2050  Johnny Reno  Paramount, 1966. 83 min. Color. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Steve Fisher. With Dana Andrews, Jane Russell, Lon Chaney, John Agar, Lyle Bettger, Tom Drake, Richard Arlen, Tracy Olsen, Paul Daniel, Dale Van Sickel, Robert Lowery, Reg Parton, Rodd Redwing, Charles Horvath, Chuck Hicks, Edmund Cobb. A sheriff brings the accused killer of an Indian chief’s son to town for trail but finds most of the citizens support the prisoner. Average A.C. Lyles production enhanced by good performances from its veteran cast; Jerry Wallace sings the title song.

2051  Johnny Tiger  Universal, 1966. 100 min. Color. D: Paul Wendkos. SC: Paul Crabtree and R. John Hough. With Robert Taylor, Geraldine Brooks, Chad Everett, Brenda Scott, Marc Lawrence, Ford Rainey, Carol Seflinger, Steven Wheeler, Pamela Melendez, Deanna Lund. In Florida a half-breed Seminole youth, in love with his teacher’s pretty daughter, must decide whether to take over the leadership of his diminishing tribe or try for a new life for himself. Cheaply made but adequate modern-day drama with a fine performance by Robert Taylor as a dedicated teacher.

2052  Johnny Tremain  Buena Vista, 1957. 80 min. Color. D: Robert Stevenson. SC: Tom Blackburn. With Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot, Richard Beymer, Walter Sande, Rusty Lane, Whit Bissell, Will Wright, Virginia Christine, Walter Coy, Geoffrey Toone, Ralph Clanton, Gavin Gordon, Lumsden Hare, Anthony Ghazlo, Jr., Charles Smith. In 1773 a young silversmith apprentice loses his position and becomes involved with the Sons of Liberty, leading to the Revolutionary War. Good Walt Disney family film filled with lots of history.

2053  Johnny West  C.E.A. Distribucion, 1965. 109 min. Color. D: Frank Kramer (Gianfranco Parolini). SC: Gianfranco Parolini, Gianfranco Simonelli, Robert De Nesle and Jose Luis Jerez Aloza. With Dick Palmer (Mimmo Palmara), Mike Anthony (Adriano Micantoni), Roger Delaporte, Andre Bollet, Mara Cruz, Diana Garson (Dada Gallotti), Barta Barri, Roberto Camardiel, Bob Fenton, Spanny Convery, Bruno Arie. A half-breed ends up in jail but later helps a lawman bring in an outlaw gang. Deservedly obscure and overlong Spaghetti Western released in Italy as Johnny West il Mancino (Johnny West, the Left Handed) and also called Left Handed Johnny West.

2054  Johnny Yuma  Clover Films, 1967. 99 min. Color. D: Romolo Guerrieri. SC: Fernando Di Leo. With Mark Damon, Rosalba Neri, Lawrence Dobkin, Louis Vanner, Fidel Gonzales, Gus Harper, Leslie Daniel, Dada Galotti, Gianni Solaro, Nando Poggi, Frank Liston. After inheriting his uncle’s ranch, a cowboy learns the man’s young wife had him murdered. Very violent and bloody oater made in Italy in 1966.

2055  Johnson County Wars  Hallmark Channel, 2002. 240 min. Color. D: David S. Cass, Sr. SC: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. With Tom Berenger, Luke Perry, Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Michelle Forbes, Adam Storke, Christopher Cazenove, Jack Conley, Silas Weir Mitchell, Fay Masterson, Ken Pogue, Blu Makuma, William Samples, Stephen Bridgewater, P. Adrien Dorval, Stevie Mitchell, Jimmy Herman, Henry Beckman, Ron Hartman, Tim Koetting, Hal Kerbes, Paul Coeur, Tom Heaton, Lyle St. Goddard, John F. Parker, Stephen Warner, Billy Morton, Dave LeReaney, Doug Lennox, Kirk Jarrett, Steve Shayler, Joe Norman Shaw, Chris Ippolito, Tom Carey, J.C. Roberts, Joe Dodds, Peter Strand Rumpel, Shawn Orr, Jonathan Cole, Rodger Yule, Dusty Bews, Tom Eirikson, Cam Macdonald, Dan Heather, Bunk Duncan. Three feuding brothers, who love the same woman, unite to stop a coterie of cattle ranchers from taking over the range. Too long but more than passable TV mini-series from Frederick Manfred’s novel Riders of Judgement.

2056  Jory  Avco-Embassy, 1972. 97 min. Color. D: Jorge Fons. SC: Jerry Herman and Robert Irving. With John Marley, B.J. Thomas, Robby Benson, Brad Dexter, Claudio Brook, Ben (Benny) Baker, Patricia Aspillaga, Todd Martin, Linda Purl, Anne Lockhart, Betty Sheridan, Ted Markland, Quintin Buines, Carlos Cortes, John Kelly, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Betty Sheridan, Howard Hesseman. A teenage boy sets out to get revenge on the men who murdered his father and friends. Made in Mexico, this oater was released theatrically only on an experimental basis but it is pretty good and marks Robby Benson’s screen debut; Benny Baker gives a fine performance as the rancher who first shelters the boy.

2057  Joshua  Lone Star, 1976. 90 min. Color. D: Larry Spangler. SC: Fred Williamson. With Fred Williamson, Calvin Bartlett, Brenda Venus, Isela Vega, Budd Stout, Henry Hendrick, Ralph Willingham, Kathryn Jackson, Neil Summers, Stonewall Jackson, Stacey Newton. Following the Civil War, a black soldier comes home to find his mother has been murdered by a vicious gang and he becomes a bounty hunter to get revenge. Fair, low key outing heavy on visuals and light on dialogue.

2058  Journey Through Rosebud  Avco-Embassy, 1972. 92 min. Color. D: Tom Gries. SC: Albert Ruben. With Robert Forster, Kristoffer Tabori, Victoria Racimo, Eddie Little Sky, Roy Jenson, Wright King, Larry Pennell, Robert Cornwaithe, Steve Shemayne. A draft dodger hides from the law on an Indian reservation where he gets involved in the politics of the tribe and its troubles with the government. Tepid anti-war, pro–Indian feature filmed in South Dakota.

2059  Journey to Shiloh  Universal, 1968. 101 min. Color. D: William Hale. SC: Gene Coon. With James Caan, Michael Sarrazin, Brenda Scott, Paul Petersen, Don Stroud, Michael Burns, Michael Vincent, Harrison Ford, John Doucette, Noah Beery (Jr.), Tisha Sterling, James Gammon, Clark Gordon, Robert Pine, Wesley Lau, Chet Stratton, Bing Russell, Lane Bradford, Rex Ingram, Myron Healey, Eileen Wesson. A group of young men in 1862 Texas head East to join the Confederate Army without any idea as to what they are fighting for or the meaning of the war. A good premise gone awry in this rambling and none too satisfying melodrama.

2060  The Journeyman  Dream Entertainment, 2001. 93 min. Color. D-SC: James Crowley. With Brad Hunt, Daniel Lapaine, Dash Mihok, Arie Verveen, Willie Nelson, Barry Corbin, Assumpta Serna, Burton Gilliam, John Beasley, Leon Singer, Chris Dahlberg, Joe Stevens, Octavia Spenser, Boots Sutherland, Daniel Grant, James Crowley, Matt Bearden, Tate Taylor, L.J. Burleson, Bela Armendariz, Alex Armendariz, Joey Hudgins, Trevor Nelson, Alex Smith, Ronnie Patilla, Big Jim Dicuffa, David Little, Marla Banda, E. Scott Perez, Ervin Laird, Juliana Sheffield, Lisa Hargus, Julianna Gilcrist. Two boys are spared by an outlaw gang who murder their rancher father and years later one of them tracks the other, who has become a ruthless morphine addict, in hopes of redeeming him. Pretty good independent Western.

2061  Juan Charrasqueado  Filmadora Chapultepec, 1948. 90 min. D: Ernesto Cortazar. SC: Ramon Perez and Ignacio Villarreal. With Pedro Armendariz, Miroslava, Fernando Soto “Mantequilla,” Arturo Martinez, Luis Aceves Castaneda, Fernando Casanova, Angel Merino, Carlos Muquiz, Georgina Barragan, Silvia Rey. A vagabond romancer returns to his ranch home only to have a violent confrontation with his fianee’s suitor. Fair Mexican Western helped by the presence of stars Pedro Armendariz and Miroslava.

Juan Charrasqueado and Gabino Barrera see Juan Charrasqueado y Gabino Barrera, Su Verdadera Historia

2062  Juan Charrasqueado y Gabino Barrera, Su Verdadera Historia (Juan Charrasqueado and Gabino Barrera, Their Truthful History). Cima Films, 1982. 105 min. Color. D: Rafael Villasenor. SC: Rafael Garcia Travesi. With Vicente Fernandez, Blanca Guerra, Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Jose Chavez, Jorge Fegan, Guillermo Lagunes, Albeerto Arvizu, Mario Arevalo. Two adventurers cross paths many times but eventually have a falling out over a woman. Pretty good Mexican Western released on video as Juan Charrasqueado and Gabino Barrera.

2063  Juana Gallo  Producciones Zacarias, S.A., 1961. 120 min. Color. D-SC: Miguel Zacarias. With Maria Felix, Luis Aguilar, Jorge Mistral, Christiane Martel, Sonia Infante, Rene Cardona, Jose Alfredo Jiminez, Noe Murayama, Rita Macedo, Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Marina Camacho. After her father and fiance are murdered by government forces, a woman joins revolutionaries and urges her townspeople to fight. Well staged Mexican historical drama, culminating in the battle at Zacatecas; also called The Guns of Juana Gallo.

2064  Juarez  Warner Bros., 1939. 132 min. D: William Dieterle. SC: John Huston, Aeneas MacKenzie and Wolfgang Reinhardt. With Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains, John Garfield, Donald Crisp, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Calleia, Gilbert Roland, Henry O’Neill, Pedro de Cordoba, Montagu Love, Harry Davenport, Walter Fenner, Alex Leftwich, Robert Warwick, John Miljan, Irving Pichel, Walter Kingsford, Monte Blue, Louis Calhern, Vladimir Sokoloff, Georgia Caine, Hugh Sothern, Fred Malatesta, Carlos de Valdez, Frank Lackteen, Gilbert Emery, Francis McDonald, Bill Wilkerson, Frank Reicher, Holmes Herbert, Egon Brecher, Mickey Kuhn, Noble Johnson, Martin Garralaga, Grant Mitchell, Charles Halton, Frank Mayo, Douglas Wood, Gennaro Curci, Walter O. Stahl, Manuel Diaz, Lillian Nicholson, William Edmunds. Benito Juarez rises to become the leader of the Mexican Revolution after French ruler Louis Napoleon tries to establish Maximilian as the emperor of the country. Overlong and basically boring biopic, mainly due to Paul Muni’s stoic performance in the title role, although Bette Davis and Brian Aherne are great as Carlotta and Maximilian.

2065  Jubal  Columbia, 1956. 101 min. Color. D: Delmer Daves. SC: Russell S. Hughes and Delmer Daves. With Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger, Valerie French, Felicia Farr, Basil Ruysdael, Noah Beery, Jr., Charles Bronson, John Dierkes, Jack Elam, Robert Burton, Robert Knapp, Juney Ellis, Don C. Harvey, Guy Wilkerson, Larry Hudson, Mike Lawrence, Buzz Henry, John Cason, Ann Kunde, William Rhinehart. A man is forced to shoot his best friend when falsely accused of having an affair with the dead man’s wife, but finds love with a religious girl who hides him from a posse. Taut psychological drama of interest for its cast rather than the steamy plot.

2066  Jubilee Trail  Republic, 1954. 103 min. Color. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Bruce Manning. With Vera Ralston, Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, John Russell, Ray Middleton, Pat O’Brien, Buddy Baer, Jim Davis, Barton MacLane, Richard Webb, James Millican, Nina Varela, Martin Garralaga, Charles Stevens, Nacho Galindo, Don Beddoe, John Holland, William Haade, Alan Bridge, John Halloran, Stephen Chase, Dan White, Eugene Borden, Rodolfo Hoyos, Bud Wolfe, Paul Stander, Marshall Reed, Maurice Jara, Rosa Turich, Manuel Lopez, Perry Lopez, Claire Carleton, Victor Sen Yung, Edward Colmans, George Navarro, Grant Withers, Frank Puglia, Pepe Hern, Glenn Strange, Felipe Turich, Joe Dominguez, Emil Sitka, Emmett Lynn, Tex Terry, Rocky Shahan, Chuck Hayward, Jack O’Shea, Jack Elam, Tina Menard, Buzz Henry, Pilar Del Rey, Charles Sullivan, Rico Alaniz, Ralph Brooks, Sayre Dearing, Morris Buchanan, Frances Dominguez. A woman wanted for murder travels West with a young widow and her baby, the infant being kidnapped by the mother’s crooked brother-in-law. Big, brawling adaptation of Gwen Bristow’s popular novel provides good screen fare.

2067  Judgment Book  Beaumont, 1935. 61 min. D: Charles Hutchison. SC: E.J. Thornton. With Conway Tearle, Bernadine Hayes, Howard Lang, Richard Cramer, William Gould, Jack Pendleton, Roy Rice, Jimmy Aubrey, Ray Gallagher, Dick Rush, Blackie Whiteford, Francis Walker, Edward Clayton. When his newspaper editor uncle is murdered by ruthless cattlemen intent on dominating a town, a Easterner shows up to take over the business and oppose the lawless. Pretty fair Conway Tearle vehicle if one can accept the British actor, then in his fifties, as a young man.

2068  Junction City  Columbia, 1952. 54 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Jack (Jock) Mahoney, Kathleen Case, John Dehner, Steve Darrell, George Chesebro, Anita Castle, Mary Newton, Robert Bice, Hal Price, Hal Taliaferro, Chris Alcaide, Bob Woodward, Frank Ellis, Joel Friedkin, Harry Tyler, The Sunshine Boys (Eddie Wallace, J.D. Sumner, M.H. Richman, Freddie Daniel). The Durango Kid helps a stage driver falsely accused of kidnapping his fiancee, who is really in hiding to prevent her guardian from killing her for the rich mine she inherited. Passable “Durango Kid” film, the penultimate release in the series.

2069  Junior Bonner  Cinerama Releasing, 1972. 100 min. D: Sam Peckinpah. SC: Jed Rosebrook. With Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson, Joe Don Baker, Barbara Leigh, Mary Murphy, Bill McKinney, Sandra Deel, Donald Barry, Dub Taylor, Charles Gray, Matthew Peckinpah, Sundown Spencer, Rita Garrison, Casey Tibbs, Rod Hart. A rodeo circuit performer returns home to take part in a local show and tries to re-establish a relationship with his parents. Nicely done melodrama of rodeo life.

2070  Just Pals  Fox, 1920. 50 min. D: John Ford. SC: Paul Schofield. With Buck Jones, Helen Ferguson, George E. Stone, Duke R. Lee, William Buckley, Edwin Booth Tilton, Eunice Murdock, Burt Apling, Slim Padgett, Pedro Leone, Ida Tenbrook, John J. Cooke. A town loafer is made into a he-man when he befriends a young vagabond boy. Well made and entertaining Buck Jones feature, one of his few available silent vehicles.

2071  Just Tony  Fox, 1922. 58 min. D-SC: Lynn Reynolds. With Tom Mix, Claire Adams, J.P. Lockney, Duke R. Lee, Frank Campeau, Walt Robbins. A cowboy saves a wild mustang from men who want to beat it and the horse later returns the favor by rescuing his benefactor and a rancher’s daughter from trouble. Tom Mix’s beautiful horse Tony is spotlighted in this delightfully action packed silent oater.

2072  Just Travelin’  Sierra Pictures, 1925. 54 min. D-SC: Horace B. Carpenter. With Bob Burns, Dorothy Donald, Tex (Alfred) Hewston, Lew Meehan, Harry O’Connor, Jack Radke. A cowboy and his sidekick go up against a ruthless outlaw who captures a miner as well as his pretty daughter, wanting the location of the prospector’s valuable mine and wanting to marry the girl. Less than satisfying silent oater with stoic hero Bob Burns.

2073  Justice of the Range  Columbia, 1935. 58 min. D: David Selman. SC: Ford Beebe. With Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, Ward Bond, Guy Usher, Ed LeSaint, Allan Sears, Jack Rockwell, Jack Rutherford, George Hayes, Bill Patton, Stanley Blystone, Earl Dwire, Dick Rush, J. Frank Glendon, Frank Ellis, Tom London, Bud Osborne, Richard Botiller, Henry Hall, Wally West, Ray Jones. A cowboy is hired to find out who is behind a cattle rustling gang but when a ranch foreman is murdered he is accused of the crime and tries to clear himself. Very fine entry in Tim McCoy’s Columbia series with a good script and acting.

2074  Justice of the West  Wrather Corporation, 1956. 75 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy and Oscar Randolph. SC: Robert Schaefer, Eric Friewald, Walter A. Thompson and Robert Leslie Bellem. With Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Allen Pinson, Wayne Burson, Terry Frost, Denver Pyle, Bill Henry, Joseph Crehan, House Peters, Jr., Tom Steele, Steven Ritch, Russell Sanders, Robert Burton, Henry Rowland, Ric Roman, Ron Hagherty, John Berardino, Mickey Simpson, Tudor Owen, Will Wright, James D. Parnell, Gary Lee Marshall. The Lone Ranger and Tonto track down a stolen million dollar gold shipment, hunt marauders who murdered an elderly sheriff and try to save a man from being hanged for a robbery he did not commit. Good telefeature made up of three episodes of “The Lone Ranger” (ABC-TV, 1949–57): “No Handicap,” “Outlaw Masquerade” and “Quicksand.”

Justice Rides Again see Destry Rides Again (1932)

2075  La Justicia del Coyote (The Justice of the Coyote)  Centauro Films/Oro Films, 1956. 75 min. D: Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent. SC: J. Chamor (Pedro Chamorro) and Jesus (Jess) Franco. With Abel Salazar, Gloria Morin, Manuel Monroy, Rafael Bardem, Miguel Pastor Mata, Antonio Garcia Quijada, Emilio Rodriguez, Carlos Otero, Julio Gorostegui, Mario Moreno, Jose Rey, Luis Dominguez, Antonio Fornes, Angel Alvarez, Manuel San Roman, Alfred Muniz, Pepita Bravo, Jose Riesgo, Joaquin Burgos, Hector Mayro. A mysterious masked man helps peasants being evicted from their land by corrupt military men. A Mexican-Spanish co-production, this is an okay sequel to El Coyote (q.v.).

2076  Justin Morgan Had a Horse  Buena Vista, 1972. 91 min. Color. D: Hollingsworth Morse. SC: Calvin Clements, Jr. and Rod Peterson. With Don Murray, Lana Wood, R.G. Armstrong, Whit Bissell, Gary Crosby, John Smith, James Hampton, John Hubbard, E.W. Firestone, Mike Road. A cowboy raises a colt to become the sire of a famous line of horses. Well done telefilm originally shown in two parts on NBC-TV’s “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color.”

2077  J.W. Coop  Columbia, 1972. 112 min. Color. D-SC: Cliff Robertson. With Cliff Robertson, Geraldine Page, Christina Farrare, R.G. Armstrong, R.L. Armstrong, John Crawford, Wade Crosby, Marjorie Durant Dye, Paul Harper, Son Hooker, Richard Kennedy, Bruce Kirby, Claude Stroud. After a decade in prison, a one time rodeo performer decides to return to the circuit and become all-around cowboy but finds the times and ways of the sport have changed. Cliff Robertson does a good job in the title role and he is equally fine as the film’s director and writer.

2078  Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (The Emperor of California)  Rota-Film Verleik AG, 1936. 97 min. D-SC: Luis Trenker. With Luis Trenker, Viktoria von Ballasko, Werner Kunig, Karli Zwingmann, Elise Aulinger, Bernhard Minetti, Hans Zesch-Ballot, Marcella Albani, Walter Franck, Reginald Pasch, August Eichhorn, Luis Gerold, Paul Verhoeven, Melanie Horeschovsky, Berta Drews, Alexander Golling, Heinrich Marlow, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Stockel, Bruno Ziener, Josef Reithofer, Jakob Sinn, Erich Dunskus, Armin Schwiezer, Jim Diehl, Jim Simmons. Immigrant Johann Sutter, who builds an empire in California, loses everything when gold is discovered on his land and it is over run by prospectors. Outstanding German production from producer-director-star Luis Trenker, with location filming in California; issued in the U.S. in 1937 by American Tobis Company in a dubbed version.

2079  Kangaroo  20th Century–Fox, 1951. 84 min. Color. D: Lewis Milestone. SC: Harry Kleiner. With Maureen O’Hara, Peter Lawford, Richard Boone, Finlay Currie, Chips Rafferty, Letty Graydon, Charles Tingwell, Ron Whelan, John Fegan, Guy Doleman, Reg Collins. Two Americans in Australia become involved with murder, a beautiful woman and a cattle drive. The Australian scenery is the main asset of this otherwise mundane Down Under oater.

2080  Kangaroo Kid  Eagle-Lion, 1950. 73 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Anthony S. Veitch. With Jock (Mahoney) O’Mahoney, Martha Hyer, Douglass Dumbrille, Veda Ann Borg, Guy Doleman, Alec Kellaway, Alan Gifford, Grant Taylor, Frank Ransome, Haydee Seldon, Clarrie Woodland. Sent to Australia to bring back a fugitive, a frontier detective gets blamed for a gold heist after signing on as a stage driver. Slight Australian Western.

2081  The Kansan  United Artists, 1943. 79 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Harold Shumate. With Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Victor Jory, Albert Dekker, Eugene Pallette, Robert Armstrong, Clem Bevans, Rod Cameron, Francis McDonald, Willie Best, Glenn Strange, Douglas Fowley, Jack Norton, Eddy Waller, Ray Bennett, Sam Flint, Merrill McCormick, Jack Mulhall, Hobart Cavanaugh, Eleanor Counts, Byron Foulger, Russell Simpson, The King’s Men, Beatrice Gray. A frontiersman is hired to rid a town of the James gang but ends up opposing the corrupt officials who employed him. Action filled and entertaining Richard Dix vehicle from Harry Sherman Productions.

2082  Kansas Cyclone  Republic, 1941. 58 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Oliver Drake and Doris Schroeder. With Don “Red” Barry, Lynn Merrick, Dorothy Sebastian, William Haade, Milton Kibbee, Harry Worth, Jack Kirk, Forrest Taylor, Charles Moore, Eddie Dean, Reed Howes, Guy Usher, Ed Peil, Sr., Yakima Canutt, Cactus Mack, Bob Woodward, Tex Terry, George J. Lewis, Buddy Roosevelt. Outlaws attacking Wells Fargo shipments are hunted by a U.S. marshal determined to stop the holdups. Another action filled, speedy Don Barry Western.

2083  Kansas Pacific  United Artists, 1953. 73 min. Color. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Daniel B. Ullman. With Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon, Reed Hadley, Tom Fadden, Douglas Fowley, Irving Bacon, Myron Healey, James Griffith, Clayton Moore, Jonathan Hale, Bob Keys, Lane Bradford, Lee Roberts, I. Stanford Jolley, Riley Hill, Carol Henry, Fred Graham. An engineer tries to build the Kansas Pacific Railroad during the Civil War but the project is plagued by Confederate guerrilla raids. Pretty fare outing with good work by Clayton Moore in a villainous role.

2084  Kansas Raiders  Universal-International, 1950. 80 min. Color. D: Ray Enright. SC: Robert L. Richards. With Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman, Scott Brady, Tony Curtis, Richard Arlen, Richard Long, James Best, John Kellogg, Dewey Martin, George Chandler, Charles Delaney, Richard Egan, Jack Perrin, David Wolfe, Mira McKinney, Sam Flint, Buddy Roosevelt, Larry McGrath, Ed Peil, Sr., Helen Gibson, Robert Anderson, Lee Fredericks, David Newell, Richard Farmer, Ray Grimes, Jennings Miles. The James brothers join Quantrill during the Civil War with Jesse caring for the rebel leader when he blinded and later Quantrill saves his life. Colorful and well acted, but historically empty.

2085  Kansas Territory  Monogram, 1952. 65 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Daniel B. Ullman. With Bill Elliott, Peggy Stewart, Lane Bradford, Marshall Reed, I. Stanford Jolley, House Peters, Jr., Lyle Talbot, Terry Frost, John Hart, William Fawcett, Fuzzy Knight, Stanley Andrews, Lee Roberts, Ted Adams, Pierce Lyden. A man wrongly wanted on an old charge returns home to avenge the death of his brother. Very well done with a good story, cast and action; partially filmed in Sepiatone.

2086  The Kansas Terrors  Republic, 1939. 57 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Jack Natteford and Betty Burbridge. With Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Jacqueline Wells (Julie Bishop), Howard Hickman, George Douglas, Frank Lackteen, Myra Marsh, Yakima Canutt, Ruth Robinson, Artie Ortego, Richard Alexander, Merrill McCormick, Curley Dresden, Al Haskell, Ann Baldwin, Henry Wills, Rosa Turich, Richard Botiller, Joe Dominguez, Billy Bletcher. Mesquiteers Stony Brooke and Rusty Joslin take a job delivering horses for the government to a Caribbean island and there they team with Rico to defeat a tyrant. Although the plot is fairly interesting, the sudden change of locale and characters does not help this “Three Mesquiteers” entry.

2087  Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid  ABC-TV, 1978. 100 min. Color. D: Burt Kennedy. SC: William Bowers and John Zodorow. With Suzanne Pleshette, Don Meredith, Harry Morgan, David Huddleston, Tony Randall, Burgess Meredith, Buck Taylor, Jerry Hardin, Gene Evans, Don Collier, Alice Hirson, Harry Carey, Jr., Don “Red” Barry, Richard Herd, James Brewer, Blair Burrows, Peggy Rea, George Dunn, Alice Backus, John Wheeler, Ned Wertimer, Alvy Moore, John Hart, John Pickard, Mike Wagner. At the turn of the century a lady detective from the East gets on the trail of a masked renegade and his band who oppose a British land baron after a ranch. Surprisingly well done tongue-in-cheek TV Western.

2088  Kazan  Columbia, 1949. 65 min. D: Will Jason. SC: Arthur A. Ross. With Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Joseph Sawyer, Roman Bohnen, George Cleveland, John Dehner, Ray Teal, Loren Gage, Zorro (dog). Stolen by crooks, a huge sled dog escapes and sets out to find his master. Fair program feature adaptation of the James Oliver Curwood novel.

Keep Rollin’ see Gaucho Serenade

2089  Keep the Change  Turner Pictures, 1992. 95 min. Color. D: Andy Tennant. SC: John Miglis. With William L. Petersen, Rachel Ticotin, Lolita Davidovich, Buck Henry, Jeff Kober, Fred Dalton Thompson, Jack Palance, Angela Paton, Lois Smith, Frank Collison, James Ellis, William Frankfather, Ron Ray, Charlie Carpenter, Clive Rosengren, Jim Bishop, Bret Tuomi, Peter Walther, Sydney Warner. After failing as an artist, a man returns to his family’s mountain ranch where he confronts his past. Fine modern-day Western made for cable TV.

2090  Keeping the Promise  CBS-TV, 1997. 95 min. Color. D: Sheldon Larry. SC: Gerald Di Pego. With Keith Carradine, Annette O’Toole, Brendan Fletcher, Gordon Tootoosis, Maury Chaykin, Camilla Scott, Allegra Denton, William Lightning, Michael Stevens, Ned Geisslinger, Darrell Dennis. Prior to the Revolutionary War, a Massachusetts family moves to the Maine frontier seeking a better life. Average pioneer drama made for television; also called Sign of the Beaver.

2091  Kelly  Paramount/Famous Players Film Corporation, 1981. 93 min. Color. D: Christopher Chapman. SC: Robert Logan. With Robert Logan, Twyla-Dawn Vokins, George Clutesi, Elaine Natee, Doug Lennox, Alec Willows, Dan Granier, Jack Leaf, Mona Cozart. A young girl with a perceptual handicap goes to Canada to live with her bush pilot father. Nice scenery and a fair amount of action make this Canadian production okay viewing.

2092  Kenny Rogers as the Gambler  CBS-TV, 1980. 105 min. Color. D: Dick Lowry. SC: Jim Byrnes. With Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Clu Gulager, Harold Gould, Christine Belford, Lee Purcell, Lance LeGault, Ronnie Scribner, Bruce M. Fischer, Noble Willingham, Borah Silver, Lew Brown, Robert Lussier, Edward Walsh, Marianne Gordon, Dave Cass, Cathy Worthington, Jerry Willis, Neil Summers, Charles Knapp, Ed Bakey. In the Southwest, a gambler returns to the town where his son and the woman he never married live, although an enemy waits there for him. Based on the Grammy Award winning song, this TV movie should please Kenny Rogers fans; also called The Gambler.

2093  Kenny Rogers as the Gambler—The Adventure Continues  CBS-TV, 1982. 200 min. Color. D: Dick Lowry. SC: Jim Byrnes. With Kenny Rogers, Linda Evans, Bruce Boxleitner, Mitchell Ryan, Charlie Fields, Harold Gould, Cameron Mitchell, Gregory Sierra, Ken Swofford, Paul Koslo, David Hedison, Johnny Crawford, Brion James, Robert Hoy, Macon McCalman, Lee Paul, Roy Jenson, Gary Cox, Ann Gillespie, Marianne Gordon, Bill Hart, Kelly Junkermann, Hank Kendrick, Joe Massengale, Cliff McLaughlin, Gene McLaughlin, Patrick O’Brien, John Putch, Roy Rogers, Bob Terhune, Henry Wills, Earl Smith, Lelan Rogers, Monty Simons, John Tatum, Bunky Young, Cathy Worthington, Ron Colby, Debbie Atkinson, Randy Patrick, Whitney Rybeck. A gambler whose son has been abducted by outlaws joins forces with a buddy and a female bounty hunter to track down the gang. Leisurely TV film follow-up to Kenny Rogers as the Gambler (q.v.).

2094  Kenny Rogers as the Gambler, Part III:  The Legend Continues  CBS-TV, 1987. 240 min. Color. D: Dick Lowry. SC: Jeb Rosebrook and Roderick Taylor. With Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Linda Gray, Melanie Chartoff, Matt Clark, George Kennedy, Dean Stockwell, Charles Durning, Jeffrey Jones, Marc Alaimo, Lowell D. Smith, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Brenda Strong, George American Horse, Marvin J. McIntyre, Michael Berryman, Lenora May, Richard Chaves, Sandy Martin, Terrence Evans, Rion Hunter, Ann Gillespie, Jeff Allin, Colin Meaney, Manny Twofeathers, Larry Sellers, Monty Stuart, Marco Rodriguez, Gene McLaughlin. A gambler and his friend find corruption by government agents who are supposed to be supplying food to the Sioux nation. This third chapter of the “Gambler” saga wears pretty thin.

2095  The Kentuckian  United Artists, 1955. 104 min. Color. D: Burt Lancaster. SC: A.B. Guthrie, Jr. With Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn, John McIntire, Una Merkel, Walter Matthau, John Carradine, Donald MacDonald, John Litel, Rhys Williams, Edward Norris, Lee Erickson, Clem Bevans, Lisa Ferraday, Douglas Spencer, Paul Wexler. In the 1820s a man and his son head West to Texas Territory but along the way they are sidetracked by two pretty women, a servant girl, a school teacher and a corrupt town boss. Okay frontier drama with adequate entertainment value.

2096  Kentucky Rifle  Howco International, 1956. 80 min. Color. D: Carl K. Hittleman. SC: Carl K. Hittleman and Lee J. Hewitt. With Chill Wills, Lance Fuller, Cathy Downs, Henry Hull, Jess Barker, Jeanne Cagney, Sterling Holloway, John Pickard, John Alvin, I. Stanford Jolley, Rory Mallinson, George Keymas. Due to breakdowns, pioneers are forced to leave a wagon train in Comanche territory and later find travel impeded by Indians who want their cargo of rifles. Cheap production values hurt his otherwise adequate tale; Stanley Price was the feature’s dialogue coach and Ira S. Webb its executive producer.

2097  Keoma  Vadib International Films, 1976. 105 min. Color. D: Enzo G. Castellari. SC: Enzo G. Castelllari, Nico Ducci, Lugi Montefiori (George Eastman) and Mino Roli. With Franco Nero, William Berger, Olga Karlatos, Woody Strode, Orso Maria Guerrini, Gabriella Giacobbe, Antonio Marsina, John Loffredo, Donald O’Brien, Leon Lenoir, Wolfgango Soldati, Victoria Zinny, Alfio Caltabliano, Riccardo Pizzuti. A half-breed returns home from the Civil War to find a Rebel raider and his men, including his half-brother, in control of the area. One of the better Spaghetti Westerns, also called Django Rides Again.

Kettle Creek see Mountain Justice

2098  The Kid and the Gunfighter  Saga Films International, 1983. 92 min. Color. D: Romy Suzara. SC: Tony Calvento. With Chuck Biller, Cole McKay, Paul Jones, Connie Angeles, Lito Lapid, Brad Fletcher, Terry Reynolds, Bret Davidson, Curt Campau, Jerry Hall, Emil Varga, Linda King. An Indian boy whose family was slaughtered by outlaws is adopted by a gunman. Low budget affair also called Born to Fight and The Gunfighter.

2099  The Kid and the Killers  Cinema Shares, 1979. 90 min. Color. D: Ralph Bluemke. SC: Ralph Bluemke and John Garces. With Jon Cypher, John Garces, Gerry Ross, Elida Alicia, Ralph Bluemke, Jamie Delgado, Joel Douglas, Susan Douglas, Gino Eqcclo, Eduardo Mosquera, Hector Rojas, Dan Ross. After two bandits take refuge with a young boy and his sister, one of them rapes and murders the girl and takes off with stolen loot as the brother and the other outlaw team to get him. Meandering drama enhanced by its rural Mexican locales.

2100  Kid Blue  20th Century–Fox, 1973. 100 min. Color. D: James Frawley. SC: Edwin Shrake. With Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle, Ben Johnson, Lee Purcell, Janice Rule, Ralph Waite, Clifton James, Jose Torvay, Mary Jackson, Howard Hesseman, Jay Varela, Emmett Walsh. A hellion outlaw tries to settle down in a Texas town at the turn of the century but finds it rough going, especially after his friend’s wife seduces him. None too amusing genre spoof filmed in Mexico.

2101  The Kid Comes Back  Warner Bros., 1938. 61 min. D: B. Reeves Eason. SC: George Bricker. With Wayne Morris, June Travis, Barton MacLane, James Robbins, Joseph Crehan, Dickie Davis, Maxie Rosenbloom, Frank Otto, David Carlyle, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Homans, Ken Niles. In order to raise money to save his ranch a cowboy turns to prizefighting and falls in love with a rival’s sister. Fast paced action program feature with genre elements only at the beginning before turning into a boxing drama.

2102  Kid Courageous  Supreme, 1935. 53 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With Bob Steele, Renee Borden, Kit Guard, Arthur Loft, Jack Powell, Lafe McKee, Vane Calvert, Perry Murdock, John Elliott, Barry Seury. After a series of thefts, a man heads West to catch the robber and saves a pretty girl from a marriage she does not want. Cheaply made but fast moving and very entertaining Bob Steele opus.

2103  The Kid from Amarillo  Columbia, 1951. 56 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Harry Lauter, Fred F. Sears, Don Megowan, The Cass County Boys (Jerry Scoggins, Bert Dodson, Fred S. Martin), Scott Lee, Guy Teague, Charles Evans, George J. Lewis, Henry Kulky, George Chesebro. Two U.S. Treasury agents ride to the Mexican border to capture a gang of clever silver smugglers. Fair “Durango Kid” outing; remade as an episode of “Tales of Texas Rangers” (ABC-TV, 1958–59) with Harry Lauter playing the same role in both productions. British title: Silver Chains.

2104  The Kid from Arizona  Cosmos, 1931. 55 min. D: Robert J. Horner. SC: Robert Walker. With Jack Perrin, Josephine Hill, Robert Walker, George Chesebro, Henry Roquemore, Ben Corbett. A marshal is sent to the badlands to stop raids by marauding Indians. Any connection between this film and entertainment is purely coincidental.

2105  The Kid from Broken Gun  Columbia, 1952. 56 min. D: Fred F. Sears. With Ed Earl Repp and Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Jack (Jock) Mahoney, Angela Stevens, Tristram Coffin, Myron Healey, Pat O’Malley, Helen Mowery, Chris Alcaide, John Cason, Mauritz Hugo, Edgar Dearing, Eddie Parker, Charles Horvath, Edward Hearn, The Sunshine Boys (Eddie Wallace, J.D. Sumner, M.H. Richman, Freddie Daniel). Two men arrive in a town to help their friend, an ex-fighter, who has been falsely accused of robbery and murder. Sewn together finale to the “Durango Kid” series with much footage from Fighting Frontiersman (q.v.).

2106  The Kid from Gower Gulch  Friedgen, 1950. 57 min. D: Oliver Drake. SC: Elmer (Clifton) S. Pond. With Spade Cooley, Wanda Cantlon, Bob Gilbert, Billy Dix, Jack Baxley, Little Joe Hiser, William Val, Stephen Keyes, Robert Curtis. A Hollywood sagebrush star who has no western background is roped into representing a ranch at a local rodeo and has to take a crash course in being a cowboy. One of the most incredibly cheap oaters of all time—even the stock shots do not match; must be seen to be believed!

2107  The Kid from Santa Fe  Monogram, 1940. 57 min. D: Raymond K. Johnson. SC: Carl Krusada. With Jack Randall, Claire Rochelle, Forrest Taylor, Clarene Curtis, Tom London, George Chesebro, Dave O’Brien, Jimmy Aubrey, Kenne Duncan, Steve Clark, Carl Mathews, Buzz Barton, Tex Palmer. The Santa Fe Kid helps a sheriff in tracking down a gang of smugglers. Fair Jack Randall vehicle.

2108  The Kid from Texas  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939. 71 min. D: S. Sylvan Simon. SC: Florence Ryerson and Albert Mannheimer. With Dennis O’Keefe, Florence Rice, Anthony Allan, Jessie Ralph, Buddy Ebsen, Virginia Dale, Robert Wilcox, Jack Carson, Helen Lynd, J.M. Kerrigan, Tully Marshall, George Meeker, Syd Saylor, Spencer Charters, George DeNormand, Artie Ortego, Howard Hickman, Gerald Oliver-Smith, Tommy Mack, Harry C. Bradley, Eddy Chandler, Jerry Frank, Allen Pomeroy, Jim Dundee, Snowy Baker. A polo playing cowboy comes East, becomes the manager of a Long Island estate and falls in love with the daughter of the proprietor of a wild west show. Humorous program feature.

2109  The Kid from Texas   Universal-International, 1950. 78 min. Color. D: Kurt Neumann. SC: Robert Hardy Andrews and Karl Lamb. With Audie Murphy, Gale Storm, Albert Dekker, Shepperd Strudwick, Will Geer, William Talman, Martin Garralaga, Robert Barrat, Walter Sande, Frank Wilcox, Dennis Hoey, Ray Teal, Don Haggerty, Paul Ford, Zon Murray, Rosa Turich, Pilar Del Rey, Harold Goodwin, Edmund Cobb, John Carpenter, Terry Frost, Pierce Lyden, Rory Mallinson, William Fawcett, Jack Ingram, John Phillips, Tom Trout, Dorita Pallais. Billy the Kid goes to work for a rancher but when the man will not sell his cattle at prices a rival wants he is murdered and Billy vows revenge. Not much history but there is plenty of action.

2110  The Kid Ranger  Supreme, 1936. 57 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With Bob Steele, Geraine Greer (Joan Barclay), William Farnum, Earl Dwire, Charles King, Lafe McKee, Frank Ball, Buck Moulton, Horace Murphy, Reetsy Adams, Paul and Paulina, Robert North Bradbury. On the trail of a gang of outlaws, a ranger accidentally shoots the wrong man. Another fast paced Bob Steele film from producer A.W. Hackel.

2111  The Kid Rides Again  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1943. 57 min. D: Sherman Scott (Sam Newfield). SC: Fred Myton. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Iris Meredith, Glenn Strange, Charles King, I. Stanford Jolley, Ed Peil, Sr., Ted Adams, Slim Whitaker, Karl Hackett, Kenne Duncan, Curley Dresden, Snub Pollard, John Merton, Jim Mason, Steve Clark, Frank McCarroll, Roy Bucko, Tex Phelps, Tex Cooper, Milburn Morante, Al Haskell, Rose Plummer. Billy the Kid is arrested for a train robbery he did not commit and breaking out of jail to find the real culprits he discovers them posing as honest ranchers. Typical fast and cheap “Billy the Kid” PRC series entry. Also called Billy the Kid Rides Again.

2112  Kid Rodelo  Paramount, 1966. 91 min. D: Richard Carlson. SC: Jack Natteford. SC: Don Murray, Janet Leigh, Broderick Crawford, Richard Carlson, Jose Nieto, Julia Pena, Miguel Del Castillo, Emilio Rodriguez, Jose Villa Sante, Miguel Brendel. After spending a year in jail for being in the company of an outlaw, an embittered man plans to find the hidden $50,000 in gold he was accused of stealing. Based on a story by Louis L’Amour, this adequate oater was filmed in Spain.

2113  Kid Vengeance  Cannon Films, 1977. 94 min. Color. D: Joe Manduke. SC: Budd Robbins and Jay Telfer. With Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown, John Marley, Leif Garrett, Glynnis O’Connor, Matt Clark, Timothy Scott, David Loden. When outlaws murder his folks and abduct his sister, a young man seeks revenge along with rescuing the girl. Overly violent, none too entertaining feature made in Israel.

2114  The Kid’s Last Ride  Monogram, 1941. 55 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: Earle Snell. With Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhune, Luana Walters, Edwin Brian, Alan Bridge, Glenn Strange, Frank Ellis, John Elliott, George Havens, Tex Palmer, George Morrell, Carl Mathews. A crook blackmails a man into revealing where ranchers’ cattle sale money is hidden and the Range Busters show up pretending to help the bad man. Fair series affair that drags a bit but the songs include John King’s warbling of “Call of the Wild,” Ray Corrigan and King doing a bit of “Home on the Range” and the trio, plus Elmer, singing “It’s All a Part of the Game.”

Kill and Pray see Requiescant

Kill Johnny R see Who Killed Johnny R?

Kill or Be Killed see God Holds the Bullet

2115  Kill the Wicked!  R.K. Cinematografica/Danny Film, 1967. 95 min. Color. D: Amerigo Anton (Tanio Boccia). SC: Mike Ashley. With Benny Hudson, Robert Mark (Rod Dana), Men Fury (Furio Meniconi), Max Dean (Massimo Righi), Maria Silva, Daniela Igliozzi, Vivi Gio, Benito Stefanelli, Jose Bastida, Luis Ferrin. A cowboy and a young widow ride into a ghost town where they are taken prisoners by four outlaws. A tangled plot does not help this otherwise mediocre Italian-Spanish co-production filmed in Italy as Dio non Paga, il Sabato (God Does Not Pay on Saturday).

2116  Kill Them All and Come Back Alone  Fanfare, 1970. 93 min. Color. D: Enzo G. Castellari. SC: Tito Carpi, Enzo G. Castellari and Joaquin Romero Hernandez. With Chuck Connors, Frank Wolff, Ken Wood (Giovanni Cianfriglia), Franco Citti, Leo Anchoriz, Alberto Dell’Acqua (Robert Widmark), Hercules Cortes, John Bartha, Men Fury (Furio Meniconi), Antonio Molin Rojo, Alfonso Rojas. An escaped prisoner during the Civil War takes part in the robbery of gold from an ammunition depot and when he is double crossed and left for dead by the mastermind of the heist he plans revenge. Complicated and bloody Spaghetti Western produced in Italy in 1968 as Ammazzali Tutti de Torna Solo (Go and Kill Everybody and Come Back Alone).

Killbrand see The Deadly Trackers

Killer Grizzly see Grizzly

2117  Kimberley Jim  Embassy, 1965. 81 min. Color. D-SC: Emil Nofal. With Jim Reeves, Madeleine Usher, Clive Parnell, Arthur Swemmer, Mike Holt, Tromp Terre’blanche, Vonk de Ridder, David Van Der Walt, June Neething, George Moore, The Blue Boys. Two dishonest gamblers win a diamond mine in a fixed poker game but find out it is worthless. Pleasant South African musical Western that will appeal most to Jim Reeves fans.

2118  The King and Four Queens  United Artists, 1956. 86 min. Color. D: Raoul Walsh. SC: Margaret Fitts and Richard Alan Simmons. With Clark Gable, Eleanor Parker, Jo Van Fleet, Jean Willes, Barbara Nichols, Sara Shane, Roy Roberts, Arthur Shields, Jay C. Flippen, Florenz Ames, Chuck Roberson. A soldier of fortune is after gold buried by four men and in the search he finds himself in the company of their lovely wives. Hardly Clark Gable’s best movie but still fairly good.

2119  King of Dodge City  Columbia, 1941. 63 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Dub Taylor, Judith Linden, Guy Usher, Rick Anderson, Kenneth Harlan, Pierce Lyden, Francis Walker, Harrison Greene, Jack Rockwell, Edmund Cobb, George Chesebro, Tristram Coffin, Steve Clark, Jack Ingram, Ned Glass, George Morrell, Horace B. Carpenter, Ted Mapes, Russ Powell, Frosty Royce, Tex Cooper, Ed Coxen, Lee Prather, Jay Lawrence, Theodore Lorch, Herman Hack, Jack Evans, Carl Mathews, Tom Smith. In 1861 an ex-lawman and a roving sheriff team to oppose a crook and his gang who are trying to take over a Kansas town. Steady Bill Elliott-Tex Ritter teaming but not one of their better efforts.

2120  King of Texas. Turner Network Television (TNT), 2002. 95 min. Color. D: Uli Edel. SC: Stephen Harrigan. With Patrick Stewart, Marcia Gay Harden, Lauren Holly, Roy Scheider, David Alan Grier, Colm Meaney, Patrick Bergin, Matt Letscher, Liam Waite, Steven Bauer, Julie Cox, Richard Lineback, Lynne Goulet, Memo Escobedo, Clint Allen, Anna Doddrige, Roger Cudney, Andres Garcia, Fernando Banda, Juan Pablo Gamboa, Ehecatl Chavez. A wealthy cattle baron decides to divide his fortune among his three daughters who then turn against him. King Lear out West is paltry entertainment with miscast star Patrick Stewart also serving as an executive producer.

2121  King of the Arena  Universal, 1933. 62 min. D-SC: Alan James. With Ken Maynard, Lucille Brown, John St. Polis, Robert Kortman, James Marcus, Michael Visaroff, Frank Rice, Jack Rockwell, Bobby Nelson, Edgar “Blue” Washington, Jack Mower, Iron Eyes Cody, Ed Coxen, Lafe McKee, Fred McKaye, Willliam Walker, William Steele, Helen Gibson, Pascale Perry, Bud McClure, Horace B. Carpenter, Buck Bucko, Jack Kirk, Chief Big Tree, Artie Ortego, Merrill McCormick, Bob Burns. A one time circus performer, now a Texas Ranger hunting for a vicious outlaw dubbed the “Black Death,” rejoins the big top, the main locale of the bad man’s operations. Ken Maynard produced this interesting feature which has an authentic circus background.

2122  King of the Bandits  Monogram, 1947. 64 min. D: Christy Cabanne. SC: Bennett Cohen. With Gilbert Roland, Angela Greene, Chris-Pin Martin, Anthony Warde, Laura Treadwell, William Bakewell, Rory Mallinson, Pat Goldin, Cathy Carter, Boyd Irwin, Antonio Filauri, Jasper Palmer, Bill Cabanne, Frank Marlo, Guy Teague, James Harrison, George Douglas, Douglas Aylesworth, Gene Roth, Jack O’Shea, Bill Neff. The Cisco Kid and Pancho are falsely accused of a series of robberies really carried out by a saloon proprietor and his gang. Director Christy Cabanne wrote the story for this moderately entertaining “Cisco Kid” outing, the last of six with Gilbert Roland in the title role.

2123  King of the Bullwhip  Western Adventure, 1951. 59 min. D: Ron Ormond. SC: Jack Lewis and Ira Webb. With Lash LaRue, Al St. John, Jack Holt, Anne Gwynne, Tom Neal, Dennis Moore, George J. Lewis, Michael Whalen, Willis Houck, Cliff Taylor, Frank Jaquet, Jimmie Martin, Roy Butler, Hugh Hooker, Tex Cooper. A bank president sends for two U.S. marshals to help his town in combating a mysterious masked bandit called El Azote. Well done Lash LaRue adventure with interesting camera work and brutal fight sequences, especially the opening and climactic ones involving whips.

Lash LaRue in King of the Bullwhip (Western Adventure, 1951).

2124  King of the Cowboys  Republic, 1943. 67 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Olive Cooper and J. Benton Cheney. With Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Peggy Moran, Gerald Mohr, Dorothea Kent, Lloyd Corrigan, James Bush, Russell Hicks, Irving Bacon, Stuart Hamblen, Emmett Vogan, Eddie Dean, Forrest Taylor, Dick Wessel, Jack Kirk, Edward Earle, Yakima Canutt, Charles King, Jack O’Shea, Rex Lease, Herbert Rawlinson, Reed Howes, Eddie Dew, Earle Hodgins, Norman Willis, Ed Cassidy, Lynton Brent, Bud Geary, William Gould, Harrison Greene, Richard Alexander, Herbert Heyes, Dick Rich, Jack Ingram, Ralph Peters, John Dilson, Ray Bennett, Ed Peil, Sr., Charles Sullivan, Hugh Sothern, Fred Johnson, Elmer Jerome, Kate Lawson, Harry Burns, Jack Ray. Roy Rogers and his pals try to smash a sabotage ring fronted by a fake mind reader and a governor’s assistant. Film does not live up to its title although it is fairly interesting viewing and topical in its day; great supporting cast.

2125  King of the Forest Rangers  Republic, 1946. 12 Chapters. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Albert DeMond, Basil Dickey, Jesse Duffy and Lynn Perkins With Larry Thompson, Helen Talbot, Stuart Hamblen, Anthony Warde, LeRoy Mason, Scott Elliott, Tom London, Walter Soderling, Bud Geary, Harry Strang, Ernie Adams, Eddie Parker, Jack Kirk, Tom Steele, Dale Van Sickel, Stanley Blystone, Marin Sais, Buddy Roosevelt, Robert Wilke, Sam Ash, Carey Loftin, Jay Kirby, Joe Yrigoyen, Kenneth Terrell, Bud Wolfe, Wheaton Chambers, Rex Lease, Charles Sullivan, David Sharpe. A Forest Ranger uncovers a plot by an amateur scientist to steal treasure buried in a national park’s ancient Indian ruins. Fair cliffhanger but light on production values.

2126  King of the Grizzlies  Buena Vista, 1970. 93 min. Color. D: Ron Kelly. SC: Jack Speirs. With John Yesno, Chris Wiggins, Hugh Webster, Jack Van Evers, Winston Hibler (narrator). A young Cree Indian boy raises a bear cub but when the animal grows up he is faced with the beast while alone in the wilds. Average Disney production with nice outdoor material; filmed in the Canadian Rockies.

2127  King of the Lumberjacks  Warner Bros., 1940. 58 min. D: William Clemens. SC: Crane Wilbur. With John Payne, Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields, Joseph Sawyer, Victor Kilian, Earl Dwire, Herbert Heywood, G. Pat Collins, John Sheehan, Pat West, Nat Carr, Jack Mower, John “Skins” Miller. Two men battle over a pretty girl and a lumber contract in the north woods. Adequate “B” action melodrama utilizes footage from Valley of the Giants (Warner Bros., 1928) and God’s Country and the Woman (q.v.).

2128  King of the Mounties  Republic, 1942. 12 Chapters. D: William Witney. SC: Ronald Davidson, Joseph Poland, William Lively, Joseph O’Donnell and Taylor Davan. With Allan Lane, Peggy Drake, Gilbert Emery, Russell Hicks, George Irving, Abner Biberman, William Vaughn, Nestor Paiva, Bradley Page, Douglass Dumbrille, William Bakewell, Duncan Renaldo, Francis Ford, Jay Novello, Anthony Warde, Norman Nesbitt, John Hiestand, Allen Jung, Paul Fung, Avron Dale, Kenneth Terrell, Duke Taylor, Tor Johnson, Harry Cording, Carleton Young, Tom Steele, Hal Taliaferro, Stanley Price, Tommy Coats, Bob Jamison, Jack Kenney, Forrest Taylor, Frank Wayne, Duke Green, Allen Jung, Norman Nesbitt, David Sharpe. A Mounted Policeman uncovers a plot by three enemy agents who are devising the Axis invasion of North America. Action filled serial follow-up to King of the Royal Mounted (1940) [q.v.].

2129  King of the Pecos  Republic, 1936. 54 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Bernard McConville, Dorrell McGowan and Stuart McGowan. With John Wayne, Muriel Evans, Cy Kendall, Jack Clifford, J. Frank Glendon, Herbert Heywood, Arthur Aylesworth, John Beck, Mary MacLaren, Bradley Metcalfe, Jr., Yakima Canutt, Edward Hearn, Earl Dwire, Tex Palmer, Jack Kirk, Horace B. Carpenter, Bud Pope, Tex Phelps, Tracy Layne, James A. Marcus, Jack Curtis. A law student seeks revenge on the crook who murdered his parents a decade earlier because they would not give up their land. Fast moving John Wayne vehicle highlighted by Cy Kendall’s crafty villain.

King of the Range see The Marauders (1947)

2130  King of the Rodeo  Universal, 1929. 60 min. D: Henry MacRae. SC: B.M. Bower. With Hoot Gibson, Kathryn Crawford, Joseph W. Girard, Bodil Rosing, Charles K. French, Harry Todd, Slim Summerville, Jack Knapp, Monte Montague. The “new Chip of the Flying U” is thrown off the family ranch by his father for refusing to return to college so he joins a rodeo, becomes a headliner, gets involved with thieves and eventually is reunited with his folks. Lots of action and rodeo footage in this Hoot Gibson outing, one of his last silent films.

2131  King of the Royal Mounted  20th Century–Fox, 1936. 61 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Earle Snell. With Robert Kent, Rosalind Keith, Jack Luden, Alan Dinehart, Frank McGlynn, Jr., Grady Sutton, Arthur Loft, Artie Ortego, Frank O’Connor, Cecil Elliott, Lawrence Underwood. A Canadian Mountie attempts to stop a gang after a young woman’s interest in a mine. Average program feature based on Zane Grey’s comic strip; remade four years later by Republic as a serial with the same title (q.v.).

2132  King of the Royal Mounted  Republic, 1940. 12 Chapters. D: William Witney and John English. SC: Franklyn Adreon, Sol Shor, Barney A. Sarecky, Norman S. Hall and Joseph Poland. With Allan Lane, Lita Conway, Robert Kellard, Robert Strange, Herbert Rawlinson, Harry Cording, Bryant Washburn, Budd Buster, Stanley Andrews, John Davidson, John Dilson, Paul McVey, Lucien Prival, Norman Willis, Tony Paton, Kenneth Terrell, Charles Thomas, Ted Mapes, Major Sam Harris, George Plues, Richard Simmons, Wallace Reid, Jr., William Justice, John Bagni, Earl Gunn, Frank Wayne, Curley Dresden, George DeNormand, Bud Geary, Tommy Coats, Dale Van Sickel, Bob Jamison, Al Taylor, David Sharpe, William Stahl, Douglas Evans, Duke Green, Robert Wayne. A Mounted Policeman discovers enemy agents are in the north country trying to locate a valuable mineral and he tries to stop them. Anti-Axis cliffhanger has plenty of action; issued as a feature in 1942 called The Yukon Patrol by Republic.

2133  King of the Sierras  Grand National, 1938. 55 min. D: Samuel Diege. SC: W. Scott Darling. With Rex, Sheik (horses), Hobart Bosworth, Harry Harvey, Jr., Frank Campeau, Harry Harvey, Jack Lindell. An old man tells a small boy the story of how a stallion tries to protect his harem of mares from a rival. Fair low budget production.

2134  King of the Stallions  Monogram, 1942. 63 min. D: Edward Finney. SC: Sherman Lowe and Arthur St. Clair. With Chief Thundercloud, Dave O’Brien, Princess Bluebird (Barbara Felker), Rick Vallin, Sally Cairns, Ted Adams, G.D. Woods (Gordon DeMain), Chief Yowlachie, Forrest Taylor, Bill Wilkerson, Chief Many Treaties, Iron Eyes Cody, George Sky Eagle, Joe (J.W.) Cody, Charles Brunner, Chris Willow Bird, Fred Burns, Nakoma, Paint (horses). A ranch foreman tries to help Indians in capturing a beautiful stallion, the leader of a herd of wild horses. Competent follow-up to Silver Stallion (q.v.) from producer-director Edward Finney, but filled with stock footage; also known as Code of the Redmen.

2135  King of the Texas Rangers  Republic, 1941. 12 Chapters. D: William Witney and John English. SC: Ronald Davidson, Norman S. Hall, Joseph Poland, William Lively and Joseph O’Donnell. With Slingin’ Sammy Baugh, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Moore, Duncan Renaldo, Charles Trowbridge, Kermit Maynard, Roy Barcroft, Kenne Duncan, Jack Ingram, Monte Montague, Iron Eyes Cody, Hooper Atchley, Ed Cassidy, Buddy Roosevelt, David Sharpe, Herbert Rawlinson, Frank Darien, Robert O. Davis, Monte Blue, Stanley Blystone, Joe Forte, Lucien Prival. When his father, a captain in the Texas Ranger, is murdered by enemy agents, a man joins the service and uncovers saboteurs working along the U.S.-Mexican border. Football hero Sammy Baugh is a mediocre serial hero but silent star Neil Hamilton nearly saves this one as the villainous traitor.

2136  The King of the Wild Horses  Pathé, 1924. 50 min. D: Fred Jackman. SC: Carl Himm. With Rex (horse), Charles Parrott (Charley Chase), Edna Murphy, Sidney DeGray, Leon Barry, Pat Hartigan, Frank Butler, Sidney D’Albrook. A cowboy in love with a ranch owner’s pretty daughter captures a wild stallion who helps him stop rustlers. Producer Hal Roach wrote the story for this action filled adventure for Rex, the wild stallion, who would also star from him in outings like Black Cyclone and The Devil Horse (qq.v.).

2137  King of the Wild Horses  Columbia, 1933. 62 min. D: Earl Haley. SC: Fred Myton. With Rex (horse), William Janney, Dorothy Appleby, Wallace MacDonald, Harry Semels, Art Mix, Ford West, King and Lady (horses). A cowboy tames a wild horse who has been mistreated by bad men. Okay juvenile fare also called Rex, King of the Wild Horses and remade in 1947 (q.v.).

2138  King of the Wild Horses  Columbia, 1947. 79 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Brenda Weisberg. With Preston Foster, Gail Patrick, Bill Sheffield, Guinn Williams, Buzz Henry, Charles Kemper, Patti Brady, John Kellogg, Ruth Warren, Louis Faust. A young boy befriends and tames a wild stallion. Average kid and horse drama with good scenic values; remake of the 1932 film (q.v.).

2139  King of the Wild Stallions  Allied Artists, 1959. 75 min. Color. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Ford Beebe. With George Montgomery, Diane Brewster, Edgar Buchanan, Emile Meyer, Byron Foulger, Denver Pyle, Dan Sheridan, Rory Mallinson, Jerry Hartleben. A widow and her son fight to save their ranch from a crooked rival and are helped by a cowboy and a wild stallion. Charming little drama provides good entertainment.

2140  Kingdom of the Spiders  Dimension, 1977. 95 min. Color. D: John “Bud” Cardos. SC: Richard Robinson and Alan Caillou. With William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, Altovise Davis, Joe Rose, Hoke Howell, Marcy Lafferty, Roy Engel, Liuex Dressler, David McLean, Natascha Ryan, Adele Malis. In the Arizona desert a veterinarian and an entomologist discover that tarantulas, with venom five times more toxic than normal, have formed an army and plan to attack a small town. Harrowing horror thriller with a nicely done shock ending.

2141  Kings of the Sun  United Artists, 1963. 108 min. D: J. Lee Thompson. SC: Elliott Arnold and James R. Webb. With Yul Brynner, George Chakiris, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Basehart, Brad Dexter, Barry Morse, Armando Silvestre, Leo Gordon, Victoria Vetri, Rudy Solari, Ford Rainey, Angel Di Steffano, Chuck Hayward, Jose Moreno, James Coburn (narrator). After he and his people escape their enemies and settle in the American West, a Mayan chief battles a local Indian tribe leader for the affections of a princess. Well done clash of cultures melodrama.

2142  Kino—Le Legenda del Cura Negro (Kino—The Legend of the Black Priest)  Cineclipse, 1993. 109 min. Color. D: Felipe Cazals. SC: Felipe Cazals, Gerardo de la Torre and Tomas Perez Turrens. With Enrique Rocha, Rodolfo de Acosta, Manuel Ojeda, Fernando Balzaretti, Carlos Cardian, Aaron Hernan, Leonardo Daniel, Ernesto Yanez, Julian Pastor, Alvaro Carcano, Max Kerlov, Jorge Fagan, Jorge Hernandez. Padre Kino is sent by Queen Isabella of Spain to explore the New World and he meets obstacles from Spanish soldiers, Native Americans and his own church. Top notch award winning Mexican drama.

2143  Kiss of Fire  Universal-International, 1955. 87 min. Color. D: Joseph M. Newman. S: Franklin Coen and Richard Collins. With Jack Palance, Barbara Rush, Rex Reason, Martha Hyer, Alan Reed, Leslie Bradley, Lawrence Dobkin, Pat Hogan, Henry Rowland, Joseph Waring, Karen Kadler, Steven Geray, Bernie Gozier, Paul Marion, Robert F. Hoy, Dave Kashner, Shooting Star, Charles Horvath, David Alpert, John Mansfield. A Spanish princess travels to the New World, falls in love with a soldier and refuses to return home when she is named queen. Colorful but empty nonsense set in Spanish America.

2144  The Kissing Bandit  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948. 102 min. Color. D: Laslo Benedek. SC: Isobel Lennart and John Briard Harding. With Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carrol Naish, Mildred Natwick, Ricardo Montalban, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse, Mikhail Rasummy, Clinton Sundberg, Carleton Young, Edna Skinner, Vicente Gomez, Henry Mirelez, Nick Thompson, Joe Dominguez, Alberto Morin, Pedro Regas, Julian Rivero, Mitchell Lewis, Byron Foulger. In Old California a man takes over his father’s position as head of a group of daring highwaymen. An overlong, dull musical Western.

2145  Kit Carson  United Artists, 1940. 96 min. D: George B. Seitz. SC: George Bruce. With Jon Hall, Lynn Bari, Dana Andrews, Harold Huber, Ward Bond, Renie Riano, Clayton Moore, Rowena Cook, Raymond Hatton, Harry Strang, C. Henry Gordon, Lew Merrill, Stanley Andrews, Edwin Maxwell, Peter Lynn, William Farnum, Charles Stevens, Harry Semels, Al Kikume, Blaney Harris. Frontier scout Kit Carson leads a wagon train through Indian territory as he and a cavalry officer fight over the same woman. There is nothing special or historically accurate about this so-called biopic, but it does entertain.

2146  Klondike  Monogram, 1932. 68 min. D: Phil Rosen. SC: Tristram Tupper. With Lyle Talbot, Thelma Todd, Tully Marshall, Henry B. Walthall, Ethel Wales, George Hayes, Myrtle Steadman, Pat O’Malley, Jason Robards, Lafe McKee, Frank Hawks, Priscilla Dean, Earl Dwire. A doctor on the run from the law manages to turn his life around in the Klondike. Well done program feature with a fine cast including famed aviator Frank Hawks in a small part; remade as Klondike Fury (q.v.).

2147  Klondike Annie  Paramount, 1936. 77 min. D: Raoul Walsh. SC: Mae West. With Mae West, Victor McLaglen, Philip Reed, Helen Jerome Eddy, Harry Beresford, Harold Huber, Lucille Webster Gleason, Conway Tearle, Esther Howard, Soo Yong, John Rogers, Ted Oliver, Lawrence Grant, Gene Austin, Vladimir Bykoff, Tetsu Komai, James Burke, George Walsh, Chester Gan, Jack Daly, Jack Wallace, Philo McCullough, William Norton Bailey, Jim Thorpe, Guy D’Ennery, Carl Harbaugh, Otto “Coco” Heimel, Howard Lang, Katherine Clare Ward, D’Arcy Corrigan, Nell Craig, Nella Walker, Philip Ahn, Maidel Turner, Huntley Gordon, Paul Kruger, Edward Brady, John Lester Johnson, Laura Treadwell, George MacQuarrie. After killing a man in self defense, a woman heads to Alaska, takes on the identity of a deceased evangelist and sets up a Settlement House. Funny Mae West vehicle with some good songs composed by Gene Austin.

2148  Klondike Fever  CFI, 1980. 106 min. Color. D: Peter Carter. SC: Charles Israel and Martin Lager. With Rod Steiger, Angie Dickinson, Lorne Greene, Jeff East, Barry Morse, Lisa Langlois, Robin Gammel, Michael Hogan, Gordon Pinsent, Sherry Lewis, D.D. Winters. The story of writer Jack London during his days in the Klondike gold rush. Average adventure drama with little historical value; also called Jack London’s Klondike Fever.

2149  Klondike Fury  Monogram, 1942. 68 min. D: William K. Howard. SC: Henry Blankfort and Tristram Tupper. With Edmund Lowe, Lucille Fairbanks, Bill Henry, Ralph Morgan, Mary Forbes, Jean Brooks, Vince Barnett, Clyde Cook, Robert Middlemass, John Roche, Monte Blue, Kenneth Harlan, Marjorie Wood, Dick Purcell, John Hamilton, Leonid Snagoff, Gil Frye, Frank Pershing. After having lost faith in himself, a physician learns a new meaning to life in the Klondike after performing a successful operation. Enjoyable remake of Klondike (q.v.) highlighted by Edmund Lowe’s fine work as the doctor.

2150  Klondike Kate  Columbia, 1943. 64 min. D: William Castle. SC: Houston Branch and M. Coates Webster. With Ann Savage, Glenda Farrell, Tom Neal, Constance Worth, Sheldon Leonard, Lester Allen, George Cleveland, George McKay, Dan Seymour, Lewis Wilson, Richard Alexander, Minerva Urecal, Edward Earle, Lee “Lasses” White, Edward Keane, Gwen Seager, Harry Bradley, Hank Bell, Harry Cording, Tommy Kingston. During the gold rush in Alaska a hotel owner is nearly lynched for a murder he did not commit. Based on the true story of Kate Rockwell Matson, this “B” effort fails to deliver much entertainment.

A Knife for the Ladies see Silent Sentence

2151  Knight of the Plains  Spectrum, 1938. 57 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Fred Myton. With Fred Scott, Al St. John, Marion Weldon, Richard Cramer, John Merton, Frank LaRue, Lafe McKee, Emma Tansey, Steve Clark, Carl Mathews, Sherry Tansey, Jimmy Aubrey, George Morrell, Cactus Mack, Tex Palmer, Olin Francis, Bob Burns, Budd Buster. A cowboy comes to the aid of settlers being harassed by rustlers and land grabbers. Good Fred Scott musical oater; produced by Stan Laurel Pictures.

2152  Knights of the Range  Paramount, 1940. 68 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Norman Houston. With Russell Hayden, Jean Parker, Victor Jory, Britt Wood, J. Farrell MacDonald, Morris Ankrum, Ethel Wales, Rad Robinson, Raphael (Ray) Bennett, Ed Cassidy, Eddie Dean, The King’s Men (Ken Darby, Bud Linn, Jon Dobson), Franklyn Farnum, John St. Polis, Ed Cassidy, Chuck Baldra, Charles Murphy, Bill Nestell, Blackjack Ward, Bob Burns. A cowboy gets involved with outlaws but switches to the right side of the law to help a young woman and her father in Oklahoma’s Cimarron country. Nice program feature by producer Harry Sherman from Zane Grey’s novel.

2153  Konga, the Wild Stallion  Columbia, 1940. 65 min. D: Sam Nelson. SC: Harold Shumate. With Fred Stone, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Fiske, Eddy Waller, Robert Warwick, Don Beddoe, Carl Stockdale, George Cleveland, Burr Caruth, James Craig, Murdock MacQuarrie, John Tyrrell, John Dilson, Sam Ash, Herbert Heywood, Harry Bernard, Chuck Hamilton, Lee Prather, Lee Millar, Edmund Elton, Counto (horse), Boots (dog). When a man shoots his horse, a rancher kills him and is sent to prison but years later he is reunited with the animal who has been cared for by his daughter. Simple but pleasant tale enhanced by Fred Stone’s performance as the rancher.

2154  Kung Fu  ABC-TV/Warner Bros., 1972. 75 min. Color. D: Jerry Thorpe. SC: Ed Spielman and Howard Friedlander. With David Carradine, Barry Sullivan, Albert Salmi, Wayne Maunder, Benson Fong, Keye Luke, Philip Ahn, Richard Loo, Victor Sen Yung, Keith Carradine, Radmaes Pera, Roy Fuller, Robert Ito, John Leoning, David Chow. Running away from murder charges in China, a Chinese-American kung fu expert comes to the United States and opposes the exploitation of railroad workers in the West. Popular TV movie that helped start the kung fu movie craze as well as serve as the pilot for the “Kung Fu” (ABC-TV, 1972–75) series which was revived two decades later as “Kung Fu: The Legend Continues” (Prime Time Entertainment Network, 1993–97).

2155  Kung Fu: The Movie  Warner Bros., 1986. 104 min. Color. D: Richard Lang. SC: Durrell Royce Crays. With David Carradine, Kerrie Keane, Mako, Brandon Lee, William Lucking, Luke Askew, Benson Fong, Martin Landau, Ellen Geer, Keye Luke, Robert Harper, Roy Jenson, Paul Rudd, John Alderman, Michael Paul Chan, Patience Cleveland, Roland Harrah III, Jim Haynie. A Kung Fu master goes back to the late nineteenth century to engage in mortal combat with a vicious martial arts killer. Fair TV movie reprise of Kung Fu (q.v.), co-produced by star David Carradine and Skip Ward.

2156  Lacy and the Mississippi Queen   NBC-TV/Paramount, 1978. 74 min. Color. D: Robert Butler. SC: Kathy Donnell and Madeline DeMaggio-Warner. With Kathleen Lloyd, Debra Feuer, Edward Andrews, Jack Elam, Matt Clark, Les Lannom, Christopher Lloyd, James Keach, Anthony Palmer, David Byrd, Alvy Moore, Sandy Ward, Elizabeth Rogers, David Comford, Cliff Pellow, Robert Casper. Two sisters, who are direct opposites, team to hunt down the train robbers they believe killed their father. Just passable TV fare.

2157  Lad: A Dog  Warner Bros., 1962. 98 min. Color. D: Aram Avakian and Leslie Martinson. SC: Lillie Hayward and Robert O. Hodes. With Peter Breck, Peggy McCay, Carroll O’Connor, Angela Cartwright, Maurice Dallimore, Alice Pearce, Jack Daly, Charles Fredericks, Tim Graham, Lillian Buyeff, Lad (dog). A beautiful white collie brings happiness to the life of a small disabled girl. Pleasant screen adaptation of Albert Payson Terhune’s novel.

2158  Lady for a Night  Republic, 1942. 87 min. D: Leigh Jason. SC: Isabel Dawn and Boyce De Gaw. With Joan Blondell, John Wayne, Ray Middleton, Philip Merivale, Blanche Yurka, Edith Barrett, Leonid Kinskey, Hattie Hoel, Montagu Love, Carmel Myers, Dorothy Burgess, Guy Usher, Ivan Miller, Patricia Knox, Dewey Robinson, The Hall Johnson Choir, Lew Payton, Marilyn Hare, Dolores Gray, Gertrude Astor, Frances Gladwin, Jack Kinney, Pierre Watkin, Betty Hill, Forbes Murray, Frank Orth, Roy Gordon, Kathryn Sheldon, Minerva Urecal, Howard Hickman, Dudley Dickerson, Paul White, Charles Miller, Dick Rush, Charles McAvoy, Mickey Simpson, Neely Edwards, Lloyd Whitlock, Howard Mitchell, Leigh Whipper, Edith Evanson, Martin Turner, Margaret Armstrong, Eula Morgan. A riverboat entertainer yearns for social position so she throws over her gambler lover and marries an impoverished planter. Above average Republic production with good work by Joan Blondell in the title role although John Wayne is subordinate as the gambler.

2159  The Lady from Cheyenne  Universal, 1941. 87 min. D: Frank Lloyd. SC: Kathryn Scola and Warren Duff. With Loretta Young, Robert Preston, Edward Arnold, Frank Craven, Gladys George, Jessie Ralph, Stanley Fields, Willie Best, Samuel S. Hinds, Spencer Charters, Clare Verdera, Alan Bridge, Joseph Sawyer, Ralph Dunn, Harry Cording, Marion Martin, Gladys Blake, Sally Payne, Iris Adrian, June Wilkins, Erville Alderson, Emmett Vogan, Roger Imhoff, William B. Davidson, James Kirkwood, Emory Parnell, Dorothy Granger, Richard Alexander, Griff Barnett, Esther Howard, Charles Williams, Wade Boteler, Charles T. Aldrich, Jeff Corey, Matt McHugh, Larry Lawson, John Dilson, Charles Halton, Harry Seymour, Delmar Watson, Victor Potel, Harry Stubbs, Kernan Cripps, Stanley Blystone, Frank Austin, Herbert Heywood, Kathryn Sheldon, Charles Ray, Jessie Arnold, Murdock MacQuarrie, Lloyd Ingraham, Joe Eggenton, Sue Moore, Phyllis Kennedy, Bob Larson, Loren Baker, Roger Gray. In Wyoming a pretty teacher tries to start a school in a wild town and at the same time obtain voting rights for women. Production about early women’s liberation activities is fun to view.

Lady from Frisco see Rebellion

2160  Lady from Louisiana  Republic, 1941. 82 min. D: Bernard Vorhaus. SC: Vera Caspary, Michael Hogan and Guy Endore. With John Wayne, Ona Munson, Ray Middleton, Henry Stephenson, Helen Westley, Jack Pennick, Dorothy Dandridge, Shimen Ruskin, Jacqueline Dalya, Paul Scardon, James C. Morton, Maurice Costello, Major James H. McNamara. In old New Orleans a lawyer tries to destroy a corrupt gang and ends up falling in love with the leader’s daughter. Interesting period melodrama with John Wayne as the crusader.

2161  The Lady from Texas  Universal-International, 1951. 78 min. Color. D: Joseph Pevney. SC: Gerald Drayson Adams and Connie Lee Bennett. With Howard Duff, Mona Freeman, Josephine Hull, Gene Lockhart, Craig Stevens, Ed Begley, Barbara Knudson, Lane Bradford, Chris-Pin Martin, Kenneth Patterson, Jay C. Flippen, Edmund Cobb, William Fawcett, John Maxwell, Dabbs Greer, Morgan Farley, Donald Kerr, Eddie Parks, Alice Richey, Roy Butler, Ada Adams, Buddy Roosevelt, Kathryn Sheldon, Helen Dietrich, Forbes Murray, Frank O’Connor. Crooks try to declare insane a widow whose husband was killed in the Civil War but a cowboy and a young woman come to her aid. Delightful Western comedy.

2162  The Lady Is My Wife  NBC-TV/Universal, 1967. 49 min. Color. D: Sam Peckinpah. SC: Halstead Welles and Jack Laird. With Jean Simmons, Bradford Dillman, Alex Cord, Alan Baxter, L.Q. Jones, Roberto Contreras, E.J. Andre, Jim Boles, Begona Palacios, Lillian Bronson, Billy M. Greene, Larry Watson, Bob Hope (host). In a mining town following the Civil War, a gambler and a cowboy play a game of mounted pool for each other’s possessions. Originally telecast February 1, 1967, as a segment of “Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre” (NBC-TV, 1963–67), this fair outing was later issued to TV as a feature film.

2163  A Lady Takes a Chance  RKO Radio, 1943. 86 min. D: William A. Seiter. SC: Robert Ardrey. With Jean Arthur, John Wayne, Charles Winninger, Phil Silvers, Mary Field, Don Costello, John Philliber, Grady Sutton, Grant Withers, Hans Conreid, Peggy Carroll, Ariel Heath, Sugar Geise, Joan Blair, Tom Fadden, Eddy Waller, Nina Quartaro, Cy Kendall, Charles D. Brown, Butch and Buddy, The Three Peppers, Alex Melesh, Paul Scott, Lane Chandler, Ralf Harolde, Hank Worden, Clarence Straight, Warren Jackson, Eddie Dew, Bud Geary, Fred Burns, Monty Collins, Horace Murphy, Syd Saylor, Eddie Borden, Bob McKenzie, Dorothy Granger, Harry Semels, George DeNormand, Bennie Bartlett, Patsy Moran, Bobby Barber, Bert Dillard, Jack Daly, Herbert Evans, J.W. Cody, Chalky Williams, Frank Melton, Joe Bernard, Robert Cherry. An Eastern woman with three unacceptable suitors heads West and is romanced by a rodeo rider. Dated, mundane genre comedy.

2164  Land Beyond the Law  Warner Bros., 1937. 58 min. D: B. Reeves Eason. SC: Luci Ward and Joseph K. Watson. With Dick Foran, Linda Perry, Wayne Morris, Irene Franklin, Gordon Hart, Joseph King, Cy Kendall, Frank Orth, Glenn Strange, Harry Woods, Milton Kibbee, Edmund Cobb, Henry Otho, Tom Brower, Paul Panzer, Julian Rivero, Artie Ortego, Jim Corey, Bud Osborne, Wilfred Lucas, Gene Alsace, Frank McCarroll. A rancher finds himself in trouble with the law when, by mistake, he gets mixed up with outlaws. Pretty good Dick Foran series film, briskly directed by B. Reeves “Breezy” Eason; a remake of the 1927 First National Ken Maynard film of the same title and The Big Stampede (q.v.).

2165  Land of Fighting Men  Monogram, 1938. 53 min. D: Alan James. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Jack Randall, Herman Brix (Bruce Bennett), Louise Stanley, Dickie Jones, Walt Shrum and His Colorado Hillbillies, Wheeler Oakman, Bob Burns, John Merton, Lane Chandler, Rex Lease, Ernie Adams, Spade Cooley. Framed for killing a rancher, a cowboy must find the murderer to clear his name. Average outing in Jack Randall’s Monogram series enhanced by a fine cast.

Land of Fury see The Seekers

2166  Land of Hunted Men  Monogram, 1943. 58 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: Elizabeth Beecher. With Ray Corrigan, Dennis Moore, Max Terhune, Phyllis Adair, Charles King, John Merton, Ted Mapes, Frank McCarroll, Forrest Taylor, Steve Clark, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Carl Sepulveda, Augie Gomez, Hank Bell, Tex Palmer, Jack Evans, Ray Jones, Al Haskell. The Range Busters are on the trail of an outlaw gang terrorizing the countryside. Ray Corrigan returned to the series and Dennis Moore joined it in this feature, an otherwise mediocre “Range Busters” affair.

2167  The Land of Missing Men   Tiffany, 1930. 58 min. D: J.P. McCarthy. SC: J.P. McCarthy and Bob Quigley. With Bob Steele, Al St. John, Caryl Lincoln, Al Jennings, Edward Dunn, Fern Emmett, Emilio Fernandez, Noah Hendricks, C.R.Dufau, S.S. Simon, Frank Ellis, Jim Corey. Two cowpokes falsely accused of a stage holdup rescue a young woman from another coach and then infiltrate an outlaw gang in order to capture the real culprits. Bob Steele’s fans will like this rather interesting early talkie that includes several brutal scenes.

2168  Land of No Return  International Picture Show, 1981. 84 min. Color D-SC: Kent Bateman. With Mel Torme, William Shatner, Donald Moffat, Caesar (eagle), Romulus (wolf). A television animal trainer crashes his private plane in the wilds of Utah and tries to survive with only the aid of a pet eagle. No much here but the scenery; alternate titles: Challenge to Survive and Snowman.

2169  Land of the Lawless  Monogram, 1947. 60 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine McIntyre, Tristram Coffin, June Harrison, Marshall Reed, I. Stanford Jolley, Steve Clark, Edmund Cobb, Roy Butler, Cactus Mack, Gary Garrett, Ben Corbett, Carl Sepulveda. Arriving in a remote town, a man finds his best friend murdered so he works with a prospector to rid the area of a corrupt female saloon boss and her crooked cohort. Pretty good Johnny Mack Brown-Raymond Hatton entry.

2170  Land of the Open Range  RKO Radio, 1942. 60 min. D: Edward Killy. SC: Morton Grant. With Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Janet Waldo, Lee “Lasses” White, Hobart Cavanaugh, Lee Bonnell, Roy Barcroft, John Elliott, Frank Ellis, Tom London, Ruth Clifford, Henry Roquemore, Bud Geary, Fern Emmett, John Ince, Pierce Lyden, Lindy Wade, J. Merrill Holmes, James Carlisle, Duke Green, Frank Mills, Charles Phipps. When a convict’s will states that a large of tract of land he owned can only be homesteaded by ex-convicts, a deputy tries to stop the lawlessness they cause. A different plot adds some interest to this Tim Holt film.

2171  Land of the Outlaws  Monogram, 1944. 58 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Nan Halliday, Stephen Keyes, Hugh Prosser, Charles King, John Merton, Steve Clark, Art Fowler, Tom Quinn, Ray Elder, Chick Hannon, Bob (John) Cason, Kansas Moehring, George Morrell, Ben Corbett, Bud Wolfe, John Judd, Bob Woodward, Dick Rush, Rube Dalroy, Jack Evans. A marshal is trailing a outlaw gang behind the hijacking of ore shipments. Pretty fair “Nevada Jack McKenzie” series outing.

2172  Land of the Six Guns  Monogram, 1940. 54 min. D: Raymond K. Johnson. SC: Tom Gibson. With Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Kenne Duncan, Glenn Strange, Bud Osborne, George Chesebro, Jack Perrin, Steve Clark, Frank LaRue, Carl Mathews, Buzz Barton, Richard Cramer, Jimmy Aubrey, Tex Palmer. A lawman buys a ranch but finds it being used by rustlers bringing in cattle from Mexico. Poor Jack Randall vehicle.

2173  Land of Wanted Men  Monogram, 1932. 59 min. D-SC: Harry Fraser. With Bill Cody, Andy Shuford, Sheila Mannors, Gibson Gowland, Frank Lackteen, James A. Marcus, Jack Richardson, Jack Evans. An cowboy gets a job as a lawman in country where sheep are being brought onto cattle range land. So-so Bill Cody-Andy Shuford series effort.

2174  Land Raiders  Columbia, 1970 101 min. Color. D: Nathan Juran. SC: Ken Pettus. With Telly Savalas, George Maharis, Arlene Dahl, Janet Landgard, Jocelyn Lane, George Coulouris, Guy Rolfe, Phil Brown, Peter Dane, Marcella St. Amant, Paul Picerni, Robert Carricart, Gustavo Rojo, Fernando Rey, Ben Tatar, John Clark, Charles Stahlnaker, Susan Harvey. A man and a woman survive a wagon train massacre by Indians, the attack being caused by his brother, a town boss paying for scalps. Spanish made, mediocre, violent film from producer Charles H. Schneer.

2175  Landrush  Columbia, 1946. 54 min. D: Vernon Keays. SC: Michael Simmons. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Doris Houck, Emmett Lynn, Ozie Waters and His Colorado Rangers, Bud Geary, Stephen Barclay, Robert Kortman, George Chesebro, Bud Osborne, Ted French, George Russell, George Hoey, Ethan Laidlaw, John Tyrrell, Russell Meeker, Roy Butler, Curt Barrett, Nolan Leary, Herman Hack, Scotty Harrell, John Hawks, Sam Garrett. Outlaws try to keep homesteaders off land recently opened for settlement but the Durango Kid comes to their rescue. More than passable “Durango Kid” series segment; footage from the film was later used in Cyclone Fury and Streets of Ghost Town (qq.v.). British title: The Claw Strikes.

2176  Laramie  Columbia, 1949. 56 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Elton Britt, Fred F. Sears, Tommy Ivo, Marjorie Stapp, Robert Wilke, Myron Healey, Shooting Star, Jay Silverheels, Jim Diehl, Ethan Laidlaw, Bob (John) Cason, George Lloyd, Rodd Redwing, Nolan Leary, Kermit Maynard. When an evil Army scout selling rifles to the Indians kills a chief, warfare nearly erupts with the Durango Kid trying to stop impending bloodshed. Mediocre “Durango Kid” outing that benefits greatly from Elton Britt singing “Chime Bells” and “Mollie Darling.”

2177  The Laramie Kid  Reliable, 1935. 57 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: Carl Kursada and Rose Gordon. With Tom Tyler, Alberta Vaughn, Al Ferguson, Murdock MacQuarrie, George Chesebro, Snub Pollard, Steve Clark, Artie Ortego, Jimmy Aubrey, Wally Wales, Nelson McDowell, Budd Buster, Lafe McKee, Lew Meehan, Bob McKenzie, Frank Ellis, Art Dillard, Robert Walker, Herman Hack, Blackie Whiteford, Jack Hendricks. A cowboy goes to jail so his girl’s father can collect reward money to pay off his ranch, keeping the young woman from marrying a banker she does not love. The production is as bad as the plot in this Tom Tyler vehicle.

2178  Laramie Mountains  Columbia, 1952. 53 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Jack (Jock) Mahoney, Fred F. Sears, Marshall Reed, Rory Mallinson, Zon Murray, John War Eagle, Robert Wilke, Chris Alcaide, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Frank McCarroll, Jay Silverheels. A government Indian agent tries to prevent warfare after several attacks on the cavalry and he learns the trouble is caused by dishonest scouts. Average “Durango Kid” affair.

2179  The Laramie Trail  Republic, 1944. 54 min. D: John English. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Robert Livingston, Smiley Burnette, Linda Brent, George J. Lewis, John James, Emmett Lynn, Leander de Cordova, Slim Whitaker, Bud Osborne, Bud Geary, Kenne Duncan, Roy Barcroft, Marshall Reed, Martin Garralaga, John Whitley. Arriving at a Spanish hacienda, two pals try to help a young man falsely accused of murder. The final teaming of Robert Livingston and Smiley Burnette, following the “John Paul Revere” series, is a nifty one with nicely atmospheric mystery touches.

Lariats’ End see Mystery Brand

2180  Lasca of the Rio Grande  Universal, 1931. 65 min. D: Edward Laemmle. SC: Randall Faye. With Johnny Mack Brown, Leo Carrillo, Dorothy Burgess, Slim Summerville, Frank Campeau, Chris-Pin Martin, Tom London, John Ince, Jim Corey. A Texas Ranger and a Mexican bandit both love a dance hall girl and when she kills a man in self defense the lawman lets her go. A bit creaky but still fun, especially for Leo Carrillo as the bandit.

2181  The Lash  First National, 1930. 75 min. D: Frank Lloyd. SC: Bradley King. With Richard Barthelmess, Mary Astor, Marian Nixon, James Rennie, Fred Kohler, Robert Edeson, Barbara Bedford, Erville Alderson, Arthur Stone, Mathilde Comont, Frank Lackteen, Francis McDonald, William L. Thorne, Chris-Pin Martin, Pedro Leon. Returning home to Old California from school, a man find that crooks have taken over the locale and he sets out to stop them with daring raids, earning the nickname “El Puma.” Entertaining early talkie that moves at a good clip although it is dated; originally called Adios.

2182  The Lash of the Law  Goodwill, 1926. 50 min. D: Paul Hurst. SC: Al Jennings and Jay Inman (Joseph) Kane. With Bill Bailey, Alma Rayford, Dick LaReno, Marcel Perez, Bud Osborne, Milton Fahrney, Roy Watson. A cowboy on the trail of an outlaw gang helps a boy and girl brutalized by their stepfather. Well made silent, worth viewing; star Bill Bailey later became William Norton Bailey.

Lassie’s Adventures in the Gold Rush see The Painted Hills

2183  Lassie’s Great Adventure  20th Century–Fox, 1963. 103 min. D: William Beaudine. SC: Monroe Manning and Charles O’Neal. With Lassie, Jon Provost, June Lockhart, Hugh Reilly, Richard Simmons, Richard Kiel, Walter Stocker, Robert Howard, Will J. White, Patrick Waltz, Leo Needham, Patrick Westwood. Lassie and her young master are carried away in a hot air balloon that takes them to the wilds of Canada where an Indian decides to make the boy a replacement for his son. Very well done family drama taken from four episodes of “Lassie” (CBS-TV, 1954–71) and issued theatrically both here and abroad. Who says William Beaudine was not a good director?

2184  The Last Bandit  Republic, 1949. 80 min. Color. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Thomas Williamson. With William Elliott, Adrian Booth, Forrest Tucker, Andy Devine, Jack Holt, Grant Withers, Minna Gombell, Virginia Brissac, Louis Faust, Stanley Andrews, Martin Garralaga, Joseph Crehan, Charles Middleton, Rex Lease, Emmett Lynn, Gene Roth, George Chesebro, Hank Bell, Jack O’Shea, Steve Clark, Tex Terry, George Eldredge, Chick Hannon, Howard Mitchell, Monte Montague, Rocky Shahan, Chuck Baldra, Rodney Bell, Vera Marshe, George Backus, Al Murphy, Len Torrey, David Williams, Cecil Combs, Steve Drake, Buster West, Frank Dae. A reformed outlaw tries to go straight as an express agent but runs afoul of a saloon singer and his own crooked brother, who is planning a big gold heist by robbing the local railroad. Pretty good William Elliott action film; quite colorful. A remake of The Great Train Robbery (1941) [q.v.].

The Last Bandit (1979) see The Bandits

The Last Bullet see Crooked River

2185  The Last Challenge  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967. 105 min. Color. D: Richard Thorpe. SC: John Sherry and Robert Emmett Ginna. With Glenn Ford, Angie Dickinson, Chad Everett, Gary Merrill, Jack Elam, Delphi Lawrence, Royal Dano, Kevin Hagen, Florence Sundstrom, Marian Collier, Robert Sorrells, Frank McGrath, John Milford. A once famous gunman takes on a life of leisure as the sheriff of a small town until a punk arrives to gun him down. A cliched story does nothing to help this pedestrian feature; also called Pistolero of Red River.

2186  The Last Chance  Chesterfield, 1926. 52 min. D-SC: Horace B. Carpenter. With Bill Patton, Dorothy Donald, Merrill McCormick, Harry O’Connor, Walter Patton, Theodore Henderson, Walter Blunt. A postal inspector infiltrates an outlaw gang and saves a stage driver and his daughter who have been taken hostages by the robbers. Labored Bill Patton silent film poorly helmed by Horace B. Carpenter.

2187  The Last Command  Republic, 1955. 110 min. Color. D: Frank Lloyd. SC: Warren Duff. With Sterling Hayden, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Richard Carlson, Arthur Hunnicutt, Ernest Borgnine, J. Carrol Naish, Ben Cooper, John Russell, Jim Davis, Virginia Grey, Eduard Franz, Otto Kruger, Russell Simpson, Roy Roberts, Slim Pickens, Hugh Sanders, Morris Ankrum, Harry Woods, Kermit Maynard. Jim Bowie and his followers join the Texas fight for independence and become martyrs at the Alamo. Very fine account of the fall of the Alamo with well staged battle sequences.

2188  The Last Day  NBC-TV/Paramount, 1975. 100 min. Color. D: Vincent McEveety. SC: Jim Byrnes and Steve Fisher. With Richard Widmark, Christopher Connelly, Robert Conrad, Gene Evans, Richard Jaeckel, Tim Matheson, Barbara Rush, Tom Skerrit, Loretta Swit, Morgan Woodward, Kathleen Cody, Jon Locke, Bryan O’Byrne, Harry Morgan (narrator). When the Dalton gang threatens to rob a town bank, a retired gunman is forced to take up his guns again. Nicely entertaining telefeature from producer A.C. Lyles.

2189  Last Days of Boot Hill  Columbia, 1947. 55 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Virginia Hunter, Paul Campbell, The Cass County Boys (Jerry Scoggins, Bert Dodson, Fred Martin), Mary Newton, Bill Free, J. Courtland Lytton, Robert Wilke, Alan Bridge, Tex Harding, Syd Saylor, John Cason, Blackie Whiteford, Victor Cox, Carole Mathews, Emmett Lynn, Charles King, Nolan Leary, Steve Clark, Robert Barron, Mauritz Hugo, John Tyrrell. A supposedly dead Durango Kid is on the trail of gold stolen by an outlaw, now a ranch foreman. Tacky “Durango Kid” series outing mostly made up of footage from Both Barrel Blazing (q.v.), thus the appearance of Tex Harding who had been out of the series for almost two years. British title: On Boot Hill.

2190  The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James  NBC-TV, 1986. 100 min. Color. D: William A. Graham. SC: William Stratton. With Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Ed Bruce, Willie Nelson, Gail Youngs, David Allan Coe, Andy Stahl, June Carter Cash, Marcia Cross, Darrell Wilks, Margaret Gibson, James Sinclair, Cherie Elledge Grapes, Peter Bradshaw, Earl Pooderall, Jack Barlow, Mac Bennett, John Brown, Dan Butler, Glen Clark, David Cobb, Bruce Darnaham, Ed Evans, Marshal Falwell, Buck Ford, Donnie Fritts, Lecille Harris, Mary Jane Harrill, Dan Hoffman, John Jay Hecker, Jr., Slick Lawson, William Newman, John Jackson Routh, Jimmy Tittle, Denis Tucker, Charlie Williams. Outlaw brothers Frank and Jesse James try to lead normal lives but soon re-form a gang and continue their robbery sprees. Not bad TV movie retelling of the James gang saga hampered by the casting of June Carter Cash as the outlaws’ mother!

2191  The Last Frontier  RKO Radio, 1932. 12 Chapters. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: George Plympton and Robert F. Hill. With Creighton (Lon, Jr.) Chaney, Dorothy Gulliver, Mary Jo Desmond, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Joe Bonomo, Slim Cole, Judith Barrie, Richard Neil, William Desmond, LeRoy Mason, Yakima Canutt, Pete Morrison, Claude Peyton, Fritzi Fenn, Bill Nestell, Ben Corbett, Fred Burns, Frank Lackteen, Barbara Bushman, Harriet Spencer, Walt Robbins, Leo Cooper, Ray Steel. A crusading newspaper editor takes on the guise of a hooded avenger in fighting an outlaw gang after gold on settlers’ lands. RKO’s only cliffhanger is on the slow side although Lon Chaney’s fans will like it; also released in a 65 minute feature version called The Black Ghost.

2192  The Last Frontier  Columbia, 1955. 98 min. Color. D: Anthony Mann. SC: Philip Yordan and Russell S. Hughes. With Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, Anne Bancroft, James Whitmore, Russell Collins, Peter Whitney, Pat Hogan, Manuel Donde, Guy Williams, Mickey Kuhn, Guillermo Calles, Jack Pennick, John Cason, Terry Wilson, Reg Parton, Allen Pinson, Robert St. Angelo, William Traylor. Three frontier scouts finds themselves at odds with a know-it-all fort commander who leads his men into an Indian massacre. Fairly colorful and action laded frontier saga; TV title: Savage Wilderness.

2193  Last Frontier Uprising  Republic, 1947. 67 min. Color. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Harvey Gates. With Monte Hale, Adrian Booth, Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage, James Taggert, Roy Barcroft, Edmund Cobb, Philip Van Zandt, John Ince, Frank O’Connor, Bob Blair, Doye O’Dell, Tom London. A cowboy buying horses for the government finds himself at odds with a rustling gang. Predictable but still enjoyable Monte Hale vehicle.

2194  The Last Gun  Rasfilm, 1964. 88 min. Color. D: Serge Bergone (Sergio Bergonzelli). SC: Dick Fullmer, Ambrogio Molleni and James Wilde, Jr. With Cameron Mitchell, Celina Cely, Carl Mohner, Livio Lorenzon, Kitty Karver, Mary Gordon, Armand Keith, Dony Batner, Mario Munoz, John Mathews, Fanny Clair, Harris Cooper, Lina Albert, Diego Wells, Paul Solvay, Ugo Mudd, Calisto Calisti. In 1866 Arizona a town is threatened by ruthless bandits and an ex-gunfighter is forced to strap on his guns for one final shootout. Cameron Mitchell is the chief interest as the protagonist in this fair Italian made oater originally called Jim il Primo (Jim the First) and released in England as Killer’s Canyon by British Lion; title song sung by Peter Tevis.

2195  The Last Gunfighter  Joseph Brenner, 1961. 56 min. D-SC: Lindsay Shontref. With Don Borisenko, Tass Tory, Jay Shannon, Michael Zenon, Ken James, Gordon Clark, James (Hagan) Beggs, Art Janoff, James Barron, Mike Conway. A gunman his hired by ranchers to protect them against a land baron but trouble soon develops over a woman. Tattered, violent drama filmed in Canada in 1959. Also called The Devil’s Spawn and Hired Gun.

2196  The Last Hard Men  20th Century–Fox, 1976. 98 min. Color. D: Andrew V. McLaglen. SC: Guerdon Trueblood. With Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Barbara Hershey, Christopher Mitchum, Michael Parks, Jorge Rivero, Larry Wilcox, Morgan Paull, Thalmus Rasulala, Robert Donner, John Quade, Sam Gilman, James Bacon, Riley Hill, Dick Alexander, Yolanda Schutz, Alberto Pina, David Herrera, Earl W. Smith, Lee Lazarow, Robert Apel. To get revenge on the sheriff who sent him to prison an outlaw and his gang kidnap the lawman’s young daughter. Sturdy action feature; good entertainment.

2197  The Last Horseman  Columbia, 1944. 58 min. D: William Berke. SC: Ed Earl Repp. With Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Ann Savage, John Maxwell, Frank LaRue, Nick Thompson, Art Mix, John Merton, Blackie Whiteford, Ted Mapes, Forrest Taylor, Curley Dresden. Crooks plan to rob a bank and use an innocent female bank teller to help them but a cowboy and his pals save the day. Lots of action and music help this Russell Hayden vehicle.

2198  The Last Hunt  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956. 108 min. Color. D-SC: Richard Brooks. With Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Lloyd Nolan, Debra Paget, Russ Tamblyn, Constance Ford, Joe De Santis, Ainslie Pryor, Terry Wilson, Ralph Moody, Fred Graham, Ed Lonehill, Dan White, William Phillips, Jerry Martin, Roy Barcroft, Rosemary Johnston, Joe Rickson. A rancher, whose cattle herd has been destroyed by rampaging buffalos, teams with a sadistic hunter to destroy the animals. Very good psychological Western interpolated with fast action and mostly filmed in Custer State Park in South Dakota.

2199  The Last Movie  Universal, 1971. 108 min. Color. D: Dennis Hopper. SC: Stewart Stern. With Dennis Hopper, Stella Garcia, Julie Adams, Peter Fonda, Rod Cameron, Kris Kristofferson, John Philip Law, Jim Mitchum, Michelle Phillips, Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Don Gordon, Tom Baker, Daniel Ades, Severn Dardern, Samuel Fuller, Roy Engel, Fritz Ford, George Hill, Ted Markland, Tomas Milian, Sylvia Miles, Robert Rothwell, Dennis Stock, Clint Kimbrough, Warren Finnerty. A cowboy-stuntman, who enjoys violence for its own sake, goes to Peru to work on a Western movie and stays only to end up as a sacrifice by the natives. Extremely unpleasant and disappointing feature that wastes a good cast; also called Chinchero.

2200  The Last Musketeer  Republic, 1952. 67 min. D: William Witney. SC: Arthur Orloff. With Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Slim Pickens, James Anderson, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Monte Montague, Michael Hall, Alan Bridge, Stan Jones, The Republic Rhythm Riders. On a cattle buying trip, a cowboy stops in a town and helps the locals who have been plagued by a gang of outlaws. Typical Rex Allen vehicle with the usual amount of action.

2201  The Last of His Tribe  Home Box Office (HBO), 1992. 90 min. Color. D: Harry Hook. SC: Stephen Hartman. With Jon Voight, Graham Greene, David Ogden Stiers, Jack Blessing, Anne Archer, Diana Benzali, Christianne Hauber, Charles Martinet, Carl D. Parker, Angela Paton, Benne Alder, Marie Bain, Loryn Barlese, Gilbert Bear, Lance Brady, Roy Conrad, Kevin Goetz, Neva Hutchison, John Ickes, Trudy Kinerson, Beverly La Bau, Stephen Lofaro, George Maguire, Edward Markmann, Wanda McCaddon, Sam David McClelland, C.W. Morgan, James O’Connell, John Olson, Stephen Pocock, Chris Pray, Victor Preston, Nick Scoggin, Toby Stmp, Brain VanDerWilt. The lone survivor of an Indian tribe makes his way to civilization and is befriended by an anthropologist. Okay TV movie retelling of a true story previously filmed as Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (q.v.).

2202  Last of the Badmen  Allied Artists, 1957. 80 min. Color. D: Paul Landres. SC: Daniel B. Ullman and David Chandler. With George Montgomery, Keith Larsen, James Best, Douglas Kennedy, Robert Foulk, Tom Greenway, Meg Randall, Willis Bouchey, Michael Ansara, Addison Richards, John Doucette, Harlan Warde, Walter Reed, John Damler. When outlaws kill a detective, his agency sends two agents West to round up the gang. Okay action drama; remake of Star of Texas (q.v.) and remade as Gunfight at Comanche Creek (q.v.).

2203  The Last of the Clintons  Ajax, 1935. 64 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Weston Edwards. With Harry Carey, Betty Mack, Del Gordon, Victor Potel, Earl Dwire, Ruth Findlay, Tom London, Slim Whitaker, Lafe McKee, Lew Meehan, Francis Walker, Allen Greer, William McCall, Barney Beasley, Tex Palmer. A gang has been raiding the countryside and a range detective pretends to be an outlaw so he can infiltrate them. Cheap production values do not help his oater but Harry Carey fans will still like it.

2204  Last of the Comanches  Columbia, 1953. 85 min. Color. D: Andre De Toth. SC: Kenneth Gamet. With Broderick Crawford, Barbara Hale, Lloyd Bridges, Johnny Stewart, Mickey Shaughnessy, George Mathews, Hugh Sanders, Ric Roman, Chubby Johnson, Martin Milner, Milton Parsons, Jack Woody, John War Eagle, Carleton Young, George Chesebro, Harry Harvey, Jay Silverheels, Bud Osborne, Rodd Redwing. The six surviving members of a cavalry unit attacked by Indians join the passenger of a stagecoach in staving off Comanches. Tired oater, a reworking of Sahara (Warner Bros., 1943).

2205  Last of the Desperados  Associated Film Distributors, 1955. 75 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Orville Hampton. With James Craig, Jim Davis, Margia Dean, Barton MacLane, Myrna Dell, Bob Steele, Stanley Clements, Herbert Vigran, Thomas Browne Henry, Jack Perrin, John Hart, Mike Ragan, Brad Johnson, Frank Sully. After his final shootout with Billy the Kid, sheriff Pat Garrett finds he is more of a hunted man than his former adversary. Action filled and different “B” oater; Charles King shows up at the start of the film via stock footage.

2206  Last of the Dogmen  Savoy Pictures, 1995. 118 min. Color. D-SC: Tad Murphy. With Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey, Kurtwood Smith, Steve Reevis, Andrew Miller, Gregory Scott Cummins, Mark Boone Junior, Helen Calahasen, Eugene Blackbear, Dawn Lavand, Sidel Standing Elk, Hunter Bodine, Graham Jarvis, Parley Baer, Sherwood Price, Zip, Molly Parker, Antony Holland, Robert Donley, Brian Stollery, Mitchell LaPlante, Wilford Brimley (narrator). A bounty hunter is on the trail of trail of three escaped convicts in the Montana wilderness. Interesting fantasy Western.

2207  Last of the Duanes  Fox, 1930. 62 min. D: Alfred L. Werker. SC: Ernest Pascal. With George O’Brien, Lucille Brown, Myrna Loy, Walter McGrail, James Bradbury, Jr., Nat Pendleton, Blanche Frederici, Roy Stewart, Frank Campeau, Jim Mason, Lloyd Ingraham, Willard Robertson, Richard Alexander, Pat Harmon, G. Raymond Nye, Ed Brady, Merrill McCormick, Carl Stockdale, Cliff Lyons, Lillian Lawrence, Harry Tenbrook. Complications arise for a cowboy because after he saves a young woman from a bad man the outlaw’s wife falls for him. Slow moving adaptation of Zane Grey’s novel with songs added; first filmed in 1919 by Fox with William Farnum and remade by the studio in 1924 starring Tom Mix. Filmed simultaneously with the George O’Brien vehicle was a Spanish language version called El Ultimo de los Vargas (The Last of the Vargas), directed by David Howard and starring George J. Lewis.

2208  Last of the Duanes  20th Century–Fox, 1941. 57 min. D: James Tinling. SC: Irving Cummings, Jr. and William Couselman, Jr. With George Montgomery, Lynne Roberts, Eve Arden, Francis Ford, George E. Stone, William Farnum, Joseph Sawyer, Truman Bradley, Russell Simpson, Don Costello, Harry Woods, Andrew Tombes, Tom London, Tim Ryan, Lane Chandler, Arthur Aylesworth, Ann Carter, Harry Hayden, Walter McGrail, Russ Clark, Lew Kelly, Jack Stoney, Tom Moray, Syd Saylor, LeRoy Mason, Paul Sutton, Ethan Laidlaw, Erville Alderson, J. Anthony Hughes, Paul E. Burns, William Pagan, Hank Worden, Max Wagner, Robert Winkler. Setting out to avenge the murder of his father, a cowboy gets an unjust reputation as a gunman. Fifth filming of the Zane Grey work is an okay “B” effort that helped George Montgomery on the road to stardom.

2209  The Last of the Fast Guns  Universal-International, 1958. 82 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: David P. Harmon. With Jock Mahoney, Gilbert Roland, Linda Cristal, Eduard Franz, Lorne Greene, Carl Benton Reid, Edward Platt, Eduardo Noriega, Jorge Trevino, Lee Morgan, Richard Cutting. A gunfighter is hired to find a man’s missing brother and heads to Mexico to carry out the assignment. Pretty good action drama with fine work by Jock Mahoney and Gilbert Roland.

2210  The Last of the Knucklemen  Hexagon, 1981. 93 min. Color. D-SC: Tim Burstall. With George Kennedy, Michael Preston, Peterr Hehir, Michael Duffield, Dennis Miller, Stephen Bisley, Michael Caton, Stewart Fatchney. In frontier Australia a camp boss tries to keep order among his gang of rowdy hired hands. Entertaining Australian yarn with good character studies.

2211  The Last of the Mohicans  Associated Producers, 1920. 75 min. D: Maurice Tourneur and Clarence Brown. SC: Robert Dillon. With Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Albert Roscoe, Lillian Hall, Henry Woodward, Boris Karloff, Harry Lorraine, Nelson McDowell, George Hawkathorne, Jack McDonald, James Gordon. A frontiersman and his Mohican blood brother try to save the daughters of a British fort commander captured by a rival tribe loyal to the French. Well made silent version of the James Fenimore Cooper novel; some prints run 50 minutes.

2212  The Last of the Mohicans  Mascot, 1932. 12 Chapters. D: Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason. SC: Colbert Clark, Jack (John Francis) Natteford, Ford Beebe and Wyndham Gittens. With Harry Carey, Hobart Bosworth, Junior Coghlan, Edwina Booth, Lucille Brown, Walter Miller, Robert Kortman, Walter McGrail, Nelson McDowell, Edward Hearn, Mischa Auer, Yakima Canutt, Chief Big Tree, Joan Gale, Tully Marshall, Allan Cavan, High Feather, Little Pine, White Feather, Jewel Richford. During the French and Indian War, scout Hawkeye and his Indian blood bother attempt to stop an evil chief and his tribe from helping the French against British settlers. Slow moving serial version of the James Fenimore Cooper work although Harry Carey is good as Hawkeye and Robert Kortman makes an excellent evil Magua; a feature version was called The Return of the Mohicans.

2213  The Last of the Mohicans  United Artists, 1936. 91 min. D: George B. Seitz. SC: Philip Dunne. With Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxon, Bruce Cabot, Heather Angel, Hugh Buckler, Robert Barrat, Philip Reed, Willard Robertson, William Stack, Frank McGlynn, Will Stanton, William V. Mong, Olaf Hytten, Claude King, Lumsden Hare, Reginald Barlow, Lionel Belmore, Ian MacLaren, Art Dupuis, John Sutton, Ethan Laidlaw, Harry Cording. A scout and his Indian friend escort two British women through the wilderness and fall in love with them as the British and French fight for control of North America. Nicely done adaptation of the James Fenimore Cooper’s 1826 book.

2214  The Last of the Mohicans  International German/Balcazar/Cineproduzione, 1965. 88 min. Color. D: Harald Reinl. SC: Joachim Bartsch. With Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Carl Lange, Antonio De Teffe (Anthony Steffen), Dan Martin, Jose Marco, Luis Induni, Angel Ter, Stellio Candelli, Marie France. When trouble starts between warring Indian tribes, Hawkeye and Chingachgook attempt to save the lives of the kidnapped daughters of a British colonel. Despite dubbing, this West German production of the James Fenimore Cooper story is pretty good, with a fine music score by Peter Thomas; West German title: Der Letzte Mohikaner (The Last Mohican). Alternate title: The Last Tomahawk.

2215  The Last of the Mohicans  NBC-TV/Schick Sunn Classics, 1977. 100 min. Color. D: James L. Conway. SC: Stephen Lord. With Steve Forrest, Ned Romero, Andrew Prine, Don Shanks, Robert Tessier, Jane Actman, Michele Marsh, Robert Easton, Whit Bissell, Beverly Rowland. Scout Hawkeye and his blood brother Chingachgook help a British major lead a party through hostile country during the French and Indian War. Well done “Classics Illustrated” production made for TV.

2216  The Last of the Mohicans  20th Century–Fox, 1992. 113 min. Color. D: Michael Mann. SC: Michael Mann and Christopher Crowe. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stone, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Steven Waddington, Wes Studi, Maurice Roeves, Patrice Chereau, Colm Meaney, Peter Postlethwaite, Patrice Chereau, Edward Blatchford, Terry Kinney, Tracey Ellis, Justin M. Rice, Dennis Banks, Mac Andrews, Malcoln Storry, David Schofield, Eric D. Sandgren, Mike Phillips, Mark A. Blake, Dylan Baker, Tim Hopper. A frontiersman tries to avoid taking sides in the French and Indian War but eventually aids the British after rescuing and falling in love with a beautiful woman captured by Huron warrior Magua. Pictorially appealing update of the James Fenimore Cooper novel, adapted from Philip Dunne’s script for the 1936 version (q.v.).

2217  Last of the Pony Riders  Columbia, 1953. 59 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Ruth Woodman. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Kathleen Case, Dick Jones, Howard Wright, Arthur Space, Gregg Barton, Buzz Henry, Harry Mackin, Harry Hines, Kermit Maynard, John Downey, Frankie Marvin, Bob Woodward. Pony Express rider Gene Autry loses his job when he buys a stagecoach and learns that crooks are working to sabotage the operation in order to get a mail contract. Gene Autry’s final theatrical starring film is a pleasant, leisurely paced affair; filmed in Sepiatone.

2218  Last of the Redmen  Columbia, 1947. 77 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: Herbert Dalmas and George Plympton. With Jon Hall, Evelyn Ankers, Michael O’Shea, Julie Bishop, Buster Crabbe, Rick Vallin, Buzz Henry, Frederick Worlock, Emmett Vogan, Chief Many Treaties, Guy Hedlund. The lone surviving member of the Mohican tribe risks his life to save a group of white settlers led into ambush by the Iroquis. Tame adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans; filmed in VitaColor.

2219  Last of the Renegades  Columbia, 1966. 94 min. Color. D: Harald Reinl. SC: Harald G. Petersson. With Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Anthony Steel, Karin Dor, Klaus Kinski, Mario Girotti (Terence Hill), Renato Baldini, Eddi Arent, Marie Noelle, Ilija Ivezic, Velemir Chytil, Stole Arandjelovic, George Heston, Mirko Boman, Rikard Brzeska, Gojko Mitic, Sime Jarainac, Jozo Kovacevic, Antun Nalis, Ivo Kristof, Curt Ackerman (narrator). Apache chief Winnetou wants to keep his people from going to war after the death of his father, but a ruthless oilman tries to start an uprising so the Indians will be slaughtered and he can get their lands. Flavorful West German Western in Constantin’s popular Karl May series; issued in Europe in 1964 by Rialto/Jadran-Film as Winnetou II, running 104 minutes.

2220  Last of the Warrens  Supreme, 1936. 56 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With Bob Steele, Margaret Marquis, Charles K. French, Lafe McKee, Charles King, Horace Murphy, Blackie Whiteford, Jim Corey, Steve Clark, Julian Madison, Herman Hack, Art Dillard, Frank Ball, Horace B. Carpenter, Tex Palmer, Chuck Baldra. After becoming an aviator hero during the war, a cowboy returns home to find a local businessman has stolen his property. Typically action packed and entertaining Bob Steele oater.

2221  Last of the Wild Horses  Screen Guild, 1948. 86 min. D: Robert L. Lippert. SC: Jack Harvey. With James Ellison, Mary Beth Hughes, Jane Frazee, Douglass Dumbrille, Reed Hadley, James Millican, Olin Howlin, Grady Sutton, William Haade, Stanley Andrews, Rory Mallinson. A cowboy gets himself in the middle of a range dispute when a crooked businessman and his sheriff henchman accuse a wealthy, crippled rancher of cattle thefts. More than passable production with an extremely brutal fight between hero James Ellison and villain Reed Hadley.

2222  The Last Outlaw  Paramount, 1927. 70 min. D: Arthur Rosson. SC: John Stone and J. Walter Ruben. With Gary Cooper, Betty Jewel, Jack Luden, Herbert Prior, Jim Corey, Billy Butts, Flash (horse). When a lawman is falsely accused of killing his girl’s brother he tries to bring in the real murderers who are also cattle thieves. Vintage Gary Cooper silent film that will appeal to his fans.

2223  The Last Outlaw  RKO Radio, 1936. 62 min. D: Christy Cabanne. SC: John Twist and Jack Townley. With Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Tom Tyler, Henry B. Walthall, Margaret Callahan, Ray Mayer, Harry Jans, Frank M. Thomas, Russell Hopton, Frank Jenks, Maxine Jennings, Joseph Sawyer, Fred Scott, Jack Mulhall, Harry Woods, Alfred P. James, Ethel Wales, Ralph Byrd, Bud Flanagan (Dennis O’Keefe), Alan Curtis, Stanley Blystone, George Magrill, Jack Rice, Ed Jones, Ben Hewlett, Jerry Frank, Harry Depp, James B. Burtis. A once famous outlaw is released from prison after a quarter of a century behind bars and returns home to find the West he knew is gone and opposes modern-day gangsters. John Ford co-wrote the story for this film which is a corker, combining a nostalgic look at the genre with plenty of action from its veteran stars.

2224  The Last Outlaw  Home Box Office (HBO), 1993. 93 min. Color. D: Geoff Murphy. SC: Eric Red. With Mickey Rourke, Dermot Mulroney, Ted Levine, John C. McGinley, Steve Buscemi, Keith David, Daniel Quinn, Gavan O’Herlihy, Richard Fancy, Tom Connor, Sid Klinge, Phil Mead, Paul Ben-Victor, Greg Doty, John David Garfield, Jake Walker, Marvin Gilbert, Edward Proudfoot, Joey Rourke, Darrly Shay. After taking part in a foiled, bloody train robbery, an outlaw is betrayed by his gang and he joins a posse in hunting them down. Violent, well made TV movie.

2225  The Last Outpost  Paramount, 1951. 88 min. Color. D: Lewis R. Foster. SC: Geoffrey Homes, George Worthington Yates and Winston Miller. With Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams, Peter Hanson, Noah Beery, Jr., Hugh Beaumont, John Ridgeley, Lloyd Corrigan, Charles Evans, Chuck Roberson, Iron Eyes Cody, Chief Yowlachie, Burt Mustin. When the woman he loves is staying at a fort threatened by Indians, a Confederate cavalry officer leads his men in helping defend the Union held garrison. Good, colorful action film from the Pine-Thomas unit; alternate video title: Cavalry Charge.

Left to right: Rhonda Fleming, Bruce Bennett and Ronald Reagan in The Last Outpost (Paramount, 1951).

2226  The Last Posse  Columbia, 1953. 73 min. D: Alfred L. Werker. SC: Seymour Bennett, Connie Lee Bennett and Kenneth Gamet. With Broderick Crawford, John Derek, Charles Bickford, Wanda Hendrix, Warner Anderson, Henry Hull, Will Wright, Tom Powers, Raymond Greenleaf, James Kirkwood, Eddy Waller, Skip Homeier, James Bell, Guy Wilkerson, Mira McKinney, Helen Wallace, Harry Hayden, Monte Blue, Paul Maxey, Reed Howes, Brick Sullivan, Stanley Blystone, Frank Ellis, Franklyn Farnum, Frank J. Scannell, Frank Hagney, Billy Wilkerson, Bob Burns. A sheriff leads a posse into the desert in pursuit of the culprits who stole a rancher’s money. Very fine, compact drama from producer Harry Joe Brown.

2227  The Last Rebel  Sterling World Distributors, 1961. 83 min. Color. D-SC: Miguel Contreras Torres. With Carlos Thompson, Ariadne Welter, Rodolfo Acosta, Charles Fawcett, Lee Morgan, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Curiel, John Kelly, Rebecca Iturbide, Manuel Orvide, Tony Carbajal, Carlos Muzquiz. A happy-go-lucky Mexican outlaw gang leader defeats a group of murderous gold hunters and is stalked by the Texas Rangers. Mexican filmed oater is pretty fair viewing; reissued in 1968.

2228  The Last Rebel  Columbia, 1971. 89 min. Color. D: Denys McCoy. SC: Warren Kiefer (Luicano Ricci). With Joe Namath, Jack Elam, Woody Strode, Ty Hardin, Victoria George, Renato Romano, Marina Coffa, Annamaria Chio, Mike Forrest, Bruce Ewelle, Jessica Dublin, Larry Laurence, Herb Andress. In a Missouri town after the Civil War, two Confederate soldiers rescue an ex-slave from being lynched by vigilantes. Very poor Italian production.

2229  The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang  NBC-TV, 1979. 150 min. Color. D: Dan Curtis. SC: Earl W. Wallace. With Cliff Potts, Larry Wilcox, Randy Quaid, Dale Robertson, Jack Palance, Bo Hopkins, Sharon Farrell, Harris Yulin, Matt Clark, Royal Dano, Julie Hill, John Karlen, Mills Watson, Bo Hopkins, Dennis Fimple, R.G. Armstrong, Don Collier, Harry Townes, Scott Brady, H.M. Wynant, Sid Conrad, Jack Collins, Elliott Street, Terry Kiser, John Fitzpatrick, Eric Lawson, James Crittenden, Jorge Moreno, Tony Palmer, Mitch Carter, Don Scarbrough, Larry Bloch, John Calvin, Dean Smith, Robert Karnes. The life and times of the legendary outlaw Dalton brothers, culminating in their final robbery attempt at Coffeyville, Kansas. Overlong and somewhat dull tongue-in-cheek TV movie.

2230  The Last Ride to Santa Cruz  Casino Films, 1964. 99 min. Color. D: Rolf Olsen. SC: Otto Pischin, Herta Hareson and Leo Metzenni. With Edmund Purdom, Marion Cook (Marianne Koch), Mario Adorf, Marissa Mell, Klaus Kinski, Walter Giller, Edmund Haskins, Thomas Fritson. When a dishonest lawman unjustly sends a man to prison he escapes and returns for revenge. Fairly entertaining West German oater issued there by Magnet as Der Letzte Ritt nach Santa Cruz (The Last Ride to Santa Cruz).

2231  The Last Roundup  Syndicate, 1929. 50 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Sally Winters. With Bob Custer, Hazel Mills, Bud Osborne, Cliff Lyons, Hank Bell, J.P. McGowan, Ada Bell Driver, Tom Bay. After a ranch foreman falls out with one his hands, the latter rustles his boss’ cattle and kidnaps the new schoolmarm. Low grade Bob Custer silent in which his character’s name is Denver Dixon!

2232  The Last Round-Up  Paramount, 1934. 61 min. D: Henry Hathaway. SC: Jack Cunningham. With Randolph Scott, Barbara (Fritichie) Adams, Monte Blue, Fred Kohler, Fuzzy Knight, Richard Carle, Barton MacLane, Charles Middleton, Frank Rice, Dick Rush, Buck Connors, Bob Miles, Sam Allen, Ben Corbett, J. Merrill Holmes, Jim Corey, James (Jim) Mason, Bud Osborne, Charles Brinley, Charles Murphy. Falsely accused of murder, a cowboy is saved from being convicted of the crime by an outlaw and he joins his rescuer’s gang. Fair adaptation of Zane Grey’s 1916 novel The Border Legion, previously filmed under that title in 1918 by Goldwyn with Hobart Bosworth, in 1924 by Paramount starring Antonio Moreno and by the same studio in 1930 (q.v.).

2233  The Last Round-Up  Columbia, 1947. 77 min. D: John English. SC: Jack Townley and Earle Snell. With Gene Autry, Jean Heather, Ralph Morgan, Bobby Blake, Bud Osborne, Jay Silverheels, John Cason, Carol Thurston, Mark Daniels, Russ Vincent, Shug Fisher, Trevor Bardette, Lee Bennett, John Halloran, Roy Gordon, Dale Van Sickle, Ed Peil, Sr., George Carleton, Nolan Leary, Ted Adams, Steve Clark, Frankie Marvin, Kernan Cripps, Iron Eyes Cody, Blackie Whiteford, Robert Walker, Virginia Carroll, Rodd Redwing, Alex Montoya. A land baron causes trouble with local Indians in order to stop an aqueduct project that would interfere with his takeover of more range land. Modern-day Western is too long and Gene Autry is very stiff although it does utilize an amusing sequence involving television.

2234  Last Stagecoach West  Republic, 1957. 70 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Barry Shipman. With Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Victor Jory, Lee Van Cleef, Grant Withers, Roy Barcroft, John Alderson, Glenn Strange, Francis McDonald, Tristram Coffin, Willis Bouchey, Lewis Martin, Kelo Henderson, Henry Wills, Percy Helton. After losing a mail contract because crooks sabotaged his stage line, a man joins with his outlaw pal to get revenge. Just passable action drama with a good cast, mediocre plot and average production values.

2235  The Last Stand  Universal, 1938. 57 min. D: Joseph H. Lewis. SC: Harry O. Hoyt and Norton S. Parker. With Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Fuzzy Knight, Earle Hodgins, Forrest Tucker, Glenn Strange, Jack Kirk, Jimmy Phillips, Sam Flint, Frank Ellis, Jack Montgomery. When his father is murdered, a cowpoke pretends to be an outlaw to infiltrate the gang responsible for the crime. Fair Bob Baker vehicle in which he croons a trio of songs.

2236  Last Stand at Sabre River  Turner Network Television (TNT), 1997. 96 min. Color. D: Dick Lowry. SC: Ronald M. Cohen. With Tom Selleck, Suzy Amis, Rachel Duncan, Haley Joel Oment, Keith Carradine, David Carradine, Tracey Needham, Chris Stacy, Harry Carey, Jr., Patrick Kilpatrick, Michael Osment, Denis Forest, David Dukes, Lumi Cavazos, Raymond Cruz, Frederick Lopez, Rosalie De Aragon, Ramon Frank, Paul Blott, Rex Linn, R.A. Hilder, John Howard Young, Von Engels, John David Garfield, Hector Mercado, Rudy Ugland, Tim Carroll, Billy Lockwood. An ex–Confederate tries to start a new life on a homestead in Arizona but finds it taken over by squatters sympathetic to the Union. Well made TV movie adapted from Elmore Leonard’s novel, worth watching.

2237  The Last Sunset  Universal, 1961. 112 min. Color. D: Robert Aldrich. SC: Dalton Trumbo. With Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cotten, Carol Lynley, Neville Brand, Regis Toomey, Rad Fulton, Adam Williams, Jack Elam, John Shay, Jose Torvay, Margarita Luna, Jose Trevino. A lawman is on the trail of the man who murdered his brother-in-law and finds him on a cattle drive with a drunken rancher and romancing the man’s pretty daughter. Complicated Mexico-filmed oater with murder, alcoholism, adultery and incest.

The Last Tomahawk see The Last of the Mohicans (1964)

2238  The Last Trail  Fox, 1927. 58 min. D: Lewis Seiler. SC: John Stone. With Tom Mix, Carmelita Geraghty, William Davidson, Frank Hagney, Lee Shumway, Robert Brower, Jerry Madden, Oliver Eckhardt. A cowboy helps a man and his daughter in their contest with a crook for a government mail contract. Fast moving and entertaining silent version of the Zane Grey novel, first filmed by Fox in 1921 with Maurice Flynn, Eva Novak, Wallace Beery and Rosemary Theby.

2239  The Last Trail  Fox, 1933. 59 min. D: James Tinling. SC: Stuart Anthony. With George O’Brien, Claire Trevor, J. Carrol Naish, El Brendel, Matt McHugh, Lucille LaVerne, Ed LeSaint, Ruth Warren, George Reed. A man finds out that gangsters have taken over his family’s ranch and he sets out to stop them. Pleasant adaptation of the Zane Grey work with as much comedy as action.

2240  Last Train from Gun Hill  Paramount, 1959. 94 min. Color. D: John Sturges. SC: James Poe. With Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones, Earl Holliman, Brad Dexter, Brian Hutton, Ziva Rodann, Val Avery, Walter Sande, Lars Henderson, John P. Anderson, Lee Hendry, William Newell, Sid Tomack, Charles Stevens, Julius Tannen, Ken Becker, Courtland Shepard, Ty Hardin, Glenn Strange, Hank Mann, William Benedict. After his wife is brutally murdered by two men, a sheriff tracks them to a frontier town only to find the locals oppose him taking them to stand trial. Intense and well made action drama.

2241  The Last Wagon  20th Century–Fox, 1956. 99 min. Color. D: Delmer Daves. SC: James Edward Grant, Delmer Daves and Gwen Bagni. With Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, Susan Kohner, Tommy Rettig, Stephanie Griffin, Ray Stricklyn, Nick Adams, Carl Benton Reid, Douglas Kennedy, George Mathews, James Drury, Ken Clark, Timothy Carey, Juney Ellis, Abel Fernandez, George Ross. A man kills the two men who raped his wife and murdered their children but when he joins a wagon train he learns he is wanted by the law. Very well done psychological melodrama, finely acted, especially by Richard Widmark.

Last Warrior see Flap

2242  El Latigo (The Whip). Peliculas Latinoamericanas, S.A., 1978. 82 min. Color. D: Alfred B. Crevenna. SC: Ramon Obon. With Juan Miranda, Gustavo Rojo, Yolanda Ochoa, Mario Almada, Angelica Chain, Jose Luis Fernandez, Alfonso Milan, Francisco Almorza, Baltazar Ramos, Carlos Lopez Figuerosa, Armando Hernandez, Esperanza Lobos. A masked avenger fights with El Dios Tigre (The Tiger God) over a hidden treasure. Typical Mexican Western horror fantasy, followed by El Latigo Contra Santana and El Latigo Contra los Momias Asesinas (qq.v.).

2243  El Latigo Contra Las Momias Asesinas (The Whip Against the Killer Mummies)  Peliculas Latinoamericanas, S.A., 1980. 82 min. Color. D-SC: Angel Rodriguez Vazquez. With Juan Miranda, Rosa Gloria Chagoyan, Marcko D’Carlo, Manuel Lea “El Tinieblas,” Guillermina Oropeza, Alfonso Millian, Leopoldo Guerrero, Cesar De Guatemala, Bernabe Palma. When four mummies try for immortality by murdering a family they are opposed by the masked El Latigo. Third and last in the Mexican “El Latigo” series, a bit scarier than the others; preceded by El Latigo and El Latigo Contra Santanas (qq.v.).

2244  El Latigo Contra Santanas (The Whip Against Satan)  Peliculas Latino-americanas, 1979. 80 min. Color. D: Alfredo B. Crevanna. SC: Ramon Obon, Alfredo B. Crevanna and Roberto Rodriguez. With Juan Miranda, Noe Murayama, Ruben Rojo, Yolanda Ochoa, Victor Alcocer, Manuel Resendess, Ernesto Merida, Maria Teresa Martinez, Leonardo Moran. A masked hero saves a beautiful woman accused of witchcraft from a devil worshipping cult. Pretty fair horror Western from Mexico, preceded by El Latigo and followed by El Latigo Contra las Momias Asesinas (qq.v.).

2245  Laughing Boy  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934. 77 min. D: W.S. Van Dyke. SC: John Colton and John Lee Mahin. With Ramon Novarro, Lupe Velez, William B. Davidson, Chief Thunderbird, Catalina Rambula, Tall Man’s Boy, F.A. Armenta, Deer Spring, Pellicana, Sidney Bracey, Anita Sheldon, Ferdinand Munier, Edward Hearn, Kathryn Sheldon, Nora Cecil, Ruth Channing, Carl Stockdale, William Steele, Grace Hayle, Carol Flores, Standing Bear, Jim Mason, Francis Gillman, Chief Meyers. A Navajo brave falls in love with a free-spirited young woman not knowing she is the mistress of a wealthy rancher. Ramon Novarro’s last starring feature for MGM is only fair with the two leads superior to the maudlin material.

2246  The Law and Jake Wade  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958. 86 min. Color. D: John Sturges. SC: William Bowers. With Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens, Robert Middleton, Henry Silva, DeForest Kelley, Burt Douglas, Eddie Firestone, Henry Wills, Rory Mallinson, Al Ferguson, Roy Engel, Richard H. Cutting, Gene Coogan, Reginald Simpson. A reformed outlaw is about to be married but he and his fiancee are kidnapped by his ex-partner who wants to know the location of hidden loot. Nicely done action drama with good work by the two stars.

2247  Law and Lawless  Majestic, 1932. 58 min. D: Armand Schaefer. SC: Oliver Drake. With Jack Hoxie, Hilda Moreno, Wally Wales, Yakima Canutt, Julian Rivero, Jack Mower, J. Frank Glendon, Edith Fellows, Helen Gibson, Bob Burns, Fred Burns, Al Taylor, Slim Whitaker, Ben Corbett, Hank Bell, Dixie Starr, Gracia Granadas’ Orchestra. Riding into an area plagued by cattle rustlers, a cowboy sets out to round up the gang. Jack Hoxie’s fans will like this one.

2248  Law and Lead  Colony, 1936. 62 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Basil Dickey. With Rex Bell, Wally Wales, Harley Wood, Earl Dwire, Soledad Jiminez, Donald Reed, Roger Williams, Lane Chandler, Lloyd Ingraham, Karl Hackett, Ed Cassidy, Lew Meehan, George Morrell. A cattleman’s association agent is assigned to bring in the Juarez Kid for lawless activities on the border but the operative does not believe the Kid is guilty of the crimes. Okay low budget affair.

2249  Law and Order  Universal, 1932. 80 min. D: Edward L. Cahn. SC: John Huston and Tom Reed. With Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Raymond Hatton, Russell Hopton, Ralph Ince, Harry Woods, Richard Alexander, Russell Simpson, Alphonse Ethier, Andy Devine, Lois Wilson, Dewey Robinson, Walter Brennan, Nelson McDowell, D’Arcy Corrigan, George Dixon, Arthur Wanzer, Neal Hart, Richard Cramer, Art Mix, Hank Bell, William Dyer, Eddie Gribbon, Fred Humes, Russ Powell, Lew Meehan, Frank Lanning, Charlie Hall, Stanley Blystone, Frank Brownlee, Artie Ortego, Denver Dixon, Tex Phelps, Dick Rush, Tom Smith, Edgar Lewis, Dorothy Vernon, Cliff Lyons, George Morrell, Pascale Perry, Charles Murphy, Barney Beasley, Charles Brinley, Jim Corey, Joe De La Cruz. A famous lawman and his three pals are hired to clean out the untamed element in a small town, culminating in a shootout. Well made, directed and acted, this is one of the all-time great Westerns—a must see! Reissued as Guns A’Blazing.

2250  Law and Order  Universal, 1940. 57 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Sherman Lowe and Victor McLeod. With Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O’Day, Fuzzy Knight, James Craig, Harry Cording, Earle Hodgins, Robert Fiske, Jimmie Dodd, William Worthington, Ted Adams, Ethan Laidlaw, Robert Kortman, Jim Corey, Charles King, The Notables, Harry Humphrey, George Plues, Kermit Maynard, Frank McCarroll, Frank Ellis, Lew Meehan, Eddie Polo, Herman Hack, Bob Reeves, Bill Nestell, Cliff Lyons, Cliff Parkinson, Victor Cox, Al Taylor, Roy Bucko, Jack Shannon, Scoop Martin, Wong Chung. An ex-lawman is helped by a reformed gambler in cleaning up lawlessness in a Western community. Second screen adaptation of W.R. Burnett’s novel Saint Johnson but no where as good as the 1932 version (q.v.); this one even contains music.

2251  Law and Order  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 56 min. D: Sherman Scott (Sam Newfield). SC: Sam Robins. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Tex (Dave) O’Brien, Sarah Padden, Wanda McKay, Charles King, Hal Price, John Merton, Kenne Duncan, Ted Adams, Budd Buster, Kermit Maynard, George Morrell, Steve Clark, Herman Hack, Bert Dillard, Carl Mathews, Jack Kirk, Art Dillard, Jimmy Aubrey, Wally West, Hank Bell, Tex Cooper, Augie Gomez. In order to stop a woman from marrying a crook, Billy the Kid poses as her nephew, an Army officer who has been murdered. An out-of-the-ordinary plot adds a bit of zest to this otherwise mundane “Billy the Kid” series entry. TV title: Billy the Kid’s Law and Order; released in Great Britain as Double Alibi.

2252  Law and Order  Universal-International, 1953. 80 min. Color. D: Nathan Juran. SC: John Bagni, Owen Bagni and D.D. Beauchamp. With Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone, Alex Nicol, Preston Foster, Ruth Hampton, Russell Johnson, Barry Kelley, Chubby Johnson, Dennis Weaver, Jack Kelly, Valerie Jackson, Don Garner, Thomas Browne Henry, Richard Garrick, Tristram Coffin, Mike Ragan, John Carpenter, Buddy Roosevelt, Richard Cutting, Britt Wood, Martin Garralaga, Don Gordon, Gregg Barton, Wally Cassell, William O’Neal. A lawman gives up his badge to marry and become a rancher but when his brother, who has taken his job, is killed by bad men he decides to clean up the town. Still another screen version of Saint Johnson by W.R. Burnett and mediocre compared to the 1932 classic (q.v.).

2253  The Law and the Outlaw  Exclusive, 1920. 45 min. D: William Duncan. SC: Tom Mix and J. Edward Hungerford. With Tom Mix, Lester Cuneo, Myrtle Stedman, Florence Dye, Marshall Stedman, Rex De Rosselli, William Duncan, Old Blue (horse). A cowboy, on the run from the law for a crime committed by his brother, takes a job at a ranch where he falls in love with the owner’s daughter. Originally a 1913 two reel film, this re-working added footage from another short to make it a feature, capitalizing on Tom Mix’s growing popularity.

2254  Law Beyond the Range  Columbia, 1935. 60 min. D-SC: Ford Beebe. With Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, Robert Allen, Guy Usher, Harry Todd, Walter Brennan, Si Jenks, Tom London, J.B. Denton, Ben Hendricks, Jr., Jack Rockwell, George Chesebro, Lew Meehan, Steve Clark, Samuel S. Hinds, Max Davidson, Slim Whitaker, Jack Kirk, Gene Alsace, Jack Evans. Allowed to escape by his pals after being falsely accused of murder and drummed out of the service, a man goes to a town where he helps a female newspaper editor oppose the mysterious crime boss, El Poder (The Power). One of Tim McCoy’s better Columbia Westerns with a good story by Lambert Hillyer and an exciting shootout at the climax.