2255  The Law Comes to Gunsight  Monogram, 1947. 56 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Reno Blair, Lanny Rees, William Ruhl, Zon Murray, Frank LaRue, Ernie Adams, Kermit Maynard, Ted Adams, Lee Roberts, Artie Ortego. When a crooked mayor mistakes a lawman for a gunman he hires him to be the town’s sheriff and he sets out to round up the lawless. Predictable but more than passable oater.

2256  The Law Comes to Texas  Columbia, 1939. 55 min. D: Joseph Lovering. SC: Nate Gatzert. With Bill Elliott, Veda Ann Borg, Charles King, Bud Osborne, Slim Whitaker, Leon Beaumont, Edmund Cobb, Lee Shumway, Frank Ellis, Paul Everton, Jack Ingram, Frank LaRue, David Sharpe, Forrest Taylor, Lane Chandler, Budd Buster, Dan White, Ben Corbett, Francis Walker, Buzz Barton, Oscar Gahan, Fred Parker, Tex Palmer. Texas is plagued by cattle rustling and murder and a man tries to restore law and order by helping form the Texas Rangers. Okay action filled outing from producer Larry Darmour headlining Bill Elliott.

2257  The Law Commands  Crescent, 1937. 58 min. D: William Nigh. SC: Bennett Cohen. With Tom Keene, Lorraine Hayes (Laraine Day), Budd Buster, Matthew Betz, Robert Fiske, John Merton, Carl Stockdale, David Sharpe, Marie Stoddard, Fred Burns, Horace B. Carpenter, Charlotte Treadway, Allan Cavan, Bill Nestell, Oscar Gahan, Olin Francis, William McCall, Herman Hack, Ray Jones, Artie Ortego, Ada Belle Driver, Bob Burns. Land grabbers try to steal farms from settlers who have come to Iowa in 1862 under the Homestead Act. Pretty good entry in Tom Keene’s Crescent Pictures historical series.

2258  Law for Tombstone  Universal, 1937. 59 min. D: Buck Jones. SC: Frances Guihan. With Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, Harvey Clark, Carl Stockdale, Earle Hodgins, Alexander Cross, Chuck Morrison, Mary Carney, Charles LeMoyne, Ben Corbett, Francis Walker, Robert Kortman, Slim Whitaker, Tom Forman, Bill Patton, Frank McCarroll, Chick Hannon. When a stage line is hit with gold shipment robberies a special agent is hired to uncover the culprits. Sturdy Buck Jones vehicle produced and directed by the star.

2259  Law Men  Monogram, 1944. 55 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Glenn Tryon. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jan Wiley, Kirby Grant, Robert Frazer, Edmund Cobb, Art Fowler, Hal Price, Marshall Reed, Isabel Withers, Ben Corbett, Ted Mapes, Steve Clark, Bud Osborne, Jack Rockwell, George Morrell, Ray Jones, Ted French, Bob Woodward, Denver Dixon, Artie Ortego, Jack Evans, Rube Dalroy. Two lawmen investigate a series of holdups with one joining the gang while the other sets himself up in business in order to capture the thieves. Petty good action entry in the “Nevada Jack McKenzie” series written by former screen star Glenn Tryon; also known as Lawmen.

Law of 45s see The Law of the 45s

2260  Law of the Badlands  RKO Radio, 1951. 60 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Ed Earl Repp. With Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Joan Dixon, Robert Livingston, Leonard Penn, Harry Woods, Larry Johns, Robert Bray, Kenneth MacDonald, John Cliff. On the trail of a counterfeiting gang, two Texas Rangers pretend to be outlaws in order to infiltrate the operation. Fairly paced Tim Holt vehicle, average for the series.

2261  Law of the Barbary Coast  Columbia, 1949. 65 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Robert Libott and Frank Burt. With Gloria Henry, Stephen Dunne, Adele Jergens, Robert Shayne, Stefan Schnabel, Edwin Max, Ross Ford, J. Farrell MacDonald, Grandon Rhodes, Peter Brocco, Ann Lawrence, Robert Williams, Jessie Arnold, Everett Glass, William Stubbs, Dewey Robinson, Myron Healey, Jo Jordan, Rube Schaffer. When her brother is murdered, a young woman takes a job in a Barbary Coast gambling house to get the proof needed to convict his killer. Okay action melodrama set in the 1880s.

2262  Law of the Canyon  Columbia, 1947. 55 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Eileen Gary. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Nancy Saunders, Buzz Henry, Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys, Fred F. Sears, George Chesebro, Edmund Cobb, Zon Murray, Jack Kirk, Robert Wilke, Frank Marlo, Stanley Price, Douglas D. Coppin, Art Dillard, Tommy Coats. The Durango Kid steps in when outlaws blackmail citizens into paying protection money or have their property stolen and held for ransom. Low grade “Durango Kid” feature. British title: The Price of Crime.

2263  The Law of the 45s  Normandy Pictures/First Division/Grand National, 1935. 56 min. D: John McCarthy. SC: Robert (Emmett) Tansey. With Guinn Williams, Molly O’Day, Al St. John, Ted Adams, Lafe McKee, Fred Burns, Martin Garralaga, Curly Baldwin, Sherry Tansey, Glenn Strange, Bill Patton, Jack Kirk, Jack Jones, Francis Walker, Jack Evans, Tex Palmer, Merrill McCormick, George Morrell, William McCall, Broderick O’Farrell, Ace Cain, Herman Hack, Art Felix, Buck Morgan, Ralph Bucko, Budd Buster, Chuck Baldra. Tucson Smith and Stony Martin, after an outlaw gang terrorizing the area, help a rancher and his daughter save their spread. This “Three Mesquiteers” film, based on the books by William Colt MacDonald, is minus a member (with a surname change for Stony Brooke) but is otherwise an interesting low budget offering. Also called Law of 45s and released in Great Britain as The Mysterious Mr. Sheffield.

2264  Law of the Golden West  Republic, 1949. 59 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Gail Davis, Roy Barcroft, John Holland, Scott Elliott, Lane Bradford, Harold Goodwin, John Hamilton, Bill Hale, Wally West, Jack O’Shea, Chuck Roberson, Bob Reeves, Chuck Baldra, Al Haskell, Frank McCarroll, Lew Morphy. Buffalo Bill Cody tries to put a stop to outlaws attacking an area while trailing his father’s killer. Okay costume entry in Monte Hale’s Republic series, a remake of Dark Command (q.v.).

2265  Law of the Land  NBC-TV, 1976. 100 min. Color. D: Virgil Vogel. SC: John Wilder and Sam Rolfe. With Jim Davis, Barbara Parkins, Andrew Prine, Moses Gunn, Glenn Corbett, Charles Martin Smith, Dana Elcar, Don Johnson, Cal Bellini, Nicholas Hammond, Darleen Carr, Ward Costello, Paul Stevens, Barney Phillips. When a man goes on a rampage killing hookers, a lawman and a stranger team to pursue him. Pretty good TV fare, highlighted by Jim Davis’ performance as the old time sheriff. Also called The Deputies.

2266  Law of the Lash  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1947. 54 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: William L. Nolte. With Lash LaRue, Al St. John, Lee Roberts, Mary Scott, Jack O’Shea, Charles King, Carl Mathews, Richard Cramer, Slim Whitaker, John Elliott, Ted French, Brad Slaven, Tex Palmer, Hank Bell, Ben Corbett. Outlaws run settlers out of a town and take over but two U.S. marshals arrive to restore peace. Fairly typical Lash LaRue oater with Charles King a good guy for a change.

2267  Law of the Lawless  Paramount, 1964. 87 min. Color. D: William F. Claxton. SC: Steve Fisher. With Dale Robertson, Yvonne De Carlo, William Bendix, Lon Chaney, Bruce Cabot, Barton MacLane, John Agar, Richard Arlen, Kent Taylor, Jody McCrea, Bill Williams, Rod Lauren, George Chandler, Donald Barry, Romo Vincent, Lorraine Bendix, Joe Forte, Alex Sharp, Leigh Chapman, Laurel Goodwin, Fred Rapport, George Taylor, Jerry Summers, Reg Parton, Wally West, Lori Campbell, Dick Ryan. A hanging judge comes to town to try a man for murder but the defendant turns out to be the son of an old friend who tries to blackmail the jurist. The first in a series of low budget Westerns from producer A.C. Lyles with veteran casts, and it is a good one.

2268  Law of the North  Monogram, 1932. 56 min. D-SC: Harry Fraser. With Bill Cody, Andy Shuford, Nadine Dore, Al St. John, William L. Thorne, Heinie Conklin, Jack Carlyle, Gill Pratt, Earl Dwire, Blackie Whiteford, Gilbert “Pee Wee” Holmes, Perry Murdock, Dick Dickinson, Barney Beasley, Herman Hack, Jack Evans, Tex Palmer, Al Taylor, Charles West, F.R. Smith, Clyde McClary, Jack Low. A lawman is after an elusive outlaw who has been able to escape previous arrest attempts. Slow moving, vapid entry in the Bill Cody-Andy Shuford series.

2269  Law of the Northwest  Columbia, 1943. 57 min. D: William Berke. SC: Luci Ward. With Charles Starrett, Shirley Patterson, Arthur Hunnicutt, Stanley Brown, Douglas Leavitt, Donald Curtis, Douglass Drake, Davison Clark, Reginald Barlow, John Tyrrell, John Shay, Edward Cassidy, Eddie Laughton, Chuck Baldra, Wesley Tuttle, Al Boles, Eddie Tudor, Johnny Luther. The Mounties are after a crooked contractor trying to stop work on a rival’s road in order to get a valuable war contract. Average, but well photographed (by Benjamin Kline), north woods opus with three pleasant songs composed by Johnny Marvin.

2270  Law of the Pampas  Paramount, 1939. 72 min. D: Nate Watt. SC: Harrison Jacobs. With William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Steffi Duna, Sidney Toler, Sidney Blackmer, Pedro De Cordoba, William Duncan, Anna Demetrio, Eddie Dean, Glenn Strange, Tony Roux, Martin Garralaga, The King’s Men, Jojo LaSadio, Johnny Luther Roy Brent, George Sowards, Herman Hack, George Plues, Tex Phelps, Jack Montgomery. In South America bringing cattle to a rancher, Hoppy beings to suspect the foreman of being behind the killing of the owner’s two children so he can have the place for himself. Nice locations, interesting story and some good action make this a fine “Hopalong Cassidy” segment.

2271  Law of the Panhandle  Monogram, 1950. 55 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Joseph Poland. With Johnny Mack Brown, Jane Adams, Riley Hill, Marshall Reed, Myron Healey, Ted Adams, Lee Roberts, Carol Henry, Milburn Morante, Bob Duncan, Kermit Maynard, Boyd Stockman, George DeNormand, Tex Palmer, Ray Jones, George Morrell, Denver Dixon. When a town is plagued by rustlers after range land to be used for a railroad, the sheriff calls in a U.S. marshal. Good Johnny Mack Brown outing with fine work by Myron Healey as a vicious gang leader.

2272  Law of the Plains  Columbia, 1938. 56 min. D: Sam Nelson. SC: Maurice Geraghty. With Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Robert Warwick, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Dick Curtis, Ed Le Saint, Edmund Cobb, Art Mix, Jack Rockwell, George Chesebro, Jack Long, John Tyrrell, Blackie Whiteford, Ernie Adams, Blackjack Ward. The foreman of a ranch, whose owner is being threatened by an outlaw gang, tries to stop the crooks. Well done Charles Starrett film.

2273  Law of the Range  Universal, 1941. 59 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Sherman Lowe. With Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O’Day, Roy Harris (Riley Hill), Pat O’Malley, Elaine Morey, Ethan Laidlaw, The Texas Rangers, Alan Bridge, Hal Taliaferro, Lucille Walker, Charles King, Bud Osborne, Robert Kortman, Slim Whitaker, Jack Rockwell, Terry Frost, Jim Corey, Herman Hack, Frank Hagney, Chuck Morrison, Ray Henderson, Sam Garrett, Carl Sepulveda, Jack Casey, Jerome Hart. A cowboy, whose family is involved in a range feud over cattle and sheep, gets the blame for the death of a rancher whose daughter he loves. Sturdy Johnny Mack Brown feature.

2274  Law of the Ranger  Columbia, 1937. 58 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Nate Gatzert. With Bob Allen, Elaine Shepard, Hal Taliaferro, Lafe McKee, John Merton, Tom London, Lane Chandler, Slim Whitaker, Ernie Adams, Bud Osborne, Jimmy Aubrey, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Lee Shumway, George Morrell, Frank Ball, Herman Hack, Ray Henderson, Arthur Millett, Francis Walker, Bill Patton, Al Taylor, Tex Palmer, Jim Corey, Wally West, Buck Morgan, Ralph Bucko. Two rangers arrive incognito to investigate the intimidation of settlers by a crook and his gang, the bad man trying to get control of the area’s water rights. Entertaining entry in Bob Allen’s brief “Texas Rangers” series, this one again teaming him with Hal Taliaferro (Wally Wales).

2275  Law of the Rio Grande  Syndicate, 1931. 57 min. D: Forrest Sheldon. SC: Betty Burbridge and Bennett Cohen. With Bob Custer, Betty Mack, Edmund Cobb, Nelson McDowell, Harry Todd, Lafe McKee, Fred Burns, Hank Bell, Carlton King. A ex-outlaw tries to go straight as a ranch foreman but a former cohort wants to get him back on the wrong side of the law. This outing is a bit better than most Bob Custer movies thanks to Edmund Cobb as the bad guy.

2276  Law of the Saddle  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1943. 57 min. D: Melville DeLay. SC: Fred Myton. With Robert Livingston, Al St. John, Betty Miles, Lane Chandler, John Elliott, Reed Howes, Frank Ellis, Curley Dresden, Al Ferguson, Frank Hagney, Jimmy Aubrey, Bob Hill, Bert Dillard, Jack Evans, Jack Tornek, Wally West, Al Taylor, Herman Hack, Foxy Callahan, Lew Morphy, Bill Wolfe, Denver Dixon, George Morrell, Pascale Perry. The Lone Rider is after an outlaw gang that goes from town to town electing one of its members sheriff and then taking the citizen’s money. Interesting plot his harmed by poor production values in this “Lone Rider” affair although Melville DeLay’s (usually an assistant director) direction is very good. Also called The Lone Rider in Law of the Saddle.

2277  Law of the Sixgun  Sunshadow Productions, 1978. 81 min. D: Al Frakes. SC: Tex Hill. With Tex Hill, Renae Richard, Kathryn Kinley, J.D. Bunges, Mike Redding, William Cooley, Tim Cooley, Steven Wright, Jack Walton, Sr., Richard Reilly, Ron Redding. Faced with a lawman out to stop his criminal activities, a gang leader sends for a gunslinger not realizing he is the peacemaker’s brother. They do not come any worse than this; so bad it was not issued until 2005 on DVD by Film Baby.

2278  Law of the Texan  Columbia, 1938. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: Monroe Shaff and Arthur Hoerl. With Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay, Don Douglas, Kenneth Harlan, Joe Whitehead, Matty Kemp, Forrest Taylor, Robert Kortman, Jose Torosa, Melissa Sierra, Tommy Mack, Jack Ingram, Dave O’Brien, Jack Kirk, Carl Mathews, Ray Henderson, Buck Morgan. A Texas Rangers commander learns a cattle rustling attempt was a ruse to hide the theft of an ore shipment, the plot masterminded by a mysterious figure called El Coyote. A strong script and scenic values add up to a good Buck Jones feature.

2279  Law of the Timber  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 65 min. D: Bernard B. Ray. SC: Jack Natteford. With Marjorie Reynolds, Monte Blue, J. Farrell MacDonald, Hal Brazeale, George Humbert, Sven Hugo Borg, Earl Eby, Milt Moranti (Milburn Morante), J. Merrill Holmes, Rudy Sooter, Zero (dog), Betty Roadman, Eddie Phillips. After the death of her father, a young woman tries to fulfill his government lumber contract despite sabotage efforts by her foreman. Nice action melodrama, from a story by James Oliver Curwood.

2280  Law of the Valley  Monogram, 1944. 59 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Lynne Carver, Kirk Barron, Hal Price, Edmund Cobb, Tom Quinn, Charles King, Marshall Reed, George DeNormand, Steve Clark, George Morrell, Charles McMurphy, Horace B. Carpenter, Snub Pollard, Rose Plummer, George Sowards, Dee Cooper, Bud Pope. Outlaws want range land that controls an area’s water supply because a railroad plans to build a spur on it and two marshals are called in to stop them. Pleasant entry in the “Nevada Jack McKenzie” series.  

2281  Law of the West  World Wide, 1932. 58 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With Bob Steele, Nancy Drexel, Ed Brady, Hank Bell, Charles West, Earl Dwire, Dick Dickinson, Rose Plummer, Frank Ellis, Perry Murdock, Jack Low, F.R. Smith. Kidnapped by a gang as a baby, a young man believes his father is their leader, who plans to have him shoot his real dad, a town marshal. Well written and executed Bob Steele vehicle, with equal emphasis on drama and action.

2282  Law of the West  Monogram, 1949. 54 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Max Terhune, Bill Kennedy, Gerry Pattison, Jack Ingram, Eddie Parker, Riley Hill, Steve Clark, Jack Harrison, Bob Woodward, Marshall Reed, Kenne Duncan, Bud Osborne, Frank Ellis. A real estate agent is faking deeds to properties and then stealing them from the owners with a vacationing U.S. marshal coming to the rescue. Mediocre Johnny Mack Brown outing somewhat saved by Max Terhune’s comedy and ventriloquist work.

2283  The Law of the Wild  Mascot, 1934. 12 Chapters. D: B. Reeves Eason and Armand L. Schaefer. SC: Sherman Lowe and B. Reeves Eason. With Rex (horse), Rin Tin Tin, Jr. (dog), Ben Turpin, Bob Custer, Lucille Browne, Richard Cramer, Ernie Adams, Richard Alexander, Edmund Cobb, Slim Whitaker, George Chesebro, Wally Wales, Charles King, Lafe McKee, Hank Bell, Art Mix, Bud Osborne, Glenn Strange, Al Taylor, Jack Evans, Bud McClure, Herman Hack. A rancher owns a beautiful stallion that he tamed but one of his men, along with two cohorts, plan to steal animal and use him as a race horse. Fun Mascot low budget cliffhanger with hero Bob Custer getting billed behind the two animal stars and the comedy relief, silent film great Ben Turpin.

2284  Law of the Wolf  Ziehm, 1941. 55 min. D: Raymond K. Johnson. SC: Joseph Murphy. With Rin Tin Tin, Jr., Dennis Moore, Luana Walters, George Chesebro, Steve Clark, Jack Ingram, Robert Frazer, Jimmy Aubrey, Martin Spellman, Bobby Gordon. A man is helped by his girl friend and a dog in battling crooks. Low grade but action packed program feature.

Law of Vengeance see To the Last Man

2285  The Law Rides  Supreme, 1936. 57 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Al Martin. With Bob Steele, Harley Wood, Charles King, Buck Connors, Margaret Mann, Jack Rockwell, Barney Furey, Ted Mapes, Horace Murphy, Budd Buster, George Morrell, Art Dillard, Blackie Whiteford, Tex Palmer, Ray Henderson, George Ball. A gold strike results in outlaws robbing and killing miners with a cowboy tracking down the culprits. Fast paced Bob Steele affair, a bit shy on production values.

2286  The Law Rides Again  Monogram, 1943. 58 min. D: Alan James. SC: Frances Kavanaugh. With Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Betty Miles, Kenneth Harlan, Jack LaRue, Chief Thundercloud, Bryant Washburn, Emmett Lynn, Hank Bell, John Bridges, Fred Hoose, Charles Murphy, Jr., Chief Many Treaties, John Merton, Kenne Duncan, Steve Clark, Roy Brent, Budd Buster, Wally West, Chick Hannon, Foxy Callahan. Two lawmen are after a man masquerading as an Indian agent and fleecing the tribes. Second in the “Trail Blazers” series and sure to please its two stars’ fans.

2287  The Law vs. Billy the Kid  Columbia, 1954. 73 min. Color. D: William Castle. SC: John T. Williams. With Scott Brady, Betta St. John, James Griffith, Alan Hale, Jr., Paul Cavanagh, William Phillips, Benny Rubin, Steve Darrell, William Tannen, Martin Garralaga, Richard Cutting, Frank Sully, William Fawcett, Robert Griffin, George Berkeley, John Cliff, Otis Garth, Gregg Barton, John Cason, Rory Mallinson, Bud Osborne. On the run from the law, Billy the Kid is befriended by a rancher and falls in love with his pretty daughter who is also wanted by the ranch foreman. Average fiction about Billy the Kid from producer Sam Katzman.

2288  The Law West of Tombstone  RKO Radio, 1938. 72 min. D: Glenn Tryon. SC: John Twist and Clarence Upson Young. With Harry Carey, Tim Holt, Evelyn Brent, Jean Rouverol, Clarence Kolb, Allan Lane, Esther Muir, Bradley Page, Paul Guifoyle, Robert Moya, Ward Bond, George Irving, Monte Montague, Robert Kortman, Eddy Waller, Don Barclay, Nina Campana, Martin Garralaga, Eddie Hart, Chief Many Treaties, Chief Thundercloud, Pat West, Charles Middleton, Horace Murphy, Frank Moran, Bud Osborne, Cactus Mack, Jack O’Shea, Henry Roquemore, Russ Powell, Syd Saylor, Harry Hayden, Selmer Jackson, Donald Kerr, Spencer Charters, Frank Ellis, Art Dillard, Robert Greig, Victor Cox, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko, Kermit Maynard, Gerald Oliver Smith. A judge who rules by the gun sets up court in a small town and opposes his daughter’s upcoming wedding to a no-good who is soon dispatched by a young gunman. Top-notch oater that takes a look at the career of Judge Roy Bean, here called Bill Parker.

2289  The Lawless  Wrather Corporation, 1956. 75 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy and Oscar Rudolph. SC: Thomas Seller and Doane Hoag. With Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Myron Healey, Allen Pinson, George J. Lewis, Trevor Bardette, Pierce Lyden, Zon Murray, William Fawcett, Tudor Owen, John Berardino, Mickey Simpson, Maria Manay, Joe Vitale, David Armstrong, Rocky Shahan, John Cason, Robert Roark, David Kashner, J. Anthony Hughes, Louise Lewis, Paul Engle, Mercedes Shirley. The Lone Ranger and Tonto are after an outlaw gang masquerading as cavalrymen; they stop vigilantes from breaking the law; and aid a retired lawman in capturing two killers. Well done telefeature compiled from the “Return of Don Pedro O’Sullivan,” “Sam’s Boy” and “The Tarnished Star” episodes of “The Lone Ranger” (ABC-TV, 1949–57).

2290  Lawless Borders  Spectrum, 1935. 58 min. D: John P. McCarthy. SC: Zara Tazil. With Bill Cody, Molly O’Day, Martin Garralaga, Ted Adams, John Elliott, Merrill McCormick, Roger Williams, Budd Buster, Wally West, Joe De La Cruz, Curley Baldwin, William McCall. After his pal is murdered, a cowboy seeks revenge on the killers. Typical low grade Bill Cody outing.

2291  Lawless Breed  Universal, 1946. 58 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Robert Williams. With Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight, Jane Adams, Harry Brown, Dick Curtis, Charles King, Karl Hackett, Hank Worden, Claudia Drake, Ernie Adams, Harry Wilson, Artie Ortego. Two cowboys ride into a town where they get mixed up with an outlaw gang, are accused of murder and forced to flee a lynch mob. Fairly good penultimate entry in Kirby Grant’s Universal series. TV title: Lawless Clan.

2292  The Lawless Breed  Universal-International, 1952. 83 min. Color. D: Raoul Walsh. SC: Bernard Gordon. With Rock Hudson, Julia (Julie) Adams, John McIntire, Mary Castle, Hugh O’Brian, Forrest Lewis, Lee Van Cleef, Tom Fadden, William Pullen, Dennis Weaver, Glenn Strange, Richard Garland, Race Gentry, Carl Pitti, Ned Davenport, Robert Anderson, Stephen Chase, Richard Wessel, Emory Parnell, George Wallace, Edward Earle, Michael Ansara, Paul “Tiny” Newlan, Francis Ford, I. Stanford Jolley, Buddy Roosevelt, Ethan Laidlaw, Stanley Blystone, Wheaton Chambers, John Pickard, Bobby Hoy. After sixteen years in prison, John Wesley Hardin returns home to find his teenage son idolizes him as a gunman so he decides to take part in one last lawless act to show the boy the error of his ways. Appealing drama with slick production values and a good story.

Lawless Clan see Lawless Breed (1946)

2293  Lawless Code  Monogram, 1949. 58 min. D: Oliver Drake. SC: Basil Dickey. With Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Ellen Hall, Tristram Coffin, Riley Hill, Kenne Duncan, Terry Frost, Myron Healey, Steve Clark, Bud Osborne, Bob Curtis, Frank McCarroll, Beatrice Maude. The nephew of a man murdered by outlaws is accused of the killing and a cowboy comes to his rescue. Not even a top notch bunch of screen bad guys can save this Jimmy Wakely warbler.

2294  Lawless Cowboys  Monogram, 1951. 58 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Maurice Tombragel. With Whip Wilson, Fuzzy Knight, Jim Bannon, Pamela Duncan, Lee Roberts, Marshall Reed, Lyle Talbot, Steve Clark, I. Stanford Jolley, Bruce Edwards, Stanley Price, Richard Emory, Ace Malloy, Richard Avonde, Roy Butler, Pierce Lyden, Forrest Taylor, Pascale Perry. An ex–Texas Ranger is hired to look into a scheme where participants are fixing rodeo events. Okay modern-day action entry in the Whip Wilson series.

2295  The Lawless Eighties  Republic, 1958. 70 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Kenneth Gamet. With Buster Crabbe, John Smith, Marilyn Saris, Ted De Corsia, Anthony Caruso, John Doucette, Frank Ferguson, Sheila Bromley, Walter Reed, Buzz Henry, Will J. White, Bob Swan. A gunman comes to the aid of a circuit rider beaten by outlaws who he saw mistreat Indians. Pretty good drama that should please Buster Crabbe fans.

2296  Lawless Empire  Columbia, 1945. 58 min. D: Vernon Keays. SC: Bennet Cohen. With Charles Starrett, Tex Harding, Dub Taylor, Mildred Law, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Johnny Walsh, John Calvert, Ethan Laidlaw, Forrest Taylor, Jack Rockwell, George Chesebro, Boyd Stockman, Lloyd Ingraham, Jessie Arnold, Tom Chatterton, Ray Jones, Edward Howard, Bud Nelson, Frank LaRue, Joe Galbreath, John Tyrrell, Jack Kirk. The Durango Kid helps a minister and his wife who are trying to assist settlers harassed by a gang of raiders. Choppy, but fast moving, “Durango Kid” episode. British title: Power of Possession.

2297  The Lawless Frontier  Monogram, 1934. 52 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With John Wayne, Sheila Terry, George Hayes, Earl Dwire, Yakima Canutt, Jack Rockwell, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Bud Wood (Gordon DeMain), Eddie Parker, Artie Ortego, Herman Hack, Tex Phelps, Arthur Millett, Tommy Coats. A cowboy whose family was murdered by a Mexican bandit leader teams with an old man and his daughter when the outlaw plans to abduct the girl. Likable, rawboned entry in the John Wayne “Lone Star” series; Jack Rockwell is fun as the lunkheaded sheriff.

2298  Lawless Land  Republic, 1936. 55 min. D: Albert Ray. SC: Andrew Bennison. With Johnny Mack Brown, Louise Stanley, Ted Adams, Julian Rivero, Horace Murphy, Frank Ball, Ed Cassidy, Roger Williams, Frances Kellogg, Ana (Anita) Camargo, Horace B. Carpenter, Jack Kirk, Bud McClure, Cliff Parkinson, Bert Dillard, George Hazel, Al Haskell, Chuck Baldra, Ed Carey, Art Dillard, Clyde McClary, Jack Tornek, George Morrell, Chiquita Hernandez Orchestra. A Texas Rangers arrives in a town to investigate a series of murders and learns the marshal is the killer. Fairly good Johnny Mack Brown series entry.

2299  The Lawless Nineties  Republic, 1936. 56 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Joseph Poland. With John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Harry Woods, George Hayes, Alan Bridge, Lane Chandler, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Etta McDaniel, Tom Brower, Cliff Lyons, Jack Rockwell, Al Taylor, Charles King, George Chesebro, Tom London, Sam Flint, Earl Seaman, Tracy Layne, Philo McCullough, Jimmy Harrison, Chuck Baldra, Henry Hall, Lloyd Ingraham, Bud Osborne, Edward Hearn, Lew Meehan, Jack Kirk, Blackjack Ward, George Morrell, Helen Gibson, Art Dillard, Steve Clark, Bob Burns, Jim Corey, Horace B. Carpenter, Curley Dresden, Emma Tansey, Sherry Tansey, Bert Lindley, Tex Palmer, William McCall, Pascale Perry, Bud Pope, Rose Plummer. A federal investigator is sent to Wyoming to see that elections are not rigged and finds himself opposed by an outlaw gang against statehood. Action filled, well done John Wayne feature.

2300  Lawless Range  Republic, 1935. 56 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Lindsley Parsons. With John Wayne, Sheila Mannors, Frank McGlynn, Jr., Earl Dwire, Yakima Canutt, Jack Curtis, Wally Howe, Glenn Strange, Jack Kirk, Fred Burns, Slim Whitaker, Julia Griffin, Robert Kortman, George Ovey, Frank Ellis, Francis Walker, Sam Flint, Henry Hall, Herman Hack, Charles Brinley, Pascale Perry, Ray Henderson, Fred Parker, Sherry Tansey, John Ince, Bob Burns, Tex Palmer, Jack Hendricks, Denver Dixon, The Wranglers (Glenn Strange, Jack Kirk, Chuck Baldra, Charles Sargent). Upon his father’s request, a cowboy tries to locate a missing friend and finds an area plagued by an outlaw gang secretly led by a crooked banker. Fast paced John Wayne movie in which he serenades (dubbed) Sheila Mannors with the Eddie Dean-Glenn Strange classic, “On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan.”

2301  The Lawless Rider  United Artists, 1954. 72 min. D: Yakima Canutt. SC: John Carpenter. With John Carpenter, Texas Rose Bascom, Douglass Dumbrille, Frankie Darro, Frank “Red” Carpenter, Noel Neill, Kenne Duncan, Weldon Bascom, Bud Osborne, Bill Coontz, Tap Canutt, Hank Caldwell and His Saddle Kings, Roy Canada, Lou Roberson, Earl Bascom. When a gunman takes over a town a woman rancher appeals to a deputy marshal for help. Tacky John Carpenter outing which was Edward D. Wood, Jr.’s first released film; he was the associate producer.

2302  A Lawless Street  Columbia, 1955. 78 min. Color. D: Joseph H. Lewis. SC: Kenneth Gamet. With Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson, Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, John Emery, James Bell, Ruth Donnelly, Michael Pate, Don Megowan, Jeannette Nolan, Peter Ortiz, Frank Hagney, Frank Ferguson, Harry Tyler, Harry Antrim, Jay Lawrence, Reed Howes, Guy Teague, Hal K. Dawson, Stanley Blystone, Eddy Chandler, John Cason, Kermit Maynard, Jack Perrin, Franklyn Farnum, Wally West, Philo McCullough, G. Pat Collins, Leonard Geer, Augie Gomez, Don Carlos, Sam Harris, Frank O’Connor, Artie Ortego, Charles Williams, Frank J. Scannell, Jack Kenney, Denver Dixon, Bess Flowers. A frontier town doctor learns a businessman has marked him for murder because he loves the physician’s estranged wife, a recently imported opera singer. A good plot and lots of action highlight this Randolph Scott drama.

2303  Lawless Valley  Progressive/Willis Kent, 1934. 50 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Oliver Drake. With Lane Chandler, Gertrude Messinger, Dick (Richard) Cramer, J.P. McGowan, Si Jenks, Anne Howard, Art Mix, Jack Kirk, Hank Bell, Chuck Baldra. A cattlemen’s association detective is assigned to bring in a notorious rustler called El Lobo who has been terrorizing a remote area. Fair Lane Chandler vehicle from producer Willis Kent.

2304  Lawless Valley  RKO Radio, 1938. 58 min. D: David Howard. SC: Oliver Drake. With George O’Brien, Kay Sutton, Fred Kohler, Jr., Walter Miller, George MacQuarrie, Lew Kelly, Earle Hodgins, Chill Wills, Dot Farley, Robert Stanton (Kirby Grant), George Chesebro, Carl Stockdale, Ben Corbett, Bob McKenzie, Jack O’Shea, Landers Stevens, Frank O’Connor, Jim Mason, Carl Miller, Tommy Coats, Dick Hunter, The Four Tunes. Falsely sent to prison, a man returns home to prove his innocence, find his father’s killer and claim his girl, but finds himself opposed to a self-appointed town boss and his son. Very good George O’Brien vehicle; remade as Thunder Town (q.v.).

2305  Lawman  United Artists, 1971. 99 min. Color. D: Michael Winner. SC: Gerald Wilson. With Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Sheree North, Joseph Wiseman, Robert Duvall, Albert Salmi, J.D. Cannon, John McGiver, Richard Jordan, John Beck, Ralph Waite, William Watson, Charles Tyner, John Hillerman, Robert Emhardt, Richard Bull, Hugh McDermott, Lou Frizzell, Walter Brooke, Bill Bramley. A marshal shows up to arrest a cattle baron for the killing of an old man and finds he is opposed by the locals, including the town’s weak willed sheriff. Average big budget oater helped by a fine cast.

2306  A Lawman Is Born  Republic, 1937. 61 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: George Plympton. With Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith, Warner Richmond, Charles King, Dick Curtis, Mary MacLaren, Earle Hodgins, Al St. John, Frank LaRue, Steve Clark, Jack C. Smith, Sherry Tansey, Wally West, Budd Buster, Lew Meehan, Tex Palmer, Oscar Gahan. A cowboy opposed to local crooks becomes a town’s sheriff and tries to stop several big ranchers from monopolizing the cattle trade. While it has a complicated plot, this one does not lack for action.

Lawmen see Law Men

2307  The Law’s Lash  Pathé, 1928. 60 min. D: Noel Mason Smith. SC: Edward Meagher. With Klondike (dog), Robert Ellis, Mary Mayberry, Jack Marsh, Richard R. Meill, LeRoy Mason, William Walters. A Canadian Mountie assisted by a police dog searches for the killer of a fellow trooper with the chief suspect being his girl’s father. Passable silent adventure film.

2308  Lay That Rifle Down  Republic, 1955. 71 min. D: Charles Lamont. SC: Barry Shipman. With Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Jil Jarmyn, Jacqueline de Witt, Richard Deacon, Robert Burton, James Bell, Leon Tyler, Tweeny Canova, Pierre Watkin, Marjorie Bennett, William Fawcett, Paul E. Burns, Edmund Cobb, Donald MacDonald, Mimi Gibson, Rudy Lee. An overworked young woman, the drudge of a small hotel, dreams of becoming rich. Another genre affair with Judy Canova and one sure to please her fans.

2309  The Lazarus Man  Castle Rock Entertainment, 1996. 90 min. Color. D: Norman S. Powell. SC: Dick Beebe. With Robert Urich, Elizabeth Dennehy, David Marshall Grant, John Diehl, Brion James. Suffering from amnesia, a man rises from a shallow grave and tries to find out his identity, learning he is linked to the Lincoln assassination. Okay pilot for the 1995–96 TV series of the same title.

2310  Leadville Gunslinger  Republic, 1952. 54 min. D: Harry Keller. SC: M. Coates Webster. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Grant Withers, Elaine Riley, Roy Barcroft, Richard Crane, I. Stanford Jolley, Kenneth MacDonald, Mickey Simpson, Art Dillard, Ed Hinton, Wesley Hudman. An outlaw gang carrying out a series of robberies and killings finds itself the target of a U.S. marshal. Typically good Allan Lane outing in his “Famous Westerns” series.

2311  The Leather Burners  United Artists, 1943. 66 min. D: Joseph Henaberry. SC: Jo Pagano. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Victor Jory, George Givot, Shelley Spencer, Bobby Larson, George Reeves, Hal Taliaferro, Forbes Murray, Robert Mitchum, Robert Kortman, Herman Hack, Art Mix, Christian Rub, Cal Shrum, Bill Nestell, Bob Burns, Merrill McCormick, Jack Casey, George Morrell, Kit Guard. Hoppy and California help Johnny and a local rancher in trying to rid the area of rustlers with Cassidy ingratiating himself with a man mixed up with the gang in order to find out its leader. Well done “Hopalong Cassidy” segment with an exciting climax in a mine; based on the novel by Bliss Lomax (Harry Sinclair Drago).

2312  Leave Your Guns at the Door!  Agata Film, 1972. 83 min. Color. D: Leopoldo Savona. SC: Norbert Blake and Leopoldo Savona. With Mark Damon, Richard Melville, Veronica Korocia, Pietro Ceccarelli, Floranna Di Bernardo, Carla Mancini, Allesandro Perrella. A former Confederate turned gunman joins forces with two pretty women and their homesteader father in trying to fleece the people of a small town with several “miracle” schemes. Undistinguished Italian Western issued in France as Desposez les Colts (Dispose of the Colts) and also called Pistol Packin’ Preacher.

2313  Left for Dead  Grindstone Entertainment Group, 2007. 87 min. Color. D: Albert Pyun. SC: Chad Leslie. With Maria Alhe, Victoria Maurette, Soledad Arocena, Andres Bagg, Mariana Seligmann, Janet Barr, Brad Krupsaw, Javier de la Vega, Oliver Kolker, Adnen Helali. A killer inhabits a ghost town and murders anyone who crosses his path until he meets a female vigilante and her posse. A different kind of supernatural low budget effort.

2314  The Left-Handed Gun  Warner Bros., 1958. 102 min. D: Arthur Penn. SC: Leslie Stevens. With Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner, Hurd Hatfield, James Congdon, James Best, Colin Keith-Johnston, John Dierkes, Bob Anderson, Wally Brown, Ainslie Pryor, Martin Garralaga, Denver Pyle, Nestor Paiva, Robert Foulk, Paul Smith, Jo Summers, Anne Barton. Young Billy the Kid is befriended by a ranger who is brutally murdered and Billy seeks revenge for the killing. Psychological approach to the Billy the Kid saga should appeal to Paul Newman fans.

2315  Left Handed Law  Universal, 1937. 63 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Frances Guihan. With Buck Jones, Robert Frazer, Noel Francis, Frank LaRue, Lee Phelps, Matty Fain, George Regas, Lee Shumway, Nena Quartero, Charles LeMoyne, Budd Buster, Frank Lackteen, Jim Toney, Bill Wolfe, Jack Evans, Jim Corey. A town terrorized by lawlessness hires an Army colonel to get rid of the outlaws. Top notch Buck Jones vehicle.

2316  The Legacy of the Incas  Marischka/PEA/Orbita Films, 1966. 100 min. Color. D: Georg Marischka. SC: Georg Marischka, Winfried Groth and Franz Marischka. With Guy Madison, Guela Nuni, Fernando Rey, Rik Battaglia, Chris Howland, Heinz Ehrhardt, William Rothlein, Carlo Tamberlani, Francesco Rabal, Walter Giller. The president of Peru assigns the last descendant of the Incas the task of trying to stop an Indian tribe, which is allied with a bandit king and a revolutionary, from trying to drive out all whites and resurrect the Inca empire. Entertaining West German feature based on a Karl May work. West German title: Das Vermachtnis des Inka (The Legacy of the Incas).

2317  Legend of a Gunfighter  Nora Film, 1964. 95 min. Color. D: Rolf Olson. SC: Donald Sharp and Paul Clydeburn. With Thomas Fritsch, Ron Randell, Judith Dornys, Walter Giller, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Gustav Knuth, Peter Neusser, Rudolf Schundler, Ingrid van Bergen, Ilse Peternell. Three years after his parents were murdered in a stagecoach ambush, a man returns to his home town seeking revenge. Better than average early West German oater with a neat plot twist, released there as Heiss Weht der Wind (The Wind Is Blowing Hot), running 102 minutes; also called Midnight Canyon.

2318  The Legend of Alfred Packer  American National Enterprises, 1980. 95 min. Color. D: Jim Roberson. SC: Chuck Meyers and Burton Raffel. With Patrick Dray, Ron Haines Jim Dratfield, Bob Damon, Dave Ellingson, Ron Holiday, William Brooks, Cynthia Noonan, Chuck Meyers, Mark Webb, Dick Morgan, George Warrar, Stephen Franton, Jim Roberson, Sam Kiernan. A half dozen men search for gold in Colorado in 1873 but only one of them survives the bitter Rocky Mountains winter by resorting to cannibalism. Not very interesting feature supposedly based on a true story but highlighted by scenic on-location filming.

2319  Legend of Bearheart  Alpha-Pathé, 1978. 83 min. Color. D: Rand Brooks. SC: Jennings Cobb. With Marshall Reed, Joey Young, Dana Dillaway, Denver Pyle, William (Bill) Zuckert, Anna Lee, James Edwards, Fritz Feld, Barbara Knudson, Larry Chance, Percy Helton, Ken Hooker, Tim Stafford. When his master is murdered by a drunk trapper, a dog seeks revenge and later saves the life of a little girl only to be hunted by her father. Heartwarming north woods drama (made in 1964) produced and directed by actor Rand Brooks, who also wrote the original story; quite scenic. Also called Bearheart of the Great Northwest and Legend of the Northwest.

2320  Legend of Black Thunder Mountain  Tom Beemer, 1979. 83 min. Color. D: Tom Beemer. SC: Tom Beemer and Susan Shadburne. With Holly Beemer, Steve Beemer, Ron Brown, F.A. Milovich, Vance Cleveland, Keith Sexson, John Sexson, Tim Staab, Glen Porter, Dick Albertson (narrator). Two youngsters, unknowingly carrying a treasure map, are pursued into the wilderness by murderous gold hunters. Okay children’s adventure film; vocals by Don Brown.

2321  The Legend of Butch and Sundance  Barnholz Enterprises, 2006. 89 min. Color. D: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan. SC: John Fasano. With David Rogers, Ryan Browning, Rachelle Lefevre, Blake Gibbons, Jay Brazeau, Michelle Harrison, Susan Ruttan, Mark Consuelos, Michael Biehn, Marty Antonini, Hamish Boyd, Tom Carey, Mara Casey, John Escobar, John Fasano, Lucia Fasano, Greg Lawson, Jaime Alvarez, Steve Strachan, Peter Skagen. The story of the teaming of the infamous outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Lame plotted TV movie lacks historical background but does have good photography.

Legend of Cougar Canyon see Secret of Navajo Cave

2322  The Legend of Custer  Filmways/20th Century–Fox, 1968. 94 min. Color. D: Norman Foster and Sam Wanamaker. SC: Samuel A. Peeples and Shimon Wincelberg. With Wayne Maunder, Slim Pickens, Robert F. Simon, Peter Palmer, Michael Dante, Mary Ann Mobley, William Mims, Rodolfo Acosta, Alex Davion, Grant Woods, Richard Schuyler, Hick Hill. After trouble with Army brass, General George Armstrong Custer is assigned to a dead end post in the Dakotas in 1870 and develops his men into a group known as the Fighting Seventh. So-so look at Custer’s early years in the West, the pilot for “The Legend of Custer” (ABC-TV, 1969); video titles: Crazy Horse and Custer and Crazy Horse and Custer—The Untold Story.

2323  Legend of Death Valley  American National Enterprises, 1977. 90 min. Color. D: Kent Durden. With Robert Dawson. A man attempts to trace his great grandfather’s trips to Death Valley in search of gold. Basically a documentary on Death Valley, detailing its history as well as its flora and fauna; nicely photographed and fairly interesting.

2324  The Legend of Earl Durand  Howco International, 1974. 110 min. Color. D: John D. Patterson. SC: J. Frank James. With Peter Haskell, Slim Pickens, Keenan Wynn, Martin Sheen, Anthony Caruso, Albert Salmi, Ivy Bethune, Phil Lopp, Hal Boker, Hal Wright. During the last days of the Depression in Wyoming, a young man steals to give to the poor and is hunted by a posse. Okay low budget modern-day Western.

2325  The Legend of Frank Woods  Variety International, 1977. 88 min. Color. D: Deno Paoli and Hagen Smith. SC: David Allen Russell (Hagen Smith). With Brad Stewart (Hagen Smith), Troy Donahue, Kitty Vallacher, Michael Christian, Richard Hurst, Emile Meyer, Orville Sherman, Eileen Brown, Rance Howard, Timothy Scott, Ivy Jones, Tom Monroe, Hank Worden, Howard Wright, James Bacon, William Dooley, Paul Pint, Joe Miller, Jim Davis, Art Sasser. Returning to the U.S. from Mexico, a gunman is mistaken for a priest when he arrives in a border town. Offensive redemption Western re-edited, with added footage, from To Hell You Preach (q.v.).

2326  The Legend of Frenchie King  SNC/K-Tel, 1973. 97 min. Color. D: Christian-Jacque and Guy Casaril. SC: Marie-Anges Anies, Jean Nemours, Guy Casaril, Clement Bywood and Daniel Boulanger. With Brigitte Bardot, Claudia Cardinale, Michael J. Pollard, Emma Cohen, Micheline Presle, Patty Shepard, Luis Induni, Chris Huerta, Georges Beller, Henri Czarniak, Patrick Prejan. In the 1880s a group of sisters at a French settlement in Mexico turn to lawlessness to get the things they want in life. Mediocre European co-production although Bardot, et al., are nice on the eyes. French title: Les Petroleuses (The Bandits).

2327  The Legend of God’s Gun  Indican Pictures, 2007. 78 min. Color. D-SC: Mike Bruce. With Robert Bones, Kirkpatrick Thomas, Dave Koenig, Julie Patterson, Mike Bruce, Henry Evans, Scott Dyeswell, Sally Fay Dalton, Samantha Smith, Jarid Southard, Randy America, Joseph Campanella (narrator). A gun toting preacher, an evil bandit leader and a bounty hunter all converge on a wicked town for a final shootout. The bandit drinks scorpion venom which pretty much sums up the thrust of this mini-budget, low grade affair.

2328  The Legend of Grizzly Adams  VCI, 1990. 76 min. Color. D-SC: Ken Kennedy. With Gene Edwards, Anthony Caruso, L.Q. Jones, Acquanetta, Neil Summers, Kirstin Dattilo, Wayne Brennan, Anita Merritt, Red West, Link Wyler, Warner McKay, Kenny Stabler, W. Randolph Galvin. A mountain man and his bear companion lead settlers not knowing there is gold on their wagon train which is pursued by inept outlaws. Another minor attempt to revive the Grizzly Adams character.

2329  The Legend of Jedediah Carver  Xenon, 1976. 90 min. Color. D: DeWitt Lee. SC: DeWitt Lee and Jack Lee. With DeWitt Lee, Joshua Hoffman, Richard Montgomery, Val Chapman, Wally Broberg, Clark Graves, Odie Chapman, James Tryon, Teri Trepow, Sabra, Al Chapman, Adam Lee, David Terril. Trying to survive in the desert, a rancher is forced to fight Indians as well as the harsh elements. Low grade independent production.

2330  The Legend of Lobo  Buena Vista, 1962. 67 min. Color. SC: Dwight Hauser and James Algar. With Rex Allen (narrator/songs), The Sons of the Pioneers [Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Karl Farr, Dale Warren, Tommy Doss] (songs). The story of a wolf, from birth to growing up to lead a pack and save his mate from a rustler. Another documentary winner from Walt Disney; a very good film.

2331  The Legend of Nigger Charley  Paramount, 1972. 98 min. Color. D: Martin Goldman. SC: Martin Goldman and Larry G. Spangler. With Fred Williamson, D’Urville Martin, Don Pedro Cooley, Gertrude Jeannette, Marcia McBroom, Alan Gifford, Joe Ryan, Will Hussung, Mill Moor, Thomas Anderson, Jerry Gatlin, Tricia O’Neil, Doug Rowe, Keith Prentice, Tom Pemberton, Joe Santos, Fred Lerner. When a Virginia slave is forced to kill a vicious plantation overseer he finds himself a fugitive hunted by the law. Exploitation feature with heavy doses of action and comedy; followed by The Soul of Nigger Charley (q.v.).

2332  The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle  Buena Vista, 1967. 48 min. Color. D-SC: Jack Couffer. With Stanford Lomakema; Frank De Kova (narrator). A Hopi Indian boy is banished from his tribe for freeing an eagle intended for sacrifice but is later saved by the bird and becomes an expert hunter. Interesting telling of a Native American traditional tale.

2333  The Legend of the Golden Gun  NBC-TV/Columbia, 1979. 100 min. Color. D: Alan J. Levi. SC: James D. Parriott. With Jeffrey Osterhage, Carl Franklin, Hal Holbrook, Keir Dullea, Robert Davi, Michelle Carey, John McLiam, Elissa Leeds, R.G. Armstrong, R.L. Tolbert, William Bryant, J. Brian Pizer, Rex Holman, Michael Yamaha, Walt Davis. A young farmer, taught to shoot by a legendary gunman, teams with a runaway slave to bring in Quantrill and his raiders. Fairly interesting TV film.

2334  The Legend of the Lone Ranger  Apex Film Corporation, 1949. 75 min. D-SC: George B. Seitz, Jr. With Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Glenn Strange, Walter Sande, George Chesebro, Jack Clifford, Tristram Coffin, Guy Wilkerson, Ralph Littlefield, George J. Lewis, Frank Fenton, Horace Murphy. The lone survivor of an ambushed band of Texas Rangers is nursed back to health by an Indian and the two team to round up the Butch Cavendish gang, the outlaws responsible for the massacre. Excellent version of the origins of the Lone Ranger, made up of the first three episodes of the TV series that ran on ABC-TV from 1949 to 1957. Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels are the epitome of the Lone Ranger and Tonto and Glenn Strange is fine as the vicious Cavendish; ten times better than the theatrical misfire of the same title issued in 1981 (q.v.).

2335  The Legend of the Lone Ranger  Universal/Associated Film Distribution, 1981. 98 min. Color. D: William A. Fraker. SC: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Michael Kane and William Roberts. With Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse, Jason Robards, Christopher Lloyd, Matt Clark, Juanin Clay, John Bennett Perry, David Hayward, John Hart, Richard Farnsworth, Lincoln Tate, Ted Flicker, Marc Gilpin, Patrick Montoya, David Bennett, R.L.Tolbert, Ted White, Jim Burke, Henry Wills, Larry Randles, Robert F. Hoy, Ted Gehring, Buck Taylor, Chuck Hayward, Tom Laughlin, Terry Leonard, Bonita Granville, James Keach (voice). A young lawyer becomes the Lone Ranger to combat the evil Butch Cavendish gang’s plans to kidnap President Ulysses S. Grant. There is not much to recommend this sad rehash of the famous story although the film does prove one thing: Clayton Moore IS the Lone Ranger.

Legend of the Northwest see Legend of Bearheart

2336  Legend of the Phantom Rider  A-Mark Entertainment, 2002. 100 min. Color. D: Alex Erikiletian. SC: Robert Ray. With Denise Crosby, Robert McRay, Stefan Gierasch, Zen Gesner, Angus Scrimm, George Murdock, Rance Howard, Scott Eberlein, Jamie McShane, Robert Peters, Saginaw Grant, Irwin Keyes, Julie Erickson, John Henry Whitaker, G. Larry Butler, Mark Coliver, Al Fleming, Lee McKechnie, Bo Greigh, Ross Clay, Phil Quigley, Michael Heistand, Jason Tatum, Clark Ray, Chris Schaar, Alexis Bond, Tony Romeo, John Proudstar, Rudy Red Eagle, Maria Ortiz. Heading West after the Civil War, a family is attacked by an outlaw gang as the mother and daughter survive to get to a remote town, only to find it controlled by the raiders who face vengeance from a mysterious stranger. Bizarre, strung out horror Western.

2337  Legend of the Wild  Taft International, 1981. 93 min. Color. D: James L. Conway. SC: Arthur Heineman. With Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle, Ken Curtis, Jack Kruschen, Kristen Curry, Don Shanks, Lucky Hayes, Henry Max Kendrick. A man seeks contentment by living a rustic life in the mountains and helps find a married couple trapped by a blizzard as well as saving a bear cub. Scissor and paste re-tread made up of footage from The Adventures of Frontier Fremont and Once Upon a Starry Night (q.v.) as well as “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams” (NBC-TV, 1977–78).

Legend of the Northwest see Bearheart of the Great Northwest

2338  The Legend of Tillamook’s Gold  Moving Pictures Film and Television, 2006. 107 min. Color. D: Jane Beaumont Hall. SC: Richard A. Doyon and Jane Beaumont Hall. With Brian McNamara, Julia Campbell, Brian Thompson, Suzanne Marie Doyon, Max Gail, Floyd “Red Crow” Westerman, Bradley Stryker, Janine Doyon, Richard Doyon, Mary Stein, Escher Holloway, Phillip Huber, Elizabeth Erickson, Tony Hyde, Matthew Jared, Steve Meltzer, David Welborn, Imie Lane, Karara Muhoro, Bob Doyon. A teenage girl discovers the clue to a 16th century buried Spanish treasure near her seaside Oregon home. Pleasant modern-day family feature; also called The Tillamook Treasure.

2339  The Legend of Tom Dooley  Columbia, 1959. 79 min. D: Ted Post. SC: Stan Sheptner. With Michael Landon, Jo Morrow, Jack Hogan, Richard Rust, Dee Pollack, Ted Lynch, Howard Wright, Ralph Moody, John Cliff, Anthony Jochim, Jeff Morris, Bill Hale, Sandy Sanders, Boyd Santell, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Jason Johnson, Joe Yrigoyen, Maudie Prickett, Juney Ellis. At the end of the Civil War, a young Confederate soldier robs a Union stage unaware the conflict is over and becomes a wanted criminal. Pretty good movie based on the popular song “Tom Dooley” recorded by the Kingston Trio.

2340  The Legend of Walks Far Woman  NBC-TV, 1982. 110 min. Color. D: Mel Damski. SC: Evan Hunter. With Raquel Welch, Bradford Dillman, George Clutesi, Nick Mancuso, Nick Ramos, Eloy Phil Casados, Frank Sotonoma Salsedo, Hortensia Colorado, Alex Hubik, Branscombe Richmond, Dehl Berti, Nocana Aranda, Henry K. Bal, Gerald Red Elk, Janice Harman, Philip Beaumont, Rudy Diaz. A Blackfoot Indian woman, who is captured by the Sioux, sees the end of the way of life for the Plains Indians as she lives to be 102 year old. Over long and rather boring TV feature, filmed in 1979.

2341  The Legend of Zorro  Columbia, 2005. 129 min. Color. D: Martin Campbell. SC: Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. With Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell, Nick Chinlund, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Julio Oscar Mechoso, Mary Crosby, Leo Burmester, Adrian Alonso, Alberto Reyes, Gustavo Sanchez Para, Giovanna Zacarias, Carlos Cobos, Michael Emerson, Mauricio Bonet, Fernando Beccerril, Xavier Marc, Tony Amendola, Brandon Wood, Alejandro Galan, Pedro Altamirano, Philip Meheux, Pedro Mira, Raul Mendez, Mar Carrera, Silverio Palacios, Matthew Stirling, Shuler Hensley, Pepe Olivares, Alexa Benedetti. After he is alienated from his wife, Zorro learns the man she is seeing is the head of a secret society bent on taking over the United States. Fanciful Zorro outing, full of historical inaccuracies; sequel to The Mask of Zorro (1998) [q.v.].

2342  Legion of the Lawless  RKO Radio, 1940. 59 min. D: David Howard. SC: Doris Schroeder. With George O’Brien, Virginia Vale, Herbert Heywood, Norman Willis, Hugh Sothern, Billy Benedict, Eddy Waller, Delmer Watson, Bud Osborne, Monte Montague, Slim Whitaker, Mary Field, Richard Cramer, John Dilson, Martin Garralaga, Ed Peil, Sr., Lloyd Ingraham, Wilfred Lucas, Henry Wills, Horace Murphy, Herman Nowlin, Sid Jordan, John Ince. A lawyer leads the fight to help homesteaders and ranchers in opposing a vigilante group out to steal land wanted for a railroad right-of-way. Pretty good George O’Brien action outing.

2343  Lemonade Joe  Allied Artists, 1967. 90 min. Color. D: Oldrich Lipsky. SC: Jiri Brdeca and Oldrich Lipsky. With Carl (Karel) Fiala, Olga Schoberova, Kveta Fialova, Miles Kopecky, Rudy Dale (Rudolph Deyl), Joseph Nomaz (Josef Hlinomaz), Karel Effa, Waldemar Matuska, Bohus Zahorsky, Eman Fiala, Jiri Steimar, Oldrich Lukes, Viktor Ocasek. The representative of a lemonade franchise teams with a temperance father and daughter to drum out the evil of liquor in the Old West. Quite amusing Czech-made genre takeoff.

2344  Let Freedom Ring  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939. 100 min. D: Jack Conway. SC: Ben Hecht. With Nelson Eddy, Virginia Bruce, Victor McLaglen, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Charles Butterworth, H.B. Warner, Raymond Walburn, Dick Rush, Trevor Bardette, George F. Hayes, Louis Jean Heydt, Sarah Padden, Eddie Dunn, C.E. Anderson, Luis Alberni, Emory Parnell, Mitchell Lewis, Victor Potel, Billy Bevan, Lionel Royce, Syd Saylor, Ted Thompson, Ralph (Francis X., Jr.) Bushman, Philo McCullough, Harry Fleischmann, Tenen Holtz, Constantine Romanoff. When a Harvard educated man returns home his family wants him to lead the fight by homesteaders against a crook so he joins the man’s gang as a spy. Dandy entertainment with good work by Nelson Eddy, who belts out a number of songs, including “Dusty Road” and “Love’s Serenade”; very patriotic.

Let Them Rest see Requiescant

2345  La Ley del Mas Rapido (The Law of the Fastest)  Filmadora Independiente, 1958. 75 min. D: Rene Cardona. SC: Jesus Cardenas. With Rene Cardona, Jr., Sofia Alvarez, Lorena Velazquez, Dagoberto Rodriguez, Juan Manuel Guerrero, Rene Cardona, Leonor Llausas, Rodolfo Landa, Wally Barron, Jorge Alzaga, Victor Velazquez, Aurora Zermeno, Armando Gutierrez, Rafael Estrada, Salvador Lozano, Dacia Gonzalez, Andres Soler, David Reynoso, Miguel Manzano. A frontier lawyer is swindled out of a gold claim by a female outlaw and her gang. Okay sequel to the Mexican film El Puma and followed by A Tiro Limpio (qq.v.).

La Ley del Revolver (The Law of the Revolver) see The Colt Is My Law

2346  La Leyenda del Bandido (The Legend of the Bandit)  Radeant Films, 1967. 87 min. Color. D-SC: Raul de Anda. With Rene Cardona, Rodolfo de Anda, Sonia Infante, Arturo Martinez, Tito Novaro, Martha Rios, Jose Dupeyron, Manuel Donde, Alfredo Gutierrez, Guillermo Sanchez, Jose L. Murillo, Ernesto Juarez, Federico Gonzalez, Angel Garasa, Samuel Moreno, Manuel Vergara “Manver,” Raul Ramirez, Luis Salgado, Martin Sanchez, Martin Plata. Returning home to wed the woman he loves, a Mexican rebel learns most of his comrades have been slaughtered by the Federales and he must choose between love and revenge. Well executed Mexican Western.

The Life and Legend of Buffalo Jones see Buffalo Rider

2347  The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams  Sunn Classic, 1975. 93 min. Color. D: Richard Friedenberg. SC: Larry Dobkin. With Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle, Don Shanks, Marjorie Harper, Lisa Jones. A fur trapper is hunted by the law for a crime he did not commit and he finds peace and contentment in the wilderness. Popular road show production is only average but it spawned a television series of the same title that ran on NBC-TV from 1977–78, plus several movie sequels.

2348  The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean  National General, 1972. 102 min. Color. D: John Huston. SC: John Milius. With Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, Ava Gardner, Stacy Keach, Anthony Perkins, Tab Hunter, John Huston, Roddy McDowall, Victoria Principal, Anthony Zerbe, Ned Beatty, Roy Jenson, LeRoy Johnson, Matt Clark, Dean Smith, Bill McKinney, Fred Krone, Jack Colvin, David Sharpe, Gary Combs, Neil Summers. Judge Roy Bean rules as the only law west of the Pecos River, carrying on a one-sided love affair from afar with actress Lily Langtry. Pretty bad tongue-in-cheek look at the Roy Bean legend.

2349  Life in the Raw  Fox, 1933. 62 min. D: Louis King. SC: Stuart Anthony. With George O’Brien, Claire Trevor, Greta Nissen, Francis Ford, Warner Richmond, Gaylord (Steve) Pendleton, Alan Edwards, Nigel De Brulier, LeRoy Mason, Si Jenks, Stanley Price, Paul Panzer, Otto Hoffman, Ed Peil, Sr., Sam McDaniel, George Reed, Frank Atkinson. A cowboy falls for a pretty girl and sets out to reform her no-good brother. Claire Trevor made her film debut in this fun George O’Brien vehicle based on a Zane Grey story; film has lots of humor.

2350  Life on the Mississippi  PBS-TV, 1980. 120 min. Color. D: Peter H. Hunt. SC: Philip H Reisman, Jr. With Robert Lansing, David Knell, James Keane, Donald Madden, John Pankow, Bill Holliday, Luke Reilly, Marcy Walker, Don Brady, Jack Lawrence, John Kirk, Bill Atwood, Thom Thomas, Jim Babrowski, Douglas Wells, Barbara Chaney, Collins Bell, Lyla Owen, Don Lutenbacher, Harry Gorsuch, Robert Borwick, Wayne Dickson, Norma Schwied, Thomas Kent, Stanley J. Reyes. Twenty-two year-old Samuel L. Clemens signs on a Mississippi riverboat wanting to earn a pilot’s license and comes under the tutelage of a stern captain. Fine TV adaptation of the Mark Twain work set in the pre–Civil War era.

2351  The Light in the Forest  Buena Vista, 1958. 93 min. Color. D: Herschel Daugherty. SC: Lawrence E. Watkin. With James MacArthur, Carol Lynley, Fess Parker, Wendell Corey, Joanne Dru, Jessica Tandy, Joseph Calleia, John McIntire, Rafael Campos, Frank Ferguson, Norman Frederic, Marian Seldes, Stephen Bekassy, Sam Buffington. In 1764 a peace treaty results in a young white boy, who bas been raised by the Indians, being returned home with his finding it difficult to adjust to a new life. Pleasant Disney family film based on the novel by Conrad Richter.

2352  The Light of the Western Stars  Paramount, 1932. 80 min. D: Otto Brower and Edwin H. Knopf. SC: Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. With Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Harry Green, Regis Toomey, Fred Kohler, William LeMaire, George Chandler, Syd Saylor, Guy Oliver, Gus Saville. A cowboy falls in love with the sister of his murdered friend and when a lawman, in cahoots with the killer, tries to take her ranch for back taxes, the cowpoke stages a robbery and steals gold to pay off the debt. Pleasant early sound adaptation of the Zane Grey novel first filmed by Sherman/United in 1918 with William Farnum and remade by Paramount in 1925 starring Jack Holt, Billie Dove and Noah Beery; Paramount filmed it again in 1940 (q.v.). Reissued by Favorite Films as Winning the West.

2353  The Light of the Western Stars  Paramount, 1940. 63 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Norman Houston. With Victor Jory, Jo Ann Sayers, Russell Hayden, Noah Beery, Jr., J. Farrell MacDonald, Morris Ankrum, Ruth Rogers, Tom Tyler, Rad Robinson, Eddie Dean, Esther Estrella, Georgia Hawkins, Alan Ladd, Earl Askam, Lucio Villegas, Bob Burns, Merrill McCormick. A ranch foreman, on the verge of becoming an outlaw, is helped by a pretty girl who has faith in him as he opposes a dishonest lawman and gun runners. Although it strays from Zane Grey’s book, this fourth filming is a high class “B” effort that provides good entertainment.

2354  Light the Fuse...Sartana Is Coming  Copercines/Devon Film, 1970. 99 min. Color. D: Anthony Ascott (Giuliano Carmineo). SC: Tito Carpi, Eduardo Manzanos and Ernesto Gastaldi. With John (Gianni) Garko, Susan Scott (Nieves Navarro), Piero Lulli, Bruno Corazzari, Frank Brana, Massimo Serato, Jose Jaspe, Dan Van Husen, Luis Induni, Fernando Bilboa, Salvatore Borghese, Francisco Sanz, Mara Krupp, Giuseppe Castellano. Gunman Sartana rides into a town seeking hidden gold and finds himself at odds with several vicious citizens. One of the better Spaghetti Westerns, this Italian-Spanish co-production was released in Europe as Una Nuvola di Polvere...Un Grido di Morte...Arriva Sartana (Cloud of Dust...Cry of Death...Sartana is Coming).

2355  Lightin’ Bill Carson  Puritan, 1936. 73 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: (George) Arthur Durham and Joseph O’Donnell. With Tim McCoy, Lois January, Rex Lease, Harry Worth, Karl Hackett, John Merton, Lafe McKee, Edmund Cobb, Roger Williams, Richard Botiller, Jack Rockwell, Joe Girard, Frank Ellis, Slim Whitaker, Jimmy Aubrey, Oscar Gahan, Artie Ortego, Herman Hack, Franklyn Farnum, George Morrell, Arthur Thalasso, Wally West, Francis Walker, Harrison Greene, Clyde McClary, Jack Evans, Barney Beasley, Tom Smith. A U.S. marshal on the trail of the outlaw brother of the girl he loves is also hunted by a notorious gunman. A bit long for a series “B” Western, this pretty good Tim McCoy feature introduced the character of G-Man Lightning Bill Carson, a characterization he would continue in his 1938–39 Victory series.

2356  Lightnin’ Crandall  Republic, 1937. 60 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Charles Francis Royal. With Bob Steele, Lois January, Dave O’Brien, Horace Murphy, Charles King, Ernie Adams, Earl Dwire, Richard Cramer, Frank LaRue, Lew Meehan, Lloyd Ingraham, Ed Carey, Art Felix. After buying a ranch in Arizona a cowboy finds himself in the middle of a range war between two feuding families. Sturdy and entertaining Bob Steele opus.

2357  Lightnin’ in the Forest  Republic, 1948. 58 min. D: George Blair. SC: John K. Butler. With Lynne Roberts, Don Barry, Warren Douglas, Adrian Booth, Lucien Littlefield, Claire DuBrey, Roy Barcroft, Paul Harvey, Al Eben, Jerry Jerome, George Chandler, Eddie Dunn, Dale Van Sickel, Bud Wolfe, Hank Worden. A gang of crooks, on the run from the law, kidnap a rich and spoiled young socialite and hold her hostage in a mountain cabin. Adequate program feature.

2358  Lightning Bill  Superior, 1934. 46 min. D: Victor Adamson (Denver Dixon). SC: L.V. Jefferson. With Buffalo Bill, Jr., Alma Rayford, Allen Holbrook, George Hazel, Nelson McDowell, Bud Osborne, William McCall, Lafe McKee, Eva McKenzie, Blackjack Ward, Bob McKenzie, Fred Parker, Barney Beasley, Jack Jones, Denver Dixon. A cowboy is out to round up a notorious horse rustler and his gang. Tattered rock bottom Victor Adamson production notorious for its misspelled title card.

2359  Lightning Bryce  National Film Corporation (Arrow), 1919. 15 Chapters. D: Paul Hurst. SC: Harvey Gates and Joe Brandt. With Jack Hoxie, Ann Little, Steve Clemente, Ben Corbett, Walter Patterson, Jill Woodward, George Champion, Slim Lucas, George Hunter, Paul Hurst, Noble Johnson, Yakima Canutt. Outlaws try to steal valuable clues to the location of a gold mine discovered by the parents of a man and woman who are also looking for the claim. Rare silent serial should please Jack Hoxie and Ann Little fans.

2360  Lightning Carson Rides Again  Victory, 1938. 59 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Tim McCoy, Joan Barclay, Ben Corbett, Bob Terry, Jane Keckley, Ted Adams, Karl Hackett, Sherry Tansey, Frank Wayne, Forrest Taylor, Reed Howes, Frank LaRue, James Flavin, Slim Whitaker, Wally West. A lawman helps his nephew when he is accused of robbing and killing his partner, actually the work of an outlaw gang. Tim McCoy resumes the role of Lightning Bill Carson in his initial entry in the Victory series; a fairly good outing.

2361  Lightning Guns  Columbia, 1950. 55 min. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: Victor Arthur. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Gloria Henry, William Norton Bailey, Edgar Dearing, Ken Houchins, Raymond Bond, Jock (Mahoney) O’Mahoney, Chuck Roberson, Frank Griffin, Joel Friedkin, George Chesebro, Merrill McCormick, Billy Williams. The Durango Kid tries to discover who is the ringleader of a gang constantly sabotaging the construction of a new dam. Well done “Durango Kid” episode.

2362  Lightning Jack  Anchor, 1924. With Jack Perrin, Josephine Hill, Lew Meehan, Jack Richardson, Jack Phipps, Horace B. Carpenter, Thomas Foster. A cowboy, about to enter his fast horse in a race, is framed on a murder charge. There is nothing special about this silent Jack Perrin outing, but it moves fast and is fun to view.

2363  Lightning Raiders  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1945. 61 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Elmer Clifton. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Mady Lawrence, Henry Hall, Steve Darrell, I. Stanford Jolley, Karl Hackett, Roy Brent, Marin Sais, Al Ferguson, John Cason, Budd Buster, Frank Ellis, Bert Dillard, Victor Cox, Carl Mathews, Jack Evans, Bob Burns, Rube Dalroy, Herman Hack, Tex Cooper, Rose Plummer. Billy Carson and Fuzzy Q. Jones uncover a scheme where a banker leads a gang that steals mail in order to obtain land by foreclosures. Average “Billy Carson” segment with a funny scene where Fuzzy accidentally eats Mexican jumping beans.

2364  Lightning Range  Superior, 1935. 50 min. D: Victor Adamson (Denver Dixon). SC: L.V. Jefferson. With Buddy Roosevelt, Patsy Bellamy, Genee Boutell, Betty Butler, Anne Howard, Si Jenks, Denver Dixon, Jack Evans, Boris Bullock, Clyde McClary, Bart Carre, Olin Francis, Lafe McKee, Merrill McCormick, Ken Broeker, Jack Bronston. A cowboy tries to help a pretty girl whose money has been stolen by a gang of crooks. Typically tacky Victor Adamson film, sure to appeal to fans of low grade cinema.   

2365  Lightning Strikes West  Colony, 1940. 57 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Martha Chapin. With Ken Maynard, Claire Rochelle, Michael Vallon, Charles King, Bob Terry, Reed Howes, Dick Dickinson, George Chesebro, John Elliott, William Gould, Tex Palmer, Carl Mathews, Chick Hannon. A U.S. marshal goes undercover to capture an escaped convict who has re-teamed with his gang to find buried loot stolen from a government dam project. Ken Maynard’s last solo starring series oater is a fast moving and entertaining affair with the star doing a good job masquerading as a vagrant.

2366  Lightning Triggers  Willis Kent/Marcy, 1935. 60 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: E.B. Mann. With Reb Russell, Fred Kohler, Yvonne Pelletier, Jack Rockwell, Edmund Cobb, Lillian Castle, Lew Meehan, William McCall, Richard Botiller, Olin Francis, Artie Ortego, Steve Clark, Ed Carr, Jerry Meacham, Ed Porter. Joining an outlaw gang in order to bring them to justice, a cowboy finds out their leader is his father. Fair Reb Russell vehicle, enhanced by Fred Kohler’s performance as the outlaw chief.

2367  The Lightning Warrior  Mascot, 1931. 12 Chapters. D: Armand L. Schaefer and Benjamin Kline. SC: Wyndham Gittens, Ford Beebe and Colbert Clark. With Rin-Tin-Tin, Frankie Darro, George Brent, Hayden Stevenson, Georgia Hale, Pat O’Malley, Theodore Lorch, Lafe McKee, Robert Kortman, Frank Lanning, Frank Brownlee, Kermit Maynard, Dick Dickinson, Helen Gibson, William Desmond, Steve Clemente, George Magrill, Yakima Canutt, Bertee Beaumont, Cliff Lyons. A young boy and a German shepherd dog try to find out the true identity of the Wolf Man, the killer responsible for the murders of the boy’s father and the dog’s master. Action packed cliffhanger with excellent stunt work by Yakima Canutt.

2368  Lights of Old Santa Fe  Republic, 1944. 76 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Gordon Kahn and Bob Williams. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Dale Evans, Lloyd Corrigan, Richard Powers (Tom Keene), Claire DuBrey, Arthur Loft, Roy Barcroft, Lucien Littlefield, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Ken Carson, Shug Fisher, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Sam Flint, Jack Kirk, Larry Steers, Roy Bucko, Gertrude Astor, Mary Kenyon, Arlyn Roberts. Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers work for a rodeo that is being sabotaged by a rival outfit. Only a fair film with no real dramatic climax, just a big rodeo finale.

2369  Li’l Scratch  American National Enterprises, 1972. 93 min. Color. D: Larry Jones. With Larry Jones. An outdoorsman on a photographic excursion in the wilderness makes friends with an orphaned bear cub. Pleasant and amusing documentary.

2370  The Lion and the Horse  Warner Bros., 1952. 83 min. Color. D: Louis King. SC: Crane Wilbur. With Steve Cochran, Sherry Jackson, Ray Teal, Bob Steele, Harry Antrim, George O’Hanlon, Ed Hinton, William Fawcett, House Peters, Jr., Lee Roberts, Lane Chandler, Tom Tyler, John Merton, Dick Curtis, Frank Nelson (voice), Wildfire (horse). In order to save his beloved stallion from an uncaring new owner, a cowboy takes the horse into the wilds, seeking sanctuary with an old rancher and his little granddaughter. Well written and action filled family fare.

2371  The Lion’s Den  Puritan, 1936. 59 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: John T. Neville. With Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury, Don Barclay, J. Frank Glendon, John Merton, Arthur Millet, Karl Hackett, Dick Curtis, Jack Evans, Art Felix, Bud McClure, Jack Rockwell, Frank Ellis. A sharpshooter who has agreed to help ranchers fight terrorism arrives in a town and is mistaken for a hired gunman by the man causing the trouble. A bit complicated but entertaining Tim McCoy vehicle.

2372  Little Big Horn  Lippert, 1951. 86 min. D: Charles Marquis Warren. SC: Charles Marquis Warren and Harold Shumate. With Lloyd Bridges, Marie Windsor, John Ireland, Reed Hadley, Jim Davis, Wally Cassell, Hugh O’Brian, Sheb Wooley, King Donovan, Rodd Redwing, Richard Emory, John Pickard, Ted Avery. A group of soldiers attempt to rescue General Custer and his men at the Little Big Horn but become involved with personal differences. Cheaply made but well acted; a different kind of Western. Also called The Fighting 7th.

2373  Little Big Man  National General, 1970. 150 min. Color. D: Arthur Penn. SC: Calder Willingham. With Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan, Chief Dan George, Jeff Corey, Amy Eccles, Jean Peters, Carole Androsky, Robert Little Star, Cal Bellini, Thayer David, James Anderson, Jesse Vint, Jack Bannon. A aged man recounts his life, including living with the Indians, returning to his people and taking part in the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Overlong and sometimes confusing drama, mainly for Dustin Hoffman fans.

2374  Little House: Bless All the Dear Children  NBC-TV, 1984. 100 min. Color. D: Victor French. SC: Chris Abbott-Fish. With Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Victor French, Richard Bull, Kevin Hagen, Patricia Pearcy, Robin Clarke, Harvey Vernon, Allison Balson, Robert Casper, Pamela Boylance, Joel Graves, Dick Friedman, Lindsay Kennedy, Shannon Doherty, Leslie Landon, Michael Landon (narrator). While Christmas shopping in Mankato, the Wilders’ small daughter is kidnapped by a woman who lost her own baby in childbirth. Shown after, but probably filmed before Little House: The Last Farewell (q.v.), this telefilm is another segment of the long running “Little House on the Prairie” (NBC-TV, 1974–83); passable holiday fare.

2375  Little House: Look Back to Yesterday  NBC-TV, 1983. 100 min. Color. D: Victor French. SC: Vince R. Gutierrez. With Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, Victor French, Dean Butler, Richard Bull, Henry Brandon, Kevin Hagen, Dabbs Greer, Matthew Laborteaux, Melora Hardin, Jonathan Gilbert, Cooper Huckabee, James T. Callahan, Charles Cyphers, Allison Balson, Pamela Boylance, Robert Casper, Leslie Landon. Pa Ingalls returns to Walnut Grove to find the area in a recession and his adopted son about to die from a blood disease. Telefeature spin-off from “Little House on the Prairie” (NBC-TV, 1974–83) is a bit maudlin but fans will enjoy it, although Katherine MacGregor’s character Mrs. Oleson is sorely needed to enliven the proceedings.

2376  Little House on the Prairie  NBC-TV, 1974. 96 min. Color. D: Michael Landon. SC: Blanche Hanalis. With Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson, Victor French, Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush, Vic Mohica, Cal Bellini, Sam Vlahos, Richard Alarian, Marian Breedler. A pioneer family tries to adjust to a new life on the Kansas plains. Excellent telefeature based on the popular Laura Ingalls Wilder books and the pilot for the long running series of the same name on NBC-TV from 1974 to 1982; it ran another season as “Little House: A New Beginning” during 1982–83.

2377  Little House: The Last Farewell  NBC-TV, 1984. 100 min. Color. D-SC: Michael Landon. With Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Victor French, Dean Butler, Richard Bull, Kevin Hagen, Dabbs Greer, James Karen, Dennis Robertson, Roger Torrey, Rod Colbin, Alvy Moore, Bill McLennan, Jonathan Gilbert, Allison Balson, Stan Ivar, Pamela Roylance, Lindsay Kennedy, David Friedman, Leslie Landon, Robert Casper, Sherri Stoner, Shannon Doherty, Diane Kennedy, Steve Rumph, Alex Sharp, Ruth Foster, Jack Lilley. The citizens of Walnut Grove find they are going to lose their town to a ruthless land baron who has the law on his side. Well done TV movie finale to “Little House on the Prairie” (NBC-TV, 1974–83) but followed by Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (q.v.).

2378  Little Joe the Wrangler  Universal, 1942. 64 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Sherman Lowe and Elizabeth Beecher. With Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt, Florine McKinney, James Craven, Hal Taliaferro, Glenn Strange, The Jimmy Wakely Trio (Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, Scotty Harrell), Ethan Laidlaw, Slim Whitaker, Michael Vallon, Robert F. Hill, Evelyn Cooke, Dave Allen, Bill Patton, Carl Sepulveda A stranger is framed on a robbery and murder charge but the local lawman believes him innocent and they try to find the real culprits. Overly involved Johnny Mack Brown-Tex Ritter vehicle with too much music too boot.

2379  Little Moon and Jud McGraw  International Cine Corporation, 1979. 80 min. Color. D: Bernard Girard. SC: Monroe Manning, Douglas May Stewart and Marcus Demian. With James Caan, Stefanie Powers, Aldo Ray, Sammy Davis, Jr., Barbara Werle, Robert Walker (Jr.), Peter Fonda, Mike Lane, Michael Conrad, Kenny Adams, Anne Barton, Paul Bergen, Fabian Dean, Noel Drayton, Anthony Gordon, Pepper Martin, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Chuck Hayward, Reed Sherman, Jay York, Dick Shane, Buck Lee, Bill Foster, Danny Redeznick, Gillian Sampson, Chris Calebrese, James McHale, Benny Dobbins, Julie Ann Johnson, Ginger Irwin, Lenore Stevens, Sherise Roland. A newspaper reporter and his girlfriend visit a ghost town and are told the story of how a cowboy and an Indian maid teamed to get revenge on a bad man and his gang. Tacky, rambling feature rounded out with filler material; absolutely awful. Filmed in 1969 by Cinema Releasing Corporation as Man Without Mercy and issued briefly in 1975 as Gone With the West by International Cinefilm; also called Bronco Busters.

2380  The Little Patriot  Amsell Entertainment, 1995. 90 min. Color. D: J. Christian Ingvordsen. SC: J. Christian Ingvordsen and Rick Washburn. With Dan Haggerty, Ryan Washburn, Jacqueline Knox, John Christian (J. Christian Ingvordsen), John Weiner, Rick Washburn, Jeff Mazzola, Sam Bon Lorn, R. Bobby Persad, Pete Williams, Joseph P. Dandry, Timothy Oman, Eric Marshall, Maraya Chase, Jeffrey Howard, Ian Stewart, Cameron Jones, Whip Randall, Dan Leiner, Ernie Dorsett, Steve Kokinos, Andrea Sirrenberg, Kyle Gabriel, Eric Heimbold, Eli Kabilio, Steven Cea, Jim Downey. During the Revolutionary War a boy is captured by the British in their attempt to take over the frontier and he escapes to ally himself with area Indians against the invaders. Only fair family historical drama filmed in upper New York state and Ontario, Canada; issued on video as Sign of the Otter.

2381  The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come  20th Century–Fox, 1961. 108 min. Color. D: Andrew V. McLaglen. SC: Barre Lyndon. With Jimmie Rodgers, Luana Patten, Chill Wills, Linda Hutchins, Robert Dix, George Kennedy, Shirley O’Hara, Ken Miller, Neil Hamilton, Lois January, Jack Holland, Edward Faulkner, Morris Ankrum, Nelson Leigh, Lane Chandler, Diana Darrin, I. Stanford Jolley, Jerry Summers, Dan Simmons, Helen Scott, Glen Marshall. A Southerner, who fought for the Union during the Civil War, returns to his rural Kentucky home and tries to resume a normal life. Slow moving version of the old chestnut first filmed in 1920 by Goldwyn with Jack Pickford and remade in 1928 by First National headlining Richard Barthelmess.

2382  The Littlest Outlaw  Buena Vista, 1955. 75 min. Color. D: Roberto Gavaldon. SC: Bill Walsh. With Andres Velasquez, Pedro Armendariz, Joseph Calleia, Rodolfo Acosta, Pepe Ortiz, Laila Maley, Gilberto Gonzales, Jose Torvay, Ferrusquilla, Enriqueta Zazueta, Margarita Luna. A Mexican boy becomes a fugitive when he runs away with a general’s horse because the animal was ordered killed. Charming Walt Disney feature.

2383  The Living Coffin  Alameda Films, 1959. 72 min. Color. D: Fernando Mendez. SC: Ramon Obon. With Gaston Santos, Maria Duval, Pedro D’Aguillon, Carlos Ancira, Carolina Baarret, Antonio S. Raxel, Hortensia Santovena, Quentin Buines, Jose Chavez, Eugenia Galindo, Jose Dupeyron, Hernan Vera, Guillermo Alvarez Bianchi. After finding a statue of a crying woman, a cowboy and his pal stop at a ranch where they are told it depicts a ghost seen by the locals. Atmospheric but rather bland Mexican horror Western made as El Grito de la Muerte (The Cry of the Dead).

2384  The Living Desert  Buena Vista, 1953. 73 min. Color. D: James Algar. SC: James Algar, Winston Hibler and Ted Sears. With Winston Hibler (narrator). The American desert is shown, zeroing in on its animal life. Academy Award winning documentary feature from Walt Disney; a must see for nature lovers.

2385  The Llano Kid  Paramount, 1939. 70 min. D: Edward Venturini. SC: Wanda Tuchock. With Tito Guizar, Gale Sondergaard, Alan Mowbray, Jane (Jan) Clayton, Emma Dunn, Minor Watson, Chris-Pin Martin, Carlos de Valdez, Anna Demetrio, Glenn Strange, Tony Roux, Harry Worth, Eddie Dean, Bob McKenzie, Gertrude Astor. A Mexican bandit poses as the long lost heir to an old lady’s fortune. Okay version of the O. Henry story “Double-Dyed Deceiver” which was first filmed in 1930 as The Texan (q.v.) with Gary Cooper.

2386  Loaded Pistols  Columbia, 1949. 70 min. D: John English. SC: Dwight Cummings and Dorothy Yost. With Gene Autry, Barbara Britton, Chill Wills, Jack Holt, Robert Shayne, Russell Arms, Fred Kohler, Jr., Vince Barnett, Leon Weaver, Clem Bevans, Sandy Sanders, Budd Buster, John R. McKee, Stanley Blystone, Hank Bell, Felice Raymond, Richard Alexander, Frank O’Connor, Reed Howes, Snub Pollard, Heinie Conklin, William Sundholm. Gene Autry and his friends find themselves up against a crooked rancher. There is plenty of action in this fun Gene Autry feature.

2387  El Lobo Negro (The Black Wolf)  Telecines, 1981. 90 min. Color. D: Rafael Romero Marchent. SC: Joaquin Romero Hernandez and Rafael Romero Marchent. With Fernando Allende, Maria Silva, Carlos Ballesteros, Lola Forner, Julian Ugarde, Esperanza Roy, Fernando Sancho, Jose Maria Caffarei, Frank Brana, Barta Barry, Alfonso del Real, Roberto Camardiel, Alejandro De Encizo, Tomas Zori, Dum Dum Pacecho, Francisco Jones, Luis Gaspar, Paul Benson, Francisco Camoiras, Jose Luis Lespe, Fernando Sanchez Polack, Jose Yepes. In Old California a masked swordsman fights for the people against government oppressors. Standard Spanish “Zorro” imitation, followed by La Venganza del Lobo Negro (q.v.).

2388  The Local Bad Man  Allied, 1932. 60 min. D: Otto Brower. SC: Philip White. With Hoot Gibson, Sally Blane, Ed Peil, Sr., Hooper Atchley, Skeeter Bill Robbins, Edward Hearn, Milt Brown, Jack Clifford, Lew Meehan, Bud Osborne, Olin Francis, George Sowards, Lem Sowards. Two dishonest bankers plan to rob their own express shipment and place the blame on the driver. Pretty fair Hoot Gibson outing.

2389  Lock, Stock and Barrel  NBC-TV/Universal, 1971. 96 min. Color. D: Jerry Thorpe. SC: Richard Alan Simmons. With Tim Matheson, Belinda Montgomery, Claude Akins, Jack Albertson, Neville Brand, Burgess Meredith, Robert Emhardt, John Beck, Charles Dierkop, Joe Di Reda, Mills Watson, Timothy Scott, Dan Jenkins. When a young couple elope and head to Oregon, the girl’s father gives chase as they encounter a series of adventures. Passable genre spoof made for television.

2390  Lone and Angry Man  Estele Films, 1965. 95 min. Color. D: William Hawkins (Mario Caiano). SC: James Reed (Guido Malatesta) and David Moreno. With Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, Fulvia Franco, Jorge (George) Rigaud, Armando Calvo, Arthur Kent (Arturo Dominici), Luciana Galli, Miguel Del Castillo, Jesus Fordesillas, Tomas Torres, Mario Vico, Frank Brana, Luis Barboo. A gunman infiltrates an outlaw gang, led by an ex-lawyer and a Mexican bandit, to find a murderer. Tolerable Italian-Spanish co-production made as Una Bara per lo Sceriffo (A Coffin for the Sheriff) and also called Tomb for the Sheriff.

2391  The Lone Avenger  World Wide/Fox, 1933. 61 min. D-SC: Alan James. With Ken Maynard, Muriel Gordon, Jack Rockwell, Charles King, Alan Bridge, Jim Mason, Niles Welch, William Norton Bailey, Ed Brady, Clarence Geldert, Lew Meehan, Horace B. Carpenter, Jack Ward, Bud McClure, Fern Emmett, Jack Kirk, Robert Walker, Merrill McCormick, Olin Francis, Herman Hack, Buck Morgan. A cowboy tries to stop an outlaw gang from taking over a town by causing a bank panic. Top notch Ken Maynard movie with plenty of action to suit his legion of fans.

2392  The Lone Bandit  Empire, 1935. 60 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Ralph (Cushman) Consumana. With Lane Chandler, Doris Brook, Wally Wales, Slim Whitaker, Ray Gallagher, Ben Corbett, Jack Prince, Philo McCullough, Forrest Taylor, Frank Ellis, Wally West, Horace B. Carpenter. After a masked bandit steals his horse a cowboy is accused of being an outlaw but is cleared and tries to get back his mount and bring in the mystery man. A somewhat complicated plot does not detract from the overall enjoyment of this low budget affair.

2393  Lone Cowboy  Paramount, 1934. 75 min. D: Paul Sloane. SC: Agnes Brand Leahy and Bobby Vernon. With Jackie Cooper, Lila Lee, Barton MacLane, Addison Richards, Charles Middleton, Gavin Gordon, Herbert Corthell, John Wray, J.M. Kerrigan, Del Henderson, Irving Bacon, Lillian Harmer, William LeMaire, George Pearce, Joe Barton, William Robyns, Leonard Kibrick, Rose Levine, Buster Guelich, Harry C. Bradley, Charles Kean, Harold Goodwin, Jerome Storm, James Adamson, Col. Starrett Ford. A delinquent from Chicago is sent West to live with his dad’s pal, a cowboy, and the two become friends when faced with outlaws. A different kind of genre offering and a good film, based on Will James’ novel; remade as Shoot Out (q.v.).

2394  The Lone Defender  Mascot, 1930. 12 Chapters. D: Richard Thorpe. SC: William Presley Burt, Harry Fraser and Bennett Cohen. With Rin Tin Tin, Walter Miller, June Marlowe, Buzz Barton, Josef Swickard, Lee Shumway, Frank Lanning, Robert Kortman, Arthur Morrison, Lafe McKee, Bob Irwin, Arthur Metzeth, Bill McGowan, Victor Metzetti, Julia Beharano. Crooks murder a dog’s master for the map to a secret mine and then try to kidnap the canine because they believe he can lead them to the gold. Mascot’s first all-talking serial is a slow affair but worth a look to see Rin Tin Tin.

2395  The Lone Gun  United Artists, 1954. 78 min. Color. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Don Martin and Richard Schayer. With George Montgomery, Dorothy Malone, Neville Brand, Frank Faylen, Skip Homeier, Douglas Kennedy, Robert Wilke, Douglas Fowley, Fay Roope, Emmett Vogan. While after a gang of cattle thieves in Texas, a lawman falls in love with a rancher’s pretty daughter. Average oater remade as The Gambler Wore a Gun (q.v.).

2396  The Lone Hand  Universal-International, 1953. 79 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: Joseph Hoffman. With Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Alex Nicol, Charles Drake, Jimmy Hunt, James Arness, Wesley Morgan, Roy Roberts, Frank Ferguson, Helen Spring, Denver Pyle, Eddie Parker, George Wallace, Stanley Blystone, Eddie Dew, Frank Ellis, Tom Hubbard, Donald Kerr, Hugh Prosser, John Carpenter, Chuck Hamilton, William Kerwin, Jack Mower, Charles Regan, Brian Garfield. A rancher with a small son and a new wife risks losing their respect when he is forced to secretly work undercover to infiltrate a gang of rustlers. Pretty good Joel McCrea film.

2397  The Lone Hand Texan  Columbia, 1947. 54 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Ed Earl Repp. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Mary Newton, Fred F. Sears, Mustard and Gravy (Frank Rice and Ernest L. Stokes), Maudie Prickett, George Chesebro, Robert Stevens, Bob (John) Cason, Jim Diehl, George Russell, Jasper Weldon, Post Park, Art Dillard, Matty Roubert, Herman Hack, Blackie Whiteford. Outlaws try to sabotage an oil drilling operation with the Durango Kid trying to stop them and learn the identity of their leader. Okay “Durango Kid” outing. British title: The Cheat.

2398  The Lone Prairie  Columbia, 1942. 58 min. D: William Berke. SC: Ed Earl Repp and J. Benton Cheney. With Russell Hayden, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, Dub Taylor, Lucille Lambert, John Merton, John Maxwell, Jack Kirk, Edmund Cobb, Ernie Adams, Kermit Maynard, Art Mix, Steve Clark, Herman Hack, Carl Mathews, Jack Evans, Fred Burns, Ray Jones, Rube Dalroy. Crooks are after a man’s ranch for a railroad right-of-way and they steal his cattle but a buyer comes to his rescue. Pretty fair Russell Hayden vehicle with nice musical interludes by Bob Wills and his group.

2399  The Lone Ranger  Republic, 1938. 15 Chapters. D: William Witney and John English. SC: Barry Shipman, George Worthington Yates, Franklyn Adreon, Ronald Davidson and Lois Eby. With Chief Thundercloud, Lee Powell, Herman Brix (Bruce Bennett), Lynne Roberts, William Farnum, Stanley Andrews, George Cleveland, Hal Taliaferro (Wally Wales), Lane Chandler, George (Montgomery) Letz, John Merton, Sammy McKim, Tom London, Ray Bennett, Maston Williams, Frank McGlynn, Reed Howes, Allan Cavan, Walter James, Francis Sayles, Murdock MacQuarrie, Ted Adams, Jack Kirk, Art Dillard, Frank Ellis, Carl Stockdale, Bud Osborne, Fred Burns, Forbes Murray, Charles King, Jack Perrin, Slim Whitaker, Edmund Cobb, Jack Rockwell, Frankie Marvin, Lafe McKee, Charles Williams, Robert Kortman, Post Park, George Plues, Al Taylor, Blackie Whiteford, Griff Barnett, Jane Keckley, Bob Card, Ben Wright, Edna Lawrence, J.W. Cody, Hank Bell, Al Taylor, Curley Dresden, Ray Henderson, Forrest Burns, Art Felix, Vinegar Roan, Bert Dillard, Duke Taylor, Yakima Canutt, Duke Green, Tex Cooper, Jack Ingram, Carl Saxe, Millard McGowan, Bill Yrigoyen, Joe Yrigoyen; Billy Bletcher, Earl Graser (voices), Silver King (horse). After the Civil War five lawmen team to combat outlaws and they are aided by a masked man and his Indian friend, with one of the crusaders being the Lone Ranger. One of the all-time great sound serials; a must see for genre fans. Issued in a 69 minute feature version by Republic in 1940 as Hi-Yo Silver with new footage featuring Raymond Hatton telling the story to Dickie Jones.

2400  The Lone Ranger  Warner Bros., 1956. 86 min. Color. D: Stuart Heisler. SC: Herb Meadows. With Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger, Bonita Granville, Perry Lopez, Robert Wilke, John Pickard, Beverly Washburn, Michael Ansara, Frank DeKova, Charles Meredith, Mickey Simpson, Zon Murray, Lane Chandler, Lee Roberts, Malcolm Atterbury, Edward Colmans, William Schallert, Robert Williams, Hank Patterson, Elmore Vincent, Hal Taggart, Rush Williams, Kermit Maynard, Robert Filmer, Paul Power, Fred Kelsey, Robert Malcolm. The Lone Ranger and Tonto are assigned to look into unrest between whites and Indians and they learn a wealthy rancher is opposing efforts for statehood. Well done theatrical feature with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels successfully repeating their TV roles, with fine work by Lyle Bettger as the psychotic rancher.

2401  The Lone Ranger  WB Television Network, 2003. 95min. Color. D: Jack Bender. SC: Jonathan Penner and Stacy Tile. With Chad Michael Murray, Nathaniel Arnold, Anita Brown, Fay Masterson, Sebastian Spence, Dylan Walsh, Wes Studi, Bradford Tatum, Jeffrey Nording, Lauren German, Tod Thawley, Gil Birmingham, Paul Schulze, David Franco, Martha Hackett, Mike Weinberg, Antoinette Broderick, Cassie Pappas, Laura Beth Cohen, Joel Marshall, Brian J. White, James Kyson Lee. When his ranger brother is murdered and he is badly injured and nursed back to health by an Indian, a man falls in love with his savior’s sister and vows revenge on he gang who killed his sibling. Sorry TV movie retelling of the Lone Ranger saga.

2402  The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold  United Artists, 1958. 80 min. Color. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Robert Schaefer and Eric Friewald. With Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Douglas Kennedy, Charles Watts, Noreen Nash, Lisa Montell, Ralph Moody, Norman Frederic, John Miljan, Maurice Jara, Bill Henry, Lane Bradford, Belle Mitchell, Bob Woodward, Herman Hack. After hooded riders murder members of an Indian tribe, the Lone Ranger and Tonto uncover a plot to steal five medallions that reveal the location of a sacred city of gold. While not quite up to the 1956 feature The Lone Ranger (q.v.), this follow-up makes for fine viewing.

2403  The Lone Ranger Rides Again  Republic, 1939. 15 Chapters. D: William Witney and John English. SC: Franklyn Adreon, Ronald Davidson, Sol Shor and Barry Shipman. With Robert Livingston, Chief Thundercloud, Duncan Renaldo, Jinx Falken(burg), Ralph Dunn, J. Farrell MacDonald, William Gould, Rex Lease, Ted Mapes, Henry Otho, John Beach, Glenn Strange, Stanley Blystone, Edwin (Eddie) Parker, Al Taylor, Carleton Young, Ernie Adams, Slim Whitaker, David Sharpe, Art Felix, Chick Hannon, Eddie Dean, Howard Chase, Nelson McDowell, Walter Wills, Jack Kirk, Fred Burns, Lew Meehan, Wheeler Oakman, Forrest Taylor, Frank Ellis, Herman Hack, Bud Wolfe, Duke Taylor, Forrest Burns, George DeNormand, Tommy Coats, Ted Wells, Carl Sepulveda, Roger Williams, Buddy Roosevelt, Jack Montgomery, Post Park, Art Dillard, Horace B. Carpenter, Cactus Mack, Lafe McKee, Charles Hutchison, Monte Montague, Griff Barnett, Augie Gomez, Buddy Messinger, Betty Roadman, Tom Smith, Jim Corey, Duke R. Lee, Augie Gomez, Bill Yrigoyen, Joe Yrigoyen, Francis Walker, Blackjack Ward, Billy Bletcher (voice), Silver King (horse). The Lone Ranger and Tonto come to the aid of a wagon train whose settlers are thought to be the victims of attacks by greedy cattlemen. Exciting and entertaining cliffhanger sequel to The Lone Ranger (1938) [q.v.].

2404  The Lone Rider  Columbia, 1930. 60 min. D: Louis King. SC: Forrest Sheldon. With Buck Jones, Vera Reynolds, Harry Woods, George Pearce, Lafe McKee, Blackjack Ward, Charles Le Moyne, Buck Connors, Jim Mason, Jack Kirk, George Plues, Cliff Lyons, Tex Phelps, Tom Bay, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko. An outlaw quits his gang, thwarts a stagecoach robbery and ends up heading the town’s vigilante committee. Buck Jones’ first talkie is only fair; remade as the much better The Man Trailer, again starring Jones, and The Thundering West (qq.v.).

2405  The Lone Rider  Proton Film/Tele Talia Films, 1960. 85 min. D: Rafael Baledon. SC: Rafael Baledon and Eva Guerrero Larranga. With Jeff Stone, Maria Rivas, Demetrio Gonzalez, Pedro de Aguillon, Carlos Suarez, Jose Dupeyron, Rafael Estrada, Lupe Andrade, Pedro Ortega, Humberto Rodriguez, Ramon Sanchez. Zorro attempts to free a mine owner captured by an outlaw gang after his gold. Obscure Mexican production first released there in 1958 as El Jinete Solitario en el Valle de los Desaparecidos: La Venganza del Jinete Solitario (The Lone Rider in the Valley of the Desperadoes: The Vengeance of the Lone Rider) and also called El Valle de los Desaparecidos (The Valley of the Desperadoes) and Zorro nella Valle dei Fantsasmi (Zorro and the Valley of the Phantoms) before being reissued in 1964 as Vendetta de Zorro (Vendetta of Zorro).

2406  Lone Rider  Larry Levinson Productions, 2008. 80 min. Color. D: David S. Cass, Sr. SC: Frank Sharp. With Lou Diamond Phillips, Stacy Keach, Vincent Spano, Marta DuBois, Terry Maratos, Cynthia Preston, Angela Alvarado Rosa, Mike Starr, Robert Baker, Timothy Bottoms, Ann Walker, Tom Schanley, Daniel Trainer, Wendy Riordan, Maria Jordan. Returning home, a war hero finds a town boss is trying to take over his family’s business and fights back. So-so TV Western feature.

2407  The Lone Rider Ambushed  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 63 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Oliver Drake. With George Houston, Al St. John, Maxine Leslie, Frank Hagney, Jack Ingram, Hal Price, Ted Adams, George Chesebro, Ralph Peters, Steve Clark, Charles King, Carl Mathews, Tex Palmer, Lew Porter, Ray Henderson, Wally West, Lyndon Brent, Curley Dresden, Ray Jones, Augie Gomez, Barney Beasley. The Lone Rider is the double for a wanted outlaw so he pretends to be the bad man to prove the innocence of a bank teller accused of robbing his employer. Entertaining entry in “The Lone Rider” series.

2408  The Lone Rider and the Bandit  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 55 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Steve Braxton. With George Houston, Al St. John, Smoky (Dennis) Moore, Vicki Lester, Glenn Strange, Jack Ingram, Milton Kibbee, Kenne Duncan, Eddie Dean, Slim Whitaker, Hal Price, Slim Andrews, Carl Sepulveda, Curley Dresden, Frank Ellis, Jack Kirk, Merrill McCormick, Oscar Gahan, Wally West, Milburn Morante, Tex Phelps, George Morrell, Pascale Perry, Steve Clark, Rube Dalroy, Augie Gomez, Jack Kinney. Pretending to be an entertainer, the Lone Rider arrives in a town to help the sheriff in catching crooks forcing local miners to sell their claims. Okay “Lone Rider” outing with George Houston singing four songs composed by Johnny Lange and Lew Porter.

The Lone Rider and the Outlaws of Boulder Pass see Outlaws of Boulder Pass

2409  The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 63 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: William Lively. With George Houston, Al St. John, Raquell Verrin, Charles King, Alden Chase, Julian Rivero, Thornton Edwards, Howard Masters, Frank Ellis, Philip [Felipe] Turich, Jay Wilsey (Buffalo Bill, Jr.), Frank Hagney, Curley Dresden, Steve Clark, Lane Bradford, Joe Dominguez, Carl Mathews, George Morrell, Wally West, James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey), Art Dillard, Ray Henderson. In Mexico the Lone Rider attempts to untangle a romantic problem between two families and ends up solving a kidnapping. Pleasant, somewhat different “Lone Rider” feature. Also known as Across the Border.

2410  The Lone Rider Fights Back  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 64 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With George Houston, Al St. John, Dorothy Short, Dennis Moore, Frank Hagney, Charles King, Frank Ellis, Hal Price, Jack O’Shea, Merrill McCormick, Pascale Perry, Walter James, Horace B. Carpenter, Milburn Morante, George Morrell, Wally West, Art Mix. When his pal is murdered over a mine, the Lone Rider joins an outlaw gang to get the goods on the killer. Average “Lone Rider” affair.

The Lone Rider in Border Roundup see Border Roundup

2411  The Lone Rider in Cheyenne  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 59 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Elizabeth Beecher. With George Houston, Al St. John, Smoky (Dennis) Moore, Ella Neal, Roy Barcroft, Kenne Duncan, Lynton Brent, Milton Kibbee, Karl Hackett, Jack Ingram, George Chesebro, Jack Holmes, Curley Dresden, Lew Porter, Jack Kirk, Ray Henderson, Richard Cramer, Wally West, Al Taylor, Ed Peil, Sr., Milburn Morante, Tex Palmer, Hank Bell, Pascale Perry, Jack Evans, Augie Gomez. An innocent man is accused of murdering an outlaw who took part in a robbery and the Lone Rider tries to find the real killer. Like most in the “Lone Rider” series this one is cheaply made, short on plot but appealing due to star George Houston’s singing and Al St. John’s antics.

2412  The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 62 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Fred Myton. With George Houston, Al St. John, Hillary Brooke, Karl Hackett, Ted Adams, Archie Hall, Budd Buster, Virginia Card, Ed Peil, Sr., John Elliott, Tom London, Frank Ellis, Reed Howes, Dan White, Horace B. Carpenter, Tex Cooper, Tex Palmer, Curley Dresden, Wally West, Herman Hack, Milburn Morante, Augie Gomez. The Lone Rider is falsely convicted of murdering a rancher whose niece begins to suspect he is innocent. Fair “Lone Rider” episode enhanced by a good cast.

2413  The Lone Rider in Ghost Town  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 64 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With George Houston, Al St. John, Elaine Brandes, Budd Buster, Frank Hagney, Alden Chase, Reed Howes, Charles King, George Chesebro, Ed Peil, Sr., Archie Hall, Karl Hackett, Jay Wilsey (Buffalo Bill, Jr.), Curley Dresden, Frank Ellis, Steve Clark, Jack Ingram, Lane Bradford, Byron Vance, Don Forrest, Wally West, Herman Hack, Chick Hannon, Augie Gomez, Dan White. To keep a man from exercising an option on a mine, crooks kidnap his daughter and the Lone Rider tries to find her. A good story and a big cast of genre veterans make this “Lone Rider” entry a bit better than usual. Reissued on 16mm as Ghost Town.

The Lone Rider in Law of the Saddle see Law of the Saddle

2414  The Lone Rider in Texas Justice  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 60 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Steve Braxton (Sam Robins). With George Houston, Al St. John, Dennis Moore, Wanda McKay, Claire Rochelle, Karl Hackett, Curley Dresden, Steve Clark, Ray Davis, Archie Hall, Slim Whitaker, Ed Peil, Sr., Julian Rivero, Dirk Thane, Horace B. Carpenter, Frank Ellis, Merrill McCormick, Art Dillard, Jack Montgomery. The Lone Rider and his pal Fuzzy buy a ranch only to learn the former owner has been framed for rustling cattle. Above average series Western that moves fast and is fairly exciting. Also called Texas Justice.

2415  The Lone Rider Rides On  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 61 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With George Houston, Al St. John, Hillary Brooke, Lee Powell, Buddy Roosevelt, Alan Bridge, Frank Hagney, Tom London, Karl Hackett, Forrest Taylor, Frank Ellis, Curley Dresden, Harry Harvey, Jr., Isabel La Mal, Don Forrest, Robert Kortman, Wally West, Steve Clark, Bobby Winkler, Richard Cramer, Wally West, Jay Wilsey (Buffalo Bill, Jr), Lew Meehan, Augie Gomez, George Morrell, Herman Hack, Ray Henderson. The Lone Rider investigates the murder of a man planning to take possession of land he had purchased and notices the killing was similar to that of his parents years before. The first in the popular “Lone Rider” series and a good one, enhanced by the ingratiating acting style of George Houston and his powerful singing voice. Reissued on 16mm as Rider of the Plains.

2416  Lone Star  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952. 90 min. D: Vincent Sherman. SC: Borden Chase. With Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi, William Farnum, Ed Begley, James Burke, Lowell Gilmore, Moroni Olsen, Russell Simpson, William Conrad, Rex Bell, Lucius Cook, Ralph Reed, Ric Roman, Victor Sutherland, Jonathan Cott, Charles Cane, Nacho Galindo, Trevor Bardette, Harry Woods, Dudley Sadler, Emmett Lynn, Rex Lease, Stanley Andrews, Julian Rivero, Earle Hodgins, Chief Yowlachie, Roy Gordon, George Hamilton, Mitchell Lewis, Tony Roux, Harry Tenbrook, Davison Clark, Harry Wilson, Charles Sherlock, Warren MacGregor. President Andrew Jackson asks a trusted friend to persuade Sam Houston to lead the fight for Texas independence from Mexico and in doing so Sam confronts a bad man and meets a pretty newspaper editor. Good, big budget feature sure to appeal to action fans. Available in a colorized version.

2417  Lone Star  Columbia TriStar, 1996. 135 min. Color. D-SC: John Sayles. With Kris Kristofferson, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Clifton James, Matthew McConaughey, Stephen J. Lang, Tony Plana, Frances McDormand, Stephen Mendillo, Oni Faida Lampley, Eleese Lester, Joe Stevens, Gonzalo Castillo, Richard Coca, Tony Frank, Miriam Colon, Jeff Monahan, Joe Morton, LaTanya Richardson, Eddie Robinson, Ron Canada, Chandra Wilson, Damon Guy, Dee Macaluso, Luis Cobo, Marco Perella, Don Phillips, Jesse Borrego, Carina Martinez, Richard A. Jones, Beatrice Winde, Gabriel Casseus, Randy Stripling, Richard Reyes, Leo Burmester, Carmen de Lavallade, Tony Amendola, Gordon Tootosis, Lisa Suarez, Jesus Ramirez, Eduardo Martinez. While wanting to get back together with a former sweetheart, a Texas sheriff investigates the discovery of a skeleton buried for forty years in the desert. Overlong but well modulated modern-day Western.

2418  Lone Star Law Men  Monogram, 1941. 58 min. D: Robert Emmett Tansey. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey) and Frances Kavanaugh. With Tom Keene, Betty Miles, Frank Yaconelli, Sugar Dawn, Glenn Strange, Charles King, Gene Alsace, James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey), Stanley Price, Fred Hoose, Franklyn Farnum, Jack Ingram, Reed Howes, Dan White, Chick Hannon, Tex Palmer, Jack Roper. A cowboy and his pal find a peace officer who has been shot and left for dead and the cowpoke agrees to help the lawman capture his attackers by pretending to be an outlaw and joining the gang. Passable Tom Keene vehicle.

Lone Star Lawman see Texas Lawman

2419  Lone Star Moonlight  Columbia, 1946. 67 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Louise Rousseau. With Ken Curtis, Joan Barton, Guy Kibbee, Robert Stevens, Claudia Drake, Arthur Loft, Vernon Dent, Sam Flint, The Hoosier Hotshots (Charles “Gabe” Ward, Paul “Hezzie” Trietsch, Ken Trietsch, Gil Taylor), Merle Travis Trio, Judy Clark and Her Rhythm Cowgirls, The Smart Set, Emmett Lynn, Hank Penny, Fred F. Sears, Matty Roubert, Jerry Jarrett, Cy Malis, Vic Holbrook, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko. A returning G.I. learns his father has let their radio station slip in quality and a rival is after his girlfriend. Fair modern-day Western musical.

2420  Lone Star Pioneers  Columbia, 1939. 56 min. D: Joseph Lovering. SC: Nate Gatzert. With Bill Elliott, Dorothy Gulliver, Lee Shumway, Slim Whitaker, Charles King, Jack Ingram, Harry Harvey, Buzz Barton, Frank LaRue, Budd Buster, David Sharpe, Frank Ellis, Kit Guard, Merrill McCormick, Jack Rockwell, Tex Palmer, Art Davis, Marin Sais, Jack C. Smith, George Plues. In Texas after the Civil War, a federal marshal disguises himself as an outlaw to infiltrate a guerrilla gang raiding supply wagons. Okay Bill Elliott vehicle that tends to be a bit slow; Jack Ingram is a good guy for a change.

2421  Lone Star Raiders  Republic, 1940. 57 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Joseph March and Barry Shipman. With Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Rufe Davis, June Johnson, George Douglas, Sarah Padden, John Elliott, John Merton, Rex Lease, Bud Osborne, Jack Kirk, Tom London, Hal Price, Tommy Coats, John Beach, Bob Card, Matty Roubert, Chick Hannon, Harrison Greene, Al Haskell, Reed Howes, Herman Hack, Bert Dillard, Cactus Mack, Art Dillard, Bud McClure, George Sowards, Foxy Callahan, Augie Gomez, Herman Newlin, Duke Taylor, Roy Bucko, Bill Wolfe. The Three Mesquiteers round up wild horses for the government and find themselves at odds with outlaws rustling the herds. Mediocre entry in the long running series with too much stock footage.

2422  The Lone Star Ranger  Fox, 1930. 70 min. D: A.F. Erickson. SC: Seton I. Miller and John Hunter Booth. With George O’Brien, Sue Carol, Walter McGrail, Warren Hymer, Russell Simpson, Roy Stewart, Lee Shumway, Colin Chase, Richard Alexander, Joel Franz, Joe Rickson, Oliver Eckhardt, Caroline Rankin, Elizabeth Patterson, Billy Butts, Delmar Watson, William Steele, Bob Fleming, Ralph Le Fevre, Joe Chase, Ward Bond, Jane Keckley, Jack Perrin, Hank Bell. Falsely accused of crimes, a man is given the chance to redeem himself by capturing an outlaw gang. Strong George O’Brien vehicle from the 1915 Zane Grey novel, first filmed by Fox in 1919 starring William Farnum and again in 1923 with Tom Mix and Billie Dove.

2423  The Lone Star Ranger  20th Century–Fox, 1942. 58 min. D: James Tinling. SC: William Counselman, Jr., George Kane and Irving Cummings, Jr. With John Kimbrough, Sheila Ryan, William Farnum, Truman Bradley, Jonathan Hale, George E. Stone, Russell Simpson, Dorothy Burgess, Tom Fadden, Fred Kohler, Jr., Eddy Waller, Harry Holden, George Melford, Tom London, Syd Saylor, Almira Sessions, Eva Puig, Jeff Corey, Robert Homans, Herbert Ashley, Alec Craig. A man quits being an outlaw, marries a pretty girl and is given a chance to get a pardon by bringing in his old gang. Futile attempt to make a genre star of John Kimbrough in this tepid fourth filming of the Zane Grey work.

2424  The Lone Star Trail  Universal, 1943. 58 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Oliver Drake. With Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt, Earle Hodgins, Jack Ingram, Robert Mitchum, George Eldredge, Michael Vallon, Ethan Laidlaw, Harry Strang, The Jimmy Wakely Trio (Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, Dick Reinhart), William Desmond, Art Mix, Henry Roquemore, Denver Dixon, Billy Engle, Carl Mathews, Bob Reeves, Eddie Parker, Fred Graham, Tom Steele. A rancher, falsely sentenced to jail for bank robbery, is paroled and with the help of a marshal tries to find out who framed him. The last of the Johnny Mack Brown–Tex Ritter series, this one is fast from start to finish; one of the first films to bring notice to Robert Mitchum, cast as a saloon owner.

2425  The Lone Star Vigilantes  Columbia, 1942. 58 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Luci Ward. With Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Virginia Carpenter, Frank Mitchell, Luana Walters, Budd Buster, Forrest Taylor, Gavin Gordon, Lowell Drew, Edmund Cobb, Ethan Laidlaw, Rick Anderson, Eddie Laughton, John Tyrrell, Buel Bryant, Francis Walker, Steve Clark, Charles Hamilton, Dick Botiller, Paul McVey. After the Civil War two men return to Texas to find their town under the thumb of bandits masquerading as Army troops. Not an overly distinguished Bill Elliott-Tex Ritter teaming but Tex does sing the Johnny Marvin songs “Headin’ Home to Texas” and “When the Moon Is Shining on the Old Corral.” Reissued by Astor in 1950. British title: The Devil’s Price.

2426  The Lone Texan  20th Century–Fox, 1959. 70 min. D: Paul Landres. SC: James Landis and Jack Thomas. With Willard Parker, Grant Williams, Audrey Dalton, Douglas Kennedy, June Blair, Dabbs Greer, Barbara Heller, Rayford Barnes, Tyler McVey, Lee Farr, Jimmy Murphy, Dick Monahan, Robert Dix, I. Stanford Jolley, Gregg Barton, Sid Melton, Hank Patterson, Tom London, Frank Marlowe, Boyd Stockman, Jerry Summers, Bill Coontz, Shirley Haven. Following the war between the states, a Union cavalry officer goes back to Texas to find he is labeled a traitor with his brother a corrupt sheriff. Rather interesting drama inhibited by a low budget.

2427  Lone Texas Ranger  Republic, 1945. 56 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Bob Williams. With Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming, Roy Barcroft, Helen Talbot, Jack McClendon, Rex Lease, Tom Chatteron, Jack Kirk, Nelson McDowell, Dale Van Sickel, Frank O’Connor, Robert Wilke, Bud Geary, Budd Buster, Hal Price, Horace B. Carpenter, Nolan Leary, Tom Steele, Larry Olsen, Frederick Howard, Earl Dobbins, Bill Stevens, LeRoy Mason (voice). After killing a highly respected lawman, who was actually an outlaw leader, Red Ryder faces a challenge from the man’s son. A strong script highlights this action packed “Red Ryder” episode.

2428  The Lone Trail  Syndicate, 1932. 61 min. D: Forrest Sheldon and Harry S. Webb. SC: Bennett Cohen and Elizabeth (Betty) Burbridge. With Rex Lease, Virginia Brown Faire, Joe Bonomo, Billy O’Brien, Jack Mower, Robert Walker, Harry Todd, Josephine Hill, Edmund Cobb, Muro (dog). After his sister is murdered by an outlaw, a ranger learns the killer has kidnapped a young woman and plans to force her to marry him. Low grade feature supposedly edited from the 1931 serial Sign of the Wolf (q.v.) but with a different plot emphasis that was remade as Skull and Crown (q.v.).

2429  Lone Wolf McQuade  Orion, 1983. 107 min. Color. D: Steve Carver. SC: B.J. Nelson. With Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Robert Beltran, L.Q. Jones, Dana Kimmell, R.G. Armstrong, Jorge Cervera, Jr., Sharon Farrell, Daniel Frishman, William Sanderson, John Anderson, Robert Jordan, Oscar Hidalgo, Anthony E. Caglia, Tommy Ballard, Gary Pike, William J. Wagner, Hector Serrano, Joe Kaufenberg, Susan Kaufenberg, Don Pike, Jeffrey Bannister. When his partner is killed in a gun fight with dope smugglers, a Texas Ranger uses martial arts to combat a drug kingpin. Colorful action filled modern-day Western.

2430  Lonely Are the Brave  Universal, 1962. D: David Miller. SC: Dalton Trumbo. With Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, Michael Kane, Carroll O’Connor, William Schallert, Karl Swenson, George Kennedy, Dan Sheridan, Bill Raish, William Mims, Martin Garralaga, Lalo Rios. A free spirited cowboy escapes from jail and is hunted by a posse using modern technology. This yesterday versus today’s values oater is a good one, with excellent work by Kirk Douglas as the escapee.

2431  The Lonely Man  Paramount, 1957. 87 min. D: Henry Levin. SC: Harry Essex. With Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand, Robert Middleton, Elaine Aiken, Elisha Cook, Jr., Claude Akins, Lee Van Cleef, Harry Shannon, James Bell, Adam Williams, Denver Pyle, John Doucette, Paul Newlan. A gunman wants to lead a lawful life but is forced into one last showdown. Fairly interesting Western helped by good production values and acting.

2432  The Lonely Trail  Republic, 1936. 56 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Bernard McConville and Jack Natteford. With John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Cy Kendall, Robert Kortman, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Etta McDaniel, Sam Flint, Denny Meadows (Dennis Moore), Jim Toney, Yakima Canutt, Lloyd Ingraham, Bob Burns, James A. Marcus, Rodney Hildebrand, Eugene Jackson, Jack Kirk, Jack Ingram, Bud Pope, Tex Phelps, Tracy Layne, Floyd Shackelford, Charles King, Horace B. Carpenter, Henry Hall, Oscar Gahan, Lafe McKee, Francis Walker, Clifton Young, Bob Card, Clyde Kenney, Leon Lord, Nina Mae McKinney. At the close of the Civil War, the governor of Texas asks a rancher, who fought for the Union, to help rid the state of carpetbaggers. Very good John Wayne “B” film with fine work by Cy Kendall as the bad guy.

2433  Lonesome Dove  CBS-TV, 1989. 384 min. Color. D: Simon Wincer. SC: William D. Wittliff and Larry McMurtry. With Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Danny Glover, Robert Urich, Frederic Forrest, D.B. Sweeney, Rick Schroder, Angelica Huston, Chris Cooper, Timothy Scott, Glenne Headley, Barry Corbin, William Sanderson, Barry Tubb, Gavan O’Herlihy, Steve Buscemi, Frederick Coffin, Travis Swords, Kevin O’Morrison, Ron Weyand, Lanny Flaherty, David Carpenter, James McMurtry, Charlie Haynie, Terry McIlvain, Sonny Carl Davis, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Leon Singer, Thomas Connor, Jerry Biggs, Missy Crider, Sean Hennigan, Lauren Stanley, Julie Tennon, Jack Caffrey, Adam Faraizi, James Pickens, Jr., Bradley Gregg, Nina Siemaszko, Joel Palmer, Howard Young, Elberta Hunter, Matthew Hotspinpiller. Two retired Texas Rangers head a cattle drive to Montana with sometimes tragic results. Top notch TV miniseries based on Larry McMurtry’s sprawling, ingratiating novel; followed by the small screen series of the same title that ran during the 1994–95 season for 21 episodes and “Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years,” a 22 episode series telecast during the 1995–96 season.

2434  The Lonesome Trail  Syndicate, 1930. 60 min. D: Bruce Mitchell. SC: G.A. Durlam. With Charles Delaney, Virginia Brown Faire, George Berlinger, Willliam von Bricken, George Hackathorne, George Regas, Yakima Canutt, Art Mix, Ben Corbett, Lafe McKee, Jimmy Aubrey, Monte Montague, Bob Reeves, William McCall. A cowboy brings a cattle herd to a buyer who is in cahoots with a bandit and his gang. Stilted early talkie with a bunch of wheezy vaudeville gangs and hero Charles Delaney singing “Oh, Susannah.”

2435  The Lonesome Trail  Monogram, 1945. 57 min. D: Oliver Drake. SC: Louise Rousseau. With Jimmy Wakely, Lee “Lasses” White, John James, Iris Clive, Horace Murphy, Lorraine Miller, Eddie Majors, The Saddle Pals, The Sunshine Girls, Colleen Summers (Mary Ford), Zon Murray, Roy Butler, Frank McCarroll, Jack Clifford, Arthur Smith, Carl Mathews, Carl Sepulveda, Jack Rivers. Much to the chagrin of his two pals, one of the three owners of a ghost town sells an interest in it to crooks who immediately start a false gold rush rumor. The music is good but the plot is weak in this Jimmy Wakely outing.

2436  The Lonesome Trail  Lippert, 1955. 73 min. D: Richard Bartlett. SC: Richard Bartlett and Ian MacDonald. With Wayne Morris, John Agar, Margia Dean, Edgar Buchanan, Adele Jergens, Earle Lyon, Ian MacDonald, Douglas Fowley, Richard Bartlett, Betty Blythe. When land grabbers try to steal his place, a man retaliates with a bow and arrows instead of a six gun. Rather interesting low budget affair although top billed Wayne Morris has only a small role as a bartender.

2437  The Long Chase  Universal, 1972. 89 min. Color. D: Alexander Singer. SC: John Thomas James (Roy Huggins) and Dick Nelson. With Roger Davis, Ben Murphy, Rod Cameron, Buddy Ebsen, James Drury, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Marie Windsor, J.D. Cannon, Larry Storch, Mills Watson, George Keymas, Walt Davis, Dave Garroway, Laurie Ferrone, Stephen Hardis, Monty Laird, Clarke Gordon, Jon Lormer, Renee Tetro, Tom Waters, Ralph Story (narrator). Two ex-outlaws try to go straight but find themselves at odds with a grizzled, villainous bounty hunter. Not bad for a paste-up of two episodes of “Alias Smith and Jones” (CBS-TV, 1970–73).

2438  The Long Days of Vengeance  Mercurio Films, 1967. 106 min. Color. D: Stan Vance (Florestano Vancini). SC: Fernando Di Leo and Augusto Caminito. With Giuliano Gemma, Francisco Rabal, Gabriella Giorgelli, Conrado San Martin, Franco Cobi D’Este, Nieves Navarro (Susan Scott), Pajarito (Manuel Muniz), Doro Coro, Milo Quesada, Ivan Scratuglia, Pedro Basauri “Pedrucho,” Carlos Hurado, Juan Antonio Rubio. After serving three years at hard labor for the murder of his father, a man seeks revenge on the trio who framed him. Entertaining Spaghetti Western, a French-Italian-Spanish co-production filmed as I Lunghi Giorni della Vendetta (The Long Days of Revenge) and issued on video as Day of Vengeance.

2439  The Long Kill  CBS-TV, 1999. 96 min. Color. D: Bill Corcoran. SC: Gene Quintano. With Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Travis Tritt, Waylon Jennings, Chad Willett, Sancho Garcia, Jonathan Banks, Simon Andreu, Jorge Bosso, Aldo Sambrell, Eduardo Hererra, May Heatherly, Vincent Ginarbi, Ignacio Duran, Francis Butler, Danny Sullivan, Leonor Watling, Pablo Scola, Tony Isbert, Bill Holden, Lane Kinsey, Manuel San Martin, Marina Saura. Four veteran gunslingers join forces to get revenge for the murder of an old comrade. Fans of the four country music stars will like them in this cowboy outing.

Long Live Your Death see Don’t Turn the Other Cheek

2440  The Long, Long Trail  Universal, 1929. 60 min. D: Arthur Rosson. SC: Howard Green. With Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Kathryn McGuire, Jim Mason, Archie Ricks, Walter Brennan, Howard Truesdale. A fun loving cowboy falls for a pretty girl as he uncovers a plot to steal rodeo proceeds. Pleasant Hoot Gibson initial talkie, a remake of his 1923 Universal outing The Ramblin’ Kid.

The Long, Long Trail (1942) see Texas to Bataan

2441  A Long Ride from Hell  Cinerama, 1970. 94 min. Color. D: Alex Burkes (Luigi Bazzoni). SC: Steve Reeves. With Steve Reeves, Wayde Preston, Dick Palmer (Mimmo Palmara), Silvana Venturelli, Lee Burton, Ted Carter (Nello Pazzafini), Rosalba Neri, Franco Fantasia, Aldo Sambrell, Spartaco Conversi, Mario Maranzana. A rancher, wrongly sent to prison for a robbery he did not commit, escapes to clear his name and get revenge for the murder of his family. Okay European oater for Steve Reeves fan, adapted by the star from the novel Judas Gun by Gordon Shirreffs; issued in Italy in 1968 by B.R.C. as Vivo per la Tua Morte (I Live for Your Death).

The Long Ride Home see A Time for Killing (1967)

2442  The Long Ride Home  Lions Gate Films, 2003. 87 min. D: Rob Marcarelli. SC: Vaughn Taylor. With Randy Travis, Eric Roberts, Ernest Borgnine, Vaughn Taylor, Paul Tinder, Alec Medlock, Steve Nave, Jeff McGrail, Garry Marshall, Michele Calcin, Stella Stevens, Rance Howard, Jerry Doyle, Jeff Dolan, Sam Dolan, Peter Sherayko, Sal Cardile, Larry A. Zeug, Dan Erwin, Elizabeth Tinder, Greg Stanina. In the late 1860s, a cowboy must find a killer before a relentless posse hangs him for the crime. Pretty good Western, sure to appeal to Randy Travis followers.

2443  The Long Riders  United Artists, 1980. 100 min. Color. D: Walter Hill. SC: Bill Bryden, Steven Philip Smith, Stacy Keach and James Keach. With David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, James Keach, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid, Kevin Brophy, Harry Carey, Jr., Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest, Shelby Leverington, Felice Orlandi, Pamela Reed, James Remar, Fran Ryan, Savannah Smith, Amy Stryker, James Whitmore, Jr., John Bottoms, Wes Buchanan, Lin Shayne, Stuart Mossman, Prentiss Rowe, Allan Graf, William Taylor, Chris Mulicoy, Thomas R. Myers, Hugh McGraw, Tom Sauber, Kalen Keach. A trio of outlaw families form the James-Younger-Miller gang and carry out a series of daring robberies culminating in the ill-fated Northfield, Minnesota, raid. Fair look at the famous bandits’ lives, interesting for the casting of acting brothers in the main roles.

2444  The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk  International Television Corporation (ITC), 1964. 89 min. D: Sam Newfield and Sidney Salkow. SC: Richard Shayler and Charles Marion. With John Hart, Lon Chaney, John Vernon, Pegeen Ross, Ed Holmes, Michael Ansara, Stacy Harris, Casey Adams (Max Showalter), Frank De Kova, Daryl Masters. Hawkeye and his blood brother Chingachgook help English settlers in upper New York state during colonial times, including saving a British fort from the French and their Indian allies. Pretty good telefilm made up of three episodes of “Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans” (Syndicated, 1956), produced by Sigmund Neufeld and filmed in Canada.

2445  The Long Rope  20th Century–Fox, 1961. 61 min. D: William Witney. SC: Robert Hamner. With Hugh Marlowe, Lisa Montell, Alan Hale (Jr.), Robert Wilke, John Alonzo, Madaleine Holmes, David Renard, Jeffrey Morris, Chris Robinson, Scott Randall, Jack Conlin, Kathryn Hart, Stephen Welles, Linda Cordova, Alex Cordellis. A circuit riding judge enlists the aid of a gunman to protect a man from townspeople during a murder trial. Compact, entertaining effort produced by Margia Dean.

The Long Tomorrow see Face to the Wind

2446  Longarm  ABC-TV, 1988. 96 min. Color. D: Virgil Vogel. SC: Daniel Chisholm. With John T. Gerlesky, Whitne Kershow, John Laughlin, Malachi Throne, Deborah Dawn Slaboda, Lee de Broux, Daphne Ashbrook, Rene Auberjonois, John Quade, Shannon Tweed, John Dennis Johnson, Noble Willingham. In the late 1800s in New Mexico Territory a lady loving deputy U.S. marshal is forced to face the outlaws who raised him. Fair TV Western also called Showdown in Silver City.

2447  The Longest Drive  Columbia Pictures International, 1976. 91 min. Color. D: Bernard McEveety. SC: Michael Michaelian and Katharyn Michaelian Powers. With Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Dan O’Herlihy, Keenan Wynn, Woody Strode, Erik Estrada, Sander Johnson, Cooper Huckabee, John Rubinstein, Gary Lockwood, Dick Davalos, Angela May, Meegan King, John Alvin, Duncan McLeod, Judith Hanson, Glenn Buttkus, Bill Smillie, Frank Salsedo, Peter Haas, Reid Rondell, Mary Angela, Jane Kellem. While searching for their lost sister, two brother try to help a friend, who is about to lose his ranch, by leading a cattle drive. Okay telefeature culled from the 13 episode series “The Quest” (NBC-TV, 1976); also called The Quest: The Longest Drive.

The Longest Hunt see Gringo

The Longest Spur see Love Desperados

2448  The Longhorn  Monogram, 1951. 70 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Dan Ullman. With Bill Elliott, Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey, John Hart, Marshall Reed, William Fawcett, Lee Roberts, Carol Henry, Zon Murray, Steve Clark, Lane Bradford, Herman Hack, Carl Mathews, I. Stanford Jolley, Marshall Bradford, Roy Bucko. A cowboy organizes a cattle drive so he can cross-breed stock but his co-called friend and gang plan to rustle the herd along the way. Very fine Bill Elliott vehicle, the initial film in his last Western series, with a good script, cast and fast action; recommended. Remade as Canyon River (q.v.).

2449  Look-Out Sister  Astor, 1948. 64 min. D: Bud Pollard. SC: John E. Gordon. With Louis Jordan, Suzette Harbin, Monte Hawley, Glenn Allen, Tommy Southern, Jack Glisby, Maceo Sheffield, Peggy Thomas, Louise Franklin, Bob Scott and Louis Jordan Tympany Six, Anice Clark, Dorothy Seamans, The Champion Cowboys. A bandleader on a dude ranch tries to save it from foreclosure. Music man Louis Jordan, plus eleven good tunes, add some zest to this low budget black cast oater.

2450  Looped for Life  Madoc Sales, 1924. 50 min. D: Park B. Frame. SC: J. Anthony Roach. With Art Acord, Marcella Pershing, Jack Richardson, Charles Adler. Two cowboys both love the same girl with one of them committing a bank robbery and the other assigned by the sheriff to bring him in. One of the few complete extant Art Acord silent vehicles and thus worth viewing.

2451  Lost Canyon  United Artists, 1943. 61 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Harry O. Hoyt. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Lola Lane, Douglas Fowley, Herbert Rawlinson, Guy Usher, Karl Hackett, Hugh Prosser, Robert Kortman, The Sportsmen Quartette, Si Jenks, John Cason, Keith Richards, Herman Hack, Murdock MacQuarrie, George Morrell, Gertrude Astor, Henry Wills, Bill Nestell, Aleth Hansen, Spade Cooley, Cliff Parkinson, Merrill McCormick, Milburn Morante, Jack Evans, Dorothy Vernon, Charles Murphy, Frank Mills. Bar 20 wrangler Johnny Travers is accused of a bank robbery but Hopalong Cassidy investigates and discovers a lawyer is behind the theft. Average Cassidy entry with stock footage from the finale of Rustlers’ Valley (q.v.) showing Lee J. Cobb, Ted Adams and Al Ferguson.

2452  Lost in Alaska  Universal-International, 1952. 76 min. D: Jean Yarborough. SC: Martin A. Ragaway and Leonard Stern. With Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Tom Ewell, Mitzi Green, Bruce Cabot, Emory Parnell, Jack Ingram, Rex Lease, Joe Kirk, Minerva Urecal, Howard Negley, Maudie Prickett, Billy Wayne, Paul Newlan, Michael Ross, Iron Eyes Cody, Donald Kerr, Bobby Barber, William Gould, Sherry Moreland, Chuck Hamilton, Fred Aldrich, Brick Sullivan, Harry Tyler, Charles Sullivan, Mike Lally, Julia Montoya, Jean Hartelle, Bert LeBaron. Three men head for Alaska to find a fortune in buried gold but meet with opposition from the locals. Tired Abbott and Costello comedy; for their fans only.

2453  Lost in Silver Canyon  Total Content, 2006. 72 min. Color. D: Don Ross. SC: Patricia Oviatt. With Joe Kimpel, Vanessa Baker, Vito Aversano, Wes Baker, Patricia Baker, David Mook, De Witt Jones. Two children get stranded in a ghost town while on vacation with their family. Low budget inspirational feature filmed in Arizona.

2454  Lost in the Barrens  Atlantis Films, 1990. 93 min. Color. D: Michael J.F. Scott. SC: Keith Ross Leckie. With Nicholas Shields, Evan Adams, Lee J. Campbell, Graham Greene, Marianne Jones, Victor Cowie, Paul Grau, Harry Nelken, Ken Babb, Jeff Madden, Brian Richardson, Fred Robinson, Eric Robinson, Adam Beach, Louie Camerone, Bart (bear). Two young boys, one white and one Indian, become lost in the North Canadian wilderness and work to save themselves from the harsh elements and find their way home. Pretty fair family film based on Farley Mowat’s novel.

2455  Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave  Atlantis Films, 1991. 120 min. Color. D: Michael J.F. Scott. SC: Malcolm MacRury. With Nicholas Shields, Evan Adams, Michelle St. John, Gordon Tootoosis, Cedric Smith, Jay Brazeau, Wayne Robson, Lee J. Campbell, Marianne Jones, Joe Mercredi, Victor Cowie, Michael Meeches, John Bluethner, Robert Enright, Karen Barker, Jennie Tootoo. Two teenage boys help an archaeologist trek to Canada’s Manitoba province in search of a Viking grave containing a valuable crucifix. Over long but okay juvenile fare based on the novel Curse of the Viking Grave by Farley Mowat. Also called Curse of the Viking Grave.

Lost Island of Kioga see Hawk of the Wilderness

2456  Lost Ranch  Victory, 1937. 56 min. D: Sam Katzman. SC: Basil Dickey. With Tom Tyler, Jeanne Martel, Lafe McKee, Forrest Taylor, Harry Harvey, Jr., Marjorie Beebe, Howard Bryant, Theodore Lorch, Slim Whitaker, Roger Williams, Bud Pope. A young woman and a friend come West to find her missing father and his “secret” and are attacked by outlaws but saved by a cowboy. Economical but entertaining Tom Tyler vehicle with mostly outdoor action and few interiors.

2457  The Lost Trail  Monogram, 1945. 57 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Jess Bowers (Adele Buffington). With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Holt, Riley Hill, Kenneth MacDonald, Milburn Morante, Steve Clark, Eddie Parker, Lynton Brent, John Ince, Frank LaRue, Frank McCarroll, Dick Dickinson, George Morrell, John Bridges, Cal Shrum and His Rhythm Rangers, Henry Vroom, Denver Dixon, Tex Cooper, Cactus Mack, Chick Hannon, Victor Cox, Ray Henderson, Carl Mathews, Jack Tornek, Ralph Bucko. Two lawmen help a young woman whose stage line is being attacked by outlaws. Pretty good entry in the “Nevada Jack McKenzie” series, a remake of the initial “Rough Riders” film Arizona Bound (q.v.).

Lost Treasure of the Aztecs see Blood River

Lost Treasure of the Incas see Blood River

Lost Women see Mesa of Lost Women

2458  The Lottery Bride  United Artists, 1930. 80 min. D: Paul S. Stein. SC: Horace Jackson and Howard Emmett Rogers. With Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, Joe E. Brown, ZaSu Pitts, Robert Chisholm, Joseph Macaulay, Harry Gribbon, Carroll Nye, Murdock MacQuarrie, Paul Hurst, Max Davidson, Stanley Fields, Frank Brownlee, Torben Meyer, Bobby Dunn, Robert Homans, Budd Fine, Clarence Geldert. In order to pay off her brother’s gambling debts, a young woman agrees to become a lottery bride in the King’s Bay settlement of northern Norway. Although not a Western in the strictest sense, this early talkie musical is built around a frontier settlement, albeit Norway and not the U.S.; the film creaks a bit with age but the pleasant Rudolf Friml score holds up well.

Louis L’Amour’s Shaughnessy see Shaughnessy

Louisiana Gal see Old Louisiana

2459  Love Comes Softly  Hallmark Channel, 2003. 88 min. Color. D: Michael Landon, Jr. SC: Cindy Kelley and Michael Landon, Jr. With Katherine Heigi, Dale Midkiff, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Corbin Bersen, Theresa Russell, Oliver Macready, Tiffany Knight, Adam Loeffler, Nick Scoggins, Jaimz Woolvett, Rutanya Alda, Janet Rotbaltt, Christina A. Wod, David Mine, Dani Goldman. After her husband dies suddenly while they are traveling West with a wagon train, a young woman ends up living with a widower and his little daughter. Pleasant frontier TV movie drama based on the book by Janette Oke; sequel: Love’s Enduring Promise (q.v.).