2460  Love Desperados  Olympic International Films, 1968. 91 min. Color. D-SC: R.L. Frost. With James Arena, Virginia Gordon, Joseph Mascolo, Wes Bishop, Tom McFadden, John Alderman, Paul Frank, Paul Wilmoth, John Riazzi, Bill Martin, Rod Wilmoth, Angel Carter, Laura McLaughlin, Monique Heguy. In the early 1860s bandits attack women at a frontier ranch when their husbands are away and a worker kidnaps the boss’ wife to avenge the rape of his sister. Tacky soft core Western also called Fiery Spur, The Hot Spur, The Longest Spur and Naked Spur.

2461  Love Finds a Home  Hallmark Channel, 2009. 88 min. Color. D: David S. Cass, Sr. SC: Donald Davenport. With Sarah Jones, Haylie Duff, Jordan Bridges, Patty Duke, Courtney Halverson, Michael Trevino, Jeffrey Muller, Dahlia Salem, Thomas Kopache, Chad W. Smathers, Daniel Beer, Jeff Clarke, Jennifer Wetzel, Matthew Florida, Michelle Josette, Time Winters, Eric Shakelford. A female doctor in a Missouri town is at odds with her best friend’s mother-in-law who wants to use homeopathic treatment for the young woman’s pregnancy. Dull TV movie from Janette Oke’s novel.

2462  Love Me Tender  20th Century–Fox, 1956. 89 min. D: Robert D. Webb. SC: Robert Buckner. With Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis Presley, Robert Middleton, William Campbell, Neville Brand, Mildred Dunnock, Bruce Bennett, James Drury, Russ Conway, Ken Clark, Barry Coe, L.Q. Jones, Paul Burns, Jerry Sheldon, James Stone, Ed Mundy, Joe Di Reda, Bobby Rose, Tom Greenway, Jay Jostyn, Steve Darrell. Two brothers love the same girl and when one leaves home to fight for the South during the Civil War the younger one marries her, causing a conflict when the older sibling comes back. Average adaptation of Maurice Geraghty’s novel; best known as Elvis Presley’s film debut.

2463  Love Takes Wing  Hallmark Channel, 2009. 88 min. Color. D: Lou Diamond Phillips. SC: Rachel Stuhler. With Lou Diamond Phillips, Haylie Duff, Ernin Cottrell, Cloris Leachman, Jordan Bridges, John Bishop, Sarah Jones, Kevin Scott Richardson, Bonnie Root, Annalise Basso, Patrick Duffy, Yvonne Boismier Phillips, Jonathon Forrester, Andy Scott Harris, Mary-Jessica Pitts, June Angela. A woman becomes a physician and plans to leave her small Western town for the big city. Another average television movie from a Janette Oke work.

2464  Love’s Abiding Joy  Hallmark Channel, 2006. 87 min. Color. D: Michael Landon, Jr. SC: Michael Landon, Jr., Douglas Lloyd McIntosh and Bridget Terry. With Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff, Logan Bartholomew, Frank McRae, W. Morgan Sheppard, Drew Tyler Bell, Brett Coker, Mae Whitman, John Laughlin, Kevin Gate, Brianna Brown, James Tupper, Stephen W. Bridgewater, Blake Gibbons, Madison Leile, Thomas Stanley. Newlyweds travel West in an attempt to make a new life for themselves. Standard Hallmark Channel movie of a Janette Oke book.

2465  Love’s Enduring Promise  Hallmark Channel, 2004. 88 min. Color. D: Michael Landon, Jr. SC: Cindy Kelley and Michael Landon, Jr. With January Jones, Logan Bartholomew, Dale Midkiff, K’Sun Ray, Logan Arens, Mackenzie Astin, Cliff De Young, Matthew Peters, Michael Bartel, Dominic Scott Kay, Blaine Pate, Cara DeLizia, Robert F. Lyons, Douglas Fisher, E.J. Callahan, Katia Coe, Gary Sievers. When a stranger saves his son’s life, a farmer gives him a job as a hired hand and the man falls in love with his daughter. Pleasant family oriented sequel to Love Come Softly (q.v.), from a Janette Oake novel.

2466  Love’s Long Journey  Hallmark Channel, 2005. 88 min. Color. D: Michael Landon, Jr. SC: Douglas Lloyd McIntosh, Michael Landon, Jr. and Cindy Kelley. With Erin Cottrell, Logan Bartholomew, W. Morgan Sheppard, James Tupper, Frank McRae, Johann Urb, John Savage, Jeff Kober, Richard Lee Jackson, Graham Phillips, Irene Bedard, Gil Birmingham, Colin McCabe, Stephen Bridgewater, Diane Louise Salinger, Robert Norswrothy, Willie Arnold Davis, Jerry Louie-McGee, Tucker Louie-McGee, Dale Midiff, Angus Malcolmson, Gary Sievers. A young couple moves to a ranch where the wife has to deal with a pregnancy and missing her family. Another appealing entry in the “Love” TV movie series based on Janette Oke’s books.

2467  Love’s Unending Legacy  Hallmark Channel, 2007. 84 min. Color. D: Mark Griffith. SC: Pamela Wallace. With Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff, Victor Browne, Samantha Smith, Holliston Coleman, Brett Coker, Hank Stratton, Braeden Lemasters, Stephanie Nash, Dave Florek, Bret Loehr, Tanner Richie, Ned Schmidtke, Dale Waddington Horowitz, Ken Magee, Trevor Gordon, Tyler Gordon, Andre Alexsen, Jeremy Shade, Lyndon Smith, Araksi Willebrand, Eva-Maria Leonardou. A young widow and her daughter return to her parents’ home where she takes a teaching job, adopts an orphan and finds romance with the town sheriff. Lesser entry in the Hallmark Channel’s movie series adaptations of the works of Janette Oke.

2468  Lovin’ Molly  Columbia, 1974. 98 min. Color. D: Sidney Lumet. SC: Stephen Friedman. With Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner, Edward Binns, Susan Sarandon, Conrad Fowkes, Claude Transverse, John Henry Faulk. Two men love the same woman over a four decade period in rural Texas, although she also has a husband. Fair drama based on Larry McMurtry’s novel Leaving Cheyenne.

2469  The Luck of Roaring Camp  Monogram, 1937. 59 min. D: Irvin W. Willat. SC: Harvey Gates. With Owen Davis, Jr., Joan Woodbury, Charles Brokaw, Forrest Taylor, Robert Kortman, Charles King, Byron Foulger, Bob McKenzie, John Wallace. The birth of a baby boy brings luck to the inhabitants of a gold rush mining town. Expanded version of Bret Harte’s short story makes for average entertainment.

2470  Lucky Boots  Beacon/Equity, 1935. 59 min. D: Al Herman. SC: William L. Nolte. With Guinn “Big Boy” Williams, Marion Shilling, Frank Yaconelli, Wally Wales, Charles K. French, Tom London, Roger Williams, Gordon Griffith, Barney Beasley, Si Jenks, Richard Botiller, Julian Rivero, George Morrell, Buck Morgan. Two cowpokes become involved in a treasure hunt after a Mexican bandit leader is killed and his boots contain the clue to where he hid stolen loot. Pretty good poverty row oater; Guinn Williams sings “Home on the Range.” Original title: Gun Play.

2471  Lucky Cisco Kid  20th Century–Fox, 1940. 68 min. D: H. Bruce Humberstone. SC: Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. With Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes, Dana Andrews, Evelyn Venable, Chris-Pin Martin, Joseph Sawyer, Dick Rich, Johnny Sheffield, Francis Ford, William Royle, Otto Hoffman, Bob Hoffman, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Harry Strang, Gloria Roy, Lillian Yarbo, Adrian Morris, Jimmie Dundee, William Pagan, Lew Kelly, Milton Kibbee, Sarah Edwards, Frank Lackteen, James Flavin, Thornton Edwards, Henry Roquemore, Syd Saylor, Blackie Whiteford, Ethan Laidlaw, Frank Ellis, Spencer Charters. The Cisco Kid romances two lovely ladies while on the trail of crooks raiding local ranchers. Slow moving and overly romantic “Cisco Kid” adventure.

Lucky Johnny see Dead Aim

2472  Lucky Larkin  Universal, 1930. 66 min. D: Harry Joe Brown. SC: Marion Jackson. With Ken Maynard, Nora Lane, Harry Todd, Charles Clary, Paul Hurst, James Farley, Jack Rockwell, Edgar “Blue” Washington, Jim Corey A cowboy agrees to ride in a big race so he can get the money needed to save a ranch for the father of the girl he loves. Okay Ken Maynard silent feature, also issued with sound and music effects.

2473  Lucky Larrigan  Monogram, 1932. 58 min. D: J.P. McCarthy. SC: Wellyn Totman. With Rex Bell, Helen Foster, George Chesebro, John Elliott, Stanley Blystone, Julian Rivero, G.D. Wood (Gordon DeMain), Wilfred Lucas, Herman Hack, Perry Murdock, Tex Palmer, Arthur Thalasso, Julia Bejarano. After going West, a self-centered polo player ends up helping his father, as well as his girl’s father, in fighting outlaws. Poor Rex Bell vehicle.

Lucky Luke (1971) see Lucky Luke: Daisy Town

2474  Lucky Luke  Tobis Filmkunst, 1991. 92 min Color. D: Terence Hill. SC: Lori Hill. With Terence Hill, Nancy Morgan, Fritz Sperberg, Dominic Barto, Bo Gray, Jack Elam, Roger Miller, John Quade, Arsenio “Sonny” Trinidad, Mark Hardwick, Neil Summers, Ron Carey, Buff Douhitt, Sky Fabin, Marc Mouchet, Radha Delamarter, Robin Westphal, Deborah Mansy, Kenny Dickerson, Nicholas Anthony, Dave Thomas, Kee Bahe Elsisie, Frederick Lopez, Jose Rey Toledo, Carl Allrunner Vicenti, William P. Yazzie, Douglas Eckberg. A love sick cowboys falls for pretty Lotta Leggs and battles the Dalton brothers. Poor Italian-U.S. co-production based on the popular European comic by Goscinny.

2475  Lucky Luke: La Ballade des Dalton (Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons)  Dargaud Films, 1978. 82 min. Color. D: Rene Goscinny, Henri Gruel, Morris and Pierre Watrin. SC: Pierre Tschernia. With Daniel Ceccaldi, Roger Carel, Jacques Balutin, Pierre Trabaud, Pierre Tronade, Gerard Hernandez, Rosy Varte, Rene Goscinny, Jacques Fabbri, Roger Lumont, Ada Lonati, Jean-Marc Thibault, Henri Virlojeux, Eric Kristy, Michel Elias, Bernard Heller, Jacques Legras, Jacques Morel, Henri Labssiere (voices). Luky Luke teams with the Dalton brothers in an attempt to get rid of the men who jailed them so they can inherit a fortune. Silly animated feature based on the Goscinny comics.

2476  Lucky Luke: Daisy Town  Dargaud Films, 1971. 76 min. Color. D: Rene Goscinny. SC: Morris, Goscinny and Pierre Tchernia. With Marcel Bozzuffi, Pierre Trabaud, Jacques Balutin, Jacaues Jouanneau, Pierre Tornade, Jean Berger, Roger Carel, Jacques Fabbri, Jacques Legras, Claude Dasset, Jacques Bodoin, Georges Atlas, Andre Legal, Jacques Hilling, Rosy Varte, Denise Bosc, Rich Little, Nicole Croisille, Gerard Dinal, Pat Woods (voices). Lucky Luke is hired to put a stop to lawlessness in a new settled Western town. French-Belgian animated feature for children from the Goscinny comic characters; also called Lucky Luke.

2477  Lucky Luke 2  Paloma Films, 1991. 90 min. Color. D: Ted Nicolaou and Richard Schlesinger. SC: Carl Sautter. With Terence Hill, Nancy Morgan, Fritz Sperberg, Ron Carey, Bo Greigh. The further adventures of Lucky Luke, including his romance with Lotta Leggs and his continuing feud with the Dalton brothers. Video feature culled from the six episode 1993 “Lucky Luke” TV series.

2478  Lucky Terror  First Division, 1936. 61 min. D-SC: Alan James. With Hoot Gibson, Lona Andre, Charles Hill, George Chesebro, Wally Wales, Bob McKenzie, Jack Rockwell, Frank Yaconelli, Charles King, Art Mix, Horace B. Carpenter, Horace Murphy, Hank Bell, Nelson McDowell, Milburn Morante, Bob Reeves, George Morrell. A drifter accidentally finds a cache of gold, hides it and joins a medicine show where he helps a young woman when crooks try to steal her mine. Highly entertaining Hoot Gibson feature, one of his best in the sound era.

2479  The Lucky Texan  Monogram, 1934. 55 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With John Wayne, Barbara Sheldon, Lloyd Whitlock, Yakima Canutt, George Hayes, Gordon (DeMain) Demaine, Ed (Eddie) Parker, Earl Dwire, Jack Rockwell, Artie Ortego, Tex Palmer, Tex Phelps, George Morrell, Phil Dunham, Wally Wales, Philip Kieffer, Jack Evans, John Ince, Tommy Coats, Julie Kingdon. A cowboy plans to join his late father’s partner in a mining venture but they have to fight a crooked assayer and his partner. Average entry in John Wayne’s “Lone Star” series for producer Paul Malvern; colorized as Claim Jumpers and Gold Strike River.

2480  Lumberjack  United Artists, 1944. 65 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Norman Houston and Barry Shipman. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Ellen Hall, Douglass Dumbrille, Francis McDonald, Herbert Rawlinson, Ethel Wales, John Whitney, Hal Taliaferro, Henry Wills, Charles Morton, Frances Morris, Jack Rockwell, Bob Burns, Hank Worden, Earle Hodgins, Pierre Lyden, Bill Nestell. Hopalong Cassidy and his Bar 20 pals oppose a gang of outlaws in lumber country. Fast paced and action packed “Hopalong Cassidy” feature; one of the better films in the series’ mid–United Artists period.

Lure of the Range see Speeding Hoofs

2481  Lure of the Wasteland  Al Lane Pictures, 1939. 55 min. Color. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Monroe Talbot. With Grant Withers, LeRoy Mason, Marion Arnold, Snub Pollard, Karl Hackett, Henry Roquemore, Tom London, Bob Terry, James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey), Budd Buster, Oscar Gahan, Norman Willis, George Morrell, Carl Mathews, Jack Evans. A federal agent works undercover to infiltrate an outlaw gang in an attempt to find out what happened to loot stolen in a robbery years before. Low grade independent outing, mainly of interest because it was filmed in Telco Color; Al Lane is a pseudonym for Robert Emmett Tansey. It contains the song “Winds of the Wasteland” by Glenn Strange.

Poster for Lure of the Wasteland (Al Lane Pictures, 1939).

2482  Lust for Gold  Columbia, 1949. 90 min. D: S. Sylvan Simon and (uncredited George Marshall). SC: Ted Sherdeman and Richard English. With Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford, Gig Young, William Prince, Edgar Buchanan, Will Geer, Paul Ford, Jay Silverheels, Antonio Moreno, Eddy Waller, Will Wright, Virginia Mullen, Myrna Dell, Tom Tyler, Paul E. Burns, Hayden Rorke, Elspeth Dudgeon, Si Jenks, Arthur Hunnicutt, Richard Alexander, Trevor Bardette, Edmund Cobb, George Chesebro, Hank Bell, Fred F. Sears, Matty Fain, Billy Gray, Virginia Farmer, Robert Malcolm, Baynes Barron, William Tannen, Anne O’Neal, Harry Strange, Rex Lease, Dabbs Greer, John Doucette, Percy Helton, Karolyn Grimes, Arthur Space, Dorothy Vernon, Howard Negley, Paul Bryar, Kermit Maynard, Guy Beach, Louis Mason, Maudie Prickett, George Morrell, Bill Woolf. A woman who is married to a no-good pretends to be single in order to win over a cowpoke who knows the location of the Lost Dutchman gold mine. Interesting juxtaposing of the past and present in this well made and acted grim tale of greed and murder; reworked as Secret of Treasure Mountain (q.v.).

2483  Lust in the Dust  Fox Run, 1984. 87 min. Color. D: Paul Bartel. SC: Philip Taylor. With Tab Hunter, Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead), Lainie Kazan, Geoffrey Lewis, Henry Silva, Cesar Romero, Woody Strode, Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Gina Gallego, Nedia Volz, Courtney Gains, Daniel Fushman, Erni Shinagawa. A woman attacked by an outlaw gang meets a mysterious gunman and they go to a town where the populace is after hidden treasure. Outlandish, but surprisingly funny, R-rated genre satire, filmed in New Mexico.

2484  Lust to Kill  Barjul International/Emerson, 1960. 69 min. D: Oliver Drake. SC: Sam Roeca and Tom Hubbard. With Jim Davis, Don Megowan, Allison Hayes, Gerald Milton, Toni Turner, Sandra Giles, Tom Hubbard, Claire Carleton, John Holland, James Maloney, Fred Sherman, Roger Williams, Al Terry, Gene Street. An outlaw’s girlfriend helps him escape from a lawman so he can get revenge on the gang who killed his brother. Low grade but violent, and near adult, action feature made in 1957; TV title: Border Lust.

2485  The Lusty Men  RKO Radio, 1952. 113 min. D: Nicholas Ray. SC: Horace McCoy and David Dortort. With Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur Hunnicutt, Frank Faylen, Walter Coy, Carol Nugent, Maria Hart, Lorna Thayer, Burt Mustin, Karen King, Jimmie Dodd, Eleanor Todd, Riley Hill, Robert Bray, Sheb Wooley, Marshall Reed, Paul E. Burns, Dennis Moore, George Wallace, Lane Bradford, Glenn Strange, George Sherwood, Lane Chandler, Ralph Volkie. A veteran rodeo star trains a younger performer while both vie for the love of a hell-raising woman. Neatly done tale of the rodeo circuit, especially well acted by its trio of stars.

2486  Lynch Mob  20th Century–Fox, 1955. 45 min. D: Gerd Oswald. SC: David Dortort. With Cameron Mitchell, E.G. Marshall, Robert Wagner, Wallace Ford, Raymond Burr, Hope Emerson, Jay Brooks, Taylor Holmes, Walter Sande, Russell Simpson, Ray Teal, Robert Adler, Michael Ansara, James Westerfield, Willis Bouchey, Tyler MacDuff, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr., Robert Griffin, Kermit Maynard, Robert Foulk, Nacho Galindo, Eddie Erwin, Eddie Firestone. When a cattleman is murdered three strangers are accused of the crime and threatened with hanging. Nice small screen adaptation of The Ox-Bow Incident (q.v.), originally telecast November 2, 1955, on “The 20th Century–Fox Hour” (CBS-TV, 1955–57); available to TV as a feature film and issued abroad theatrically.

2487  The Macahans  ABC-TV/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1976. 125 min. Color. D: Bernard McEveety. SC: Jim Byrnes. With James Arness, Eva Marie Saint, Richard Kiley, Bruce Boxleitner, Kathryn Holcomb, William Kirby Cullen, Vicki Schreck, Gene Evans, Vic Mohica, Frank Ferguson, Ann Doran, Ben Wilson, Mel Stevens, Rudy Diaz, John Crawford, William Conrad (narrator). On the eve of the Civil War, a Virginia farmer decides to move his family West and enlists the help of his brother, a mountain scout. This telefeature was a big ratings favorite as well as solid entertainment; James Arness is specially good as Zeb Macahan. It was followed by the mini-series “How the West Was Won” (ABC-TV, 1977–79).

James Arness in The Macahans (ABC-TV, 1976).

Machismo—40 Graves for 40 Guns see 40 Graves for 40 Guns

2488  Macho Callahan  Avco-Embassy, 1970. 110 min. Color. D: Bernard Kowalski. SC: Cliff Gould. With David Janssen, Jean Seberg, Lee J. Cobb, James Booth, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., David Carradine, Anne Revere, Richard Anderson, Matt Clark, Richard Evans, Bo Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Cyril Delevanti, William Bryant, Bob Morgan, Bucklind Beery, Steve Raines, Ian Scott, David Carlile, Bill Catching, Mike Masters, Jim (James) Gammon, Curt Conway, Ron Soble, John McKee. During the Civil War, a man escapes from prison and schemes to get even with those who put him there. None-too-good oater helped by Mexican locales.

2489  MacKenna’s Gold  Columbia, 1969. 128 min. Color. D: J. Lee Thompson. SC: Carl Foreman. With Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Camilla Sparv, Keenan Wynn, Julie Newmar, Eli Wallach, Raymond Massey, Edward G. Robinson, Anthony Quayle, Burgess Meredith, Lee J. Cobb, Eduardo Ciannelli, Rudy Diaz, Ted Cassidy, Dick Peabody, Robert Phillips, J. Robert Porter, Pepe Callahan, Duke Hobbie, Trevor Bardette, Madeleine Taylor Holmes, John Garfield, Jr., Shelley Morrison, Victor Jory (narrator). A group of people try to find a lost canyon filled with gold but are not only at odds with themselves but also with Apaches and the cavalry. Surprisingly poor big budget Western hurt by pre-release cuts.

2490  MacKintosh and T.J.  Penland, 1975. 96 min. Color. D: Marvin Chomsky. SC: Paul Savage. With Roy Rogers, Clay O’Brien, Billy Green Bush, Joan Hackett, Andrew Robinson, James Hampton, Walter Barnes, Dean Smith, Larry Mahan. An aging drifter takes a homeless youth under his wing, together they fight a rabies epidemic and hunt for a madman hiding on a large ranch. Roy Rogers’ return to the screen is a pleasant affair sadly overlooked when first shown; music by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and The Waylors. Reissued in 1984.

2491  Mad at the Moon  Republic, 1992. 98 min. Color. D: Martin Donovan. SC: Martin Donovan and Richard Pelusi. With Mary Stuart Masterson, Hart Bochner, Stephen Blake, Fionnula Flanagan, Melissa Moore, Pat Atkins, Tom Mustin, Daphne Zuniga, Eleanor Baggett, Stephen Cole, Cec Verrell, Colin Firth, Cameron Frankley, Lori Ashton, Stephen Cole, Barbara Dow, Travis Jordan Marsh, Kathy Messick, Bob Shurtleff, Morgan Stuart, Jonathan Tripp, Hank Stone, Jackie Stansbury, Michael Sladek, Alix Koromzay, Reed Hollister, Raymond de Felitta. Although she loves a gunslinger, a young woman marries a sodbuster not realizing he turns into a werewolf during the cycle of the full moon. Fair horror Western with an unimpressive monster.

2492  Mad Dog  Cinema Shares, 1980. 110 min. Color. D-SC: Philippe Mora. With Dennis Hopper, Jack Thomson, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Michael Pate, Wallace Eaton, Bill Hunter, John Hargreaves, Martin Harris, Robin Ramsay, David John, Philip Ross, Norman Kaye. The story of famous nineteenth century Australian outlaw “Mad Dog” Morgan. Relatively entertaining R-rated Western from Australia that won the John Ford Memorial Award as Best Western of the Year in 1976. Originally released in Australia in 1976 as Mad Dog Morgan at 93 minutes.

Mad Dog Morgan see Mad Dog

The Mad Trapper see Challenge to Be Free

2493  A Made-to-Order Hero  Universal, 1928. 50 min. D: Edgar Lewis. SC: William Lester and Gardner Bradford. With Ted Wells, Marjorie Bonner, Pearl Sindelar, Jack Pratt, Ben Corbett, Pee Wee Holmes, Scotty Mattraw, Dick L’Estrange. Wanting to marry his sweetheart, a ranch owner sets up a fake stage holdup to impress her aunt with his heroics only to find out the men he hired are actually outlaws who abduct the girl and steal her aunt’s jewels. Rather fun silent Western giving viewers a chance to see Ted Wells in his heyday.

2494  Madron  Four Star/Excelsior, 1971. 92 min. Color. D: Jerry Hopper. SC: Edward Chappell and Leo McMahon. With Richard Boone, Leslie Caron, Paul Smith, Gabi Amrani, Chaim Banai, Avraham Telya, Willy Gafni, Aharon Ipale, Yaakov Banai, Sami Shmueli, Mosko Alkalay. A nun, the sole survivor of an Indian attack on a group of French Canadian sisters, is found by a hunter and the two are captured by brutal drifters. Less than average oater filmed in Israel.

2495  The Magnificent Bandits  Tritone/Medusa, 1971. 90 min. Color. D: Giovanni Fago. SC: Giovanni Fago, Antonio Troisio, Bernardino Zappoin and Jose Luis Jerez. With Tomas Milian, Ugo Pagliani, Eduardo Fajardo, Howard Ross (Renato Rossini), Alfredo Santa Cruz, Jesus Guzman, Leo Anchoriz, Claudio Scarchelli. In 1920s Brazil, farmers unite to fight the government over the destruction of their farmlands. Well made Italian feature, originally called O Cangaceiro (Bandit), set in South America.

2496  Magnificent Roughnecks  Allied Artists, 1956. 75 min. D: Sherman A. Rose. SC: Stephen Kandel. With Jack Carson, Mickey Rooney, Nancy Gates, Jeff Donnell, Myron Healey, Willis Bouchey, Eric Feldary, Alan Wells, Frank Gerstle, Larry Carr, Matty Fain, Joe Locke. Two oil wildcatters in South America try to bring in a new series of wells but meet with opposition. Very boring “comedy” with surprisingly poor results from the potentially great teaming of Jack Carson and Mickey Rooney.

2497  The Magnificent Seven  United Artists, 1960. 126 min. Color. D: John Sturges. SC: William Roberts. With Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, Vladimir Sokoloff, Rosenda Monteros, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Whit Bissell, Val Avery, Bing Russell, Rico Alaniz, Robert Wilke. The inhabitants of a remote Mexican village obtain the services of seven hired guns to protect them from the ravages of bandits. Finely done and near classic Western that is a refashioning of the famous 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai.

Advertisement for The Magnificent Seven (United Artists, 1960).

2498  The Magnificent Seven Ride!  United Artists, 1972. 100 min. Color. D: George McGowan. SC: Arthur Rowe. With Lee Van Cleef, Stefanie Powers, Mariette Hartley, Michael Callan, Luke Askew, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., William Lucking, James B. Sikking, Melissa Murphy, Darrell Larson, Ed Lauter, Carolyn Conwell, Jason Wingreen, Allyn Ann McLerie, Elizabeth Thompson, Ralph Waite, Rita Rogers, Robert Jaffe, Gary Busey, Rodolfo Acosta. When his bride is kidnapped by outlaws, an ex-gunman joins a friend in trying to find her and they end up helping five escaped convicts defend a town against the gang. Fourth feature in “The Magnificent Seven” series and a pretty good one.

Stefanie Powers and Lee Van Cleef in The Magnificent Seven Ride! (United Artists, 1972).

2499  The Magnificent Texan  Hispano Foxfilms, S.A., 1967. 103 min. Color. D: Lewis King (Luigi Capuano). SC: Luigi Capuano, Arpad DeRiso and Manuel Martinez Remis. With Glenn Saxson, John Barracuda (Massimo Serato), Barbara Loy, Benny Deus, Gloria Osuna, Lola Larsen (Fulvia Franco), George Greenwood (Giorgio Cerioni), Nerki Berkoff (Nerio Bernardi), Luis Induni, Richard Stark (Ricardo Pizzuti), Mary Sullivan (Mirella Pamphili), Patricia Carr (Rossella Bergamonti), Helen Wart (Anna Miserocchi), Glauco Onorato, Osiride Pevarello, Mimmo Poli, Roberto Messina, Egnazio Balsamo, Elio Angelucci. While seeking revenge for the massacre of his parents fifteen years before, a gunman helps Mexican peons oppressed by a cruel landowner and his son. Average, but overlong, Spanish Western originally released as Il Magnifico Texano (The Magnificent Texan).

2500  Mail Order Bride  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1974. 83 min. Color. D-SC: Burt Kennedy. With Buddy Ebsen, Keir Dullea, Lois Nettleton, Warren Oates, Barbara Luna, Bill Smith, Jimmy Mathers, Marie Windsor, Paul Fix, Doodles Weaver, Denver Pyle, Kathleen Freeman, Abigail Shelton, Diane Sayer, Ted Ryan. A reckless young man inherits a ranch but his guardian feels he needs to settle down so he sends for a bride for his charge. Fair genre comedy helped by a good cast.

2501  Major Dundee  Columbia, 1965. 124 min. Color. D: Sam Peckinpah. SC: Harry Julian Fink, Oscar Paul and Sam Peckinpah. With Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson, Jr., Senta Berger, Mario Adorf, Brock Peters, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, R.G. Armstrong, L.Q. Jones, Slim Pickens, Karl Swenson, Michael Pate, John Davis Chandler, Dub Taylor, Albert Carter, Jose Carlos Ruiz. With a group of Confederate prison volunteers, a Union Army major tries to capture a rampaging Indian leader and his band in New Mexico territory. Colorful oater with a fine cast and script. Restored DVD version runs 136 minutes.

2502  A Man Alone  Republic, 1955. 96 min. Color. D: Ray Milland. SC: John Tucker Battle. With Ray Milland, Mary Murphy, Ward Bond, Raymond Burr, Arthur Space, Lee Van Cleef, Alan Hale, Douglas Spencer, Thomas Browne Henry, Grandon Rhodes, Martin Garralaga, Kim Spalding, Howard Negley, Julian Rivero, Lee Roberts, Minerva Urecal, Thorpe Whiteman, Dick Rich, Frank Hagney. A loner mistakenly accused of murder is hunted by the law but sheltered by the sheriff’s pretty daughter. Ray Milland made his directorial debut and did a good job helming and starring in this very fine drama which is basically a silent movie for the first third of its running time; well worth seeing.

2503  Man and Boy  Levitt-Pickman, 1972. 98 min. Color. D: E.W. Swackhamer. SC: Harry Essex and Oscar Paul. With Bill Cosby, George Spell, Floria Foster, Douglas Turner Ward, Yaphet Kotto, Shelley Morrison, Leif Erickson, John Anderson, Henry Silva, Dub Taylor. A black Civil War veteran and his little son are on the trail of the thief who stole their horse. Standard drama aimed at the family trade.

2504  The Man Behind the Gun  Warner Bros., 1952. 82 min. Color. D: Felix Feist. SC: John Twist. With Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson, Lina Romay, Roy Roberts, Morris Ankrum, Alan Hale (Jr.), Douglas Fowley, Anthony Caruso, Clancy Cooper, Robert Cabal, James Brown, Reed Howes, Rory Mallinson, John Logan, Vicki Raaf, Lee Morgan, Edward Hearn, Terry Frost, Charles Horvath, Art Millan, Rex Lease, James Bellah, Jack Parker, Billy Vincent, Alberto Morin, Edward Colmans, Ray Spiker, Herbert Deans. In 1850 one of the founders of Los Angeles tries to keep the territory from splitting into slave and non-slave holding areas. Fast moving historical drama sure to please Randolph Scott fans.

Man Called Blade see Mannaja

2505  Man Called Django  14 Luglio Cinematographica, 1971. 90 min. Color. D: Edward G. Muller (Edoardo Mulargia). SC: Nino Stresa. With Anthony Steffen, Stelio Candelli, Clauco Onorato, Cris Avram, Esmeralda Barros, Donato Castellaneta, Benito Stefanelli, Riccardo Pizzuti, Simone Blondell, Furio Meniconi, Alessandro Perrella, Paolo Figlia, Attilio Severini, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Gilberto Galimberti, Remo Capitani, Lorenzo Piani, Fortunato Arena. On the trail of the bandits who raped and murdered his lover, Django saves a horse thief from hanging and the two go after the killers. Another violent, but entertaining, Spaghetti Western also called Viva! Django.

2506  A Man Called Gannon  Universal, 1969. 105 min. Color. D: James Goldstone. SC: Gene Kearney, Borden Chase and D.D. Beauchamp. With Tony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin, Judi West, Susan Oliver, John Anderson, David Sheiner, James Westerfield, Gavin MacLeod, Eddie Firestone, Ed Peck, Harry Davis, Robert Sorrells, Terry Wilson, Eddra Gale, Harry Basch, James Callahan, Cliff Potter, Jason Evers, Jack Perkins. A cowboy makes a young Easterner his protégé and when they takes jobs with a widowed ranch owner they find themselves at odds with neighbors over the size of their herd. Tepid remake of Man Without a Star (q.v.).

2507  Man Called Gringo  International Germania/Procusa/Domiziana, 1964. 90 min. Color. D: Roy Rowland. SC: Clarke Reynolds and Helmut Harun. With Gotz George, Alexandra Stewart, Helmut Schmid, Dan Martin, Sieghardt Rupp, Silvia Solar, Peter Tordy. A stranger arrives in a Western town to unravel a twenty year old mystery involving his father. Violent oater from Europe, this one an Italian-Spanish-West German co-production released in West Germany as Sie Nannten ihn Gringo (They Call Him Gringo).

2508  A Man Called Horse  National General, 1970. 114 min. D: Elliott Silverstein. SC: Jack De Witt. With Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon, Manu Tupou, Dub Taylor, Corinna Tsopei, William Jordan, James Gammon, Eddie Little Sky, Manuel Padilla, Iron Eyes Cody, Lina Marin. While on a hunting expedition in the Dakotas, a British nobleman is captured by the Sioux Indians and made their slave. Interesting but brutal and gory drama that resulted in two sequels, Return of a Man Called Horse and Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (qq.v.).

2509  The Man Called Noon  National General, 1973. 97 min. Color. D: Peter Collinson. SC: Scott Finch. With Richard Crenna, Stephen Boyd, Rosanna Schiaffino, Farley Granger, Patty Shepard, Angel Del Pozzo, Howard Ross (Renato Rossini), Aldo Sambrell, Jose Jaspe, Charley (Carlos) Bravo, Ricardo Palacios, Fernando Hilbeck, Bruce Fisher. Aided by the woman who loves him, an amnesiac gunman searches for his identity and hidden loot. Based on Louis L’Amour’s novel, this Spaghetti Western is better than most such fare, helped by fine characterizations; released in Italy as Lo Chiamavano Mezzogiorno (They Call Him Noon).

2510  A Man Called Sledge  Columbia, 1971. 92 min. Color. D: Vic Morrow and (uncredited) Giorgio Gentili. SC: Vic Morrow and Frank Kowalsky. With James Garner, Dennis Weaver, Claude Akins, John Marley, Laura Antonelli, Allan Jones, Ken Clark, Tony Young, Wayde Preston, Steffan Zacharias, Paola Barbara, Mario Valgoi, Lorenzo Piani, Laura Betti, Franco Giornelli. A wanted outlaw joins three men in stealing a half-million dollars in gold from a prison but the gang then has a falling out over the loot. Okay oater mainly for James Garner fans.

2511  The Man from Bitter Ridge  Universal-International, 1955. 80 min. Color. D: Jack Arnold. SC: Lawrence Roman and Teddi Sherman. With Lex Barker, Mara Corday, Stephen McNally, Trevor Bardette, Ray Teal, John Dehner, Myron Healey, Warren Stevens, Richard Garland, Jennings Miles, John Cliff, John Harmon, Frank Sully, Bob Herron, Elizabeth Slifer, Lane Chandler, Henry Rowland, Rick Vallin, Dan White, Brick Sullivan, Chuck Hamilton, Lee Morgan, Reg Parton, George DeNormand, Billy Dix, Ed Hinton, Paul McGuire, Robert Paquin, Joel Allen, Martin Cichy, Jack Gargan, Dennis Moore (voice). While working undercover to learn who is behind several stage holdups, a special agent is accused of the robberies by the outlaws. Fast moving Lex Barker vehicle with good direction by Jack Arnold.

2512  The Man from Black Hills  Monogram, 1952. 57 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison, Rand Brooks, Stanley Andrews, Florence Lake, Robert Bray, I. Stanford Jolley, Lane Bradford, Denver Pyle, Stanley Price, Ray Bennett, Joel Allen, Bud Osborne, Merrill McCormick. When a man finds his long lost father he also discovers another fellow is masquerading as him in order to inherit a mine. Average Johnny Mack Brown film with a bit different plot.

2513  The Man from Button Willow  AFC Filmmakers/United Screen Arts, 1965. 81 min. Color. D-SC: David Detiege. With Dale Robertson, Howard Keel, Edgar Buchanan, Barbara Jean Wong, Herschel Bernardi, Ross Martin, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Edward Platt, Clarence Nash, Buck Buchanan, Thurl Rovenscraft, John Hiestand, Shep Menken, Pinto Colvig (voices). In 1869 the first undercover agent tries to help settlers being fleeced of their lands during the construction of the intercontinental railroad. Fairly pleasing animated feature aimed at the juvenile market.

2514  Man from Cheyenne  Republic, 1942. 60 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Winston Miller. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Sally Payne, Gale Storm, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Lynne Carver, William Haade, James Seay, Jack Ingram, Jack Kirk, Fred Burns, Jack Rockwell, Al Taylor, Chick Hannon, Art Dillard, Frank Brownlee, Ivan Miller, Monte Montague, Guy Usher, Ed Peil, Sr., Lynton Brent, Spade Cooley, Bob Burns, Foxy Callahan, Joe Yrigoyen, Ted Mapes, Eddie Lee, Tommy Coats. An outlaw gang terrorizes a small town and a cowboy returns home to try and stop them. Typical Roy Rogers film with enough action and songs to keep it going.

2515  The Man from Colorado  Columbia, 1949. 99 min. Color. D: Henry Levin. SC: Robert D. Andrews and Ben Maddow. With Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew, Ray Collins, Edgar Buchanan, Jerome Courtland, James Millican, Jim Bannon, Bill Phillips, Denver Pyle, James Bush, Mikel Conrad, David Clarke, Ian MacDonald, Clarence Chase, Stanley Andrews, Myron Healey, Craig Reynolds, Ray Teal, Fred Coby, Walter Baldwin, Eddie Fetherston, Pat O’Malley, Ben Corbett, Ray Hyke, Symona Boniface, Fred F. Sears, Fred Graff. A vicious Army officer is appointed a federal judge for Colorado Territory and he uses the bench to destroy his enemies. A different kind of offering with good acting and lots of violence.

2516  The Man from Dakota  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949. 74 min. D: Leslie Fenton. SC: Lawrence Stallings. With Wallace Beery, Dolores Del Rio, John Howard, Donald Meek, Robert Barrat, Addison Richards, Frederick Burton, William Haade, John Wray, Gregory Gaye, John Butler, Francis Ford, Wade Boteler, Hugh Sothern, Edward Hearn, Howard Hickman, Karl Hackett, Frank Hagney, Selmer Jackson, Frank M. Thomas, Erville Alderson, Tom Fadden, George Magrill, Buddy Roosevelt, Ted Oliver, Hal Wynants, Louise Robinson. A Union prisoner of war who has a bad past attempts to redeem himself by stealing Confederate secret plans, escapes from jail with another inmate and heads north to deliver the papers to General Grant. Seriocomic feature sure to please Wallace Beery fans.

2517  The Man from Death Valley  Monogram, 1931. 64 min. D: Lloyd Nosler. SC: G.A. Durlam. With Tom Tyler, Betty Mack, Si Jenks, Gino Corrado, John Oscar, Stanley Blystone, Hank Bell, Bob Roper. When a cowboy arrives home to find his girl engaged to a lawyer he overhears a plan to rob the bank and he does it himself to keep the crooks from getting the money. Confused, low grade Tom Tyler offering.

2518  The Man from Del Rio  United Artists, 1956. 82 min. D: Harry Horner. SC: Richard Carr. With Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, Peter Whitney, Douglas Fowley, John Larch, Whit Bissell, Douglas Spencer, Guinn Williams, Barry Atwater, Otto Waldis, Marc Hamilton, Carl Thayler, Adrienne Marden, Paul Harber, Bill Erwin, Jack Hogan, Frank Richards, Katherine DeMille. A Mexican bandit wins respect for himself when he tires to save a village from a brutal outlaw gang. Still another telling of the old story but a film that is not without merit.

2519  The Man from Galveston  Warner Bros., 1964. 57 min. D: William Conrad. SC: Dean Riesner and Michael Zagor. With Jeffrey Hunter, Preston Foster, James Coburn, Joanna Moore, Edward Andrews, Kevin Hagen, Martin West, Ed Nelson, Karl Swenson, Grace Lee Whitley, Claude Stroud, Sherwood Price, Arthur Malet, Marjorie Bennett. Sam Houston’s lawyer son, Temple Houston, comes to a small Texas town to defend a woman accused of murder. Entertaining pilot to “Temple Houston” (NBC-TV, 1963–64) that was issued theatrically.

2520  The Man from God’s Country  Phil Goldstone, 1924. 50 min. D: Alvin J. Neitz (Alan James). SC: George C. Hill. With William Fairbanks, Dorothy Revier, Lew Meehan, Milton Ross, Carl Silvera, Andrew Waldron. Two pals, an American cowboy and his Mexican vaquero buddy, fall for the same pretty girl but the former is blamed when she is brutalized by a ranch foreman. Slow melodrama from the silent days, also called Borderland Rangers.

2521  Man from God’s Country  Allied Artists, 1958. 72 min. Color. D: Paul Landres. SC: George Waggner. With George Montgomery, Susan Cummings, Randy Stuart, House Peters, Jr., James Griffith, Kim Charney, Frank Wilcox, Gregg Barton, Philip Terry, Al Wyatt, Kenneth MacDonald, I. Stanford Jolley, Kermit Maynard, Frank Sully, Byron Foulger, Ted Mapes. In Montana ranchers work together to obtain land needed by the railroad and are opposed by a fast shooting sheriff and his pal. Tame outing mainly for George Montgomery fans.

2522  The Man from Guntown  Puritan, 1935. 60 min. D: Ford Beebe. SC: Ford Beebe and Thomas H. Ince, Jr. With Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, Rex Lease, Jack Clifford, Wheeler Oakman, Bob McKenzie, Jack Rockwell, George Chesebro, Eva McKenzie, Eddie Gribbon, Horace B. Carpenter, Hank Bell, George Pierce, Charles King, Oscar Gahan, Bud Pope, Chuck Baldra. Falsely accused of a crime, a cowboy is helped by the town marshal to break jail so he can get the goods on the real culprit. Pretty good Tim McCoy outing with a nice story and direction.

2523  The Man from Hell  Willis Kent, 1934. 58 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Melville Shyer. With Reb Russell, Fred Kohler, Ann D’Arcy, George Hayes, Jack Rockwell, Yakima Canutt, Slim Whitaker, Roy D’Arcy, Tracy Layne, Mary Gordon, Tommy Bupp, Charles K. French, Murdock MacQuarrie, Ben Corbett, Jack Kirk, Bud McClure, Hank Bell, Ray Jones. After being released from Yuma Prison a man tries to get proof of his innocence by bringing in the one who framed him. Better than expected Reb Russell vehicle enhanced by a fine cast.

2524  The Man from Hell’s Edges  World Wide, 1932. 60 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With Bob Steele, Nancy Drexel, Julian Rivero, Robert Homans, George Hayes, Gilbert “Pee Wee” Holmes, Earl Dwire, Dick Dickinson, Perry Murdock, Blackie Whiteford, Bud Osborne, Blackjack Ward, Jack Evans, Ray Henderson, Duke Green, Buck Bucko, Buck Carey. Escaping from prison and ending up in a small town, a young man saves the sheriff’s life, becomes his deputy and begins to suspect a caballero is the leader of an outlaw gang. Above average Bob Steele movie with a fine performance by Julian Rivero as the slick villain, Lobo. The “Hell’s Edges” in the title refers to the Walla Walla, Washington, penitentiary.

2525  The Man from Laramie  Columbia, 1955. 104 min. Color. D: Anthony Mann. SC: Philip Yordan and Frank Burt. With James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O’Donnell, Alex Nicol, Aline MacMahon, Wallace Ford, Jack Elam, John War Cloud, James Millican, Gregg Barton, Boyd Stockman, Frank DeKova, Frosty Royce, Eddy Waller, Frank Cordell, Bill Catching, Jack Carry. A mule team driver tries to find the men who murdered his younger brother. Exciting revenge melodrama with fine production values.

2526  The Man from Montana  Universal, 1941. 57 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Bennett Cohen. With Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Jeanne Kelly (Jean Brooks), Butch and Buddy, Nell O’Day, William Gould, James Blaine, Richard Alexander, Karl Hackett, Edmund Cobb, Kermit Maynard, Murdock MacQuarrie, The King’s Men, Frank Ellis, Blackjack Ward, Tex Phelps. A crook tries to start a range war between homesteaders and ranchers because he wants both their land and cattle. Okay Johnny Mack Brown affair with a quartet of tunes, including “Little Joe the Wrangler.”

2527  The Man from Monterey  Warner Bros., 1933. 57 min. D: Mack V. Wright. SC: Lesley Mason. With John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Luis Alberni, Francis Ford, Nina Quartero, Lafe McKee, Donald Reed, Lillian Leighton, Slim Whitaker, Jim Corey, Tom London, Chris-Pin Martin, Frank Ellis, Clarence Geldert, Joe Dominguez, Blackjack Ward, George Hazel, Bud McClure, Hank Bell, Jack Evans, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko, Jack Kirk, Denver Dixon. In Old California an Army captain tries to persuade a Spanish rancher to register his property which is being sought by a dishonest neighbor whose son is courting the man’s daughter. Very good costume drama, the last in John Wayne’s Warner Bros. Four Star Western series; a remake of Ken Maynard’s Canyon of Adventure (First National, 1927).

2528  The Man from Montreal  Universal, 1940. 60 min. D: Christy Cabanne. SC: Owen Francis. With Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Anne Gwynne, Jerry Marlowe, Kay Sutton, Reed Hadley, Addison Richards, Tom Whitten, Lane Chandler, Don Brodie, Karl Hackett, Pat Flaherty, Eddy Waller, William Royle, Eddy Conrad. A trapper falsely arrested for carrying stolen pelts tries to find the real fur thieves. Fast paced north woods melodrama, part of the Richard Arlen-Andy Devine series of action films for Universal.

2529  Man from Music Mountain  Republic, 1938. 58 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Bernard McConville. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, Sally Payne, Polly Jenkins and Her Plowboys, Ivan Miller, Al Terry, Dick Elliott, Hal Price, Cactus Mack, Ed Cassidy, Howard Chase, Lew Kelly, Frankie Marvin, Earl Dwire, Lloyd Ingraham, Gordon Hart, Joe Yrigoyen, Harry Harvey, Lillian Drew, Murdock MacQuarrie, Horace B. Carpenter, Lee Shumway, Tex Phelps, Bill Wolfe. Near the site of Boulder Dam, crooks try to swindle settlers by supposedly revamping a ghost town but a singing cowboy and his pals oppose them. Good Gene Autry vehicle with fine interpolation of story, music and action.

2530  Man from Music Mountain  Republic, 1943. 71 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: J. Benton Cheney and Bradford Ropes. With Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Ken Carson, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Ruth Terry, Paul Kelly, Ann Gillis, George Cleveland, Hal Taliaferro, Jay Novello, Paul Harvey, Roy Barcroft, Renie Riano, Hank Bell, I. Stanford Jolley, Jack O’Shea, Slim Whitaker, Robert Kortman, Bob Burns, Fred Burns, Jane Isbell, Isabel Lamal, Roy Butler, Timmy Miller. A radio singer’s homecoming is ruined by a dishonest rancher who uses a cattlemen versus sheep men feud to get control of new grazing licenses. Pretty entertaining Roy Rogers series film; re-titled Texas Legionaires for television.

2531  The Man from New Mexico  Monogram, 1932. 60 min. D: J.P. McCarthy. SC: Harry O. Hoyt. With Tom Tyler, Caryl Lincoln, Robert Walker, Lafe McKee, Jack Richardson, Frank Ball, Lewis Sargent, Blackie Whiteford, Slim Whitaker, Jack Long, William Nolte. A cattlemen’s association detective works undercover to find out who is rustling area herds. Okay Tom Tyler vehicle.

2532  The Man from Nowhere  Leone Film/Orphee, 1966. 107 min. Color. D: Michele Lupo. SC: Luciano Martino and Ernesto Gastaldi. With Giuliano Gemma, Corrine Marchand, Fernando Sancho, Roberto Camardiel, Rosalba Neri, Nello Pazzafini, Gianni Solaro, Mirko Ellis, Andrea Bosic, Jose Manuel Martin. A saloon owner hires a gunman to kill the man who murdered his daughter but the price includes a night with the man’s other daughter. Endlessly violent Spaghetti Western from Italy, originally called Arizona Colt.

2533  The Man from Oklahoma  Rayart, 1926. 55 min. D: Harry S. Webb and Forrest Sheldon. With Jack Perrin, Josephine Hill, Lew Meehan, Lafe McKee, Martin Turner, Edmund Cobb, Molly Malone, Bud Osborne, Buzz Barton, Jim Corey. A cowboy discovers a romantic rival committed murder and he sends his dog for the law as he fights to save the girl he loves. Fairly pleasant Jack Perrin silent effort.

2534  The Man from Oklahoma  Republic, 1945. 68 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: John K. Butler. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Dale Evans, Roger Pryor, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Ken Carson, Shug Fisher, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Arthur Loft, Maude Eburne, Sam Flint, Si Jenks, June Bryde, Elaine Lange, Charles Soldani, Edmund Cobb, George Sherwood, Eddie Kane, George Chandler, Wally West, Tex Terry, Robert Wilke, Tom London, Horace B. Carpenter, Cactus Mack. Roy Rogers becomes involved in a feud between rival ranchers that is secretly being instigated by a supposed friend. Typical Western fantasy of the time with an exciting wagon chase, good songs and the use of a movie camera to uncover the villain.

2535  The Man from Oklahoma  International Germania/Cineproduction Associates/Balcazar, 1966. 85 min. Color. D: Robert M. White (Jaime J. Balcazar). SC: Helmut Harun. With Rick Horne, Sabine Bethmann, Tom Felleghi, Leontine May, John MacDouglas (Giuseppe Addobbati), Karl Otto Alberty, George Herzog. The newly appointed sheriff of a New Mexico town believes a local rancher is behind a hated outlaw gang. Slow paced European oater, this one made in West Germany as Oklahoma John.

2536  The Man from Painted Post  Paramount-Artcraft, 1917. 55 min. D: Joseph Henaberry. SC: Douglas Fairbanks. With Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Frank Campeau, Herbert Standing, Monte Blue, Charles Stevens, W.E. Lowery. A detective is assigned to investigate the disappearance of cattle near a remote Wyoming community. Fun Douglas Fairbanks silent comedy-drama.

2537  Man from Rainbow Valley  Republic, 1946. 56 min. Color. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Betty Burbridge. With Monte Hale, Adrian Booth, Jo Ann Marlowe, Ferris Taylor, Emmett Lynn, The Sagebrush Serenaders, Bud Geary, Tom London, Kenne Duncan, Doye O’Dell, Bert Roach. A cowboy helps a comic strip writing rancher who is being swindled by a crooked rodeo owner. Monte Hale’s second film is slow going despite an interesting plot.

2538  The Man from Snowy River  20th Century–Fox, 1982. 104 min. Color. D: George Miller. SC: John Dixon. With Kirk Douglas, Jack Thompson, Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Lorraine Bayly, Chris Haywood, Terence Donovan, June Jago, Tony Bonner, Bruce Kerr, John Nash. In frontier Australia a teenager grows into manhood working for a cattle baron and falls in love with the man’s daughter. Fine Australian “Western” with good work by Kirk Douglas in dual roles as brothers.

2539  Man from Sonora  Monogram, 1951. 54 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Maurice Tombragel. With Johnny Mack Brown, Phyllis Coates, House Peters, Jr., Lyle Talbot, Lee Roberts, John Merton, Stanley Price, Dennis Moore, Ray Jones, Pierce Lyden, Sam Flint, George DeNormand, George Sowards, Ray Jones. A marshal assists a local sheriff trying to find out who is behind a bullion shipment theft and the murder of another lawman working undercover as a traveling salesman. Tired Johnny Mack Brown film from the Monogram assembly line.

2540  The Man from Sundown  Columbia, 1939. 58 min. D: Sam Nelson. SC: Paul Franklin. With Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Jack Rockwell, Alan Bridge, Richard Botiller, Robert Fiske, Ed Peil, Sr., Clem Horton, Forrest Dillon, Tex Cooper, Al Haskell, Ed Le Saint, Kit Guard, George Chesebro, Oscar Gahan, Frank Ellis. A Texas Ranger tries to find out who killed a rancher planning to testify against an outlaw gang. Average Charles Starrett vehicle.

2541  The Man from Texas  Aywon, 1924. 50 min. D-SC: Tom Mix. With Tom Mix, Goldie Colwell, Sid Jordan, Leo Maloney, Roy Watson, Inez Walker, Pat Christian, Hoot Gibson. While searching for the man responsible for his sister’s death, a cowboy falls in love with a rancher’s daughter. Tom Mix fans will find this an interesting curio, being an expanded version of his 1915 Selig two reel short of the same title.

2542  Man from Texas  Monogram, 1939. 60 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Tex Ritter, Ruth Rogers, Hal Price, Charles B. Wood, Kenne Duncan, Vic Demoruelle, Jr., Roy Barcroft, Frank Wayne, Tom London, Chick Hannon, Charles King, Sherry Tansey, Jim Thorpe, Chuck Baldra, Bud Pope, Walter Wilson. A lawman tries to help a rancher plagued by threatens and ends up against a gunman whose life he once saved. Pretty good Tex Ritter vehicle with more emphasis on drama than music.

2543  The Man from Texas  Eagle-Lion, 1948. 71 min. D: Leigh Jason. SC: Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. With James Craig, Lynn Bari, Johnny Johnston, Sara Allgood, Una Merkel, Harry Davenport, Wallace Ford, Vic Cutler, Reed Hadley, Clancy Cooper, Bert Conway, John Qualen, King Donovan, Lee Roberts, Stanley Andrews, Robert Malcolm, Eddie Dunn, Hope Landin, Charles Wagenheim, Brick Sullivan, Suzanne O’Connor, Erville Alderson, Ray Bennett, Lyle Latell, James Logan, Jim Farley, Dick Foote, Paul E. Burns, Glen Arthur. The El Paso Kid, a once notorious outlaw, weds and tries to lead a peaceful life but his past keeps following him. Okay feature with good work by James Craig in the lead; based on the play by E.B.Ginty.

2544  The Man from the Alamo  Universal-International, 1953. 79 min. Color. D: Budd Boetticher. SC: Steve Fisher and D.D. Beauchamp. With Glenn Ford, Julia (Julie) Adams, Chill Wills, Victor Jory, Hugh O’Brian, Neville Brand, Jeanne Cooper, Marc Cavell, Edward Norris, Guy Williams, Dennis Weaver, John (Daheim) Day, Dan Poore, Myra Marsh, George Eldredge, Howard Negley, Kenneth MacDonald, Trevor Bardette, Stuart Randall, Arthur Space, John McKee, Evan Loew, Robert Carson, Chuck Hamilton, Brett Halsey, Guy Wilkerson, Smoki Whitfield, Walter Reed, Robert Smiley, Stuart Whitman, David Sharpe, Jack Mower, Ethan Laidlaw, Alberto Morin, Robert F. Hoy, Frank Wilcox, Monte Montague, Emile Avery, Eddie Parker, Fred Coby, Richard Cutting, Helen Gibson, Carl Andre, Polly Burson, Erik Neilson, Patsy Weil. A man leaves the Alamo to warn settlers of Santa Anna’s advance and later finds himself branded a coward. Good action melodrama and interesting historical fiction.

2545  The Man from the Rio Grande  Republic, 1943. 55 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Don “Red” Barry, Wally Vernon, Twinkle Watts, Kirk Alyn, Nancy Gay, Roy Barcroft, Harry Cording, Paul Scardon, LeRoy Mason, Earle Hodgins, Kenneth Terrell, Robert E. Homans, Tom London, Bud Geary, Kenne Duncan, Jack Kirk, Jack O’Shea, Kansas Moehring. A man murders his brother in order to inherit a big cattle ranch but a cowboy and his pal plan to expose him. Only average Don Barry series entry.

2546  The Man from Thunder River  Republic, 1943. 55 min. D: John English. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Wild Bill Elliott, George “Gabby” Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, Ian Keith, John James, Georgia Cooper, Jack Ingram, Eddie Lee, Charles King, Bud Geary, Jack Rockwell, Ed Cassidy, Roy Brent, Alan Bridge, Al Taylor, Edmund Cobb, Robert Barron, Jack O’Shea, Curley Dresden, Frank McCarroll. When he tries to find out who is stealing gold ore, Wild Bill Elliott ends up saving a woman’s life. Strong “Wild Bill Elliott” series film, well written and directed.

2547  The Man from Tumbleweeds  Columbia, 1940. 59 min. D: Joseph H. Lewis. SC: Charles Francis Royal. With Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Dub Taylor, Raphael (Ray) Bennett, Francis Walker, Ernie Adams, Al Hill, Stanley Brown, Richard Fiske, Ed LeSaint, Don Beddoe, Eddie Laughton, John Tyrrell, Edward Cecil, Jack Low, Olin Francis, Jay Lawrence, Bruce Bennett, George Chesebro, Hank Bell, Steve Clark, Ray Jones, Buel Bryant, Frank McCarroll, Art Dillard, Jack Evans, Blackie Whiteford, Herman Howlin, Ray Jones, George Fiske, Jack King, George Hazel, Billy Wilson, Tex Cooper, Jack Tornek. Wild Bill Saunders enlists the help of parolees to help bring law and order to a town controlled by an outlaw gang. Speedy and entertaining “Wild Bill Saunders” series episode with fine work by Ray Bennett as the villainous Powder Kilgore.

2548  The Man from Utah  Monogram, 1934. 55 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Lindsley Parsons. With John Wayne, Polly Ann Young, Ed Peil, Sr., Anita Campillo, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Lafe McKee, George Cleveland, Earl Dwire, Artie Ortego, Tex Phelps, Archie Ricks, Phil Dunham, Perry Murdock, Tex Palmer, Silver Tip Baker, Herman Hack, Bud McClure, Sam Garrett. A cowboy tries to get the goods on a gang of crooks committing murders on the rodeo circuit. Action filled John Wayne “Lone Star” Western hurt by poorly interpolated stock rodeo footage; Wayne sings (dubbed by Jack Kirk) “Desert Breeze.” Remade as Utah Trail (q.v.) and colorized as Rodeo Racketeers.

2549  The Man in the Saddle  Columbia, 1951. 87 min. Color. D: Andre De Toth. SC: Kenneth Gamet. With Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox, John Russell, Richard Rober, Alfonso Bedoya, Guinn Williams, Clem Bevans, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Crane, Frank Sully, George Lloyd, James Kirkwood, Frank Hagney, Don Beddoe, George Wallace, Frank Ellis, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Reed Howes, John Crawford, G. Raymond Nye, Kermit Maynard, Jim Mason, Herman Hack, Augie Gomez, Bob Burns, Frank O’Connor, Rosa Turich, Dorothy Phillips, Peter Virgo, Charles Rivero, Curley Gibson, Ada Adams, David O. McCall. A wealthy rancher swears revenge on a neighbor who has the love of the man’s wife. Nicely made and entertaining Randolph Scott feature greatly enhanced by Tennessee Ernie Ford’s singing of the title song throughout.

2550  Man in the Shadow  Universal-International, 1957. 80 min. D: Jack Arnold. SC: Gene L. Coon. With Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Colleen Miller, Ben Alexander, Barbara Lawrence, John Larch, James Gleason, Royal Dano, Paul Fix, Leo Gordon, Martin Garralaga, Mario Siletti, Charles Horvath, William Schallert, Joseph J. Greene, Forrest Lewis, Harry Harvey, Sr., Joe Schneider, Mort Mills. A Mexican youth dies after being ordered beaten by the owner of a large ranch and an honest sheriff tries to find who killed the boy and why. Fairly interesting, but brooding, modern-day oater from producer Albert Zugsmith.

2551  Man in the Wilderness  Warner Bros., 1971. 105 min. Color. D: Richard C. Sarafian. SC: Jack DeWitt. With Richard Harris, Henry Wilcoxon, John Huston, Prunella Ransome, John Bindon, Ben Carruthers, James Doohan, Bruce M. Fisher, Percy Herbert, Bryan Marshall, Norman Rossington, Robert Russell, Dennis Waterman, Paul Castro, Judith Furst, Manolo Landau, William Layton, Sheila Raynor, Joaquin Solis, Dean Selmier, Ines Acosta, Tony Cyrus, Tamara Sie, Martha Tuck, Rudy Althoff, Peggy (bear). In the northwest in 1820 a trapper is left for dead after being mauled by a bear and he fights to survive and get back to civilization. Rugged outdoor drama.

2552  Man of Conquest  Republic, 1938. 97 min. D: George Nichols, Jr. SC: Wells Root, Jan Fortune and E.E. Paramore, Jr. With Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine, Edward Ellis, George Hayes, Victor Jory, Robert Barrat, C. Henry Gordon, Robert Armstrong, Ralph Morgan, Max Terhune, Janet Beecher, Pedro de Cordoba, George (Montgomery) Letz, Guy Wilkerson, Charles Stevens, Hal Taliaferro, Lane Chandler, Ethan Laidlaw, Edmund Cobb, Billy Benedict, Tex Cooper, Kathleen Lockhart, Leon Ames, Ferris Taylor, Francis Sayles, Arthur Aylesworth, Max Waizman, Russell Hicks, Stanley Blystone, William Desmond, Fred Kohler, Jr., George J. Lewis, Mary MacLaren, Fay McKenzie, Buddy Roosevelt, Jason Robards, Harry Strang, Slim Whitaker, Ernie Adams, Budd Buster, Richard Botiller, George Morrell, Nelson McDowell, Merrill McCormick, Tom Chatterson, Pauline Haddon, Edward Hearn, Jack Ingram, Cy Kendall, Chris-Pin Martin, Jane Keckley, Earle Hodgins, Edward Earle, Chief Yowlachie, Horace Murphy, Robert Wilke, Rosa Turich, Bill Nestell, Frank O’Connor, Sarah Padden, Chief Thundercloud, Cyril Ring, William Royle, Jim Thorpe, Helen Brown, Chief Many Treaties, Olaf Hytten, Otto Hoffman, Sam Harris, Mildred Gover, Jack Gargan, Iron Eyes Cody, Rube Dalroy, Sonny Chorre, Noble “Kid” Chissel, Rose Plummer, Bill Wolfe, Ethyl May Halls. The story of Sam Houston, from his days as governor of Tennessee to his leading the Texas rebellion for independence. Good historical drama enhanced by excellent production values and a great cast.

2553  Man of the East  United Artists, 1974. 122 min. Color. D-SC: E.B. Clucher (Enzo Barboni). With Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Harry Carey, Jr., Dominic Barton, Yanti Somer, Steffen Zachariah, Tony Norton, Riccardo Pizzuti, Jean Louis, Enzo Fiermonte, Sal Borgese, Dan Sturkie. A stuffy young man from New England heads West to take over his father’s ranch and runs into trouble. Overlong but somewhat amusing Italian oater issued in that country in 1972 as E Poi lo Chiamarono il Magnifico by P.E.A./Artstes Associes.

2554  Man of the Forest  Paramount, 1933. 62 min. D: Henry Hathaway. SC: Jack Cunningham and Harold Shumate. With Randolph Scott, Harry Carey, Verna Hillie, Noah Beery, Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Barton MacLane, Guinn Williams, Vince Barnett, Blanche Frederici, Tempe Piggot, Tom Kennedy, Frank McGlynn, Jr., Duke R. Lee, Lew Kelly, Merrill McCormick, Tom London, Hank Bell. A crook wants to steal an ex-convict’s timber land and plans to kidnap his niece so the property cannot be signed over to her. Beautiful scenic locations and excellent photography (by Ben Reynolds) make this Zane Grey series feature a very good one; reissued as Challenge of the Frontier.

Man of the Frontier see Red River Valley (1936)

2555  Man of the Law  CBS-TV/20th Century–Fox, 1957. 45 min. D: Lewis Allen. SC: David Lang. With Wendell Corey, Ron Randell, Marsha Hunt, Constance Ford, Johnny Washbrook, Trevor Bardette, Sean McClory, William Challee, Denver Pyle, Robert Foulk, Mike Ragan (Holly Bane), Clancy Cooper, Robert Griffin, Percy Helton, John Conte (host). Three witnesses must come forth to testify after a sheriff arrests an outlaw for a murder committed during a holdup. Originally shown as an episode of “The 20th Century–Fox Hour” (CBS-TV, 1955–57) on February 20, 1957, this taut telefilm was issued theatrically abroad.

2556  Man of the West  United Artists, 1958. 100 min. Color. D: Anthony Mann. SC: Reginald Rose. With Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur O’Connell, Jack Lord, John Dehner, Royal Dano, Robert Wilke, Jack Williams, Guy Wilkerson, Chuck Roberson, Frank Ferguson, Emory Parnell, Tina Menard, Joe Dominguez, Dick Elliott. A reformed outlaw is a passenger on a stagecoach held up by his former gang cohorts who are now led by his uncle. Average Western made on a big scale with Gary Cooper too old for the lead.

2557  Man or Gun  Republic, 1958. 79 min. D: Albert C. Gannaway. SC: Vance Skarstedt and James C. Cassity. With Macdonald Carey, James Craig, Audrey Totter, James Gleason, Warren Stevens, Harry Shannon, Jil Jarmyn, Robert Burton, Ken Lynch, Karl Davis, Larry Grant, Julian Burton, Carl York, Harry Keekas, Mel Gains, Ron McNeil. A drifter arrives in a town ruled by a ruthless family and he decides to help the locals in getting rid of them. Well acted but rather dreary oater.

2558  The Man Trailer  Columbia, 1934. 59 min. D-SC: Lambert Hillyer. With Buck Jones, Cecilia Parker, Arthur Vinton, Clarence Geldert, Steve Clark, Charles West, Tom Forman, Lew Meehan, Richard Botiller, Artie Ortego, George Chesebro, Jack Rockwell, Charles Brinley, Tommy Coats, Bud McClure, Buck Bucko, Roy Bucko. On the run from the law for a murder he did not commit, a cowboy saves the money taken during a stagecoach robbery and is made sheriff only to be blackmailed by an outlaw aware of his past. One of the all time best “B” Westerns; a remake of The Lone Rider (1930) and redone as The Thundering Trail (qq.v.).

2559  The Man Who Killed a Ghost  NBC-TV/Universal, 1971. 74 min. Color. With Robert Wagner, Lex Barker, Janet Leigh, Kim Stanley, Gene Barry, Susan Saint James, David Hartman, Alfred Ryder, Donald Barry, Lurene Tuttle, William Bryant, Jack Soo, Teddy Eccles. A reporter investigates a food franchise and runs into a former Hollywood cowboy star who does not live up to his screen image. Okay episode of “The Name of the Game” (NBC-TV, 1968–71) issued to TV as a feature film.

2560  The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973. 114 min. Color. D: Richard C. Sarafin. SC: Eleanor Perry. With Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, George Hamilton, Bo Hopkins, Robert Donner, Sandy Kevin, Nancy Malone, Jay Silverheels, Jay Varela, Owen Bush, Larry Littlebird. An outlaw gang pulls off a robbery, takes a woman hostage and she finds herself falling in love with the leader. Fairly entertaining, but rather brutal, adaptation of Marilyn Durham’s novel. Jack Warden is especially good as a vicious gang member.

2561  The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance  Paramount, 1962. 122 min. D: John Ford. SC: Willis Goldbeck and James Warner Bellah. With John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O’Brien, Andy Devine, Ken Murray, John Carradine, Jeanette Nolan, John Qualen, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, Woody Strode, Denver Pyle, Strother Martin, Lee Van Cleef, Robert F. Simon, O.Z. Whitehead, Paul Birch, Joseph Hoover, Jack Pennick, Anna Lee, Charles Seel, Shug Fisher, Earle Hodgins, Stuart Holmes, Dorothy Phillips, Buddy Roosevelt, Gertrude Astor, Eva Novak, Slim Talbot, Montie Montana, Bill Henry, Helen Gibson, Major Sam Harris, Ted Mapes, Jack Kenney, Sherry Jackson, John B. Whiteford. A noted politician recalls how he came to power through the guise of another man killing a town bully. Extremely well done drama with an excellent cast and script; John Ford’s last great Western.

2562  Man with the Golden Pistol  Balcazar, 1966. 107 min. Color. D: Alfonso Balcazar. SC: Giovanni Simonelli, Alfonso Balcazar and Jose Antonio De La Loma. With Carl Mohner, Gloria Milland, Fernando Sancho, Luis Davila, Umberto Raho, Pedro Gil, Irene Mir, Oscar Pelliceri. A wanted man finds the body of a murdered gunman, takes his identity and is hired by villagers to protect them from marauders. Violent but pretty good Italian-Spanish co-production released in Europe as L’Uomo dalla Pistola d’Oro (The Man with the Golden Pistol).

Man with the Golden Winchester see Son of Zorro (1974)

2563  Man with the Gun  United Artists, 1955. 83 min. D: Richard Wilson. SC: N.B. Stone, Jr. and Richard Wilson. With Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe, Henry Hull, Emile Meyer, John Lupton, Barbara Lawrence, Ted De Corsia, Leo Gordon, James Westerfield, Florenz Ames, Robert Osterloh, Jay Adler, Amzie Strickland, Stafford Repp, Maudie Prickett, Angie Dickinson, Claude Akins, Burt Mustin, Renie Riano, Maara McAfee, Norma Calderon. A gunman, whose wife has deserted him, is hired to clean up a town lorded over by a wealthy rancher. Slow moving and brooding drama with good work by Robert Mitchum as the gunfighter.

2564  Man with the Steel Whip  Republic, 1954. 12 Chapters. D: Franklyn Adreon. SC: Ronald Davidson. With Richard Simmons, Barbara Bestar, Dale Van Sickel, Mauritz Hugo, Lane Bradford, Pat Hogan, Roy Barcroft, Stuart Randall, Edmund Cobb, I. Stanford Jolley, Guy Teague, Alan Wells, Tom Steele, Art Dillard, Chuck Hayward, Charles Stevens, Jerry Brown, Harry Harvey, Bob Clark, Charles Sullivan, Gregg Barton, Tex Terry, George Eldredge, Herman Hack, Robert Henry, Tom Monroe, Chris Mitchell, Walt LaRue. Taking on the guise of the masked rider El Latigo, a rancher tries to keep Indians from being blamed for raids conducted by a saloon owner after gold rich land. Republic’s final serial, a Zorro imitation, is a hodgepodge of footage from previous endeavors.

2565  Man Without a Star  Universal-International, 1955. 89 min. Color. D: King Vidor. SC: Borden Chase and D.D. Beauchamp. With Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor, William Campbell, Richard Boone, Jay C. Flippen, Myrna Hansen, Mara Corday, Eddy Waller, Sheb Wooley, George Wallace, Roy Barcroft, James Hayward, Paul Birch, Malcolm Atterbury, William Challee, William Phipps, Ewing Mitchell, Mark Hanna, Frank Chase, Gil Patrick, Casey MacGregor, Jack Ingram, Carl Andre, Jack Elam, Myron Healey, Lee Roberts. A drifter becomes involved in helping a rancher oppose a rival woman landowner who wants all the range for herself. Fine, stout effort from director King Vidor; Frankie Laine sings the title song.

2566  Manchurian Avenger  Facet Films, 1984. 87 min. Color. D: Ed Warrick. SC: Timothy Stephenson. With Bobby Kim, Bill Wallace, Leila Lee Olsen, Leila Hee, Barbara Minardi, Bruce Purcell, Jose Payo, Bob Coulson, Derek Abernathy. Years after a gang killed his father while looking for gold, a man returns to Colorado to find the one who raised him as been murdered by outlaws. There is fair entertainment in this Kung Fu Western.

2567  Manhattan Cowboy  Syndicate, 1928. 54 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Sally Winters and Ernest Vajda. With Bob Custer, Mary Mayberry, Lafe McKee, Charles (Slim) Whitaker, John Lowell Russell , Lynn Sanderson, Mack V. Wright, Cliff Lyons, Dorothy Vernon, J.P. McGowan. Sent West to stay on a ranch, a playboy falls in love with the owner’s daughter who is lusted after by a cowpoke, who with a cohort, kidnaps her. Well done, fast paced and entertaining Bob Custer silent feature.

2568  The Manhunt  Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1984. 91 min. Color. D: Larry Ludman (Fabrizio De Angelis). SC: Larry Ludman (Fabrizio De Angelis) and David Parker, Jr. (Dardano Sacchetti). With John Ethan Wayne, Henry Silva, Bo Svenson, Ernest Borgnine, Raimund Harmstorf, Terry Lynch, Don Taylor, Randy Mulkey, Farris Castleberry, Susan Wilson, Robin Fugett, Jack Dunlap, Danny O’Haco, Red Wolverton, Claude Hereford, Herny Maxkendrick, Austin Ludson, Charles Julian, Rick Schieffer, Eddie Neufang, Lawrence Niemi, Arthur Rothbard, Ed Adams. After buying two horses a cowboy is accused of theft and is sent to prison where he escapes and tries to locate the seller. Modern-day Western mainly of interest because it stars John Ethan Wayne, the Duke’s youngest son.

2569  Mannaja  Medusa Distribuzione, 1977. 101 min. Color. D: Sergio Martino. SC: Sergio Martino and Sauro Scavolini. With Maurizio Merli, John Steiner, Sonia Jeannine, Donald O’Brien, Salvatore Puntillo, Nino Casale, Enzo Fiermonte, Rik Battaglia, Aldo Rendine, Enzo Maggio, Sergio Tardioli, Sophia Lombardo, Philippe Leroy, Ted Carter (Nello Pazzafini), Martine Brochard, Claudio Ruffini, Alberto Dell’Acqua (Robert Widmark); Michael Forest, Nick Alexander (voices). A hatchet toting bounty hunter is hired by a town boss to find his missing daughter. Darkly violent, but pretty good Spaghetti Western made in Italy; also called A Man Called Blade and issued on video as Mannaja—A Man Called Blade.

2570  Manos Torpes (Awkward Hands)  Izaro Films, 1970. 93 min. Color. D: Rafael Romero Merchent. SC: Joaquin Romero Merchent and Santiago Monicada. With Peter Lee Lawrence, Alberto de Mendoza, Pilar Velazquez, Aldo Sambrell, Luis Induni, Frank Brana, Antonio Casas, Vidal Molina, Antonio Pica, Manuel de Blas, Yelena Samarina, Dina Loy, Beni Deus, Enrique Vazquez. Beaten and forcefully separated from the woman he loved, a cowboy becomes a gunman, returning to extract revenge on the girl’s father and he man she was supposed to marry. A muddled plot does not slow down this fast paced Spaghetti Western.

2571  Man’s Best Friend  Regal, 1935. 62 min. D: Edward A. Kull and Thomas Storey. SC: Tom Sawyer (Thomas) Storey. With Lightning the Wonder Dog, Douglas Haig, Frank Brownlee, Mary MacLaren, Patricia Chapman, Samson (bear). When a teenager brings home a litter of pups sired by his faithful dog, his cruel father refuses to let him keep them, resulting in a confrontation between the two. Rawboned, low budget poverty row double bill item.

Man’s Country (1932) see God’s Country and the Man (1932)

2572  Man’s Country  Monogram, 1938. 55 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Jack Randall, Marjorie Reynolds, Ralph Peters, Walter Long, Forrest Taylor, Bud Osborne, Dave O’Brien, Ernie Adams, David Sharpe, Charles King, Sherry Tansey, Chick Hannon, Budd Buster, Denver Dixon, Tex Palmer. An undercover agent for the rangers befriends a family by making them think he is a wanted outlaw in order to find out who committed two murders. Standard Jack Randall vehicle.

2573  A Man’s Land  Allied, 1932. 65 min. D: Phil Rosen. SC: Adele Buffington. With Hoot Gibson, Marion Shilling, Skeeter Bill Robbins, Alan Bridge, Charles King, Ethel Wales, Hal Burney, Robert Ellis, Bill (G. Raymond) Nye, Merrill McCormick, Slim Whitaker, Fred Gilman, Charles K. French, Glenn Strange, Bud Osborne, Frank Ellis, Hank Bell, Edgar Lewis. A young woman and a foreman each inherit one-half of a ranch that is plagued by rustlers. Okay Hoot Gibson post–Universal starring film.

2574  Manuel Saldivar, el Texano (Manuel Saldivar, The Texan). Productora Filmica Mexico, 1972. 85 min. Color. D-SC: Rene Cardona. With Rodolfo de Anda, Pilar Pellicer, Jorge Russek, Katherine Riddle, Aaron Hernan, Rene Cordona, Herman Guida, Luis Aguilar, Victor Alcocer, Gustavo del Castillo, Sandra Boyd, Susanna Hill, Alfredo Gutierrez, Jesus Gomez, Jorge Fegan, Rene Barrera, Raul Hernandez, Miguel Suarz. A gunman hired to rid a town of bandits falls for a young woman involved in the lawlessness. Sturdy Mexican Western produced by star Rodolfo de Anda.

2575  Many Rivers to Cross  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955. 92 min. Color. D: Roy Rowland. SC: Harry Brown and Guy Trosper. With Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Victor McLaglen, Rosemary De Camp, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, James Arness, Alan Hale (Jr.), John Hudson, Rhys Williams, Josephine Hutchinson, Sig Rumann, Russell Johnson, Ralph Moody, Abel Fernandez. In 1798 a wild young woman pursues a frontiersman but their romance is complicated by warring Indians. Likable frontier satire.

2576  Mara of the Wilderness  Allied Artists, 1966. 90 min. Color. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Tom Blackburn. With Adam West, Linda Saunders, Theo Marcuse, Denver Pyle, Sean McClory, Eve Brent, Roberto Contreras, Ed Kemmer, Stuart Walsh, Lelia Walsh. A seven year old girl is left to live with wolves after her parents die in a plane crash and a dozen years later a forest ranger finds her but while he wants to reintroduce her to civilization a hunter plans to sell her to a sideshow. Well done human interest drama.

2577  The Marauders  United Artists, 1947. 64 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Charles Belden. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Ian Wolfe, Dorinda Clifton, Mary Newton, Harry Cording, Earle Hodgins, Dick Bailey, Richard Alexander, Herman Hack. When the Bar 20 trio take shelter from a storm in an old church they find it inhabited by a woman and her daughter, who are being harassed by an outlaw gang. A mystery plot and a spooky goings on add some flavor to this otherwise mundane “Hopalong Cassidy” affair. TV title: King of the Range.

2578  The Marauders  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955. 81 min. Color. D: Gerald Mayer. SC: Jack Leonard and Earl Fenton. With Dan Duryea, Jarma Lewis, Keenan Wynn, Jeff Richards, John Hudson, Harry Shannon, David Kasday, James Anderson, Richard Lupino, Peter Mamakos, John Mills, Michael Dugan. A rancher fights to save his spread when a greedy land baron hires gunmen two run him off it. Pretty good program feature with nice production values.

2579  La Marca de Santanas (The Mark of Satan). Clasa-Mohme, 1957. 90 min. D: Chano Urueta. SC: Ramon Obon. With Luis Aguilar, Crox Alvarado, Jaime Fernandez, Flor Silvestre, Pascual Garcia Pena. A mystery man called the Masked Tiger tries to solve his brother’s murder but is framed for a crime by devil worshippers. Scary Mexican horror Western.

2580  Mariachis  Febus Films, 1950. 90 min. Color. D: Adolfo Fernandez Bustamante. SC: Adolfo Fernandez Bustamante and Max Aub. With Antonio Badu, Isabel del Puerto, Jose Angel Espinosa “Ferrusquilla,” Lupe Rivas Cacho, Beatriz Aguirre, Nelly Montiel, Carlo Pulido, Armando Arriola, Fernando Casanova, Chula Prieto, Luis Perez Meza, Rodolfo Castillo, Felix de la Fuente, Ignacio Peon, Jose Pardave, Francisco Pando, Raul Guerro, Paco Martinez, Pepe Martinez. Two mariachi band leaders each love a girl in the others’ group. Pleasant Mexican Western musical comedy.

Mark of the Apache see Tomahawk Trail

2581  Mark of the Gun  Emerson, 1968. 90 min. D: Ross Hagen. With Ross Hagen, Brad Thomas, Chris Carter, Gabrielle St. Claire, Katye Martine, Joan McCrea, Wallace J. Campodanio, Erick Lindberg. Jack Slade and his outlaw gang rampage through the West. Obscure, violent, low grade action thriller.

2582  Mark of the Lash  Screen Guild, 1948. 58 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Moree Herring and Gloria Welsch. With Lash LaRue, Al St. John, Suzi Crandall, Jimmie Martin, John Cason, Marshall Reed, Tom London, Lee Roberts, Steve Dunhill, Harry Cody, Cliff Taylor, Britt Wood, Jack Hendricks. Lash and Fuzzy are out to rid the Red Rock area of an outlaw gang after local water rights. Another fast action Lash LaRue outing.

2583  Mark of the Renegade  Universal-International, 1951. 81 min. Color. D: Hugo Fregonese. SC: Louis Solomon and Robert Hardy Andrews. With Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, J. Carrol Naish, Gilbert Roland, Andrea King, George Tobias, Antonio Moreno, Georgia Backus, Robert Warwick, Armando Silvestre, Bridget Carr, Alberto Morin, Renzo Cesana, Robert Cornthwaite, Edward C. Rios, David Wolfe. In 1824 California a tyrant captures a bandit and forces him to romance the pretty daughter of the area’s governor. A different kind of frontier drama but none too enjoyable.

2584  Mark of the Spur  Big 4, 1932. 58 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Frederic Chapin and Stephen G. Hunt. With Bob Custer, Lillian Rich, George Chesebro, Lafe McKee, Anna Belle Driver, Franklyn Farnum, Blackie Whiteford, Bud Osborne, Charles Adler, Frank Ball, Jack Long, Harry Todd, Blackjack Ward. A cowboy gets on the wrong side of his female boss but later wins her affections when he helps her oppose conniving relatives. Flat Bob Custer vehicle.

2585  The Mark of Zorro  United Artists, 1920. 90 min. D: Fred Niblo. SC: Elton Thomas. With Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite de la Motte, Robert McKim, Noah Beery, Charles Hill Mailes, Claire McDowell, George Periolat, Walt Whitman, Sidney de Grey, Tote du Crow, Snitz Edwards, Gilbert Clayton, Charles Stevens, Noah Berry, Jr., Milton Berle. In Old California a young snob takes on the guise of a masked man who fights government oppression. Lively silent with Doug Fairbanks ideal as Zorro; a must see fun adventure film.

2586  The Mark of Zorro  20th Century–Fox, 1940. 94 min. D: Rouben Mamoulian. SC: John Taintor Foote. With Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg, Montagu Love, Janet Beecher, Robert Lowery, Chris-Pin Martin, George Regas, Belle Mitchell, John Bleifer, Frank Puglia, Pedro de Cordova, Guy D’Ennery, Eugene Borden, Fred Malatesta, Fortunio Bonanova, Harry Worth, Michael (Ted) North, Ralph Byrd, Stanley Andrews, Victor Kilian, Hector Sarno, Franco Corsaro, Paul Sutton, Charles Stevens, William Edmunds, Robert Cauterio, Rafael Corio, Frank Yaconelli, Gino Corrado, George Sorel, Lucia Villegas, Francisco Maran, Jean Del Val, Art Dupuis. A foppish nobleman tries to fight tyranny in Spanish California by wearing a mask and leading the people in their quest for freedom. Remake of the 1920 classic (q.v.) is fine entertainment with a colorful story, lots of action and some well staged dueling sequences.

2587  The Mark of Zorro  ABC-TV/20th Century–Fox, 1974. 78 min. Color. D: Don McDougall. SC: Brian Taggart. With Frank Langella, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, Yvonne De Carlo, Louise Sorel, Anne Archer, Robert Middleton, Tom Lacy, Jorge Cervera Jr., Jay Hammer, Robert Carricart, John Rose, Alfonso Tafoya, Inez Perez, Frank Soto. A man returns to his family’s California hacienda to find the region under the thumb of tyranny and he becomes the masked Zorro to find the villains. Pale TV version of Johnston McCulley’s story although it is greatly helped by Gilbert Roland as the elder Vega, the father of Frank Langella’s lackluster Zorro.

2588  Mark of Zorro  Starlight, 1976. 97 min. Color. D: Franco Lo Cascio. SC: Francisco Lara and Augusto Finocchi. With George Hilton, Lionel Stander, Charo Lopez, Rod Licari, Antonio Pica, Flora Carosello, Tito Garcia, Gino Pagnani. While a bumbling man masquerades as Zorro to overthrow a tyrant in frontier California but his heroics are orchestrated by a monk. Italian-Spanish co-production spoof that soon becomes tiresome; issued in Europe as Ah si? E Io Io Dico Zzzorro! (Who’s Afraid of Zzzorro!) and Nuevas Adventuras de Zorro (New Adventures of Zorro).

2589  Marked for Murder  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1945. 58 min. D-SC: Elmer Clifton. With Tex Ritter, Dave O’Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Marilyn McConnell, Ed Cassidy, Henry Hall, Charles King, Jack Ingram, Robert Kortman, The Milo Twins, Kermit Maynard, Wen Wright, Wally West, Frank Ellis, Ray Henderson, Art Felix, Jack Evans, Jimmy Aubrey, Herman Hack, Chick Hannon, Roy Bucko, George Sowards. In the 1880s a trio of Texas Rangers learn who is behind a range war between cattlemen and sheep herders. Entertaining and action filled “Texas Rangers” outing with Tex Ritter singing “Froggie Went a Courtin’,” “Long Time Gone” and “Tears of Regret.”

2590  Marked Trails  Monogram, 1944. 58 min. D: J.P. McCarthy. SC: J.P. McCarthy and Victor Hammond. With Bob Steele, Hoot Gibson, Veda Ann Borg, Ralph Lewis, Mauritz Hugo, Steve Clark, Charles Stevens, Lynton Brent, Bud Osborne, George Morrell, Allen B. Sewell, Ben Corbett, John Cason, Tex Palmer, Silver Tip Baker, Rose Plummer, Silver Harr. Two lawmen are after a notorious outlaw gang with one of them posing as a bad man to infiltrate the band. Sub-standard Bob Steele-Hoot Gibson vehicle.

2591  The Marksman  Allied Artists, 1953. 62 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Dan Ullman. With Wayne Morris, Elena Verdugo, Rick Vallin, Frank Ferguson, I. Stanford Jolley, Tom Powers, Robert Bice, Stanley Price, Tim Ryan, Russ Whiteman, William Fawcett, Brad Johnson, Jack Rice. Because he is an expert with a telescopic rifle, a man is hired as a town marshal so he can track down an outlaw gang. The “B” Western was on its last legs as a series format and this vapid entry is a good example.

2592  Marshal of Amarillo  Republic, 1948. 60 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: Bob Williams. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Mildred Coles, Clayton Moore, Roy Barcroft, Trevor Bardette, Minerva Urecal, Denver Pyle, Charles Williams, Tom Chatterton, Tom London, Lynn Castile, Peter Perkins. A murder takes place at a stage line halfway house and a marshal and his pal arrive to investigate. Well staged mystery motif greatly helps this “Famous Westerns” feature.

2593  Marshal of Cedar Rock  Republic, 1954. 54 min. D: Harry Keller. SC: M. Coates Webster. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Phyllis Coates, Roy Barcroft, Bill Henry, Robert Shayne, John Crawford, John Hamilton, Kenneth MacDonald, Herbert Lytton, Art Dillard. A man is falsely accused of taking part in a bank holdup and a U.S. marshal steps in to help him prove his innocence. A “B plus” segment in Allan Lane’s “Famous Westerns” series.

2594  Marshal of Cripple Creek  Republic, 1947 58 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Earle Snell. With Allan Lane, Bobby Blake, Martha Wentworth, Tom London, Trevor Bardette, Roy Barcroft, Gene (Roth) Stutenroth, William Self, Helen Wallace, Budd Buster, Frank O’Connor, Art Dillard, Silver Harr, George Russell, Herman Hack, Jack Sparks, Leonard Wood. Crooks try to take advantage of the situation when a settlement is turned into a boom town following the discovery of gold. Allan Lane’s last entry in the “Red Ryder” series and hardly one of the best.

2595  Marshal of Gunsmoke  Universal, 1944. 58 min. D: Vernon Keays. SC: William Lively. With Tex Ritter, Russell Hayden, Jennifer Holt, Fuzzy Knight, Harry Woods, Herbert Rawlinson, Ethan Laidlaw, Ray Bennett, Michael Vallon, Ernie Adams, Slim Whitaker, George Chesebro, William Desmond, James Farley, Dan White, Roy Brent, Bud Osborne, Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys (Wesley Tuttle, Paul Sells, Jimmie Dean). A marshal and his lawyer brother enlist the help of a saloon singer in trying to stop her dishonest boss from taking over the town. Appealing Tex Ritter-Russell Hayden film with Jennifer Holt doing a couple of songs while Tex sings “Git Along Little Dogies.” British title: Sheriff of Gunsmoke.

2596  Marshal of Heldorado  Lippert, 1950. 63 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Ron Ormond and Maurice Tombragel. With James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Raymond Hatton, Fuzzy Knight, Betty (Julie) Adams, Tom Tyler, George J. Lewis, John Cason, Stanley Price, Stephen Carr, Dennis Moore, George Chesebro, Bud Osborne, Jimmie Martin, Wally West, Carl Mathews, Ray Henderson, George Sowards, Cliff Taylor, James Van Horn, Jack Geddes, Ned Roberts. A dude and a buffalo hunter team to take on a murderous clan after stolen money belonging to a colonel and his daughter. Weary entry in “The Irish Cowboys” series given some life by Tom Tyler, George J. Lewis, John Cason, Dennis Moore and Stephen Carr as the vicious Tulliver brothers; a remake of The Rider of the Law (q.v.) and also called Blazing Guns.

2597  Marshal of Laredo  Republic, 1945. 56 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Bob Williams. With Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft, Tom London, George Carleton, Wheaton Chambers, Tom Chatterton, George Chesebro, Don Costello, Bud Geary, Sarah Padden, Jack O’Shea, Lane Bradford, Kenneth Terrell, Dorothy Granger, Dick Scott, Mary Arden, Jack Kirk, Rose Marie Morei, Melva Anstead. An honest lawyer, opposed to an outlaw gang, is almost hanged for his trouble before being rescued by Red Ryder. Another action filled “Red Ryder” segment.

2598  Marshal of Madrid  CBS-TV/20th Century–Fox, 1972. 100 min. Color. D: Richard Donner. SC: Anthony Lawrence, Charles Larson and Jack Turley. With Glenn Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Linda Cristal, Bobby Darin, Victor Campos, James Gregory, Rudolfo Acosta, Taylor Lacher, David Doyle, Warren Kemerling, Peter Ford, Leif Garrett, Richard Kelton, Sandy Kevin, Linda Dangcie, Bert Santos, Richard Rust, Tim Scott, Simon Scott, Michael (Mike) Stokey, Margaret Markov, Richard Yniguez. The marshal of a rural New Mexico county finds himself involved with two cases: a smuggling operation resulting in killings and an ex-convict who is convinced he is Billy the Kid. A fairly entertaining modern-day Western, this telefilm was culled from the “Crisscross” and “A Gun for Billy” episodes of “Cade’s County” (CBS-TV, 1971–72).

2599  The Marshal of Mesa City  RKO Radio, 1939. 62 min. D: David Howard. SC: Jack Lait, Jr. With George O’Brien, Virginia Vale, Leon Ames, Henry Brandon, Harry Cording, Lloyd Ingraham, Slim Whitaker, Joe McGuinn, Mary Gordon, Frank Ellis, Wilfred Lucas, Carl Stockdale, Gaylord (Steve) Pendleton, Monte Montague, Harry Tenbrook, Ed Peil, Sr., Bob Burns, Ben Corbett, Jack Cheatham, Bill Patton, Ed Brady, Spade Cooley, Rube Schaefer, Speed (Aleth) Hansen, Cactus Mack. After saving a girl from the unwanted attentions of a nearby city’s sheriff, a cowpoke is made marshal of a lawless town and tries to bring law and order. A bit complicated but still fairly interesting and well made George O’Brien vehicle.

2600  Marshal of Reno  Republic, 1944. 54 min. D: Wallace Grissell. SC: Anthony Coldeway. With Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming, Herbert Rawlinson, Jay Kirby, Tom London, Kenne Duncan, Charles King, Jack Kirk, LeRoy Mason, Robert Wilke, Fred Burns, Tom Steele, Edmund Cobb, Fred Graham, Blake Edwards, Hal Price, Bud Geary, Jack O’Shea, Al Taylor, Marshall Reed, Tom Chatterton, Carl Sepulveda, Kenneth Terrell, Horace B. Carpenter, Charles Sullivan, George Chesebro, Chick Hannon, Pascale Perry, Jim Corey, Augie Gomez, Neal Hart, Ted Wells, Roy Barcroft (voice). When two towns resort to violence over the question of which one will be the new county seat, Red Ryder arrives to restore order. Fast moving “Red Ryder” adventure with a top notch genre cast.

2601  The Marshal’s Daughter  United Artists, 1953. 71 min. D: William Berke. SC: Bob Duncan. With Hoot Gibson, Laurie Anders, Ken Murray, Harry Lauter, Robert Bray, Bob Duncan, Preston Foster, Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Mack Brown, Buddy Baer, Forrest Taylor, Tom London, Steve Clark, Cecil Elliot, Bette Lou Walters, Francis Ford, Julian Upton, Bob Gross, Lee Phelps, Ted Jordan, Harry Harvey, Danny Duncan, Tex Ritter (narrator). The daughter of a U.S. marshal becomes a masked rider in order to capture an outlaw gang. Fairly amusing genre spoof that should please fans; produced by Ken Murray.

2602  Marshals in Disguise  Allied Artists, 1954. 54 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: William Raynor and Maurice Tombragel. With Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Tristram Coffin, Norma Eberhardt, Rick Vallin, John Merton, Leonard Penn, Fred Kelsey, Bill Hale, Pat Mitchell, Bud Osborne, John Eldredge, Guy Beach, John Reynolds, Anthony Sydes, David Sharpe, James Bush, Don Turner. A bank clerk uses money he stole from gold shipments to try and buy the establishment where he works with Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles P. Jones investigating thefts and the two lawmen come to the aid of a prospector about to be fleeced of his claim by a dishonest assayer. Fair theatrical release made up of two episodes, “Civilian Clothes Story” and “Lost Indian Mine,” of the 1951–58 TV series “The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok.”

2603  Martyrs of the Alamo  Triangle, 1915. 71 min. D-SC: Christy Cabanne. With Sam De Grasse, A.D. (Allan) Sears, Walter Long, Alfred Paget, Fred Burns, John T. Dillon, Douglas Fairbanks, Juanita Hansen, Ora Carew, Tom Wilson, Augustus Carney, Monte Blue, Betty Marsh, Jack Prescott, Joseph Belmont. Texas settlers make an heroic stand at the Alamo against the army of General Santa Anna. Pretty fair re-staging of the famed historical event, supervised by D.W. Griffith, with future stars Douglas Fairbanks and Monte Blue in small roles.

Mask of the Musketeers see Zorro and the Three Musketeers

2604  The Mask of Zorro  Columbia/Tri-Star, 1998. 136 min. Color. D: Martin Campbell. SC: John Eskow, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. With Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Matt Letscher, William Marquez, Pedro Armendariz (Jr.), L.Q. Jones, Jose Perez, Tony Amendola, Julieta Rosen, Victor Rivers, Maury Chaykin, Moises Suarez, Humberto Elizondo, Erika Carlson, Vanessa Bauche, Eduardo Lopez, Manolo Pastor, Rudy Miller, Fernando Becerril, Alberto Carreras, Gonzalo Lora, Paul Ganus, Enrike Palma, Diego Sieres, Jose Maria de Tavira, Paco Morayta, Pedro Altamirano, Luisa Huertas, Tony Genaro. After being imprisoned for two decades, Zorro befriends a young man whose brother has been murdered by a cruel captain and the two plan to stop the wicked former Spanish governor from using gold mined by prisoners to purchase California from Mexico. Smooth, big theatrical moneymaker followed by The Legend of Zorro (q.v.).

The Masked Conqueror see Zorro and the Three Musketeers

2605  The Masked Raiders  RKO Radio, 1949. 60 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Norman Houston. With Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Marjorie Lord, Gary Gray, Frank Wilcox, Charles Arnt, Tom Tyler, Harry Woods, Clayton Moore, Houseley Stevenson, Bill George (Jay Kirby). When dishonest bankers try to take ranchers’ land, the latter form a group of masked riders led by a young woman. Typically good entry in Tim Holt’s RKO series with nice work by Marjorie Lord as the head of the vigilantes.

2606  The Masked Rider  Arrow, 1919. 15 Chapters. D-SC: Aubrey M. Kennedy. With Ruth Stonehouse, Harry Myers, Paul Panzer, Edna Holland, Marie Treador, Blanche Gillespie, Robert Taber, Jack Chapman, Boris Karloff, George Murdock, George Cravy. The Texas Rangers try to stop a Mexican cattle rustler and his gang from taking over a region along the U.S.-Mexican border. Thirteen chapters from this violent vintage serial have survived and is well worth viewing by serial fans.

2607  The Masked Rider  Universal, 1941. 58 min. D: Ford Beebe. SC: Sherman Lowe and Victor McLeod. With Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O’Day, Grant Withers, Roy Barcroft, Guy D’Ennery, Virginia Carroll, Richard Botiller, Fred Cordova, The Guadalajara Trio, Jose Cansino Dancers, Al Haskell, Robert O’Connor, Rico De Montez, Carmela Cansino. In South America, two U.S. cowboys get jobs in a silver mine and go after a masked man stealing ore shipments. Pleasant, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, Johnny Mack Brown vehicle.

2608  Mason of the Mounted  Monogram, 1932. 58 min. D-SC: Harry Fraser. With Bill Cody, Andy Shuford, Nancy Drexel, Art Smith (Art Mix/George Kesterson), Jack Carlisle, Blackie Whiteford, Nelson McDowell, James Marcus, Joe Dominguez, Leroy Mason, Dick Dickinson, Frank Hall Crane, Earl Dwire, Jack Long, Gordon McGee. A Canadian Mountie comes to the U.S. to bring back a notorious outlaw, the leader of a horse stealing gang. Fair Bill Cody feature.

2609  Masquerade  Wrather Corporation, 1956. 75 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy. SC: Wells Root, Charles Carson, Robert E. Schaefer, Eric Friedwald and Robert Leslie Bellem. With Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Allen Pinson, Wayne Burson, Myron Healey, Helen Marshall, Margaret Stewart, Rand Brooks, Louise Lewis, Don C. Harvey, Pierce Lyden, John Cason, William Fawcett, Zon Murray, Nolan Leary, George Barrows, David Saber, Paul Ingle, William Challee, Jason Johnson, John Cliff, Sandy Sanders, John Maxwell. Pretending to be a Mexican with hearing problems, the Lone Ranger tries to thwart a gold shipment robbery, then he and Tonto assist a Mexican revolutionary leader and try to capture a gang of masked marauders. Well made TV movie from “The Lone Ranger” (ABC-TV, 1949–57) episodes “Code of Honor,” “Dead Eye” and “The Turning Point.”

2610  Massacre  First National, 1934. 70 min. D: Alan Crosland. SC: Ralph Block and Sheridan Gibney. With Richard Barthelmess, Ann Dvorak, Dudley Digges, Claire Dodd, Henry O’Neill, Robert Barrat, Arthur Hohl, Philip Faversham, George Blackwood, Sidney Toler, Clarence Muse, Charles Middleton, Tully Marshall, Wallis Clark, William V. Mong, DeWitt Jennings, Juliet Ware, James Eagles, Frank McGlynn, Agnes Narcha. An educated Indian chief tries to remove corrupt government officials who have been cheating his people. A good look at injustice in the reservation system makes this a film worth viewing; Richard Barthelemess is fine as the caring Indian leader.

2611  Massacre  20th Century–Fox, 1956. 76 min. Color. D: Louis King. SC: D.D. Beauchamp. With Dane Clark, James Craig, Martha Roth, Miguel Torruco, Jaimie Fernandez, Jose Munoz. Crooked traders sells guns to Indians resulting in the needless killing of settlers. Average affair filmed in Mexico.

Massacre at Fort Grant see Massacre at Fort Perdition

Massacre at Fort Holman see A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die!

2612  Massacre at Fort Perdition  Avco-Embassy, 1965. 95 min. Color. D: J. Douglas (Jose Maria Elorrieta). SC: Jose Luis Navarro and Jose Maria Elorrieta. With Jerry Cobb (German Cobos), Marta May, Ethel Rojo, Georges Gordon, Hugh Pepper, Mariano Vidal, Aldo Sambrell, Luis Villar, Cris Huerta, Frank Brana, Luis Barboo, Angel Ortiz, Jose Sancho, Julio Perez Tabernero, Guillermo Mendez. A soldier, in civilian clothes, and his new bride are found by a rescue force at an outpost where the rest of the inhabitants have been murdered and he is branded a traitor. Another violent European oater filmed in Spain as Fuerte Perdido (Doomed Fort) and remade as Fury of the Apaches (q.v.); British title: Massacre at Fort Grant.

2613  Massacre at Fort Phil Kearney  NBC-TV/Universal, 1966. 49 min. Color. SC: Harold Swanton. With Richard Egan, Robert Fuller, Robert Pine, Peter Duryea, Phyllis Avery, Carroll O’Connor, Michael Sarrazin, Jeffrey Scott, Brandon Carroll, Tom Anthony. Two Army officers have different views on how to deal with Indians, one wants to pacify them while the other believes in force. Satisfying telefeature originally shown as a segment of “The Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre” (NBC-TV, 1963–67) on October 26, 1966.

2614  Massacre at Grand Canyon  Columbia, 1965. 90 min. Color. D: Alfredo Antonini (Abert Band). SC: E.C. Geltman and Alfredo Antonini. With James Mitchum, Jill Powers, Eduardo Ciannelli, Giorgio (George) Ardisson, Burt Nelson, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Andrea Giordana, Milla Sannoner, Nando Poggi. Feuding families hire gunmen to kill a sheriff while the man’s brother and fiancee try to get the locals to fight back. Well done European Western with nice photography by Enzo Barboni; Rodd Dana sings the title song. Produced in Italy in 1963 as I Pascoli Rossi (Red Pastures) by Ultra Film/Prodi Cinematografica with some sources claiming Sergio Corbucci co-directed.

2615  Massacre at Marble City  Rapid-Film, 1964. 87 min. Color. D: Paul Martin (Franz Gottlieb). SC: Alex Berg, Hans Billian and W.P. Zibaso. With Brad Harris, Mario Adorf, Dieter Borsche, Horst Frank, Marianne Hoppe (Dorothee Parker), Ralf Walter, Thomas Adler, Serge Marquand, Philippe Lemaire. When Indians bring gold for trade at a frontier settlement, greedy miners try to find the location of the ore and violence results. More bloodshed from Europe in this West German oater made as Die Goldsucher von Arkansas (The Gold Hunter of Arkansas).

2616  Massacre at Sand Creek  CBS-TV/Columbia, 1956. 74 min. D: Arthur Hiller. SC: William Sackheim. With John Derek, Everett Sloane, Gene Evans, H.M. Wynant, William Schallert, Roy Roberts, Ken Mayer, Rick Vallin, Michael Granger, William Henry, William Bryant, Anthony Lawrence, Marshall Bradford, Robert Shield, Robert Bice, Ben Wright, Dick Joy (host). A tribe of ill-armed Cheyenne braves are attacked by an Indian-hating colonel and his troops. Fair telefilm originally shown on December 27, 1956, as a segment of “Playhouse 90” (CBS-TV, 1956–61).

2617  Massacre Canyon  Columbia, 1954. 64 min. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: David Lang. With Philip Carey, Audrey Totter, Douglas Kennedy, Jeff Donnell, Guinn Williams, Charlita, Ross Elliott, Ralph Dumke, Mel Welles, Chris Alcaide, Steven Ritch, John Pickard, James Flavin, Bill Hale. A sergeant and two Army privates are assigned to guard a shipment of rifles wanted by marauders. Threadbare action film from producer Wallace MacDonald.

Massacre Hill see Eureka Stockade

2618  Massacre River  Allied Artists, 1949. 75 min. D: John Rawlins. SC: Louis Stevens and Otto Englander. With Guy Madison, Rory Calhoun, Carole Mathews, Cathy Downs, Johnny Sands, Steve Brodie, Art Baker, Iron Eyes Cody, Gregg Barton, Emory Parnell, Queenie Smith, Eddy Waller, James Bush, John Holland, Douglas Fowley, Harry Brown, Kermit Maynard, Olin Howlin, J.W. Cody. A trio of cavalry officers assigned to the West after the Civil War jeopardize their friendship over a colonel’s pretty daughter and the machinations of a gambling establishment owner. Routine oater with some star appeal; based on Harold Bell Wright’s 1916 novel When a Man’s a Man and filmed under that title in 1924 and 1935 (qq.v.).

Massacre Time see The Brute and the Beast

2619  The Master Gunfighter  Taylor-Laughlin Distributing Company, 1975. 120 min. Color. D: Frank Laughlin. SC: Harold Lapland. With Tom Laughlin, Ron O’Neal, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Victor Campos, Geo Anne Sosa, Barbara Carrera, Hector Elias, Michael Lane, Patti Clifton, Henry Wills, Angelo Rossitto, Alberto Morin, Franco Casaro, Robert Tafur, Edward Colmans, Robert Hoy, Burgess Meredith (narrator). A gunman hates his trade but goes after a Spanish land baron who murders Indians for their gold so he can pay his taxes. Very bad psychological Western; a reworking of the 1966 Japanese feature Goyokin.

2620  Masterson of Kansas  Columbia, 1955. 73 min. Color. D: William Castle. SC: Douglas Heyes. With George Montgomery, Nancy Gates, James Griffith, Jean Willes, Benny Rubin, William Henry, David Bruce, Bruce Cowling, Gregg Barton, Donald Murphy, Sandy Sanders, Gregg Martell, Jay Silverheels, John Maxwell. Lawmen Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday team to save a negotiator who has made a treaty giving grazing lands to Indians instead of cattlemen. There is not much to recommend this Sam Katzman production of pseudo-historical pap other than it is competently made.

2621  Matalo!  Rofima/Copercines, 1971. 83 min. Color. D: Cesare Canavari. SC: Eduardo Manazos. With Lou Castel, Corrado Pani, Antonio Salinas, Luis Davila, Claudia Gravy, Miguel Del Castillo, Ana Maria Noe, Ana Maria Mendoza, Mirella Pamphili, Diana Sorel, Bruno Boschetti, Joaquin Parra. A bounty hunter is hired by Wells Fargo to retrieve gold stolen in a holdup by four outlaws, one of whom is left for dead by his cohorts. Fast paced Italian-Spanish co-production; remake of Kill the Wicked (q.v.).

2622  The Matchmaking Marshal  Allied Artists, 1955. 54 min. D: S. Roy Luby and Frank McDonald. SC: Maurice Tombragel and William Raynor. With Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley, Rand Brooks, Karl “Killer” Davis, Henry Kulky, House Peters, Jr., Frank Scannell, Ann Carrol, Louise Lorimer, Paul McGuire, Robert Jordan, Nelson Leigh, Forrest Taylor, Ed Cassidy, Fred Sherman. Wild Bill Hickok and his pal Jingles investigate a murder involving two feuding families and Wild Bill has Jingles challenge a wrestler so they can stop a bank holdup. Okay theatrical feature made of up two episodes of “The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok” (1951–58): “Marriage Feud of Ponca City” and “Wrestling Story.”

2623  Maverick  Warner Bros., 1994. 127 min. Color. D: Richard Donner. SC: William Goldman. With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, Alfred Molina, James Coburn, Dub Taylor, Geoffrey Lewis, Paul L. Smith, Dan Hedaya, Dennis Fimple, Denver Pyle, Clint Black, Max Perlich, Art La Fleur, Leo V. Gordon, Paul Tuerpe, Jean De Baer, Paul Brinegar, Hal Ketchum, Corey Feldman, John Woodward, Jesse Eric Carroll, Toshonnie Touchin, John Meier, Steve Chambers, Read Morgan, Vilmos Zsigmond, Waylon Jennings, Kathy Mattea, Carlene Carter, Vince Gill, Janice Gill, William Smith, Chuck Hart, Doug McClure, Henry Darrow, Michael Paul Chan, Richard Blum, Bert Remsen, Robert Fuller, Donal Gibson, William Marshall, Bill Henderson, Carl Bartlett, Linda Hunt, Charles Kierkop, James Drury, Danny Glover, Will Hutchins, Margot Kidder, Reba McIntire, Don Stark. A card sharp teams with a saloon woman to get the money needed to enter a high stakes poker game. Overlong but popular revival of “Maverick” (ABC-TV, 1957–62) with original series star James Garner cast as a lawman.

2624  The Maverick Queen  Republic, 1956. 90 min. Color. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Kenneth Gamet and DeVallon Scott. With Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Scott Brady, Mary Murphy, Wallace Ford, Jim Davis, Howard Petrie, Emile Meyer, Walter Sande, George Keymas, John Doucette, Taylor Holmes, Pierre Watkin, Tristram Coffin, Jack O’Shea, Robert Swan, William Loftos, Herbert Jones, Jack Harden, Carol Brewster, Karen Scott. A woman hotel keeper works with an outlaw gang but finds herself falling in love with a newly arrived man not knowing he is an undercover Pinkerton agent about to break up the rustlers. The stars and director rise above the mediocre material to make this entertaining.

2625  McCabe and Mrs. Miller  Warner Bros., 1971. 107 min. Color. D: Robert Altman. SC: Robert Altman and Brian McVey. With Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, Hugh Naughton, Shelley Duvall, Michael Murphy, John Schuck, Corey Fisher, Keith Carradine, William Devane, Anthony Holland, Bert Remsen, Elizabeth Murphy. At the turn of the century, a gambler and his lady friend set up a successful brothel in a small town but hoodlums try to take it over. Overrated drama will satisfy Robert Altman followers.

2626  McClintock!  United Artists, 1963. 127 min. Color. D: Andrew V. McLaglen. SC: James Edward Grant. With John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Yvonne De Carlo, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Jack Kruschen, Chill Wills, Jerry Van Dyke, Edgar Buchanan, Bruce Cabot, Perry Lopez, Michael Pate, Strother Martin, Gordon Jones, Robert Lowery, H.W. Gim, Ed Faulkner, Aissa Wayne, Chuck Roberson, Mari Blanchard, John Stanley, Hal Needham, Pedro Gonzales, Jr., Hank Worden, Leo Gordon, Karl Noven, Bob Steele, Big John Hamilton, Ralph Volkie. A rich land baron wants state government to get rid of incompetent officials and he also has domestic problems with his estranged wife and daughter. Well done, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, John Wayne production that is sure to please his fans.

2627  McCloud: Who Killed Miss U.S.A.?  NBC-TV/Universal, 1970. 100 min. Color. D: Richard A. Colla. SC: Stanford Whitmore, Richard Levinson and Willliam Link. With Dennis Weaver, Diana Mauldaur, Craig Stevens, Mark Richman, Julie Newmar, Terry Carter, Mario Alcalde, Raul Julia, Shelly Novack, Michael Bow, Nefti Millet, Kathy Stritch, Gregory Sierra, Bill Baldwin. A marshal from the Southwest arrives in New York City with a witness who is promptly kidnapped, leading the lawman into a murder case. Telefeature very similar to Coogan’s Bluff (q.v.) and the pilot for “McCloud” (NBC-TV, 1971–76); better than average for this kind of fare. Retitled Portrait of a Dead Girl.

2628  McKenna of the Mounted  Columbia, 1932. 66 min. D: D. Ross Lederman. SC: Stuart Anthony. With Buck Jones, Greta Grandstedt, James Flavin, Walter McGrail, Niles Welch, Mitchell Lewis, Claude King, Glenn Strange, Bud Osborne, Edmund Cobb, Bob Reeves, Jack Kennedy, Albert J. Smith, Merrill McCormick, Maston Williams, John Lowell. A disgraced Mounted Policeman leaves the service and joins an outlaw gang but is really working to bring in the desperadoes. Not one of Buck Jones’ better efforts.

The McMaster...Tougher Than the West Itself see The McMasters

2629  The McMasters  Chevron, 1970. 97 min. Color. D: Alf Kjellin. SC: Harold Jacob Smith. With Burl Ives, Brock Peters, David Carradine, Nancy Kwan, Jack Palance, John Carradine, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Dane Clark, Frank Raiter, Alan Vint, Marian Brash, Neil Davis, William Kiernan, Richard Alden, David Strong. Following the Civil War an ex-slave who fought for the North returns home to be given half-interest in the farm he once worked but finds he is resented by the locals. Unsuccessful drama that was issued theatrically in two versions with different endings, one running 89 minutes; also called The McMaster...Tougher Than the West Itself.

2630  Me Gustan Valentones! (I Like Boasters)  Producciones Sotomayeer, 1959. 92 min. D-SC: Julian Soler. With Rosita Quintana, Luis Aguilar, Eulalio Gonzalez, Piporro, Andres Soler, Carlota Solares, Tito Novaro, Augustin Fernandez, Salvador Lozano, Emilio Garibay, Virginia Manzano, Alejandro Reyna, Yoya Velazaquez, Arturo Fernandez. A ranch girl, who is pursued by all the men in the area, decides to marry a man she met by mail. Pleasant Mexican Western comedy.

Mean Justice see This Rugged Land

2631  The Meanest Men in the West  Universal, 1976. 92 min. Color. D: Samuel Fuller and Charles S. Dubin. SC: Ed Waters and Samuel Fuller. With Lee J. Cobb, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Miriam Colon, James Drury, Albert Salmi, Don Mitchell, Sara Lane, Brad Weston, Charles Grodin, Ross Hagen, Gary Clarke, Michael Conrad, Warren Kemmerling, Michael Mikler, Jan Stine, Lance Kerwin, Betty Baird, Regis Cordic, Bonnie Bartlett, Ron Soble, Doug McClure. Growing up hating his younger brother, an outlaw plans to use him in a scheme to rustle cattle from the rancher judge who sent him to prison. Uneven feature made up of the “It Tolls for Thee” (telecast November 21, 1962) and “The Reckoning” (telecast September 13, 1967) episodes of “The Virginian” (NBC-TV, 1962–71) and issued abroad theatrically.

2632  Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch  Rancho Films, 1977. 70 min. D-SC: Richard Patterson. With John Wayne, Buck Jones, Ken Maynard, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Eddie Dean, Tim McCoy, William Boyd, George “Gabby” Hayes, Smiley Burnette, Bob Steele, George O’Brien, Buster Crabbe, Lash LaRue, Monte Hale, Hoot Gibson, Johnny Mack Brown, Rex Allen, Don “Red” Barry, Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Charles Starrett, Tom Tyler, Dale Evans, Tim Holt, Tom Keene, Allan “Rocky” Lane, Fred Scott, The Sons of the Pioneers, Iron Eyes Cody, Bobby Blake, Eilene Janssen, Raymond Hatton, Charles King, Al St. John, Dub Taylor; Pat Buttram (narrator). All of the great cowboy stars are united for one mighty feature film but due to contract disputes it is never released. This film attempts to make a completely new movie of clips from genre features of the past, but it is only of interest due to its oddity value. Shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1977 but not issued theatrically; Eddie Dean sings the title song.

2633  The Medico of Painted Springs  Columbia, 1941. 58 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Winston Miller and Wyndham Gittens. With Charles Starrett, Terry Walker, Richard Fiske, Ray Bennett, Wheeler Oakman, The Simp-Phonies, Ben Taggert, Bud Osborne, Edmund Cobb, Edythe Elliott, Steve Clark, Lloyd Bridges, George Chesebro, Charles Hamilton, Jim Corey, Art Mix, Buck Connors, Hank Bell, Eddie Laughton, John Tyrrell, George Huggins, Carl Sepulveda. An Army doctor recruiting men for the Rough Riders finds himself in the middle of warfare between sheep men and cattle raisers. Good start to the all too brief “Dr. Monroe” or “Medico” series, based on the works of James L. Rubel; followed by Thunder Over the Prairie and Prairie Stranger (qq.v.). Also called The Doctor’s Alibi.

2634  Melody of the Plains  Spectrum, 1937. 55 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Bennett Cohen. With Fred Scott, Al St. John, Louise Small, Hal Price, Lew Meehan, Slim Whitaker, Lafe McKee, David Sharpe, Bud Jamison, Carl Mathews, George Fiske, George Morrell. A cowpoke, who mistakenly thinks he killed a man, goes to work for the supposed victim’s rancher father whose spread is being sought by the crooks responsible for the shooting. Somewhat complicated and low grade but still worth a look to hear Fred Scott’s singing since he was one of the best of the Western warblers. Remake of Gun Law (1933) [q.v.].

2635  Melody Ranch  Republic, 1940. 84 min. D: Joseph Santley. SC: Jack Moffitt and F. Hugh Herbert. With Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, Ann Miller, Barton MacLane, Barbara Jo Allen (Vera Vague), George “Gabby” Hayes, Jerome Cowan, Mary Lee, Joseph Sawyer, Horace McMahon, Clarence Wilson, William Benedict, Ruth Clifford, Maxine Ardell, Veda Ann Borg, George Chandler, Jack Ingram, Horace Murphy, Lloyd Ingraham, Tom London, John Merton, Edmund Cobb, Slim Whitaker, Curley Dresden, Dick Elliott, Billy Bletcher, Art Mix, George Chesebro, Tiny Jones, Herman Hack, Jack Kirk, Merrill McCormick, Wally West, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Frankie Marvin, Carl Cotner, Tex Cooper, Chick Hannon, Jim Corey, Jane Keckley, Patricia Bonner, Frank Hagney, Jack Montgomery, Buck Bucko, Joe Yrigoyen. Radio star Gene Autry returns home to become an honorary sheriff and finds the area plagued by racketeers. Entertaining Gene Autry opus butchered for TV by a half-hour.

2636  Melody Trail  Republic, 1935. 60 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Sherman Lowe. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ann Rutherford, Wade Boteler, Wally Costello, Alan Bridge, Marie Quillan, Gertrude Messinger, Tracy Layne, Abe Lefton, George DeNormand, Jane Barnes, Ione Reed, Marion Downing, Herman Hack, Chick Hannon, Tex Cooper, Tom Smith, Buck (dog). Cowpokes Gene Autry and Frog Millhouse get jobs as cooks on a ranch where the workers have quit and the owner uses his daughter’s girl friends as hands. Pleasant Gene Autry vehicle with more emphasis on comedy and music than action.

2637  Men of America  RKO Radio, 1932. 58 min. D: Ralph Ince. SC: Jack Jungmeyer and Humphrey Pearson. With Bill (William) Boyd, Charles “Chic” Sale, Dorothy Wilson, Ralph Ince, Henry Armetta, Alphonse Ethier, Theresa Maxwell Conover, Eugene Strong, Fatty Layman, Fred Lindstrom, Frank Mills, Inez Palange, F. Flink, Ernie Adams, Harry Strang, Harry Sullivan. A newcomer is blamed for a series of robberies and killings, committed by escaped convicts, and he teams with an old store owner to uncover the truth. Pretty fair “B” picture which some sources claim was co-directed by William Boyd.

2638  Men of Texas  Universal, 1942. 71 min. D: Ray Enright. SC: Harold Shumate. With Robert Stack, Anne Gwynne, Broderick Crawford, Jackie Cooper, Ralph Bellamy, Jane Darwell, Leo Carrillo, John Litel, William Farnum, Janet Beecher, J. Frank Hamilton, Kay Linaker, Joseph Crehan, Addison Richards, Frank Hagney, Lane Chandler, Rex Lease, Alan Bridge, Edmund Cobb, Ethan Laidlaw, Harry Strang, Edgar Dearing, Kernan Cripps, Ben Taggart, Jack Cheatham, Dorothy Vaughan, Delos Jewkes, John Peters, Cordell Hickman, Bob Barron, David Clarke, Sherman E. Sanders, Charles Salerno. At the end of the Civil War a newspaper reporter and photographer are sent to Texas to check on reports that an uprising may take place. Typically slick drama from Universal that should please genre fans.

2639  Men of the North  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1930. 61 min. D: Hal Roach. SC: Richard Schayer. With Gilbert Roland, Barbara Leonard, Arnold Korff, George Davis, Robert Elliott, Nina Quartero, Robert Graves, Jr., Frank Lackteen, Lew Meehan, Bud Osborne, Fletcher Norton, Dorothy DeBorba. A Canadian adventurer is falsely accused of stealing gold from a mine but his innocence is believed by the owner’s pretty daughter. Vintage melodrama is worth a look to see a youthful Gilbert Roland who starred (billed as Luis Alonso, his real name) in a Spanish language version entitled Monsieur Le Fox, filmed simultaneously by producer-director Hal Roach, who also made French (starring Andre Luguet) and German (starring John Reinhardt) versions as Monsieur Le Fox, and in Italian (starring Franco Corsaro) as Luigi La Volpe.

2640  Men of the Plains  Colony, 1936. 63 min. D: Robert Emmett (Tansey). SC: Robert Emmet (Tansey) and Jack Cowell. With Rex Bell, Joan Barclay, George Hall, Charles King, Forrest Taylor, Roger Williams, Ed Cassidy, Lafe McKee, Jimmy Aubrey, Jack Cowell, Budd Buster, Sherry Tansey, Denver Dixon, Bud Pope, Jack Evans, Art Felix, George Morrell, Barney Beasley. A government agent is assigned to look into gold shipment thefts and learns two of the town’s leading citizens are involved. Passable action feature produced by Arthur and Max Alexander.

2641  Men of the Timberland  Universal, 1941. 62 min. D: John Rawlins. SC: Maurice Tombragel and Griffin Jay. With Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Linda Hayes, Francis McDonald, Willard Robertson, Paul E. Burns, Gaylord (Steve) Pendleton, Hardie Albright, Roy Harris (Riley Hill), John Ellis, Jack Rice, Ethan Laidlaw, Tom London, Ralph Sanford, Art Miles, Chuck Morrison, Ken Christy, Jack Voglin, Sue Moore. A lumber man uncovers a plan by a crook to cut timber over a large area, the illegal scheme having been approved by bribed government officials. Action filled “B” effort from the popular Richard Arlen-Andy Devine series for Universal.

Men with Steel Faces see The Phantom Empire

Men with Whips see Rangle River

2642  Men Without Law  Columbia, 1930. 60 min. D: Louis King. SC: Dorothy Howell. With Buck Jones, Carmelita Geraghty, Tom Carr, Lydia Knott, Harry Woods, Fred Burns, Syd Saylor, Fred Kelsey, Lafe McKee, Ben Corbett, Art Mix, Donald Reed, Bob Burns. Returning home from World War I, a man finds his younger brother has been arrested for taking part in a bank robbery and he is soon captured by an outlaw leader. Good early Buck Jones sound film with a well lighted climactic fight sequence. Background music includes “La Paloma” and the gang members singing “Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie.”

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande see The Treasure of the Aztecs

2643  The Mercenary  United Artists, 1970. 105 min. Color. D: Sergio Corbucci. SC: Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Spina and Sergio Corbucci. With Jack Palance, Franco Nero, Tony Muscante, Giovanna Ralli, Eduardo Fajardo, Julio Pena, Raf Baldasssare, Franco Ressel, Bruno Corazzari, Remo de Angeles, Joe Kamel, Franco Giacobini, Vicente Jja, Jose Riesgo, Angel Ortiz, Fernando Villena, Tito Garcia, Angel Alvarez. Two bitter mercenary enemies are after a treasure but it is also sought by a revolutionary, a peasant girl and a miner. Pretty good Italian oater with the usual violence and some not-so-usual humor. Made by Produzioni Europee Associate/Produzioni Associate Delphos S.P.A./Profilms as El Mercenario (The Mercenary) and also called Revenge of a Gunfighter.

2644  Mesa of Lost Women  Howco International, 1953. 69 min. D: Herbert Tevos and Ron Ormond. SC: Herbert Tevos and uncredited Orville M. Hampton. With Jackie Coogan, Richard Travis, Allan Nixon, Mary Hill, Robert Knapp, Tandra Quinn, Harmon Stevens, Samuel Wu, George Barrows, Chris-Pin Martin, Nico Lek, Dean Riesner, Fred Kelsey, Kelly Drake, Katina Vea (Katherine Victor), John Martin, Angelo Rossitto, Margia Dean, Julian Rivero, Suzanne Ridgeway, John George, Doris Hart, Dolores Fuller, Sherry Moreland, Chris Randall, Jack Low, Lyle Talbot (narrator). On a remote mesa in the Mexican desert a mad scientist tries to develop a serum that will create a super-race of spider women. Low grade and awful. TV title: Lost Women.

2645  Mesquite Buckaroo  Metropolitan, 1939. 55 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: George Plympton. With Bob Steele, Carolyn (Clarene) Curtis, Frank LaRue, Charles King, Ted Adams, Joe Whitehead, Ed Brady, Snub Pollard, Carleton Young, John Elliott, Juanita Fletcher, Gordon Roberts, Jimmy Aubrey. A rodeo cowboy gets involved with a gang of crooks while romancing a pretty girl. Shoddy Bob Steele film with far too much rodeo stock footage.

2646  A Message to Garcia  20th Century–Fox, 1936. 90 min. D: George Marshall. SC: W.P. Lipscomb and Gene Fowler. With Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Herbert Mundin, Martin Garralaga, Enrique Acosta, Jose Luis Tortosa, Joan Torena, Alan Hale, Mona Barrie, Warren Hymer, Frederik Vogeding, Sam Appel, Yorke Sherwood, Iris Adrian, Davison Clark, Lon Chaney, Jr., Del Henderson, Rita (Hayworth) Cansino, Philip Morris, Blanche Vischer, Pat Moriarty, Octavio Giraud, Fred Goday, Art Dupuis, Manuel Paris, Manuel Peluffo, David Clyde, George Irving, John Carradine (voice). President William McKinley sends an Army officer to Cuba to warn a guerrilla leader that the U.S. has declared war on Spain. Silly historical melodrama which not even its stars can save.

Meteor Monster see Teenage Monster

2647  The Mexicali Kid  Monogram, 1938. 58 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Jack Randall, Eleanor Stewart, Wesley Barry, Ed Cassidy, Bud Osborne, George Chesebro, William von Bricken, Sherry Tansey, Ernie Adams, Frank LaRue, Buzz Barton, Archie Ricks, Denver Dixon, Hal Price, Glenn Strange, Chester Gan, Fred Parker, Billy Bletcher. A cowboy befriends an outlaw only to learn the man has been hired by a crooked foreman to help him take over a valuable ranch. Fair Jack Randall vehicle. Remade as Haunted Trails (q.v.).

2648  Mexicali Rose  Republic, 1939. 60 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Noah Beery, Luana Walters, William Farnum, LeRoy Mason, William Royle, Wally Albright, Kathryn Frey, Roy Barcroft, Richard Botiller, John Beach, Merrill McCormick, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Sherry Hall, Al Taylor, Josef Swickard, Tom London, Jack Ingram, Eddie Parker, Henry Otho, Joe Dominguez, Al Haskell. Bogus oil company officials hire Gene Autry, who is not aware they are crooks, to help sell their stock to the public. Good Gene Autry film with fine work by Noah Beery as a lovable bandit leader.

Mexican Gold see Return of the Outlaws

2649  Mexican Spitfire Out West  RKO Radio, 1940. 76 min. D: Leslie Goodwins. SC: Charles E. Roberts and Jack Townley. With Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Donald Woods, Elisabeth Risdon, Cecil Kellaway, Linda Hayes, Lydia Bilbrook, Grant Withers, Charles Coleman, Charles Quigley, Eddie Dunn, Tom Kennedy, Gus Schilling, Fred Kelsey, Kernan Cripps, Frank Orth, Ferris Taylor, Dick Hogan, Rafael Storm, Lester Dorr, Warren Jackson, Sammy Stein, Paul Overton, John Sheehan, Herta Margot. After an argument with her husband the Mexican Spitfire heads West for a divorce but her uncle makes plans to stop her. Average entry in the “Mexican Spitfire” series, mainly its for fans.

2650  Mi Amigo  Azalea Film Corporation, 2002. 90 min. Color. D-SC: Milton Brown. With Josh Holloway, Tom Everett, Ed Bruce, Channon Roe, Jackie Schell, Burton Gilliam, Jack Armstrong, Freddy Fender, Alejandro De Hoyos, Jo Harvey Allen, Francisco Gonzalez. After one of them commits a crime, two friends separate and do not meet for three decades and then have to determine if they will end their estrangement. Low budget, confusing Western.

2651  The Michigan Kid  Universal, 1928. 55 min. D: Irvin Willat. SC: Peter Milne, Walter Anthony, J. Grubb Alexander and uncredited J.G. Hawks, Charles Logue and Irvin Willat. With Renee Adoree, Conrad Nagel, Fred Esmelton, Virginia Grey, Maurice Murphy, Adolph Miller, Lloyd Whitlock, Donald House. Wanting to wed his girl, a man heads to Alaska to make a fortune but once there he finds his romantic rival has sent for the woman so he can marry her. The plot is not much but the acting and locales make this silent effort worth watching.

2652  Michigan Kid  Universal-International, 1947. 70 min. Color. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Roy Chanslor. With Jon Hall, Rita Johnson, Victor McLaglen, Andy Devine, Byron Foulger, Stanley Andrews, Milburn Stone, William Brooks, Joan (Shawlee) Fulton, Leonard East, Ray Teal, Eddy Waller, George Chandler, Edmund Cobb, Karl Hackett, Robert Wilke, Guy Wilkerson, Art Dillard, Charles Trowbridge, Griff Barnett, Dewey Robinson, Alan Bridge, Syd Saylor, Rex Lease, Ernie Adams, Tom Quinn, Ralph Dunn, Norman Leavitt, Harry Strang, Budd Buster, George Davis, George Magrill, William Fawcett, Howard Mitchell, Spec O’Donnell, George Reed, Bert LeBaron. Four strangers come to the aid of a young woman whose ranch is coveted by corrupt town officials. Pleasant adaptation of Rex Beach’s short story.

Midnight Canyon see Legend of a Gunfighter

2653  The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance  Buena Vista, 1978. 100 min. Color. D: Russell Mayberry. SC: Lawrence Montaigne. With Brock Peters, Christian Juttner, Chip Courtland, Alicia Fleer, Joe Dorsey, Christian Berrigan, Kyle Richards, Kip Niven, Kenneth Daniel, Ben Jones, Ernie Brown, Grace Zabriskie, Mike Vines, Sonny Shroyer, Stuart Culpepper, Richard Reiner, Mary Neil Santacroce, Kermit Echols, Frank Rickman, Raylon C. Ruggles, Henry Blankenship. During the Civil War a captured Union soldier tries to help five children held for a one million dollar ransom by Confederates. The Disney studios’ first feature film developed especially for network TV is good family fare.

2654  The Mine with the Iron Door  Columbia, 1936. 70 min. D: David Howard. SC: Howard Swift and Dan Jarrett. With Richard Arlen, Cecilia Parker, Henry B. Walthall, Stanley Fields, Horace Murphy, Spencer Charters, Charles Wilson, Barbara Bedford. A tenderfoot prospector is given the location of a valuable mine but is at odds with a bandit who has kidnapped a young woman he wants to ransom for it. Entertaining adaptation of the 1923 Harold Bell Wright novel first filmed by producer Sol Lesser, who also did this version, in 1924 for his Principal Pictures with Pat O’Malley, Dorothy Mackaill, Raymond Hatton, Charles Murray, Creighton Hale and Mary Carr.

2655  Minnesota Clay  Harlequin International, 1964. 89 min. Color. D: Sergio Corbucci. SC: Adriano Bolzoni. With Cameron Mitchell, Georges Riviere, Diana Martin, Ethel Rojo, Fernando Sancho, Anthony Ross, Antonio Casas, Julia Pena, Gino Pernice, Alberto Cevenini. Going blind, a prisoner escapes and returns to the town where a man can give him an alibi to prove his innocence and there he finds rival gangs at war. Good French-Italian-Spanish co-production with fine work by Cameron Mitchell in the title role.

2656  A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die  Cinerama, 1968. 97 min. Color. D: Franco Giraldi. SC: Ugo Liberatore and Louis Garfinkle. With Alex Cord, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Mario Brega, Renato Romano, Gianpiero Albertini, Dan Martin, Jose Manuel Martin, Enzo Fiermonte, Spean Covery, Aldo Sambrell, Alberto Dell’Acqua (Robert Widmark). A wanted outlaw takes refuge in a remote village but is soon located by his enemies, including the law, rival bad men and bounty hunters. Well made but average European oater originally called Escondido, running 103 minutes.

2657  Miracle at Sage Creek  American World Pictures, 2005. 93 min. Color. D: James Intveld. SC: Thadd Turner. With David Carradine, Wes Studi, Michael Parks, Tim Abell, Sarah Aldrich, Irene Bedard, Mark Rolston, Daniel Quinn, Darian Weiss, Masam Holden, Buck Taylor, Tracy Nelson, Rance Howard, Francine York, Brian Libby, Carey Thompson, Wyatt Turner, Marissa Baca, Fred Griffith, Myron Natwick, Thadd Turner, Jeff Prather, Tommy Dippel, Anthony Homus, DJ Perry, Peter J. Brown, Amos Carter, Tanya Turner, Terry Jacobson. In 1888 Wyoming a young boy is miraculously saved at Christmas time, causing two feuding families to become friends. Heartwarming Western also called Christmas Miracle at Sage Creek.

Miracle in the Sand see The Three Godfathers (1936)

2658  Miracle in the Wilderness  Turner Network Television (TNT), 1992. 88 min. Color. D: Kevin James Dobson. SC: Michael Michaelian and Jim Byrnes. With Kris Kristofferson, Kim Cattrall, John Dennis Johnston, Rino Thunder, David Oliver, Sheldon Peters Wolfchild, Steve Reevis, Peter Alan Morris, Joannelle Nadine Romero, Otakuye Conroy, Matthew E. Montoya, David Bull Plume, Volley Reed, Johnny Looking Cloud, Patrick N. Augare, Robby Dunn, Terry Fredericks, Loren Cuny. The story of Christ brings peace between an Indian chief and the family he captured in revenge for the killing of his son. Intriguing adaptation of the Nativity to Native American culture.

2659  The Miracle of the Hills  20th Century–Fox, 1959. 73 min. D: Paul Landres. SC: Charles Hoffman. With Rex Reason, Theona Bryant, Jay North, June Vincent, Nan Leslie, Betty Lou Gerson, Gilbert Smith, Tracy Strattford, Gene Roth, I. Stanford Jolley, Gene Collins, Paul Wexler, Kenneth Mayer, Pat O’Hara, Tom Daly, Cecil Elliott, Charles Arnt, Claire Carleton. A young minister tries to bring spiritual rebirth to an 1880s mining town run by a wealthy ex–dance hall hostess. Pleasing entertainment.

2660  The Miracle Rider  Mascot, 1935. 15 Chapters. D: Armand L. Schaefer and B. Reeves Eason. SC: John Rathmell. With Tom Mix, Joan Gale, Charles Middleton, Jason Robards, Robert Kortman, Edward Earle, Edward Hearn, Tom London, Niles Welch, Edmund Cobb, Ernie Adams, Max Wagner, Charles King, George Chesebro, Jack Rockwell, Stanley Price, George Burton, Wally Wales, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Dick Curtis, Frank Ellis, Richard Alexander, Earl Dwire, Lafe McKee, Hank Bell, Pat O’Malley, Slim Whitaker, Robert Frazer, Art Ardigan, Chief Big Tree, Forrest Taylor, Fred Burns, Chief Standing Bear, Cliff Lyons, Black Hawk, Nick Thompson, Artie Ortego, Joe Weaver, Richard Botiller, Jim Thorpe, Henry Hall, Yakima Canutt, Tex Cooper, Jack Mower, Charles Brinley, Bud Geary, John Merton, Chief Two Hawks, Frank O’Connor. A Texas Ranger helps an Indian tribe whose lands are being secretly mined by a crook and his cohorts who after a valuable mineral needed to create a super explosive. Somewhat static but action filled cliffhanger; Tom Mix’s last film.

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2661  The Misfits  United Artists, 1961. 125 min. D: John Huston. SC: Arthur Miller. With Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach, Thelma Ritter, James Barton, Estelle Winwood, Kevin McCarthy, Dennis Shaw, Philip Mitchell, Walter Rampage, Peggy Barton, Rex Bell, Ralph Roberts. A divorcee becomes upset at the cruelty to horses during a roundup and she appeals to new found cowboy friends to help her stop it. Overlong and overrated, this film’s main appeal is it is the last for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe.

Missile Base at Taniak see Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

2662  The Missing  Columbia, 2003. 137 min. Color. D: Ron Howard. SC: Ken Kaufman. With Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart, Val Kilmer, Sergio Calderon, Eric Schweig, Steve Reevis, Jay Tavere, Simon Baker, Ray McKinnon, Max Perlich, Ramon Frank, Deryle J. Lujan, Matthew Montoya, Jose Saenz, Gandi Shaw, Rod Rondeaux, Juddson Linn, Dutch Lunak, Elisabeth Moss, Josephine Schwan, Alexandra Elich, Yolanda Nez, Angelina C. Tores, Deborah Martinez, Clint Howard, Arron Shiver, David Midthunder, Paul Scallan, David Garver. In 1885 New Mexico, Apaches kidnap a woman doctor’s daughter and she allies herself with her estranged father to rescue the girl. Fair Western, big budget box office bust; a longer version runs 154 minutes.

2663  Mission to Glory: A True Story  Key International, 1977. 116 min. Color. D-SC: Ken Kennedy. With Richard Egan, Ricardo Montalban, John Ireland, Aldo Ray, Cesar Romero, Stephen McNally, Rory Calhoun, Keenan Wynn, Victor Jory, Michael Ansara, John Russell, Joseph Campanella, Anthony Caruso, Tristram Coffin, Henry Brandon, William Dozier, Danny Zapien, Joe Petrullo. After losing his mission, a Spanish priest tries to bring peace between his people and the Apaches in Old California. Choppy, convoluted waste of a fine cast. Issued to TV as Father Kino, Padre on Horseback and on video as The Father Kino Story and Savage Hunter.

2664  The Mississippi Gambler  Universal-International, 1953. 99 min. Color. D: Rudolph Mate. SC: Seton I. Miller. With Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, Julia (Julie) Adams, John McIntire, John Baer, Paul Cavanagh, Ron Randall, William Reynolds, Guy Williams, Robert Warwick, Ralph Dumke, Hugh Beaumont, King Donovan, Gwen Verdon, Alan Dexter, Al Wyatt, Dale Van Sickel, Michael Dale, Bert LeBaron, Dennis Weaver, Frank Wilcox, Edward Earle, Dorothy Bruce, Angela Stevens, Rolfe Sedan, Tony Hughes, Fred Cavens, David Newell, Buddy Roosevelt, Anita Ekberg, Jackie Loughery, Paul Bradley, Marcel De La Brosse, Maya Van Horn, Eduardo Cansino, Jon Shepodd, Renate Hoy, LeRoi Antienne. An honest gambler decides to set up a business in frontier New Orleans. Passable costume melodrama for Tyrone Power fans.