique Castillo, A. Wilford Brimley, Norman Alden, James Victor, John Ashton, Lawrence Casey, Charles Cyphers, Panchito Gomez, John Roselius, Murray MacLeod, Jerry De Wilde, Katherine Pass, Virgil Frye, Luis Contreras, Eduardo Ricard, John O’Banion, Rodger La Rue, Tanya Russell, Virginia Bingham, Antony Munoz, Ray Ochoam, Ross Reynolds. When a fellow border patrolman is murdered while investigating the smuggling of aliens into the country, an officer sets out to avenge the crime and stop the illegal traffic in humans. Taut and well executed Charles Bronson thriller.

464  Bordertown Gun Fighters  Republic, 1943. 56 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Wild Bill Elliott, George “Gabby” Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, Ian Keith, Harry Woods, Edward Earle, Roy Barcroft, Bud Geary, Karl Hackett, Charles King, Carl Sepulveda, Edward Keane, Frank McCarroll, Wheaton Chambers, Kenneth Terrell, Neal Hart, Frosty Royce, Marshal Reed, Charles Sullivan, Jack Kenney, Nino Bellini, Ben Johnson, Budd Buster, Post Park, Jack Rockwell, Herman Willingham, Al Haskell, Foxy Callahan, Rose Plummer, James Mitchell, Jim Massey, Ralph Bucko, Bill Woolf. Wild Bill Elliott is assigned to break up a small town lottery racket, but also finds romance. Typically fast moving “Wild Bill Elliott” entry.

465  Bordertown Trail  Republic, 1944. 55 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Bob Williams and Jesse Duffy. With Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson, Ellen Lowe, Weldon Heyburn, Jack Luden, Addison Richards, Francis McDonald, John James, Jack Kirk, Harry Willis, Jack O’Shea, Neal Hart, Chick Hannon, Robert Wilke, Ted Wells, Roy Darmour, Earl Dobbins. The U.S. Border Patrol is up against a smuggling gang in cahoots with a self-serving politician. Early action filled Sunset Carson entry with as many plot twists as fights; one-time genre star Jack Luden appears as Sunset’s brother.

466  Born Reckless  Warner Bros., 1959. 79 min. D: Howard Koch. SC: Richard Landau and Aubrey Schenck. With Mamie Van Doren, Jeff Richards, Arthur Hunnicutt, Carol Ohmart, Tom Duggan, Tex Williams, Donald Barry, Nacho Galindo, Orlando Rodrigues, Johnny Olenn and Group. Rodeo drama about a champion performer and his beautiful blonde girlfriend. Title pretty much tells it all.

467  Born to Battle  Pathé, 1927. 46 min. D: Allan J. Neitz (Alan James). SC: L.V. Jefferson. With Bill Cody, Barbara Luddy, Sheldon Lewis, Frank McGlynn, Jr., Olin Francis, Ralph Yearsley, Nora Cecil, J.P. Lockney, Lew Meehan, Sailor Sharkey. A half-crazed woman wants revenge on the man who killed her husband while his daughter is in love with a cowpoke whose uncle wants the trouble to continue so he can get both feuding parties’ ranches. Silent Bill Cody feature with a complicated plot, quite a bit of slapstick comedy and the star doing some nice stunt riding as well as using a bullwhip.

468  Born to Battle  Reliable, 1935. 53 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: Rose Gordon and Carl (Krusada) Hartman. With Tom Tyler, Jean Carmen, Earl Dwire, Julian Rivero, Nelson McDowell, William Desmond, Richard Alexander, Charles King, Ralph Lewis, Ben Corbett, Jimmy Aubrey, Roger Williams, Robert Walker, Bob McKenzie, George Morrell, Blackie Whiteford. A wild living cowboy is bailed out of jail by a representative of the cattlemen’s association and assigned the task of locating a notorious rustler and his gang. Action filled, but shoddy, Tom Tyler vehicle.

469  Born to Buck  A.N.E., 1968. 93 min. Color. With Casey Tibbs; Henry Fonda, Rex Allen (narrators). Documentary about rodeo champion Casey Tibbs breeding his own bucking broncos on the Teton Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota, then driving the herd of some 400 wild horses halfway across the state and back to his ranch. A different kind of film with fine scenic values.

470  Born to the Saddle  Astor, 1953. 73 min. Color. D: William Beaudine. SC: Adele Buffington. With Donald Woods, Leif Erickson, Karen Morley, Rand Brooks, Chuck Courtney, Glenn Strange, Dolores Priest, Fred Kohler, Jr., Dan White, Milton Kibbee, Boyd Davis. A young boy is befriended by a man who hires him to train a horse for an important race although he is really a gambler and the event has been fixed. Astor’s low production values do little to enhance this Western racing drama.

471  Born to the West  Paramount, 1937. 59 min. D: Charles Barton. SC: Stuart Anthony and Robert Yost. With John Wayne, Johnny Mack Brown, Marsha Hunt, John Patterson, Syd Saylor, Monte Blue, Lucien Littlefield, Nick Lukats, James Craig, Jack Kennedy, Vester Pegg, Earl Dwire, Jim Thorpe, Jennie Boyle, Alan Ladd, Jack Daly, Lee Prather. Two cowboys wander into a small town where one of them falls for the boss’ girl and is framed by crooks. Fairly interesting Zane Grey outing with nice locales. Reissued as Hell Town.

472  Borrowed Trouble  United Artists, 1948. 59 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Charles Belden. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Anne O’Neal, John Kellogg, Earle Hodgins, Cliff Clark, Helen Chapman, John Parrish, Herbert Rawlinson, Don Haggerty, James Harrison, Clarke Stevens, George Sowards, Eilene Janssen, Nancy Stowe, Jimmy Crane, Bill O’Leary, Norman Ollestad, Jr., Byron Foulger, Herman Hack, Al Thompson. Hoppy and his pals get in the middle of a feud between a spinster teacher and a saloon owner who has his business adjacent to her school. Amusing “Hopalong Cassidy” entry enhanced by good performances.

473  The Boss Cowboy  Superior, 1934. 51 min. D: Denver Dixon (Victor Adamson). SC: B. Burdoge (Betty Burbridge). With Buddy Roosevelt, Frances Morris, Sam Pierce, Fay McKenzie, Bud Osborne, George Chesebro, Lafe McKee, William (Merrill) McCormick, Allen Holbrook, Clyde McClary, Denver Dixon. A ranch foreman falls for two women, one of whom is robbed by her own foreman, a wanted killer. Pretty poor stuff.

474  Boss Nigger  Dimension, 1974. 87 min. Color. D: Jack Arnold. SC: Fred Williamson. With Fred Williamson, D’Urville Martin, William Smith, Barbara Leigh, R.G. Armstrong, Don “Red” Barry, Carmen Hayworth, Ben Zeller. Two black bounty hunters take over a small town as lawmen and capture an outlaw gang. Violent oater directed by cult favorite Jack Arnold. Re-titled Boss.

475  Boss of Boomtown  Universal, 1944. 56 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: William Lively. With Rod Cameron, Tom Tyler Fuzzy Knight, Vivian Austin, Ray Whitley, Jack Ingram, Robert Barron, Marie Austin, Max Wagner, Sam Flint, Richard Alexander, Forrest Taylor, Beverlee Mitchell. Two buddies ride into a brawling Western town where they come up against the city boss as well as finding romance. Rod Cameron’s first starring Western is an entertaining one and he and co-star Tom Tyler make a good duo.

476  Boss of Bullion City  Universal, 1941. 61 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Arthur St. Claire and Victor McLeod. With Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O’Day, Maria Montez, Harry Woods, Melvin Lang, Richard Alexander, Earl Hodgins, Karl Hackett, Frank Ellis, Tex Terry, Kermit Maynard, Bill Nestell. A ruthless tyrant rules an area with an iron fist and a lawman is called in to put a stop to his reign. Well produced Johnny Mack Brown vehicle; of interest to Maria Montez fans because she plays the second female lead, a girl who hero worships the marshal.

477  The Boss of Hangtown Mesa  Universal, 1942. 59 min. D: Joseph H. Lewis. SC: Oliver Drake. With Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, William Farnum, Helen Deverell, Hugh Prosser, Jimmy Wakely, The Pals of the Golden West, Nora Lou Martin, Robert Barron, Michael Vallon, Fred Kohler, Jr., Henry Hall. Following the robbery of a telegraph company employee, a lawman is assigned to clean up a lawless town. Typically plotted entry in the Johnny Mack Brown Universal series, but this one has a plethora of music.

478  Boss of Lonely Valley  Universal, 1937. 60 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Frances Guihan. With Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, Harvey Clark, Walter Miller, Lee Phelps, Ted Adams, Matty Fain, Ezra Pallette, Dickie Howard. A crooked town boss obtains land through fraud and a cowboy arrives in the area and tries to put a stop to his unlawful activities. Buck Jones produced this outing in his Universal series, a fairly good effort based on Forrest Brown’s novel.

479  Boss of Rawhide  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1943. 57 min. D-SC: Elmer Clifton. With Dave O’Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Nell O’Day, Ed Cassidy, Jack Ingram, Charles King, Billy Bletcher, George Chesebro, Robert Hill, Dan White, Lucille Vance, Robert Kortman, Karl Hackett, Frank Ellis, Bud Osborne, Slim Whitaker, Jimmy Aubrey, Curley Dresden, Wally West, Budd Buster, Herman Hack, Fred Burns, Tex Cooper, Rose Plummer. The Texas Rangers are sent to an area where mysterious killings have been taking place and they uncover a gang who has unlawfully set up toll gates across range land. Another fast but cheap entry in PRC’s “The Texas Rangers” series.

480  The Boss Rider of Gun Creek  Universal, 1936. 60 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Frances Guihan. With Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, Harvey Clark, Tom Chatterton, Josef Swickard, Lee Phelps, Ernest Hilliard, Mahlon Hamilton, Alphonse Ethier, Edward Hearn. A man convicted of a murder he did not commit escapes from prison and takes on the guise of his look-a-like in order to clear himself. Buck Jones plays a dual role in this entertaining series vehicle.

481  Both Barrels Blazing  Columbia, 1945. 57 min. D: Derwin Abrahams. SC: William Lively. With Charles Starrett, Tex Harding, Dub Taylor, Pat Parrish, Emmett Lynn, Alan Bridge, The Jesters, Dan White, Edward Howard, Jack Rockwell, Charles King, Robert Barron, Mauritz Hugo, James T. “Bud” Nelson, John Cason, Bert Dillard, Tex Palmer, Hansel Warner, Wally West, Rube Dalroy. A crook uses an old panhandler as a front for shipping stolen gold and a Texas Ranger, alias the Durango Kid, is on his trail. Fair entry in the “Durango Kid” series. British title: The Yellow Streak.

482  The Bottom of the Bottle  20th Century–Fox, 1956. 88 min. Color. D: Henry Hathaway. SC: Sydney Boehm. With Van Johnson, Joseph Cotten, Ruth Roman, Jack Carson, Margaret Hayes, Bruce Bennett, Brad Dexter, Peggy Knudsen, Jim Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Nancy Gates, Gonzales-Gonzales (Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez), John Lee, Ted (Tod) Griffin, Ernestine Barrier, Walter Woolf King, Sandy Descher, Henry (Harry) Morgan, Mimi Gibson, Kim Charney, Frances Dominguez, Maria M. Valerani, George Trevino, Joanne Jordan, George Anderson, Oscar Humberto Stevens, Martin F. Gerrish, Leo Gonzalez, Shirley Patterson (Shawn Smith), Carleton Young, John Doucette, Rosa Rey, Robert Adler, Alma Beltran. An alcoholic escaped convict takes refuge at his rich rancher brother’s spread on the U.S.-Mexican border and asks his help in escaping with his family. Sturdy modern-day Western melodrama.

483  Bounty  Barholtz Entertainment, 2009. 90 min. Color. D-SC: Jared Isham. With Jarret LeMaster, Michelle Acuna, Austin O’Brien, Bruce Isham, Rorick Lee Goins, Steve Savage, Jon Wyatt Davis, Peter Sherayko, Joe Pepper, Johnnie Oberg, Rebecca Oda, Patrick McCoy, Rafael Rio, Ben Barber. Needing to collect a bounty to pay off a debt, a reformed outlaw tries to break a pretty female prisoner out of jail. Low budge effort with productions gaffs but over all is not too bad.

484  The Bounty Hunter  Warner Bros., 1954. 79 min. Color. D: Andre De Toth. SC: Winston Miller. With Randolph Scott, Dolores Dorn, Marie Windsor, Howard Petrie, Harry Antrim, Robert Keys, Ernest Borgnine, Dub Taylor, Tyler MacDuff, Archie Twitchell, Paul Picerni, Phil Chambers, Mary Lou Holloway, Charles Delaney, Fess Parker. A bounty hunter is on the trail of three killers who pretend to be average citizens. Randolph Scott fans will love this hard, relentless chase film that also features a fight sequence between heroine Dolores Dorn and saloon gal Marie Windsor.

485  The Bounty Hunter  Action International, 1989. 90 min. Color. D: Robert Ginty. SC: Thomas Baldwin and Robert Ginty. With Robert Ginty, Bo Hopkins, Leota Waterdown, Melvin Holt, John White, Robert Knott, Jay Bullbear, Rocky Smith, Lisa Kious, Randy Whalen, Lance Lansford, Harvey Snell, Mark Brrager, Ted Vansickle, Dann Daigle, Seth Pollack, Steve Rosich, Michael Nauman, Shari Shanahar, Kenny Sullivan, Suzanne Sanders, Paul Vica, Barry Friedman, David McCally, Rex Linn. A veteran is at odds with a dishonest small town sheriff supposedly investigating the murder of his Vietnam War pal while in cahoots with an oil company in forcing a local Indian tribe to sell their land cheap. Low budget but nicely done independent modern-day Western; music by Rita Coolidge.

Dan Duryea and Audrey Dalton in The Bounty Killer (Embassy, 1965).

486  The Bounty Killer  Embassy, 1965. 92 min. Color. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: R. Alexander and Leo Gordon. With Dan Duryea, Rod Cameron, Audrey Dalton, Richard Arlen, Buster Crabbe, Fuzzy Knight, Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Steele, G.M. “Bronco Billy” Anderson, Peter Duryea, Eddie Quillan, Norman Willis, Edmund Cobb, I. Stanford Jolley, Frank Lackteen, Dan White, Grady Sutton, Emory Parnell, Red Morgan, Tom Kennedy, Michael Hinn. A dude from the East is forced to defend himself against an outlaw gang and when he kills the lot of them it turns him into a vicious bounty hunter. Production values and script are none-too-great but who cares with all the veteran genre stars and character players populating this Alex Gordon production? Buster Crabbe is especially good as a vicious outlaw.

487  The Bounty Man  ABC-TV/ABC Circle Films, 1972. 74 min. Color. D: John Llewellyn Moxey. SC: Jim Byrnes. With Clint Walker, Richard Basehart, John Ericson, Margot Kidder, Gene Evans, Arthur Hunnicutt, Rex Holman, Wayne Sutherlin, Paul Harper, Dennis Cross. Two rival bounty hunters track a young outlaw to an isolated valley and find themselves being attacked by his vicious gang. This telefeature shows just how good TV movies can be when care is taken with them.

488  Bowery Buckaroos  Monogram, 1947. 66 min. D: William Beaudine. SC: Tim Ryan and Edmond Seward. With Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Billy Benedict, David Gorcey, Julie Gibson, Bernard Gorcey, Minerva Urecal, Jack Norman (Norman Willis), Russell Simpson, Chief Yowlachie, Iron Eyes Cody, Rosa Turich, Sherman Sanders, Billy Wilkerson, Jack O’Shea, Bud Osborne, Cathy Carter. When their drugstore owner pal is accused of murder the Bowery Boys head West to track down the real killer. Average “Bowery Boys” series entry that will please their fans.

489  The Boy from Oklahoma  Warner Bros., 1954. 88 min. Color. D: Michael Curtiz. SC: Frank Davis and Winston Miller. With Will Rogers, Jr., Nancy Olson, Lon Chaney, Anthony Caruso, Sheb Wooley, Merv Griffin, Clem Bevans, Louis Jean Heydt, Wallace Ford, Slim Pickens, Harry Lauter, James Griffith, Charles Watts, John Cason, Guy Teague, Tom Monroe, George Chesebro, George Lloyd, Joan Weldon, Forrest Taylor, Jack Daly, Guy Wilkerson, Britt Wood, Frank Marlowe, Emile Avery, Bud Osborne, Charles Waggenheim, Denver Pyle, Tyler MacDuff, Ted Mapes. An easy going law student becomes the sheriff of a rough town which he manages to clean up with the urging of a pretty girl, the daughter of his murdered predecessor. Pleasant semi-funny Western which is a good vehicle for Will Rogers, Jr.

490  The Boy Who Talked to Badgers  Buena Vista, 1975. 100 min. Color. D: Gary Nelson. With Christian Juttner, Carl Betz, Salome Jens, Denver Pyle (narrator). A youngster has the ability to communicate with animals and he runs away from home to the wilds of Canada where his life is endangered. Well made Walt Disney family film originally telecast as a two-part segment of the series on NBC-TV.

491  Boy’s Ranch  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946. 97 min. Color. D: Roy Rowland. SC: William Ludwig. With James Craig, Butch Jenkins, Skippy (Skip) Homeier, Dorothy Patrick, Ray Collins, Darryl Hickman, Sharon McManus, Minor Watson, Arthur Space, Robert Emmett O’Connor, Moroni Olsen, Geraldine Wall. An ex–baseball player, trying to raise two orphans on his cattle ranch, makes it possible for delinquent boys to rehabilitate themselves by working there. Dated juvenile oriented film.

492  Brand of Fear  Monogram, 1949. 56 min. D: Oliver Drake. SC: Basil Dickey. With Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Gail Davis, Tom London, Ray Whitley, Marshall Reed, William Ruhl, William Norton Bailey, Boyd Stockman, Dee Cooper, Frank McCarroll, Holly Bane, Bob Curtis, Myron Healey, Bob Woodward, Denver Dixon, Ray Jones, Bill Potter. A cowpoke falls in love with a beautiful girl only to discover she is the daughter of an ex-convict. Jimmy Wakely’s singing and a good supporting cast make this one passable.

493  Brand of Hate  Supreme, 1934. 63 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: John F. (Jack) Natteford. With Bob Steele, Lucille Brown, William Farnum, George Hayes, Archie Ricks, James Flavin, Charles K. French, Jack Rockwell, Mickey Rentschler, Blackie Whiteford, Bill Patton, Bob Burns, Fred Burns, Al Haskell, Roy Bucko, Bob Card, Rose Plummer, Lionel Backus. A rancher is forced to harbor his cattle stealing half-brother and gang while the man’s daughter is in love with the son of a neighbor, the enforcer investigating local cattle thefts. Average Bob Steele vehicle with an action filled finale and a fine cast.

494  Brand of the Devil  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1944. 62 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Elmer Clifton. With Dave O’Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Ellen Hall, Charles King, I. Stanford Jolley, Reed Howes, Budd Buster, Karl Hackett, Kermit Maynard, Ed Cassidy, Wally West, John Cason, Hank Bell, Rose Plummer, Jess Cavin, Jack Evans, Jack Tornek. An outlaw gang called “Brand of the Devil” is plaguing area ranchers and the Texas Rangers trio try to stop them. Another cheap entry in PRC’s “The Texas Rangers” series and the penultimate one for James (Jim) Newill.

495  Brand of the Outlaws  Supreme, 1936. 60 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With Bob Steele, Margaret Marquis, Jack Rockwell, Charles King, Virginia True Boardman, Ed Cassidy, Frank Ball, Bud Osborne, Horace Murphy, Bob Reeves, Budd Buster, Clyde McClary. After saving the life of a lawman, a cowboy joins a gang not knowing they are cattle thieves and the sheriff captures him and brands him an outlaw, making him try to prove his innocence. Well done and fast paced Bob Steele vehicle.

496  Branded  1931. 61 min. D: D. Ross Lederman. SC: Randall Faye. With Buck Jones, Ethel Kenyon, Wallace MacDonald, Al Smith, Fred Burns, Philo McCullough, John Oscar, Robert Kortman, Clark Burroughs, Lafe McKee, Archie Ricks, Sam McDaniel, Harry Todd, Ben Corbett, Blackjack Ward. Inheriting a ranch, a man becomes involved with a pretty neighbor whose crooked foreman plans to rustle his cattle. Good Buck Jones early talkie.

497  Branded  Paramount, 1951. 95 min. Color. D: Rudolph Mate. SC: Sidney Boehm and Cyril Hume. With Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, Robert Keith, Joseph Calleia, Peter Hansen, Tom Tully, Milburn Stone, Martin Garralaga, Edward Clark, John Butler, John Berkes, Selena Royle, Olan Soule, Robert Kortman, George J. Lewis, Ed Peil, Sr., Salvador Baguez. Outlaws find a man in the wilderness and come up with a scheme to use him to bilk a rancher by making him think he is his long lost son. There is enough action and romance in this Alan Ladd outing to satisfy his fans.

498  Branded a Bandit  Arrow, 1924. 58 min. D-SC: Paul Hurst. With Yakima Canutt, Alys Murrell, Wilbur McGaugh, Judge Hamilton, Cliff Lyons. A rancher is in love with a prospector’s daughter but is framed for killing the man by a bandit. Lots of action in this exciting Yakima Canutt silent affair.

499  Branded a Coward  Supreme, 1935. 57 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Richard Martinsen. With Johnny Mack Brown, Billie Seward, Roger Williams, Syd Saylor, Lloyd Ingraham, Yakima Canutt, Lee Shumway, Frank McCarroll, Rex Downing, Robert Kortman, Ed Peil, Sr., Joe Girard, Wally West, Artie Ortego, Sherry Tansey. After seeing his parents killed when he was a boy, a man overcomes his fear of gunmen, becomes a marshal and tries to find a criminal who turns out to be his long lost brother. Johnny Mack Brown’s first series Western is a good one despite low production values.

500  Branded Men  Tiffany, 1931. 70 min. D: Phil Rosen. SC: Earle Snell. With Ken Maynard, June Clyde, Charles King, Irving Bacon, Donald Keith, Jack Rockwell, Hooper Atchley, Edmund Cobb, Slim Whitaker, Billy Bletcher, Al Taylor, Bud McClure. A cowboy and his pals join the side of the law in order to round up a bad man and his outlaw gang. Standard Ken Maynard vehicle without the fast pace of some of his other features.

Brandy Sheriff see Ride and Kill

501  The Brass Legend  United Artists, 1956. 79 min. D: Gerd Oswald. SC: Don Martin. SC: Hugh O’Brian, Nancy Gates, Raymond Burr, Raba Tassell, Donald MacDonald, Robert Burton, Eddie Firestone, Stacy Harris, Norman Leavitt, Russell Simpson. After a young boy assists a sheriff in the capture of a vicious killer the lawman tries to save the lad when the bad man seeks revenge. Average oater with future TV stars Hugh O’Brian as the sheriff and Raymond Burr as the villain to recommend it.

502  The Bravados  20th Century–Fox, 1958. 98 min. Color. D: Henry King. SC: Philip Yordan. With Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva, Kathleen Gallant, Barry Coe, George Voskovec, Herbert Rudley, Lee Van Cleef, Andrew Duggan, Ken Scott, Gene Evans, Joe Da Rita, Robert Adler, Robert Griffin. Wanting vengeance for the rape and murder of his wife, a man plans to kill those who committed the crimes but after a time he comes to realize he has become no better than those he is hunting. Austere but very good film with Gregory Peck excellent as the hunter and Joe Da Rita (later one of The Three Stooges) giving a surprisingly harrowing performance as the “hangman.”

503  Brave Warrior  Columbia, 1952. 73 min. Color. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Robert E. Kent. With Jon Hall, Christine Larson, Jay Silverheels, Michael Ansara, Harry Cording, James Seay, George Eldredge, Leslie Denison, Rory Mallinson, Rusty Wescoatt. Peace between settlers and Native Americans in Indiana is threatened in 1811 by the interference of the British. Not even Technicolor can help this dull Sam Katzman historical production.

504  Braveheart  Producers Distributing Corporation, 1925. 60 min. D: Alan Hale. SC: Mary O’Hara. With Rod La Rocque, Lillian Rich, Robert Edeson, Arthur Housman, Frank Hagney, Jean Acker, Tyrone Power (Sr.), Sally Rand, Henry Victor. An Indian brave goes to college to study law in order to defend his tribe’s fishing rights but after becoming a top athlete he tries to save a friend and ends up in disgrace. Well done silent feature presented by Cecil B. DeMille.

505  BraveStarr: The Legend  Taurus Entertainment, 1988. 91 min. Color. D: Tom Tataranowicz. SC: Bob Forward and Steve Hayes. With Pat Fraley, Susan Blu, Charles Adler, Ed Gilbert, Alan Oppenheimer (voices). When robots invade the planet of New Texas, a super powered cowboy and his pals come to the rescue. Fair sci-fi animated Western culled from the 1987–88 TV series “BraveStarr.”

506  The Bravos  ABC-TV/Universal, 1972. 100 min. Color. D: Ted Post. SC: Christopher Knopf and Ted Post. With George Peppard, Pernell Roberts, Belinda Montgomery, L.Q. Jones, George Murdock, Barry Brown, Dana Elcar, John Kellogg, Bo Svenson, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Ritchie, Randolph Mantooth, Joaquin Martinez. After the Civil War an officer is assigned the command at a small Western post but trouble with Indians arises and his young son is kidnapped. There is nothing special about this TV Western despite a good story premise.

Brawlers see El Buscabullas

507  The Brazen Bell  Universal, 1963. 74 min. Color. D: James Sheldon. SC: Roland Kibbee and Charles Marquis Warren. With James Drury, Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Gary Clarke, Pippa Scott, Roberta Shore, Anne Meacham, Royal Dano, John Davis Chandler, Robert J. Stevenson, Ross Elliott, Kay Stewart, Justin Smith, Walter Matthews, Lester Maxwell, Rick Murray. A frightened school teacher attempts to escape the harsh realities of the West but in a forced showdown proves he can stand up and fight. Pretty good drama originally telecast October 17, 1962, as an episode of “The Virginian” (NBC-TV, 1962–70) and issued theatrically abroad.

508  Breakheart Pass  United Artists, 1976. 95 min. Color. D: Tom Gries. SC: Alistair MacLean. With Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland, Charles Durning, Ed Lauter, David Huddleston, Roy Jenson, Casey Tibbs, Archie Moore, Joe Knapp, Read Morgan, Robert Rothwell, Rayford Barnes, Scott Newman, Bill McKinney, Eddie Little Sky, Robert Tessier, Eldon Burke, John Mitchum, Keith McConnell, Doug Atkins, Sally Kirkland, Sally Kemp, Irv Falling, Bill Klem. Masquerading as a cowardly prisoner, an undercover agent is put on a train in an effort to expose gun runners. Alistair MacLean adapted his novel to the screen for this taut Western mystery.

509  Breakout  NBC-TV/Universal, 1970. 91 min. Color. D: Richard Irving. SC: Sy Gomberg. With James Drury, Red Buttons, Kathryn Hays, Woody Strode, Sean Garrison, Victor Meyerlink, Bert Freed, Mort Mills, William Mims, Harold J. Stone, Don Wilbanks, Kenneth Tobey, Ric Roman. A criminal works out a plan to escape from a mountain prison to be near his wife and the half-million dollars he has hidden but the scheme is endangered by a small boy lost in the snowy area. Well done TV movie.

510  Breed of the Border  Monogram, 1933. 58 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Harry O. Jones. With Bob Steele, Marion Byron, George Hayes, Ernie Adams, Wilfred Lucas, Henry Roquemore, Fred Cavens, Robert Cord, Perry Murdock, John Elliott, Hal Price, Horace B. Carpenter, Blackie Whiteford, Ray Jones. A race car drive and his pal join forces with a female undercover agent to capture smugglers working along the U.S.-Mexican border. Complicated but fast moving Bob Steele vehicle with some nice fencing scenes between the star and Fred Cavens.

Poster for Breed of the Border (Monogram, 1933).

511  Breed of the West  Big 4, 1930. 55 min. D-SC: Alvin J. Neitz (Alan James). With Wally Wales, Virginia Brown Faire, Buzz Barton, Robert Walker, Lafe McKee, Bobby Dunn, George Gerwin, Hank (Bell) Cole, Edwin (Edmund) Cobb, Art Mix, Frank Ellis, Slim Andrews, Bud Osborne, Ben Corbett, Slim Whitaker, Bob Burns, Fred Burns. A cowboy is in love with his boss’ daughter but has a rival in the ranch foreman who plans to rob the old man. More romance than action in this fair Wally Wales film.

The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky see Face to Face

512  Bridger  ABC-TV/Universal, 1976. 100 min. Color. D: David Lowell Rich. SC: Merwin Gerard. With James Wainwright, Ben Murphy, Dirk Blocker, John Anderson, William Windom, Sally Field, Margarita Cordova, Tom Middleton, X Brands. Jim Bridger is commissioned by President Andrew Jackson to open a trail from the Rocky Mountain to the West Coast in forty days in order to obtain land for the government. Fair historical drama with John Anderson as Andrew Jackson being its best moments.

513  Brigham  Sunset Films, 1977. 96 min. Color. D: Tom McGowan. SC: Philip Yordan. With Maurice Grandmaison, Charles (Richard) Moll, John Mason, Howard Culver, Alan Richardson, Michael L. Goodman, Faith Clift, Robin Russell, Francis L. Urry, Terrence Gehr, Larry Ruup, James Arrington. The story of the Mormon Church from the time of Joseph Smith through the Indian Wars of the 1850s, using footage from Brigham Young, Frontiersman (q.v.). This overblown, low budget effort was altered and reissued as Savage Journey.

Brigham Young see Brigham Young, Frontiersman

514  Brigham Young, Frontiersman  20th Century–Fox, 1940. 114 min. D: Henry Hathaway. SC: Lamarr Trotti. With Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Jane Darwell, Brian Donlevy, John Carradine, Mary Astor, Vincent Price, Jean Rogers, Ann Todd, Willard Robertson, Moroni Olsen, Marc Lawrence, Stanley Andrews, Frank Thomas, Fuzzy Knight, Dickie Jones, Selmer Jackson, Russell Simpson, Arthur Aylesworth, Chief Big Tree, Claire Du Brey, Tully Marshall, Davison Clark, Dick Rich, Edwin Maxwell, Edmund MacDonald, Charles Halton, Lee Shumway, Charles Middleton, Frank LaRue, Cecil Watson, Ruth Robinson, Murdock MacQuarrie, Frederick Burton, Ralph Dunn, George Melford, David Kirkland, Phillip Morris, Paul E. Burns, Frank Shannon, William Haade, Herbert Heywood, Eddy Waller, Harry Tyler, Edmund Elton. The trek of the Mormons to Salt Lake, from the death of Joseph Smith in Illinois to the establishment of their colony in Utah, is retold in this historical drama. Very well done with a great performance by Dean Jagger in the title role; recommended.

515  Brighty of Grand Canyon  Feature Film Corporation of America, 1967. 92 min. Color. D-SC: Norman Foster. With Joseph Cotten, Pat Conway, Dick Foran, Karl Swenson, Dandy Curran, Jiggs (burro). When his master is murdered a little burro meets a famed hunter, a boy and Theodore Roosevelt as he brings the killer to justice. Location filming and a good story make this pleasant entertainment.

516  Brimstone  Republic, 1949. 90 min. Color. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Thames Williams. With Rod Cameron, Adrian Booth, Forrest Tucker, Walter Brennan, Jack Holt, Jim Davis, James Brown, Guinn Williams, Jack Lambert, Will Wright, David Williams, Harry V. Cheshire, Hal Taliaferro, Herbert Rawlinson, Stanley Andrews, Charlita, Jack Perrin, George Chesebro, Emmett Lynn, Jack O’Shea, Hank Bell, David Williams, Chester Conklin, Jody Gilbert, Tex Terry, Sam Flint, Helen Brown, Augie Gomez, Charles Cane, Leo Cleary. A lawman is sent to a territory where cattle rustling is rampant and he learns his friend, now a crooked sheriff, is working with a rancher and his two sons in the thefts. Action filled, brutal Western that is above average.

517  Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia  United Artists, 1974. 112 min. Color. D: Sam Peckinpah. SC: Sam Peckinpah and Gordon Dawson. With Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernandez, Kris Kristofferson, Chano Urueta, Donny Fritts, Jorge Russek, Chalo Gonzalez, Don Levy, Enrique Lucero, Janine Maldonado, Tamara Garina, Farnesio de Bernal, Ahui Camacho, Monica Miguel, Paco Pharres, Juan Manuel Diaz, Rene Dupeyron, Yolanda Ponce, Juan Jose Palacios, Manolo, Nery Ruiz, Roberto Dumont, Richard Bright, Conrad Hool, Whitey Hughes, Sharon Peckinpah, Garner Simmons. A bounty hunter duo teams with a piano player as they try to collect the reward for a man’s head offered by a rich Mexican rancher. Another violent, bloody effort from writer-director Sam Peckinpah; not one of his better efforts although Warren Oates is fine as the pianist. Co-star Helmut Dantine was the film’s executive producer.

Broadway to Cheyenne see From Broadway to Cheyenne

518  Brokeback Mountain  Cinemac Films, 2005. 134 min. Color. D: Ang Lee. SC: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. With Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid, Valerie Planche, David Trimble, Victor Reyes, Lachlan Mackintosh, Michelle Williams, Larry Reese, Marty Antonini, Tom Carey, Dan McDougall, Don Bland, Steven Cree Molison, Anne Hathaway, Duval Lang, Dean Barrrett, Scott Michael Campbell, Mary Liboiron, Graham Beckel, Kade Philips, Steffen Cole Moser, Brooklyn Prouix, Keanna Dube, James Baker, Pete Seadon, Sarah Hyslop Jacey Kenny, Jerry Callagan, Cayla Wolever, Cheyenne Hill, Jake Church, Ken Zilka, John Tench, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, David Harbour, Kae Mara, Will Martin, Gary Lauder, Christian Fraser, Cam Sutherland, Roberta Maxwell, Peter McRobbie, Mary McBride, Willie Nelson (voice). Two cowboys form a romantic, but uneven, life long relationship. Controversial gay-themed money maker from the story by Annie Prouix.

519  Broken Arrow  20th Century–Fox, 1950. 93 min. Color. D: Delmer Daves. SC: Michael Blankfort. With James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget, Basil Ruysdael, Arthur Hunnicutt, Will Geer, Joyce MacKenzie, Raymond Bramley, Jay Silverheels, Argentina Brunetti, Jack Lee, Robert Adler, Harry Carter, Robert Griffin, Billy Wilkerson, Mickey Kuhn, Charles Soldani, Iron Eyes Cody, John Doucette, Trevor Bardette. Following the Civil War, an agent marries an Indian maiden and tries to bring peace between the government and the Chiricahua Apaches led by Cochise. Very colorful and entertaining Western.

520  Broken Lance  20th Century–Fox, 1954. 96 min. Color. D: Edward Dmytryk. SC: Richard Murphy. With Spencer Tracy, Jean Peters, Robert Wagner, Richard Widmark, Katy Jurado, Hugh O’Brian, Carl Benton Reid, Eduard Franz, Earl Holliman, E.G. Marshall, Philip Ober, Robert Burton, Robert Adler, Robert Grandlin, Harry Carter, Nacho Galindo, Julian Rivero, Edmund Cobb, Russell Simpson, King Donovan, George E. Stone, Paul Kruger, Arthur Bryan. Following his second marriage, an aging Western land baron begins to feel his empire is crumbling due to conflicts with his sons. Western remake of House of Strangers (20th Century–Fox, 1949); a powerful and well acted film.

521  The Broken Land  20th Century–Fox, 1962. 60 min. D: John Bushelman. SC: Edward Lasko. With Kent Taylor, Jody McCrea, Dianna Darrin, Robert Sampson, Gary Sneed, Don Orlando, Jack Nicholson, Helen Joseph, H. Tom Cain, Bob Pollard. A town is ruled by a sadistic sheriff who is at odds with a trio of young people who enlist the aid of the lawman’s deputy in bringing about his downfall. Compact oater with an impressive performance by Kent Taylor as the sheriff.

522  The Broken Law  Goodwill, 1924. 65 min. D: Paul Hurst. SC: Daniel F. Whitcomb. With Jack Mower, Alma Rayford, Vester Pegg, Frank Abbott, Carl Silvera, Bob Burns, Chief Tachachee. A cowboy is falsely accused of killing an Indian for his treasure map but he is defended by his female boss, with whom he has fallen in love, against her ranch foreman, the real culprit. Star Jack Mower produced this fair poverty row silent Western.

523  Broken Sabre  Columbia, 1966. 89 min. Color. D: Bernard McEveety. SC: Jameson Brewer. With Chuck Connors, Kamala Devi, Peter Breck, Macdonald Carey, John Carradine, Wendell Corey, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Q. Lewis, Cesar Romero, Patrick Wayne, William Bryant, Steve Malo, H.M. Wynant, John Lormer, Jay Jostyn, Montie Plyler. A man is convicted of being a coward during the Battle of Bitter Creek and he tries to prove himself in the Arizona frontier after being dismissed from the military. Feature made from several episodes of “Branded” (NBC-TV, 1965–66) and issued theatrically in Great Britain.

524  The Broken Star  United Artists, 1956. 82 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: John C. Higgins. With Howard Duff, Lita Baron, Bill Williams, Henry Calvin, Douglas Fowley, Addison Richards, Joel Ashby, John Pickard, William Phillips, Dorothy Adams. A deputy marshal claims he killed a man in self defense when he actually murdered him for his gold. Interesting plot does not help this average oater.

525  Broken Trail  American Movie Classics, 2006. 184 min. Color. D: Walter Hill. SC: Alan Geoffrion. With Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi, Gwendoline Yeo, Chris Mulkey, Rusty Schwimmer, Scott Cooper, Valerie Tian, Caroline Chan, Olivia Cheng, Jadyn Wong, Donald Fong, James Russo, Tod Allan, Bill Baksa, Dusty Bews, Morris Birdyellowhead, Duncan Fraser, Philip Granger, Shaun Johnston, Sandy Kellerman, Greg Lawson, Scarlet Li, William Marquez, Stephen E. Miller, Donnelly Rhodes, Pat Richards, Peter Skagen, Patricia Stutz, Xuefeng Tan. Two cowboys, a man and his nephew, care for five abused Chinese girls while trying to save them from outlaws and also carry out a horse herd drive. Well staged TV mini-series.

526  Bronco Billy  Warner Bros., 1980. 119 min. Color. D: Clint Eastwood. SC: Dennis Hacklin. With Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers, Bill McKinney, Sam Bottoms, Dan Vadis, Sierra Pecheur, Walter Barnes, Hank Worden, Woodrow Parfrey, William Prince, Tanya Russell, Douglas McGrath, Beverlee McKinsey, Pam Abbas, Edye Byrde. An heiress with a bad temper, deserted by her husband, reluctantly joins a rag-tag Wild West show as the head showman’s assistant. Beautifully done production that nicely captures the dream image of the cowboy hero.

527  Bronco Buster  Universal-International, 1952. 80 min. Color. D: Budd Boetticher. SC: Horace McCoy and Lillie Hayward. With John Lund, Scott Brady, Joyce Holden, Chill Wills, Don Haggerty, Casey Tibbs, Dan Poore. A veteran rodeo performer befriends a young man and teaches him the trade only to become his rival in both work and romance. Not bad but the rodeo sequences are superior to the plot.

Bronco Busters see Little Moon and Jud McGraw

528  Bronco: Death of an Outlaw  ABC-TV/Warner Bros., 1960. 48 min. D: Herbert L. Strock. SC: Gerald Drayson Adams. With Ty Hardin, Allan Lane, Stephen Joyce, Rhodes Reason, Jean Allison, Barry Atwater, Miriam Colon, Forrest Lewis, Morris Ankrum, Alan Caillou, Dick Gering, Howard McLeod, James Beck, Bartlett Robinson, Harry Swoger, John Verros. A cowboy is aided by Billy the Kid during a range war although the outlaw is hunted by Sheriff Pat Garrett. An episode of the “Bronco” (ABC-TV, 1958–62) series issued on tape as a feature film.

Bronson’s Revenge see Cut-Throats Nine

529  The Bronze Buckaroo  Sack Amusement, 1938. 60 min. D-SC: Richard C. Kahn. With Herb (Jeffries) Jeffrey, Spencer Williams, Rellie Hardin, Artie Young, Clarence Brooks, F.E. Miller, Lucius Brooks, Lee Calmes, Earl J. Morris, The Four Tunes. A cowboy and his pal go to a ranch to help a girl whose father has been bushwhacked and they try to find the culprit. Interesting curio with an all-black cast starring singing hero Herb Jeffries. Filmed at N.B. Murray’s black dude ranch near Victorville, California. The same year Herb Jeffries was also a cowboy crooner in the featurette Rhythm Rodeo.

530  Brother of the Wind  Sun International, 1973. 91 min. Color. D: Dick Robinson. SC: John Mahon and John Champion. With Dick Robinson, Leon Ames (narrator). A mountain man finds his life of solitude changing after he adopts four motherless wolf cubs. Filmed in the forests of the Canadian Rockies, this heartwarming feature is a treat for the eyes.

531  Brother Outlaw  Trans World Films, 1971. 84 min. Color. D: Edward G. Muller (Edoardo Mulargia). SC: Alessandro Schiro and Edoardo Mulargia. With Tony Kendall, James Rogers, Sophia Kammar, Dean Stratford, Omero Gargano, Sergio Sagnotti, Mimmo Maggio, Celso Faria, Fortunato Arena, Attilio Dottesio, Luciano Conti, Michele Branca, Nio Musco, Franco Marletta, Bruno Boschetti, Enzo Pulcrano, Omero Capanna. After his brother breaks him out of jail following conviction on a false charge, the siblings track down the gang behind the robbery that sent him behind bars. Standard Spaghetti Western filmed in Italy as Rimase uno Solo e Fu la Morte per Tutti (It Remained Only One was Death for All).

532  Brothers Blue  Warner Bros., 1973. 81 min. Color. D: Marc Meyer (Luigi Bazzoni). SC: Augusto Caminito. With Jack Palance, Tina Aumont, Antonio Falsi, Guido Mannari, Maurizio Bonuglia, Lee Burton. In order to stop crooks from taking over the West, a gang stages a series of holdups but they are tracked by a hired gunman. Jack Palance’s fans should go for this Italian action feature issued there in 1971 by Felix Cinematografica as Blu Gang Vissero per Sempre Felici e Ammazzati (Blue Gang Always Lived Happy and Murdered) and also called A Few Happy Days of the Brothers Ken and The Short and Happy Life of the Brothers Blue.

533  Brothers in Arms  Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2005. 96 min. Color. D: Jean-Claude La Marre. SC: Jean-Claude La Marre and Tyger Torrez. With David Carradine, Ed Lauter, Gabriel Casseus, Raymond Cruz, Jared Day, Idalis DeLeon, Nancy De Mayo, David Gianopoulos, Peter Greene, Garry Guerrier, Joel Harkham, Jerri Harris, William B. Jackson, Kurupt, Jean-Claude La Marre, Cameron Monagan, Kenya Moore, Lenee Pedersen, Michelle Penick, Glenn Plummer, Clifton Powell, Barry Ratcliffe, Karen Salkin, Peter Sherayko, Antwon Tanner, Tasha Dixon, Vakisha Coleman. Two outlaw brothers plan to get revenge on the man who murdered their relatives. Pretty poor revisionist Western.

534  Brothers in the Saddle  RKO Radio, 1949. 60 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Norman Houston. With Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie, Virginia Cox, Carol Forman, Richard Powers (Tom Keene), Stanley Andrews, Robert Bray, Francis McDonald, Emmett Vogan, Monte Montague, Ted Adams. Two brothers go to opposite sides of the law, with one becoming a gambler who sinks deeper into crime despite the help given him by his sibling. A fast moving and exciting Tim Holt vehicle.

535  Brothers of the West  Victory, 1937. 58 min. D: Sam Katzman. SC: Basil Dickey. With Tom Tyler, Lois Wilde, Dorothy Short, Lafe McKee, Bob Terry, Dave O’Brien, Roger Williams, Jim Corey, James C. Morton, Tiny Lipson, George Morrell. A range detective tries to prove his brother did not rob a bank and kill its president. Paltry entry in Tom Tyler’s Victory series directed by producer Sam Katzman.

536  The Brothers O’Toole  CVD/American National Enterprises, 1973. 94 min. Color. D: Richard Erdman. SC: Tim Kelly and Marion Hargrove. With John Astin, Pat Carroll, Hans Conreid, Lee Meriwether, Allyn Joslyn, Jesse White, Richard Jury, Steve Carlson, Richard Erdman, Miranda Barry, Jacques Hampton. Two shiftless brothers come to a Colorado town and one is mistaken for a notorious highwayman and sentenced to be hanged. Dull, terrible Western-comedy.

537  The Brute and the Beast  American International, 1968. 87 min. Color. D: Lucio Fulci. SC: Fernando Di Leo. With Franco Nero, George Hilton, Nino Castelnuovo, Lyn Shane, John MacDouglas (Giuseppe Addobatti), Rita Franchetti, Aysanoa Runachagua, Tom Felleghy, Franco Morici, Rina Franchetti, Tschang Yu, Aysanoa Runachaqua, John Bartha, Sal Borghese, Franco Guia, Mario Dionisi. A man returns home and eventually gets the aid of his half-brother in fighting a crook and his gun crazy son who have taken over their ranch. Brutal and violent Italian oater issued there in 1966 as Tempo di Massacro (Time of Massacre) and also called Massacre Time.

538  Brute Corps  General Film Corporation, 1972. 90 min. Color. D: Jerry Jameson. SC: Mike Kars and Abe Polsky. With Paul Carr, Jennifer Billingsley, Joseph Kaufmann, Alex Rocco, Michael Pataki, Charles Macaulay, Roy Jenson, Felton Perry, Joseph Bernard, Parker West. While on a camping trip in rural Mexico, a young American couple meet a group of mercenaries with tragic results. Violent modern-day Western.

539  Buchanan Rides Alone  Columbia, 1958. 78 min. Color. D: Budd Boetticher. SC: Charles Lang, Jr. With Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, Barry Kelley, Jennifer Holden, Tol Avery, Peter Whitney, Manuel Rojab, William Leslie, Don C. Harvey, L.Q. Jones, Robert Anderson, Joe De Santis, Nacho Galindo, Roy Jenson, Frank Scannell, Terry Frost, Riley Hill, Al Wyatt, Barbara James. A Texan rides into a border town and befriends a Mexican who opposes the tyrant running the area. One of the well regarded features star Randolph Scott, producer Harry Joe Brown and director Budd Boetticher made in the late 1950s and one that deserves its reputation.

540  Buck and the Preacher  Columbia, 1972. 102 min. Color. D: Sidney Poitier. SC: Ernest Kinoy. With Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Cameron Mitchell, Ruby Dee, Denny Miller, Rita Talbot, John Kelly, Tony Brubaker, James McEachin, Clarence Muse, Ken Menard, Julie Robinson. A trail guide taking ex-slaves West so they can homestead is forced to ally himself with a con-man preacher when their journey is threatened by bounty hunters who want to return the travelers back to the South as cheap labor. Interesting premise does not unfold well in this mostly black cast oater that has far more talk than action.

541  Buck Benny Rides Again  Paramount, 1940. 82 min. D: Mark Sandrich. SC: William Morrow and Edmund Belion. With Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Andy Devine, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Don Wilson, Virginia Dale, Lillian Cornell, Theresa Harris, Kay Linaker, Ward Bond, Morris Ankrum, Charles Lane, James Burke, Merriel Abbott Dancers, Edward Gargan, Eddie Acuff, George Melford, Dick Rich, George Barrows, Billy Bletcher, Leyland Hodgson, Eddy Chandler, George Hickman, George Guhl, Monte Collins, Edgar Dearing, Willie Fung, Harry Baldwin, Allen Wood, Buddy Roosevelt, Ernest Whitman, Max Wagner, Archie Twitchell, Arthur Stuart Hull, Martin Faust, Roger Gray, George Hickman, John Laird; Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Mary Livingstone (voices). Radio comedian Jack Benny tries to win a girl’s affections by showing her he is an all-American cowboy. Frequently very funny comedy with lots of help from Benny’s radio crew; probably his best film.

542  Buckaroo from Powder River  Columbia, 1947. 55 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Eve Miller, Forrest Taylor, The Cass County Boys (Jerry Scoggins, Fred Martin, Bert Dodson), Paul Campbell, Douglas D. Coppin, Philip Morris, Casey MacGregor, Ted Adams, Ethan Laidlaw, Edmund Cobb, Frank McCarroll, Kermit Maynard, Roy Butler, Phil Arnold, Buster Brodie, Tex Palmer. An outlaw gang leader plans to counterfeit government bonds stolen by his gang in a bank holdup but his nephew, who is in love with the sheriff’s daughter, will not go along with the scheme and becomes a murder target. Entertaining “Durango Kid” series segment.

543  The Buckaroo Kid  Universal, 1926. 64 min. D-SC: Lynn Reynolds. With Hoot Gibson, Ethel Shannon, Burr McIntosh, Harry Todd, James Gordon, Newton House, Joe Rickson, Arthur Thalasso, Clark Comstock, Arthur Millett. While managing a man’s dilapidated ranch, a cowboy falls for the owner’s daughter. Light hearted and charming silent Hoot Gibson vehicle.

544  Buckaroo Sheriff from Texas  Republic, 1951. 60 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: Arthur Orloff. With Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen, James Bell, Hugh O’Brian, Steve Pendleton, Tristram Coffin, William Haade, Selmer Jackson, Ed Cassidy, Eddie Dunn, Alice Kelley, Bob Reeves, George Taylor, Steve Dunhill, Tommy Coats, Cactus Mack. Two siblings help to bring in a notorious outlaw. First of four films in the “Rough Ridin’ Kids” series showing the business of the law in the Old West is best left to grownups.

545  Buckeye and Blue  Academy Entertainment, 1988. 94 min. Color. D-SC: J.C. Compton. With Robyn Lively, Jeff Osterhage, Rick Gibbs, Will Hannah, Michael Horse, Kenneth Jensen, Stuart Rogers, Patrick Johnson, James Gooden, Howard Allen, Anthony Auriemma, Daniel Frank Webster, Dan Gunther, Gina Genova. In order to find her desperado husband, a young woman joins an outlaw gang claiming to know his whereabouts. Standard low budget effort.

546  Bucking Broadway  Universal, 1917. 53 min. D: Jack (John) Ford. SC: George Hively. With Harry Carey, Molly Malone, L.M. Wells, Vester Pegg, William (Steele) Gettinger, Gertrude Astor, Martha Mattox. A ranch foreman falls in love with his boss’ daughter but she is lured to the big city by a crooked stockbroker and the cowboy goes after her. Average effort in Harry Carey’s “Cheyenne Harry” silent series, thought lost but found and restored.

547  Buckshot John  Bosworth-Paramount, 1915. 55 min. D: Hobart Bosworth. SC: Hetty Grey. With Hobart Bosworth, Helen Wolcott, Courtenay Foote, Carl Von Schiller, Herbert Standing, Marshall Stedman, Frank Lanning, Oscar Linkenhelt, Art Acord, Rhea Haines, Hoot Gibson. After fifteen years in prison an outlaw is supposedly helped by a medicine show quack and reveals the location of hidden loot, only to find out he has been deceived. Only two reels of this silent effort from director-star Hobart Bosworth exist.

548  Buckskin  Paramount, 1968. 97 min. Color. D: Michael Moore. SC: Steve Fisher. With Barry Sullivan, Joan Caulfield, Wendell Corey, Lon Chaney, John Russell, Barbara Hale, Bill Williams, Richard Arlen, Gerald Micheaud, Barton MacLane, Aki Aleong, Michael Larrain, Leo Gordon, George Chandler, Emile Meyer, Robert Riordan, Manuela Thiess, LeRoy Johnson. A territorial marshal opposes a Montana land baron who is trying to drive off remaining settlers around a small town by diverting their water supply. Except for the veteran players there is little to recommend A.C. Lyles’ final Paramount Western.

549  Buckskin Frontier  United Artists, 1943. 74 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Norman Houston. With Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Victor Jory, Albert Dekker, Lola Lane, Max Baer, Joseph Sawyer, George Reeves, Francis McDonald, Harry Allen, Bill Nestell, George Plues. A man fights corruption in a Western town in the 1860s when businessmen try to top the building of the railroad to further their cattle empire. Big, action-filled Harry Sherman production with a well conceived shoot-out.

550  Buckskin Lady  United Artists, 1957. 66 min. D: Carl K. Hittleman. SC: David Lang and Carl K. Hittleman. With Patricia Medina, Richard Denning, Gerald Mohr, Henry Hull, Robin Short, Richard Reeves, Dorothy Adams, Hank Worden, Frank Sully, George Cisar, Louis Lettieri, Byron Foulger, John Dierkes. A lady gambler, who supports her drunken father, falls for the new medico in town but her gunman boyfriend objects. Okay programmer.

551  Buddy Goes West  Alex Cinematografica, 1981. 90 min. Color. D: Michele Lupo. SC: Sergio Donati and Gene Luotto. With Bud Spencer, Amidou, Joe Bugner, Renato Scarpa, Piero Trombetta, Sara Franchetti, Andrea Heuer, Marilda Dona, Pino Patti, Riccardo Pizzuli. When gold is found under a village the locals are joined by two outlaws in fighting the town’s greedy sheriff and a gang of crooks. Pleasant Spaghetti Western comedy released in Italy as Occhio Alla Penna.

552  Buffalo Bill  20th Century–Fox, 1944. 90 min. Color. D: William A. Wellman. SC: Aeneas MacKenzie, Clements Ripley and Cecile Kramer. With Joel McCrea, Maureen O’Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell, Edgar Buchanan, Anthony Quinn, Moroni Olsen, Frank Fenton, Matt Briggs, George Lessey, Frank Orth, George Chandler, Chief Many Treaties, Chief Thundercloud, Sidney Blackmer, Evelyn Beresford, Cecil Watson, Fred Graham, Harry Tyler, Arthur Loft, Syd Saylor, Robert Homans, John Dilson, Edwin Stanley, Kermit Maynard, Ben Corbett, Henry Wills, George Bronson, Margaret Martin, Cordell Hickman, John Reese, Eddie Nichols, Gerald Mackey, Vincent Graeff. The story of Buffalo Bill Cody, from his days as a cavalry scout to the time he became a famous showman and owner of the most authentic wild west show in America. Entertaining but basically glossy picture of a legend.

553  Buffalo Bill  Gloria Film, 1964. 95 min. Color. D: J.W. Fordson (Mario Costa). SC: Nino Stresa and Luciano Martino. With Gordon Scott, Richard Stuyvesant (Mario Brega), Catherine Ribeiro, Jan Hendriks, Peter Lull (Piero Lulli), Rolando Lupi, Hans von Borsody, Mirko Ellis, Ingeborg Schoener, Feodor Chaliapin (Jr.), Hugo Arden (Ugo Sasso), Andrew Scott (Andrea Scotti), Jacques Herlin, Frank Farrell (Franco Fantasia), Ronald Parish, Luigi Tosi, Rinaldo Zamperla. To stop attacks led by Yellow Hand on settlers, President Grant sends Buffalo Bill Cody to a fort where the scout learns a trader has been responsible for supplying the Indians with firearms. Handsomely mounted European treatment of an American historical subject, although none-too-accurate. Made in Italy by Filmes/Corona/Gloria Film as Buffalo Bill, l’roe Del Far West (Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West).

554  Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson  United Artists, 1976. 123 min. Color. D: Robert Altman. SC: Alan Rudolph and Robert Altman. With Paul Newman, Burt Lancaster, Joel Grey, Kevin McCarthy, Harvey Keitel, Allan Nicholls, Geraldine Chaplin, John Considine, Robert Doqui, Mike Kaplan, Bert Remsen, Bonnie Leaders, Denver Pyle, Will Sampson, Pat McCormick, Shelley Duvall. Buffalo Bill Cody uses fraud and treachery to build a reputation for himself as an Indian fighter and frontiersman. Filmed in Canada and supposedly a Bicentennial presentation, this Robert Altman production is dull and pointless.

555  Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory  United Artists, 1952. 66 min. D: Bernard B. Ray. SC: Sam Neuman and Nat Tanchuck. With Clayton Moore, Arkansas Slim Andrews, Sharon Dexter, Chief Yowlachie, Chief Thundercloud, Rodd Redwing, Charles Hughes, Eddie Phillips, Tom Hubbard, Helena Dare, Charles Harvey, Merrill McCormick, Al Haskell, Chuck Hayward, Bill Coontz. When outlaws try to steal Indian lands, Buffalo Bill Cody and his sidekick come to the rescue. Low grade affair although Clayton Moore is fine in the title role.

556  Buffalo Bill on the U.P. Trail  Sunset, 1926. 60 min. D: Frank S. Mattison. With Roy Stewart, Kathryn McGuire, Cullen Landis, Sheldon Lewis, Earl Metcalfe, Milburn Morante, Hazel Howell, Fred De Silva, Felix Whitefeather, Jay Morley, Eddie Harris, Dick LaReno, Harry Fenwick. Buffalo Bill Cody and his pal plan to build a town along a railroad route but run into trouble when they prevent a locator from buying into their plans. Standard, but fast paced, silent “historical” feature. Also called With Buffalo Bill on the U.P. Trail.

557  Buffalo Bill Rides Again  Screen Guild, 1947. 70 min. D: Bernard B. Ray. SC: Barney Sarecky and Frank Gilbert. With Richard Arlen, Jennifer Holt, Lee Shumway, Gil Patrick, Edmund Cobb, Ed Cassidy, Ted Adams, Charles Stevens, Chief Many Treaties, Holly Bane, Frank McCarroll, Carl Mathews, George Sherwood, Fred Graham, Frank O’Connor, Dorothy Curtis, Shooting Star. Buffalo Bill Cody comes to the aid of a girl and her father whose ranch is sought by fur thieves. Stars Richard Arlen and Jennifer Holt help to make this more than passable entertainment.

558  Buffalo Girls  CBS-TV, 1995. 180 min. Color. D: Ron Hardy. SC: Cynthia Whitcomb. With Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Jack Palance, Sam Elliott, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote, Tracey Walter, Floyd “Red Crow” Westerman, Charalyne Woodard, John Diehl, Live Schreiber, Andrew Bicknell, Paul Lazar, Russell Means, Reba McIntire, Jane E. Goold, Michael Eiland, Jerry King, Rob Nicholas, Jeanine O’Connell, Dennis Robbins, Boots Sutherland, Geoffrey Bateman, Julie Bevan, Peter Birch, Graham Gadd, David Garver, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Robert Harnsberger, Brian Knight, Russell Milton, J. Michael Oliva, Richard Simpson, Hanley Smith, Jenny Saxon, Gilley Grey, Tisha Frazier, Robyn Reede, Dennis E. Garber. Calamity Jane tries to find her long lost daughter and also recapture the West of her glorious past. Average TV Western from Larry McMurty’s book.

559  Buffalo Gun  Globe, 1962. 72 min. D: Albert C. Gannaway. SC: A.L. Milton. With Wayne Morris, Webb Pierce, Marty Robbins, Carl Smith, Mary Ellen Kay, Donald Barry, Douglas Fowley, Harry Lauter, Ed Crandall, Bill Coontz, Chris Little, Charles Saldoni, The Jordanaires. Three singing government agents are sent West to investigate the thefts of shipments to the Indians. Cheaply made oater that capitalizes on its trio of country-western stars as cowboys; Wayne Morris’ final film.

560  Buffalo Rider  Starfire Films, 1978. 90 min. Color. D: George Lauris. With John Freeman, Rick Guinn, Priscilla Lauris, George Sager, Rich Scheeland, Lane Caudell (voice). The story of C.J. “Buffalo” Jones, who tries to stop the slaughter of the Plains bison. Co-produced by Dick Robinson, this sorry affair was also called The Life and Legend of Buffalo Jones.

Buffalo Soldiers (1970) see Soul Soldier

561  Buffalo Soldiers  Turner Network Television (TNT), 1997. 100 min. Color. D: Charles Haid. SC: Frank Military and Susan Rhinehart. With Lamont Bentley, Tom Bower, Timothy Busfield, Gabriel Casseus, Danny Glover, Bob Gunton, Keith Jefferson, Robert Knott, Carl Lumbly, Clifton Powell, Matt Ross, Glynn Thurman, Michael Warren, Mykelti Williamson, David Jean Thomas, Chesley Wilson, Jeri Brunoe-Samson, Dutch Lunak, Harrision Lowe, Mark Bustamante, Chris Gatewood, Barrie Tompkins, Matthew T. Wilson, Mike Lutz, Tony Brubaker. A black cavalry troop tries to capture an Apache warrior killing settlers in New Mexico. Good made-for-TV Western.

Buffalo Stampede see The Thundering Herd

562  Bugles in the Afternoon  Warner Bros., 1952. 85 min. Color. D: Roy Rowland. SC: Geoffrey Homes and Harry Brown. With Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker, Barton MacLane, George Reeves, James Millican, Gertrude Michael, Stuart Randall, William Phillips, Hugh Beaumont, Dick Rich, John Pickard, John War Eagle, Sheb Wooley, Charles Evans, Nelson Leigh, Ray Montgomery, Virginia Brissac, John Doucette, Bud Osborne, Harry Lauter, Bob Steele, Mary Adams, Lucille Shamburger. Branded a coward during the Civil War, a cavalry sergeant meets an old rival in the Dakota Territory and plans to settle a score on the eve of the Little Big Horn battle. Average outing with big budget trappings.

563  Bull of the West  Universal, 1971. 78 min. Color. D: Paul Stanley and Jerry Hopper. SC: Richard Fielder and Don Ingalls. With James Drury, Charles Bronson, Lee J. Cobb, Brian Keith, Lois Nettleton, Bob Random, George Kennedy, Ben Johnson, Geraldine Brooks, De Forrest Kelley, Vito Scotti, Diane Roter, Doug McClure, Randy Boone, Gary Clarke, Paul Fix (narrator). An embittered man tries to make his ranch a success without the help of others. Two episodes of “The Virginian” (NBC-TV, 1962–70) issued as a feature in Europe to cash in on Charles Bronson’s international popularity. An unofficial remake of Man Without a Star and A Man Called Gannon (qq.v.); also called Hot Lead.

564  Bulldog Courage  Puritan, 1935. 60 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Joseph O’Donnell and Frances Guihan. With Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury, Karl Hackett, John Elliott, Ed Cassidy, Edmund Cobb, George Morrell, Paul Fix, Jack Rockwell, Bud Osborne, Art Mix, Slim Whitaker, Frank Ellis, Jack Mower, Edward Hearn, Roy Bucko. A man returns home after twenty years to even the score with the crook who cheated his father out of a gold mine and caused his death. Exciting Tim McCoy vehicle with good direction by Sam Newfield.

565  Bullet and the Flesh  Ultima/Hesperia/Cineurope, 1964. 85 min. Color. D: Fred Wilson (Marino Girolami). SC: Marino Girolami and Gino De Santis. With Rod Cameron, Patricia Viterbo, Thomas Moore, Dan Harrison, Carol Brown, Manolo Zarzo, Alfred Mayo, Marie Versini, Manuelo Lupo, Julio Pena, Piero Lulli, Marco Mariani, George Lynn, Franco Latni, Enzo Girolami. A lumber king plans to plunder Cherokee lands while his daughter falls in love with an Indian chief. Pretty good Italian made oater with a fine villainous performance by Rod Cameron. Made as I Sentieri dell’Odio (Paths of Hate); also called Bullet in the Flesh.

566  Bullet Code  RKO Radio, 1940. 58 min. D: David Howard. SC: Doris Schroeder. With George O’Brien, Virginia Vale, Harry Woods, Slim Whitaker, Robert Stanton (Kirby Grant), Walter Miller, William Haade, Bob Burns, Howard Hickman, Lew Meehan, Bob McKenzie, Jack C. Smith, Cactus Mack. A cowboy, who mistakenly thinks he killed his pal, goes to work for the dead man’s father and sister who are having their cattle rustled. Handsome George O’Brien vehicle; remake of Gun Law (1933) [q.v.].

567  Bullet for a Badman  Universal, 1964. 80 min. Color. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Mary Willingham and Willard Willingham. With Audie Murphy, Darren McGavin, Ruta Lee, Beverly Owens, Skip Homeier, George Tobias, Alan Hale, Bob Steele, Edward C. Platt, Mort Mills, Kevin Tate, Buff Brady. The happiness of a man and his wife is threatened when her ex-husband, who deserted her for the outlaw life, swears revenge on them. Competently done Audie Murphy feature.

568  Bullet for a Stranger  Flora Film/National Cinematografica, 1971. 94 min. Color. D: Anthony Ascott (Guiliano Carmineo). SC: E.B. Clucher (Enzo Barboni). With Gianni Garko, William Berger, Christopher Chittell, John Fordyce, Ugo Fangareggi, Raimondo Penne, Franco Ressel, Ivano Staccioli, Nello Pazzafini, Gianni De Benedetto, Ugo Adinolfi, Aldo Barberito, Gildo di Marco, Bill Vanders, Pinuccio Ardia, Amerigo Santarelli, Frank Brana, Mino Loy, Furio Meniconi, Goffredo Unger, Frank Ukmer, Claudio Ruffini, Aldo Cicconi, Roberto Messina. A mysterious stranger helps two greenhorn brothers after they get into trouble for throttling an extortion gang member. Pleasant Spaghetti Western part-comedy, one of a string of features with Gianni Garko as the Stranger. Issued in Italy as Gli Fumavano le Colt...Lo Chiamavano Camposanto (His Pistols Smoked...They Call Him Cemetery).

569  A Bullet for Billy the Kid  Associated Distributors Producers (ADP), 1963. 61 min. Color. D: Rafael Baledon. SC: Raymond Obon. With Gaston (Santos) Sands, Steve Brodie, Lloyd Nelson, Maria Blaine, Richard McIntyre, Rita (Macedo) Mace, Gilbert Cramer, Peter Gillon, Jaime Fernandez, Maurico Garces, Jose Cortez. When he goes up against corrupt forces, Billy the Kid soon finds himself the target of an assassin. Hacked up U.S. release of a Mexican film, Una Bala es Mi Testigo (A Bullet Is My Witness) [Alameda Films, 1959], with new footage directed by the notorious Jerry Warren, known for such scissors-and-paste efforts as Attack of the Mayan Mummy (1964), Face of the Screaming Werewolf and Invasion of the Animal People (both 1965).

570  A Bullet for Sandoval  UMC Pictures, 1970. 96 min. Color. D: Julio Buchs. SC: Ugo Guerro, Jose Luis Martinez Molla, Frederic De Urrutia and Julio Buchs. With George Hilton, Ernest Borgnine, Gustavo Rojo, Alberto De Mendoza, Leo Anchoriz, Annabella Incontrera, Antonio Pica, Jose Manuel Martin, Manuel De Blas, Manuel Miranda. During the Civil War, a Confederate soldier returns home to get even with the land baron he blames for the starvation deaths of his wife and small son. Violent Spaghetti Western issued in Italy in 1969 as Quei Disperati Che Puzzano di Sudore e di Morte (Those Desperate Men, Smelling of Sweat and Death) and also called Vengeance Is Mine.

571  A Bullet for the General  Avco-Embassy, 1966. 95 min. Color. D: Damiano Damiani. SC: Salvatore Laurani and Franco Solinas. With Gian Maria Volonte, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick, Lou Castel, Bianca Manini, Jaimie Fernandez, Andrea Checci, Jose Manuel Martin, Spartaco Conversi, Joaquin Parra, Aldo Sambrell. During the Mexican Revolution a government agent is hired to kill a rebel general and he must gain the loyalty of a guerilla leader. Made in Italy as Quien Sabe?, this is an above average European Western.

Bullet in the Flesh see Bullet and the Flesh

572  A Bullet Is Waiting  Columbia, 1954. 82 min. Color. D: John Farrow. SC: Thames Williamson and Casey Robinson. With Rory Calhoun, Jean Simmons, Stephen McNally, Brian Aherne. A resolute lawman treks through the desert with a prisoner and they become stranded with a man and his pretty daughter. Intriguing psychological Western, heavy on characterization by its compact cast.

573  Bullets and Saddles  Monogram, 1943. 56 min. D: Anthony Marshall. SC: Elizabeth Beecher. With Ray Corrigan, Dennis Moore, Max Terhune, Julie Duncan, Budd Buster, Rose Plummer, Forrest Taylor, Glenn Strange, Steve Clark, John Merton, Ed Cassidy, Joe Garcia, Silver Harr, Carl Mathews, Robert Kortman, Tom London, Denver Dixon, Wally West, Victor Cox, Frank McCarroll, Jack Evans, George Morrell, Hal Price. The Range Busters are called in to stop a crooked businessman who is trying to get control of an area with his gang. Final “Range Busters” series film is on the anemic side, using footage from an earlier entry, Fugitive Valley (q.v.). Also called Vengeance in the Saddle.

574  Bullets Don’t Argue  Walter Manley Productions, 1965. 93 min. Color. D: Mike Perkins (Manfred Rieger). SC: Manuel Waller and Donald Mooch. With Rod Cameron, Dick Palmer, Vivi Bach, Kai Fisher, Angel Aranda, Horst Frank, Hans Nielsen, Ludwig Duran, Jose Manuel Martin. On his wedding day, Sheriff Pat Garrett is forced to go after two outlaw brothers who robbed the town bank and killed area citizens. One of the earliest, and best, European Westerns; full of lively action and helped by good work by Rod Cameron as Pat Garrett. It also includes one of Ennio Morricone’s best, and sadly underrated, scores. Made by Jolly/Trio/Constantin as Die Letzen Zwei Vom Rio Bravo (The Last Two from Rio Bravo) and also known as Guns Don’t Argue and The Two from Rio Bravo.

575  Bullets for Bandits  Columbia, 1942. 55 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Robert Lee Johnson. With Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Dorothy Short, Frank Mitchell, Forrest Taylor, Ralph Theodore, Edythe Elliott, Eddie Laughton, Joe McGuinn, Tom Moray, Art Mix, Harry Harvey, Hal Taliaferro, John Tyrrell, Bud Osborne. Wild Bill Hickok comes to the aid of a woman rancher whose property is sought by a crook. Uneven entry in the “Wild Bill Hickok” series.

576  Bullets for Rustlers  Columbia, 1940. 58 min. D: Sam Nelson. SC: John Rathmell. With Charles Starrett, Lorna Gray, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Kenneth MacDonald, Jack Rockwell, Edward Le Saint, Francis Walker, Eddie Laughton, Lee Prather, Hal Taliaferro, Herman Hack, Jack Evans. A cattlemen’s association undercover agent pretends to be a rustler so he can join the gang he is trying to arrest. Action filled Charles Starrett affair.

577  Bullwhip!  Allied Artists, 1956. 80 min. Color. D: Harmon Jones. SC: Adele Buffington. With Guy Madison, Rhonda Fleming, James Griffith, Don Beddoe, Peter Adams, Dan Sheridan, Burt Nelson, Al Terry, Hank Worden, Barbara Woodell, Rhys Williams, Jay Reynolds, Tim Graham, Rick Vallin. In order to get control of a trading firm, a crook forces a cowboy to either marry the young woman who is to inherit the business or face hanging over a false murder charge. Average Guy Madison vehicle; Frankie Laine sings the title song with more conviction than there is in the movie itself.

578  Burning Daylight  First National, 1928. 72 min. D: Charles Brabin. SC: Louis Stevens, Rufus McCosh and Dwinelle Benthall. With Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, Arthur Stone, Big Boy (Guinn) Williams, Lawford Davidson, Jane Winton, Stuart Holmes, Edmund Breese, Howard Truesdale, Frank Hagney, Harry Northrup. A prospector makes and loses two fortunes, in the Klondike and San Francisco, before finding love and success. Sturdy melodrama with a chance to see popular silent film star Milton Sills.

579  Burning Gold  Republic, 1936. 58 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Earle Snell. With Bill (William) Boyd, Judith Allen, Lloyd Ingraham, Fern Emmett, Frank Mayo, Bud Flanagan (Dennis O’Keefe). An oil driller gets rich from a gusher, finds romance and loses his fortune in a fire. Poor stuff from producer Nat Levine.

580  The Burning Hills  Warner Bros., 1956. 94 min. Color. D: Stuart Heisler. SC: Irving Wallace. With Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Skip Homeier, Eduard Franz, Earl Holliman, Claude Akins, Ray Teal, Frank Puglia, Hal Baylor, Tyler MacDuff, Rayford Barnes. On the run from cattle thieves, a young man finds shelter with a half-breed girl and they fall in love. Average outing which its stars can do little to help.

581  The Burrowers  Lions Gate, 2008. 96 min. Color. D-SC: J.T. Petty. With Clancy Brown, Stephanie Delgado, David Busse, William Mapother, Jocelin Donahue, Alexandra Edmo, Brighid Fleming, Karl Geary, Christopher Hagen, Doug Hutchison, Galen Hutchison, Laura Leighton, Harley Coriz, Suzi McLaughlin, Tatanka Means, David Midthunder, John Kristian Moore, Anthony Parker, Cole Resch, R.J. Rice, Sean Patrick Thomas, Chris Grabner. When a frontier family disappears, a rescue party thinks Indians are to blame but they are soon faced with an unknown evil. Fairly scary horror Western.

582  Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie  Universal, 1941. 61 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Sherman Lowe and Victor McLeod. With Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O’Day, Kathryn Adams, Harry Cording, Jack Rockwell, Ernie Adams, Edward Cassidy, Don House, Lee Shumway, Pat J. O’Brien, Frank O’Connor, William Desmond, Bud Osborne, Slim Whitaker, Kermit Maynard, Robert Kortman, Jim Corey, Charles King, Ethan Laidlaw, Frank Ellis, Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders (Johnny Bond, Dick Reinhart). After his brother is murdered, along with the brother of a young woman, a mining engineer gets on the trail of the killer. Good Johnny Mack Brown vehicle with both action and music.

583  El Buscabullas (The Troublemakers)  Cine Vision, 1976. 88 min. Color. D: Raul de Anda, Jr. SC: Raul de Anda and Ramon Obon. With Rodolfo de Anda, Hector Suarez, Jorge Russek, Bruno Rey, Silvia Manriquez, Yolanda Lievana, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Rebecca Iturbide, Jose L. Murillo, Ricardo Carrion, Gerardo Zepeda. A cowboy and his pal attempt to rescue a boy who has been kidnapped by his prospector father’s partner. Satisfactory Mexican Western. Video title: Brawlers.

584  The Bushwackers  Realart, 1952. 70 min. D-SC: Rod Amateau and Thomas Gries. With John Ireland, Wayne Morris, Lawrence Tierney, Dorothy Malone, Lon Chaney, Myrna Dell, Frank Marlowe, Bill Holmes, Jack Elam, Bob Wood, Charles Trowbridge, Stuart Randall, George Lynn, Norman Leavitt, Eddie Parks, Ted Jordan, Kit Guard. At the close of the Civil War a soldier returns home to Missouri to find a ruthless man and his daughter have gained control of the area. Cheaply done Jack Broder production helped by its fine cast.

585  Butch and Sundance: The Early Years  20th Century–Fox, 1979. 111 min. Color. D: Richard Lester. SC: Allan Burns. With Tom Berenger, William Katt, Jeff Corey, John Schuck, Michael C. Gwynne, Peter Weller, Brian Dennehy, Jill Eikenberry, Chris (Christopher) Lloyd, Joel Fluellen, Regina Baff, Peter Brocco, Vincent Schiavelli, Hugh Gillin, Sherril Lynn Katzman, Jack Riley, Charles Knapp, John Megna, Frrank Doubleday, John Mark Robinson, Shay Duffin, Noble Willingham, Elya Baskin, Carol Ann Williams, Paul Price, Paul Michael Plunkett, Patrick Stewart, Reg Parton, Ben Zeller, Arthur Hill. The story of how Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid met and teamed up as outlaws. Average.

586  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid  20th Century–Fox, 1969. 110 min. Color. D: George Roy Hill. SC: William Goldman. With Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones, Jeff Corey, George Furth, Cloris Leachman, Ted Cassidy, Kenneth Mars, Donnelly Rhodes, Jody Gilbert, Timothy Scott, Don Keefer, Nelson Olmstead, Paul Bryar, Charles Akins, Eric Sinclair, Percy Helton. The saga of outlaws Butch Cassidy and Harry “The Sundance Kid” Lonbaugh, along with the Kid’s girlfriend Etta Place, including their various robberies, a spree in New York City and a trip to Bolivia, where they are chased by law enforcers. Glamorized account of the two law breakers that was very popular when released and still holds up as good entertainment.

587  Butterfly  Analysis Film Releasing, 1981. 108 min. Color. D: Matt Cimber. SC: John Goff and Matt Cimber. With Pia Zadora, Stacy Keach, James Franciscus, Edward Albert, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton, Stuart Whitman, June Lockhart, Ed McMahon, Paul Hampton, George “Buck” Flower, Ann Dane, Guy Gault, John O’Connor White, Peter Jason, John Goff. In 1937 the caretaker of a closed Nevada silver mine lusts for a teenage girl he believes is his daughter. Mediocre adaptation of James M. Cain’s sizzling novel; Orson Welles’ self-indulgent performance as a local judge has to be seen to be believed. About the only interest for genre fans is the use of Johnny Bond’s recording of “Silver on the Sage.

588  Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto  Ellkay, 1941. 55 min. D: Richard C. Kahn. SC: E.C. Robertson. With Buzzy Henry, Dave O’Brien, Dorothy Short, George Morrell, Sven Hugo Borg, Milburn Morante, Frank Marlo, Harry Norman, Don Kelly, Philip Arnold. A young cowpoke and a ranch foreman try to capture an elusive horse. Second and last film in the Buzzy Henry starring series; a mediocre affair. Also called Phantom Pinto and reissued in 1948 by Astor as Western Terror.

589  Buzzy Rides the Range  Ellkay, 1940. 60 min. D: Richard C. Kahn. SC: E.C. Robertson. With Buzzy Henry, Dave O’Brien, Claire Rochelle, George Morrell, George Eldredge, Frank Marlo, Don Kelly. A young boy and a range detective team to track down outlaws. So-so independent feature intended as the first of a series to star juvenile Robert “Buzzy” (later Buzz) Henry but followed only by Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto (q.v.).

590  By Dawn’s Early Light  Showtime, 2000. 100 min. Color. D: Arthur Alan Seidelman. SC: Jacqueline Feather and David Seidler. With Richard Crenna, David Carradine, Chris Olivero, Patrick David, Gary Bisiq, Ben Cardinal, Tim Henry, Stella Stevens, Blair Slater, Lachian Murdoch, Sandra Nelson, Greg Kean, Don MacKay, Peter Raffan, Lisa Marie Caruk, Lulie Patzwald, Tyler Labine, David Coles, Caley Wilson, Frank C. Turner, Colin Foo, Anthony Harrison, Mark Holden, Joanna Piros. When a teenager wants to go home after being sent to spend the summer with his grandfather in Colorado, the old cowboy has them make the trip on horseback. Refreshing modern-day TV movie.

By Whose Hand? see Rustlers of the Bandlands

591  La Cabeza de Pancho Villa (The Head of Pancho Villa)  Clasa-Mohme, 1957. 94 min. D: Chano Urueta. SC: Ramon Obon. With Luis Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, Jaime Fernandez, Fernando Oses, Carlos Suarez, Pascual Garcia Pena, Guillermo Cramer, Salvador Godinez, Francisco Reiguera, Alberto Pedret, Eduardo Bonada, Elvira Lodi, Ennedina Diaz de Leon, Antonio Sandoval. A singing cowboy and his sidekick find themselves at odds with a mysterious cult that worships the head of Pancho Villa. Atmospheric, diverting Mexican horror Western.

Cactus Barrier see Border Fence

592  The Cactus Kid  Reliable, 1935. 56 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: Carl Krusada. With Jack Perrin, Jayne Regan, Slim Whitaker, Tom London, Fred Humes, Wally Wales, Philo McCullough, Joe De La Cruz, Tina Menard, Kit Guard, Lew Meehan, George Chesebro, Gordon DeMain, George Morrell. When his partner is murdered a cowboy plots revenge. Poorly done later Jack Perrin vehicle.

593  Cactus Trails  Aywon, 1925. 55 min. D: Harry S. Webb. With Jack Perrin, Alma Rayford, Nelson McDowell, Wilbur McGaugh, Barney Furey, Martin Turner, Floyd Ames, Bob McFarland, Chris-Pin Martin. Returning home from World War I, a cowpoke rescues a girl during a runaway and later is broken out of jail for a crime he did not commit by her father before saving her from kidnappers. Average Jack Perrin silent film highlighting his beautiful steed Starlight.

594  Cahill, United States Marshal  Warner Bros., 1973. 103 min. Color. D: Andrew V. McLaglen. SC: Harry Julian Fink and Rita M. Fink. With John Wayne, George Kennedy, Gary Grimes, Neville Brand, Clay O’Brien, Marie Windsor, Morgan Paull, Dan Vadis, Royal Dano, Scott Walker, Denver Pyle, Jackie Coogan, Rayford Barnes, Dan Kemp, Harry Carey, Jr., Walter Barnes, Paul Fix, Pepper Martin, Vance Davis, Chuck Roberson, Ken Wolger, Hank Worden, James Nusser, Murray MacLeod, Hunter Von Leer. A dedicated U.S. marshal neglects his two sons in deference to duty and in going after a robbery gang he learns his boys are mixed up in the crime. Not one of John Wayne’s better outings but still good entertainment.

Cain’s Cutthroats see Cain’s Way

John Wayne in Cahill, United States Marshal (Warner Bros., 1973).

595  Cain’s Way  M.D.A. Associates, 1970. 95 min. Color. D: Kent Osborne. SC: Wilton Denmark. With Scott Brady, John Carradine, Robert Dix, Don Epperson, Adair Jamison, Darwin Jaston, Bruce Kimball, Teresa Shaw, Willis Martin. Seven bikers in a modern Western town are transported back to the frontier of the 1870s. Overly violent and cheaply made production combining the Western and fantasy genres, none-too-successfully.

596  Calaboose  United Artists, 1943. 45 min. D: Hal Roach, Jr. SC: Arnold Belgard. With Jimmy Rogers, Noah Beery, Jr., Mary Brian, Marc Lawrence, Bill Henry, Paul Hurst, William B. Davidson, Jean Porter, Iris Adrian, Sarah Edwards. Two cowboys come to the aid of a sheriff and his daughter by opposing a big city gangster. One of a brief series of short features starring Jimmy Rogers (Will’s son) and Noah Beery, Jr. Average.

597  Calamity Jane  Warner Bros., 1953. 101 min. Color. D: David Butler. SC: James O’Hanlon. With Doris Day, Howard Keel, Philip Carey, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dick Wesson, Paul Harvey, Chubby Johnson, Gale Robbins, Francis McDonald, Monte Montague, Forrest Taylor, Zon Murray, Kenne Duncan, Lane Chandler, Edmund Cobb, Jack Perrin, Rex Lease, Buddy Roosevelt, Robert Fuller, Terry Frost, Reed Howes, I. Stanford Jolley, Franklyn Farnum, Donald Kerr, Emmett Lynn, Gene Roth, Glenn Strange, Stanley Blystone, Budd Buster, Billy Bletcher, Jack Mower, Herman Hack, Clem Fuller, Pierce Lyden, Frank Mills, Jack Kinney, Ray Jones, Kermit Maynard, Denver Dixon, Bill Hale, Ethan Laidlaw, Lee Shumway, Burt Mustin, Sailor Vincent, Harry Wilson, Tom Smith, Major Sam Harris, Lee Morgan, Augie Gomez, Kansas Moehring, Jack Montgomery, Tom Monroe, Bess Flowers. The wildest sharp shooting gal in the West decides to tame the heart of Wild Bill Hickok. Musical hokum makes for fun viewing and there’s the song “Secret Love” too.

598  Calamity Jane  CBS-TV, 1984. 104 min. Color. D: James Goldstone. SC: Suzanne Clauser. With Jane Alexander, Frederic Forrest, Ken Kercheval, Walter Olkewicz, Talia Balsam, Walter Scott, David Hemmings, Isabell Monk, Jack Murdock, Larry Cedar, Doug Toby, Laurie O’Brien, Sara Abeles, Gillian Eaton, Don Hepner, Jessica Nelson, Henry M. Kenrick, Gloria Henry, Mavis Neal Palmer, Theresa DePaolo. In the 1870s wild west gal Calamity Jane gets involved with Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody as she tries to make an independent life for herself. A mediocre TV movie about the Western legend from a feminist viewpoint.

599  Calamity Jane and Sam Bass  Universal-International, 1949. 85 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: Maurice Geraghty. With Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Willard Parker, Norman Lloyd, Marc Lawrence, Houseley Stevenson, Milburn Stone, Clifton Young, John Rodney, Roy Roberts, Ann Doran, Charles Cane, Walter Baldwin, Paul Maxey, George Carleton, Harry Harvey, Jack Ingram, Francis McDonald, Douglas Walton, Nedrick Young, Russ Conway, Pierce Lyden, I. Stanford Jolley, Stanley Blystone, Roy Butler, Frank McCarroll, Bob Perry. When his prize horse is killed by crooks, Sam Bass takes to crime and meets Calamity Jane, but he prefers a sheriff’s sister. Surprisingly good film, although mostly fiction, with Yvonne De Carlo and Howard Duff in top form as the leads.

600  Calgary Stampede  Universal, 1925. 60 min. D: Herbert Blanche. SC: Raymond L. Schrock, Donald W. Lee and E. Richard Schayer. With Hoot Gibson, Virginia Brown Faire, Clark Comstock, Ynez Seabury, Jim Corey, Philo McCullough, W.T. McCulley, Ena Gregory, Charles Sellon, Tex Young, Bob Gillis. A rodeo rider goes to Canada and falls in love with a girl but has to take it on the lam when her father, who objected to their romance, is murdered by a poacher who puts the blame on the cowboy. Calgary Stampede rodeo scenes are the highlight of this otherwise standard Hoot Gibson film.

601  Calibre 44 (Caliber 44)  Producciones Sotomayer, 1960. 95 min. Color. D: Julian Soler. SC: Jose Maria Fernandez Unsain. With Pedro Armendariz, Rosita Quintana, Jaime Fernandez, Rodolfo Landa, Lalo Gonzalez Piporro, Amando Soto La Marina “Chicote,” Carlos Muzquiz, Jose Eduardo Perez, Guillermo Cramer, Caroline Barrett, Manuel Donde, Guillermo Hernandez. Two rival gunman each adopt a victim’s twin boys who grow up to try and stop the feud between them. Interesting Mexican Western.

The Calico Queen see The Hanging of Jake Ellis

602  California  Paramount, 1946. 97 min. Color. D: John Farrow. SC: Frank Butler and Theodore Strauss. With Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Fitzgerald, George Coulouris, Albert Dekker, Anthony Quinn, Frank Faylen, Gavin Muir, James Burke, Eduardo Ciannelli, Roman Bohnen, Argentina Brunetti, Howard Freeman, Julia Faye, Crane Whitely, Lane Chandler, Will Wright, Francis Ford, Stanley Andrews, Don Beddoe, Si Jenks, Jeff Corey, Stanley Blystone, Martin Garralaga, Tom Chatterton, Ralph Dunn, Russ Clark, William Hall, Tommy Tucker, Pedro Regas, John Sheehan, Eddy Chandler, Frances Morris, Virginia Farmer, Minerva Urecal, Sam Flint, Harry Hayden, Ian Wolfe, Kathryn Sheldon, Ethan Laidlaw, Gertrude W. Hoffman, Alan Bridge, Bud Geary, Dick Wessell, Tom Fadden, Rex Lease, Guy Wilkerson, Frank Hagney, George Magrill, Lester Dorr, Al Ferguson, Phil Dunham, Philip Van Zandt, Harry Cording, George Lloyd, Jack Clifford, Perc Launders, Lee Phelps, Kernan Cripps, Clancy Cooper, Frank Ferguson, Darby Jones, LeRoy Edwards, Betty Farrington, Joey Ray. During the Gold Rush a wagon master with a past and a shady lady get involved in a scheme by crooks to keep California from attaining statehood. Fans of the two stars will like this one, others beware; the color helps.

603  California  American International, 1963. 86 min. D: Hamil Petroff. SC: James West. With Jock Mahoney, Faith Domergue, Michael Pate, Susan Seaforth, Rodolfo Hoyos, Penny Santon, Nestor Paiva, Felix Locher, Charles Horvath. In 1841 the people of California revolt against Mexican oppression and ask the U.S. for statehood. Fast paced, but cheaply made, vehicle for Jock Mahoney and Faith Domergue.

604  California Conquest  Columbia, 1952. 79 min. Color. D: Lew Landers. SC: Robert E. Kent. With Cornel Wilde, Teresa Wright, Alfonso Bedoya, Lisa Ferraday, Eugene Iglesias, John Dehner, Ivan Lebedeff, Tito Renaldo, Renzo Cesana, Baynes Barron, Rico Alaniz, Alex Montoya, Hank Patterson, George Eldredge. A young nobleman aids the Spanish government when Russia tries to lay claim to California. Producer Sam Katzman’s mild account of a little known aspect of California history; originally conceived as a “Zorro” movie.

605  California Firebrand  Republic, 1948. 63 min. Color. D: Philip Ford. SC: J. Benton Cheney and John K. Butler. With Monte Hale, Adrian Booth, Paul Hurst, Tristram Coffin, Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage, Alice Tyrell, Douglas Evans, LeRoy Mason, Sarah Edwards, Dan Sheridan, Duke York, Lanny Rees, Glenn Strange. Disguised as a notorious outlaw, a cowboy investigates a series of mining claim thefts. Adventuresome Monte Hale opus, enhanced by Trucolor.

606  California Frontier  Columbia, 1938. 55 min. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: Monroe Schaff and Arthur Hoerl. With Buck Jones, Carmen Bailey, Milburn Stone, Jose Perez, Soledad Jiminez, Stanley Blystone, Carlos Villarias, Glenn Strange, Paul Ellis, Ernie Adams, Forrest Taylor, Tom London, Frank Ellis, Herman Hack, Bob Terry, Carl Mathews, Chick Hannon, Tex Phelps, Ray Jones, James Morton, Billy Bletcher, Tom Smith. When Mexican ranchers are forced off their land by crooks an Army captain is sent to California to stop the injustice. Buck Jones’ final Columbia series Western is an okay effort but not up to the standards of some of his earlier features for the company.

607  California Gold Rush  Republic, 1946. 56 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Bob Williams. With Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming, Peggy Stewart, Russell Simpson, Dick Curtis, Kenne Duncan, Monte Hale, Tom London, Joel Friedkin, Wen Wright, Jack Kirk, Budd Buster, Bud Osborne, Neal Hart, Frank Ellis, Herman Hack, Dickie Dillon, Mary Arden, Nolan Leary, Freddie Chapman, Post Park, Pascale Perry, Henry Wills, Frances Gladwin, Dorothy Stevens, Marian Kerrigan, Beverly Reedy, Roy Bucko, Jess Cavin, Kansas Moehring, James Mitchell. In order to save a stage line from outlaws, Red Ryder pretends to be a killer called the Idaho Kid. Pretty good “Red Ryder” series film.

608  California Gold Rush  NBC-TV, 1981. 100 min. Color. D: Jack B. Hively. SC: Tom Chapman and Roy London. With Robert Hays, John Dehner, Henry Jones, Ken Curtis, Gene Evans, Victor Mohica, Coleman Creel, Cliff Osmond. Writer Bret Harte comes West in 1849 and becomes involved with Captain John Sutter and the gold hunt frenzy. Interesting “Classics Illustrated” TV movie based on Harte’s “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and “The Outcasts of Poker Flats.”

California in 1878 see Fighting Thru, or California in 1878

609  California in ’49  Arrow, 1925. 60 min. D: Jacques Jaccard. SC: Karl Coolidge. With Edmund Cobb, Neva Gerber, Charles Brinley, Ruth Royce, Wilbur McGaugh, Yakima Canutt, Clark Coffey. Captain John Sutter and his friends plan to build an empire in California and after aiding the snowbound Donner party he helps settlers revolting against the Mexican government. Fast moving silent historical drama, taken from the 1924 Arrow serial Days of ’49.

610  California Joe  Republic, 1943. 55 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Don “Red” Barry, Helen Talbot, Wally Vernon, Terry Frost, Twinkle Watts, Edward Earle, LeRoy Mason, Charles King, Pierce Lyden, Edmund Cobb, Karl Hackett, Robert Kortman, Edward Keane, Tom London, Jack O’Shea, Robert Wilke, Jack Kirk, Ernest Hillard, Foxy Callahan, Bob Burns, Lee Morgan, Larry Steers. During the Civil War corrupt politicians plan to make California a separate empire as a Union solider tries to thwart them. Typically speedy Don “Red” Barry feature.

611  California Mail  Warner Bros., 1936. 56 min. D: Noel Smith. SC: Harold Buckley and Roy Chanslor. With Dick Foran, Linda Perry, Edmund Cobb, Glenn Strange, Bob Woodward, Wilfred Lucas, Jack Kirk, Lew Meehan, Tex Palmer, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Len Slye [Roy Rogers], Tim Spencer, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Milton Kibbee, Tom Brower, James Farley, Edward Keane, Ben Hendricks, Cliff Saum, Gene Alsace, Fred Burns, Smoke the Wonder Horse. Crooks try to obtain a mail contract and when three stagecoach lines have the same bids a race is staged to decide the winner. Well done Dick Foran vehicle with songs by the star and The Sons of the Pioneers, including Roy Rogers.

California Outpost see Old Los Angeles

612  California Passage  Republic, 1950. 90 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: James Edward Grant. With Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Estelita Rodriguez, Jim Davis, Bill Williams, Paul Fix, Rhys Williams, Francis McDonald, Eddy Waller, Peter Miles, Charles Kemper, Charles Stevens, Iron Eyes Cody, Alan Bridge, Ruth Brennan, Hal Taliaferro, Marshall Reed, I. Stanford Jolley, Rory Mallinson, Frank Richards. A woman falls for the saloon owner who accidentally killed her brother, despite his being accused of a stagecoach robbery actually committed by his dishonest partner. Interesting “A” budget affair with Forrest Tucker as a good guy for a change.

613  The California Trail  Columbia, 1933. 67 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Jack Natteford. With Buck Jones, Helen Mack, Emile Chautard, George Humbert, Charles Stevens, Evelyn Sherman, Chris-Pin Martin, Carmen LaRoux, Carlos Villarias, Augie Gomez, John Paul Jones, Allan Garcia, Robert Steele, Juan DuVal. An American scout comes to the aid of a village in Old Mexico that is ruled by two ruthless brothers out to take the locals’ land. Well made Buck Jones vehicle highlighted by a good story and direction.

614  The Californian  20th Century–Fox, 1937. 61 min. D: Gus Meins. SC: Gilbert Wright. With Ricardo Cortez, Marjorie Weaver, Katherine De Mille, Maurice Black, Morgan Wallace, Nigel de Brulier, Ann Gillis, Helen Holmes, James Farley, George Regas, Pierre Watkin, Edward Keane, Gene Reynolds, Richard Botiller, Tom Forman, Bud Osborne, Monte Montague, William Fletcher. Sent to Spain by his father to become a gentleman, a young man returns home to find the area plagued by crooks. Fair programmer adaptation of the Zane Grey work. TV title: Gentleman from California.