1025  Death Valley Rangers  Monogram, 1943. 59 min. D: Robert Tansey. SC: Elizabeth Beecher. With Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Linda Brent, Weldon Heyburn, Bryant Washburn, Glenn Strange, Forrest Taylor, Karl Hackett, Charles King, George Chesebro, John Bridges, Al Ferguson, Steve Clark, Wally West, Lee Roberts, Frank Ellis. The Trail Blazer try to help a town fight gold shipment robbers by having Bob masquerade as an outlaw and infiltrate the gang. Fine “Trail Blazers” affair that moves very quickly with the three heroes in good form.

Deathworks see Captain Apache

1026  Decision at Sundown  Columbia, 1957. 95 min. Color. D: Budd Boetticher. SC: Charles Lang, Jr. With Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele, Valerie French, Noah Beery, Jr., John Archer, Andrew Duggan, James Westerfield, John Litel, Ray Teal, Vaughn Taylor, Richard Deacon, H.M. Wynant, Guy Wilkerson, Bob Steele, Abel Fernandez, Reed Howes, Jim Hayward. A cowboy searches for three years for the man who stole his wife and finds him in a town where he is about to marry a local girl. Highly competent, brooding Western; one of Randolph Scott’s best.

1027  The Decoy  Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, 2006. 109 min. Color. D: Justin Kreinbrink. SC: Justin Kreinbrink and Tara Kreinbrink. With Justin Kreinbrink, Susan Arnold, Marchelle Scarnier, William Killian, John Michael Bartish, Santiago Craig, Clint James, Brian Mulligan, Jeffrey Scott Holland, Gregory Sweet, Howard Allen, Janee Page, Rachel Owens, Inna Rohr, Leonard Batson, Tom Bushee, Amos Carver, Jake McDaniel, Kevin Market, Sandy Cooper, John Lushbaugh, Keith Lushbaugh, Wendi Evans, Linda Kay Gross, Jay Gammons, Joanne Gammons, Chad Grimes. A deputy sheriff takes his best friend to be hung for killing the lawman’s in-laws. Low budget but enjoyable affair, produced, directed and co-written by star Justin Kreinbrink.

1028  Deep in the Heart of Texas  Universal, 1942. 62 min. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: Grace Norton. With Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Jennifer Holt, Fuzzy Knight, William Farnum, Harry Woods, Kenneth Harlan, Pat O’Malley, Eddie Polo, Earle Hodgins, Roy Brent, Edmund Cobb, Rod Cameron, Jimmy Wakely Trio (Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, Scotty Harrell), Budd Buster, Frank Ellis. Appointed commissioner of public affairs, a man returns home to find himself at odds with his father, the leader of a guerilla band. Good drama, action and music make this fine viewing.

1029  Deep Valley  Warner Bros., 1947. 104 min. D: Jean Negulesco. SC: Salka Vietrel and Stephen Morehouse. With Ida Lupino, Dane Clark, Wayne Morris, Fay Bainter, Henry Hull, Willard Robertson, Jack Mower, Ian MacDonald, Rory Mallinson, Harry Strang, Eddie Dunn, William Haade, Clancy Cooper, Ralph Dunn, Ray Teal, John Alvin, Bob Lowell, Lennie Bremen, Ross Ford. The life of a bitter and lonely farm woman changes when she meets an escapee from a chain gang. Downbeat and brooding drama makes good entertainment.

1030  Deep West  Cambist Films, 1971. 94 min. Color. D: Anthony Ascott (Giuliano Carnimeo). SC: Tito Carpi. With George Hilton, Charles Southwood, Agata Flori, Roberto Camardiel, Rick Boyd (Federico Boido), Paolo Gozlino, Andrea Bosic, Aldo Barberito, Franco Pesce, Ugo Adinolfi, Fortunato Arena, Luciano Rossi, Goffredo Unger, Lina Sini, Aldo Berti, Furio Meniconi, Paolo Magalotti, Sergio Smacchi, Lina Franchi, Lino Coletta, John Bartha, Rocco Lerro, Claudio Ruffini, Gaetano Scala. A gunman is hired by a Mexican general to rob jewels from the Army, but he is also after a gun runner, a Russian and a nun who is really as spy. Convoluted, but fun, fast moving Italian Western made as Testa t’Ammazzo, Croce...Sei Morto...Mi Chiamano Alleluia; also called Heads You Die, Tails I Kill You and They Call Me Hallelujah. Video title: Guns for Dollars.

1031  The Deerslayer  Cameo Distributing, 1923. 60 min. D: Arthur Wellin. SC: Robert Heymann. With Emil Mamelok, Bela Lugosi, Herta Heden, Gottfried Kraus, Edward Eyseneck, Margot Sikolowska. Hawkeye and his blood brother Chingachgook help British settlers harassed by the French and Indians in upper New York state. Picturesque, but jumbled German silent version of the James Fenimore Cooper novel, originally issued in Europe in 1920 by Luna Film as Lederstrumpf (Leatherstocking); heavily cut but worth seeing for Bela Lugosi as Chingachgook.

1032  The Deerslayer  Republic, 1943. 67 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: P.S. Harrison and E.B. Derr. With Bruce Kellogg, Jean Parker, Larry Parks, Warren Ashe, Wanda McKay, Yvonne De Carlo, Addison Richards, Robert Warwick, Johnny Michaels, Philip Van Zandt, Trevor Bardette, Chief Many Treaties, Clancy Cooper, Princess Whynemah, William Edmunds. Natty Bumpo, the Deerslayer, comes to the aid of a tribe whose pretty princess is coveted by a rival Huron brave who burns their village and kidnaps the maiden. Tacky presentation of the James Fenimore Cooper work; this independent production from script writers P.S. Harrison and E.D. Derr was issued theatrically by Republic.

1033  The Deerslayer  20th Century–Fox, 1957. 78 min. Color. D-SC: Kurt Neumann. With Lex Barker, Forrest Tucker, Cathy O’Donnell, Rita Moreno, Jay C. Flippen, Carlos Rivas, John Halloran, Joseph Vitale, Rocky Shahan, Carol Henry. Hawkeye and his Mohican blood brother try to avert an Indian war when they learn a white man, living on an isolated island with his two daughters, is a scalp hunter. Colorful adaptation of the James Fenimore Cooper book.

1034  The Deerslayer  NBC-TV/Schick Sunn Classics, 1974. 74 min. Color. D: Dick Friedenbert. SC: S.S. Schweitzer. With Steve Forrest, Ned Romero, John Anderson, Victor Mohica, Joan Prather, Charles Dierkop, Brian Davies, Ted Hamilton, Madeline Stowe, Ruben Moreno, Alma Bettran. When an Indian chief’s daughter is abducted by a rival tribe, Hawkeye and Chingachgook come to their assistance. “Classics Illustrated” TV version of the James Fenimore Cooper work; pretty good viewing. Follow-up to the previous year’s The Last of the Mohicans (q.v.).

Lex Barker and Rita Moreno in The Deerslayer (20th Century–Fox, 1957).

1035  Defiance  Lion’s Gate, 2002. 72 min. Color. D: Doveed Linder. With Brandon Bollig, Walker Deibel, Jim Freivogel, Stephanie Vogt, Dave Wassilak, John Gerbin, Anastasia Roark, Robert Nolan Clark, Brenda Sue Fowler, Craig Thrasher, Charles Heuvelman, Kenn Drescher, Alicia Skirball. A young man grows up bent on getting revenge on the town boss who murdered his father. Poor, cheaply made R-rated production.

Deliver Us from Evil (1973) see Running Wild

1036  Deliver Us from Evil  ABC-TV, 1973. 78 min. Color. D: Boris Sagal. SC: Jack B. Sowards. With George Kennedy, Jan-Michael Vincent, Bradford Dillman, Jim Davis, Charles Aidman, Jack Weston, Allen Pinson. Five men on a hiking trip in the mountains come across an injured skyjacker with $600,000; they kill him and then fall out among themselves. Fairly entertaining TV feature.

1037  A Demon for Trouble  Supreme, 1934. 58 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Jack Natteford. With Bob Steele, Gloria Shea, Walter McGrail, Don Alvarado, Lafe McKee, Nick Stuart, Carmen LaRoux, Perry Murdock, Blackie Whiteford, Jimmy Aubrey. A cowboy uncovers a plot in which land buyers are murdered and their money stolen after they have purchased range property. Very good Bob Steele vehicle.

1038  The Demon Rider  Davis Distributing, 1925. 50 min. D: Paul Hurst. SC: Jay Inman Kane. With Ken Maynard, Alma Rayford, Fred Burns, Tom London, James Low, Hollywood Beauty Sextette. A ranch foreman single handedly captures an outlaw gang but when he attempts to return the gold they stole he is mistaken by the sheriff for “Black Hawk,” the leader of the desperados. Ken Maynard’s second starring feature for J. Charles Davis is an action filled modern-day Western.

1039  Denver and the Rio Grande  Paramount, 1952. 89 min. Color. D: Byron Haskin. SC: Frank Gruber. With Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger, Laura Elliott, Lyle Bettger, J. Carrol Naish, ZaSu Pitts, Tom Powers, Robert Barrat, Paul Fix, Don Haggerty, James Burke. Two rival companies compete in the building of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad in the 1870s. Competent oater with a good script and cast.

1040  The Denver Kid  Republic, 1948. 60 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: Bob Williams. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Carole Gallagher, William Henry, Douglas Fowley, Rory Mallinson, George Lloyd, George Meeker, Emmett Vogan, Marshall Reed, Hank Patterson, Tom Steele. A border patrol agent is after a notorious murderer. Nicely staged Allan Lane vehicle.

The Deputies see Law of the Land

1041  Deputy Marshal  Lippert, 1949. 75 min. D-SC: William Berke. With Frances Langford, Jon Hall, Dick Foran, Julie Bishop, Russell Hayden, Joseph Sawyer, Clem Bevans, Vince Barnett, Mary Gordon, Kenne Duncan, Stanley Blystone, Wheaton Chambers, Forrest Taylor, Ted Adams. A lawman is on the trail of gunmen brothers and a map belonging to the railroad. Outside of the cast, there is not much to recommend this pedestrian production.

1042  Desert Bandit  Republic, 1941. 54 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Eliot Gibbons and Bennett Cohen. With Don “Red” Barry, Lynn Merrick, James Gillette, William Haade, Dick Wessell, Tom Chatterton, Robert Strange, Curley Dresden, Jim Corey, Merrill McCormick, Charles King, Jack Montgomery, Jack O’Shea, Tom Ewell. Texas Rangers are after a band of gun smugglers. Action filled outing in Don Barry’s Republic series; remade as Riders of the Deadline (q.v.).

1043  Desert Gold  Paramount, 1936. 58 min. D: James Hogan. SC: Stuart Anthony and Robert Yost. With Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Robert Cummings, Marsha Hunt, Tom Keene, Monte Blue, Raymond Hatton, Glenn (Leif) Erickson, Walter Miller, Frank Mayo, Phillip Morris, Si Jenks, Art Mix, Bob McKenzie, Willis Marks, Billy Bletcher, James P. Burtis, Ed Thorpe, Anders Van Haden, John Merkyl, Gertrude Simpson. An outlaw gang leader attempts to kidnap a young woman loved by both a soldier and his Eastern friend. Sturdy programmer adaptation of the Zane Grey novel, first filmed by Paramount in 1926 with Neil Hamilton, Shirley Mason, Robert Frazer and William Powell.

1044  Desert Greed  Goodwill, 1926. 50 min. D: Jacques Jaccard. With Yakima Canutt, Rose Blossom, Henry Hebert, Dick LaReno. After a Texas Ranger helps a young woman get the wages due her he accompanies her back home only to discover her sadistic stepfather plans to sell her to a crooked lawyer who has found out she is an heiress. Pedestrian Yakima Canutt (he was the producer) silent affair with a speedy climax.

1045  Desert Guns  Beaumont, 1936. 60 min. D: Charles Hutchison. SC: Jacques Jaccard. With Conway Tearle, Margaret Morris, Charles K. French, Budd Buster, William Gould, Marie Werner, Kate Brinker, Duke Lee, Art Felix, Slim Whitaker, Bull Montana. A lawman pretends to be a young woman’s long lost brother in order to save her inheritance from crooks Stilted poverty row Conway Tearle series vehicle, although the star makes a good genre hero even in his fifties.

1046  The Desert Horseman  Columbia, 1946. 57 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Sherman Lowe. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Adelle Roberts, Richard Bailey, John Merton, Walt Shrum and His Colorado Hillbillies, George Morgan, Tommy Coats, Jack Kirk, Bud Osborne, Riley Hill, Tex Williams, Herman Hack, Bert Dillard, Tex Cooper. Falsely accused of robbing an Army payroll, a captain takes on the alias of the Durango Kid to clear himself and find the real culprit. Fair “Durango Kid” entry. British title: Checkmate.

1047  Desert Justice  Atlantic, 1936. 60 min. D: Lester Williams (William Berke). SC: Gordon Phillips and Lewis Kingdom. With Jack Perrin, Maryan Downing, Warren Hymer, David Sharpe, Dennis (Moore) Meadows, Roger Williams, Budd Buster, William Gould, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Earl Dwire, Starlight (horse), Braveheart (dog). Border patrolman Casey is on the trail of a gang of smugglers. Cheaply made, but Jack Perrin is a pleasing player.

Poster for Desert Justice (Atlantic, 1936).

1048  Desert of Lost Men  Republic, 1951. 54 min. D: Harry Keller. SC: M. Coates Webster. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Mary Ellen Kay, Irving Bacon, Roy Barcroft, Ross Elliott, Cliff Clark, Red Morgan, Kenneth MacDonald. A deputy marshal tries to track down and capture an outlaw gang made up of notorious bad men from all over the West. Interesting plot adds zest to this “Famous Westerns” opus.

1049  Desert of the Lost  Pathé, 1927. 58 min. D: Richard Thorpe. SC: Frank L. Inghram. With Wally Wales, Peggy Montgomery, William J. (Bill) Dyer, Edward (Ed) Cecil, Richard Neill, Kally Cafford, Ray Murro, George Magrill, Charles (Slim) Whitaker, Lafe McKee. Hunted by a detective for shooting a man in self-defense, a cowboy goes to Mexico where he falls in love with a young woman whose father wants to marry her off to a half-breed outlaw with a secret gold mine. Somewhat austere but enjoyable silent Wally Wales production.

1050  Desert Passage  RKO Radio, 1952. 61 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Norman Houston. With Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Joan Dixon, Walter Reed, Clayton Moore, Dorothy Patrick, John Dehner, Lane Bradford, Denver Pyle, Francis McDonald. After he is paroled from prison, a man tries to find hidden bank robbery money but is trailed by a crooked lawyer and a gunman. Tim Holt’s final “B” Western is a good one with a literate script and fine acting.

1051  Desert Patrol  Republic, 1938. 60 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Fred Myton. With Bob Steele, Marion Weldon, Rex Lease, Ted Adams, Forrest Taylor, Budd Buster, Steve Clark, Jack Ingram, Tex Palmer. After a Texas Ranger is murdered, his comrade sets out to get the smuggling gang that killed him. The revenge plot is typical for a Bob Steele oater and this one is a good entry in his series for producer A.W. Hackel.

1052  Desert Phantom  Supreme, 1936. 64 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: Earle Snell. With Johnny Mack Brown, Sheila Mannors, Ted Adams, Karl Hackett, Hal Price, Nelson McDowell, Charles King, Forrest Taylor, Roger Williams, George Morrell, Art Dillard, Fred Parker. A cowboy is hired by a young woman to run her ranch which is being raided by an outlaw gang. Cheaply made but more than passable Johnny Mack Brown fare.

1053  Desert Pursuit  Monogram, 1952. 71 min. D: George Blair. SC: W. Scott Darling. With Wayne Morris, Virginia Grey, Anthony Caruso, George Tobias, Gloria Talbott, Emmett Lynn, Frank Lackteen, John Doucette, Robert Bice. A prospector and a fortune hunting woman are trailed by outlaws as they search for hidden gold in the California desert. Low budget but entertaining.

1054  The Desert Rider  Sunset, 1923. 54 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. With Jack Hoxie, Evelyn Nelson, Frank Rice, Claude Peyton, Tom Lingham, Walter Wilkinson. A cowboy finds a dying miner and plans to take care of his young son as he hunts the man’s claim and brings in his killer. Somewhat drawn out, but still pleasing, Jack Hoxie silent feature, although not one of his better efforts.

1055  The Desert Secret  Madoc, 1924. 55 min. D-SC: Frederick Reel, Jr. With Bill Patton, Pauline Curley, Fred Burns, Lew Meehan, James Truax. A prospector becomes despondent when the claim he and his partner worked is taken over by a gambler, but he does not know the girl he loves has filed on it for him. Tacky modern-day silent Western gets little help from laconic star Bill Patton.

1056  Desert Snow  Anchor Bay, 1989. 90 min. Color. D: Paul De Gruccio. With Frank Capizzi, Flint Carney, Shelly Hinkle, Sam Incorvia, Carolyn Jacobs, Frank McGill, Cynthia Miles, Paul Beauvais, Simo Maceo, Peter De Falco, Steve Labatt, Ray Gamboa, Richard Trujillo. Both drug pushers and cowboys want to take over a tiny Western town. Okay modern-day affair.

1057  The Desert Trail  Monogram, 1935. 53 min. D: Cullen Lewis (Lewis D. Collins). SC: Lindsley Parsons. With John Wayne, Mary Kornman, Paul Fix, Eddy Chandler, Carmen LaRoux, Al Ferguson, Lafe McKee, Henry Hall, Theodore Lorch, Tommy Coats, Fred Parker, Jack Evans, Tex Palmer, Ray Henderson, Silvertip Baker, Frank Brownlee, Frank Ellis, Lew Meehan, Wally West, Archie Ricks, Frank Ball, Herman Hack, Olin Francis, Artie Ortego, Tex Palmer, Dick Dickinson, Jack Hendricks. A rodeo star and his gambler pal are falsely accused of a hold-up and set out to clear their names. A bit stilted, but pleasing “Lone Star” feature from producer Paul Malvern.

1058  Desert Vengeance  Columbia, 1931. 55 min. D: Louis King. SC: Stuart Anthony. With Buck Jones, Barbara Bedford, Douglas Gilmore, Al Smith, Ed Brady, Buck Connors, Gilbert “Pee Wee” Holmes, Slim Whitaker, Robert Ellis, Bob Fleming, Joe Girard, Barney Beardsley. A bandit running a remote town stronghold falls for a young woman who deceives him but he later saves her when she is left to die in the desert by her partner and the two face an attack by a rival gang. The plot is a bit different for a Buck Jones film but it is quite good.

1059  Desert Vigilante  Columbia, 1949. 56 min. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: Earle Snell. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Peggy Stewart, Tristram Coffin, The Georgia Crackers, Mary Newton, George Chesebro, Jack Ingram, Paul Campbell, Tex Harding, I. Stanford Jolley, Ted Mapes, George Morrell, Blackie Whiteford, Sandy Sanders, Lew Morphy, Roy Bucko, Jerry Hunter. A government agent is after silver smugglers working along the Mexican border and he meets a young woman whose father was murdered by the band. Mediocre “Durango Kid” production.

1060  A Desert Wooing  Paramount, 1918. 55 min. D: Jerome Storm. With Enid Bennett, Jack Holt, Donald MacDonald, John P. Lockney, Charles Spere, Elinor Hancock. A society woman in need of money sells her pretty daughter in marriage to a rugged rancher with the spoiled girl, who is also romanced by a cad, eventually learning to love her husband. Thomas H. Ince supervised this silent curio that will be of interest to Jack Holt fans.

1061  The Deserter  Triangle, 1916. 59 min. D: Walter Edwards. SC: R.V. Spencer. With Charles Ray, Rita Stanwood, Wedgwood Nowell, Hazel Belford, Joseph Dowling. Spurned by a colonel’s daughter and after a fight with another soldier, a young man deserts his post but eventually proves he is a hero in a fight with Indians. Fair, action filled silent drama.

1062  The Deserter  Paramount, 1971. 99 min. Color. D: Burt Kennedy. SC: Clair Huffaker. With Bekim Fehmiu, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Ricardo Montalban, Brandon De Wilde, Slim Pickens, Albert Salmi, Woody Strode, Patrick Wayne, Ian Bannen, John Houston, John Alderson, Mimmo Palmara. A cavalryman deserts from the Army to carry on a one man war against the Apaches for the mutilation of his wife. Passable Europe filmed drama but nothing more; also known as Ride to Glory.

Desperado see Now They Call Him Sacramento

1063  The Desperado  Allied Artists, 1954. 82 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Geoffrey Homes. With Wayne Morris, Beverly Garland, James Lydon, Dabbs Greer, Rayford Barnes, Lee Van Cleef, Nestor Paiva, Roy Barcroft, John Dierkes, I. Stanford Jolley, Florence Lake, Richard Shackelton, Charles Garland, Reed Howes, Stanley Price, Lyle Talbot, Robert Shayne, William Fawcett. A young lawman teams with an outlaw to oppose the carpetbagger government in Texas in 1870. Nicely done “B” outing and one of the last series Westerns. Remade as Cole Younger, Gunfighter (q.v.).

1064  Desperado  Universal Television, 1987. 104 min. D: Virgil Vogel. SC: Elmore Leonard. With Alex McArthur, Lise Cutter, David Warner, Yaphet Kotto, Pernell Roberts, Robert Vaughn, Gladys Knight, Donald Moffat, Dirk Blocker, Sydney Walsh, Stephen Davis, Richard Marcus, Ed Adams, Linda Almond, Bruce Barber, William P. Brown, Cathy Browning, Tony Brubaker, Townsend Canyon, Dave Cass, Roydon Clark, Rick Currens, Dan Delligati, Steve Gray. When land grabbers try to take a woman’s ranch she is helped by a mysterious stranger. Average TV Western that spawned a trio of sequels: Desperado: Avalanche at Devil’s Ridge, Desperado: Badland’s Justice and Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (qq.v.).

1065  Desperado  Columbia, 1995. 103 min. Color. D-SC: Robert Rodriguez. With Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Steve Buscemi, Richard “Cheech” Marin, Carlos Gomez, Angel Aviles, Danny Trejo, Tito Larriva, Quentin Tarantino, Carlos Gallardo. A guitar playing gunfighter arrives in a Mexican village to end the reign of a local tyrant. Violent affair that makes little sense.

1066  Desperado: Avalanche at Devil’s Ridge  Universal Television, 1988. 96 min. Color. D: Richard Compton. SC: Larry Cohen. With Alex McArthur, Rod Steiger, Lise Cutter, Hoyt Axton, Alice Adair, Lee Paul, Dwier Brown, Arch Archamboult, Katherine Engel, Tim Scott, Leslie Schwartz, Ben Zeller, Suzanne Lederer, Laura Martinez Herring, John David Garfield, Blake Conway, Ben Connors, John Barks, Jack Caffey. A wealthy businessman saves an outlaw from the gallows and hires him to find his abducted daughter. Passable TV Western.

1067  Desperado: Badland’s Justice  Universal Television, 1989. 96 min. D: E.W. Swackhamer. SC: Leslie Boehm. With Alex McArthur, John Rhys-Davies, James B. Sikking, Patricia Charbonneau, Gregory Sierra, Robert O’Reilly, Deborah Slaboda, Edward Wiley, Joel Colodner, Leslie Neale, Anne Curry, Geoffrey Rivas. Seeking to clear his name, a wanted outlaw finds himself opposed by crooks in a mining community. The tired finale in the TV movies’ “Desperado” saga.

1068  Desperado: The Outlaw Wars  Universal Television, 1989. 100 min. Color. D: E.W. Swackhamer. SC: William Wister. With Alex McArthur, Richard Farnsworth, James Remar, Brad Douriff, Tom Bower, Whip Hubley, Brion James, Debra Feuer, Buck Taylor, Geoffrey Lewis, Lise Cutter, Dron Richmond. To stay with his former girlfriend and their child, a wanted man agrees to bring in an outlaw in order to get a pardon. Shoddy production values coupled with a mediocre script make for a poor “Desperado” outing.

1069  The Desperado Trail  Columbia, 1965. 93 min. Color. D: Harald Reinl. SC: Harald G. Petersson and J. Joachim Bartsch. With Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Rik Battaglia, Ralf Wolter, Carl Lange, Sophie Hardy, Mihail Baloh, Dusan Antonijevic, Aleksandar Gavric, Illija Ivezic, Veljiko Maricic, Slobodan Dimitrijevic, Gojko Mitic, Milan Micic, Dusan Vujisic, Sime Jagarinac, Dragomir Felba, Ivo Kristof, Miroslav Buhin, Joachim Nottke (narrator). Land speculators attempt to get Indians on the warpath to steal their lands but frontiersman Shatterhand and his friend, Apache chief Winnetou, try to stop them. Familiar but colorful West German oater in the Karl May series; released in Europe by Rialto/Jadran-Film as Winnetou III.

Lobby card for The Desperado Trail (Columbia, 1965).

1070  The Desperadoes  Columbia, 1943. 85 min. Color. D: Charles Vidor. SC: Robert Carson. With Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, Edgar Buchanan, Raymond Walburn, Guinn Williams, Irving Bacon, Porter Hall, Joan Woodbury, Glenn Strange, Bernard Nedell, Ethan Laidlaw, Slim Whitaker, Edward Pawley, Chester Clute, Charles King, Jack Kinney, Francis Ford, Bud Osborne, Bill Wolfe, Tom Smith. A lawman reforms a young hellion and the two team to round up an outlaw gang. Well made and quite entertaining, based on a Max Brand story.

1071  The Desperadoes Are in Town  20th Century–Fox, 1956. 78 min. D: Kurt Neumann. SC: Earle Snell and Kurt Neumann. With Robert Arthur, Kathy Nolan, Rhys Williams, Rhodes Reason, Dave O’Brien, Kelly Thordsen, Mae Clarke, Robert Osterloh, Morris Ankrum, Frank Sully, William Challee, Byron Foulger, Richard Wessel, Carl Mathews, Dorothy Granger, Bill (Willliam) Phipps, Todd Griffin, Nancy Evans, Carol Kelly. After a former outlaw befriends him and then is killed by two ex-partners, a young man plots revenge. Uninteresting and dull.

1072  Desperadoes of Dodge City  Republic, 1948. 60 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: Bob Williams. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Mildred Coles, Tristram Coffin, Roy Barcroft, William Phipps, James Craven, John Hamilton, Ed Cassidy, House Peters, Jr., Dale Van Sickel, Ted Mapes, Robert Wilke. An outlaw gang is out to stop a wagon train of settlers. A mystery element helps this Allan Lane vehicle.

1073  Desperadoes of the West  Republic, 1950. 12 Chapters. D: Fred C. Brannon. SC: Ronald Davidson. With Richard Powers (Tom Keene/George Duryea), Judy Clark, Roy Barcroft, I. Stanford Jolley, Lee Phelps, Lee Roberts, Cliff Clark, Edmund Cobb, Dale Van Sickel, Tom Steele, Sandy Sanders, John Cason, Guy Teague, Bud Osborne, Stanley Blystone, Chuck Hayward, Frank O’Connor, George Chesebro, Art Dillard, Holly Bane, Duke Taylor, Cactus Mack, Ken Cooper, Dennis Moore, Steve Clark, Chick Hannon, Mauritz Hugo, Al Taylor, Bob Reeves, Eddie Parker, Fred Kohler, Jr., Harold Goodwin, Jack Ingram, Augie Gomez, Merrill McCormick. A crook and his outlaw gang try to prevent ranchers from drilling for oil so he can get the leases on their properties for his Eastern syndicate bosses. Action filled cliffhanger starring Tom Keene.

1074  Desperadoes’ Outpost  Republic, 1952. 54 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: Albert De Mond and Arthur Orloff. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft, Myron Healey, Lyle Talbot, Claudia Barrett, Lee Roberts, Lane Bradford, Ed Cassidy. When a number of stagecoaches are mysteriously sabotaged, a government agent is assigned to find the culprits. Another good entry in the “Famous Westerns” series starring Allan Lane.

1075  The Desperados  Columbia, 1969. 90 min. Color. D: Henry Levin. SC: Walter Brough. With Vincent Edwards, Jack Palance, George Maharis, Neville Brand, Sylvia Syms, Christian Roberts, Kate O’Mara, Kenneth Cope, John Paul, Patrick Holt, Christopher Malcolm, John Clarke, Benjamin Edney. After the Civil War a man and his three sons go West and lead an outlaw band but one of the boys deserts, marries and settles down only to have his land invaded by his family. Fairly interesting feature.

1076  Desperate Chance  Rayart, 1926. 55 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Charles Saxton. With Bob Reeves, Ione Reed, Leon De La Motte, Charles “Slim” Whitaker, Gypsy Clarke, Harry Hurley. Two men try to get even with a crook who harmed them but when he is murdered one is accused of the crime. Low grade silent Bob Reeves vehicle.

Desperate Men see El Dorado Pass

1077  Desperate Mission  ABC-TV/20th Century–Fox, 1971. 98 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy. SC: Jack Guss and Richard Collins. With Ricardo Montalban, Slim Pickens, Rosey (Roosevelt) Grier, Ina Balin, Earl Holliman, Miriam Colon, Jim McMullan, Armando Silvestre, Robert Wilke, Anthony Caruso, Charles Horvath, Barbara Turner. A bandit helps the locals in Spanish California fight outlaws and dishonest government officials. Another re-telling of the Joaquin Murieta saga, with Ricardo Montalban good in the title role, but overall a mediocre film. Initially released abroad in 1970 as Joaquin Murieta and Murieta.

1078  Desperate Search  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953. 73 min. D: Joseph H. Lewis. SC: Walter Doniger. With Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Keenan Wynn, Robert Burton, Lee Aaker, Linda Lowell, Michael Dugan, Elaine Stewart, Jonathan Cott, Jeff Richards, Dick (Richard) Simmons. After his children are stranded in the Canadian north woods following a plane crash, a man attempts to find them. Low budget but well done and exciting drama.

Desperate Siege see Rawhide (1950)

1079  The Desperate Trail  Motion Picture Corporation of America, 1995. 93 min. Color. D: P.J. Pesce. SC: P.J. Pesce and Tom Abrams. With Sam Elliott, Craig Sheffer, Linda Florentino, Frank Whaley, John Furlong, Robin Westphal, Boots Southerland, Joey Hamlin, Danny O’Haco, Bradley Whitford, Jim Scott Momaday, R.L. Tolbert, P.J. Pesce, Rockne Tarkington, Michael Huddleston, Peter Gregory, George Cook, Elliot “Bub” Tolbert, Andrea Camarena Lindsay, Jerry Gardner, Sam Gauny, Wally Welsch, Tom Berto, Ramon Frank, Jeff O’Haco, Tom Abrams, Jon Maldonado, Malissa Feruzzi, Cecile Krevoy, Gretechen Becker, Cliff Gravel, Joe Bernier. Sentenced to be hanged by her father-in-law marshal for the killing of his brutal son, a woman escapes during a stagecoach robbery and teams with an outlaw to avoid the lawman. Obscure but fairly good drama.

1080  Desperate Trails  Universal, 1939. 58 min. D: Albert Ray. SC: Andrew Bennison. With Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Frances Robinson, Russell Simpson, Clarence Wilson, Bill Cody, Jr., Ralph Dunn, Charles Stevens, Ed Cassidy, Horace Murphy, Fern Emmett, Frank Ellis, Frank McCarroll, Cliff Lyons, Eddie Parker. A crooked sheriff and banker are behind a group of night riders trying to rustle a young woman’s cattle. Johnny Mack Brown’s first Universal series Western and a good one.

1081  Desperate Women  NBC-TV, 1978. 100 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy. SC: Jack B. Sowards. With Susan Saint James, Dan Haggerty, Ronee Blakley, Ann Dusenberry, Susan Mayers, Randy Powell, Max Gail, Michael Delano, Taylor Lacher, Tiger Williams, Bob Hoy, James Griffith, Rudy Diaz, John Crawford, Clint Ritchie, William Vaughan, Ed Fury. Three women prisoners and two orphaned children are left in the desert with an Army deserter and they team with a gunman to oppose an outlaw gang. Passable TV movie, nothing more.

1082  Destry  Universal-International, 1955. 95 min. Color. D: George Marshall. SC: Felix Jackson, Edmund North and D.D. Beauchamp. With Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Lyle Bettger, Lori Nelson, Thomas Mitchell, Edgar Buchanan, Wallace Ford, Mary Wickes, Alan Hale, Jr., Lee Aaker, Trevor Bardette, Walter Baldwin, Rex Lease, George Wallace, John Doucette, Richard Reeves, Ralph Peters, Frank Richards, Henry Wills, Mitchell Lawrence. A shy young man becomes the sheriff of a rough town and falls for a saloon singer. This retelling of the Max Brand story is not bad but not up to the two earlier versions of Destry Rides Again (q.q.v.) with George Marshall returning to direct after having also done the 1939 outing.

1083  Destry Rides Again  Universal, 1932. 64 min. D: Ben Stoloff. SC: Richard Shayer and Robert Keith. With Tom Mix, Claudia Dell, Stanley Fields, ZaSu Pitts, Earle Fox, Ed Peil, Sr., Francis Ford, Frederick Howard, George Ernst, John Ince, Ed LeSaint, Charles K. French. A cowboy intends to clean up a corrupt town by running for sheriff but crooks frame him on a murder charge. Tom Mix’s first sound feature is a good one, proving why he is one of the all-time great Western stars. TV title: Justice Rides Again.

1084  Destry Rides Again  Universal, 1939. 94 min. D: George Marshall. SC: Felix Jackson, Gertrude Purcell and Harry Myers. With James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Warren Hymer, Irene Hervey, Una Merkel, Tom Fadden, Samuel S. Hinds, Lillian Yarbo, Edmund MacDonald, Billy Gilbert, Virginia Brissac, Ann Todd, Dickie Jones, Jack Carson, Joe King, Harry Cording, Richard Alexander, Bill (Steele) Gettinger, Minera Urecal, Bob McKenzie, Billy Bletcher, Lloyd Ingraham, Bill Cody, Jr., Harry Tenbrook, Chief Big Tree, Philo McCullough, Robert Keith, Loren Brown, Harold De Carro. A tenderfoot is drafted into becoming the lawman of a wild town and falls under the spell of a seductive saloon gal. Second version of the Max Brand novel still holds up well, mainly for James Stewart in the title role and Marlene Dietrich’s singing “See What the Boys in the Backroom Will Have.”

1085  The Devil and Leroy Bassett  American National Enterprises, 1973. 85 min. Color. D-SC: Robert E. Pearson. With Cody Bearpaw, John F. Goff, George “Buck” Flower, James Ward, Dick Winslow, Elliott Lindsey, Bobbi Shaw, Hal Bokar, Lillian MacBride, Siegfried Anton, Jim Beach, Don Epperson, James Howard, Bob Padilla, Gordon James, Jerry Mills, Paul Kalin, Zeno Russell, George Engelson, Cliff McDonald, Joe Herrera, John Banks, Imagene Goodshot, Richard Breeding, Janice Hallums, Aly Yoder, Woody Lee. After accidentally shooting a deputy sheriff, a man is taken into custody but is saved by his two brothers and the trio take refuge in a family’s mountain cabin before trying to make an escape. Typically violent 1970’s modern Western.

1086  The Devil and Miss Sarah  ABC-TV/Universal, 1971. 73 min. Color. D: Michael Caffey. SC: Calvin Clements. With Gene Barry, James Drury, Janice Rule, Charles McGraw, Slim Pickens, Logan Ramsey, Donald Moffat. A young couple capture a gunman and attempt to take him to the nearest law but along the way he uses his hypnotic powers to take possession of the wife. There is not much to recommend this TV made horror Western.

The Devil Bear see Claws

1087  The Devil Horse  Pathé, 1926. 62 min. D: Fred Jackman. SC: Hal Roach. With Rex (horse), Yakima Canutt, Gladys Morrow, Robert Kortman, Roy Clements, Fred Jackson, Killer (horse). A cowboy, the sole survivor of an Indian massacre as a boy, is aided by a wild stallion in rescuing a major’s daughter who has been kidnapped by a renegade brave. Action filled silent feature from producer Hal Roach, who also wrote the script.

1088  The Devil Horse  Mascot, 1932. 12 Chapters. D: Otto Brower. SC: George Morgan, Barney A. Sarecky, George Plympton and Wyndham Gittens. With Harry Carey, Noah Beery, Frankie Darro, Greta Granstedt, Barrie O’Daniels, Ed Peil, Sr., Jack Mower, Alan Bridge, Jack Byron, J. Paul Jones, Carli Russell, Lou Kelly, Dick Dickinson, Lane Chandler, Fred Burns, Yakima Canutt, Ken Cooper, Wes Warner, Al Taylor, Apache (horse). Trying to capture a wild horse a man kills a forest ranger whose brother swears revenge and enlists the help of a boy who has run with the stallion since he was a child. There is plenty of movement in this Nat Levine production but genre purists may be put off by excessive “cheat” footage; also released in a feature version.

1089  Devil on Horseback  Grand National, 1936. 71 min. Color. D-SC: Crane Wilbur. With Lili Damita, Fred Keating, Del Campo, Tiffany Thayer, Jean Chatburn, Renee Torres, Juan Torena, Blancha Visher. A visiting radio star and her troupe are kidnapped and held for ransom by a Central American ranch owner. Dull comedy-drama filmed in Hirlicolor by producer George A. Hirliman.

1090  Devil Riders  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1943. 56 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Joe (Joseph) O’Donnell. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarty, Charles King, John Merton, Kermit Maynard, Frank LaRue, Jack Ingram, George Chesebro, Ed Cassidy, Al Ferguson, Frank Ellis, Bert Dillard, Bud Osborne, Artie Ortego, Herman Hack, Hank Bell, Steve Clark, Rose Plummer, Jimmy Aubrey, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko, Art Dillard, Bert Dillard, Kansas Moehring, Curley Dresden, Big Slicker Quartet (Tex Williams, Deuce Spriggins, Smokey Rogers, Don Weston). A dishonest lawyer and his cohort are after land the government has designated for a stage route with Billy Carson and his pal Fuzzy helping the local franchise owner combat the crooks. Okay first entry in PRC’s “Billy Carson” series.

1091  The Devil’s Bedroom  Manson Distributing, 1964. 78 min. D: L.Q. Jones. SC: Claude Hall and Morgan Woodward. With John Lupton, Valerie Allen, Dick Jones, Alvy Moore, Morgan Woodward, Justice McQueen, Mrs. Arch Pearson, Claude Hall, Bill Buckner, Thomas Commack, Merv Dawson, E.B. Jolly, Lawrence Mooney, W.H. Handles, Ken Ariola, Ralph G. Edwards. When they learn land is located on a valuable oil deposit, a couple tries to drive the owner insane in order to get his ranch. Obscure, violent modern-day Western melodrama from the production team of Alvy Moore and L.Q. Jones; filmed in color but released in black and white.

1092  Devil’s Canyon  RKO Radio, 1953. 92 min. Color. D: Alfred Werker. SC: Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Harry Essex. With Virginia Mayo, Dale Robertson, Stephen McNally, Arthur Hunnicutt, Robert Keith, Jay C. Flippen, George J. Lewis, Whit Bissell, Morris Ankrum, James Bell, William Phillips, Earl Holliman, Irving Bacon, Paul Fix, Glenn Strange, Larry Blake, Mickey Simpson, Fred Coby, Jim Hayward, Gregg Martell, Harvey Parry, Murray Alper, John Cliff, Harold Kruger. After killing two men in self-defense, a marshal is railroaded into prison where he becomes involved in a riot. Offbeat oater; not without interest.

1093  Devil’s Doorway  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950. 84 min. D: Anthony Mann. SC: Guy Trosper. With Robert Taylor, Paula Raymond, Louis Calhern, Marshall Thompson, James Mitchell, Edgar Buchanan, Rhys Williams, Spring Byington, James Millican, Fritz Leiber, Chief Big Tree, Kermit Maynard, Bruce Cowling, Harry Antrim, Tom Fadden, Frank Conlan, William “Bill” Phillips, William Norton Bailey, Philo McCullough, Roy Butler, Lee Phelps, John Maxwell, George Sky Eagle, Henry Marco, Dabbs Greer, Dan Foster. A Shoshone Indian, honored for bravery fighting for the North during the Civil War, returns home to find he has to save his people’s lands. Robert Taylor is very good as the Indian brave and this outing is well worth viewing.

1094  The Devil’s Mistress  Emerson, 1968. 66 min. Color. D-SC: Orville Wanzer. With Joan Stapleton, Robert Gregory, Forest Westmoreland, Douglas Warren, Oren Williams, Arthur Resley. Four cowboys murder a man and take his mistress as their servant as she plans a terrible revenge on them. Low budget horror-Western filmed in New Mexico.

1095  The Devil’s Partner  Mutual/Truart, 1926. 57 min. D-SC: Frederick Becker. With Edward Hearn, Nancy Deaver, Philo McCullough, Carl Stockdale, Florence Lee, Will Walling, Harvey Clark, Billie Lattimer, Fred Becker, Hayden Stevenson. The leader of a rustling gang has a romantic rival framed for a crime and then kidnaps the girl. Poverty row silent oater that should please genre fans.

1096  The Devil’s Partner  American International/Filmgroup, 1961. 61 min. D: Charles Rondeau. SC: Stanley Clements and Laura Mathews. With Ed Nelson, Richard Crane, Edgar Buchanan, Jean Allison, Spencer Carlisle, Byron Foulger, Claire Carleton, Brian O’Hara, Harry Fleer, Joe Hooker, Riley Hill, Hugh Hooker. When his uncle dies a man arrives in a small desert town and strange things begin to happen. Low budget, and low grade, horror Western filmed in 1958. Alternate DVD title: Enter the Devil.

1097  The Devil’s Playground  United Artists, 1946. 65 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Ted Wilson. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Elaine Riley, Robert Elliott, Joseph J. Greene, Francis McDonald, Ned (Nedrick) Young, George Eldredge, Earle Hodgins, Everett Shields, John George, Glenn Strange, Dewey Robinson, Herman Hack, Jack Evans, Blackie Whiteford, Henry Wills, Merrill McCormick, Hank Bell, Tex Cooper. Hoppy, California and Lucky try to help a young woman who is hunted by a crooked judge after her “friend’s” gold. Lots of action, a good story and nice locations in this later “Hopalong Cassidy” offering.

The Devil’s Price see The Lone Star Vigilante

1098  The Devil’s Rain  Bryanston, 1975. 86 min. Color. D: Robert Fuest. SC: Gabe Essoe, James Ashton and Gerald Hopman. With Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, William Shatner, Ida Lupino, Tom Skerritt, Joan Prather, Keenan Wynn, Woodrow Chambliss, George Sawaya, Lisa Todd, Claudio Brook, Anton LaVey, John Travolta, Robert Wallace, Erika Carlson, Tony Cortez. A man finds himself the victim of a cult of devil worshippers in a small town. Awful horror film set in the modern-day West.

1099  Devil’s Saddle Legion  Warner Bros., 1937. 52 min. D: Bobby Connolly. SC: Ed Earl Repp. With Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, Willard Parker, Granville Owen, Carlyle Moore, Jr., Glenn Strange, Frank Orth, Jack Mower, Milton Kibbee, George Chesebro, Ray Bennett, Dick Botiller, Bud Osborne, Art Mix, Artie Ortego, Ben Corbett. A cowboy is falsely accused of being an outlaw gang leader and is sent to work on building a dam designed to divert water needed by ranchers. More than passable entry in Dick Foran’s Warner Bros. series.

The Devil’s Spawn see The Last Gunfighter

1100  The Devil’s Trail  Columbia, 1942. 61 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Robert Lee Johnson. With Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Eileen O’Hearn, Noah Beery, Frank Mitchell, Ruth Ford, Art Mix, Joel Friedkin, Joe McGuinn, Edmund Cobb, Tristram Coffin, Paul Newlan, Steve Clark, Sarah Padden, Bud Osborne, Stanley Brown, Buck Moulton, Art Mix, Art Dillard. During the Kansas slavery question struggle a federal marshal tries to help his pal Wild Bill Hickok, who has been falsely accused of murder. Top notch effort in the Bill Elliott-Tex Ritter series with writer Robert Lee Johnson adapting his story “The Town in Hell’s Backyard”; a grand performance by Noah Beery as villain Bull McQuade.

1101  El Diablo de la Frontera (The Devil of the Frontier)  World Magic Films, 2005. 115 min. Color. D: Carlos Valdemar. With Salvador Salinas, Armando Infante, Carmen del Valle, Gerardo Albarran, Karla Barahona, Alfredo Gutierrez, Rojo Grau. After a child is killed, several cowboys try to steal a notorious champion racing horse from its wealthy female owner and her son. Overlong Mexican video Western.

1102  The Diamond Trail  Monogram, 1932. 60 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Harry Fraser and Sherman Lowe. With Rex Bell, Frances Rich, Lloyd Whitlock, Bud Osborne, Norman Feusier, Jerry Storm, John Webb Dillon, Billy West, Harry LaMont. A New York City reporter infiltrates a band of jewel thieves who head West to murder a cattleman, a go-between for the gang. Only fair Rex Bell vehicle.

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1103  Dig That Uranium  Allied Artists, 1956. 61 min. D: Edward Bernds. SC: Elwood Ullman and Bob Lawrence. With Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Mary Beth Hughes, Raymond Hatton, Myron Healey, Richard Powers (Tom Keene), Harry Lauter, Francis McDonald, David (Gorcey) Condon, Bennie Bartlett, Paul Fierro, Frank Jenks, Don C. Harvey, Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer. The Bowery Boys buy a mine in Nevada but when they arrive to claim it they find themselves at odds with crooks. Typically amusing “Bowery Boys” affair enhanced by the participation of genre favorites Raymond Hatton, Myron Healey, Tom Keene, Harry Lauter and Francis McDonald.

1104  La Diligencia de la Muerte (The Diligence of the Dead)  Filmadora Chapultepec, 1961. 70 min. D-SC: Rogelio A. Gonzalez, Jr. With Luis Aguilar, Armando Silvestre, Luz Maria Aguilar, Raul Ramirez, Jose Chavez, Agustin Isunza, Nora Veryan, Alfredo Vergara, Jose Munoz, Gregorio Acosta. Outlaws change road signs and rob travelers with the local authorities unable to stop them but one of the thieves has a falling out with the leader for the allocation of spoils. Fun south of the border Western teaming favorites Luis Aguilar and Armando Silvestre.

1105  Ding Dong Williams  RKO Radio, 1946. 61 min. D: William Berke. SC: Brenda Weinberg and M. Coates Webster. With Glenn Vernon, Marcy McGuire, Felix Bressart, Anne Jeffreys, James Warren, William B. Davidson, Tom(my) Noonan, Cliff Nazarro, Ruth Lee, Jason Robards (Sr.), Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Shug Fisher, Ken Carson, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Richard Korbel, Robert Clarke, Tanis Chandler, Harry Harvey, Virginia Belmont, Myrna Dell, Helen Eby-Rock, Bruce Edwards, C. Bakaleinikoff, Jack Gargan, Billy Vernon, Betty Gillette, Edmund Glover, Tom Quinn, Rodney Hildebrand, James Pilcher, Jimmy Jordan, Larry McGrath, Foster H. Phinney, Lee Phelps, William J. O’Brien, Bob Thorn, Bob Alden, Aina Constant. A jazz clarinetist, who cannot read or write music, agrees to compose the score for a film after meeting his hero, a singing cowboy. Pleasant programmer poking fun at Hollywood musicals and featuring James Warren as a cowboy crooner.

1106  Dirty Dingus Magee  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970. 91 min. Color. D: Burt Kennedy. SC: Tom Waldman, Frank Waldman and Joseph Heller. With Frank Sinatra, George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Lois Nettleton, Jack Elam, Michele Carey, John Dehner, Henry Jones, Donald Barry, Harry Carey, Jr., Paul Fix, Mike Wagner, Terry Wilson, Tom Fadden, Lisa Todd, Carol Anderson, Grady Sutton. A small time crook and saddle tramp has troubles in a Western town with a dumb sheriff, a woman mayor-madam, Indians and the Army. Unfunny Western spoof, badly cut for TV release at 79 minutes.

1107  Dirty Little Billy  Columbia, 1972. 100 min. Color. D: Stan Dragoti. SC: Charles Moss and Stan Dragoti. With Michael J. Pollard, Lee Purcell, Richard Evans, Charles Aidman, Dran Hamilton, Willard Sage, Josip Elic, Mills Watson, Alex Wilson, Ronnie Graham, Dick Stahl, Gary Busey, Doug Dirksen, Cherie Franklin, Dick Van Patten, Rosary Nix, Frank Welker. The story of the early years of Billy the Kid and how he got into a life of crime. Low class biopic not likely to appeal to genre fans.

1108  The Dirty Outlaws  Transvue, 1971. 103 min. Color. D-SC: Franco Rossetti. With Chip Gorman (Andrea Giordana), Rosmarie Dexter, Franco Giornelli, Dana Ghia, Aldo Berti, Giovanni Petrucci, Piero Lilli, John Bartha. A bandit tries to pass himself off as a blind man’s son in order to get gold buried in a deserted town but he finds an outlaw gang is also after the riches. Another in the long line of violent Spaghetti Westerns; issued in Italy in 1967 by Daiano/Leone Film as El Desperado (The Desperado).

1109  Disappearances  Truly Indie, 2006. 103 min. Color. D-SC: Jay Craven. With Kris Kristofferson, Charlie McDermott, Gary Farmer, William Sanderson, Genevieve Bujold, Lothaire Bluteau, Heather Rae, Bill Raymond, Luis Guzman, John Griesemer, Christy Scott Cashman, Rusty Dewees, Steve Small, Josh Pellerin, Munson Hicks, Ken Winter, Tessa Klein, William Rough, Bow Thayer, Marc Gregoire. To save his cattle, a Vermont farmer hopes to get money by reverting to his family’s heritage of smuggling whiskey across the Canadian border. Eye pleasing scenery enhances a jumbled plot set during Prohibition.

1110  The Disciple  Ince/Triangle, 1915. 60 min. D: William S. Hart and Clifford Smith. SC: S. Barret McCormick and Thomas H. Ince. With William S. Hart, Dorothy Dalton, Robert McKim, Charles French, Thelma Salter, Robert Kortman, Jean Hersholt. In a Western town a new “sky pilot” loses his wife to a gambler and denounces God only to return to the faith when his small daughter becomes ill. Well done silent William S. Hart morality film with none of the slickness associated with later genre movies.

Disciples of Death see Enter the Devil (1971)

1111  Distant Drums  Warner Bros., 1951. 101 min. Color. D: Raoul Walsh. SC: Niven Busch and Martin Rackin. With Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon, Richard Webb, Ray Teal, Arthur Hunnicutt, Robert Barrat, Clancy Cooper, Dan White, Lee Roberts, Gregg Barton, Sheb Wooley, Kenneth MacDonald, Warren MacGregor, Angelita McCall, Beverly Brandon, Mel Archer, Larry Carper, Sidney Capo. An Indian fighter leads troops into the Florida Everglades to put down a Seminole uprising. Filmed in Florida, this is not one of Gary Cooper’s better genre efforts.

1112  A Distant Trumpet  Warner Bros., 1964. 116 min. Color. D: Raoul Walsh. SC: John Twist. With Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette, James Gregory, Diane McBain, William Reynolds, Claude Akins, Kent Smith, Judson Pratt, Bartlett Robinson, Bobby Bare, Richard X. Slattery, Guy Eltsosis, Larry Ward, Mary Patton, Russell Johnson, Lane Bradford. At a frontier post, a cavalry officer falls in love with a lieutenant’s wife and when the man is killed the officer’s fiancee arrives just as an Indian attack is imminent. Director Raoul Walsh’s final film his not a worthy swan song.

1113  Django  B.R.C./Tecisa, 1965. 90 min. Color. D: Sergio Corbucci. SC: Franco Rossetti and Jose G. Maesso. With Franco Nero, Loredana Nusciak, Jose Bodalo, Angel Alvarez, Eduardo Fajardo, Jimmy Douglas, Simone Arrag, Ivan Scratuglia. A mysterious stranger arrives in a border town during a battle between Mexican and American soldiers and flees with gold belonging to the Mexican army. Good first film in the long running “Django” series; very violent.

1114  Django Defies Sartana  P.A.C., 1971. 89 min. Color. D-SC: William Redford (Pasquale Squitieri). With Tony Kendall, George Ardisson, Jose Torres, Bernard Faber, Maria (Malisa) Longo, Adler Gray, Jose (Rivas) Jaspe, Salvatore Billa, Fulvio Mingozzi, Augusto Pesarini, Mirella Pompili, Rick Boyd (Federico Boido), Claudio Trionfi, Teodoro (Doro) Corra, John Alvar, Fortunato Arena, Anna Maria Perego, Goffredo Ungar, Pasquale Squitieri, Tania Alvarado. Sartana and Django team to find the bank robbers who framed the former’s brother, causing him to be lynched. Okay Spaghetti Western with a novel plot twist, filmed as Django Sfida Sartana (Django Challenges Sartanta); song “They Call Him Django” sung by John Balfour.

1115  Django, Kill!  Golden Era, 1967. 117 min. Color. D: Giulio Questi. SC: Franco Arcalli, Maria del Carmen Martinez Roman and Guilio Questi. With Tomas Milian, Raymond (Ray) Lovelock, Piero Lulli, Milo Quesada, Roberto Camardiel, Miguel Serrano, Angel Silva, Felix Sancho Garcia, Marilu Tolo, Mirelli Panfili, Panco Sanz, Patrizia Vaiturri, Frank Brana, Daniel Martin, Gene Collins, Fernando Villena, Calogero Azzaretto, Herman Reynoso. After helping a gang rob a stagecoach, Django is shot and left for dead but he claws out of his grave craving revenge. Beware of this overlong, stomach turning Spaghetti Western filmed as Se Sei Vivo Spara (If You Live Shoot) and also called Django, Kill...If You Live, Shoot!.

1116  Django Meets Sartana  Cinepatrizia, 1970. 90 min. Color. D: Miles Deem (Demofilio Fidani). SC: Maria Rosa Valenza and Demofilio Fidani. With Hunt Powers, Fabio Testi, Dean Stratford, Dennis Colt, Lucky McMurray, Simone Blondell, Dan Reesy, Celso Faria, Robert Dannish, Antonio Basile, Michael Brank, Franco Pasquetto, Pietro Torrisi, Nuria Torray, Calogero Caruana, Franco Graziosi, Luciano Pallotta, Mariella Palmich. Bounty hunter Django helps a sheriff in stopping an outlaw gang out to take over Black City and use it to smuggle guns. Quickly made, low grade Italian production released there as Quel Maledetto Giorno d’Inverno...Django e Sartana all’Ultimo Sangue (One Damned Day at Dawn...Django Meets Sartana).

Django Rides Again see Keoma

1117  Django Shoots First  FIDA Cinematografica, 1966. 95 min. Color. D: Alberto De Marino. SC: Sandro Continenza, Massimo Capriccioli, Alberto Fiorenzo Capri and Vincenzo Flamini. With Glenn Saxon, Fernando Sancho, Evelyn Stewart (Ida Galli), Erika Blanc, Jose Manuel Martin, Lee Burton (Guido Lollobrigida), Alberto Lupo, Nando Gazzolo, Diana Lorys, Marcello Tusco, Antonio Piretti, Valentino Macchi, George Eastman, Osiride Pevarello, Bruno Arie, Fortunato Arena, Riccardo Pizzuti, Attilio Severini. A crooked banker frames his partner for a crime he did not commit and when he is killed his son promises revenge. Another violent outing in the “Django” series released in Italy as Django Spara per Primo (Django Shoots First).

Django Strikes Back see Return of Django

1118  Django the Avenger  New Line Cinema, 1969. 107 min. Color. D: Sergio Garrone. SC: Antonio De Teffe and Sergio Garrone. With Anthony Steffan (Antonio De Teffe), Palo Gozlino, Lu Kamante, Teodoro Corra, Jean Louis, Carlo Gaddi, Tomas Rudi, Lucia Bomez, Emy Rossi Scott, Rada Rassimov, Osiride Pevarello, Furio Meniconi, Ennio Balbo, Celso Faria. A Yankee soldier returns from the dead to get revenge on the three comrades who betrayed him. Spooky, entertaining Spaghetti Western co-produced by Herman Cohen and star Anthony Steffen; also called Django the Bastard and Stranger’s Gundown.

Django the Bastard see Django the Avenger

1119  Django the Killer  Constantin Film, 1967. 88 min. Color. D: Joseph Warren (Giuseppe Vari). SC: Augusto Caminito. With George Eastman, Anthony Ghidra, Dana Ghia, Daniele Vargas, John Hamilton (Gianni Medici), Mirko Ellis, John MacDouglas (Giuseppe Addobatti), Frank Fargas, Fred Coplan, John Mathews, Giuseppe Castellano, Anton de Cortes, Paolo Figlia, Valentino Macchi, Paolo Reale. Gunman Django is hired by a land baron to shoot an informer but he is bushwhacked and saved by a young man whose family was wiped out on his employer’s orders. Well made but ponderous Italian production issued there as L’Ultimo Killer (The Last Killer).

1120  Djurado  Studio T/Compagnia Cinematografica Astro, 1966. 90 min. Color. D-SC: John Farrell (Gianni Narzisi). With Montgomery Clark, Scilla Gabel, Margaret Lee, Mary Jordan, Isacro Ravaioli, Luis Induni, Goyo Lebrero. A gambler arrives in a border town and wins half interest in a saloon before opposing a murderous tyrant. Sub-par Italian oater.

1121  Doc  United Artists, 1971. 96 min. Color. D: Frank Perry. SC: Pete Hamill. With Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin, Mike Witney, Denver John Collins, Dan Greenberg, Penelope Allen, Hedy Sontag, Bruce M. Fisher, James Green, Richard MacKenzie, John Scanlon, Antonia Rey, John Bottoms, Philip Shafer, Marshall Efron, Fred Dennis, Mart Hulswit, Gene Collins. Hard-drinking, tubercular Doc Holliday joins forces with prostitute Kate Elder and they end up helping Wyatt Earp in his battle with the Clanton clan. Murky and basically boring re-telling of the Wyatt Earp-Doc Holliday story.

1122  Doc Hooker’s Bunch  Empire Pictures, 1976. 88 min. Color. D: Zack Belcher. SC: Mary H. Belcher. With Dub Taylor, Buck Taylor, Otis Sistrunk, Gaetana Campbell, Danielle Hibbard, Linda Mann, John Davis Chandler, John Furlong, Tac Tharp, David MacKay, R. Peter Dracup, Bob Turnbull, Mike Williams, Phyllis Julian, T.J. Raccio, Doyce Hutson, Dirty Will Landis, Bruce Cameron, Space, Cheyenne Rivera, Tom Paxton, Kyle T. Melick. In the Old West a theatrical troupe entertains in small towns but also stages bank robberies as its female performers fleece the local yokels. Fun comedy Western.

1123  Doc West  Grindstone Entertainment Group, 2009. 97 min. Color. D: Terence Hill and Giulio Base. SC: Jess Hill, Marcello Olivieri, Luca Biglione and Marco Barboni. With Terence Hill, Paul Sorvino, Ornella Muti, Boots Southerland, Adam Taylor, Clare Carey Alessio Di Clemente, Kisha Sierra, Micah Alberti, Linus Huffman, Maria Bethke, Gianni Biasetti, Darrian Chavez, Benjamin Petry, Darren Gibson, Fabrizio Bucci, Dylan Kenin, Christina Judy Kim, Mercedes Leggett, Gisella Margeno, Jimmy Ning, Mary Petruolo, Mark Siversten, Sheila Ivy Traister. While seeking the bandit who stole his winnings, a gambler gunman finds himself in the middle of a town feud between the forces of good and evil. Okay Italian TV movie originally shown in two parts, running 180 minutes; followed by a sequel, Triggerman (q.v.) [2009].

1124  Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman  CBS-TV, 1993. 90 min. Color. D: Jeremy Paul Kagan. SC: Beth Sullivan. With Jane Seymour, Diane Ladd, Joe Lando, Guy Boyd, Chad Allen, Erika Flores, Shawn Toovey, Colm Meaney, Geoffrey Lower, Verna Bloom, Helene Udy, Nick Ramus, Frank Collison, Adrian Sparks, Ivory Ocean, Larry Sellers, William Shockley, Heidi Kozak, Mary Gregory. When Colorado Springs advertises for a doctor, a woman from the East shows up for the job and must prove her worth to the town’s citizens. Very well done pilot for the TV series of the same name that ran on CBS-TV from 1993 to 1998.

1125  Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within  CBS-TV, 2001. 120 min. Color. D: Jerry London. SC: Beth Sullivan. With Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, Jessica Bowman, Elinor Donahue, Sara McRae, Shawn Toovey, Vlasta Vrana, Victoria Barkoff, Stephen Spreekmeester, Bibi Burton, Micihael Rudder, Gary Plaxton, Brandon Douglas, Francis Xavier McCarthy, Georgann Johnson, Una Kay, Daniel Libman, Jeffrey Aarles, Frank Fontaine, Mark Walker, John Walsh, Brian Wrench, Jude Beny, Maria Bircher, James Bradford, Richard Jutras, Joel Miller. Dr. Quinn, her husband and three children leave the frontier and return to Boston. Okay telefilm based on the characters created by Beth Sullivan.

1126  Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie  CBS-TV, 1999. 86 min. Color. D: James Keach. SC: Beth Sullivan. With Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, Jim Knobloch, Frank Collison, Henry G. Sanders, Shawn Toovey, Jonelle Allen, Geoffrey Lower, Larry Sellers, Orson Bean, Barbara Babcock, Kalie Zaretsky, Chad Carr, Les Lannom, Jacqueline Torres, P.B. Hutton, Mark Collie, Rudy Ramos, Stephen Meadows, Luis Contreras, William Marquez, Leonardo Guerra, Mimi Lesseos, Rudy Ugland, Geoff Erwin, Eduardo Yenez, Makenzie Vega, Craig Carter. A female doctor, with three orphaned children to look after, is aided by a loner cowboy as she tries to establish a medical practice in frontier Colorado Springs. Competently done telefilm follow-up to the popular series “Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman” (CBS-TV, 1993–98); also called Doctor Quinn: Revolutions.

Doctor Quinn: Revolutions see Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie

The Doctor’s Alibi see The Medico of Painted Springs

1127  Dodge City  Warner Bros., 1939. 104 min. Color. D: Michael Curtiz. SC: Robert Buckner. With Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale, John Litel, Henry Travers, Henry O’Neill, Victor Jory, Guinn Williams, Bobs Watson, William Lundigan, Gloria Holden, Douglas Fowley, Georgia Caine, Charles Halton, Ward Bond, Cora Witherspoon, Russell Simpson, Monte Blue, Nat Carr, Clem Bevans, Joseph Crehan, Thurston Hall, Chester Clute, Ralph Sanford, Milton Kibbee, James Burke, George Chesebro, Robert Homans, George Guhl, Spencer Charters, Wilfred Lucas, Earl Dwire, Richard Cramer, Steve Clark, Francis Sayles, Merrill McCormick, Pat O’Malley, Vera Lewis, Bud Osborne, Horace B. Carpenter, Earle Hodgins, Jack Mower, Ed Peil, Sr., Tom Chatterton, Fred Graham, Guy Wilkerson, Bruce Mitchell, Frank Mayo, Pat Flaherty, Henry Otho, James Farley, Frank Pharr. An Irish soldier of fortune becomes the sheriff of Dodge City and is determined to make the area safe for homesteaders. Colorful Errol Flynn feature is short on story but big on action and color.

1128  Dodge City Trail  Columbia, 1936. 56 min. D: C.C. Coleman, Jr. SC: Harold Shumate. With Charles Starrett, Marion Weldon, Donald Grayson, Russell Hicks, Si Jenks, Alan Bridge, Art Mix, Ernie Adams, Lew Meehan, Hank Bell, George Chesebro, Jack Rockwell, John Elliott, Blackie Whiteford, Richard Botiller, Charles E. Brinley, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Buck Moulton, Bill Patton, Blackjack Ward, Tommy Coats, Ed Warren, Dick Bodkin, Al Haskell, George Burton, Tom Sutton, Roy Bucko, Buck Bucko, Slim Hazel. While on a cattle drive, a ranch foreman helps rescue a kidnapped young woman whose father is the brains behind a gang of bandits. Pedestrian Charles Starrett series effort.

Dollars for a Fast Gun see $100,000 for Lassiter

1129  Domino Kid  Columbia, 1957. 74 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Kenneth Gamet. With Rory Calhoun, Kristine Miller, Andrew Duggan, Yvette Dugay, Peter Whitney, Robert Burton, James J. Griffith, Roy Barcroft, Denver Pyle, Ray Corrigan, Eugene Iglesias, William Christensen, Don Orlando, Bart Bradley, Dennis Moore, Don C. Harvey, Tom London, Frank Sully. Returning home to Texas after the Civil War, a man finds his father and brother have been murdered and he tries to find the killers. Star Rory Calhoun wrote the story for this fairly entertaining “B” outing.

Don Amigo see The Girl from San Lorenzo

1130  Don Daredevil Rides Again  Republic, 1951. 12 Chapters. D: Fred C. Brannon. SC: Ronald Davidson. With Ken Curtis, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, Lane Bradford, Robert Einer, John Cason, I. Stanford Jolley, Hank Patterson, Lee Phelps, Sandy Sanders, Guy Teague, Tom Steele, Michael Ragan, Cactus Mack, Art Dillard, Bud Osborne, Saul Gorss, Gene (Roth) Stutenroth, James Magill, David Sharpe, Charles Horvath, Dale Van Sickel, Jack Ingram, George Lloyd, Carey Loftin, Forrest Taylor, Don C. Harvey, Tex Terry, Bob Reeves, Chick Hannon, Herman Hack, Joe Phillips, Roy Bucko, Frank McCarroll, Jack Harden, Carlie Taylor, Bert LeBaron, James Linn, Gene Christopher, Tony DeMario, Frank Meredith. A homesteader takes on the guise of the masked Don Daredevil to stop a political boss who is trying to run settlers off their spreads by claiming an old land grant is a fake. This pseudo-Zorro cliffhanger has a good plot but too much footage from earlier Republic efforts.

1131  Don Q, Son of Zorro  United Artists, 1925. 113 min. D: Donald Crisp. SC: Lotta Woods. With Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Astor, Jack MacDonald, Donald Crisp, Stella De Lanit, Warner Oland, Jean Hersholt, Albert MacQuarrie, Lottie Pickford Forrest, Charles Stevens, Tote Du Crow, Martha Franklin, Juliette Belanger, Roy Coulson, Enrique Acosta. Sent to Spain by his father Don Diego, a young Californian falls in love with a pretty girl and gets involved in court intrigue. Action filled Douglas Fairbanks diversion, a sequel to his The Mark of Zorro (1920) [q.v.].

1132  Don Ricardo Rides Again  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1946. 63 min. D: Terry Morse. SC: Jack De Witt and Renault Duncan (Duncan Renaldo). With Fred Coby, Isabelita, Martin Garralaga, Paul Newton, Claire DuBrey, David Leonard, Anthony Warde, Michael Visaroff. Learning he has been declared dead and his cousin has taken his place, a Spanish don masquerades as a peon and seeks the aid of a mission priest in proving his inheritance. Pleasing outing from PRC, co-written by Duncan Renaldo.

1133  Donner Pass: The Road to Survival  NBC-TV/Schick Sunn Classics, 1978. 100 min. Color. D: James L. Conway. SC: S.S. Schweitzer. With Robert Fuller, Andrew Prine, Michael Callan, Diane McBain, John Anderson, John Doucette, Cynthia Eibacher, Royal Dano, Gregory Walcott, Lance LeGault, Whit Bissell, Peg(gy) Stewart, Reid Cruichshanks, Robert Carricart, Rudy Diaz, John Hansen, George Barrows. A wagon train is stranded in the mountains during a blizzard and the travelers are eventually forced into cannibalism. Despite its subject matter, this “Classics Illustrated” TV movie is pretty good.

1134  Don’t Fence Me In  Republic, 1945. 71 min. D: John English. SC: Dorrell McGowan, Stuart McGowan and John K. Butler. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Dale Evans, Robert Livingston, Moroni Olson, Arthur Space, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Shug Fisher, Ken Carson, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Marc Lawrence, Lucille Gleason, Andrew Tombes, Paul Harvey, Douglas Fowley, Stephen Barclay, Edgar Dearing, Helen Talbot, Tom London, Sam Ash, Michael Branden, Ray Teal, Eddie Fetherston, John Ince, Lee Phelps, Kenner G. Kemp, Charles Teske, Arleen Claire, Phil Dennis, Sherry Hall, James Linn, Diane Quilland, Brick Sullivan, Frank Fanning. A female magazine writer reveals an old man was once a famous outlaw and this gets him into trouble until he finds a killer and collects a reward. Better than average Roy Rogers vehicle that mainly belongs to Gabby Hayes. One interesting sequence has Gabby in a funeral parlor pretending to be dead while the Sons of the Pioneers sing “Headin’ for the Last Roundup,” while another has him using a bullwhip, pre–Lash LaRue.

1135  Don’t Turn the Other Cheek  International Amusements, 1974. 103 min. Color. D: Duccio Tessari. SC: Dino Maiuri, Massimo De Rita, Gunter Ebert and Juan De Orduna y Fernandez. With Franco Nero, Eli Wallach, Lynn Redgrave, Horst Janson, Eduardo Fajardo, Jose Moreno, Victor Israel, Gisela Hahn, Jose Jaspe, Enrique Espinosa, Gunda Hiller, Furio Meniconi (Men Fury), Dale Van Husen, Rudy Gaebell, Carla Mancini, Mirko Ellis, Marilu Tolo, Lorenzo Robelod, Luigi Antonio Guerra. Trying to start a revolt by peons in Mexico at the time of the Revolution, an Irish woman writer teams with a bandit and a supposed Russian prince but the two men are really after hidden gold. Complicated but fun Italian Western released in that country as Viva la Muerte...Tua! by Titanus in 1971.

1136  The Doolins of Oklahoma  Columbia, 1949. 90 min. D: Gordon Douglas. SC: Kenneth Gamet. With Randolph Scott, Louise Allbritton, George Macready, John Ireland, Virginia Huston, Charles Kemper, Noah Beery, Jr., Dona Drake, Robert Barrat, Lee Patrick, Griff Barnett, Frank Fenton, Jock (Mahoney) O’Mahoney, James Kirkwood, Robert Osterloh, Virginia Brissac, John Sheehan, George Chesebro, Stanley Andrews, Trevor Bardette, Reed Howes, Stanley Blystone, Alan Bridge, Harry Hayden, Eddie Dunn, Vernon Dent, John Sheehan, Al Hill, William Haade, Ethan Laidlaw, George DeNormand, Paul Scanlon, Anne O’Neal, Frank O’Connor, Hank Patterson, Paul E. Burns, Chuck Hamilton, Harry Tyler, Mira McKinney, Joe Palma, Aleth Hansen, Claire Meade, David Clark, Jack Parker, George Bell, Paul Scardon, Rose Higgins. An ex-bandit attempts to go straight but his brothers continue their lawless ways and the entire family ends up being hunted by a sheriff and his posse. Well staged, and quite good, Randolph Scott vehicle.

1137  Doomed at Sundown  Republic, 1937. 60 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: George Plympton. With Bob Steele, Lorraine Hayes (Laraine Day), Warner Richmond, David Sharpe, Earl Dwire, Horace B. Carpenter, Sherry Tansey, Harold Daniels, Budd Buster, Jack Kirk, Horace Murphy, Charles King, Lew Meehan, Jack Ingram. When his father is murdered by outlaws, a cowpoke pretends to be a bad man in order to infiltrate the gang. Bob Steele is again on the trail of his father’s murderer and this one provides lots of thrills for his legion of fans.

1138  Doomed Caravan  Paramount, 1941. 62 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Johnston McCulley and J. Benton Cheney. With William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Minna Gombell, Morris Ankrum, Georgia Hawkins, Trevor Bardette, Pat J. O’Brien, Raphael (Ray) Bennett, Jose Luis Tortosa, Ed Cassidy, Martin Garralaga, Wen Wright, Fred Burns, Charles Murphy, Art Dillard. Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys agree to help a woman whose freight wagon has been raided but he becomes suspicious when she calls in the cavalry, actually a band of outlaws. Good “Hopalong Cassidy” segment, very well done and exciting.

The Doomed Ranch see Fury of the Apaches

Doomsday see Drummer of Vengeance

1139  Las Dos Hectareas (The Two Acres)  Mexcinema Video Corporation, 1999. 100 min. Color. D: Manuel Ramirez. SC: Manolo Cardenas. With Manuel Ramirez, Alicia Encinas, Manolo Cardenas, Irene Arcila, Valentin Trujillo, Roberto Ballesteros. A gunman returns home to win back his family and his rancho. Average Mexican video Western.

Double Alibi see Law and Order (1942)

1140  Double Deal  RKO Radio, 1950. 64 min. D: Abby Berlin. SC: Charles S. Belden and Lee Berman. With Marie Windsor, Richard Denning, Taylor Holmes, Fay Baker, James Griffith, Carleton Young, Tom Browne Henry, Frank Fenton, Walter Burke, Richard Reeves, Gil Perkins, Edgar Dearing, Jim Hayward, Ned Roberts, Charles Wagenheim, Art Dupuis, Sid Gorss, Paul E. Burns. A woman tries to get back oil land her brother left to his girlfriend who has hired an engineer to drill a well. More than passable “B” effort.

Double Identity (1940) see River’s End (1940)

Double Identity (1941) see Hurricane Smith

1141  Down Dakota Way  Republic, 1949. 67 min. Color. D: William Witney. SC: John K. Butler and Sloan Nibley. With Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Pat Brady, Montie Montana, Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage, Elisabeth Risdon, Byron Barr, James Cardwell, Roy Barcroft, Emmett Vogan, Victor Cutler, George Lamond. When his cattle are found to have hoof-and-mouth disease, a rancher hires a gunman to kill the veterinarian who made the diagnosis before he is forced to destroy his herd. Nicely plotted and action filled Roy Rogers outing.

1142  Down Laredo Way  Republic, 1953. 54 min. D: William Witney. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Rex Allen, Slim Pickens, Dona Drake, Marjorie Lord, Roy Barcroft, Clayton Moore, Judy Nugent, Percy Helton, Zon Murray. A gang of diamond smugglers get away with a series of robberies until they are hunted by a rodeo star. Good direction and a fast paced script add up to fine entertainment in this Rex Allen opus.

1143  Down Mexico Way  Republic, 1941. 77 min. D: Joseph Santley. SC: Olive Cooper and Albert Duffy. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, Harold Huber, Sidney Blackmer, Joseph Sawyer, Andrew Tombes, Murray Alper, Arthur Loft, Duncan Renaldo, Paul Fix, Julian Rivero, Ruth Robinson, Thornton Edwards, Eddie Dean, The Herrera Sisters, Frankie Marvin, Esther Estrella, Sam Appel, Helen MacKellar, Elias Gamboa, Rico de Montez, Charles Rivero, Paquito del Rey, Jose Manero, Carmela Cansino, Reed Howes, Hank Bell, Fred Burns, Al Haskell, Jack O’Shea. Three cowpokes are after a gang who bilked townspeople out of money on the pretext of producing a movie in their community. Pleasing Gene Autry affair with a good story and nice songs (i.e., “South of the Border” and “Maria Elena”).

1144  Down Missouri Way  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1946. 73 min. D: Josef Berne. SC: Sam Neuman. With Martha O’Driscoll, John Carradine, Eddie Dean, William Wright, Roscoe Ates, Renee Godfrey, Mabel Todd, Eddie Craven, Chester Clute, Will Wright, Paul Scardon, Earle Hodgins, TheTailor-Maids, The Notables, Shirley (mule). A wind-bag producer wants to make a film about an intelligent mule and finds one at a Missouri college. Not much to recommend this so-called comedy except for Eddie Dean singing a half-dozen tunes.

1145  Down Rio Grande Way  Columbia, 1942. 57 min. D: William Berke. SC: Paul Franklin. With Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Britt Wood, Rose Anne Stevens, Norman Willis, Davison Clark, Edmund Cobb, Budd Buster, Paul Newlan, William Desmond, Jim Corey, Steve Clark, Forrest Taylor, Ed Piel, Sr., John Cason, Art Mix, Kermit Maynard, Frank McCarroll, Joseph Eggenton, Betty Roadman, Tom Smith. Two cowboys get involved with the movement for independence in Texas. Slim production values hurt the overall effectiveness of this pseudo-historical Charles Starrett vehicle.

1146  Down Texas Way  Monogram, 1942. 57 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Jess Bowers (Adele Buffington). With Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Luana Walters, Dave O’Brien, Lois Austin, Harry Woods, Glenn Strange, John Merton, Tom London, Jack Daley, Kansas Moehring, Frank Ellis, Bill Nestell, Jack Holmes, Blackie Whiteford, Wally West, George Morrell, Foxy Callahan, Chick Hannon, Ben Corbett, Artie Ortego, Charles Murphy, Jack Tornek, Milburn Morante. An outlaw gang has a young woman pose as the widow of a murdered man in order to claim his ranch, which rightfully belongs to the victim’s son. Good one in the popular “Rough Riders” series with a complicated, but interesting, plot. Remade as Western Renegades (q.v.).

1147  Down the Long Hills  Disney Television, 1986. 95 min. Color. D: Burt Kennedy. SC: Jon Povare and Ruth Povare. With Bruce Boxleitner, Bo Hopkins, Michael Wren, Don Shanks, Ed Bruce, Buck Taylor, Jack Elam, Lisa MacFarlane, Thomas Wilson Brown, Richard J. Martin. After escaping from a wagon train massacre two children find they are chased by outlaw, an Indian and a marauding bear. Average TV family fare.

1148  Down the Wyoming Trail  Monogram, 1939. 62 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Peter Dixon and Roger Merton. With Tex Ritter, Mary Brodel, Horace Murphy, Bobby Lawson, Charles King, Bob Terry, Jack Ingram, Earl Douglas, Karl Hackett, Frank LaRue, Ernie Adams, Ed Coxen, Jean Southern, Charles Sargent, The Northwesterners. A cowpoke is after an outlaw gang planning to drive their stolen cattle herd through a mountainous area. Fair Tex Ritter vehicle benefiting from scenic locales and nice songs.

1149  Drag Harlan  Fox, 1920. 64 min. D: J. Gordon Edwards. SC: H.P. Keeler. With William Farnum, Jackie Saunders, G. Raymond Nye, Herschel Mayall, Frank Thurwald, Kewpie Morgan, Al Fremont, Earl Crain. A gunman finds a dying miner who gives him the map to his claim and asks him to take it to his daughter, who is being threatened by the gang who shot her father and is after his gold. Stout silent melodrama greatly enhanced by the work of William Farnum in the title role.

1150  Dragoon Wells Massacre  Allied Artists, 1957. 88 min. Color. D: Harold Schuster. SC: Oliver Drake and Warren Douglas. With Barry Sullivan, Dennis O’Keefe, Mona Freeman, Katy Jurado, Sebastian Cabot, Jack Elam, Trevor Bardette, Hank Worden, Warren Douglas, Casey Adams (Max Showalter), Jon Shepodd, Judy Stranges, Alma Betran, John War Eagle. In 1860 a group of people, including outlaws and lawmen, are cornered in a fort about to be attacked by Indians. Well staged and highly entertaining oater.

1151  Drango  United Artists, 1957. 92 min. D: Hall Bartlett and Jules Bricken. SC: Hall Bartlett. With Jeff Chandler, Joanne Dru, Julie London, Ronald Howard, Donald Crisp, John Lupton, Morris Ankrum, Helen Wallace, Walter Sande, Parley Baer, Charles Horvath, Mimi Gibson, Paul Lukather, Damian O’Flynn, Milburn Stone, Edith Evanson. After the Civil War a Union officer is assigned to govern a town he was once forced to plunder. Fairly enjoyable yarn.

1152  Draw!  Home Box Office Premiere Films, 1984. 100 min. Color. D: Steven H. Stern. SC: Stanley Mann. With Kirk Douglas, James Coburn, Alexandra Bastedo, Graham Jarvis, Derek McGrath, Jason Michas, Len Birman, Maurice Brand, Graham McPherson, Vladimir Valenta, Linda Sorenson, Gerard Parkes, Richard Donat, Frank Adamson, Stuart Gillard, Miles Vasey, James DeFelice, James Forsythe, Sherrill De Marco, Larry Musser, Bonar Bain, Wilf Rowe, Brian Fustukian, Frank C. Turner, Brian George, Victor Bain, Joan Hurley, Alan Stebbings, Vincent Gale. A once famous outlaw is forced to shoot a sheriff and take a girl hostage while citizens demand his capture by a respected, but alcoholic, lawman. Made-for-pay-TV feature is only average despite good work by its two stars and fine production trappings.

Dream of Zorro see Grandsons of Zorro

1153  Drift Fence  Paramount, 1936. 56 min. D: Otho Lovering. SC: Robert Yost and Stuart Anthony. With Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Katherine DeMille, Tom Keene, Benny Baker, Glenn (Leif) Erickson, Stanley Andrews, Richard Carle, Irving Bacon, Effie Ellser, Jan Duggan, Walter Long, Chester Gan, Richard Alexander, Bud Fine, Jack Pennick, Henry Roquemore, Frank O’Connor, Jack Clifford, Don Roberts. A dude gets a wrangler take over his identity in order to take control of a ranch he has inherited. Very well done “B” adaptation of the Zane Grey novel; Benny Baker is very good as comical tenderfoot Jim Traft. Reissued as Texas Desperadoes.

1154  The Drifter  Willis Kent, 1932. 60 min. D: William O’Connor. SC: Oliver Drake. With William Farnum, Noah Beery, Phyllis Barrington, Charles Sellon, Bruce Warren, Russell Hopton, Ann Brody, Ynez Seabury. A man gets involved in a lumber feud not knowing one of the leaders is his brother. Pretty good low budget melodrama highlighted by stars William Farnum and Noah Beery.

1155  The Drifter  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1944. 61 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Patricia Harper. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Carol Parker, Kermit Maynard, Jack Ingram, Roy Brent, George Chesebro, Ray Bennett, Jimmy Aubrey, Slim Whitaker, Wally West, Robert Hill, Herman Hack, Foxy Callahan. Billy Carson impersonates a sharpshooter, the leader of an outlaw gang, to find out who is behind a series of robberies. Interesting plot, mundane execution.

1156  The Driftin’ Kid  Monogram, 1941. 55 min. D: Robert Emmett Tansey. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey) and Frances Kavanaugh. With Tom Keene, Betty Miles, Frank Yaconelli, Arkansas Slim Andrews, Stanley Price, Gene Alsace, Glenn Strange, Steve Clark, Sherry Tansey, Fred Hoose, Frank McCarroll, Wally West. Outlaws plan to kill a rancher for his spread and government contract and when a federal agent is sent to investigate the theft of his cattle it turns out the two men are look-alikes. Okay entry in Tom Keene’s second Monogram series; remade as Stars Over Texas (q.v.).

1157  Driftin’ River  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1946. 57 min. D: Robert Emmett Tansey. SC: Frances Kavanaugh. With Eddie Dean, Shirley Patterson, Roscoe Ates, Lee Bennett, William Fawcett, Dennis Moore, Lottie Harrison, Forrest Taylor, Robert Callahan, Lee Roberts, Don Murphy, The Sunshine Boys (Eddie Wallace, J.D. Sumner, M.H. Richman, Freddie Daniel). Two cowpokes join a gang of cattle rustlers to capture those responsible for the massacre of an Army platoon carrying money to buy a woman’s horse herd. Slow drama aided by pretty Shirley Patterson and Eddie Dean’s singing of the title tune and “Way Back in Oklahoma”; refashioned into The Tioga Kid (q.v.).

1158  Drifting Along  Monogram, 1946. 60 min. D: Derwin Abrahams. SC: Adele Buffington. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Lynne Carver, Douglas Fowley, Smith Ballew, Milburn Morante, Steve Clark, Marshall Reed, Jack Rockwell, Terry Frost, Lynton Brent, Curt Barrett and The Trailsmen, Harry V. Cheshire, Ted Mapes, Ted French, Hollywood Exhibition Square Dancers, Thornton Edwards. A ranch foreman learns his pretty boss’ fiance is a cattle rustler. Fairly good outing in the Johnny Mack Brown-Raymond Hatton series, with a quartet of tunes including Johnny’s singing a number.

1159  Drifting Westward  Monogram, 1939. 58 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Jack Randall, Frank Yaconelli, Edna Duran, Stanley Blystone, Carmen Bailey, Julian Rivero, Dave O’Brien, James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey), Tom London, Dean Spencer, Octavio Giraud. A cowboy tries to help when outlaws harass a Spanish family in possession of a map to a rich mine claim. Fair Jack Randall vehicle.

1160  Drop Them or I’ll Shoot  Films Marceau, 1969. 90 min. Color. D-SC: Sergio Corbucci. With Johnny Hallyday, Francoise Fabian, Silvie Fennec, Serge Marquand, Mario Adorf, Gastone Moschin, Gino Pernkice. An outsider goes up against outlaws plaguing the people of a frontier town. French-Italian-West German co-production first issued as Gli Specialisti (The Specialist) offers little other than lots of violence.

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman see Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman see Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie see Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie

Dr. Quinn: Revolutions see Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie

1161  Drum Beat  Warner Bros., 1954. 111 min. Color. D-SC: Delmer Daves. With Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan, Charles Bronson, Robert Keith, Rodolfo Acosta, Warner Anderson, Elisha Cook, Jr., Anthony Caruso, Richard Gaines, Edgar Stehli, Hayden Rorke, Frank De Kova, Isabel Jewell, Perry Lopez, Willis Bouchey, George J. Lewis, Frank Ferguson, Peter Hansen, Peggy Converse, Pat Lawless, Paul Wexler, Richard Cutting, Strother Martin, Rico Alaniz, John Veitch, George Ross, Victor Millan, Ken Smith, Maurice Jara, Jonas Applegarth, Felix Noriego, James Griffith, Frank Gerstle, Carol Nugent, Michael Daves, Leonard Penn, Oliver Blake, Dan Borgaze, George Lloyd, Ron Hargrave. In 1869 President Grant appoints a peace commissioner to negotiate a treaty with renegade Indians. Good action film with Charles Bronson giving a fine performance as the Indian leader.

1162  Drum Taps  World Wide, 1932. 61 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Alan James. With Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dix, Hooper Atchley, Alan Bridge, Charles Stevens, Junior Coghlan, Harry Semels, Jim Mason, Slim Whitaker, Neal Hart, Art Mix, Kermit Maynard, Leo Willis, Lloyd Ingraham, Merrill McCormick, Tex Palmer, Jack Rockwell, Bud McClure, Fred Burns, Pascale Perry, Blackjack Ward, Boy Scout Troup 107. A cowboy helps the Boy Scouts in trying to thwart land grabbers. Entertaining Ken Maynard vehicle with an exciting climax.

1163  Drummer of Vengeance  Times Films, 1974. 90 min. Color. D-SC: Robert Paget (Mario Gariazzo). With Ty Hardin, Rossano Brazzi, Craig Hill, Gordon Mitchell, Rosalba Neri, Ida de Benedetto, Lee Burton, Ralf Baldassarre. After an outlaw gang murders his wife and child a man seeks revenge but learns their leader is a sheriff. Fair British-Italian co-production, better for its performances than plot. Made in 1972 as Doomsday.

1164  Drums Across the River  Universal-International, 1954. 78 min. Color. D: Nathan Juran. SC: John K. Butler. With Audie Murphy, Lisa Gaye, Lyle Bettger, Walter Brennan, Mara Corday, Hugh O’Brian, Jay Silverheels, Regis Toomey, Morris Ankrum, James Anderson, George Wallace, Bob Steele, Lane Bradford, Emile Meyer, Gregg Barton, Howard McNear, Kenneth Terrell, Edmund Cobb, Robert Bray, Rusty Wescoatt, Chief Yowlachie. A young man mistakenly joins a group of gold hunters who go into Indian Territory but he soon sees his mistake and joins with his father in trying to restore peace. Fair Audie Murphy vehicle.

1165  Drums Along the Mohawk  20th Century–Fox, 1939. 103 min. Color. D: John Ford. SC: Lamar Trotti and Sonya Levien. With Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins, John Carradine, Doris Bowden, Jessie Ralph, Arthur Shields, Robert Lowery, Roger Imhoff, Francis Ford, Ward Bond, Kay Linaker, Russell Simpson, Chief Big Tree, Spencer Charters, Arthur Aylesworth, Si Jenks, Jack Pennick, Charles Tannen, Tom Tyler, Paul McVey, Clarence Wilson, Edwin Maxwell, Clara Blandick, Mae Marsh, Noble Johnson, Elizabeth Jones, Robert Greig, Lionel Pape, Beulah Hall Jones. Newlyweds struggle against adversity, Tories and their Indian allies, in the Mohawk Valley at the start of the Revolutionary War. A John Ford classic, a must see film.

Edna May Oliver, Claudette Colbert and Henry Fonda in Drums Along the Mohawk (20th Century–Fox, 1939).

1166  Drums in the Deep South  RKO Radio, 1951. 87 min. Color. D: William Cameron Menzies. SC: Philip Yordan and Sidney Harmon. With James Craig, Barbara Payton, Guy Madison, Barton MacLane, Craig Stevens, Tom Fadden, Robert Osterloh, Taylor Holmes, Lewis Martin, Peter Brocco, Dan White, Robert Easton, Louis Jean Heydt, Myron Healey, Kenne Duncan, James Griffith, Guy Wilkerson, Mickey Simpson, Tom Monroe. Two friends who love the same woman find themselves on opposite sides as General Sherman marches through Georgia. Mediocre Civil War yarn greatly enhanced by Lionel Lindon’s photography.

1167  Drums of Destiny  Crescent, 1937. 64 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Roger Whatley and John T. Neville. With Tom Keene, Edna Lawrence, Budd Buster, Rafael (Ray) Bennett, Robert Fiske, David Sharpe, John Merton, Carlos De Valdez, Chief Flying Cloud. In 1815 a cavalry captain plans to go into Spanish Florida to put down Creek Indian attacks, an action contrary to government policy. Well done entry in Crescent’s historical series starring Tom Keene.

1168  The Drylanders  Columbia, 1963. 70 min. D: Donald Haldane. SC: M. Charles Cohen. With Frances Hyland, James Douglas, Lester Nixon, Mary Savage, William Fruete, Don Francks, Irena Mayeska, William Weintraub. A man takes his wife and sons west to homestead in Canada where thy fight the elements to survive and build a new life. Reasonably good entertainment; National Film Board of Canada’s first feature, originally done for television.

Dual see Dual: The Lone Drifter

1169  Dual: The Lone Drifter  Cinema Epoch, 2009. 90 min. Color. D: Steven R. Monroe. SC: Michael Worth. With Tim Thomerson, Karen Kim, Michael Worth, Margot Farley, Warren Neff, Karen Hustus, Sandy Cooper, Don Hearn, Jr., Hank Hustus, David Barr. A stranger arrives in a small town to find the citizens have been savagely killed and he decides to find out why. Award winning, violent independent Western.

1170  The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox  20th Century–Fox, 1976. 104 min. Color. D: Melvin Frank. SC: Barry Sandler, Jack Rose and Melvin Frank. With George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Conrad Janis, Thayer David, Jennifer Lee, Roy Jenson, Pat Ast, Si Gould, Bob Hoy, E.J. Andre, Richard Farnsworth, John Alderson, Prentiss Rowe, Jerry Gatlin. A crooked gambler is forced to team with a dancehall girl when they head for the desert with stolen loot. Mediocre Western “comedy” for fans of its two stars.

1171  Duck, You Sucker  United Artists, 1972. 139 min. Color. D: Sergio Leone. SC: Sergio Leone, Sergio Donati and Luciano Vincenzoni. With Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli, Maria Monti, Rik Battaglia, Franco Graziosi, Domingo Antoine, Goffredo Pistoni, Roy Bosier, John Frederick. During the 1913–14 Mexican Revolution a foreigner helps a local rebel while planning a bank robbery. Big Italian-made violent oater, mainly for fans of Sergio Leone. Issued in Italy in 1971 as Giu la Testa (Down with Your Head) by Rafran/San Marco/Miura Film, running 158 minutes. TV title: A Fistful of Dynamite.

1172  Dude Bandit  Allied, 1933. 62 min. D: George Melford. SC: Jack Natteford. With Hoot Gibson, Gloria Shea, Hooper Atchley, Skeeter Bill Robbins, Neal Hart, Lafe McKee, Gordon DeMain, Fred Burns, Art Mix, Fred Gilman, George Morrell, Merrill McCormick, Charles King, Slim Whitaker, Pete Morrison, Frank Ellis, Horace B. Carpenter, Charles Brinley, Blackie Whiteford, Bill Gillis. Pretending to be a dimwit, a cowboy investigates the murder of a friend and learns a banker is responsible and takes on the guise of a bandit to stop the crook. Rambling production with Hoot Gibson as a character similar to the one in Spirit of the West (q.v.); Skeeter Bill Robbins is a most annoying sidekick.

1173  The Dude Cowboy  Film Booking Offices (FBO), 1926. 55 min. D: Jack Nelson. SC: Paul M. Bryan and James Ormont. With Bob Custer, Flora Bramley, Billy Bletcher, Howard Truesdell, Bruce Gordon, Amber Norman, Sabel Johnson, Edward Gordon. A cowboy and his pal rescue a tourist and his daughter from outlaws and join them at a dude ranch where the foreman plans to rob the guests. Fairly entertaining silent Bob Custer affair. TV title: Secret Rancher.

1174  Dude Cowboy  RKO Radio, 1941. 59 min. D: David Howard. SC: Morton Grant. With Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Louise Currie, Ray Whitely, Lee “Lasses” White, Helen Holmes, Eddie Kane, Eddie Dew, Byron Foulger, Glenn Strange, Tom London, Lloyd Ingraham. A Treasury Department Secret Service agent goes slumming on a dude ranch in order to break up a counterfeiting operation. Highly entertaining Tim Holt film.

1175  The Dude Goes West  Allied Artists, 1948. 86 min. D: Kurt Neumann. SC: Richard Sale and Mary Loos. With Eddie Albert, Gale Storm, Gilbert Roland, James Gleason, Binnie Barnes, Barton MacLane, Douglas Fowley, Tom Tyler, Harry Hayden, Chief Yowlachie, Sarah Padden, Catherine Doucet, Edward Gargan, Frank Yaconelli, Olin Howlin, Dick Elliott, Lee “Lasses” White, Si Jenks, George Meeker, Ben Weldon, Charles Williams, Francis Pierlot, Tom Fadden. A Bowery shopkeeper becomes a sharpshooter, heads West and goes up against an outlaw gang. Very pleasant Western comedy with a good cast.

1176  Dude Ranch  Paramount, 1931. 72 min. D: Frank Tuttle. SC: Percy Heath, Grover Jones and Lloyd Corrigan. With Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin, Mitzi Green, June Collyer, Eugene Pallette, Charles Sellon, Guy Oliver, George Webb, James Crane, Cecil Weston. In order to impress a girl, an actor goes to a dude ranch where he poses as a cowboy. Early talkie is still fun.

1177  The Dude Ranger  Fox, 1934. 68 min. D: Edward F. Cline. SC: Barry Barringer. With George O’Brien, Irene Hervey, Syd Saylor, LeRoy Mason, Henry Hall, Jim Mason, Lloyd Ingraham, Earl Dwire, Si Jenks, Lafe McKee, Hank Bell, Jack Kirk. After inheriting a ranch in Arizona from his uncle, a man finds out it is being plagued by rustlers. Entertaining adaptation of Zane Grey’s story.

1178  The Dude Wrangler  Sono Art-World Wide, 1930. 60 min. D: Richard Thorpe. SC: Robert N. Lee. With Lina Basquette, George Duryea (Tom Keene/Richard Powers), Francis X. Bushman, Clyde Cook, Sojin, Margaret Seddon, Ethel Wales, Wilfred North, Alice Davenport, Virginia Sale, Julia Swayne Gordon, Louis Payne, Fred Parker, Aileen Carlyle, Jack Richardson. A young man borrows money to buy a dude ranch but one of the guests plots to sabotage it so he can impress the woman they both want. Interesting early talkie for Tom Keene fans.

1179  Dudes Are Pretty People  United Artists, 1942. 46 min. D: Hal Roach, Jr. SC: Louis Kaye. With Jimmy Rogers, Noah Beery, Jr., Marjorie Woodworth, Paul Hurst, Marjorie Gateson, Russell Gleason, Grady Sutton, Bob Gregory, Frank Moran. Two cowboys work at a dude ranch where one of them falls for a guest who already has a boyfriend. Silly opener for the brief featurette series starring Jimmy Rogers and Noah Beery, Jr.

1180  Due Mafiosi Nel Far West (Two Mafia Men in the Far West)  FIDA/Epoca Film, 1964. 102 min. Color. D-SC: Giorgio Simonelli. With Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassi, Aroldo Tieri, Helene Chanel, Fernando Sancho, Anna Casares, Aldo Giuffre, Felix De Fauce, Alfredo Rizzo. Two loony Italians inherit a Texas goldmine and get mixed up with outlaws. Lame “comedy” from the team of Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassi.

1181  Due Sergenti Del Generale Custer (Two Sergeants of General Custer)  FIDA/Balcazar, 1965. 97 min. Color. D-SC: Giorgio Simonelli. With Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassi, Fernando Sancho, Margaret Lee, Moira Orfei, Arolo Tieri, Riccardo Garrone, Ernesto Calindri. Two men are mourned as having fallen at the Alamo when in reality they are deserters who later redeem themselves by spying on Confederates. Inane, silly Italian Western.

1182  Duel at Apache Wells  Republic, 1957. 70 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Bob Williams. With Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ben Cooper, Jim Davis, Harry Shannon, Francis McDonald, Bob Steele, Frank Puglia, Argentina Brunetti, Ian MacDonald, John Dierkes, Ric Roman, Dick Elliott. A man returns home to face the crook who murdered his father and stole his land. Fairly satisfying oater with Jim Davis as the dastardly villain and Bob Steele as his vicious henchman.

1183  Duel at Diablo  United Artists, 1966. 103 min. Color. D: Ralph Nelson. SC: Marvin H. Albert and Michael M. Grilikhes. With James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bibi Andersson, Dennis Weaver, Bill Travers, William Redfield, John Hoyt, John Crawford, John Hubbard, Kevin Coughlin, Jay Ripley, Jeff Cooper, Ralph Bahnsen, Bobby Crawford, Richard Lapp, Dawn Little Sky, Eddie Little Sky, Al Wyatt, Phil Schumacher, Richard Farnsworth, Joe Finnegan, Bill Hart. A diverse group of people travel through the desert with a convoy of munitions as they face the threat of Indian attack. Surprisingly good account of the old plot ploy.

1184  Duel at Silver Creek  Universal-International, 1952. 77 min. Color. D: Donald Siegel. SC: Gerald Dryson Adams and Joseph Hoffman. With Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally, Susan Cabot, Gerald Mohr, Lee Marvin, Eugene Iglesias, James Anderson, Walter Sande, George Eldredge, Tex Terry, John Carpenter, Harry Harvey, Lee Morgan. Coming to town to gamble, the Silver Kid finds himself teaming with a sheriff to stop a gang of murderous claim jumpers. Fast paced and lots of fun.

1185  Duel at the Rio Grande  Teleworld, 1964. 93 min. D: Mario Gaiano. SC: Guido Malatesta, Andre Tabet and Arturo Rigal. With Sean Flynn, Danielle de Metz, Folco Lulli, Armando Calvo, Gaby Andre, Helga Line, Enrique Diosdado, Carlo Tamberlani, Walter Barnes, Mino Doro, Mario Petri, Alfredo Rizzo, Ugo Sasso, Gigi Bonos, Manrico Melchiorre, Elena Barrios. After returning home to Mexico and finding his father murdered, a man leads a band of revolutionaries in stopping a dictator. Mediocre re-working of the Zorro theme with Sean Flynn only average in an attempt to recreate the swashbuckling image of his father, Errol Flynn. Released in Europe as Il Segno di Zorro (The Sign of Zorro) and also called The Sign of Zorro.

Duel in Durango see Gun Duel in Durango

1186  Duel in Eclipse  Hispamer/Prodimex, 1968. 98 min. Color. D: Eugenio Martin and Jose Luis Merino. SC: Enrico Colombo and Giuliana Garavaglia. With Lang Jeffries, Fernando Sancho, Femy Benussi, Carlo Gaddi, Ruben Rojo, Aldo Sambrell, Carlo Simoni, Carlo Gaddi, Giuly Garr, Angel Alvarez, Marisa Paredes. An gunman-astronomer seeks revenge against a gold hungry outlaw and his gang for the vicious murder of his brother. Well made, out of the ordinary, Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western, released theatrically in Europe as Requiem para el Gringo (Requiem for a Gringo).

1187  Duel in the Sun  Selznick Releasing, 1946. 138 min. Color. D: King Vidor (and uncredited Otto Brower, William Dieterle, Sidney Franklin, William Cameron Menzies, David O. Selznick and Josef von Sternberg). SC: David O. Selznick and Oliver H.P. Garrett. With Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, Herbert Marshall, Charles Bickford, Joan Tetzel, Harry Carey, Otto Kruger, Sidney Blackmer, Tilly Losch, Scott McKay, Butterfly McQueen, Francis McDonald, Victor Milian, Griff Barnett, Frank Cordell, Dan White, Steve Dunhill, Lane Chandler, Johnny Bond, Lloyd Shaw, Bert Roach, Si Jenks, Hank Worden, Rose Plummer, Guy Wilkerson, Lee Phelps, Al Taylor, Bob McKenzie, Charles Dingle, Thomas Dillon, Orson Welles (narrator). As their senator-land baron father battles the railroad over building track on his land, two brothers fight it out over a half-breed girl. Very bad “epic” Western from David O. Selznick, that is still worth a look just to see how big budget producers can bungle a film.

1188  Duel on the Mississippi  Columbia, 1955. 72 min. Color. D: William Castle. SC: Gerald Drayson Adams. With Lex Barker, Patricia Medina, Warren Stevens, Craig Stevens, John Dehner, Ian Keith, Chris Alcaide, John Mansfield, Celia Lovsky, Lou Merrill, Mel Welles, Jean Del Val, Baynes Barron, Vince M. Townsend, Jr. In 1820s New Orleans a man becomes a bond servant so his planter father will not go to jail and eventually stops raids on sugar plantations by bayou renegades. Standard costume drama that moves along at a good clip.

Duelo a Muerte see La Venganza del Lobo Negro

1189  Duelo en el Desierto (Duel in the Desert)  Radaent Films, 1964. 85 min. D: Arturo Martinez. SC: Raul de Anda. With Rodolfo de Anda, Fanny Cano, Dabogerto Rodriguez, Miguel Arenas, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Jose Chavez, Armando Arriola, Sergio Barrios, Emilio Garibay, Hortensia Santovena. When a woman marries an ex-gunman her brother has him put in jail on a trumped up charge and then makes plans to eliminate him. Standard Mexican Western produced by Raul de Anda, Jr.

1190  Duelo en El Dorado (Duel in El Dorado)  Cinematografica Calderon S.A., 1969. 87 min. Color. D: Rene Cardona. SC: Ramon Obon and Roberto G. Rivera. With Luis Aguilar, Lola Beltran, Lilia Predo, Emilio Fernandez, German Valdes (Tin Tan), Crox Alvarado, Raul Martinez, Jose Torvay, Roberto Canedo, Lupita Ferrer, Rogelio Gaona, Eleazar Garcia “Cheleo,” Ramon Valdes, Yolanda Ponce, Lila Brado, Cuco Sanchez, Roberto G. Rivera. An orphan is fought over by two men, an ex-gunman who adopted him and a rich man who claims to be his father. Average Mexican Western, sequel to La Conquista de El Dorado (The Conquest of El Dorado) (1965).

1191  Dugan of the Badlands  Monogram, 1931. 66 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With Bill Cody, Andy Shuford, Blanche Mehaffey, Earl Dwire, Ethan Laidlaw, Julian Rivero, John Elliott. A cowboy adopts a young boy whose father has been killed and together they help a lawman in tracking a crooked deputy. Fair first entry in the “Bill and Andy” series.

1192  The Durango Kid  Columbia, 1940. 61 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Paul Franklin. With Charles Starrett, Luana Walters, Kenneth MacDonald, Francis Walker, Forrest Taylor, Melvin Lang, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Frank LaRue, Ralph Peters, Jack Rockwell, Marin Sais, Roger Gray, Jack Kirk, Steve Clark, George Russell, John Tyrrell, Silver Tip Baker. A rancher tries to find out who murdered his father, with the killer, a rival cattleman, putting the blame on nesters. Satisfying production that eventually spawned the long running “Durango Kid” series headlining Charles Starrett.

1193  Durango Valley Raiders  Republic, 1938. 60 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: George Plympton. With Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, Karl Hackett, Forrest Taylor, Ted Adams, Steve Clark, Horace Murphy, Jack Ingram, Ernie Adams, Budd Buster, Frank Ball. A cowpoke tries to help citizens fighting an outlaw gang and he learns the local sheriff is behind the terrorism. Plenty of action in this nicely done Bob Steele movie.

1194  Dust  Lion’s Gate, 2001. 127 min. Color. D-SC: Milcho Manchevski. With Joseph Fiennes, David Wehnam, Adrian Lester, Anne Brochet, Nikolina Kujaca, Rosemary Murphy, Vlado Jovanovski, Salaetin Bilal, Vera Farmiga, Matt Ross, Meg Gibson, Tamer Ibrahim, Vladimir Jacey, Vladimir Gjorgiloski, Zora Georgieva, Jordan Simonov, Josif Josifovski, Joe Mosso, Saunra McClain, Nick Andow, Bruce MacVittie, Tom Strauss, Milica Stajanova, Stanko Stoilkov, Petar Mircevski, Mladen Krstevski, Stoja Arev, Pavie Dameski, Randy Duke. A gunman loses the girl he loves to his brother, becomes a mercenary in Greece and a century later his story his old by an old woman to the young thug who tries to rob her. Entertaining but somewhat confusing drama.

1195  Dust to Dust  DML, 1994. 91 min. Color. D-SC: Gerald Cain. With Robert Vaughn, Willie Nelson, Shaw Jones, Lisa Cangelosi, Gary Carter, Sascha Biesi, Alfredo Huereca, Russ Marker, Cindy Curtis, Stuart Wasser, George Eads, Michael Roland Williams, Grant James, Dustin Sautter, Angel Arroyo, Omari Miller, Scott Ward, Jeffery Mills, Tricia M. Chaney, Tom Davidson, Bob Peterson, J.P. Schwan, Ryan Wickerham, Chris Morris, Rex Owens, Jon Lacey, Vincent Gaskins, Bill Coldwell, Victoria Parello, Carrie Cain, Jim Henry, Montgomery A. Atterbury, Joshua Inge, Shelley Durham, David Lee, Mike Shanks. In the remote town of Bramble, a former Union officer tries to get an insane woman to sign over her land for a railroad right-of-way and is opposed by a gang of youths, the leader falling in love with his daughter. Mixed up morality play filmed near Austin, Texas, by The Water Hole Gang; Willie Nelson makes only a fleeting appearance as a lawyer.

Dynamite and Gold see Where the Hell’s the Gold

1196  Dynamite Canyon  Monogram, 1941. 58 min. D: Robert Emmett Tansey. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey) and Frances Kavanaugh. With Tom Keene, Evelyn Finley, Arkansas Slim Andrews, Sugar Dawn, Stanley Price, Kenne Duncan, Jack Perrin, Gene Alsace, Fred Hoose, Tom London. After an outlaw leader murders two men over a copper deposit, a ranger is assigned to investigate and masquerades as the wanted Trigger Jones in order to infiltrate the gang. Pretty fair Tom Keene entry.

1197  Dynamite Jim  Balcazar/Lux, 1966. 86 min. Color. D: Alfonso Balcazar. SC: Alfonso Balcazar and Jose A. De La Loma. With Luis Davila, Fernando Sancho, Rosalba Neri, Maria Pia Conte, Aldo Sambrell, Charles Sola. During the Civil War an Army colonel tries to bring a gold shipment from Mexico to aid the Union cause but some of his men get greedy. Fairly interesting Spanish made oater.

1198  Dynamite Joe  Seven Film/Hispamer, 1966. 94 min. Color. D: Anthony Dawson (Antonio Margheriti). SC: Maria Del Carmin Martinez. With Rick Van Nutter, Halina Zalewska, Mercedes Caracuel, Renato Baldini, Barta Barry, Aldo Cecconi, Alfonso Rocas, Mario De Grassi, Santiago Rivero. Special agent Dynamite Joe Ford is assigned by a senator to protect government gold shipments from attacking Comancheros. Better-than-average Spaghetti Western.

1199  Dynamite Pass  RKO Radio, 1950. 61 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Norman Houston. With Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Lynne Roberts, Regis Toomey, Robert Shayne, Don C. Harvey, Cleo Moore, John Dehner, Dan Haggerty, Ross Elliott, Denver Pyle, Stuart Randall. Fearing competition, a toll-road owner tries to stop the construction of a new highway. Well done Tim Holt vehicle.

1200  Dynamite Ranch  World Wide, 1932. 60 min. D: Forrest Sheldon. SC: Barry Barringer and Forrest Sheldon. With Ken Maynard, Ruth Hiatt, Alan Roscoe, Jack Perrin, Arthur Hoyt, Al Smith, John Beck, George Pierce, Lafe McKee, Martha Mattox, Edmund Cobb, Charles LeMoyne, Cliff Lyons, Kermit Maynard. When a train is robbed during a fake stop a playful cowboy is blamed for the crime and escapes from jail to prove his innocence. Okay Ken Maynard feature.

Each Man for Himself see The Ruthless Four

1201  The Eagle and the Hawk  Paramount, 1950. 104 min. Color. D: Lewis R. Foster. SC: Geoffrey Homes and Lewis R. Foster. With John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Dennis O’Keefe, Thomas Gomez, Fred Clark, Frank Faylen, Eduardo Noriega, Grandon Rhodes, Walter Reed, Margaret Martin. The U.S. government sends two law enforcers to Mexico in the 1860s in an attempt to stop the plot to make Maximilian emperor. Mildly entertaining historical fiction.

1202  The Eagle’s Brood  Paramount, 1935. 61 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Doris Schroeder and Harrison Jacobs. With William Boyd, James Ellison, William Farnum, Addison Richards, George Hayes, Nana Martinez (Joan Woodbury), Frank Shannon, Dorothy Revier, Paul Fix, John Merton, Al Lydell, George Mari, Juan Torena, Henry Sylvester, Cliff Lyons, Jim Corey, Rube Dalroy. When outlaws kill a young couple and steal their child, Hopalong Cassidy intervenes and goes up against a murderous saloon owner. Top notch second film in the “Hopalong Cassidy” series and a portent of more good things to come.

1203  The Eagle’s Claw  Aywon, 1924. 50 min. D: Charles R. Seeling. SC: Donald L. Buchanan. With Guinn Williams, Kathleen Collins, Lew Meehan, Lafe McKee, William Gunn. A cowboy inherits a gold mine and becomes the target of attacks from an old enemy. Cheap silent effort that will interest Guinn “Big Boy” Williams fans.

1204  Eagle’s Wing  International Pictures, 1979. 111 min. Color. D: Anthony Harvey. SC: John Briley. With Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Harvey Keitel, Stephane Audran, John Castle, Caroline Langrishe, Jorge Russo, Manuel Ojeda, Jorge Luke, Pedro Damian, Claudio Brook, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Farnesio de Bernal, Cecilia Camacho, Enrique Lucero, Julio Lucena. After murdering his partner, a cowboy steals a Comanche horse and is chased by a warrior determined to retrieve it as his braves attack a stagecoach, carry off a beautiful young woman and are tracked by a posse of Mexicans. Obscure but fast paced, violent and action filled feature.

1205  Edge of Eternity  Columbia, 1959. 81 min. D: Don Siegel. S: Knut Swenson and Richard Collins. With Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan, Rian Garrick, Jack Elam, Dabbs Greer, Alexander Lockwood, Tom Fadden, John Roy, Wendell Holmes. A criminal uses a resort area as a hideout after murdering a mining executive and he is pursed by a deputy sheriff. Well done modern-day Western with an exciting climax in the Grand Canyon.

1206  80 Steps to Jonah  Warner Bros., 1969. 107 min. Color. D: Gerd Oswald. SC: Frederic Louis Fox. With Wayne Newton, Diana Ewing, Jo Van Fleet, Keenan Wynn, R.G. Armstrong, Slim Pickens, Mickey Rooney, Sal Mineo, Brandon Cruz, Teddy Quinn, Susan Mathews, Dennis Cross, James Bacon, Erin Moore, Butch Patrick. On the run from the law, a young man stumbles on a ranch for blind children and it changes his life. Okay drama although singer Wayne Newton is somewhat miscast in the lead role.

1207  El Cisco  Filmepoca, 1966. 90 min. Color. D: Sergio Bergonzelli. SC: Sergio Bergonzelli, Aldo Greci and Paolo Lombardo. With William Berger, George Wang, Antonella Murgia, Tom Felleghy, Nino Vingelli, Cristina Gajoni, Renato Chiantoni, Lucye Bomez. El Cisco, a man unjustly accused of a crime with a price on his head, foils a bank robbery attempt by a deputy sheriff in league with Mexican bandits but ends up being blamed for the hold-up. Somewhat involved, but fair Italian oater with a good music score by Bruno Nicolai. Also called Cisco and The Cisco Kid.

1208  El Condor  National General, 1970. 98 min. Color. D: John Guillermin. SC: Larry Cohen and Steven Carabatsos. With Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown, Mariana Hill, Patrick O’Neal, Elisha Cook, Iron Eyes Cody, Imogen Hassall, Gustavo Rojo, Florencio Amarilla, Julio Pena, John Clark. Two men trek to Mexico with plans to steal the gold of Maximilian, which is hidden in the fort at El Condor. Veteran director Andre DeToth produced this foreign filmed oater, which is fair entertainment.

1209  El Diablo  Home Box Office Pictures, 1990. 115 min. Color. D: Peter Markle. SC: Tommy Lee Wallace, John Carpenter and Bill Phillips. With Anthony Edwards, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Glover, Joe Pantoliano, Robert Beltran, M.C. Gainey, Miguel Sandoval, Sarah Trigger, Branscombe Richmond, Jim Beaver, Geno Silva, David Dunard, Craig Reay, Nick Young, Don Collier, Luis Contreras, Jesse Doran, Kathleen Erickson, Don Pendergrass, Frank Koppala, Michael Francis Kelly, Wilfredo Hernandez, Todd Fitzpatrick. A tenderfoot teacher teams with a black gunfighter to rescue a young girl, his student, kidnapped by the notorious outlaw El Diablo. Amusing Western comedy made for television.

1210  El Diablo, El Sainto y El Tonto (The Devil, The Saint and the Fool)  Cumbre Films, 1987. 92 min. Color. D: Rafael Villasenor Kuri. SC: Adolfo Torres Portillo. With Vicente Fernandez, Sasha Montenegro, Pedro Weber, Carmelita Gonzales, Frank Tostado, Felipe Arriaga, Eulalio Gonzales, Jorge Noble, Martha Ortiz, Luc Maria Rico. Three unalike half-brothers meet to divide their late rancher father’s estate with astonishing results. Associate Producer–star Vicente Fernandez plays all three title roles in this zany Mexican Western comedy as well as performing five ranchero songs.

1211  El Diablo Rides  Metropolitan, 1939. 55 min. D: Ira Webb. SC: Carl Krusada. With Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle, Carleton Young, Ted Adams, Kit Guard, Robert Walker, Rob Robinson, Hal Carey. A cowboy finds himself in the middle of a range war between cattlemen and sheep herders. Low grade but action filled Bob Steele film.

1212  El Dorado  Paramount, 1967. 127 min. Color. D: Howard Hawks. SC: Leigh Brackett. With John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Michele Carey, Arthur Hunnicutt, R.G. Armstrong, Edward Asner, Paul Fix, Christopher George, Robert Donner, John Gabriel, Jim Davis, Marina Chane, Anne Newman, Johnny Crawford, Robert Rothwell, Adam Roarke, Chuck Courtney, Bill Henry, Nacho Galindo, Victoria George, John Mitchum. An aging gunfighter helps his sheriff pal in opposing a corrupt land baron. Entertaining reworking of Rio Bravo (q.v.), although not up to the previous effort by director Howard Hawks, writer Leigh Brackett and star John Wayne.

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1213  El Dorado Pass  Columbia, 1948. 56 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Earle Snell. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Elena Verdugo, Steve Darrell, Rory Mallinson, Shorty Thompson and His Saddle Rockin’ Rhythm, Ted Mapes, Blackie Whiteford, Stanley Blystone, Harry Vejar, Russell Meeker, Gertrude Chorre. Framed for a crime he did not commit, a cowboy breaks out of jail and becomes the masked Durango Kid, aiding a Mexican rancher and his daughter who have been robbed of the money they planned to use to buy cattle. Passable “Durango Kid” series segment. British title: Desperate Men.

1214  El Paso  Paramount, 1948. 101 min. Color. D-SC: Lewis R. Foster. With John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden, George “Gabby” Hayes, Dick Foran, Henry Hull, Mary Beth Hughes, Eduardo Noriega, H.B. Warner, Catherine Craig, Arthur Space, Bobby Ellis, Peggy McIntyre, Chief Yowlachie, Steven Geray, Lawrence Tibbett, Jr., Pierre Watkin, Gloria Winters, Reed Howes, Lane Chandler, Nacho Galindo, John Hart, Herbert Heywood, Don Haggerty, Jesse Graves, Chief Yowlachie, Dewey Robinson, Lorin Raker, John Merton, Peggy McIntyre, Jack Perrin, Lee “Lasses” White, Denver Pyle, Max Wagner, Renata Vanni, Argentina Brunetti, Dan White, Lee Roberts, Irving Bacon, Joe Devlin, Eddie Parks, Ray Hyke, Jack Hendricks, Keith Richards, Tom Smith, Harry Tenbrook. In Texas after the Civil War a lawyer learns the gun is the only way to rid the area of lawlessness. Standard but entertaining big budget action Western.

1215  The El Paso Kid  Republic, 1946. 54 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Norman Sheldon. With Sunset Carson, Marie Harmon, Robert Filmer, Wheaton Chambers, Zon Murray, John Carpenter, Hank Patterson, Edmund Cobb, Tex Terry, Robert Wilke, Ed Cassidy. After quitting an outlaw gang over a killing, a cowboy is made a sheriff and eventually redeems himself for his past. Although a good rider and fighter, Sunset Carson is a mediocre actor at best and this does not help the proceedings.

1216  El Paso Stampede  Republic, 1953. 53 min. D: Harry Keller. SC: Arthur E. Orloff. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Phyllis Coates, Eddy Waller, Stephen Chase, Roy Barcroft, Edward Clark, Tom Monroe, Stanley Andrews, William Tannen, John Hamilton. During the Spanish-American War rustlers hijack cattle intended for the Army and the government sends special agent Rocky Lane to investigate. None too interesting final outing in the “Famous Westerns” series with lots of stock footage and re-use of the old chestnut of having cattle hidden behind a waterfall; a picture of Grant Withers is used to portray unseen rustler Jose Delgado.

1217  El Puro  Filmar Cinematografica, 1972. 89 min. Color. D: Fabrizio Gianni. SC: Ignacio Iquino, Eduardo Mulargia and Fabrizio Gianni. With Robert Woods, Rosalba Neri, Maurizio Bonuglia, Mario Brega, Mariangela Giordano, Aldo Berti, Attilo Cottesio, Fabrizio Gianni, Gustavo Re. After accepting a reward to bring in an outlaw alive, a cowboy is forced to shoot the wanted man. Another violent Spaghetti Western issued in 1970 in Italy as La Taglia e Tua, I’Umo, I’Anamazzo Io and in France as El Puro, La Rancon Est Pour Toi (El Puro, the Ransom Is for You); also called The Reward’s Yours, the Man’s Mine.

El Rancho Grande see Rancho Grande

1218  El Topo (The Mole)  ABKCP/Producciones Panicas, 1971. 123 min. Color. D-SC: Alexandro Jodorowsky. With Alexandor Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Maria Lorenzio, David Silva, Paula Romo, Jacqueline Luis, Robert John. A mysterious figure rides through the desert and meets a woman who urges him to seek out and kill four sharp-shooting masters. Strange, ambiguous and extremely violent Mexican production that has developed a cult following but will not appeal to the average filmgoer.

1219  The Electric Horseman  Universal/Columbia, 1979. 120 min. Color. D: Sydney Pollack. SC: Robert Garland and Paul Gaer. With Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Willie Nelson, Valerie Perrine, John Saxon, Nicholas Coster, Allan Arbus, Wilford Brimley, Will Hare, Basil Hoffman, Timothy Scott, James B. Sikking, James Kline, Frank Speiser, Quinn Redeker, Lois Areno, Sarah Harris, Tasha Zemrus, James Novak, Debra L. Maxwell, Michele Heyden, Robin Timm, Patricia Blair, Gary M. Fox, Richard Perlmutter, Carol Eileen Montgomery, Theresa Ann Dent, Perry Sheehan Adair, Sarge Allen, Sylvie Strauss, Richard Knoll, Angelo Giouzelis, Mark Jamison, Brendan Kelly, Sheila B. Wakely, X.V. Kelly, Gary Shermaine, Gary Liddiard. A faded rodeo star heads to his desert hideout after one of his “deals” fails to work, is sought out by a TV reporter and the two fall in love. Lackluster feature that is too long to be interesting although Willie Nelson is just fine as the “hero’s” pal.

Emperor of the North see Emperor of the North Pole

1220  Emperor of the North Pole  20th Century–Fox, 1973. 118 min. Color. D: Robert Aldrich. SC: Christopher Knopf. With Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Charles Tyner, Malcolm Atterbury, Simon Oakland, Harry Caesar, Hal Baylor, Matt Clark, Elisha Cook, Joe Di Reda, Liam Dunn, Diane Dye, Robert Foulk, James Goodwin, Ray Guth, Sid Haig, Karl Lukas, Edward McNally, John Steadman, Vic Tayback, Dave Willock. A hobo carries out a personal vendetta against a conductor who brutally murders men trying to get free rides on his train. Very violent melodrama; Marty Robbins sings the title song, “A Man and a Train.” Also called Emperor of the North.

1221  Empty Holsters  Warner Bros., 1937. 62 min. D: B. Reeves Eason. SC: John T. Neville. With Dick Foran, Pat Wathall, Edmund Cobb, Glenn Strange, George Chesebro, J.P. McGowan, Milton Kibbee, Emmett Vogan, Art Mix, Artie Ortego, Earl Dwire, Jack Mower, Ben Corbett, Merrill McCormick, Wilfred Lucas, Neal Hart, Henry Otho, Charles LeMoyne, Tom Brower, Anderson Lawlor. After being released from prison, having been framed on robbery and murder charges, a cowboy plans to clear his name by finding the real culprit. Old story is given plenty of fast action in this retelling.

1222  Empty Saddles  Universal, 1936. 62 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Frances Guihan. With Buck Jones, Louise Brooks, Harvey Clark, Niles Welch, Gertrude Astor, Frank Campeau, Charles Middleton, Lloyd Ingraham, Claire Rochelle, Robert Adair, Ben Corbett, Earl Askam. Crooks spark a war between cattle ranchers and sheep men and a cowboy tries to stop the feuding. Well mounted Buck Jones vehicle of double interest because silent film siren Louise Brooks is the leading lady.

1223  En Peligro de Muerte (On Risk of Death)  Producciones Zacarias S.A., 1962. 90 min. Color. D: Rene Cardona. SC: Alfredo Zacarias and Roberto Gomez Bolanos “Chespirito.” With Viruta (Marco Antonio Campos), Capulina (Gaspar Henaine), Tin Tan (German Valdes), Lorena Velazquez, Jorge Russek, Rene Cardona, Jr., Tere Velazquez, Jorge Zamora, Mayte Carol, Manuel Donde, Guillermo Bravo Sosa, Sara Gabriela, Jesus Gomez, Victor Velazquez, Eduardo Lugo, Ramon Valdes. Two bungling prospectors are captured by Indians but use their metal detector and flash camera to make them think they have magical powers before rescuing two beautiful women and taking them to their uncle, a sheriff whose town is besieged by outlaws. Silly Mexican comedy Western.

1224  The Enchanted Valley  Eagle Lion, 1948. 72 min. D: Robert Emmett Tansey. SC: Frances Kavanaugh. With Alan Curtis, Anne Gwynne, Charley Grapewin, Donn Gift, Joseph Crehan, Joseph Devlin, Al (Lash) LaRue, John Bleifer, Rocky Camron, Jerry Riggio. A young man’s happy existence is interrupted by the arrival of two bandits and their woman companion. Average programmer.

1225  End of a Gun  CBS-TV/20th Century–Fox, 1957. 45 min. D: Lewis Allen. SC: Sam Peckinpah. With Richard Conte, John Barrymore, Jr., Marilyn Erskine, Lyle Bettger, Richard Crane, Alix Talton, Frank Ferguson, Carl Benton Reid, Frank Sully, Michael Landon, Maudie Prickett, Percy Helton, Peter Brocco, John Cliff, Jamie Farr, Mort Mills, Jim Hayward, Richard Collier, John Conte (host). A famous gunman, who wants to lead a peaceful life, is forced into one last showdown. TV version of The Gunfighter (q.v.), originally telecast as a segment of “The 20th Century–Fox Hour” on CBS-TV on January 9, 1957, and later syndicated as a feature film; Sam Peckinpah adapted the teleplay from William Bowers’ screenplay.

1226  End of the Rope  NBC-TV, 1957. 54 min. Color. D: Albert McCleery. SC: Sheldon Stark. With John Barrymore, Jr., Susan Oliver, George Peppard, Norma Moore, Parley Baer, John Conte (host). A man finds himself in a Arizona town where the populace wants to lynch him. Telefeature first shown as an episode of “Matinee Theatre” (NBC-TV, 1955–58) on April 1, 1957.

1227  End of the Trail  Columbia, 1932. 60 min. D: D. Ross Lederman. SC: Stuart Anthony. With Tim McCoy, Luana Walters, Wheeler Oakman, Wally Albright, Lafe McKee, Wade Boteler, Chief White Eagle, Henry Hall. A soldier, forced out of the Army after being falsely accused of giving guns to Indians, goes to live with the Arapahos when his adopted son is killed, and eventually thwarts a massacre. Exceedingly well done film not hurt by a tacked-on happy ending; perhaps Tim McCoy’s best.

1228  End of the Trail  Columbia, 1936. 70 min. D: Erle C. Kenton. SC: Harold Shumate. With Jack Holt, Louise Henry, Guinn Williams, Douglass Dumbrille, George McKay, Gene Morgan, John McGuire, Ed Le Saint, Frank Shannon, Erle C. Kenton, Hank Bell, Art Mix, Blackie Whiteford, Blackjack Ward, Edgar Dearing, Albert J. Smith, Paul Guifoyle, Pat Flaherty, Carl Stockdale, Bob McKenzie, Richard Cramer, Stanley Blystone, Bud Osborne, Frank Moran, James B. Kenton, Frank Ellis, Chuck Hamilton, Olin Francis, Dick Bodkin, John Tyrrell, Hal Price, Eddie Fetherston, Allan Cavan, Ted Mapes, Fred Parker, Charles Brinley, Lee Prather, Cecil Kellogg, Ed Warren, Curley Gibson, Earle Bunn, Walter Merrill, Herbert White. Two friends, who grew up together but are on opposite sides of the law, both love the same girl. Top notch Jack Holt feature with an adult theme; director Erle C. Kenton portrays Theodore Roosevelt.

1229  Enemy of the Law  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1945. 59 min. D-SC: Harry Fraser. With Tex Ritter, Dave O’Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Kay Hughes, Jack Ingram, Charles King, Frank Ellis, Kermit Maynard, Henry Hall, Karl Hackett, Ed Cassidy, Ben Corbett, Jack Evans. Three Texas Rangers track outlaws who years before robbed a safe and hid the loot. Dull “Texas Rangers” series affair somewhat saved by Tex Ritter singing “Teach Me to Forget” and “You Will Have to Pay.” Reissued in 16mm as Cowboy Reckoning.

Enter the Devil (1962) see The Devil’s Partner