820  Companeros!  20th Century–Fox, 1971. 118 min. Color. D: Sergio Corbucci. SC: Dino Maiuri, Massimo De Rita, Fritz Ebert and Sergio Corbucci. With Franco Nero, Jack Palance, Tomas Milian, Fernando Rey, Iris Berben, Francisco Bodalo, Eduardo Fajardo, Karin Schubert, Luizi Pernice, Alvarado De Luna, Jesus Fernandez, Claudio Scarchilli, Lorenzo Robelod, Gioanni Petti, Gerard Tichy, Giovanni Pulone, Simon Arriaga, Victor Israel. A Swedish mercenary works as a gun runner in revolution torn Mexico at the turn of the century. Fans of Franco Nero and Jack Palance may find some interest in this overlong, bloody Spaghetti Western.

821  Con el Diablo en el Cuero (With the Devil in the Body)  Cinematografica Intercontinental, 1954. 90 min. D: Raul de Anda. SC: Raul de Anda and Gilberto Gazcon. With Luis Aguilar, Linda Cristal, Dagoberto Rodriguez, Jose L. Murillo, Domingo Soler, Emilio Garibay, Arturo Martinez, Jose Munoz, Enedina Diaz de Leon, Humberto Rodriguez, Juan Jose Hurato, Jose Eduardo Perez, Cecilia Leger, Ignacio Peon, Antonio Maciel, Jose Pardave, America Martin. A rancher falls in love with a beautiful woman but his past interferes with their happiness. Nicely done Mexican Western drama from producer-director-writer Raul de Anda.

822  Conagher  Turner Network Television (TNT), 1991. 94 min. Color. D: Reynaldo Villalobos. SC: Jeffrey M. Meyer, Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross. With Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Barry Corbin, Billy Green Bush, Ken Curtis, Paul Koslo, Gavan O’Herlihy, James Parks, Daniel Quinn, Pepe Serna, Buck Taylor, Dub Taylor, Cody Braun, Anndi McAfee, James Gammon, Richard Jury, Jeffrey M. Meyer, Peter P. Oliver, Craig Pinkard, Archie Smith, Adam Taylor, R.L. Tolbert, Ben Quinters, John Furlough, Kate Hall, Angelique L’Amour, Ted White. An aging cowboy with wanderlust becomes involved with a pretty widow who is raising two children while managing a way station. First rate TV movie based on Louis L’Amour’s book; co-adapted by stars Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross.

823  The Concentratin’ Kid  Universal, 1930. 60 min. D: Arthur Rosson. SC: Harold Tarshis. With Hoot Gibson, Kathryn Crawford, Duke R. Lee, Jim Mason, Robert E. Homans. A cowboy in love with a radio singer he has never met bets his pals he can win her or he will give them a radio. Fun early talkie from Hoot Gibson who also was its producer.

Condemned in Error see Quick on the Trigger

824  Conflict  Universal, 1936. 60 min. D: David Howard. SC: Charles Logue and Walter Weems. With John Wayne, Jean Rogers, Ward Bond, Tommy Bupp, Bryant Washburn, Frank Sheridan, Harry Woods, Margaret Mann, Eddie Borden, Frank Hagney, Lloyd Ingraham, Glenn Strange, Bruce Mitchell, Harry Bowen, Ed Peil, Sr., Fred Parker, Richard Perry, Leonard Kibrick, Billie Morris, Walter Weems. A boxer works as a shill to cheat loggers in fixed boxing bouts until he turns honest after adopting an orphan boy and falling for a pretty reporter. Standard action program feature from producers Trem Carr and Paul Malvern, based on Jack London’s novel The Abysmal Brute.

825  The Conquering Horde  Paramount, 1931. 76 min. D: Edward Sloman. SC: Grover Jones and William McNutt. With Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, George Mendoza, Ian MacLaren, Claude Gilllingwater, James Durkin, Claire Ward, Charles Stevens, Arthur Stone, Frank Rice, Ed Brady, Robert Kortman, Harry Cording, John Elliott. After the Civil War a Texan returns home to help rebuild the state which is plagued by carpetbaggers. Old fashioned oater, a bit slow moving, but Richard Arlen and Fay Wray’s fans will want to view it. A remake of North of ’36  (Paramount, 1924).

826  The Conquerors  RKO Radio, 1932. 88 min. D: William A. Wellman. SC: Robert Lord. With Richard Dix, Ann Harding, Edna May Oliver, Julie Haydon, Guy Kibbee, Donald Cook, Harry Holman, Skeets Gallagher, Walter Walker, Wally Albright, Jr., Marilyn Knowlden, Jason Robards, Jed Prouty, E.H. Calvert, J. Carrol Naish, Robert Greig, Elizabeth Patterson. A young couple marry and go West where they start a bank that proliferates into a financial empire which survives three panics. One of director William A. Wellman’s most underrated features, the film spans the half-century between the 1870s and 1932 with Richard Dix particularly good as the financier. TV title: Pioneer Builders.

827  Conquest of Cheyenne  Republic, 1946. 56 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Earle Snell. With Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming, Peggy Stewart, Jay Kirby, Milton Kibbee, Tom London, Emmett Lynn, Kenne Duncan, George Sherwood, Frank McCarroll, Jack Kirk, Tom Chatterton, Ted Mapes, Jack Rockwell, Bob Burns, Jack O’Shea, Bert Dillard, LeRoy Mason (voice). When a corrupt banker tries to steal a pretty girl’s oil lands, Red Ryder comes to the rescue. Another fine “Red Ryder” film, well handled by director R.G. Springsteen.

828  Conquest of Cochise  Columbia, 1953. 70 min. Color. D: William Castle. SC: Arthur Lewis and DeVallon Scott. With Robert Stack, John Hodiak, Joy Page, Rico Alaniz, Fortunio Bonanova, Edward Colmans, Alex Montoya, Steven Ritch, Carol Thurston, John Crawford, Rodd Redwing, Robert E. Griffith, Joseph Waring. In the 1850s cavalry officers are sent to New Mexico to keep the peace and stop raids by Cochise and his braves. Nothing special about this color effort.

829  Convict Cowboy  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995. 98 min. Color. D: Rod Holcomb. SC: Rick Way and Jim Lindsay. With Jon Voight, Kyle Chandler, Marcia Gay Harden, Ben Gazzara, Glenn Plummer, Stephen McHattie, Dean Wray, Tom Heaton, Jeremy Ratchford, Bill Crook, Zook Matthews, Fred Perron, Tyron Beskin, Nathaniel DeVeaux, Dave Houlsen, Matt Huson, Mark Acheson, Deejay Jackson, Truman Hoszouski, Chris Nannarone, Sefan Stasiuk. An older cowboy is sent to prison where he develops a bond with a younger prisoner as they tend horses, join in a rodeo and try to avoid getting involved in the drug trade. Okay modern-day prison–Western made for TV.

830  Convict Stage  20th Century–Fox, 1965. 71 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Daniel Mainwaring. With Harry Lauter, Donald Barry, Jodi Mitchell, Hanna Landy, Joe Patridge, Eric Matthews, Walter Reed, Michael Carr, Fred Krone, George Sawaya, Karl MacDonald, Fred Beir. A man vows revenge on the two brothers who murdered his sister and plans to get them as they are being taken to prison by stagecoach. Fair programmer, thanks mainly to director Lesley Selander and its two stars.

831  Coogan’s Bluff  Universal, 1968. 100 min. Color. D: Don Siegel. SC: Herman Miller, Dean Riesner and Howard Rodman. With Clint Eastwood, Susan Clark, Lee J. Cobb, Tisha Sterling, Don Stroud, Betty Field, Tom Tully, Melodie Johnson, James Edwards, Rudy Diaz, David Doyle, Marjorie Bennett. An Arizona deputy sheriff comes to New York City to track down and extradite a killer. Sturdy, action filled Clint Eastwood melodrama which his fans will love.

832  Copper Canyon  Paramount, 1950. 83 min. Color. D: John Farrow. SC: Jonathan Latimer. With Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman, Harry Carey, Jr., Frank Faylen, Hope Emerson, Taylor Holmes, Peggy Knudsen, James Burke, Percy Helton, Philip Van Zandt, Francis Pierlot, Erno Verebes, Paul Lees, Robert Watson, Georgia Backus, Ian Wolfe, Robert Kortman, Nina Mae McKinney, Len Hendry, Earle Hodgins, Robert Stephenson, Buddy Roosevelt, Julia Faye, Joe Whitehead, Hank Bell, Ethan Laidlaw, Russell Kaplan, Alan Dinehart III, Rex Lease, Stanley Andrews, Kit Guard, Stuart Holmes, Trevor Bardette, Erville Alderson. In the post–Civil War West a former soldier joins a carnival as a sharpshooter and gets involved with a beautiful woman. Glossy affair without much interest except to look at Hedy Lamarr.

833  Copper Sky  20th Century–Fox, 1957. 79 min. D: Charles Marquis Warren. SC: Eric Norden. With Jeff Morrow, Coleen Gray, Strother Martin, Paul Brinegar, John Pickard, Patrick O’Moore, Rocky Shahan, Rush Williams, Rodd Redwing. A drunken ex-soldier and a school teacher survive an Indian attack on a remote town and then trek across the desert to the nearest outpost. Stars Jeff Morrow and Coleen Gray try hard but the arid script defeats them.

834  Cornered  Columbia, 1932. 60 min. D: B. Reeves Eason. SC: Wallace MacDonald. With Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Noah Beery, Shirley Grey, Niles Welch, Claire McDowell, Walter Long, Walter Brennan, Wheeler Oakman, Robert Kortman, Edmund Cobb, Tom London, Lloyd Ingraham, Charles King, John Elliott, Art Mix, Merrill McCormick, Artie Ortego, Jim Corey, Ed Peil, Sr., Ray Jones, Jack Evans, Blackie Whiteford, Jack Kirk. A sheriff and a ranch foreman both like the same girl but when her father is murdered the latter is blamed, escapes from jail and joins an outlaw gang. Top grade Tim McCoy vehicle dominated by madman villain Noah Beery who says there are two things worth living for, “to kill or be killed” and “to get revenge.”

835  Coroner Creek  Columbia, 1948. 90 min. Color. D: Ray Enright. SC: Kenneth Gamet. With Randolph Scott, Marguerite Chapman, George Macready, Sally Eilers, Edgar Buchanan, Barbara Reed, Wallace Ford, William Bishop, Forrest Tucker, Joseph Sawyer, Russell Simpson, Douglas Fowley, Lee Bennett, Forrest Taylor, Phil Schumacher, Warren Jackson. A cowpoke, with the help of a pretty hotel owner, plans revenge on the man responsible for the death of his girl friend. High standard Randolph Scott color opus.

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836  Corpus Christi Bandits  Republic, 1945. 55 min. D: Wallace Grissell. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Helen Talbot, Twinkle Watts, Tom London, Francis McDonald, Jack Kirk, Roy Barcroft, Kenne Duncan, Robert Wilke, Ed Cassidy, Emmett Vogan, Neal Hart, Horace B. Carpenter, Hal Price, Frank Ellis, Frank McCarroll, Henry Wills, Cliff Parkinson, Eva Novak, George Bell, Carl Faulkner. A pilot learns the story of how his grandfather became an outlaw because of carpetbaggers after the Civil War. A different kind of plot adds zest to this above average Allan Lane vehicle.

837  El Correo del Norte (The Northern Courier)  Universal, S.A., 1960. 65 min. D: Zacarias Gomez Urquiza. With Luis Aguilar, Jaime Fernandez, Fernando Alamada, Rosa de Castilla, Arturo Martinez, Jose Chavez, Rosario Galvez, Fernando Fernandez. A secret society is involved in trading weapons between rebels and government troops during the Mexican Revolution. Standard “B” effort from south of the border.

Cost of Dying see Taste of Death

838  Cotter  Gold Key, 1973. 94 min. Color. D: Paul Stanley. SC: William D. Gordon. With Don Murray, Carol Lynley, Rip Torn, Sherry Jackson, R.G. Armstrong, Lonny Chapman, James McCallion, Michael Forest, Ford Rainey, Larry D. Mann, Mark Allen, Carolyn Fleming, Walter Scott, Christopher Knight. After losing his job in a rodeo due to drink, an Indian returns home only to be blamed for the murder of a wealthy rancher and chased by a lynch mob. Nicely done, although somewhat obscure, modern-day oater.

839  Cougar  Sidney A. Snow Productions, 1933. 70 min. With Jay Bruce, Edwin C. Hill, Ranger (dog), Sidney A. Snow (narrator). An expedition heads into California’s Caly Hills in search of mountain lions and other game. Good vintage documentary also called Cougar, the King Killer.

840  Cougar Country  Gold Key, 1970. 91 min. Color. With Ernest Wilkinson, Whiskers (cougar), Michael Rye (narrator). A cougar, over a two year span, grows from a cub to a powerful hunter. Filmed in southern Colorado, this outdoor adventure is ideal family fare.

Cougar, the Killer see Cougar

841  Count the Clues  Wrather Corporation, 1956. 75 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy and Oscar Rudolph. SC: Doane Hoag, Wells Root, Robert E. Schaefer and Eric Friewald. With Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Allen Pinson, Wayne Burson, Richard Crane, Claire Carleton, Bud Osborne, William Challee, Rand Brooks, Slim Pickens, Mickey Simpson, Steven Ritch, House Peters, Jr., Jason Johnson, Frank Scanner, Gordon Mills, Roy Engle, Barbara Knudsen, Sydney Mason, Walt LaRue, Ron Hagerthy, Lee Roberts, John Berardino, Tudor Owen, Carlos Vera, Brad Morrow, Baynes Barron. The Lone Ranger and Tonto fight blackmailers, abet a man against outlaws and chase a robbery gang into the badlands. Entertaining “Lone Ranger” telefeature made up of three 1956–57 episodes of the popular ABC-TV series: “Wooden Rifle,” “Sheriff of Smoketree” and “Ghost Town Fury.”

842  Count the Hours  RKO Radio, 1953. 76 min. D: Don Siegel. SC: Doane R. Hoag. With Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Dolores Moran, Adele Mara, Edgar Barrier, John Craven, Jack Elam, Ralph Sanford, Ralph Dumke, John Harmon, Richard Kipling, Norman Rice, Kay Riehl, Lee Phelps, I. Stanford Jolley, William E. Green, Edward Hearn, Sam Flint, George Pembroke, Roy Engel, Michael McHale, Gene Roth, Charles Victor, Brick Sullivan, Gayle Kellogg, Jess Kirkpatrick, Lee Morgan, Marshall Bradford, Richard Emory, Dolores Fuller, Harlan Howe, Ralph Brooks, Al Hill, Jack Carr, Paul Hoffman, Benny Burt, Robert Carson, Vernon Rich, Lorin Raker, Herbert Lytton, Richard Norris, Kathleen O’Malley, Michael Vallon, Lanny Rees, Joey Ray, Dick Scott, Allan Ray, Carl Sklover. A ranch hand is falsely accused of murdering the couple he worked for and his wife and a district attorney try to prove his innocence. Taut modern-day oater shot in only nine days; worth viewing.

843  Count Three and Pray  Columbia, 1955. 102 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: Herb Meadows. With Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Philip Carey, Raymond Burr, Allison Hayes, Myron Healey, Nancy Kulp, James Griffith, Richard Webb, Kathryn Givney, Robert Burton, Vince Townsend, John Carson, Jean Willes, Adrienne Marden, Steve Raines, Jimmy Hawkins, Juney Ellis. After the Civil War a man with a past becomes a pastor in a small town and is enamored with an orphaned girl. Okay melodrama with good dramatics from its stars.

Count Your Blessings see Face to the Wind

844  The Country Beyond  20th Century–Fox, 1936. 69 min. D: Eugene Forde. SC: Lamar Trotti and Adele Commandini. With Rochelle Hudson, Paul Kelly, Robert Kent, Alan Hale, Alan Dinehart, Matt McHugh, Andrew Tombes, Paul McVey, Claudia Coleman, Holmes Herbert, Jack Mulhall, Creighton Hale, Harry Strang, Pat O’Malley, Chester Gan, Chief Thundercloud, Charles Stevens, Niles Welch, Landers Stevens, Lew Harvey, Fred Walton, George H. Reed, Buck (dog), Prince (wolf). A young woman and her dog aid two Mounties in capturing a murderous fur thief. More than satisfactory north country follow-up to Call of the Wild (1935) [q.v.].

845  The Courage of Kavil, the Wolf Dog  NBC-TV, 1980. 100 min. Color. D: Peter Carter. SC: George Malko. With Ronny Cox, John Ireland, Linda Sorenson, Andrew Ian McMillan, Chris Wiggins. Taken from his family, a champion sled dog undergoes the arduous trek of 2,000 miles through the Alaskan wilderness to return to them. Average TV fare with nice scenery.

The Courage of Rin Tin Tin see The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

846  Courage of the North  Stage and Screen, 1935. 55 min. D-SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With John Preston, June Love, William Desmond, Tom London, Jimmy Aubrey, Charles King, James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey), Jim Thorpe, Montie Montana, Dynamite (horse), Captain (dog). A gang of fur thieves working in the north country is tracked by a Canadian Mounted Policeman. Low budget north woods affair with a wooden leading man and good photography by Brydon Baker.

847  Courage of the West  Universal, 1937. 56 min D: Joseph H. Lewis. SC: Norton S. Parker. With Bob Baker, Lois January, J. Farrell MacDonald, Fuzzy Knight, Carl Stockdale, Harry Woods, Albert Russell, Charles K. French, Oscar Gahan, Richard Cramer, Jack Montgomery, Thomas Monk, Buddy Cox. After outlaws rob Wells Fargo messengers and express offices, rangers are assigned to stop them. Bob Baker’s initial series outing is a fairly fast affair, helped by a good script and direction.

848  The Courageous Avenger  Supreme, 1935. 58 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Charles Francis Royal. With Johnny Mack Brown, Helen Erickson, Warner Richmond, Ed Cassidy, Frank Ball, Eddie Parker, Forrest Taylor, Bob Burns, Earl Dwire, George Morrell, Wally West, Herman Hack, Art Dillard, Francis Walker, Fred Parker. A wagon driver is murdered and a sheriff investigates, learning outlaws are tapping a silver vein and using prisoners to mine it. Average Johnny Mack Brown film with a rather novel plot.

849  The Court-Martial of General George Armstrong Custer  NBC-TV/Warner Bros., 1977. 100 min. Color. D: Glenn Jordan. SC: John Gay. With Brian Keith, James Olson, Ken Howard, Blythe Danner, Stephen Elliott, Richard Dysart, Nicholas Coster, J.D. Cannon, William Daniels, James Ray. Teledrama about what might have occurred had General Custer survived the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Based on Douglas C. Jones’ book, it was originally shown on “The Hallmark Hall of Fame” on NBC-TV on December 1, 1977, and is of interest to history buffs.

850  Courtin’ Trouble  Monogram, 1948. 58 min. D: Ford Beebe. SC: Ronald Davidson. With Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Virginia Belmont, Leonard Penn, Steve Clark, Marshall Reed, House Peters, Jr., Frank LaRue, Bob Woodward, Bud Osborne, Boyd Stockman, Bill Bailey, Bill Potter, Bill Hale, Carol Henry, Don Weston, Louis Armstrong, Arthur Smith, Frank Ellis, Ray Jones. A singing cowboy returns home to find warfare between businessmen and cattle ranchers. Fair Jimmy Wakely musical opus with an action filled second half.

851  Courtin’ Wildcats  Universal, 1929. 56 min. D: Jerome Storm. SC: Dudley McKenna. With Hoot Gibson, Eugenia Gilbert, Monte Montague, Joseph Girard, James Farley, Harry Todd, John Oscar, Lon Poff, Pete Morrison, Joe Bonomo, Fred Gilman, Arthur Millett, Ben Corbett, Frank Ellis, Jim Corey, Blackie Whiteford, Iron Eyes Cody. A free spirited college man is put into a wild west show where he wins the heart of a pretty bronco rider after he helps her when she shoots a crook. Hoot Gibson’s second talkie is a fair adaptation of William Dudley Pelly’s novel Courtin’ Calamity.

852  The Covered Wagon  Paramount, 1923. 98 min. D: James Cruze. SC: Jack Cunningham. With J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Ernest Torrence, Charles Ogle, Ethel Wales, Alan Hale, Tully Marshall, Guy Oliver, Johnny Fox, Tim McCoy. Two wagon trains leave Kansas City for Oregon but one of them cuts off from the main convoy and heads for the California gold rush. One of the pioneer epic Westerns highlighted by its semi-documentary style and Karl Brown’s photography; slow by today’s standards but still a must see for all genre followers.

853  Covered Wagon Days  Republic, 1940. 56 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Earle Snell. With Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Kay Griffith, George Douglas, Ruth Robinson, Paul Marion, John Merton, Tom Chatterton, Guy D’Ennery, Tom London, Reed Howes, David Newell, Jack Kirk, Al Taylor, Lee Shumway, Edward Earle, Elias Gamboa, Richard Alexander, Edward Hearn, Art Mix, Frank McCarroll, Herman Hack, Kenneth Terrell, Tex Palmer, Jack Montgomery, Bob Card, Arthur Loft, Rosa Turich, Barry Hays, Pascale Perry, Herman Howlin, Roy Bucko, Chick Hannon, Henry Wills, Bud McClure. The Three Mesquiteers get mixed up with silver smugglers when a dishonest businessman, the head of the gang, tries to force Rico’s uncle to sell his mine. Pretty fair south-of-the-border “Three Mesquiteers” segment.

854  Covered Wagon Raid  Republic, 1950. 60 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: M. Coates Webster. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Lyn Thomas, Alex Gerry, Byron Barr, Dick Curtis, Marshall Reed, Pierce Lyden, Sherry Jackson, Rex Lease, Lester Dorr, Lee Roberts, Edmund Cobb, Wee Willie Keeler. A cowboy is on the trail of a vicious outlaw gang terrorizing a small community. Nicely done Allan Lane action oater.

855  Covered Wagon Trails  Syndicate, 1930. 50 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Sally Winters. With Bob Custer, Phyllis Bainbridge, Perry Murdock, Charles Brinley, Martin Cichy, J.P. McGowan, Bud Osborne, Cliff Lyons. Lawman Smoke Sanderson is after a gang of crooks working along the Mexican border and falls for the sister of one of the outlaws. Without being hampered by dialogue, Bob Custer comes across fairly well in this silent effort with a music score.

856  Covered Wagon Trails  Monogram, 1940. 52 min. D: Raymond K. Johnson. SC: Tom Gibson. With Jack Randall, Sally Cairns, Lafe McKee, David Sharpe, Budd Buster, Glenn Strange, Hank Bell, Kenne Duncan, Frank Ellis, George Chesebro, Carl Mathews, Edward Hearn, Art Mix, Jack Montgomery, Frank McCarroll, John Elliott, Tex Terry, Jimmy Aubrey. A cowboy opposes corrupt cattlemen who are trying to stop settlers from farming the range. So-so Jack Randall vehicle.

857  Cow Country  Allied Artists, 1953. 82 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Tom W. Blackburn and Adele Buffington. With Edmond O’Brien, Helen Westcott, Robert Lowery, Barton MacLane, Peggie Castle, Robert Barrat, James Millican, Don Beddoe, Robert Wilke, Raymond Hatton, Chuck Courtney, Steve Clark, Rory Mallinson, Marshall Reed, Tom Tyler, Sam Flint, Jack Ingram, George J. Lewis, Brett Houston, Lane Chandler, Lee Roberts, Chuck Roberson, Ray Jones. In the Texas Panhandle of the 1880s ranchers struggle to keep their spreads despite drought and depression, along with the machinations of a dishonest banker. Downbeat oater that is well made and worth watching; from the novel Shadow Range by Curtis Bishop.

858  Cow Town  Columbia, 1950. 70 min. D: John English. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Harry Shannon, Jock (Mahoney) O’Mahoney, Clark “Buddy” Burrroughs, Harry Harvey, Steve Darrell, Sandy Sanders, Ralph Sanford, Bud Osborne, Robert Hilton, Ted Mapes, Charles (Chuck) Roberson, House Peters, Jr., Blackie Whiteford, Pat O’Malley, Victor Cox, Frankie Marvin, Herman Hack, Frank McCarroll, Felice Raymond, Holly Bane, Ray Jones. When he supports the use of barbed wire to stop rustling, Gene Autry finds himself disliked by a female rancher and in the middle of a range war. Action filled Gene Autry vehicle with several good songs, including “Down in the Valley” and “Powder Your Face with Sunshine.”

859  Cowboy  Columbia, 1958. 92 min. Color. D: Delmer Daves. SC: Edmund H. North. With Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi, Brian Donlevy, Dick York, Victor Manuel Mendoza, Richard Jaeckel, King Donovan, Vaughn Taylor, Donald Randolph, James Westerfield, Frank De Kova, Eugene Iglesias, Buzz Henry, William Leslie, Guy Wilkerson. A young hotel clerk in the 1870s joins a cattle drive and is toughened into a man with the help of the trail boss. Delightful drama, realistic and entertaining.

860  Cowboy  CBS-TV, 1983. 100 min. Color. D: Jerry Jameson. SC: Stanley Cherry, Carole Cherry and Dennis Capps. With James Brolin, Annie Potts, Randy Quaid, Ted Danson, George DiCenzo, Edward Holmes, Robert Keith, Jerry Gatlin, Dan Doucette, Ben Scott. A former teacher returns home to find crooks are after his ranch. Made-for-television modern Western that holds up pretty well.

861  The Cowboy  Lippert, 1954. 69 min. Color. D: Elmo Williams. SC: Lorraine Williams. With Tex Ritter, William Conrad, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin (narrators). The history and present day existence of the American cowboy, shown on the trail, at roundups, rodeos, festivals, etc. A very good documentary and one worth viewing; besides partially narrating Tex Ritter sings “Dodge City Trail” on the soundtrack; issued on DVD as The True Story of...The Cowboy.

862  The Cowboy and the Bandit  Superior, 1935. 57 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Jack Jeyne. With Rex Lease, Janet Morgan (Blanche Mehaffey), Bobby Nelson, Richard Alexander, Wally Wales, William Desmond, Bill Patton, Franklyn Farnum, Art Mix, Lafe McKee, Ben Corbett, George Chesebro, Victor Potel, Jack Kirk, Herman Hack, George Morrell, Bud Pope. When an outlaw gang tries to take her ranch a young widow is helped by a fun-loving cowboy. Cheaply produced Rex Lease vehicle.

863  The Cowboy and the Blonde  20th Century–Fox, 1941. 68 min. D: Ray McCarey. SC: Walter Bullock. With Mary Beth Hughes, George Montgomery, Alan Mowbray, Robert Conway, John Miljan, Richard Lane, Robert Emmett Keane, Minerva Urecal, Fuzzy Knight, George O’Hara, Mae Marsh, Trevor Bardette, Robert Homans, Tom London, Monica Bannister, William Halligan, Robert Cornell, Charles Tannen, Pauline Garon, Ralph Dunn, Hugh Beaumont, Pat West, Harry Strang, Robert Homans, Jack Chefe, Bettye Avery, Lillian Porter, Barbara Pepper, Frank Fanning, Albert Conti, Harold Goodwin, Donald Kerr, Kitty McHugh, Jill Dennett, Ernie Alexander, Addie McPhail. A real-life cowboy attempts to become a Western star but fails a screen test and ends up romancing a beautiful blonde actress. For fans of the two stars only.

864  The Cowboy and the Indians  Columbia, 1949. 68 min. D: John English. SC: Dwight Cummins and Dorothy Yost. With Gene Autry, Sheila Ryan, Frank Richards, Hank Patterson, Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Claudia Drake, George Nokes, Charles Stevens, Alex Frazer, Frank Lackteen, Chief Yowlachie, Lee Roberts, Nolan Leary, Maudie Prickett, Harry Macklin, Charles Quigley, Gilberto Alonzo, Roy Gordon, Jose Alvarado, Ray Beltram, Felipe Gomez, Iron Eyes Cody, Shooting Star, Romere Darlaing, Evelyn Finley. A young brave is blamed when the chief of the Navajo tribe is murdered by a trader and his men but Gene Autry and a female doctor try to prove his innocence. A good script highlights this Gene Autry outing in which he sings four songs, including “Here Comes Santa Claus.”

865  The Cowboy and the Kid  Universal, 1936. 58 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Frances Guihan. With Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier, Billy Burrud, Harry Worth, Charles LeMoyne, Dick Rush, Lafe McKee, Bob McKenzie, Burr Caruth, Eddie Lee, Kernan Cripps, Oliver Eckhardt, Mary Mersch, Mildred Gover. A happy-go-lucky cowpoke blames himself for the death of a rancher and decides to raise the man’s orphaned son. Good Buck Jones vehicle with a fine mixture of drama, comedy and pathos.

866  The Cowboy and the Lady  United Artists, 1938. 91 min. D: H.C. Potter. SC: Sonya Levien. With Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Fuzzy Knight, Mabel Todd, Henry Kolker, Harry Davenport, Emma Dunn, Walter Walker, Berton Churchill, Charles Richman, Frederick Vogeding, Arthur Hoyt, Ernie Adams, Russ Powell, Irving Bacon, George Chandler, Jack Baxley, Johnny Judd, Billy Wayne, Mabel Colcord. The snobbish daughter of a presidential candidate meets and falls in love with a lanky rodeo cowboy. Producer Samuel Goldwyn’s teaming of Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon in this Western-comedy is now a dated bore.

867  Cowboy and the Prizefighter  Eagle-Lion, 1949. 59 min. Color. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Jerry Thomas. With Jim Bannon, Little Brown Jug (Don Kay Reynolds), Emmett Lynn, Marin Sais, Don Haggerty, Karen Randle, Lou Nova, John Hart, Lane Bradford, Marshall Reed, Forrest Taylor, Frank Ellis, Bud Osborne, Steve Clark, Frank O’Connor, Herman Hack, Ray Jones, Jack Low. To help a pal prove his father did not commit suicide, Red Ryder agrees to a prize fight with a giant boxer managed by the crooked promoter who is the killer. Only a fair “Red Ryder” entry and the last of a quartet of Cinecolor efforts produced by Equity Pictures starring Jim Bannon as the Fred Harman character.

868  The Cowboy and the Senorita  Republic, 1944. 78 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Gordon Kahn. With Roy Rogers, Mary Lee, Dale Evans, Guinn Williams, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Ken Carson, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), John Hubbard, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Kirk, Fuzzy Knight, Dorothy Christy, Lucien Littlefield, Jack O’Shea, Rex Lease, Lynton Brent, Julian Rivero, Robert Wilke, Wally West, Jane Beebe, Ben Rochelle, Spanky McFarland, Kirk Alyn, Cappella and Patricia, Tito Valdes, Corinne Valdes. Two cowboys are falsely accused of kidnapping a young girl and after she gives them a job on her ranch they find out that crooks are after high grade ore in her late father’s mine. Passable Roy Rogers entry, with Guinn Williams as a good comedy sidekick, hampered by mediocre songs and production numbers; the initial teaming of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

The Cowboy Angel see Christmas Mountain

869  Cowboy Blues  Columbia, 1946. 65 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Ken Curtis, Jeff Donnell, Guy Kibbee, Guinn Williams, Mrs. Uppington (Isabel Randolph), Robert Scott, Peg La Centra, The Town Criers, Deuce Spriggins’ Band, Carolina Cotton, The Plainsmen (Andy Parker, George Barnby, Paul Birch, Charles Morgan), The Hoosier Hotshots (Paul “Hezzie” Trietsch, Ken Trietsch, Gil Taylor, Charles “Gabe” Ward), Alan Bridge, Vernon Dent, Jack Rockwell, Forbes Murray, Dick Elliott, Henry Vridon, Coulter Irwin. Two cowboys try to help a fellow ranch employee whose snobbish daughter, her fiance and his mother, think he is the owner. Hodgepodge of comedy and music featuring bucolic guest stars and eleven songs.

870  Cowboy Canteen  Columbia, 1944. 72 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Paul Gangelin and Felix Adler. With Charles Starrett, Jane Frazee, Vera Vague, Guinn Williams, Dub Taylor, Max Terhune, Emmett Lynn, Edythe Elliott, Bill Hughes, John Tyrrell, The Mills Brothers, Jimmy Wakely and His Saddle Pals, Chickie and Buck, Roy Acuff and His Smokey Mountain Boys and Girls, The Tailor Maids, Ted French, Ben Taggart, Herbert Heyes, Eleanor Counts, Joanne Frank, Vivian Mason, Craig Woods,. A ranch owner joins the Army and finds his newly hired hands are all female with the service sending him back home to establish a canteen. Fun musical Western with a thin plot and plenty of guest stars.

871  Cowboy Cavalier  Monogram, 1948. 57 min. D: Derwin Abrahams. SC: Ronald Davidson and J. Benton Cheney. With Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Jan Bryant, Douglas Evans, Claire Whitney, William Ruhl, Steve Clark, Milburn Morante, Bud Osborne, Carol Henry, Bob Woodward. A stage-freight line operated by a young woman is being harassed by bandits with a singing cowboy and his pal coming to her rescue. Typically low grade and not very entertaining Jimmy Wakely vehicle.

872  Cowboy Commandos  Monogram, 1943. 55 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: Elizabeth Beecher. With Ray Corrigan, Dennis Moore, Max Terhune, Evelyn Finley, Johnny Bond, Budd Buster, John Merton, Edna Bennett, Steve Clark, Bud Osborne, Frank Ellis, Hank Bell, Denver Dixon, Artie Ortego, George Chesebro, Ray Jones, Pascale Perry, Augie Gomez, Jack Evans, Herman Hack, Kansas Moehring, Archie Ricks, Jack Tornek, Foxy Callahan, Carl Sepulveda. The Range Busters uncover a nest of Nazis trying to sabotage a magnesium mine. Delightful “Range Busters” series entry; Johnny Bond sings “I’ll Shoot the Fuehrer, Sure as Shootin’.”

873  The Cowboy Counselor  Allied, 1932. 62 min. D: George Melford. SC: Jack Natteford. With Hoot Gibson, Sheila Mannors, Skeeter Bill Robbins, Bobby Nelson, Fred Gilman, Jack Rutherford, William Humphreys, Gordon DeMain, Merrill McCormick, Alan Bridge, Frank Ellis, Slim Whitaker. A frontier lawyer finds himself at odds with a gang of crooks. Leisurely paced and somewhat humorous Hoot Gibson film lacking the budget necessary to make it really good.

874  The Cowboy from Brooklyn  Warner Bros., 1938. 80 min. D: Lloyd Bacon. SC: Earl Baldwin. With Dick Powell, Pat O’Brien, Priscilla Lane, Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Johnnie David, Emma Dunn, Granville Bates, James Stephenson, Hobart Cavanaugh, Elisabeth Risdon, Dennis Moore, Rosella Towne, May Boley, Harry Barris, Candy Candido, Donald Briggs, Jeffrey Lynn, John Ridgely, William Davidson, Mary Field, Emmett Vogan, Eddy Chandler, Ben Hendricks, Dorothy Vaughn, Monty Vandergrift, Sam Hayes, Jack Moore, Eddie Graham, Jack Wise, Cliff Saum. A crooner with a fear of animals gets a job at a dude ranch in Wyoming and a slick promoter tries to make him as a singing cowboy. Fun Hal B. Wallis genre spoof redone as Two Guys from Texas (q.v.).

875  Cowboy from Lonesome River  Columbia, 1944. 55 min. D: Benjamin Kline. SC: Luci Ward. With Charles Starrett, Vi Athens, Dub Taylor, Kenneth MacDonald, Ian Keith, John Tyrrell, Bud Geary, Steve Clark, Jack Rockwell, Ozie Waters, Jimmy Wakely and His Saddle Pals (Arthur A. Wenzel, Shelby D. Atchison, Foy [Willing] Willingham, Al Sloey), Craig Woods, Frank O’Connor, Frank LaRue, Davison Clark, Eleanor Counts, Vivian Mason, Judy Malcolm, Eddie Bruce. A dishonest water company executive has a senator opposing him killed and replaced with his look-a-like brother while the head of a ranchers’ group tries to stop him from over charging them. Okay modern-day oater giving dual roles to Kenneth MacDonald.

876  The Cowboy from Sundown  Monogram, 1940. 58 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Roland Lynch and Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Tex Ritter, Pauline Haddon, Roscoe Ates, Carleton Young, George Pembroke, Dave O’Brien, Patsy Moran, Tristram Coffin, Chick Hannon, Arkansas Slim Andrews, Bud Osborne, Glenn Strange, Wally West, Sherry Tansey. A sheriff is forced to quarantine cattle due to hoof and mouth disease and this angers ranchers who need to get herds to market to stop a banker from foreclosing their mortgages. A fairly interesting plot helps this Tex Ritter outing.

877  Cowboy Holiday  Beacon, 1934. 57 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Rock Hawkey (Robert Hill). With Guinn Williams, Janet Chandler, Julian Rivero, Richard Alexander, John Elliott, Alma Chester, Frank Ellis, William Gould, Julia Bejarano. A man disguised as a Mexican bandit causes havoc on the border and a cowboy plans to bring him to justice. Cheaply made but rugged, and often amusing, Guinn “Big Boy” Williams film.

878  Cowboy in the Clouds  Columbia, 1943. 55 min. D: Benjamin Kline. SC: Elizabeth Beecher. With Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor, Julie Duncan, Jimmy Wakely, Hal Taliaferro, Charles King, Davison Clark, Dick Curtis, Ed Cassidy, Ted Mapes, John Tyrrell, Paul Zarema, The Jesters, Foy Willing, Bryant Washburn, Vernon Dent, Henry Hall, Shelby Atkinson, Patti Sheldon, Walter Carlson, Guy Bonham, Gwen Seager, Dwight Latham. A cowpoke fights for his country by joining the Civil Air Patrol and combating enemy agents. Topical and well done.

879  The Cowboy Millionaire  Fox, 1935. 74 min. D: Edward Cline. SC: George Waggner and Dan Jarrett. With George O’Brien, Evelyn Bostock, Edgar Kennedy, Alden Chase, Maude Allen, Dan Jarrett, Lloyd Ingraham, Thomas Curran. During her vacation at a dude ranch, a titled English woman falls for a cowboy and after many misunderstandings they eventually find happiness. As much of a romantic comedy as a Western, this outing should appeal to George O’Brien fans.

Cowboy Reckoning see Enemy of the Law

Cowboy Roundup see Ride ’Em Cowboy (1936)

880  Cowboy Serenade  Republic, 1942. 66 min. D: William Morgan. SC: Olive Cooper With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, Cecil Cunningham, Rand Brooks, Addison Richards, Tristram Coffin, Arkansas Slim Andrews, Melinda Leighton, Johnny Berkes, Forrest Taylor, Hank Worden, Si Jenks, Ethan Laidlaw, Hal Price, Bud Wolfe, Forbes Murray, Bud Geary, Frankie Marvin, Tom London, Kenneth Terrell, Ken Cooper. When professional gamblers get control of a cattle herd, Gene Autry plans to retrieve the beef. Fair Gene Autry vehicle with some good music.

881  The Cowboy Star  Columbia, 1936. 56 min. D: David Selman. SC: Frances Guihan. With Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Si Jenks, Marc Lawrence, Ed Peil, Sr., Wally Albright, Ralph McCullough, Landers Stevens, Winifred Hari, Nick Copeland, Lew Meehan, Richard Terry, Frank Melton, Robert Fiske, Ann Merill, Richard Powell, Lucille Lund, Eric Alden, James McDonald, Eleanor Huntley, Gale Goodson, Jane Weir. Wanting a rest, a cowboy film star goes to a small town incognito and there proves himself a real-life hero. Breezy and entertaining tongue-in-cheek jab at “B” Westerns; lots of fun for fans.

882  Cowboy Up  Destination Films, 2001. 105 min. Color. D: Xavier Koller. SC: James Redford. With Kiefer Sutherland, Marcus Thomas, Daryl Hannah, Melinda Dillon, Molly Ringwald, Russell Means, Anthony Lucero, Bo Hopkins, Peter Postlethwaite, Timothy Daly, Julian Daly, Al Corley, Georginia Lightning, Nataanil Nez Means, Robert G. Miranda, Steven Barr, Robyn Peterson, James Lurie, Brian Connell, Judd Leffew, Kieu Chinh, Kerstin Caujolle, Tiffany Beard, Bret Leffew, Dave “Rooster” Kuden, Ernie Garrett, Helena Quintanar, Luanne Robinson, Eddie Kutz, Bill Dunn, Karina Logue, Donnie Gray, Pam Minick, Michael Hollon, Brian Moore, Patrick Cunningham, Paul F. Foster, Marty O’Brien, Blain Street, Billy Potoroff, Elizabeth Fields, Walter Ludwig. Two brothers working the rodeo circuit, one a bull rider and the other a clown, have a falling out when one of them falls for a beautiful performer. Not much to brag about in this Las Vegas filmed drama, made in 1998 and given some release as Ring of Fire.

883  The Cowboys  Warner Bros., 1972. 121 min. Color. D: Mark Rydell. SC: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr. and William Dale Jennings. With John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Slim Pickens, A. Martinez, Alfred Barker, Jr., Nicholas Beauvy, Steve Benedict, Robert Carradine, Norman Howells, Jr., Stephen Hudis, Sean Kelly, Clay O’Brien, Sam O’Brien, Mike Pyeat, Lonny Chapman, Sarah Cunningham, Charles Tyner, Allyn Ann McLerie, Matt Clark, Jerry Gatlin, Tap Canutt, Chuck Courtney, Henry Wills, Joe Yrigoyen, Casey Tibbs, Chuck Roberson, Kent Hays, Gary Epper, J.R. Randall. When his drovers quit, a cattleman rounds up a group of boys and trains them to drive his herd to market. Handsomely made and very good, although violent, John Wayne vehicle; recommended. Frank De Kova as Chief Joseph was cut from the final release print. The film served as the source for “The Cowboys” (ABC-TV, 1974) starring Jim Davis.

884  Cowboys and Aliens  Universal, 2011. 118 min. Color. D: Jon Favreau. SC: Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus and Haw Ostby. With Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Abigail Spencer, Buck Taylor, Olivia Wilder, Sam Rockwell, Matthew Taylor, Cooper Taylor, Clancy Brown, Paul Dano, Chris Browning, Adam Beach, Ana de la Reguera, Noah Ringer, Brian Duffy, Keith Carradine, Brendan Wayne, Gavin Grazer, Toby Husa, Wyatt Russell, Jimmy Jatho, Kenny Call, Walton Goodins, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Garnett James Noel, David O’Hara, Troy Gilbert, Chad Randal, Scout Hendrickson, Raoul Trujillo. A man suffering from amnesia in 1870s Arizona comes to realize he has seen the vanguard of an space alien invasion and attempts to get the locals to stop them. Somewhat anemic sci-fi Western.

Cowboys and Zombies see The Dead and the Damned

885  Cowboys Don’t Cry  Atlantis Films, 1988. 96 min. Color. D-SC: Anne Wheeler. With Ron White, Zachary Ansley, Janet-Laine Green, Val Pearson, Candace Ratcliffe, Thomas Hauff, Rebecca Jenkins, Michael Hogan, Thomas Peacock, Joshua Ansley, Michael Hogan, Janet Wright, Barney O’Sullivan, Wendell Smith, Graham McPherson, Jason Wolff, Georgie Collins, William Korbut, Ruby Swekla, Ryan Byrne, Ernie Marshall, Bill Kehler, Ivan Daines. Following the death of his wife in an auto accident, a heavy drinking cowboy tries to make a new life with his teenage son on a ranch they inherited. Okay modern-day drama; somewhat confusing.

886  Cowboys from Texas  Republic, 1939. 57 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Oliver Drake. With Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Carole Landis, Betty Compson, Charles Middleton, Ethan Laidlaw, Yakima Canutt, Walter Wills, Ed Cassidy, Bud Osborne, Charles King, Forbes Murray, Horace Murphy, Henry Strang, Jack Kirk, David Sharpe, Lew Meehan, Jack O’Shea, Charles Miller, Ivan Miller, Harry McKim, Murdock MacQuarrie, William Nestell, Al Haskell. When cattle ranchers and homesteaders declare war over open range, the Three Mesquiteers try to bring the matter to a peaceful solution. Another slick, speedy entry in the long running series based on William Colt MacDonald’s literary characters.

887  Cowboy’s Run  American World Pictures, 2003. 83 min. Color. D: Alan Smithee (Philip Spink). SC: Annie Frazier Henry. With David Hasselhoff, Gordon Tootoosis, Michael Moriarty, Kimberly Hawthorne, Steven Cree Molison, Barb Mitchell, Michelle Thrush, Vincent Gale. A former rodeo rider and an Indian lawyer, who dislike each other, are accused of a bingo robbery and head into the wilderness followed by an incompetent law officer. Hard to follow, light hearted Canadian production; also called Fugitives Run.

888  El Coyote (The Coyote)  Centauro Films/Oro Films, 1955. 75 min. D: Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent. SC: J. Chamor (Pedro Chamorro) and Jesus (Jess) Franco. With Abel Salazar, Gloria Marin, Manuel Monrov, Rafael Bardem, Santiago Rivero, Antonio Garcia Quijada, Mario Moreno, Jose Calvo, Xan das Bolas, Alfred Munoz, Angel Alvarez. In the mid–1800s a mild mannered young man returns to California and becomes a masked avenger fighting corrupt officials. Standard Mexico-Spain “Zorro” imitation co-production, followed by La Justicia del Coyote (q.v.).

889  Coyote Trails  Reliable, 1935. 60 min. D: Bernard B. Ray. SC: Rose Gordon. With Tom Tyler, Alice Dahl, Ben Corbett, Lafe McKee, Richard Alexander, Slim Whitaker, George Chesebro, Lew Meehan, Jack Evans, Art Dillard, Jimmy Aubrey, Bud McClure, Tex Palmer, Phantom (horse). Two cowboys try to capture a stallion who they believe has been falsely accused of rustling a rancher’s horses. The story has been done both before and since and usually much better than this shoddy Tom Tyler effort.

890  Crashin’ Through  Anchor, 1924. 50 min. D: Robert J. Horner. SC: Alvin J. Neitz (Alan James). With Jack Perrin, Aline Goodwin, Jack Richardson, Steve Clement, Dick La Reno, Jena Riley, Taylor Graves. Wanting to sell his ranch to a man who seeks real Western wildness, a cowboy plans such a masquerade only to have a real outlaw gang show up. Fun tongue-in-cheek silent Jack Perrin film.

891  Crashing Broadway  Monogram, 1933. 61 min. D: John P. McCarthy. SC: Wellyn Totman. With Rex Bell, Doris Hill, Harry Bowen, Charles King, George Hayes, Ann Howard, Blackie Whiteford, Perry Murdock, Henry Roquemore, Gordon DeMain, Tex Palmer, George Morrell. Heading East for the first time, a cowpoke runs into trouble with hoodlums in the big city. Breezy Rex Bell vehicle.

892  Crashing Thru  Monogram, 1939. 60 min. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: Sherman Lowe. With James Newill, Jean Carmen, Warren Hull, Dave O’Brien, Milburn Stone, Robert Frazer, Walter Byron, Stanley Blystone, Joseph Girard, Earl Douglas, Ted Adams, Roy Barcroft, Iron Eyes Cody, Horace Murphy, Wally West. A brother and sister are accused of hijacking a gold shipment by a pair of Mounties, although they claim a mining company owner is the culprit. Second and final entry in the “Renfrew of the Mounted” series for Grand National Pictures (although the studio folded and it was issued by Monogram) and a pleasing one.

893  Crashing Thru  Monogram, 1949. 58 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Adele Buffington. With Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Christine Larson, Kenne Duncan, Tristram Coffin, George J. Lewis, Jan Bryant, Virginia Carroll, Steve Darrell, Jack Richardson, Tom Quinn, Dee Cooper, Boyd Stockman, Bob Woodward, Merrill McCormick, Wally West. An undercover insurance agent poses as a murdered ranger to trap the gang responsible for the killing. Whip Wilson’s first starring vehicle is well written and produced plus greatly helped by a fine supporting cast.

Crazy Horse and Custer see The Legend of Custer

Crazy Horse and Custer—The Untold Story see The Legend of Custer

Crazy Movie see The Comeback Trail

Crazy Westerners see Rita of the West

894  The Crimson Trail  Universal, 1935. 58 min. D: Al Rabock. SC: Jack Natteford. With Buck Jones, Polly Ann Young, Carl Stockdale, Charles K. French, Ward Bond, Robert Kortman, Bud Osborne, Paul Fix, Robert Walker. Two rival ranchers oppose each other in an election but when one of them is shot the man’s nephew tries to find the culprit and falls in love with the other man’s daughter. Somewhat complicated, but appealing Buck Jones fare.

895  Cripple Creek  Columbia, 1952. 78 min. Color. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Richard Shayer. With George Montgomery, Karin Booth, Jerome Courtland, William Bishop, Richard Egan, Don Porter, John Dehner, Robert Armstrong, Roy Roberts, George Cleveland, Byron Foulger, Cliff Clark, Harry Cording, Chris Alcaide, Robert Bice, Grandon Rhodes, Peter Brocco, John Hamilton, Emmett Lynn. When outlaws steal shipments from gold mines, two government agents try to reveal their identities by pretending to be bandits. Nothing special about this George Montgomery feature from producer Edward Small.

896  Crooked River  Lippert, 1950. 58 min D: Thomas Carr. SC: Ron Ormond and Maurice Tombragel. With James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Betty (Julie) Adams, Fuzzy Knight, Raymond Hatton, Tom Tyler, George J. Lewis, John Cason, Stanley Price, Stephen Carr, Dennis Moore, George Chesebro, Bud Osborne, Jimmie Martin, Cliff Taylor, Helen Gibson, Carl Mathews, George Sowards, Scoop Martin, Joe Phillips. A cowboy learns his folks have been brutally murdered and he sets out to catch the outlaws. A fine cast can do nothing to save this entry in “The Irish Cowboys” series containing lots of stock footage from 1930s Bob Steele Westerns for Supreme Pictures and the end from The Star Packer (q.v.). TV title: The Last Bullet.

897  The Crooked Trail  Supreme, 1936. 60 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: George Plympton. With Johnny Mack Brown, Lucille Brown, John Merton, Charles King, Ted Adams, Dick Curtis, John Van Pelt, Ed Cassidy, Horace Murphy, Earl Dwire, Artie Ortego, Hal Price. A cowboy saves two men from dying of thirst in the desert and when he later becomes a sheriff he refuses to believe one of them is a thief. Johnny Mack Brown is the quick-on-the-draw lawman in this satisfying effort.

898  Cross Fire  RKO Radio, 1933. 55 min. D: Otto Brower. SC: Harold Shumate and Tom McNamara. With Tom Keene, Betty Furness, Edgar Kennedy, Lafe McKee, Charles K. French, Edward (Eddie) Phillips, Murdock MacQuarrie, Stanley Blystone, Jules Cowles, Thomas (Tom) Brower, Nick Cogley, Kid Wagner, Tom Kennedy, Lew Meehan, Jim Corey, Jack Perry. A soldier returns home from the World War to find gangsters have invaded the range. Tom Keene’s final RKO starring vehicle is okay but its plot is nothing new.

899  Crossed Trails  Monogram, 1948. 60 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Colt Remington. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Kathy Frye, Lynne Carver, Douglas Evans, Steve Clark, Ted Adams, Zon Murray, Pierce Lyden, Milburn Morante, Frank LaRue, Mary MacLaren, Henry Hall, Bud Osborne, Artie Ortego. A young woman is the heir to a ranch with valuable mineral rights and her guardian, who refuses to sell the land, is jailed on a false murder charge. Entertaining Johnny Mack Brown-Raymond Hatton series entry.

900  Crossfire Trail  Turner Network Television (TNT), 2001. 92 min. Color. D: Simon Wincer. SC: Charles Robert Carner. With Tom Selleck, Virginia Madsen, Wilford Brimley, David O’Hara, Christian Kane, Barry Corbin, Joanna Miles, Ken Pogue, Patrick Kilpatrick, Rex Linn, William Sanderson, Daniel T. Parker, Marshall Teague, Brad Johnson, Mark Harmon, Kyla Anderson, Michael O’Shea, Carmen Moore, James Nicholas, Mark Acheson. Keeping a promise to a friend he saw die at sea, a man goes to Wyoming to look after his ranch and widow and learns a land baron has been courting the woman to get her property. Top notch, faithful small screen adaptation of Louis L’Amour’s book with star Tom Selleck serving as executive producer; filmed in Canada.

901  Cry Blood Apache  Golden Eagle, 1970. 82 min. Color. D: Jack Starrett. SC: Sean MacGregory. With Jody McCrea, Dan Kemp, Jack Starrett, Don Henley, Robert Tessier, Carolyn Stellar, Joel McCrea. An old-timer recalls events from his youth involving a feud between whites and Indians after the Mexican War. Anemic oater enhanced only by Joel McCrea’s brief cameo.

Cry for Me, Billy see Face to the Wind

902  A Cry in the Wild  Concorde, 1990. 82 min. Color. D: Mark Griffiths. SC: Gary Paulsen. With Jared Rushton, Ned Beatty, Pamela Sue Martin, Stephen Meadows, Terence H. Winkless, Louise Baker, Deke Anderson, John Jakes, Lois Mallory, Ollie Mann. After surviving a Yukon plane crash, a young teen must fend for himself to survive in the wild. Well made outdoor drama from producer Julie Corman, which Gary Paulsen adapted to the screen from his novel Hatchet; followed by White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II, White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild and White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf (q.q.v.).

903  A Cry in the Wilderness  ABC-TV/Universal, 1974. 74 min. Color. D: Gordon Hessler. SC: Stephen Knarpf and Elinor Knarpf. With George Kennedy, Joanna Pettet, Lee H. Montgomery, Collin Wilcox-Horne, Liam Dunn, Roy Poole, Bing Russell, Irene Tedrow, Robert Brubaker, Anne Seymour, Paul Sorenson. After being bitten by a rabid skunk, a farmer tries to protect his family by chaining himself inside a barn only to learn a flood is coming. Fairly suspenseful outing made for television.

904  Cry of the Black Wolves  Cinema Shares, 1972. 85 min. Color. D: Harald Reinl. SC: Kurt Nachmann. With Ron Ely, Gila von Weitershausen, Raimund Harmstorf, Arthur Brauss, Catharina Conti, Jean-Claude Hoffman, Angelica Ott, Hans Terofal, Carl Lange, Alexander Grill, Dan van Husen, Heinrich Schweiger, Kurt Bulau, Tony Berger, Gunter Clemens, Karin Lorson, Untine Frohlich, Sigfrit Steiner, Ernst H. Hilbich, Jan Groth. In 1903 Alaska, a corrupt prospector steals a fur trapper’s dog sled but when he is found murdered the trapper is blamed. Rugged West German melodrama based on a Jack London story and filmed as Der Schrei der Schwarzen Wolfe (The Cry of the Black Wolves) by Lisa-Film.

905  Cry of the Wild  American National Enterprises, 1973. 91 min. Color. D-SC: Bill Mason. Documentary on wolves, both at large and in captivity, telling of their habits and exposing many myths about these supposedly savage beasts. Director-writer Bill Mason also did the camera work for this film, which is quite entertaining.

906  Cry to the Wind  Sebastian International, 1979. 90 min. Color. D: Robert W. Davison. SC: David James Nielsen. With Sheldon Woods, Cameron Garrick, Aaron Card, Bonnie Card, Lamont Topaum. A young man attempts to conquer the wilderness and learns how to survive and respect his surroundings. Capable adventure yarn with lots of scenic value.

907  Cuando Canto la Ley (When on the Side of the Law)  Dario Productions, 1939. 77 min. D: Richard Harlan and Gabriel Navarro. SC: Richard Harlan and Jack Natteford. With Tito Guizar, Tana, Martin Garralaga, Paul Ellis, Pilar Arcos, Jose Luis Tortosa, Carlos Ruffino, Carlos Montalban, Raul Lechuga, Jose Pena. On the trail of an embezzler, a Mexican Secret Service agent pretends to be a cowboy and goes to work for a female rancher. Zesty Mexican musical Western in which star Tito Guizar performs five songs he co-wrote; released in the U.S. by Paramount cut to 67 minutes.

908  Los Cuatro Juanes (The Four Juans)  Producciones Zacarias, S.A., 1966. 95 min. D: Miguel Zacarias. SC: Alfredo Zacarias. With Luis Aguilar, Antonio Aguilar, Javier Solis, Narciso Busquets, Alma Delia Fuentes, Ofelia Monesco, Rosario Galvez, Conrado Cortes, Antonio Raxel, Jorge Russek, Jose Torvay, Emilio Garibay, Antonio Haro Oliva, Stim Segar, Adolfo Aguilar, Manuel Arvide. Four men named Juan, including folk heroes Juan Colorado and Juan Charrasqueado, join forces to oppose lawlessness in Old Mexico. Fast paced adventure from south of the border.

909  The Culpepper Cattle Company  20th Century–Fox, 1972. 92 min. D: Dick Richards. SC: Eric Berovici and Gregory Prentiss. With Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins, Geoffrey Lewis, Wayne Sutherlin, John McLiam, Matt Clark, Raymond Guth, Anthony James, Charles Martin Smith, Larry Finley, Bob Morgan, Jan Burrell, Gregory Sierra, Royal Dano, Hal Needham, Jerry Galtin. A teenager becomes part of a trail drive and the hardships along the way teach him to be a man. Fairly good dramatic offering although a bit on the violent side.

910  The Curse of Bigfoot  Gold Key, 1971. 87 min. Color. D: Don Fields. SC: J.T. Fields. With William Simonsen, Robert Clymire, Jan Swihart, Ken Kloepfer, Dennis Kottmier, Ruth Ann Mannella, Mary Browles, Augie Tribach. A group of archaeological students uncover an ancient beast interred in an Indian burial ground and it goes on a killing spree. Pitiful production with new footage augmenting scenes shot years before.

Curse of the Demon Mountain see The Shadow of Chikara

911  The Curse of the Headless Horseman  DLM, 1972. 80 min. Color. D: John Kirkland. SC: Kenn Riche. With Ultra Violet, Marland Proctor, Don Carrara, Claudia Ream, B.G. Fisher, Margo Dean, Lee Byers, Joe Cody. A doctor inherits a ranch where a headless phantom is said to take revenge on the eight gunmen who murdered him. Pathetic horror film in a Western setting; torturous viewing.

912  Curse of the Lost Gold Mine  Yaletown Entertainment Group, 1994. 50 min. Color. D: Michael Collier. SC: P.J. Reece. With Donnelly Rhodes, Norman Natrall, Rolf Cutts, Mike Billy, Mark Antone, Dave Ponsart, Peter McIlvaney, Donald E. White, John F.N. Thompson. Semi-documentary about the ancient Indian legend of Slumach and those who sought his treasure. Okay entertainment made for video release.

913  Curse of the Undead  Universal-International, 1959. 79 min. D-SC: Edward Dein. With Eric Fleming, Michael Pate, Kathleen Crowley, John Hoyt, Bruce Gordon, Jimmy Murphy, Helen Kleeb, Jay Adler, Edwin (Eddie) Parker, John Truax, Frankie Van, Rush Williams, Edward Binns, Edward Colmans, Nancy Kilgas, Alan Reynolds, Margaret Bert, Jeanna Cross, Charles Keane, Forrest Stanley, Don Sullivan, Amzie Strickland. A mysterious gunman dressed in black is hired to expedite a range war but he is really a vampire after a beautiful woman rancher. Different, atmospheric and a good horror Western.

The Curse of the Viking Grave see Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave

914  Curtain Call at Cactus Creek  Universal-International, 1950. 86 min. Color. D: Charles Lamont. SC: Howard Dimsdale. With Donald O’Connor, Gale Storm, Walter Brennan, Vincent Price, Eve Arden, Chick Chandler, Joseph Sawyer, Harry Shannon, Rex Lease, I. Stanford Jolley, Eddy Waller, Hank Worden, Edmund Cobb, Lane Bradford, Paul Maxey, Terry Frost, John Carpenter, Ferris Taylor, Al Haskell. An acting struck stagehand with a touring troupe in the Old West accidentally captures a local bank robber. Amusing satire helped by an eager cast.

Donald O’Connor and Vincent Price in Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (Universal-International, 1950).

915  Custer of the West  Cinerama, 1967. 146 min. Color. D: Robert Siodmak and Irving Lerner. SC: Bernard Gordon and Julian Halvey. With Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Jeffrey Hunter, Ty Hardin, Robert Ryan, Charles Stalnaker, Robert Hall, Lawrence Tierney, Kieron Moore, Marc Lawrence, Jack Taylor, Fred Kohler, Jr., John Clarke, Bud Strait, Robert Reynolds, Barta Barri, Clemence Bettany, Jack Gaskins, Bill Christmas, Joe Zboran, Carl Rapp, Jack Cooper, Luis Rivera, John Dillon. After being a Civil War hero, George Armstrong Custer is given a command in the West where he must deal with warring Indians and Army rivals. Fairly accurate rendering of the Custer saga, filmed in Spain. Also called A Good Day for Fighting.

916  Custer’s Last Fight  Quality Amusements, 1925. 55 min. D: Thomas H. Ince. SC: Richard V. Spencer. With Francis Ford, Grace Cunard, J. Barney Sherry, William Eagle Shirt, Ann Little, Charles K. French, Lillian Christy, Art Acord, Clayton Monroe Teters, Snowball (horse). The story of the showdown between General Custer and Sitting Bull at the Little Big Horn River. An expanded version of the 1912 Ince three reel film; one of the first really good Westerns and well worth viewing. In 1912 Francis Ford was Custer in The Invaders (q.v.), also for Thomas H. Ince.

917  Custer’s Last Stand  Stage and Screen, 1936. 15 Chapters. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: George A. Durlam, Eddy Graneman and Bob Lively. With Rex Lease, Jack Mulhall, Ruth Mix, Dorothy Gulliver, William Farnum, Lona Andre, Reed Howes, Bobby Nelson, Frank McGlynn, Jr., William Desmond, Helen Gibson, Nancy Casell, Chief Thundercloud, Josef Swickard, Creighton Hale, George Chesebro, Milburn Morante, Ted Adams, George Morrell, Robert Walker, Walter James, Cactus Mack, Budd Buster, Carl Mathews, Artie Ortego, Franklyn Farnum, Lafe McKee, Allen Greer, James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey), Ken Cooper, Chief Big Tree, Iron Eyes Cody, Bill Thompson, Walter Gable, White Feather, Buddy Fisher, Whiten Sovern, Charles Hunter, William Hunt, William Bartlett. A scout for General Custer tries to help settlers attacked by Indians led by a renegade after a medicine arrow, the clue to a hidden treasure. Lumbering, dull, poorly made and badly paced cliffhanger culminating an exciting re-enactment of the Battle of the Little Big Horn; helped only by a large veteran cast with George Chesebro a standout as a dishonest soldier turned good. Also issued in an equally inert 65 minute feature version.

918  Cut-Throats Nine  United International, 1973. 90 min. Color. D: Joaquin L. Romero Merchant. SC: Santiago Moncada and Joaquin L. Romero Merchant. With Robert Hundar (Claudio Undari), Emma Cohen, Alberto Dalbes, Manuel Tejada, Ricardo Diaz, Carlos Romero Merchant, Antonio Iranzo, Jose Manuel Martin, Rafael Hernandez, Eduardo Calvo, Lorenzo Robeldo, Emilio Rodriguez, Tomas Ares, Francisco Nieto, Antonio Padilla, Simon Arriaga, Juan Antonio Elices, Mabel Karr, Dan van Husen. A Union Army sergeant and his pretty daughter lead criminals on a 400 mile journey to a government gold mine so the convicts can work it for the North. One of the more brutal, gore filled Spaghetti Westerns, produced by Films Triunfo in Spain as Condenados a Vivir (Condemned to Live).

919  Cutter’s Trail  CBS-TV/CBS Studio Center, 1970. 100 min. Color. D: Vincent McEveety. SC: Paul Savage. With John Gavin, Marisa Pavan, Beverly Garland, Joseph Cotten, J. Carrol Naish, Nehemiah Persoff, Manuel Padilla, Jr., Shug Fisher, Ken Swofford, Victor French, Bob Random, Robert Totten, Tom Brown. A marshal returns to Santa Fe to find the town pillaged by an outlaw gang and only a young Mexican mother and her small son will help him track the marauders. Fairly acceptable television oater that originally ran 75 minutes and was expanded for subsequent showings.

920  Cutting Horse  Image Entertainment, 2002. 124 min. Color. D: Larry Clark. SC: Larry Clark and David Heintz. With Albert Harris, Cesar Flores, Robert Earl Crudup, Rufus Norris, Mellisa Cellura, Susan Martino, Roberto Bethel, Christopher Upham, Joy Garner, Sigi Lobas, Sherry Al-Mufti, Fred Barson, Robert J. Ramsey III, H. Lee Burton, Ian Davidson, Scott Campbell, Michael Orlando, Artis Fountain, Peter Carlstrom, Larry Roszkowiak, Coy Sanders, Jeanne Sapieza, Nadia Tarzi, Paula Martin, Jamie Lujian, Lisa Cortez Walden, Bud Sisson, Carol Wilkinson, Stu Richel, Joe Lewis, Gordon Wong. After a decade a cowboy returns to his family’s horse breeding ranch to find them being pressured to sell out to a greedy conglomerate. Fair low budget, R-rated, modern-day Western with attractive locales.

921  Cyclone Cavalier  Rayart, 1925. 55 min. D: Albert S. Rogell. SC: Krag Johnson and Burke Jenkins. With Reed Howes, Carmelita Geraghty, Wilfred Lucas, Jack Mower, Eric Mayne, Johnny Sinclair, Ervin Renard. Sent to a Central American republic where he falls in love with the president’s daughter, an adventurer tries to thwart a palace revolution. Low budget affair that gives viewers a chance to see Reed Howes (the Arrow Collar man) in a starring role.

922  Cyclone Fury  Columbia, 1951. 54 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Barry Shipman and Ed Earl Repp. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Fred F. Sears, Clayton Moore, Robert Wilke, Louis Lettieri, George Chesebro, Frank O’Connor, Merle Travis and His Bronco Busters, Jay Silverheels, Edmund Cobb, Kermit Maynard, Ray Bennett, Matty Roubert, Slim Duncan, John Merton, Lane Bradford, Frank Moran, Robert E. Scott, Richard Alexander, Lew Morphy. An agent assigned to insure the delivery of horses to the government gets suspicious after a rancher is murdered. Fair “Durango Kid” film interpolating footage from the earlier series outings Galloping Thunder, Landrush and Prairie Raiders (qq.v.).

923  Cyclone Jones  Aywon, 1923. 50 min. D: Charles R. Seeling. SC: John F. (Jack) Natteford. With (Guinn) Big Boy Williams, Kathleen Collins, J.P. (Lafe) McKee, Bill Patton, Fred Burns, Fatty Alexander. A cowboy falls for a sheep herder’s daughter who spurns him until he saves her life when a cattleman hires a no good to run off her family. Only fair Guinn Williams silent vehicle interspersed with humor.

924  The Cyclone Kid  Big 4, 1931. 60 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: George Morgan. With Caryl Lincoln, Buzz Barton, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Ted Adams, Lafe McKee, Blackie Whiteford, Nadja, Silver Harr. A ranch foreman, in love with the boss’ daughter, is helped by a young boy in opposing outlaws. Poor, low grade production.

925  The Cyclone Kid  Republic, 1942. 56 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Richard Murphy. With Don “Red” Barry, Lynn Merrick, John James, Alex Callam, Joel Friedkin, Slim Andrews, Rex Lease, Joe McGuinn, Monte Montague, Frank LaRue, Edmund Cobb, Budd Buster, Hal Price, Jack Rockwell, Jack O’Shea, Curley Dresden, Bob Woodward. When his lawyer brother comes West and learns of his true activities, a gunman turns on his crooked cattle baron boss. Typically good Don Barry series film with a plot that is a bit hard to take, but the action compensates.

926  Cyclone of the Saddle  Superior, 1935. 53 min. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: Elmer Clifton and George Merrick. With Rex Lease, Janet Chandler, Bobby Nelson, William Desmond, Yakima Canutt, Art Mix, Chief Thundercloud, Helen Gibson, Milburn Morante, George Chesebro, Glenn Strange, George Morrell, The Range Ranglers, Chief Standing Bear, Black Fox (horse). After an outlaw gang causes trouble with settlers and Indians, the Army assigns an officer to stop them. Tacky production values detract from this Rex Lease vehicle.

927  Cyclone on Horseback  RKO Radio, 1941. 60 min. D: Edward Killy. SC: Norton S. Parker. With Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Ray Whitley, Lee “Lasses” White, Dennis Moore, Harry Worth, Monte Montague, John Dilson, Lew Kelly, Terry Frost, Slim Whitaker, Eddie Dew, John Ince, Walter Shumway, Jack Kirk, Lloyd Ingraham, Cactus Mack, Rube Schaefer, John Daheim, Cliff Lyons, Tom Steele, Marty Faust, Jane Patton, Art Dupuis. Three cowpokes come to the aid of a pretty girl and her brother whose attempt to string a telegraph wire, in order to win a contract, is being thwarted by hoodlums. Well paced and action filled Tim Holt film, with an especially exciting finale.

928  Cyclone Prairie Rustlers  Columbia, 1944. 55 min. D: Benjamin Kline. SC: Elizabeth Beecher. With Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor, Jimmie Davis, Constance Worth, Jimmy Wakely and His Saddle Pals, Robert Fiske, Clancy Cooper, Ray Bennett, I. Stanford Jolley, Edward M. Phillips, Edmund Cobb, Forrest Taylor, Paul Zaremba, Ted Mapes, Steve Clark, Edna Harris. A cowboy and his pals try to stop Nazis from sabotaging cattle, crops and equipment in the West. Topical and fast paced Charles Starrett vehicle.

929  The Cyclone Ranger  Spectrum, 1935. 60 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Oliver Drake. With Bill Cody, Nena Quartero, Eddie Gribbon, Soledad Jiminez, Earle Hodgins, Zara Tazil, Donald Reed, Colin Chase, Budd Buster, Herman Hack, Buck Morgan. An outlaw is befriended by a blind woman and pretends to be her son who was killed by a posse. Sentimental, but mediocre, Bill Cody outing; remake of Gun Law (1933) [q.v.].

930  Dakota  Republic, 1945. 82 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Lawrence Hazard. With John Wayne, Vera Hruba Ralston, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Mike Mazurki, Ona Munson, Hugo Haas, Olive Blakeney, Nicodemus Stewart, Paul Fix, Grant Withers, Robert Livingston, Olin Howlin, Pierre Watkin, Robert Barrat, Jonathan Hale, Bobby Blake, Paul Hurst, Eddy Waller, Sarah Padden, Jack LaRue, George Cleveland, Selmer Jackson, Claire DuBrey, Roy Barcroft, Victor Varconi, Cliff Lyons, Fred Graham, Linda Stirling, Kenne Duncan, Yakima Canutt, Lorna Gray (Adrian Booth), Rex Lease, Tom London, Houseley Stevenson, Paul E. Burns, Cay Forester, William Haade, Larry Thompson, Michael Visaroff, Dorothy Christy, Bob Burns, Dick Wessel, Jack O’Shea, Art Miles, Jack Roper, Hector Sarno, Eugene Borden, Noble “Kid” Chissel, Tom Smith, Al Murphy, Larry Thompson, Betty Shaw, Martha Carroll, Frances Gladwin, Harriette Haddon, Virginia Wave, Rosemonde James, Marian Kerrigan, Melva Anstead, Beverly Reedy, Dorothy Stevens. An ex-soldier and his heiress wife go to the Dakotas to invest in land on which a railroad is to be built and find themselves at odds with two crooks trying to force farmers off their homesteads. Big, brawling drama, not as good as it should have been, but it will appeal to Duke’s fans.

931  Dakota  Miramax Films, 1988. 97 min. Color. D: Fred Holmes. SC: Lynn Kuntz and Darryl Kuntz. With Lou Diamond Phillips, Eli Cummins, Dee Dee Norton, Jordan Burton, Steven Ruge, John Hawkes, Tom Campitelli, Herta Ware, Lawrence Montaigne, Leslie Mullen, Connie Colt, Susan Crippin, Rodger Boyce, Robert Lemus, Ben Jones, Cecilia Flores, Robert Ahola, Helena Humann, John Glenn, Tom McRae, Kendall Thomas, H. Laverne Smith, Audeen Casey, Mark Schulte, Abel O. Zapata. After taking a job on a Texas ranch a young man with a troubled past comes to grips with his life as he learns to help others. Minor modern-day drama.

932  Dakota Incident  Republic, 1956. 88 min. Color. D: Lewis R. Foster. SC: Frederick Louis Fox. With Linda Darnell, Dale Robertson, John Lund, Ward Bond, Skip Homeier, Regis Toomey, Irving Bacon, John Doucette, Whit Bissell, William Fawcett, Malcolm Atterbury, Charles Horvath, Diane Du Blis, Eva Novak, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Fred Coby, Rankin Mansfield. Passengers on a stagecoach are attacked by Indians and must defend themselves as well as settle their differences. Interesting premise but a none-too-good production.

933  The Dakota Kid  Republic, 1951. 60 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: William Lively. With Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen, James Bell, Margaret Field, Robert Shayne, Roy Barcroft, Danny Morton, Mauritz Hugo, House Peters, Jr., Lee Bennett, Michael Ragan (Holly Bane), Art Dillard. Two youngsters assist the law in rounding up an outlaw gang. One of the quartet of features in the “Rough Ridin’ Kids” series and just as mediocre as the others.

934  Dakota Lil  20th Century–Fox, 1950. 88 min. Color. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Maurice Geraghty. With George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Marie Windsor, John Emery, Wallace Ford, Jack Lambert, Larry Johns, Marion Martin, James Flavin, J. Farrell MacDonald, Walter Sande, Joel Friedkin, Jack Perrin, Soledad Jiminez, Nacho Galindo, Felipe Turich, Lillian Bronson, Clancy Cooper, Rosa Turich, Frank Lackteen, Saul Gorss, Albert Morin, Ken MacDonald, Bill Perrott, Tom Greenway, John Dako, Ben Harris, Bryan Hightower. A Treasury agent is on the trail of a team of counterfeiters in the Old West. Pleasing drama with nice performances in the leading roles.

935  Dallas  Warner Bros., 1950. 94 min. Color. D: Stuart Heisler. SC: John Twist. With Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Barbara Payton, Leif Erickson, Antonio Moreno, Jerome Cowan, Reed Hadley, Will Wright, Monte Blue, Byron (Brian) Keith, Gil Donaldson, Zon Murray, Al Ferguson, Gene Evans, Fred Kelsey, Buddy Roosevelt, Ben Corbett, Charles Horvath, Carl Andre, O.Z. Whitehead, Frank McCarroll, Larry McGrath, Dewey Robinson, Slim Talbot, Tom Fadden, Hal K. Dawson, Alex Montoya, Fred Graham, Roy Bucko, Frank Kreig. In post–Civil War Texas, a former Confederate plans go get revenge on the carpetbaggers who murdered his family. Big budget Gary Cooper opus that hits the entertainment mark; Barbara Payton is good as heroine Ruth Roman’s pal.

936  The Dalton Gang  Lippert, 1949. 59 min. D-SC: Ford Beebe. With Don Barry, Robert Lowery, Betty (Julie) Adams, James Millican, Byron Foulger, J. Farrell MacDonald, Greg McClure, George J. Lewis, Marshall Reed, Ray Bennett, Lee Roberts, Dick Curtis, Stanley Price, Cactus Mack, Cliff Taylor. Two lawmen are assigned to round up the infamous Dalton brothers. Outside of its stars there is not much to recommend this pedestrian effort. TV title: The Outlaw Gang.

937  The Dalton Girls  United Artists, 1957. 71 min. D: Reginald LeBorg. SC: Maurice Tombragel. With Merry Anders, Penny Edwards, John Russell, Lisa Davis, Sue George, Johnny Western, Malcom Atterbury, Douglas Henderson, Red Morgan, Ed Hinton. After the Dalton Gang is arrested, several young female relatives band together and form their own outlaw coterie. Director Reginald LeBorg and the cast tries hard but they are defeated by cheap production values.

938  The Dalton That Got Away  Dalton Film Company, 1960. 69 min. D: Jimmy (Jaime) Salvador. SC: E.L. Erwin. With Mike Connors, Elsie (Elsa) Cardenas, Carlos Rivas, Felix Moreno, Zachary Milton, Stillman Segar, George Russell, Reed Howes, Francisco Reynolds, Quintin Buines, Sam Murphy, Arlene King. Two of the notorious outlaw Dalton brothers have a falling out over the affections of an Indian princess. Obscure, flimsy low budget affair filmed in Mexico in 1957.

939  The Daltons Ride Again  Universal, 1945. 70 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Roy Chanslor and Paul Gangelin. With Alan Curtis, Lon Chaney, Kent Taylor, Noah Berry, Jr., Martha O’Driscoll, Jess Barker, Thomas Gomez, John Litel, Walter Sande, Douglass Dumbrille, Virginia Brissac, Milburn Stone, Stanley Andrews, Fern Emmett, Cyril Delevanti, Wheaton Chambers, Davison Clark, Jack Rockwell, Robert Wilke, Dick Dickinson, George Chesebro, Paul Birch, Ed Cassidy, Ethan Laidlaw, Henry Hall, Richard Alexander. The exploits of the Dalton brothers outlaw gang is told by the only survivor of the Coffeyville, Kansas, shootout. Compact and very entertaining “B plus” Western, with the four stars doing excellent work as the notorious siblings.

940  The Daltons’ Women  Western Adventure, 1951. 80 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Ron Ormond and Maurice Tombragel. With Tom Neal, Pamela Blake, Jack Holt, Lash LaRue, Al St. John, Jacqueline Fontaine, Raymond Hatton, Lyle Talbot, Tom Tyler, J. Farrell MacDonald, Terry Frost, Stanley Price, Bud Osborne, Lee Roberts, June Benbow, Cliff Taylor, Clarke Stevens, Archie Twitchell, Duke Johnson, Jimmie Martin, Buff Brady. A saloon owner is in cahoots with an outlaw gang terrorizing a town, but U.S. marshals are assigned to stop them. Notorious stitched together production is best taken as a curio, otherwise it is pretty poor.

941  Dan Candy’s Law  Cinerama Releasing Corporation/American International, 1973. 95 min. Color. D: Claude Fournier. SC: George Malko. With Donald Sutherland, Chief Dan George, Kevin McCarthy, Jean Duceppe, Francine Rocette, Jack Creely. After his partner is killed, a Mountie tracks the Indian accused of the crime but eventually realizes he is the hunted instead of the hunter. Nice scenery highlights this otherwise tiresome Canadian feature. Also called Alien Thunder.

942  Dances with Wolves  Orion, 1990. 181 min. Color. D: Kevin Costner. SC: Michael Blake. With Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal, Robert Pastorelli, Charles Rocket, Maury Chaykin, Jimmy Herman, Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, Michael Spears, Jason R. Lone Hill, Tony Pierce, Doris Leader Charge, Tom Everett, Larry Joshua, Kirk Baltz, Wayne Grace, Donald Hotton, Annie Costner, Conor Duffy, Elisa Daniel, Percy White Plume, John Tail, Steve Reevis, Sheldon Wolfchild, Wes Studi, Buffalo Child, Clayton Big Eagle, Richard Leader Charge, Redwing Ted Nez, Marvin Holy, Raymond Newholy, David J. Fuller, Ryan White Bull, Otakuye Conroy, Maretta Big Crow, Steve Chambers, William H. Burton, Bill W. Curry, Nick Thompson, Carter Hanner, Kent Hays, Robert Goldman, Frank P. Costanza, James A. Mitchell, R.L. Curtin, Jim Wilson, Michael Horton, Teddy and Buck (wolves). A Civil War hero is assigned to a remote deserted Western post where he makes friends with a wolf, an Indian tribe and the young white girl they raised. Big box office winner co-produced by director-star Kevin Costner; extended version runs 224 minutes and the director’s cut is 236 minutes.

943  Danger Ahead  Monogram, 1940. 60 min. D: Ralph Staub. SC: Edward Halperin. With James Newill, Dorothea Kent, Dave O’Brien, Guy Usher, Maude Allen, Harry Depp, John Dilson, Earl Douglas, Bob Terry, Lester Dorr, David Sharpe. Officer Renfrew and his Mountie pals are at odds with a stubborn young woman who refuses to help them in capturing an outlaw gang wanted for murder. Okay entry in the “Renfrew of the Royal Mounted” series based on Laurie York Erskine’s Renfrew’s Long Trail.

944  Danger Patrol  RKO Radio, 1937. 60 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Helen Vreeland and Hilda Vincent. With Sally Eilers, John Beal, Harry Carey, Frank M. Thomas, Crawford Weaver, Lee Patrick, Edward Gargan, Paul Guilfoyle, Solly Ward. Working as a nitro shooter in the oil fields, a medical student falls in love with the daughter of the man who is training him. Sturdy oil drilling drama highlighted by Harry Carey as the mentor-father.

945  Danger Trails  Beacon/First Division, 1935. 62 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Rock Hawkey (Robert Hill). With Guinn Williams, Marjorie Gordon, Wally Wales, Edmund Cobb, John Elliott, George Chesebro, Steve Clark, Ace Cain, Francis Walker, Wally West, George Morrell, Bob Hill, Buck Morgan, Ray Henderson. A man, educated in the East, plans to take revenge on the outlaw gang that murdered his family. Cheaply made but entertaining Guinn “Big Boy” Williams vehicle for which the star wrote the original story.

946  Danger Valley  Monogram, 1938. 58 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Jack Randall, Lois Wilde, Charles King, Hal Price, Frank LaRue, Chick Hannon, Earl Dwire, Ernie Adams, Tex Palmer, Merrill McCormick, Oscar Gahan, Denver Dixon, Sherry Tansey, Jimmy Aubrey, Glenn Strange, Bud Osborne. Two cowpokes arrive in a ghost town where an old prospector has discovered gold but is being harassed by an outlaw gang. Passable Jack Randall singing Western.

947  The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones  ABC-TV/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966. 100 min. Color. D: Alex March. SC: Frank Fenton and Robert W. Thompson. With Robert Horton, Diane Baker, Sal Mineo, Nehemiah Persoff, Gary Merrill, Robert H. Harris, Lonny Chapman, Royal Dano, Zalman King, Harry Dean Stanton, Val Avery. A dying marshal asks a cowboy to transport two criminals to jail and along the way the trio must elude bounty hunters. Early network telefeature is on the mediocre side and failed to sell as a series.

948  Dangerous Nan McGrew  Paramount, 1930. 62 min. D: Malcolm St. Clair. SC: Paul Gerard Smith. With Helen Kane, Victor Moore, James Hall, Stuart Erwin, Frank Morgan, Roberta Robinson, Louise Closser Hale, Allan Forrest, John Hamilton, Robert Milash. A young woman working in a medicine show is stranded in the Canadian northwest and ends up capturing a bank robber. Vintage Helen Kane starring vehicle with songs will satisfy the curious, but otherwise beware.

949  Dangerous Odds  Independent Pictures, 1925. 50 min. D: William J. Craft. With Bill Cody, Eileen Sedgwick, Milton Fahrney, Claude Payton, Monte Collins, Al Hallett. When a bank manager, who has withdrawn funds for his ranch, is murdered, a cowboy is accused of the crime and escapes a lynching party to prove his innocence. Okay Bill Cody silent effort, but nothing special.

950  Dangerous Venture  United Artists, 1947. 59 min D: George Archainbaud. SC: Doris Schroeder. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Fritz Leiber, Douglas Evans, Harry Cording, Betty Alexander, Francis McDonald, Neyle Morrow, Ken (Kenneth) Tobey, Patricia Tate, Bob Faust, Jack Quinn, Bill Nestell. Hopalong Cassidy and his pals are in the middle of Indian warfare caused by archaeologists trying to locate a sacred burial ground treasure. Mystery elements highlight this later “Hopalong Cassidy” series offering.

951  Dangers of the Canadian Mounted  Republic, 1938. 12 Chapters. D: Fred C. Brannon and Yakima Canutt. SC: Franklyn Adreon, Basil Dickey, Sol Shor and Robert G. Walker. With Jim Bannon, Virginia Belmont, Anthony Warde, Dorothy Granger, Dale Van Sickel, Tom Steele, I. Stanford Jolley, Phil Warren, Lee Morgan, James Dale, Ted Adams, John Crawford, Jack Clifford, Eddie Parker, Frank O’Connor, Kenneth Terrell, Robert Wilke, Marshall Reed, House Peters, Jr., Holly Bane, Ted Mapes, Jack Kirk, Al Taylor, Harry Cording, Bud Wolfe, Roy Bucko, David Sharpe. Canadian Mounties are after a gang of crooks trying to locate a hidden Chinese treasure in the north country. Mediocre cliffhanger. TV feature title: R.C.M.P. and the Treasure of Genghis Khan (100 minutes).

952  Daniel Boone  RKO Radio, 1936. 77 min. D: David Howard. SC: Daniel Jarrett. With George O’Brien, Heather Angel, John Carradine, Ralph Forbes, Clarence Muse, George Regas, Dickie Jones, Huntley Gordon, Harry Cording, Aggie Herring, Crauford Kent, Keith Kenneth, Dick Curtis, John Merton, Chief Big Tree, James Lichter, Ed Peil, Sr., Tom Ricketts. Daniel Boone leads settlers across the Cumberland Mountains in 1775 to settle in Kentucky and encounters hostile Indians led by the evil Simon Girty. Fine historical drama with George O’Brien making an excellent Daniel Boone and John Carradine equally as good as the villainous Girty; well worth seeing.

953  Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider  20th Century–Fox, 1966. 91 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: D.D. Beauchamp and Jack Guss. With Fess Parker, Ed Ames, Patricia Blair, Armando Silvestre, Dallas (Dal) McKennon, Jacqueline Evans, Roy Jenson, Barbara Turner DeHubp, Charles Horvath, Robert (Bob) Terhune, Jack Williams, Chuck Roberson, Ted White, Felix Gonzalez. While leading settlers into Kentucky to start a new settlement, Daniel Boone falls in love with a pretty servant girl who is also wanted by a gambler. Okay feature made up of two segments of “Daniel Boone” (NBC-TV, 1964–70); a remake of Bend of the River (q.v.).

954  Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness  Sunset, 1926. 62 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With Roy Stewart, Kathleen Collins, Edward Hearn, Jay Morley, Bob Bradbury, Jr. (Bob Steele), Thomas Lingham, Frank Rice, James O’Neil, Emile Gertes. Daniel Boone leads settlers into the wilderness to establish a new settlement and meets opposition from Indians. Compact, nicely done feature from producer Anthony J. Xydias; also called With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness.

955  Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer  Republic, 1956. 76 min. Color D: Albert C. Gannaway and Ismael Rodriguez. SC: Tom Hubbard and Jack Patrick. With Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney, Faron Young, Damion O’Flynn, Ken Dibbs, Jacqueline Evans, Freddy Fernandez, Nancy Rodman, Fred Kohler, Jr., Lee Morgan. Daniel Boone leads settlers from North Carolina to build a fort at Boonesborough in Kentucky where they are attacked by Indians, renegade French and Tories. Partially filmed in Mexico, this historical drama is more than passable with Bruce Bennett making a stalwart Daniel Boone and Lon Chaney an excellent Chief Blackfish, although country singer Faron Young is miscast as scout Callaway.

956  Daredevils of the West  Republic, 1943. 12 Chapters. D: John English. SC: Ronald Davidson, Basil Dickey, Joseph O’Donnell, Joseph Poland and William Lively. With Allan Lane, Kay Aldridge, Eddie Acuff, William Haade, Robert Frazer, Ted Adams, George J. Lewis, Stanley Andrews, Jack Rockwell, Charles Miller, John Hamilton, Budd Buster, Kenneth Harlan, Kenne Duncan, Rex Lease, Chief Thundercloud, Eddie Parker, Ray Jones, Chief Many Treaties, Tom Steele, Jack O’Shea, George Magrill, Pierce Lyden, George Plues, Edmund Cobb, Al Taylor, Frank McCarroll, Tom London, George Pembroke, Ed Cassidy, Herbert Rawlinson, Tex Cooper, Charles Soldani, Crane Whitley, Augie Gomez. A cowboy assists a young woman whose stage line is being threatened by mysterious attacks. Exciting Republic cliffhanger.

The Daring Adventurer see The Cisco Kid Returns

957  The Daring Caballero  United Artists, 1950. 60 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Betty Burbridge. With Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo, Kippee Valez, Charles Halton, Pedro de Cordoba, Stephen Chase, Edmund Cobb, David Leonard, Frank Jaquet, Mickey Little. The Cisco Kid and his sidekick Pancho help a banker falsely convicted of robbery and murder. More than adequate “Cisco Kid” series programmer re-titled Guns of Fury for television.

958  Daring Danger  Columbia, 1932. 60 min. D: D. Ross Lederman. SC: Michael Trevelyan. With Tim McCoy, Alberta Vaughn, Wallace MacDonald, Robert Ellis, Ed LeSaint, Bobby Nelson, Max Davidson, Richard Alexander, Vernon Dent, Murdock MacQuarrie, Edmund Cobb, Art Mix, Bud Osborne, Artie Ortego, Jim Corey, Arthur Millett, Ben Corbett, Charles Brinley. A crook tries to starve an old man and his daughter off their ranch but a cowboy teams with a cattlemen’s agent to help them. While a bit on the slow side, this Tim McCoy effort entertains and has a good finale.

The Daring Rogue see The Gay Amigo

959  Dark Before Dawn  PSM Entertainment, 1988. 95 min. D: Robert Totten. SC: Reparatta Mazzola. With Sonny Gibson, Doug McClure, Ben Johnson, Reparatta Mazzola, Morgan Woodward, Billy Drago, Rance Howard, Buck Henry, Paul Newson, Jeffrey Osterhage, Red Steagall, John Martin. When they are about to lose their properties due to government corruption and crooked businessmen, farmers and Vietnam veterans team to protect what is theirs. Violence laced modern-day melodrama.

960  Dark Command  Republic, 1940. 94 min. D: Raoul Walsh. SC: Lionel Hosier and F. Hugh Herbert. With Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Porter Hall, Marjorie Main, Raymond Walburn, Joseph Sawyer, Helen MacKellar, J. Farrell MacDonald, Trevor Bardette, Harry Woods, Glenn Strange, Alan Bridge, Jack Rockwell, Ernie Adams, Edward Hearn, Edmund Cobb, Hal Taliaferro, Yakima Canutt, Ben Alexander, Tom London, Cliff Lyons, Al Haskell, Tex Cooper, Bob Woodward, Hank Bell, Tom Smith. During the Civil War, a Kansas school teacher becomes the leader of a notorious band of guerillas as he and a sheriff vie for the woman they both love. Thrilling Republic production that is probably the best screen version of Quantrill’s Raiders, although the character is called Will Cantrell in the film; worth viewing. Remade as Law of the Golden West (q.v.). A colorized version is available.

961  Dark Mountain  Paramount, 1944. 66 min. D: William Berke. SC: Maxwell Shane. With Robert Lowery, Ellen Drew, Regis Toomey, Eddie Quillan, Elisha Cook, Jr., Byron Foulger, Walter Baldwin, Ralph Dunn, Virginia Sale, Eddie Kane, Alex Callam, Rose Plummer, John Fisher, Angelo Desfis. A young woman marries a gangster instead of the forest ranger who truly loves her. Very well made and action filled Pine-Thomas production.

962  The Darkening Trail  Mutual, 1915. 62 min. D: William S. Hart. SC: C. Gardner Sullivan. With William S. Hart, Enid Markey, Louise Glaum, George Fisher, Nona Thomas, Milton Ross, Roy Laidlaw. In the Yukon a cad marries a young woman but soon loses interest in her but she is still loved by his chief rival. Interesting and very somber early William S. Hart silent film, directed by the star.

963  A Daughter of the Sioux  Davis Distributing, 1925. 55 min. D: Ben Wilson. SC: George W. Pyper. With Ben Wilson, Neva Gerber, Robert Walker, Fay Adams, William Lowery, Rhody Hathaway. A government surveyor suspects a young Indian girl is giving information about fortifications to renegade braves. Low budget silent effort from the popular team of Ben Wilson and Neva Gerber.

964  Daughter of the West  Film Classics, 1949. 77 min. Color. D: Harold Daniels. SC: Irving R. Franklyn and Raymond L. Schrock. With Martha Vickers, Philip Reed, Donald Woods, James J. Griffith, Tommy Cook, Pedro de Cordoba, William Farnum, Milton Kibbee, Marion Carney, Anthony Barr. A woman working on an Indian reservation attempts to help the Navajos when a corrupt agent tries to steal their copper lands. Low grade follow-up to Ramona (1936) (q.v.).

965  The Daughters of Joshua Cabe  ABC-TV, 1972. 74 min. Color. D: Philip Leacock. SC: Paul Savage. With Buddy Ebsen, Karen Valentine, Lesley Ann Warren, Sandra Dee, Don Stroud, Henry Jones, Jack Elam, Leif Erickson, Michael Anderson, Jr., Paul Koslo, Ron Soble. When a new homestead law requires a man to have children in order to keep his land, a veteran trapper hires three young women with tainted pasts to pretend to be his daughters. Fairly amusing telefilm. Sequel: The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (q.v.).

966  The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return  ABC-TV, 1975. 74 min. Color. D: David Lowell Rich. SC: Kathleen Hite. With Dan Dailey, Dub Taylor, Ronnie Troup, Christina Hart, Brooke Adams, Kathleen Freeman, Carl Betz, Arthur Hunnicutt, Terry Wilson, Robert Burton. One of the three women hired by an old trapper to pose as his daughter is kidnapped by her father, who holds her for ransom. Sequel to The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (q.v.), this TV movie amounts to little more than a poor time killer.

967  Davy Crockett and the River Pirates  Buena Vista, 1956. 81 min. Color. D: Norman Foster. SC: Tom Blackburn and Norman Foster. With Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York, Kenneth Tobey, Clem Bevans, Irvin Ashkenazy, Mort Mills, Paul Newlan, Frank Richards, Walter Catlett, Douglass Dumbrille, Mike Mazurki, William Bakewell, George J. Lewis, William Fawcett. In 1810 Davy Crockett and his sidekick George Russell agree to a flatboat race with Big Mike Fink, the self proclaimed “King of the (Ohio) River.” Enjoyable fiction follow-up to Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (q.v.), and like its predecessor was first shown on Walt Disney’s TV program (as a two part episode) before successful theatrical release; Duke York is grand as Big Mike Fink.

968  Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo  Sunset, 1926. 60 minutes. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Ben Allan Newman. With Cullen Landis, Kathryn McGuire, Edward Hearn, Bob Fleming, Joe Rickson, Jay Morley, Frank Rice, Bob Bradbury, Jr. (Bob Steele), Ralph McCullough, Fletcher Norton, Anne Berryman, Thomas Lingham, Betty Brown, Steve Clemente. Texans led by Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and Colonel Travis make an heroic stand against the tyrant Santa Ana and his army at the Alamo. Somewhat creaky silent version of the 1836 massacre from producer Anthony J. Xydias, who used the well staged climactic battle scenes in his Heroes of the Alamo (q.v.) a decade later; only a 34-minute version of the movie survives.

969  Davy Crockett, Indian Scout  United Artists, 1950. 71 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Richard Shayer. With George Montgomery, Ellen Drew, Philip Reed, Noah Beery, Jr., Paul Wilkerson, John Hamilton, Chief Thundercloud, Kenne Duncan, Ray Teal, Jimmy Moss, Vera Marshe. Davy Crockett’s nephew leads a wagon train that is attacked by Indians with the chief’s daughter working as a spy. Tepid pseudo-historical drama with good work by George Montgomery in the title role. TV title: Indian Scout.

970  Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier  Buena Vista, 1955. 93 min. Color. D: Norman Foster. SC: Tom Blackburn. With Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Basil Ruysdael, Hans Conreid, William Bakewell, Kenneth Tobey, Pat Hogan, Helene Stanley, Nick Cravat, Don Megowan, Mike Mazurki, Jeff Thompson, Henry Joyner, Benjamin Hornbuckle, Hal Youngblood, Jim Maddux, Robert Booth, Eugene Brindel, Ray Whitetree, Campbell Brown. The story of frontiersman Davy Crockett, from his days as an Indian fighter with Andrew Jackson, through serving in Congress and his heroic stand at the Alamo. Although historically glossy, this feature made up of three segments of Walt Disney’s TV series, is dandy entertainment and was the cause of the 1950s’ Davy Crockett phenomena. Sequel: Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (q.v.).

971  Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder  NBC-TV, 1988. 94 min. Color. D: David Hemmings. SC: William Blinn. With Tim Dunigan, Johnny Cash, Cheryl L. Arutt, Samantha Eggar, David Hemmings, Matt Salinger, Gary Grubbs, Richard Tyson, Jill Gamley, Brenda Grichlow, Jeff Irvine, Blu Mankuma, Fred Perry, Matt Walker. Davy Crockett and Andrew Jackson relive their part in putting down an Indian uprising a quarter of a century earlier. Pleasant historical fiction, originally an episode of “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color.”

972  Dawn at Socorro  Universal-International, 1954. 80 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: George Zuckerman. With Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, David Brian, Kathleen Hughes, Alex Nicol, Edgar Buchanan, Mara Corday, Skip Homeier, Roy Roberts, James Millican, Lee Van Cleef, Stanley Andrews, Richard Garland, Paul Brinegar, Philo McCullough, Forrest Taylor, Tristram Coffin, Terry Frost, Dick Curtis, Ray Bennett, William Fawcett. A reformed gunman, waiting in a small town for a train, is forced into one last gunfight. Predictable but entertaining.

973  Dawn on the Great Divide  Monogram, 1942. 70 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Jess Bowers (Adele Buffington). With Buck Jones, Raymond Hatton, Mona Barrie, Rex Bell, Robert Lowery, Harry Woods, Maude Eburne, Christine McIntyre, Betty Blythe, Robert Frazer, Tristram Coffin, Jan Wiley, Roy Barcroft, Dennis Moore, Steve Clark, Reed Howes, Bud Osborne, I. Stanford Jolley, Artie Ortego, George Morrell, Milburn Morante, Ray Jones, Lee Shumway, Warren Jackson, Ben Corbett, Spade Cooley, Al Haskell, Art Mix, Jack Daly, Horace B. Carpenter, George Sowards, Kansas Moehring, Rube Dalroy, Herman Hack, Merrill McCormick, Chief Yowlachie, Iron Eyes Cody, Charles Soldani, Denver Dixon. Three buddies lead a wagon train with munitions for the railroad but two brothers plan to hijack the explosives and hire an outlaw gang to dress as Indians in order to put the blame on a local tribe. Buck Jones’ final film is short on action but has good production values, an interesting plot and a very fine cast. Based on the James Oliver Curwood story “Wheels of Fate.”

974  The Dawn Rider  Monogram, 1935. 51 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With John Wayne, Marion Burns, Reed Howes, Denny Meadows (Dennis Moore), Joe DeGrasse, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire, Nelson McDowell, Bert Dillard, Jack Jones, James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey), Herman Hack, Jack Evans, Chuck Baldra, Fred Parker, Tex Palmer, George Morrell, Tex Phelps, Archie Ricks, Bob Morrison. A cowboy tries to capture the robber who murdered his father and becomes involved with the man’s pretty sister, who is also loved by his pal. Better than average John Wayne-Lone Star vehicle, next to the last in the series before Republic took over the Paul Malvern production releases. Remade as Western Trails (q.v.) and colorized as Cold Vengeance.

975  The Dawn Trail  Columbia, 1930. 66 min. D: Christy Cabanne. SC: John T. Neville. With Buck Jones, Miriam Seegar, Charles Morton, Charles King, Hank Mann, Erville Alderson, Ed LeSaint, Inez Gomez, Vester Pegg, Slim Whitaker, Bob Burns, Buck Connors, Art Mix, Bob Fleming, Jack Curtis, Bill Patton, William McCall, Charles West, Jack King, Charles Brinley, Jack Low, Violet Axzelle, Roy Bucko. In an area plagued by a cattlemen-sheep herders war, a sheriff must hold his girl’s brother for murder. Excellent Buck Jones early talkie, remade as Texas Stampede (q.v.).

976  Day of Anger  National General, 1969. 109 min. Color. D: Tonino Valerii. SC: Ernesto Gastaldi, Tonino Valerii and Renzo Genta. With Lee Van Cleef, Giuliano Gemma, Walter Rilla, Christa Linder, Piero Lulli, Ennio Balboa, Lukas Ammann, Andrea Bosic, Pepe Calvo, Giorgio Gargiullo, Anna Orso, Benito Stefanelli, Yvonne Sanson. A gunslinger befriends a young man and the two take over a town to get money owed to the gunman but eventually his partner comes to dislike his mentor’s ways. Not one of Lee Van Cleef’s better efforts but it has enough action and violence to please his fans. Issued in Italy in 1967 by Sancrosiap/Corona/ KG Divina Films as I Giorni dell’Ira (The Days of Wrath). Some video prints run 78 minutes.

977  A Day of Fury  Universal-International, 1956. 78 min. Color. D: Harmon Jones. SC: James Edmiston and Oscar Brodney. With Dale Robertson, Jock Mahoney, Mara Corday, Carl Benton Reid, Jan Merlin, John Dehner, Dayton Lummis, Sheila Bromley, Terry Frost, Howard Wendell, Henry Wills, James Bell, Dani Crayne, Charles Cane, Phil Chambers. Seeing the decline of lawlessness in the Old West, a young rebel tries to terrorize a small town. A bit different plot adds some interest to this oater.

978  Day of the Animals  Film Ventures International, 1977. 95 min. Color. D: William Girdler. SC: William Norton. With Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George, Richard Jaeckel, Michael Ansara, Ruth Roman, Andrew Stevens, Gil Lamb, Jon Cedar, Paul Mantee. A group of hikers are attacked by animals in the wilderness after the beasts have gone mad from damage done to the Earth’s ozone layer. Fairly competent Western-sci-fi venture with a pleasingly adept score by Lao Shifrin. Also called Something Is Out There.

979  Day of the Bad Man  Universal-International, 1958. 82 min. Color. D: Harry Kellar. SC: Lawrence Roman. With Fred MacMurray, Joan Weldon, John Ericson, Robert Middleton, Marie Windsor, Edgar Buchanan, Skip Homeier, Eduard Franz, Peggy Converse, Robert Foulk, Ann Doran, Lee Van Cleef, Eddy Waller, Christopher Dark, Don Haggerty, Chris Alcaide, Kenneth MacDonald, William Henry, I. Stanford Jolley, Tom London, Steve Darrell, Ralph Littlefield, Jess Kirkpatrick, Hank Patterson, Harry Tyler, Frank O’Connor, Chuck Hamilton, Eddie Parker, Paul Petersen. A circuit judge sentences an outlaw to be hanged but in order to carry out the verdict he must hold off the man’s brothers, who plan to rescue him. Passable programmer.

980  Day of the Evil Gun  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968. 93 min. Color. D: Jerry Thorpe. SC: Charles Marquis Warren and Eric Bercovici. With Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Pilar Pellicer, John Anderson, Paul Fix, Nico Minardos, (Harry) Dean Stanton, Parley Baer, Barbara Babcock, James J. Griffith, Royal Dano, Ross Elliott, Peter Mark Richman, Lee J. Cobb, Olan Soule, Jose Chavez, Jaime Fernandez, Peter Ford, Jane Geffrey, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos. Two enemies join forces to rescue the wife and children of one of them after they were abducted by Indians. Fairly exciting and entertaining outing.

981  Day of the Outlaw  United Artists, 1959. 91 min. D: Andre De Toth. SC: Philip Yordan. With Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise, Alan Marshal, Nehemiah Persoff, David Nelson, Venetia Stevenson, Donald Elson, Helen Westcott, Robert Cornthwaite, Jack Lambert, Lance Fuller, Frank De Kova, Paul Wexler, William Schallert, Arthur Space, Betsy Jones Moreland, Elisha Cook (Jr.), George Ross, Dabbs Greer. An outlaw gang on the run after a robbery, with their injured leader, rides into a small town and is detained there by a blizzard and opposed by a strong willed cattleman. Better than average melodrama; well done with nice winter location filming.

982  The Day of the Wolves  Gold Key, 1973. 91 min. Color. D-SC: Ferd(e) Grofe, Jr. With Richard Egan, Martha Hyer, Rick Jason, Jan Murray, Frankie Randall, Andre Marquis, Henry Capps, Smokey Roberds, Zaldy Zshomak, John Lupton. Sean McClory, Jack Bailey, Biff Elliott, Percy Helton, Herb Vigran, John Dennis, John Gunn, Danny Rees, Len Travis, Steve Manone, Ben Summers, Doc Richards, Elizabeth Thomas. Seven criminals plan to loot the Western town of Wellterton but a recently fired sheriff stands up to the invaders. Modern-day drama with a fairly good plot, a fine performance by Richard Egan as the lawman but sparse production values.

Day of Vengeance see Long Days of Vengeance

983  Days of Adventure, Dreams of Gold  William Bronson, 1975. 60 min. Color. D: William Bronson and Denver Sutton. With Hal Holbrook (narrator). Documentary on the last gold rush in the Yukon Territory in 1897. History buffs will like this one.

984  Days of Buffalo Bill  Republic, 1946. 56 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: William Lively and Doris Schroeder. With Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Tom London, James Craven, Rex Lease, Edmund Cobb, Eddie Parker, Michael Sloan, Jay Kirby, George Chesebro, Ed Cassidy, Tex Cooper, Kit Guard, Tommy Coats, Pascale Perry, Roy Bucko. A cowpoke and his buddy are framed for murder and escape a posse to prove their innocence. Buffalo Bill Cody is nowhere to be seen, but fans of Sunset Carson will like it anyway.

Days of ’40 see California in ’49

985  Days of Heaven  Paramount, 1978. 95 min. Color. D-SC: Terrence Malick. With Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Sheppard, Linda Manz, Robert Wilke, Jackie Shultis, Stuart Margolin, Tim Scott, Gene Bell, Doug Kershaw, Richard Libertini, Frenchie Lemond, Sahbra Markus, Bob Wilson, Murile Joliffe, John Wilkinson, King Cole. In rural Texas farm workers strive to bring in a harvest while being at odds with their rancher boss as two of them love the same woman. Beautifully photographed drama set in the pre–World War I period, filmed in Canada.

986  Days of Jesse James  Republic, 1939. 63 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Jack Natteford. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Pauline Moore, Donald Barry, Harry Woods, Arthur Loft, Wade Boteler, Ethel Wales, Scotty Beckett, Harry Worth, Glenn Strange, Olin Howlin, Monte Blue, Jack Rockwell, Fred Burns, Bud Osborne, Jack Ingram, Carl Sepulveda, Lynton Brent, Pasquel Perry, Eddie Acuff, Horace B. Carpenter. A railroad detective after Jesse James runs afoul of an opportunistic sheriff and a crooked banker who commit a series of robberies and placed the blame on the famous outlaw. Excellent Roy Rogers feature with Don Barry stealing the show as Jesse James.

987  Days of Old Cheyenne  Republic, 1943. 55 min. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Don “Red” Barry, Lynn Merrick, Herbert Rawlinson, William Haade, Emmett Lynn, Robert Kortman, William Ruhl, Nolan Leary, Kenne Duncan, Eddie Parker, Bob Reeves, Art Dillard. A cowboy helps citizens in fighting a corrupt political leader in the Wyoming Territory. Typically action filled Don Barry vehicle.

988  Dead Aim  Producciones Jaguar, 1975. 97 min. Color. D: Jose Antonio Balanos. SC: Jose Antonio Balanos and Pedro F. Mirt. With Glen Lee, Venetia Vianello, James Westerfield, Virgil Frye, Evaristo Marquez, Granville van Deusen, Barbara Angely, Carlos East, George (Jorge) Russek, Tony Monaco, Billy Joe Roucke, Eduardo Bonada. After being saved from a rattle snake bite by a mortician, a gun loving youth becomes his savior’s bodyguard and later runs afoul of a man over his wife. Confusing Italian-Mexican co-production lensed in Mexico. Also called Lucky Johnny.

989  The Dead and the Damned  Inception Media Group, 2010. 82 min. Color. D-SC: Rene Perez. With David A. Lockhart, Camille Montgomery, Rick Mora, Robert Amstler, Pat McIntire, Randall Marshall Dillon, Autumn J.D. Harrison, Heather Montanez, Mandy Pauline, Nathan J. Yeisley, Colin Hussey, Harry Bruce, Lauren C. Kelly, George Anderson. During the 1849 California gold rush a meteor crashes near a mining settlement releasing spoors that turn the locals into zombies. Poor horror Western released in Great Britain as Cowboys and Zombies.

Dead Are Countless see Garringo

990  The Dead Don’t Dream  United Artists, 1948. 62 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Francis Rosenwald. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, John Parrish, Leonard Penn, Mary Tucker, Francis McDonald, Richard Alexander, Bob Gabriel, Stanley Andrews, Forbes Murray, Don Haggerty. Hoppy, California and Lucky visit a remote ranch where several of the owner’s relatives have been murdered. Good atmospheric mystery angle makes this one of the better later “Hopalong Cassidy” films.

991  Dead for a Dollar  Denwer Films, 1968. 106 min. Color. D: Osvaldo Civirani. SC: Tito Carpi, Osvaldo Civirani and Luciano Gregoretti. With George Hilton, Sandra Milo, John Ireland, Gordon Mitchell, Don Palmer (Mimmo Palmara), Andrew Scott (Andrea Scotti), Piero Vida, Franco Ressel, Monica Pardo, Franco Guia, Carla Brait, Rossella Bergamonti, Renato Chiantoni, Giovanni Scratuglia, Enzo Andronico, Roberto Messina, Mario De Vico. Three men vie for stolen money they lost to a now deceased crook. Spanish made Western that is overlong without much action; filmed as T’ammazzo!...Raccoomandati a Dio (She Tortured You...Sent to God) and also called Trusting Is Good...Shooting Is Better.

992  Dead Man  Miramex Films, 1995. 121 min. Color. D-SC: Jim Jarmusch. With Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott, Eugene Byrd, John Hurt, Robert Mitchum, Iggy Pop, Gabriel Byrne, Jared Harris, Miili Avital, Jimmie Ray Weeks, Mark Bringelson, John North, Peter Schrum, Mike Dawsonk Billy Bob Thornton, Michelle Thrush, Gibby Haines, Richard Boes, George Duckworth, Thomas Bettles, Alfred Molina, Daniel Chas Stacy, Todd Pfeiffer, Leonard Bowechop, Cecil Cheeka, Michael McCarthy. An accountant goes West, is mistaken for a killer, pursued by bounty hunters and after being wounded is helped by an Indian who thinks he is the reincarnation of poet William Blake, his namesake. Strange combination of the Western and fantasy genres with probably unintended humor.

993  Dead Man’s Bounty  Barnholtz Entertainment, 2006. 94 min. Color. D-SC: Piotr Uklanski. With Boquslaw Linda, Karel Roden, Katarzyna Figura, Val Kilmer, Marek Barbasiewicz, Anna Baniwoska, Romuald Andrzej Klos, Rafal Mohr. A man from another country arrives in a small Western town with a wanted outlaw. Disappointing R-rated production filmed in Poland.

994  Dead Man’s Gold  Screen Guild, 1948. 60 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Moree Herring and Gloria Welsch. With Lash LaRue, Al St. John, Peggy Stewart, John Cason, Terry Frost, Lane Bradford, Pierce Lyden, Steve Keys, Cliff Taylor, Britt Wood, Marshall Reed, Bob Woodward. Two men ride into Gold Valley to help a buddy, run into outlaws and learn their friend has been murdered. Fans of Lash LaRue and Al St. John will enjoy this fun film.

995  Dead Man’s Gulch  Republic, 1943. 56 min. D: John English. SC: Norman S. Hall and Robert Williams. With Don “Red” Barry, Lynn Merrick, Rex Lease, Emmett Lynn, Clancy Cooper, Bud McTaggart, Jack Rockwell, Pierce Lyden, Lee Shumway, Robert Frazer, Robert Fiske. A one-time Pony Express rider learns he is being used by crooks to cheat ranchers on freight rates. Another good entry in Don Barry’s Republic series.

996  Dead Man’s Revenge  Universal, 1994. 100 min. Color. D: Alan J. Levi. SC: Jim Byrnes and David Chisholm. With Bruce Dern, Michael Ironside, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Keith Coulouris, Daphne Ashbrook, Tobin Bell, John M. Jackson, Melora Walters, Jack Rader, Doug McClure, Randy Travis, Ping Wu, Robert Cornthwaite, Eric Boles, Larry Cedar, David Dunard, Robert Mason Ward, William Newman, Ritch Brinkley, Jeffrey Roth, Bradley Pierce, Luis Contreras, Heath Kizzier, Mark Nearing, Kenny Call, Anthony Reynolds, Steve Kelso, Aliza Washabaugh, Ken Parham. Framed for a crime he did not commit by a railroad tycoon who wanted his land, a homesteader breaks out of jail and a bounty hunter is hired to bring him back. Fair Western made for television.

997  Dead Man’s Trail  Monogram, 1952. 59 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Joseph Poland. With Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison, Barbara Allen, I. Stanford Jolley, Terry Frost, Lane Bradford, Gregg Barton, Richard Avonde, Dale Van Sickel, Stanley Price, John Hart. The brother of an outlaw, who has been murdered by his own gang, helps a sheriff in tracking down the bad men and recovering stolen money. Okay Johnny Mack Brown outing and his last film with James Ellison.

998  Dead Man’s Walk  ABC-TV, 1996. 272 min. Color. D: Yves Simoneau. SC: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. With David Arquette, Jonny Lee Miller, F. Murray Abraham, Brian Dennehy, Keith Carradine, Harry Dean Stanton, Patricia Childress, Edward James Olmos, Eric Schweig, Jennifer Garner, Ray McKinnon, Tim Blake Nelson, Alastair Duncan, Brad Greenquist, Kieran Mulroney, Jared Rushton, Joaquim de Almeida, Haviland Morris, Akosua Busia, Rodger Boyce, Ed Cantrell, Rutherford Cravens, Matt Davison, Eulra Doonkeen, Grant James, Jonathan Joss, Steve Larson, Gretchen Mol, Bert Roberts, Marc Miles, Adam Lamberg, Chris Penn, Manuel Calderon, Toby Metcalf, Robert Norsworthy, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Marvin “Skeeter” Roubison, Victor Aaron, Hugo Urrutia, Julius Tennon, Booth Southerland. Two young westerners fight to survive on the Texas frontier. Entertaining pre-sequel to Lonesome Dove (q.v.), followed by Comanche Moon (q.v.).

 999  Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows  A.B. Films, 1970. 98 min. Color. D: Miles Deem (Demofilo Fidani). SC: Francesco Munich and Demofilo Fidani. With Hunt Powers, Chet Davis, Gordon Mitchell, Dennis Colt, Simone Blondell, Ettore Manni, Pietro Fumelli, Custer Gail, Dean Reese, Arizona Masochist (Joe D’Amato). A bounty hunter who is being stalked shows up in a small town to take out the ruthless mine owner who controls the area. Hazy, slow moving Italian Western photographed by Joe D’Amato; made as Inginocchiati Straniero...I Cadaveri non Fanno Ombra! and also called Stranger That Kneels Beside the Shadow of a Corpse.

1000  Dead Noon  Barnholtz Entertainment, 2007. 85 min. Color. D: Andrew Wiest. SC: Andrew Wiest, Matthew Taggart and Keith Suta. With Kane Hodder, Robert Milo Andrus, Robert Baer, Jen Kelsey, Nick Martin, Tye Nelson, James Teague, Scott Phillips, Nick Quintilliani, Charles Stoll, Jordan Jansen-Mecca, Ed Bosco, Andrew Wiest, Elizabeth Mouton, Kelsey McCann, M.J. Somer. An outlaw comes back from the dead to take revenge on a town and he enlists the forces of Hell to aid him. Cheap, terrible, video horror Western.

1001  Dead or Alive  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1944. 56 min. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: Harry Fraser. With Tex Ritter, Dave O’Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Marjorie Clements, Charles King, Rebel Randall, Ray Bennett, Reed Howes, Bud Osborne, Henry Hall, Ted Mapes, Frank Ellis, Ed Cassidy, Jimmy Aubrey, Wen Wright, Ray Henderson. Three lawmen, using various guises, come to the aid of a judge when an outlaw gang tries to take a young woman’s ranch. Lots of action in this “Texas Rangers” entry but crudely made with cheap sets and a mundane plot. Among the songs sung by Tex Ritter are “I’m Gonna Leave You Like I Found You” and “Don’t Care Since You Said Goodbye.” British title: Wanted by the Law.

1002  Deadline  Columbia, 1931. 60 min. D-SC: Lambert Hillyer. With Buck Jones, Loretta Sayers, Robert Ellis, Raymond Nye, Ed Brady, Knute Erickson, George Ernest, Harry Todd, Jack Curtis, James Farley, Robert Kortman, Ed LeSaint. A quick tempered cowboy is paroled from jail but soon finds himself in trouble with outlaws. Exceedingly fine Buck Jones vehicle thanks to a literate script and good production values.

1003  Deadline  Astor, 1948. 57 min. D: Oliver Drake. SC: O.C. (Oliver) Drake. With Sunset Carson, Pat Starling, Al Terry, Pat Gleason, Lee Roberts, Steven Keyes, Frank Ellis, Forrest Matthews, Robert Curtis, Philip Arnold, Jose Hisar, Don Grey, Buck Monroe, Al Wyatt. While making his final run before the use of the telegraph, a Pony Express rider uncovers a plot by a rancher to force a company out of business and steal its land for his own profit. Low grade and very boring Sunset Carson film.

1004  Deadlock  Cinerama, 1970. 94 min. Color. D-SC: Roland Klick. With Mario Adorf, Anthony Dawson, Marquard Bohm, Mascha Elm-Rabben, Sigurd Fitzek, Betty Segal. After pulling off a robbery, two bandits meet in a deserted mining town to divide their loot but a vagabond tries to steal it from them. Interesting West German modern drama filmed in Israel.

1005  The Deadly Companions  Pathé-America, 1961. 90 min. Color. D: Sam Peckinpaugh. SC: A.S. Fleischman. With Maureen O’Hara, Steve Cochran, Brian Keith, Chill Wills, Strother Martin, Will Wright, John Hamilton, Jim O’Hara. When a former soldier accidentally shoots a boy he agrees to lead the lad’s funeral procession across the desert in Apache Territory so his mother can prove her son’s legitimacy. Austere melodrama; slow moving but not without interest.

1006  Deadly Reactor  Action International, 1989. 88 min. Color. D-SC: David Heavener. With Stuart Whitman, David Heavener, Darwyn Swalve, Allyson Davis, Kimberly Cassey, Arvid Holmberg, Barbara Kerek, Ingrid Vold. A gunman-preacher becomes a sheriff and does battle with a biker gang. Cheap, violent futuristic sci-fi Western.

Deadly Shooter see The Shooter

1007  The Deadly Trackers  Warner Bros., 1973. 104 min. Color. D: Barry Shear. SC: Lukas Heller. With Rod Taylor, Richard Harris, Al Lettieri, Neville Brand, William Smith, Paul Benjamin, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Kelly Jean Peters, Sean Marshall, Red Morgan, William Bryant. After outlaws pull off a robbery, murdering a banker’s wife and son, a peaceful man sets out on a quest of avenging the crimes. Despite a good plot, this Western is a misfire and will not likely please genre fans. Also called Killbrand and Riata.

1008  Deadwood Dick  Columbia, 1940. 15 Chapters. D: James W. Horne. SC: Wyndham Gittens, Morgan B. Cox, George Morgan and John Cutting. With Don Douglas, Lorna Gray (Adrian Booth), Harry Harvey, Marin Sais, Lane Chandler, Jack Ingram, Charles King, Ed Cassidy, Robert Fiske, Lee Shumway, Edmund Cobb, Ed Peil, Sr., Edward Hearn, Karl Hackett, Roy Barcroft, Bud Osborne, Joe Girard, Tom London, Kenne Duncan, Yakima Canutt, Fred Kelsey, Edward Cecil, Kit Guard, Al Ferguson, Franklyn Farnum, Jim Corey, Eddie Featherston, Charles Hamilton, Constantine Romanoff. Deadwood Dick, a mysterious figure of the plains, tries to thwart the nefarious activities of “The Skull” and his gang which has been terrorizing the citizens of South Dakota. Quick paced affair that will please serial lovers.

Top: Sean Marshall (left) and Richard Harris in The Deadly Trackers (Warner Bros., 1973). Bottom: Poster for Deadwood Dick (Columbia, 1940).

1009  Deadwood Pass  Monarch/Freuler, 1933. 61 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: John Wesley Patterson. With Tom Tyler, Wally Wales, Alice Dahl, Lafe McKee, Edmund Cobb, Slim Whitaker, Merrill McCormick, Carlotta Monti, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Duke Lee, Blackie Whiteford, Bill Nestell, Bud Osborne, J.P. McGowan, Ben Corbett, Jack Kirk, Bud McClure, Chuck Baldra. A government agent poses as the notorious outlaw “The Hawk” so he can find out where his gang hid stolen loot. Fast moving and action filled Tom Tyler film; one of his better sound outings.

Poster for Deadwood Pass (Monarch/Freuler, 1933).

1010  Deadwood ’76  Fairway-International, 1965. 94 min. Color. D: James Landis. SC: Arch Hall, Jr. and William Watters (Arch Hall). With Arch Hall, Jr., Melissa Morgan, Jack Lester, William Watters (Arch Hall), Robert Dix, Rex Marlow, John Bryant, Barbara Moore, Red Morgan, John Cardos, Little Jack Little, Ray Vegas, Harold Bizzy. Heading to the Dakotas to take part in a gold rush, an ex-soldier is mistaken for Billy the Kid. Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Sam Bass and Chief Crazy Horse are just a few of the historical characters who show up in this inane production that has to be seen to be believed.

1011  Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973. 91 min. Color. D: Paolo Cavara. SC: Harry Essex and Oscar Saul. With Anthony Quinn, Franco Nero, Pamela Tiffin, Ira Furstenberg, Franco Graziosi, Renato Romano, Adolfo Lastretti, Tom Felleghy. Two pals try to stop a would be dictator from taking over the newly formed Republic of Texas in 1836. Mediocre Italian Western with good interplay between the title characters portrayed by Anthony Quinn and Franco Nero.

1012  Dean Teaster’s Ghost Town  Barnholtz Entertainment, 2007. 115 min. Color. D: Dean West (Dean Teaster) and Jeff Kennedy. SC: D.J. Perry and Dean West (Dean Teaster). With Herbert “Cowboy” Coward, Bill McKinney, D.J. Perry, Princess Lucai, Rance Howard, Renee O’Connor, Tony Becker, Stella Parton, Terence Knox, Sammy Kershaw, Charles Edwin Powell, Terry Jerrigan, Charles Matthau, Dean West (Dean Teaster), Anthony Hornus, Robert Bradley, Russ Stine, Jordan Engle, Bill Steele, Paul Projos, Fred Griffith, Greg Mason, Tommy Dippel, Tom Chaudoin, Austin Two Feathers, Mark Jones, Patrick Walker, John McElrath, Bill Whitworth, Mary Beth Hampton, Harry Valentine, Tammy Stephens Teaster, Phoebe Bond, Ralphene Rathbone, Bobby Teaster, Ed Mantell. Western filmed in North Carolina and centered around the Teaster family’s theme park with staged gunfights. Of local interest only; also called Ghost Town: The Movie.

1013  Death Goes North  Warwick Films, 1939. 56 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Edward R. Austin. With Rin Tin Tin, Jr., Edgar Edwards, Sheila Bromley, Dorothy Bradshaw, Jameson Thomas, Walter Byron, Arthur Kerr, James McGrath, Vivian Combe, Reginald Hincks. A Mountie and his dog attempt to bring in the killer of lumberman in the north woods. Well made and pleasing Canadian made programmer issued in that country by Columbia in 1938.

1014  Death Hunt  20th Century–Fox, 1981. 97 min. Color. D: Peter Hunt. SC: Michael Craig and Mark Victor. With Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Andrew Stevens, Carl Weathers, Ed Lauter, Angie Dickinson, Scott Hylands, Henry Beckman, William Sanderson, Jon Cedar, James McConnell, Len Lesser, Dick Davalos, Maury Chaykin, James McIntire, Rayford Barnes, August Schellenberg, Dennis Wallace, Maurice Kowalski, Sean McCann, Steve O.Z. Finkel, Denis Lacroix, Tantoo Martin, Amy Marie George. In the Yukon in 1931 a reclusive trapper, forced to commit murder, is tracked over the frozen wastes by a resolute Mounted Policeman and a vicious posse. Nice pictorial fact based film, similar to Challenge to Be Free (q.v.); colorful and entertaining.

1015  Death of a Gunfighter  Universal, 1969. 100 min. Color. D: Allen Smithee (Robert Totten and Don Siegel). SC: Joseph Calvelli. With Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O’Connor, John Saxon, Kent Smith, David Opatoshu, Jacqueline Scott, Morgan Woodward, Larry Gates, Dub Taylor, Victor French, Michael McGreevey, Darleen Carr, Mercer Harris, James O’Hara, Harry Carey, Jr., Jimmy Lydon, Kathleen Freeman, Royal Dano, Walter Sande, Robert Sorrells, Amy Thomson, Charles Kuenstle, Sara Taft. An old time marshal tries to prevent the citizens of his town from taking away his job. Fairly interesting production made for TV but given theatrical release.

1016  Death Rides a Horse  United Artists, 1969. 114 min. Color. D: Guilio Petroni. SC: Luciano Vincenzoni. With Lee Van Cleef, John Philip Law, Luigi Pistilli, Anthony Dawson, Jose Torres, Mario Brega, Carla Cassola, Archie Savage, William Bogart, Bruno Corazzaari. Fifteen years after the brutal murder of his parents, a young man tries to find the killers and joins forces with an ex-convict who may know their whereabouts. Over long, but action filled, Italian Western; mainly for Lee Van Cleef fans. Issued in its homeland in 1967 by P.E.C. as Da Uomo a Uomo (As Man to Man).

Poster for Death Rides a Horse (United Artists, 1969).

1017  Death Rides the Plains  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1943. 56 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Robert Livingston, Al St. John, Nica Doret, Ray Bennett, I. Stanford Jolley, George Chesebro, John Elliott, Kermit Maynard, Slim Whitaker, Karl Hackett, Frank Ellis, Ted Mapes, Jimmy Aubrey, Dan White, Curley Dresden, Wally West, Kansas Moehring, Hank Bell, Lane Bradford, Milburn Morante, Oscar Gahan, Tex Cooper, Art Dillard, George Morrell, Tex Palmer, Jack Evans, Art Fowler, Rube Dalroy, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko, Jack Tornek, Lew Morphy. A rancher offers to sell his land and then kills the buyers for their money with the Lone Rider stumbling onto the scheme and trying to stop him. Good entry in PRC’s “Lone Rider” series.

1018  Death Rides the Range  Colony, 1940. 58 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: William Lively. With Ken Maynard, Fay McKenzie, Ralph Peters, Julian Rivero, Charles King, John Elliott, William Costello, Sven Hugo Borg, Michael Vallon, Richard Alexander, Bud Osborne, Murdock MacQuarrie, Wally West. A cowboy and his pal find themselves at odds with foreign agents after a helium gas deposit. An interesting story and plenty of action make this later Ken Maynard vehicle a must-see for his fans.

1019  Death Sentence  B.L. Vision, 1967. 90 min. Color. D-SC: Mario Lanfranchi. With Richard Conte, Robin Clarke, Adolfo Celi, Tomas Milian, Enrico Maria Salerno, Lilli Lembo. A gunman is out for revenge on the gang who killed his brother in a robbery some years before. Typically violent Spaghetti Western helped by good acting by Richard Conte and Adolfo Celi; made in Italy as Sentenza di Morte (Sentence of Death).

1020  Death Valley  Screen Guild, 1946. 70 min. Color. D: Lew Landers. SC: Doris Schroeder. With Nat Pendleton, Helen Gilbert, Robert Lowery, Sterling Holloway, Barbara Reed, Russell Simpson, Paul Hurst, Dick Scott, Stan(ley) Price, Bob Benton. A man buys a fake claim map in Death Valley and there the lure of gold drives him mad. Well done adventure melodrama with the added attraction of location filming in Cinecolor.

1021  Death Valley  Universal, 1982. 87 min. Color. D: Dick Richards. SC: Richard Rothstein. With Paul Le Mat, Catherine Hicks, Stephen McHattie, A. Wilford Brimley, Peter Billingsley, Edward Herrmann, Jack O’Leary. A woman, her young son and boyfriend travel through the desert on a vacation and run into a murderous psychopath. Modern-day Western is only fairly suspenseful but genre fans will like seeing a good display of Ken Maynard film clips.

1022  Death Valley Gunfighter  Republic, 1949. 60 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Bob Williams. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Gail Davis, Eddy Waller, Jim Nolan, William Henry, Harry Harvey, Mauritz Hugo, George Chesebro, Forrest Taylor, Lane Bradford. While looking into a payroll robbery, a peace officer is attacked by outlaws. Typically good Allan Lane “Famous Westerns” series entry.

1023  Death Valley Manhunt  Republic, 1943. 55 min. D: John English. SC: Norman S. Hall and Anthony Coldeway. With Wild Bill Elliott, George “Gabby” Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, Weldon Heyburn, Herbert Heyes, Davison Clark, Pierce Lyden, Jack Kirk, Bud Geary, Marshall Reed, Charles Murray, Jr., Edward Keane, Curley Dresden, Eddie Phillips, Al Taylor, Jesse Graves, Charles Sullivan, Walter McGrail, Neal Hart, Franklyn Farnum, Frank Ellis, Art Dillard, Kansas Moehring, Silver Harr. Brought out of retirement by an oil company to look into in the sabotage of their wells in Death Valley, Wild Bill Elliott tries to track down the responsible party. Highly competent “Wild Bill Elliott” series vehicle with lots of action and a good script.

1024  Death Valley Outlaws  Republic, 1941. 54 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Don Ryan and Jack Lait, Jr. With Don “Red” Barry, Lynn Merrick, Rex Lease, Bob McKenzie, Milburn Stone, Karl Hackett, Jack Kirk, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Robert Kortman, Curley Dresden, John Cason, Griff Barnett, Lee Shumway, Reed Howes, George J. Lewis, Harry Strang, Michael Owen, Wally West, Tex Palmer, Sam Lufkin. Wanting to find his missing brother, a cowboy gets involved with a lawless gang. Nice going for Don Barry in one of his earlier starring efforts.