2870  The Oklahoma Woman  American Releasing Corporation, 1956. 72 min. D: Roger Corman. SC: Lou Russoff. With Richard Denning, Peggie Castle, Cathy Downs, Tudor Owen, Martin Kingsley, Touch (Michael) Connors, Jonathan Haze, Richard (Dick) Miller, Tom Dillon, Edmund Cobb, Bruno Ve Sota, Aaron Saxon, Joe Brown. Released from prison, a former gunfighter returns to his Oklahoma ranch where a former girlfriend tries to frame him on a murder charge. Roger Corman’s fans will find this early effort of interest but others beware.

2871  The Oklahoman  Allied Artists, 1957. 81 min. Color. D: Francis D. Lyon. SC: Daniel B. Ullman. With Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Gloria Talbott, Brad Dexter, Michael Pate, Verna Felton, Douglas Dick, Anthony Caruso, Esther Dale, Adam Williams, Ray Teal, Peter Votrian, John Pickard, Mimi Gibson, I. Stanford Jolley, Jody Williams, Earle Hodgins, Sheb Wooley, Harry Lauter, Diane Brewster, Mimi Gibson, Robert Hinkle, Doris Kemper, Dorothy Neumann, Gertrude Astor, Wheaton Chambers, Laurie Mitchell, Scotty Beckett, Kermit Maynard, Don Marlowe, Rankin Mansfield, Jennifer Lea, Bill Foster, Al Kramer. When cattlemen try to cheat an Indian out of his oil lands, a doctor comes to his defense. Somewhat predictable but okay drama.

2872  The Old Barn Dance  Republic, 1938. 60 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Bernard McConville and Charles Francis Royal. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Helen Valkis, Sammy McKim, Ivan Miller, Earl Dwire, Hooper Atchley, Ray Bennett, Carleton Young, Frankie Marvin, Earle Hodgins, Gloria Rich, Dick Weston (Roy Rogers), Walt Shrum and His Colorado Hillbillies, The Maple City Four, The Stafford Sisters, Bill Nestell, Chuck Baldra, Jack Kenney, Denver Dixon. Gene Autry and his singing group try to help farmers cheated by a tractor company but he is accused of a double cross when he goes to work for a radio station owned by the outfit. Entertaining Gene Autry opus with plenty of good music.

2873  The Old Chisholm Trail  Universal, 1942. 61 min. D-SC: Elmer Clifton. With Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt, Mady Correll, Earle Hodgins, Roy Barcroft, Edmund Cobb, Budd Buster, Michael Vallon, Scoop Martin, The Jimmy Wakely Trio (Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, Scotty Harrell), George Sherwood, Roy Butler, Frosty Royce. The female owner of a trading post opposes a woman gambler who tries to run a cowboy out of town over water rights. The two male stars are at odds over Jennifer Holt, who is fighting Mady Correll, and Jimmy Wakley and his boys do three songs—all in one hour!

2874  The Old Corral  Republic, 1936. 56 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Joseph Poland and Sherman Lowe. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Hope (Irene) Manning, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Len Slye [Roy Rogers], Tim Spencer, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Cornelius Keefe, Lon Chaney, Jr., John Bradford, Milburn Morante, Abe Lefton, Merrill McCormick, Charles Sullivan, Buddy Roosevelt, Lynton Brent, Frankie Marvin, Oscar and Elmer (Ed Platt, Lou Fulton), Jack Ingram. A singer witnesses a Chicago gangland murder and flees West to a town where a gambler recognizes her and informs the gangsters who want her silenced. Gene Autry versus gangsters and the result is pretty entertaining.

2875  The Old Frontier  Republic, 1950. 60 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: Bob Williams. With Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Claudia Barrett, William Henry, Tristram Coffin, William Haade, Victor Kilian, Lane Bradford, Denver Pyle, Tom London, Almira Sessions, Ted Mapes, Chick Hannon. The town’s new lawman is after an outlaw gang clandestinely led by a local attorney. Average Monte Hale outing.

2876  Old Gringo  Columbia, 1989. 119 min. Color. D: Luis Puenzo. SC: Luis Puenzo and Aida Bortnik. With Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Conteras, Jenny Gago, Jim Meltzler, Grabriela Roel, Anne Pitoniak, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Sergio Calderon, Guillermo Rios, Samuel Valadez, Stanley Grover, Josefina Echanove, Pedro Damian, Maya Zapata, Jose Olivares. Writer Ambrose Bierce is in Mexico covering the 1913 Pancho Villa uprising and becomes involved with an American woman and a Mexican general. Big budget affair is a half-hearted attempt to portray an involved historical event.

2877  The Old Homestead  Liberty, 1935. 73 min. D: William Nigh. SC: W. Scott Darling. With Mary Carlisle, Lawrence Gray, Willard Robertson, Dorothy Lee, Eddie Nugent, Lillian Miles, Fuzzy Knight, Eddie Kane, Harry Conley, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Len Slye [Roy Rogers], Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, Vern [Tim] Spencer), Sally Sweet, George Lloyd, Gayne Whitman, Horace B. Carpenter, Alec Craig, William H. O’Brien. A young woman encourages her bashful Missouri boyfriend to pursue a singing career but both are overwhelmed when they arrive in New York City. Pleasant bucolic affair highlighted by Lawrence Gray’s singing and the feature film debut of The Sons of the Pioneers, including Roy Rogers; previously filmed in 1915 and 1922.

2878  Old Los Angeles  Republic, 1948. 87 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Clement Riley and Gerald Adams. With William Elliott, John Carroll, Catherine McLeod, Joseph Schildkraut, Andy Devine, Estelita Rodriguez, Grant Withers, Virginia Brissac, Tito Renaldo, Roy Barcroft, Henry Brandon, Julian Rivero, Earle Hodgins, House Peters, Jr., Augie Gomez, Franklyn Farnum, Tex Terry, Sam Flint, Hank Bell, Chris-Pin Martin, Lucio Villegas, Alex Montoya, Rosa Turich, Lynn Farr. When a Missouri lawman arrives in frontier Los Angeles to prospect for gold he learns his brother and several other miners have been murdered and he tries to find the killers. Fast paced and very entertaining production also known as In Old Los Angeles and reissued as California Outpost.

2879  Old Louisiana  Crescent, 1937. 60 min. D: Irvin V. Willat. SC: Mary Ireland. With Tom Keene, Rita (Hayworth) Cansino, Will Morgan, Robert Fiske, Ray Bennett, Budd Buster, Allan Cavan, Carlos De Valdez, Wally Albright, Ramsey Hill, J. Louis Johnson, Iron Eyes Cody. A frontiersman helps American settlers in the Upper Mississippi Valley when a dishonest trader tries to stir up trouble between them and the Spanish so he can have the territory for himself. Cheaply made but rather interesting pseudo-historical drama revolving around the Louisiana Purchase; reissued as Louisiana Gal.

Tom Keene and Rita (Hayworth) Cansino in Old Louisiana (Crescent, 1937).

2880  Old Oklahoma Plains  Republic, 1952. 60 min. D: William Witney. SC: Milton Raison. With Rex Allen, Slim Pickens, Elaine Edwards, Roy Barcroft, John Crawford, Joel Marston, Russell Hicks, Fred Graham, Stephen Chase, The Republic Rhythm Riders, Chick Hannon, Cactus Mack. During the 1920s a former cavalry officer returns to duty to stop outlaws terrorizing the plains and comes up with the idea of using tanks to stop them. More than passable Rex Allen affair hampered by the overuse of footage from Army Girl (Republic, 1938).

2881  The Old Oregon Trail  Art Mix Productions, 1928. 40 min. D: Victor Adamson (Denver Dixon). SC: Denver Dixon. With Art Mix (Victor Adamson/Denver Dixon), Delores Booth, F.C. Rose, Grace Underwood, Art Seales, Sid Seales. Ten years after he and his two pals help settlers oppose outlaws, they return to a now thriving Oregon town where their benefactor rancher is beset by rebellious workers. Sturdy and beautifully photographed featurette, probably Victor Adamson’s best film; made on location in Oregon’s John Day River Valley.

2882  Old Overland Trail  Republic, 1953. 60 min. D: William Witney. SC: Milton Raison. With Rex Allen, Slim Pickens, Virginia Hall, Roy Barcroft, The Republic Rhythm Riders, Zon Murray, Harry Harvey, Gil Herman, Wade Crosby, Leonard Nimoy. A cowboy attempts to avert warfare between immigrant settlers and Apaches. Standard Rex Allen vehicle hurt by the decline of the “B” Western.

2883  Old Shatterhand  Constantin, 1964. 122 min. Color. D: Hugo Fregonese. SC: Ladislas Fodor and Robert A. Stemmle. With Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Guy Madison, Daliah Lavi, Rik Battaglia, Gustavo Rojo, Ralf Wolter, Kitty Mattern, Bill Ramsey, Alan Tissier, Charles Fawcett, Nikola Popovic, Mirko Ellis, Burschi Putzgruber, Jim Burke, Dusko Radojcic, Zivojin Denic, Nikola Illic, Stevo Petrovic, Uwe Rehse, Vladimir Sovanovic, George Attifeliner, Mirko Boman, Gojko Mitic, Vojkan Pavlovic, Andrea Scotti (Andrew Scott), Milivoje Popovic-Mavid, Ulla Moritz, Dustan Tadic. White renegades try to discredit Apaches by attacking ranchers in hopes of getting Indian lands, but Old Shatterhand and his blood brother Winnetou uncover the plot. Filmed in Yugoslavia in 70mm Superpanorama, this West German Western is well done, highly entertaining and will appeal to genre fans due to stars Lex Barker and Guy Madison. Called La Battaglia di Fort Apache (The Battle of Fort Apache) in Italy, it was released in the U.S. in 1967 by Goldstone Film Enterprises as Shatterhand but cut by 33 minutes; British and TV title: Apache’s Last Battle.

2884  The Old Texas Trail  Universal, 1944. 60 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: William Lively. With Rod Cameron, Fuzzy Knight, Eddie Dew, Marjorie Clements, Ray Whitley, Virginia Christine, Edmund Cobb, Joseph J. Greene, George Eldredge, Jack Clifford, Dick Purcell, Harry Strang, Ray Jones, Merle Travis, William Desmond, George Turner, Art Fowler, Henry Wills, Terry Frost, Ray Whitley’s Bar-6 Cowboys, Michael Vallon, Herman Hack, Frank McCarroll, George Plues. Three cowboys help a young woman about to lose the option to her stage line thanks to a crook and his gang who are after the contract. Strong Rod Cameron starring effort.

2885  The Old West  Columbia, 1952. 61 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Gail Davis, Lyle Talbot, Louis Jean Heydt, House Peters, House Peters, Jr., Dick Jones, Kathy Johnson, Don C. Harvey, Dee Pollock, James Craven, Tom London, Frankie Marvin, Syd Saylor, Bob Woodward, Buddy Roosevelt, Tex Terry, John Merton, Pat O’Malley, Bobby Clark, Frank Ellis. After a traveling minister comes to the aid of a horse wrangler when he is attacked, the cowboy helps the sky pilot bring religion to a small town. Good, somewhat offbeat, Gene Autry feature.

2886  The Old Wyoming Trail  Columbia, 1937. 56 min. D: Folmer Blangsted. SC: Ed Earl Repp. With Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, Barbara Weeks, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Len Slye [Roy Rogers], Lloyd Perryman, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Dick Curtis, Ed LeSaint, Guy Usher, George Chesebro, Art Mix, Slim Whitaker, Alma Chester, Ernie Adams, Richard Botiller, Frank Ellis, Joe Yrigoyen, Charles Brinley, Fred Burns, Si Jenks, Curley Dresden, Ray Whitley, Blackie Whiteford, Tom London, Art Dillard, Ray Jones, Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, Tex Cooper. Two cowboys try to stop crooks from forcing a rancher to sell his spread, needed for a railroad, for too little money. Well done Charles Starrett film with emphasis on music from co-star Donald Grayson and The Sons of the Pioneers, including Roy Rogers.

2887  Old Yeller  Buena Vista, 1957. 83 min. Color. D: Robert Stevenson. SC: Fred Gipson and William Tunberg. With Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Jeff York, Beverly Washburn, Chuck Connors, Spike (dog). In 1869 Texas a stray dog ingratiates himself into the lives of a frontier family. Very entertaining Walt Disney feature.

2888  Ole Rex  Universal-International, 1961. 40 min. Color. D-SC: Robert Hinkle. With Billy Hughes, Rex (dog), William Foster, Robert Hinkle, Whitey Hughes, William Hughes, Richard McCarthy, Red Bray, Dale Marlow, Jr., Dale Terry. The adventures of a young boy and his German shepherd dog. Fair featurette.

2889  The Omaha Trail  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1942. 62 min. D: Edward Buzzell. SC: Jesse Lasky, Jr. and Hugh Butler. With James Craig, Pamela Blake, Dean Jagger, Edward Ellis, Chill Wills, Donald Meek, Howard Da Silva, Henry (Harry) Morgan, Morris Ankrum, Kermit Maynard, Iron Eyes Cody, Al Ferguson, Joe Yule, Hooper Atchley, Henry Roquemore, Ethan Laidlaw, Robert Emmett O’Connor, Murdock MacQuarrie, Edward Hearn, Tom London, Bud Geary, J.W. Cody, Harry Fleischmann, Henry Sylvester, Fred Alrich, Jack Lorenz. When an ox train race causes the deaths of two Indians, the result in a tribal uprising. Cheaply made, mediocre oater with excessive stock footage.

2890  O’Malley of the Mounted  20th Century–Fox, 1936. 59 min. D: David Howard. SC: Dan Jarrett and Frank Howard Clark. With George O’Brien, Irene Ware, Crauford Kent, James Bush, Victor Potel, Charles King, Stanley Fields, Tom London, Reginald Barlow, Richard Cramer, Olin Francis, Blackjack Ward, Frank Ellis, Al Taylor. A mounted police officer infiltrates an outlaw gang terrorizing U.S.-Canadian border towns and initiates a plan that leads the bad men into a robbery, resulting in their capture. Nicely done George O’Brien feature that should please north of the border film fans.

On Boot Hill see Last Days of Boot Hill

2891  On the Great White Trail  Grand National, 1938. 59 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Charles Logue and Joseph F. Poland. With James Newill, Terry Walker, Robert Frazer, Richard Alexander, Richard Tucker, Robert Terry, Eddie Gribbon, Walter McGrail, Philo McCullough, Charles King, Juan Duval, Victor Potel, Carl Mathews, Bruce Warren, Roger Williams, Herman Hack, Wally West, Gene Alsace, Jimmy Aubrey, Silver King (dog). When his girl’s father is falsely accused of robbery and murder, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman heads into the wilderness to capture the real criminal. Picturesque second entry in the “Renfrew of the Royal Mounted” series; also called On the Trail, Renfrew of the Royal Mounted on the Great White Trail and Renfrew on the Great White Trail.

2892  On the Night Stage  Mutual, 1915. 60 min. D: Reginald Barker. SC: C. Gardner Sullivan and Thomas H. Ince. With Robert Edeson, Rhea Mitchell, William S. Hart, Herschel Mayall, Gladys Brockwell, Shorty Hamilton. A good-bad man steps aside when the girl he loves weds the parson who helped him in a fight but when she is blackmailed by a former cohort, he comes to her rescue. Probably the best known of William S. Hart’s early films, this silent feature provides good entertainment.

2893  On the Old Spanish Trail  Republic, 1947. 75 min. Color. D: William Witney. SC: Sloan Nibley. With Roy Rogers, Tito Guizar, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Estelita Rodriguez, Charles McGraw, Fred Graham, Steve Darrell, Marshall Reed, Wheaton Chambers, Ed Cassidy, Jack O’Shea, Edward Keane, Shug Fisher, Billy Mitchell. When he helps the Sons of the Pioneers’ flagging road show, Roy Rogers runs into “The Gypsy,” a mysterious figure wanted in connection with oil company robberies. Tito Guizar is about as much of a star in this film as Roy Rogers but while it has some nice songs it tends to drag; cut by over 20 minutes for television.

On the Trail see On the Great White Trail

2894  On Top of Old Smoky  Columbia, 1953. 59 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Gail Davis, Sheila Ryan, Cass County Boys (Jerry Scoggins, Bert Dodson, Fred Martin), Grandon Rhodes, Kenne Duncan, Robert Bice, Zon Murray, Pat O’Malley, Art Dillard, Frankie Marvin, Mathew McCue, Jack Gargan, Jack Tornek. Mistaken for a ranger, a singing star comes assists a woman whose ranch is coveted by a crook for its rich mica deposits. Good songs and an interesting plot bring life to this Gene Autry outing.

2895  Once Upon a Horse  Universal-International, 1958. 85 min. D-SC: Hal Kantor. With Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Martha Hyer, Leif Erickson, Nita Talbot, James Gleason, John McGiver, David Burns, Dick Ryan, Max Baer, Buddy Baer, Bob Steele, Bob Livingston, Tom Keene, Kermit Maynard, Steve Pendleton, Paul Anderson, Tom London, Ingrid Goude, Joe Oakie, Ray Jones, Sam Hearn. Two cowpokes rustle herds belonging to a ruthless cattle queen and then find out they do have not have the money to feed the stock. Comedy does not offer much except for seeing veteran genre stars (Bob Steele, Bob Livingston, Tom Keene, Kermit Maynard) as themselves in a brief scene; reissued as The Hot Horse.

2896  Once Upon a Starry Night  NBC-TV, 1978. 78 min. Color. D: Jack B. Hively. SC: Brian Russell and James Simmons. With Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle, Ken Curtis, Jack Kruschen, Diane McBain, Don Galloway, Linda Arbizu, Stephen Robertson, Bozo (bear). At Christmas time, when the parents of young children are separated from them by an avalanche, a trapper goes into a blizzard to attempt a rescue. Family oriented affair originally telecast as an episode of “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams” (NBC-TV, 1977–78).

2897  Once Upon a Texas Train  CBS-TV, 1988. 96 min. Color. D-SC: Burt Kennedy. With Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Shaun Cassidy, Chuck Connors, Ken Curtis, Royal Dano, Jack Elam, Gene Evans, Kevin McCarthy, Dub Taylor, Stuart Whitman, Angie Dickinson, Jeb Stuart Adams, Clare Carey, Harry Carey (Jr.), David Michael O’Neill, Red West, Hank Worden, John Calkins, Lisa Cloud, Don Collier, Dennis Fimple, John Purlong. An ex–Texas Ranger gets on the trail of a famous bank robber he sent to prison two decades earlier. Many familiar faces makes this TV movie enjoyable; video title: Texas Guns.

2898  Once Upon a Time in the West  Paramount, 1969. 168 min. Color. D: Sergio Leone. SC: Sergio Leone and Sergio Donati. With Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Ferzetti, Keenan Wynn, Paolo Stoppa, Marco Zuanelli, Robert Hossein, Aldo Sambrell, Fabio Testi, Lionel Stander, Jack Elam, John Frederick, Woody Strode, Al Mulock, Spartaco Conversi, Enzo Santinello, Dino Mele, Benito Stefanelli, Salvo Basile. In late 1800s Kansas a mysterious harmonica playing stranger shows up to avenge the murder of his father as the ruthless killer and his hired guns try to take land containing water needed by the railroad. Long, leisurely and violent European production which has a cult following and is well worth seeing, especially for Charles Bronson as the avenger; cut by 24 minutes for U.S. release. Italian title: C’era una Volta il West.

2899  One Desire  Universal-International, 1955. 94 min. Color. D: Jerry Hopper. SC: Lawrence Roman and Robert Blees. With Anne Baxter, Rock Hudson, Julie Adams, Carl Benton Reid, Natalie Wood, William Hopper, Betty Garde, Barry Curtis, Adrienne Marden, Fay Morley, Vici Raaf, Lynn Millan, Smoki Whitfield, Howard Wright, Edward Earle, Terry Frost, Dennis Moore, William Forrest, Edmund Cobb, Guy Wilkerson, Holly Bane, Marshall Bradford, Alan DeWitt, Joel Allen, John Close, Forbes Murray, Jane Howard, Steve Pendleton, Paul Keast, Rory Mallinson, Paul McGuire, Joseph Mell, Lana Wood, Damian O’Flynn, John Daheim, Robert F. Hoy, Harvey B. Dunne, Jack Chefe, Mack Williams, Charles H. Gray, Don House, Betty Jane Howarth, Donald Kerr, Paul Levitt, Mike Mahoney, Rankin Mansfield, Donald Moore, Clarence Straight, Paul Weber, Major Sam Harris, Kenner G. Kemp. At the turn of the 20th Century, an ex-gambler, now a bank clerk, is pursed by his boss’ daughter although he loves a former madam who has adopted an orphan girl. Well acted boom town drama based on Conrad Richter’s book Tacey Cromwell.

2900  One Dollar Too Many  Titanus, 1968. 95 min. Color. D: Enzo G. Castellari. SC: Augusto Finocchi and Vittorio Metz. With Antonio Sabato, John Saxon, Frank Wolff, Agata Flori, Leo Anchoriz, Antonio Vico, Rosella Bergamonti, Hercules Cortez, Tito Garcia, Edy Biagetti, Josefina Serratosa, Leonardo Scavino, Kathleen Trentini, Paolo Magalotti, Margareth Horowitz, Roberto Fuentes, Pilar Vela, Claudio Castelli, Jose Maria Tasso, Ivan Scartuglia, Luis Barboo, Jesus Guzman, Victor Israel. A gambler, sharpshooter and an actor vie for a cache of stolen loot but unite to oppose Mexican outlaws also after the money. The three leads, a seriocomic approach and not much violence make this a more than passable Spaghetti Western; an Italian-Spanish co-production released in Europe as I Tre Che Sconvolsero il West (The Three That Upset the West) and Vado, Vedo e Sparo (I Came, I Saw and I Shot).

2901  One Eyed Jacks  Paramount, 1961. 141 min. Color. D: Marlon Brando. SC: Guy Trosper and Calder Willingham. With Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Pina Pellicer, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Elisha Cook (Jr.), Rodolfo Acosta, Larry Duncan, Sam Gilman, Timothy Carey, Miriam Colon, Ray Teal, John Dierkes, Hank Worden, Nina Martinez, Margarita Cordova, William Forrest, Nacho Galindo, Philip Ahn, Henry Wills, Felipe Turich, Mickey Finn, Joan Petrone, Francy Scott, Margarita Martin, Clem Harvey. Released from prison, an outlaw seeks revenge on the partner who betrayed him and finds he is now a sheriff. Lots of psychological overtones in this overblown feature that was cut prior to release, which may explain why it is not as satisfying as it should be.

2902  One Foot in Hell  20th Century–Fox, 1960. 90 min. Color. D: James B. Clark. SC: Aaron Spelling. With Alan Ladd, Don Murray, Dan O’Herlihy, Dolores Michaels, Larry Gates, Karl Swenson, Barry Coe, John Alexander, Rachel Stephens, Edmund Cobb, Harry Carter, Stanley Adams, Ann Morriss, Charles Watts, Henry Norell, Robert Adler, I. Stanford Jolley, Charles Wagenheim, William Challee, Lyle Latell, Ned Wever, Kermit Maynard, Harry Seymour, Max Wagner, Harry Strang, Fred Aldrich, Charles Sullivan, George Cisar. When his wife is killed, a deputy sheriff is determined to get even with the three businessmen he feels are responsible. A different kind of Western that will appeal to Alan Ladd fans.

2903  100 Rifles  20th Century–Fox, 1969. 110 min. Color. D: Tom Gries. SC: Clair Huffaker and Tom Gries. With Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Fernando Lamas, Dan O’Herlihy, Michael Forest, Soledad Miranda, Alberto Dalbes, Jose Manuel Martin, Hans Guedgast, Aldo Sambrell, Carlos Bravo. A lawman after a bank robber ends up helping a female revolutionary in Mexico defend an Indian village against a tyrant. Fair action oater, but nothing special.

2904  100,000 Dollars for Lassiter  P.E.A./Centauro Films, 1966. 97 min. Color. D: Joaquin Romero Marchant. SC: Sergio Donati and Joaquin Romero Hernandez. With Robert Hundar (Claudio Undari), Pamela Tudor, Peter Martell, Andrew Ray (Andea Aureli), Luigi Pistilli, Jose Bodalo, Jesus Puente, Roberto Camardiel, Aldo Sambrell, Benito Stefanelli, Robert Johnson, Jr., Luis Gasper. A wheelchair bound rancher, who controls the area’s water supply with the help of an outlaw gang in his employ, is opposed by a widow and her hired gunman. Typically vicious Spaghetti Western, an Italian-Spanish co-production filmed as 100.000 Dollari per Lassiter (100,000 Dollars for Lassiter) and shown on U.S. TV as Dollars for a Fast Gun.

2905  $100,000 for Ringo  Balcazar, 1965. 106 min. Color. D: Alberto De Martino. SC: Alberto De Martino, Giovanni Simonelli, Alfonso Balcacar and Vincenzo Flamini. With Richard Harrison, Fernando Sancho, Eleanora Bianchi, Luis Induni, Monica Randall, Gerard Tichy, John Barracuda, Loris Lotty, Lee Burton (Guido Lollobrigida). A stranger rides into a town and tries to bring order between factions after buried treasure. Solid Italian production released there as 100.000 Dollari per Ringo (100,000 Dollars for Ringo).

2906  One Little Indian  Buena Vista, 1973. 90 min. Color. D: Bernard McEveety. SC: Harry Spalding. With James Garner, Vera Miles, Pat Hingle, Morgan Woodward, Jim Davis, John Doucette, Clay O’Brien, Robert Pine, Bruce Glover, Ken Swofford, Jay Silverheels, Andrew Prine, Jodie Foster, Walter Brooke, Rudy Diaz, John Flynn, Tom Simcox, Lois Red Elk, Hal Baylor, Terry Wilson, Paul Sorenson, Boyd “Red” Morgan. Falsely accused of crimes by his superiors, a cavalryman escapes from prison, heads into the desert on a camel and befriends an runaway Indian boy. Light oater comedy-drama from Walt Disney studios should please genre fans.

2907  One Man Justice  Columbia, 1937. 59 min. D: Leon Barsha. SC: Paul Perez. With Charles Starrett, Barbara Weeks, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Clifford, Alan Bridge, Walter Downey, Mary Gordon, Jack Lipson, Edmund Cobb, Dick Curtis, Maston Williams, Art Mix, Hank Bell, Steve Clark, Frank Ellis, Ethan Laidlaw, Eddie Laughton, Ted Mapes, Lew Meehan, Merrill McCormick, Harry Fleischman. Arriving in town, a cowboy learns he is the look-a-like of a supposedly dead rancher and he agrees to impersonate the man to help the sheriff catch a gang rustling cattle belonging to the deceased’s pretty widow. Strong Charles Starrett vehicle making good use of the amnesia gimmick; a remake of Texas Cyclone (q.v.).

2908  One Man Law  Columbia, 1932. 60 min. D-SC: Lambert Hillyer. With Buck Jones, Shirley Grey, Robert Ellis, Murdock MacQuarrie, Harry Todd, Henry Sedley, Ernie Adams, Richard Alexander, Wesley Girard, Ed LeSaint, Fred Burns, Jim Corey, Tex Phelps, Roy Bucko. A crooked land speculator convinces a cowboy to become a sheriff so his dishonest activities can be hidden but the new lawman soon gets wise. Well done Buck Jones feature.

2909  One Man’s Law  Republic, 1940. 57 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Bennett Cohen and Jack Natteford. With Don “Red” Barry, Janet Waldo, George Cleveland, Dub Taylor, Rex Lease, Carleton Young, Edmund Cobb, Robert Frazer, Charles King, Dick Elliott, Jack Ingram, Roy Barcroft, Stanley Price, Ed Peil, Sr., Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Bud Osborne, Horace B. Carpenter, Jack Kirk, Cactus Mack, Jim Corey, Curley Dresden, Roy Brent, Guy Usher, William Kellogg, James H. MacNamara. When crooks try to stop a town from getting a railroad franchise a cowboy comes to the rescue. Fast paced and nicely produced Don Barry entry.

2910  One Mask Too Many  Wrather Corporation, 1956. 75 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy and Oscar Rudolph. SC: Doane Hoag, Thomas Seller, Edmund Kelso and Orville Hampton. With Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Allen Pinson, Wayne Burson, Tristram Coffin, Jim Bannon, Roy Barcroft, Virginia Christine, William Challee, Paul Engle, Sydney Mason, John Cliff, Louise Lewis, Sandy Sanders, Walt LaRue, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Closson, Saul M. Gorss, Michael Winkelman, John Ira Hudkins, Paul Stader, Gabor Curtiz, Richard Benedict, Peter Miles, Jason Johnson. The Lone Ranger tries to clear his name when crimes are committed by a masked bandit, then he and Tonto attempt to stop the assassination of a European nobleman as well as oppose a brutal outlaw gang. Fast paced paste-up from the “Canuck,” “Counterfeit Mask” and “Prince of Buffalo Gap” episodes of “The Lone Ranger” (ABC-TV, 1949–57).

2911  One More Train to Rob  Universal, 1971. 106 min. Color. D: Andrew V. McLaglen. SC: Don Tait and Dick Nelson. With George Peppard, Diana Muldaur, John Vernon, France Nuyen, Steve Sandor, Soon-Talk On, Richard Loo, C.K. Yang, John Doucette, Robert Donner, George Chandler, Pamela McMyler, Merlin Olsen, Phil Olsen, Marie Windsor, Joan Shawlee, Harry Carey, Jr., Ben Cooper, Walter Reed, Andy Albin, Charles Seel, Mike Henry, Don Barry, Larry J. Blake, Lane Chandler, Timothy Scott, Hal Needham, Jim Burk, Ray Limas, Guy Lee. After being released from prison a man tries to locate the partner who double crossed him and learns he is the leading citizen of a town trying to cheat Chinese out of a fortune in gold. Average action outing somewhat helped by its supporting cast of veteran players.

2912  One of the Missing  Feigelson Productions, 1971. 56 min. Color. D: Julius D. Feigelson. With Todd Armstrong, Gordon Baxter. During the Civil War a sharpshooter is pinned by heavy beams after an explosion with his cocked rifle pointed directly between his eyes. Interesting short feature based on the story by Ambrose Bierce.

2913  One Punch O’Day  Rayart, 1926. 55 min. D: Harry J. Brown. SC: Henry R. Symonds. With Billy Sullivan, Charlotte Merriam, Jack Herrick, William Malan, J.C. Fowler, Eddie Diggins. A boxing champion defeats the machinations of a dishonest businessman when he stages a fight to get money to pay for an oil land lease and brings in a well, thus saving the fortunes of the father of the girl he loves. Typical silent action program feature starring boxing champion John L. Sullivan’s nephew, Billy Sullivan.

2914  $1,000 Reward  Aywon, 1923. 60 min. D: Charles R. Seeling. With Guinn “Big Boy” Williams. Falsely accused of murder, a cowboy escapes to another locale where he becomes a deputy sheriff and arrests his accuser. Here is a chance to see Guinn Williams in one of his silent outings, an a fairly good one, for Charles R. Seeling Productions.

2915  One Way Trail  Columbia, 1931. 60 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: George Plympton. With Tim McCoy, Doris Hill, Polly Ann Young, Al Ferguson, Carroll Nye, Robert Homans, Bud Osborne, Slim Whitaker, Blackjack Ward, Herman Hack, Jack Long, Artie Ortego, Bob Burns, Art Mix, Silver Harr, Charles Le Moyne, George Sowards, Al Taylor, Bud McClure, Barney Beasley, Jack King, Jack Evans, Charles Murphy, Archie Ricks, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko. A cowboy suspects a rancher murdered his brother and sets out to ruin the man. Tim McCoy’s first Columbia series entry is okay but not up to the standard of some of his later movies.

2916  One’s the Same as Another  Producciones Rosas Priego, 1959. 87 min. D-SC: Jaime Salvador. With Luis Aguilar, Demetrio Gonzalez, Flor Silvestre, Rosa de Castilla, Carlos Riquelme, Jose Jasso, Armando Soto La Marina “El Chicote,” Joaquin Garcia Vargas “Borales,” Jose Eduardo Perez, Hilda Moreno, Aurora Walker, Humberto Rodriguez, Emilio Garibay, Jesus Gomez. Two girl friends sneak out of school, go to a fiesta and plan to seduce each other’s cowboy brother. Silly Mexican Western musical comedy, released there as Tan Bueno el Giro Como el Colorado (As Good as the Colorado Flows).

2917  Only Birds and Fools  NBC-TV/Universal, 1974. 76 min. Color. D: Harry Morgan. SC: Richard Fiedler. With Richard Boone, Robert Foxworth, Cliff Potts, Harry Morgan, Rick Lenz, Charles Aidman, Harold J. Stone, Dennis Rucker, Fionnula Flanagan, John Daheim, John Hart, Katherine Helmond. When a stranger is murdered a lawman investigates and is led to two aviators seeking funds from the town council. Turn-of-the-century Western mystery is pleasant; originally telecast as the final episode of “Hec Ramsey” (NBC-TV, 1972–74) on April 7, 1974.

2918  Only the Brave  Paramount, 1930. 71 min. D: Frank Tuttle. SC: Edward E. Paramore, Jr. With Gary Cooper, Mary Brian, Phillips Holmes, James Neill, Morgan Farley, Guy Oliver, John Elliott, E.H. Calvert, Virginia Bruce, Elda Voelkel, William LeMaire, Freeman S. Wood, Lalo Encinas, Clinton Rosemond. During the Civil War a Union officer is rejected by his girlfriend and volunteers to work as a spy. Dated melodrama with its main appeal for Gary Cooper fans.

2919  Only the Valiant  Warner Bros., 1951. 107 min. D: Gordon Douglas. SC: Charles Marquis Warren. With Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Gig Young, Ward Bond, Lon Chaney, Warner Anderson, Jeff Corey, Steve Brodie, Neville Brand, Terry Kilburn, Herbert Heyes, Art Baker, Hugh Sanders, Michael Ansara, Nana Bryant, Harvey Udell, Claire James, Clark Howat, Harlan Howe, John Halloran, David Clarke, William Newell, John Doucette, William Phillips. A disciplinarian cavalry officer leads a small group of men who hate him through Indian country, fighting Apaches and feuding among themselves over a beautiful woman who has joined them. Somewhat offbeat psychological Western is pretty good, especially Lon Chaney as a murderous, mercenary Arab.

2920  Open Range  Buena Vista, 2003. 139 min. Color. D: Kevin Costner. SC: Craig Storper. With Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Michael Jeter, Diego Luna, James Russo, Abraham Benrubi, Dean McDermott, Kim Coates, Herb Kohler, Peter MacNeill, Cliff Saunders, Pat Stutz, Julian Richards, Ian Tracey, Rod Wilson, Diego Del Mar, Patricia Benedict, Tim Koetting, Tom Carey, Kurtis Sanheim, Billy Morton, Alex Zahara, Chad Camilleri, Greg Schlosser, Guy Bews, Loretta Clow, Alexis Cerkiewicz. A dishonest sheriff and a land baron attempt to take over an ex-gunman’s friend’s cattle herd. Nicely made and very entertaining medium budget Western, a moneymaker at the box office.

2921  The Open Switch  Rayart, 1926. 50 min. D: J.P. McGowan. With Helen Holmes, Jack Perrin, Charles “Slim” Whitaker, Mack V. Wright, Arthur Millet, Henry Roquemore, Max Asher, J.P. McGowan, J. Carrol Naish. After the theft of an express package, a crook takes the identity of a railroad agent in order to get the reward but is opposed by a woman and her partner. The teaming of silent serial queen Helen Holmes and oater star Jack Perrin brings some life to this silent program feature.

2922  Operation Haylift  Lippert, 1950. 75 min. D: William Berke. SC: Joseph Sawyer and Dean Riesner. With Bill Williams, Ann Rutherford, Tom Brown, Jane Nigh, Joseph Sawyer, Richard Travis, Raymond Hatton, James Conlin, Tommy Ivo, Dick Dean, Joanna Armstrong, M’liss McClure, Frank Jaron, H.G. Fisher, Roger Norton. When cattle are stranded and starving during a blizzard in Montana, the brother of a rancher helps the Air Force in dropping hay to feed the stock. Very entertaining modern Western based on an actual event; actor Joseph Sawyer not only appeared in the film but also co-wrote and co-produced it.

2923  Operator 13  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934 86 min. D: Richard Boleslavsky. SC: Harvey Thew, Zelda Sears and Eve Greene. With Marion Davies, Gary Cooper, Jean Parker, Katharine Alexander, Ted Healy, Russell Hardie, Henry Wadsworth, Douglass Dumbrille, Willard Robertson, Fuzzy Knight, Sidney Toler, Robert McWade, Marjorie Gateson, Wade Boteler, Walter Long, Hattie McDaniel, Francis McDonald, William H. Griffith, James Marcus, The Mills Brothers, Sam McDaniel, Buddy Roosevelt, Frank McGlynn, Jr., Wheeler Oakman, Don Douglas, Si Jenks, Reginald Barlow, Ernie Alexander, Richard Powell, Wilfred Lucas, William Henry, Richard Tucker, Arthur Grant, Sherry Tansey, George Lloyd, Sam Ash, Claudia Coleman, Sterling Holloway, Douglas Fowley, Samuel S. Hinds, Frank Marlowe, DeWitt Jennings, Ernie Adams, Clarence Wilson, Franklin Parker, Claudia Coleman, Sherry Hall, James C. Morton, John Larkin, Wally Howe, Bob Stevenson, Lia Lance, Charles Lloyd. During the Civil War an actress heads South in order to spy for the North. Hokey historical melodrama wastes a good cast.

2924  Ordeal  ABC-TV/20th Century–Fox, 1973. 73 min. Color. D: Lee H. Katzin. SC: Francis M. Cockrell and Leon Tokatian. With Arthur Hill, Diana Muldaur, James Stacy, Macdonald Carey, Michael Ansara, Arch Whiting, Bill Catching, Len Felber. After his leg is broken a man is left to die in the Mojave Desert by his wife and her boyfriend as he struggles to survive. Well done TV movie; remake of Inferno (q.v.).

2925  The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd  CBS-TV, 1980. 104 min. Color. D: Paul Wendkos. SC: Douglas Schwartz and Michael Berk. With Dennis Weaver, Susan Sullivan, Richard Dysart, Michael McGuire, Nigel Davenport, Arthur Hill, Mary Nell Santacroce, Larry Larson, Bill Gribble, Luke Halpin, Don Kovacs, Lawrence Montaigne, Harold Bergman, Fred Covington, Joe Dorsey, Jim Peck, Gregg Oliver, Bill Eudaly, Don Devendorf, Tony Kish, Wallace Wilkinson, Anthony Edenfield, Jere Beery, Kent Stephens, Stuart Culpepper, Richard Andrew, Dan Chandler, Skip Foster, Charles Kaufman, Tommy Lane, Bill Hindman, George De Vries, Richard Andrew. Dr. Samuel Mudd, for setting John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg after the Lincoln assassination, is sentenced to life at the prison in Dry Tortugas and later becomes a hero during a Yellow Fever outbreak. More than acceptable TV fare already covered theatrically in Hellgate and The Prisoner of Shark Island (qq.v.).

2926  Oregon Passage  Allied Artists, 1958. 82 min. Color. D: Paul Landres. SC: Jack DeWitt. With John Ericson, Lola Albright, Toni Gerry, Edward Platt, Harvey Stephens, Judith Ames, H.M. Wynant, Jon Shepodd, Walter Barnes, Paul Fierro. A cavalry officer innocently incurs the wrath of a Shoshone Indian chief when he rescues a maiden from a tribal ceremony. Despite an interesting plot, this film is on the bland side.

2927  The Oregon Trail  Universal, 1939. 15 Chapters. D: Ford Beebe and Saul A. Goodkind. SC: George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, Edmund Kelso, W.W. Watson and Dorothy Cormack. With Johnny Mack Brown, Louise Stanley, Bill Cody, Jr., Fuzzy Knight, Forrest Taylor, Ed LeSaint, James Blaine, Jack C. Smith, Roy Barcroft, Colin Kenny, Charles King, Charles Stevens, Jim Torney, Karl Hackett, Warner Richmond, Kenneth Harlan, Horace Murphy, Helen Gibson, Frank LaRue, Frank Ellis, Richard Alexander, Lafe McKee, Jim Thorpe, Chick Hannon, Tom Smith, Cactus Mack, George Plues, Iron Eyes Cody, Tex Young. The government hires a scout to stop Indian attacks on a wagon train headed for Oregon Territory. Action packed, but juvenile, cliffhanger.

2928  The Oregon Trail  Republic, 1945. 55 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Betty Burbridge. With Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Frank Jaquet, Si Jenks, Mary Carr, Lee Shumway, Bud Geary, Kenne Duncan, Steve Winston, Tex Terry, Tom London, Earle Hodgins, Monte Hale, Rex Lease, Tommy Coats, Horace B. Carpenter, George Magrill, Bud Osborne, Sheila Stuart, Henry Wills. A railroad detective goes undercover to infiltrate an outlaw gang and also helps a rancher and his pretty daughter when a crook tries to take over the area because it is wanted by the railroad. Fairly interesting Sunset Carson vehicle.

2929  The Oregon Trail  20th Century–Fox, 1959. 82 min. Color. D: Gene Fowler, Jr. SC: Gene Fowler, Jr. and Louis Vittes. With Fred MacMurray, Gloria Talbott, William Bishop, Nina Shipman, Henry Hull, John Carradine, John Dierkes, Elizabeth Patterson, James Bell, Ralph Sanford, Tex Terry, Oscar Bergei, Addison Richards, Lumsden Hare, Gene H. Fowler, Sherry Spalding, Roxene Wells. A newspaper reporter joins a wagon train heading for Oregon to investigate reports the government has sent troops there to fight the British in a dispute over the territory. Film has a lot of promise but not enough budget to fulfill it.

2930  The Oregon Trail  NBC-TV/Universal, 1976. 100 min. Color. D: Boris Sagal. SC: Michael Gleason. With Rod Taylor, Blair Brown, David Huddleston, Douglas V. Fowley, Andrew Stevens, Linda Purl, G.D. Spradlin, Tony Becker, Gina Maria Smika, George Keymas, Eddie Little Sky, Robert Karnes, Jerry Hardin, Wilford Brimley, Hoke Howell, Walter Edmiston, John Wyler. An Eastern family gives up their farm to move West for free land and a new life. Well done wagon train drama that led to the series of the same title that ran on NBC-TV in the fall of 1977.

2931  Oregon Trail Scouts  Republic, 1947. 58 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Earle Snell. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Bobby Blake, Martha Wentworth, Roy Barcroft, Emmett Lynn, Edmund Cobb, Earle Hodgins, Ed Cassidy, Frank Lackteen, Jack Kirk, Jack O’Shea, Chief Yowlachie, Billy Cummings, John War Eagle, Forrest Burns, Jack Sparks, Ted Elliott, Ernest “Tex” Young. Red Ryder helps Indians whose trapping rights are sought by a gang of hoodlums who kidnap one of the tribe’s young boys. Action filled entry in the “Red Ryder” series.

2932  Orphan of the North  Monogram, 1940. 56 min. D-SC: Norman Dawn. With Bob Webster, Mary Joyce, Ann Hemming, Eleanor Phillips, John Pool. When a small girl’s father fails to return home from a gold hunt she sets out to find him and a rescue party follows. Low grade, but picturesque, semi-documentary drama; the title refers to bear cubs.

2933  Orphan of the Pecos  Victory, 1937. 55 min. D: Sam Katzman. SC: Basil Dickey. With Tom Tyler, Jeanne Martel, Forrest Taylor, Lafe McKee, Theodore (Ted) Lorch, Slim Whitaker, John Elliott, Marjorie Beebe, Roger Williams, Milburn Morante, George Morrell, Frank Wayne, Bud Pope, Howard Bryant. A cowboy tries to find out who killed his pal while outlaws are after a beautiful woman’s ranch. Producer Sam Katzman directed this cheap Tom Tyler vehicle with Jeanne Martel making a comely orphan as a neat plot twist has ventriloquism used to reveal the murderer.

2934  Orphan Train  CBS-TV, 1979. 150 min. Color. D: William A. Graham. SC: Millard Lampell. With Jill Eikenberry, Kevin Dobson, Linda Manz, Melissa Michaelson, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Glenn Close, Morgan Farley, Severn Darden, Charlie Fields, Peter Neumann, Joe Femia, Sara Ingliss, Andreas Manske, Scott Rogers, Justine Johnson, Sue Ann Gilfillon, Barbara Hallie-Foote, Mike Hammett. A novice social worker teams with a newspaper photographer to lead a group of slum children out of New York City to start new lives in the West. Well done TV drama based on Dorothea G. Petrie’s book.

2935  Out California Way  Republic, 1946. 67 min. Color. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Betty Burbridge. With Monte Hale, Adrian Booth, Bobby Blake, John Dehner, Nolan Leary, Fred Graham, Tom London, Jimmy Starr, Edward Keane, Robert Wilke, Brooks Benedict, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Don “Red” Barry, Allan “Rocky” Lane, Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage, St. Luke’s Choristers. A cowboy arrives in Hollywood hoping to become a film star but is hindered by a jealous fading genre hero. Fans will enjoy this Monte Hale movie, both for its plot and guest stars.

2936  Out West with the Hardys  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1938. 90 min. D: George B. Seitz. SC: Kay Van Riper, Agnes Christine Johnson and William Ludwig. With Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Ann Rutherford, Fay Holden, Sara Haden, Don Castle, Virginia Weidler, Gordon Jones, Ralph Morgan, Nana Bryant, Thurston Hall, Tom Neal, Anthony Allen (John Hubbard), Eddy Waller, Erville Alderson, George Douglas, Joe Dominguez, Charles Grove, Mary Bovard, Marilyn Stuart, Jesse Graves. The Hardy family takes a vacation on a ranch where the owner is having problems with water rights. Delightful “Hardy Family” fare for fans of the series.

2937  Out West with the Peppers  Columbia, 1940. 63 min. D: Charles Barton. SC: Harry (Sauber) Rebuas. With Edith Fellows, Dorothy Peterson, Dorothy Ann Seese, Tommy Bond, Charles Peck, Bobby Larson, Victor Kilian, Helen Brown, Emory Parnell, Pierre Watkin, Ronald Sinclair, Walter Soderling, Roger Gray, Hal Price. A widow takes her five children to redwood country where the youngsters built a raft and while taking it down river they almost lose their lives. Pleasing family program picture in the series based on Margaret Sidney’s books.

Outback see Wrangler

2938  The Outcast  Republic, 1954. 90 min. Color. D: William Witney. SC: John K. Butler and Richard Wormser. With John Derek, Joan Evans, Jim Davis, Catherine McLeod, Ben Cooper, Taylor Holmes, Nana Bryant, Slim Pickens, Frank Ferguson, James Millican, Bob Steele, Nacho Galindo, Harry Carey, Jr., Buzz Henry, Hank Worden, Bill Walker, Nicholas Coster, Marc Hamilton. A man returns home to claim an inheritance but finds his vicious, crooked uncle is trying to cheat him out of it. Fast moving and well produced feature with especially good work by Jim Davis as the uncle, Taylor Holmes as his corrupt partner and Bob Steele as their gunman.

Joan Evans and Jim Davis in The Outcast (Republic, 1954).

2939  Outcasts of Black Mesa  Columbia, 1950. 54 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Martha Hyer, Richard Bailey, Stanley Andrews, William Haade, Lane Chandler, William Gould, Robert Wilke, Chuck Roberson, Ozie Waters. The Durango Kid helps a young woman whose father and two partners were murdered over their mine. Good action entry in the long running series. British title: The Clue.

2940  The Outcasts of Poker Flat  RKO Radio, 1937. 68 min. D: Christy Cabanne. SC: John Twist and Harry Segall. With Preston Foster, Jean Muir, Van Heflin, Virginia Weidler, Margaret Irving, Frank M. Thomas, Si Jenks, Dick Elliott, Al St. John, Bradley Page, Richard Lane, Monte Blue, Billy Gilbert, Al Ferguson, George Irving, Dudley Clements, Bryant Washburn, Barbara Pepper, Georgia Caine, Otto Hoffman, Tex Driscoll. A diverse group of people are snowbound in a cabin with some of them finding new meaning for life. A combination of Bret Harte’s stories “Outcasts of Poker Flat” and “The Luck of Roaring Camp,” the film does a good job in retaining the flavor of the author’s work. First filmed in 1919 by Universal with Harry Carey, Cullen Landis, Gloria Hope and J. Farrell MacDonald, directed by John Ford.

2941  The Outcasts of Poker Flat  20th Century–Fox, 1952. 81 min. D: Joseph M. Newman. SC: Edmund H. North. With Anne Baxter, Dale Robertson, Miriam Hopkins, Cameron Mitchell, Craig Hill, Barbara Bates, Billy Lynn, Dick Rich, Russ Conway, Robert Adler, John Ridgely, Harry Shannon, Lee Phelps, Harry Carter, Tom Greenway, Harry Harvey, Jr., Frosty Royce, Jack Byron, Albert Schmidt, Joe P. Smith, Joe Haworth, Kit Carson. Several people are tossed out of a mining town and take refuse in a mountain cabin during a blizzard. Okay retelling of the Bret Harte story with good work by Miriam Hopkins as Duchess, a has-been saloon singer.

2942  Outcasts of the Trail  Republic, 1949. 60 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: Olive Cooper. With Monte Hale, Jeff Donnell, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft, John Gallaudet, Milton Parsons, Tommy Ivo, Minerva Urecal, Ted Mapes, George Lloyd, Steve Darrell, Tom Steele, Hank Patterson, Hank Bell. Wandering into town, two cowpokes find they are unwelcome and try to find out why. Good entry in Monte Hale’s Republic series with an especially interesting plot.

The Outing see Scream

2943  The Outlaw  United Artists, 1943. 126 min. D: Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks and Otto Lovering. SC: Jules Furthman. With Jane Russell, Jack Beutel, Walter Huston, Thomas Mitchell, Mimi Aguglia, Joseph Sawyer, Gene Rizzi, Frank Darien, Pat West, Carl Stockdale, Nena Quartero, Martin Garralaga, Julian Rivero, Dickie Jones, Ethan Laidlaw, Ed Brady, William Steele, Wallace Reid, Jr., Ed Peil, Sr., Lee “Lasses” White, Ted Mapes, Willam Newell, Lee Shumway, Emory Parnell, Arthur Loft, Dick Elliott, John Sheehan, Frank Ward, Bobby Callahan, Cecil Kellogg. Doc Holliday befriends the notorious Billy the Kid, saving him from Sheriff Pat Garrett and later when Billy is shot he leaves him in the care of the beautiful Rio and the two fall in love. Made in 1941 and given brief release in 1943, this Howard Hughes production was reissued in 1946 by RKO Radio and cut by nine minutes due to censorship problems. The film is historically inaccurate and not overly entertaining but Jane Russell is a knockout as Rio.

2944  Outlaw Brand  Monogram, 1948. 60 min. D: Lambert Hillyer SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Kay Morley, Christine Larson, Ray Whitley, John James, Bud Osborne, Nolan Leary, Eddie Majors, Tom Chatterton, Boyd Stockman, Leonard Penn, Frank McCarroll, Jay Kirby, Dick Reinhart. An wild stallion torments area ranchers and when a singing cowpoke tries to tame him he uncovers the activities of a crook. Passable Jimmy Wakely feature with the star better with a guitar than a gun.

2945  The Outlaw Breaker  Goodwill, 1926. 55 min. D: Jacques Jaccard. SC: Jacques Jaccard and Yakima Canutt. With Yakima Canutt, Alma Rayford, Nelson McDowell, Harry Northrub, Dick La Reno, Florence Lee, William Bertram, Frank Ellis, Boy (horse). Carrying on a feud with sheepherders began by his late rancher father, a cowboy finds himself framed on a murder charge. Yakima Canutt fans will enjoy this fast paced silent feature.

2946  Outlaw Country  Screen Guild, 1949. 76 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Ron Ormond and Ira Webb. With Lash LaRue, Al St. John, Nancy Saunders, Dan White, House Peters, Jr., Steve Dunhill, Lee Roberts, Ted Adams, John Merton, Dee Cooper, Jack O’Shea, Sandy Sanders, Bob Duncan, Herman Hack, Artie Ortego. While working to break up a counterfeiting gang, Lash and Fuzzy meets an outlaw called the Frontier Phantom, who turns out to be Lash’s long lost brother. Overlong but still entertaining Lash LaRue vehicle with footage later used in The Frontier Phantom (q.v.).

2947  The Outlaw Deputy  Puritan, 1935. 56 min. D: Otto Brower. SC: Dell Andrews. With Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, Bud Osborne, George Offerman, Jr., Si Jenks, Joe Girard, Hooper Atchley, Richard Botiller, Charles Brinley, Jack Montgomery, Jim Corey, Hank Bell, Eddie Gribbon, Tex Cooper, Bud Pope, Tom Smith, Ray Jones, Buck Morgan, Bob Card, George Holtz. A cowboy heads to a lawless town to get revenge for the murder of his friend. Tim McCoy’s first Puritan film is an action laced affair, sure to please his fans.

2948  Outlaw Express  Universal, 1938. 57 min. D: George Waggner. SC: Norton S. Parker. With Bob Baker, Cecilia Callejo, Don Barclay, LeRoy Mason, Forrest Taylor, Nina Campana, Martin Garralaga, Carleton Young, Carlyle Moore, Jr., Jack Kirk, Ed Cassidy, Jack Ingram, Julian Rivero, Tex Palmer, Chief Many Treaties, Ray Jones, Joe Dominguez, William McCauley. The government assigns a cavalry captain to investigate the murders of Pony Express riders and the theft of mail. Pleasant Bob Baker affair, well directed by George Waggner.

Outlaw Fury see Hostile Country

The Outlaw Gang see The Dalton Gang

2949  Outlaw Gold  Monogram, 1950. 51 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Jack Lewis. With Johnny Mack Brown, Jane Adams, Myron Healey, Milburn Morante, Marshall Reed, Hugh Prosser, Carol Henry, Bud Osborne, George DeNormand, Frank Jaquet, Carl Mathews, Ray Jones, Steve Clark, Bob Woodward, Merrill McCormick. A ranger and his pal look into the thefts of Mexican gold shipments and find a newspaper publisher is the culprit. Short, but fairly interesting oater enhanced by Myron Healey’s work as a good, bad man.

2950  The Outlaw Josey Wales  Warner Bros., 1976. 137 min. Color. D: Clint Eastwood. SC: Paul Kaufman and Sonia Clemens. With Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Paula Trueman, Sam Bottoms, Geraldine Keams, Woodrow Parfrey, Joyce Jameson, Sheb Wooley, Royal Dano, Matt Clarke, John Verros, Will Sampson, William O’Connell, John Quade, Frank Schofield, Buck Kartalian, Len Lesser, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Charles Tyner, Bruce M. Fisher, John Mitchum, John Davis Chandler, Tom Roy Lowe, Clay Tanner, Robert Hoy, Madeleine Taylor Holmes, Erik Holland, Cissy Wellman, Faye Hamblin, Danny Green, Richard Farnsworth, Frank Cockrell, Walter Scott, Kyle Eastwood. A Civil War veteran with a price on his head takes revenge on the soldiers who murdered his family. Overlong and too violent, this Western is still more interesting than some of Clint Eastwood’s later efforts.

Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales (Warner Bros., 1976).

2951  Outlaw Justice  Majestic, 1932. 61 min. D: Armand Schaefer. SC: Oliver Drake. With Jack Hoxie, Dorothy Gulliver, Donald Keith, Chris-Pin Martin, Charles King, Kermit Maynard, Jack Rockwell, Walter Shumway, Tom London, Jack Trent, Slim Whitaker, Frank Ellis, Jack Kirk, Tex Palmer, Pete Morrison, Jim Corey, Hank Bell, Horace B. Carpenter, Blackjack Ward. A cowboy takes on the guise of a notorious outlaw in order to bring in a crook. Jack Hoxie’s first sound feature is slow but well made.

2952  Outlaw of Red River  Fenix/Harold Goldman, 1966. 76 min. Color. D: Maury Dexter. SC: Eduardo Brochero. With George Montgomery, Elisa Montes, Joseph (Jose) Nieto, Miguel Castillo, Jesus Todesillas, Raf Baldassare, Anna Custodio, Gloria Camara, Ricardo Valle, Carmen Procel, Jose Villasante, Franco Brano, Rafael Yaquero. A wanted gunman who works for a Mexican colonel must oppose the lawlessness of his boss’ fiancee’s brother as well as that of a bandit and his gang. Lumbering European oater with star George Montgomery, as the gunfighter O’Brien, its main asset; filmed in Spain as El Proscrito del Rio Colorado (The Exile of the Colorado River) and re-released in 1968 as Django Killer per l’Onore (Django the Honorable Killer).

2953  Outlaw Roundup  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1944. 56 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Elmer Clifton. With Dave O’Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Helen Chapman, Jack Ingram, I. Stanford Jolley, Charles King, Reed Howes, Bud Osborne, Frank Ellis, Budd Buster, Frank McCarroll, Jimmy Aubrey, Cal Shrum, Dan White, Jack Ternak, Aleth Hanson, Jess Cavin. Three Texas Rangers devise a plan to arrest a gang by starting the rumor than an outlaw who buried stolen loot in the area has escaped from jail and one of them accuses the other of being the convict. Low grade “Texas Rangers” series feature.

2954  Outlaw Rule  Willis Kent, 1935. 61 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: E.B. Mann. With Reb Russell, Betty Mack, Alan Bridge, Yakima Canutt, John McGuire, Henry Hall, Ralph Lewis, Joseph Girard, Jack Rockwell, Jack Kirk, Bart Carre, Murdock MacQuarrie, Marin Sais, Ed Porter, Tommy Bupp, Rose Plummer, Bud Pope, Lew Meehan, Richard Botiller, Budd Buster, Bill Patton, Silver Tip Baker, Oscar Gahan, Olin Francis, Bud McClure, Chuck Baldra, Jack Jones, Barney Beasley, Jack Hendricks. When a rancher is falsely accused of murdering a lawman he is helped by a gunman called The Whistler, who is really a cattlemen’s association operative after a notorious outlaw. Standard, rough hewn Reb Russell vehicle.

2955  The Outlaw Stallion  Columbia, 1954. 64 min. Color. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: David Lang. With Phil(ip) Carey, Dorothy Patrick, Billy Gray, Gordon Jones, Roy Roberts, Trevor Bardette, Morris Ankrum, Chris Alcaide, Robert Anderson, Harry Harvey, Guy Teague. Thieves pretend to befriend a woman and her young son in order to steal their horse herd. Non-ambitious juvenile fare from producer Wallace MacDonald.

2956  The Outlaw Tamer  Empire, 1935. 60 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: J. Wesley Patterson and Kaye Northrup With Lane Chandler, Janet Morgan (Blanche Mehaffey), Charles (Slim) Whitaker, Ben Corbett, George Hayes, J.P. McGowan, Tex Palmer, Herman Hack, Maston Williams, Jack Evans, Ed Gyton, Blackjack Ward, Richard Cramer, Wally West, Art Dillard, Jack Hendricks, Tex Phelps, Ed Carey, Gertrude Chorre, George Hazel, The Range Riders (Hugh Farr, Johnny Luther, Chuck Baldra, Al Haskell, Jack Jones). A cowboy known as the Phantom Rider discovers a murdered man and attempts to find his killer. Well made low budget adventure; Lane Chandler’s final series starring film.

Outlaw Territory see Hannah Lee

2957  Outlaw Trail  Monogram, 1944. 54 min. D: Robert Tansey. SC: Alvin J. Neitz (Alan James). With Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Chief Thundercloud, Jennifer Holt, Cy Kendall, Rocky Camron, George Eldredge, Charles King, Hal Price, John Bridges, Bud Osborne, Jim Thorpe, Warner Richmond, Frank Ellis, Al Ferguson, Tex Palmer, Charles Murray, Jr., Lee Roberts, Fred Hoose, Evelyn Selbie, Rose Plummer, Bert Dillard, Artie Ortego, Herman Hack, Denver Dixon, Lynton Brent, Roy Bucko. When a cattle buyer disappears on a visit to a town run by a banker, The Trail Blazers are sent to investigate. Good, fast paced penultimate entry in the popular “Trail Blazers” series.

2958  Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy  Allumination Filmworks, 2006. 53 min. Color. D: Ryan Little. SC: David Piller. With Brian Wimmer, Michael Van Wagenen, Brock Richards, James Karen, Ryan Kelley, James Hardy, Arielle Kebbel, Brent Weber, Rick Mac, Shaunna Thompson, David Piller, Dan Byrd, Brian Peck, Ron Melendez, Ian Lonsdale, Steve Anderson, Bruce McGill, James Gammon, Scott Wilkinson, Steven A. Lee, Chris Kendrick, Nancy Everhard, Andrew Roach, Noah Sunday, Matthew Brown. Four young people, one of them the great nephew of Butch Cassidy, hunt for the outlaw’s treasure only to be pursued by bad men who are also after it. Award winning, action filled juvenile oriented short feature.

2959  Outlaw Treasure  American Releasing Corporation, 1955. 67 min. D: Oliver Drake. SC: John Carpenter. With John (Carpenter) Forbes, Adele Jergens, Glenn Langan, Michael Whalen, Harry Lauter, Frank Jenks, Hal Baylor, Frank “Red” Carpenter, Bob Hinkle, Whitey Hughes. When gold shipments disappear an Army troubleshooter tries to get to the bottom of the problem. Sub-par production from producer-writer-star John Carpenter.

2960  Outlaw Women  Howco International, 1952. 76 min. Color. D: Sam Newfield and Ron Ormond. SC: Orville Hampton. With Marie Windsor, Richard Rober, Allan Nixon, Carla Balenda, Jackie Coogan, Maria Hart, Jacqueline Fontaine, Billy House, Richard Avonde, Leonard Penn, Lyle Talbot, Brad Johnson, Tom Tyler, Angela Stevens, Ted Cooper, Riley Hill, Kermit Maynard, Bud Osborne, Lou Lubin, Cliff Taylor, Connie Cezona. A town is controlled by Iron Mae McLeod and her gang of female hellions but they are opposed by a gambler who is appointed U.S. marshal. Just as bad as it sounds and Cinecolor does not help; sad to see Tom Tyler gunned down early in the proceedings.

2961  Outlawed Guns  Universal, 1935. 62 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Jack Neville. With Buck Jones, Ruth Channing, Frank McGlynn, Roy D’Arcy, Joseph Girard, Pat J. O’Brien, Joan Gale, Lee Shumway, Charles King, Jack Rockwell, Monte Montague, Bob Walker, Carl Stockdale, Cliff Lyons, Jack Montgomery. When his younger brother becomes involved with outlaws, a cowboy plans to stop the gang and save his sibling. Very picturesque Buck Jones oater enhanced by a pleasing story.

2962  Outlaws  CBS-TV, 1986. 104 min. Color. D: Peter Werner. SC: Nicholas Corea. With Rod Taylor, William Lucking, Richard Roundtree, Charles Napier, Patrick Houser, Christina Belford, Lewis Van Bergen, Wendy Girand, Grand L. Bush, Avery Schreiber, Ron Josephs, George American Horse. A quartet of old West cowboys are propelled into modern times where they must contend with new technology and a variety of criminals. Fairly intriguing pilot for the series of the same title that ran on CBS-TV in 1987.

2963  The Outlaw’s Daughter  20th Century–Fox, 1954. 75 min. D: Wesley Barry. SC: Sam Roeca. With Jim Davis, Bill Williams, Kelly Ryan, George Cleveland, Elisha Cook, Jr., Guinn Williams, Sara Haden, Nelson Leigh, George Barrows, Zon Murray, Dick (Richard) Powers, Regina Gleason, Sam Flint, Paul Stader, Danny Fisher, Eugene Anderson, Jr. A young woman is implicated in a stagecoach holdup when the robbers leave a trail leading to her grandfather’s ranch, because the old man was once a famous outlaw. Fair program feature done on a modest budget.

Outlaw’s Highway see Fighting Fury

2964  The Outlaws Is Coming!  Columbia, 1965. 89 min. D: Norman Maurer. SC: Elwood Ullman. With The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Da Rita), Adam West, Nancy Kovack, Mort Mills, Don Lamond, Rex Holman, Emil Sitka, Henry Gibson, Murray Alper, Tiny Brauer, Joe Bolton, Hal Fryar (Harlow Hickenlooper), Johnny Ginger, Wayne Mack, Bruce Sedley, Paul Shannon, Sally Starr. Three newsroom zanies accompany a reporter West to do a story on the slaughter of buffalo and they become involved with a legion of gunslingers. Very funny Three Stooges feature that will appeal to both adults and kiddies.

2965  Outlaws of Boulder Pass  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 61 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Steve Braxton (Sam Robins). With George Houston, Al St. John, Smoky (Dennis) Moore, Marjorie Manners, Charles King, I. Stanford Jolley, Karl Hackett, Ted Adams, Kenne Duncan, Frank Ellis, Steve Clark, Jimmy Aubrey, Budd Buster, Milburn Morante, George Morrell, Tex Palmer, Ray Henderson, Charley Murray, Jr., Bert Dillard, Art Dillard, Art Fowler. An outlaw gang is charging illegal tolls for cattle drives and the Lone Rider and his pals try to stop them. Passable entry in the “Lone Rider” series. TV title: The Lone Rider and the Outlaws of Boulder Pass.

2966  Outlaws of Pine Ridge  Republic, 1942. 56 min. D: William Witney. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Don “Red” Barry, Lynn Merrick, Noah Beery, Emmett Lynn, Clayton Moore, Donald Kirke, Forrest Taylor, Stanley Price, Francis Ford, Wheaton Chambers, George J. Lewis, Roy Brent, Kenneth Terrell, Al Taylor, Tex Terry, Jack O’Shea, Cactus Mack, Tom Steele, Horace B. Carpenter, Duke Green. When he thwarts a holdup, a gambler finds himself a hero and he ends up bringing in an outlaw gang. William Witney’s first directorial effort in Don Barry’s Republic series is a fast moving and exciting one.

2967  Outlaws of Santa Fe  Republic, 1944. 56 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Don “Red” Barry, Helen Talbot, Wally Vernon, Twinkle Watts, Charles Morton, Herbert Heyes, Bud Geary, LeRoy Mason, Kenne Duncan, Nolan Leary, Walter Soderling, Edmund Cobb, Frank McCarroll, Robert Kortman, Emmett Lynn, Ernie Adams, Jack Kirk, Pierce Lyden, Forrest Taylor, Bob Burns, Jack O’Shea, Fred Graham. Finding out he is the son of a murdered lawman, and not the offspring of an outlaw, a bandit agrees to take the job of sheriff to stop a crook and his gang that control Santa Fe. Pretty good action entry for Don Barry, the final outing in his Republic series.

2968  Outlaws of Sonora  Republic, 1938. 56 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Betty Bur bridge and Edmund Kelso. With Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Jack Mulhall, Jean Joyce, Sterlita Peluffo, Otis Harlan, Tom London, Gloria Rich, Ralph Peters, George Chesebro, Frank LaRue, Jack Ingram, Merrill McCormick, Curley Dresden, Jim Corey, George Cleveland, Earl Dwire, Jack Kirk, Edwin Mordant, Bob Reeves, Tommy Coats, Art Dillard, Horace B. Carpenter, George (Montgomery) Letz, Bob Burns, Fred Burns, Bob Card, Herman Willingham, Jack O’Shea, Blackjack Ward. When an outlaw impersonates Stony Brooke, who is blamed for a series of robberies, he and his pals Tucson and Lullaby try to capture the culprit. Another fine outing in “The Three Mesquiteers” series.

2969  Outlaws of Stampede Pass  Monogram, 1943. 58 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Jess Bowers (Adele Buffington). With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Harry Woods, Ellen Hall, Edmund Cobb, Charles King, Milburn Morante, Sam Flint, Mauritz Hugo, Art Mix, Cactus Mack, Artie Ortego, Hal Price, Dan White, Tex Cooper, Bud Wolfe, Jon Dawson, Herman Hack, Eddie Burns, Kansas Moehring, Denver Dixon, Curley Dresden, Rube Dalroy. Two lawmen are helped by a blacksmith’s daughter as they try to find out who is behind the rustling of a rancher’s cattle. Standardized but entertaining “Nevada Jack McKenzie” film from a story by Johnston McCulley, the creator of “Zorro.”

2970  Outlaws of Texas  Monogram, 1950. 56 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Daniel Ullman. With Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Phyllis Coates, Terry Frost, Tommy Farrell, Zon Murray, George DeNormand, Stanley Price, Steve Carr, Tom Tyler, Rex Lease, Sam Flint, Clarke Stevens, Ray Jones, George Sowards. Two U.S. marshals work undercover to capture a gang of bank robbers. Good Whip Wilson vehicle.

2971  Outlaws of the Cherokee Trail  Republic, 1941. 56 min. D: Lester Orlebeck. SC: Albert DeMond. With Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Rufe Davis, Lois Collier, Rex Lease, Tom Chatterton, Roy Barcroft, Joel Friedkin, Philip Trent, Peggy Lynn, Bud Osborne, Chief Yowlachie, John James, Lee Shumway, Karl Hackett, Billy Curtis, Griff Barnett, Bud Geary, Al Taylor, Henry Wills, Sarah Padden, Iron Eyes Cody, Cactus Mack, Chuck Morrison, Eddie Dean, Lloyd Ingraham, Wally West, Ernest Sarracino, Ethyl May Halls. When the daughter of a ranger captain is kidnapped, The Three Mesquiteers attempt to rescue her. Precise action entry in the popular series.

2972  Outlaws of the Desert  Paramount, 1941. 66 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: J. Benton Cheney and Bernard McConville. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Brad King, Duncan Renaldo, Forrest Stanley, Jean Phillips, Nina Guilbert, Luli Deste, Alberto Morin, George J. Lewis, Jean Del Val, George Woolsey, Jamiel Hasson, Mickey Eissa, Ted Wells, Charles Murphy, Bill Nestell. The Bar 20 pals go to Arabia to buy horses for a rancher and after he is kidnapped they become involved in desert warfare. Nice photography helps this meandering and only fair “Hopalong Cassidy” adventure.

2973  Outlaws of the Panhandle  Columbia, 1941. 60 min. D: Sam Nelson. SC: Paul Franklin. With Charles Starrett, Frances Robinson, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Richard Fiske, Ray Teal, Lee Prather, Bud Osborne, Steve Clark, Eddie Laughton, Norman Willis, Blackie Whiteford, Stanley Brown, Jack Low. A cowboy helps cattlemen trying to construct a railroad spur but the project is hampered by a gambler who robs their gold shipments. Good Charles Starrett vehicle.

2974  Outlaws of the Plains  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1946. 58 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Elmer Clifton. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarthy, Charles King (Jr.), Karl Hackett, Jack O’Shea, Bud Osborne, Roy Brent, Slim Whitaker, John Cason, Budd Buster, Jimmy Aubrey, Lane Bradford, Al Ferguson, Frank Ellis, George Morrell, Ray Henderson. Crooks convince Fuzzy that worthless land contains gold so he persuades others to join him in purchasing it with Billy Carson trying to stop them. Standard, and last, entry in the “Billy Carson” series.

2975  Outlaws of the Prairie  Columbia, 1937. 59 min. D: Sam Nelson. SC: Ed Earl Repp. With Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, Iris Meredith, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Ed LeSaint, Hank Bell, Dick Curtis, Norman Willis, Edmund Cobb, Art Mix, Steve Clark, Earle Hodgins, Richard Alexander, Frank Shannon, Fred Burns, Jack Rockwell, Jack Kirk, George Chesebro, Frank Ellis, Charles LeMoyne, Frank McCarroll, Curley Dresden, Vernon Dent, George Morrell, Ray Jones, Jim Corey, Blackie Whiteford, Lee Shumway, Bob Burns, Charles Brinley, Delmar Watson, Lambert Rogers, Joe Yrigoyen, Chuck Baldra, Art Dillard, Bert Dillard, Jack Shannon, Frank Austin, Buck Moulton, E.L. Dale, Buel Bryant. Two Texas Rangers are sent to a town to investigate a series of stagecoach holdups while one of them is also after the man who murdered his father and branded him when he was a child. Pretty good Charles Starrett feature with a grand supporting cast.

2976  Outlaws of the Range  Spectrum, 1936. 60 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Zara Tazil. With Bill Cody, Catherine Cotter, Bill Cody, Jr., William McCall, Gordon Griffith, Dick Strong, Wally West, Hank Bell, Buck Morgan, Curley Baldwin. A drifting cowboy, who saves a rancher’s daughter from being dragged by a horse, is blamed when the man is murdered although his foreman is in cahoots with another cattleman who wants the dead man’s land for its oil deposits. Complicated but formula Bill Cody affair; poorly edited.

2977  Outlaws of the Rio Grande  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1941. 63 min. D: Peter Stewart (Sam Newfield). SC: George H. Plympton. With Tim McCoy, Virginia Carpenter, Charles King, Ralph Peters, Karl Hackett, Rex Lease, Philip (Felipe) Turich, Frank Ellis, Kenne Duncan, Thornton Edwards, Joe Dominguez, George Chesebro, Sherry Tansey. A gang of counterfeiters forces an engraver to work for them as a U.S. marshal tries to break up the operation. Well made, nicely paced Tim McCoy film.

2978  Outlaws of the Rockies  Columbia, 1945. 55 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Charles Starrett, Tex Harding, Dub Taylor, Carole Mathews, Spade Cooley, Carolina Cotton, Philip Van Zandt, I. Stanford Jolley, George Chesebro, Steve Clark, Jack Rockwell, Frank LaRue, James T. “Bud” Nelson, Kermit Maynard, Ted Mapes, Frank O’Connor, Tex Williams, Deuce Spriggins, Frank Lanning, Nolan Leary, John Tyrrell, Victor Travers, Horace B. Carpenter, Herman Hack, Roy Bucko. The Durango Kid comes to the side of two lawmen accused of helping an outlaw gang who are forced out of town only to be opposed by the crooks. Fast moving but somewhat hard to follow “Durango Kid” episode. British title: A Roving Rogue.

2979  Outlaws’ Paradise  Victory, 1938. 62 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Basil Dickey. With Tim McCoy, Joan Barclay, Ben Corbett, Ted Adams, Forrest Taylor, Bob Terry, Don Gallaher, Dave O’Brien, Jack Mulhall, Lloyd Whitlock, Ed Cassidy, Wally West, Carl Mathews, Jack C. Smith, George Morrell, Jack “Tiny” Lipson, Frank Wayne. Federal investigator Lightning Bill Carson, who closely resembles an imprisoned outlaw, decides to take on the identity of the bad man to infiltrate his gang. Tim McCoy’s handling of dual roles is the most interesting aspect of this low budget Sam Katzman production.

2980  Outlaw’s Son  Allied Artists, 1954. 54 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Maurice Tombragel. With Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Ralph Reed, Anne Kimball, Steve Darrell, Dan White, Sally Fraser, Bobby Hyatt, Pierce Lyden, Frank Fenton, Fred Kelsey, Guy Wilkerson, Wes Hudman. Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles deal with a robber who would rather see his son dead than leading a life of crime and they also try to find a prospector who has a stolen map. Okay theatrical compilation feature made up of the “Outlaw’s Son” and “Savvy, the Smart Little Dog” episodes of “The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok” (1951–58).

2981  Outlaw’s Son  United Artists, 1957. 88 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Richard Alan Simmons. With Dane Clark, Ben Cooper, Lori Nelson, Ellen Drew, Charles Watts, Cecile Rogers, Joseph “Bucko” Stafford, Eddie Foy III, John Pickard, Robert Knapp, Guy Preston, George Pembroke, Jeff Daley, James Parnell. A young man helps his outlaw father, who deserted him years before, when he is falsely accused of committing a robbery. Okay melodrama, well acted by its lead players.

2982  Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart  Hannover House, 1994. 98 min. Color. D: Rupert Hitzig. SC: Mickey Rooney. With Mickey Rooney, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson, Ned Beatty, Randy Travis, Larry Gatlin, Gloria De Haven, Pamela Guest, Billy Barty, Christopher Aber, Cliff Gravel, Brandon Maggart, Rob Word, James Pollard, Willie Rack. A robber returns home from prison to find his family torn apart from trying to find the loot he hid. Star Mickey Rooney scripted this lumbering affair, a sad waste of a good cast.

2983  Outpost of the Mounties  Columbia, 1939. 63 min. D: C.C. Coleman. SC: Charles Francis Royal. With Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Stanley Brown, Kenneth MacDonald, Edmund Cobb, Lane Chandler, Dick Curtis, Alberto Morin, Hal Taliaferro, Pat O’Hara, Harry Cording, Roger Gray. A Royal Canadian Mounted policeman is forced to arrest his girl’s brother for the murder of a trading company co-owner but doubts his guilt and tries to find the real killer. Another adventure in the north woods with Charles Starrett and a fairly exciting one.

2984  The Outrage  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964. 97 min. D: Martin Ritt. SC: Michael Kanin. With Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson, William Shatner, Howard Da Silva, Albert Salmi, Thomas Chalmers, Paul Fix. Three stories are told about the incident of an outlaw capturing a man and his wife, with the woman raped and her spouse dying. Surprisingly sturdy Western adaptation of the Japanese film Rashomon (1951).

2985  Outride the Devil: A Morning with Doc Holliday  Greeve HD Productions, 2007. 87 min. Color. D: Gayle Hussey. SC: Kit Hussey. With Kit Hussey. A live performance with Kit Hussey as Doc Holliday, relating the story of the famed Western icon. Good entertainment.

2986  The Outriders  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950. 93 min. D: Roy Rowland. SC: Irving Ravetch. With Joel McCrea, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Claude Jarman, Jr., James Whitmore, Ramon Novarro, Jeff Corey, Ted De Corsia, Martin Garralaga, Dick Curtis, Gregg Barton, Frank Richards, Russell Simpson, William “Bill” Phillips, Dorothy Adams, Robert B. Williams, Alex Montoya, Joe Dominguez, Billy Dix, Gene Coogan, Gil Herman, Warren MacGregor, Charles Rivero, George Tyne, Buck Bucko. During the Civil War three Confederate spies join a wagon train in Santa Fe with plans to hijack its one million dollars in gold for the Southern cause. Glossy action feature.

2987  The Outsider  Showtime, 2002. 119 min. Color. D: Randa Haines. SC: Jenny Wingfield. With Tim Daly, Naomi Watts, Keith Carradine, David Carradine, Thomas Curtis, Brett Tucker, John Noble, Grant Piro, Peter McCauley, Jason Clarke, Todd Leigh, Aaron Cash, Simon Watts, Eamon Farren, Kim Knuckey, Mick Roughan, Kathryn Smith, Barry Thurlow, David White, Geoff Lyall, Capkin Van Alphen, Imogen Annesley, Leonie Plummer, David Pitstock, Stuart Maybury, Susan Dowideit, Alison Goode, Demis Lyall-Wilson. While caring for a wounded gunman, a religious young widow falls in love with him. Too long, but worth watching, romantic TV Western.

2988  Over the Border  Monogram, 1950. 58 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Johnny Mack Brown, Wendy Waldron, Myron Healey, Marshall Reed, Mike Ragan, House Peters, Jr., Pierre Watkin, Hank Bell, George DeNormand, Milburn Morante, Frank Jaquet, Buck Bailey, George Sowards, Carol Henry, Frank McCarroll, Bud Osborne, Artie Ortego, Herman Hack, Ray Jones, Bob Woodward. A Well Fargo guard uncovers a plot by a businessman to smuggle silver into the country from Mexico and sell it for a profit. Okay Johnny Mack Brown entry enhanced by Myron Healey’s villainy.

2989  The Over-the-Hill Gang  ABC-TV/Paramount, 1969. 74 min. Color. D: Jean Yarbrough. SC: Jameson Brewer. With Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Jack Elam, Gypsy Rose Lee, Rick Nelson, Kris Nelson, Pat O’Brien, Chill Wills, Edward Andrews, William Smith, Dennis Cross, Rex Holman, Burt Mustin, Almira Sessions. Three former Texas Rangers try to help a buddy and end up defending a town against a dishonest lawyer and his outlaw gang. Very amusing and well done TV Western comedy, expertly directed by Jean Yarbrough and nicely acted by its veteran cast.

2990  The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again  ABC-TV/Paramount, 1970. 74 min. Color. D: George McGowan. SC: Richard Carr. With Walter Brennan, Fred Astaire, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Chill Wills, Lana Wood, Paul Richards, Parley Baer, Walter Burke, Jonathan Hole, Lillian Bronson, Burt Mustin, Pepper Martin, Don Wilbanks. After three ex–Texas Rangers help an alcoholic friend reform, the four team to clean up the town of Waco. Tired follow-up to the delightful The Over-the-Hill Gang (q.v.).

Jack Elam and Edgar Buchanan in The Over-the-Hill Gang (ABC-TV/Paramount, 1969).

2991  Over the Santa Fe Trail  Columbia, 1947. 63 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Louise Rousseau. With The Hoosier Hot Shots (Paul “Hezzie” Trietsch, Charles “Gabe” Ward, Ken Trietsch, Gil Taylor), Ken Curtis, Jennifer Holt, Guy Kibbee, Guinn Williams, Noel Neill, Holmes Herbert, George Chesebro, Jim Diehl, Frank LaRue, Steve Clark, Julian Rivero, Nolan Leary, Bud Osborne, The DeCastro Sisters (Babette, Cherie, Peggy), Art West and His Sunset Riders, George Chesebro, Julian Rivero, Jock Mahoney, Syd Saylor, John Cason, Jim Diehl, Herman Hack. An refined outlaw uses a traveling medicine show as a front for his gang to rob the towns where they appear. Tame oater full of musical numbers and comedy but not much action; for fans of The Hoosier Hot Shots and The DeCastro Sisters. Smiley Burnette can be spotted as a posse member in stock footage.

2992  The Overland Express  Columbia, 1938. 55 min. D: Drew Eberson. SC: Monroe Shaff. With Buck Jones, Marjorie Reynolds, Carlyle Moore, Maston Williams, William Arnold, Lew Kelly, Bud Osborne, Ben Taggart, Ben Corbett, Gene Alsace, Blackie Whiteford, Bob Woodward. At the outbreak of the Civil War, a man sets up the cross country pony express but the operation is opposed by renegades planning to start an Indian uprising. Exciting Buck Jones vehicle.

2993  Overland Mail  Monogram, 1939. 51 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Jack Randall, Vince Barnett, Jean Joyce, Tristram Coffin, Glenn Strange, Dennis Moore, Merrill McCormick, Joe Garcia, Sherry Tansey, Hal Price, Maxine Leslie, Harry Semels, George Cleveland, Iron Eyes Cody, George Morrell, Hank Bell. A mail rider and a federal agent team to capture a counterfeiting gang responsible for the death of an Indian in hopes of preventing tribal warfare. Fast moving Jack Randall short feature.

2994  Overland Mail  Universal, 1942. 15 Chapters. D: Ford Beebe and John Rawlins. SC: Paul Huston. With Lon Chaney, Helen Parrish, Noah Beery, Noah Beery, Jr., Don Terry, Roy Harris, Robert Barron, Jack Clifford, Tom Chatterton, Harry Cording, Charles Stevens, Carleton Young, Bob Baker, Ethan Laidlaw, William Gould, Ben Taggart, Frank Pershing, Tom Steele, Forrest Taylor, Chief Thundercloud, Jack Rockwell, Bill Moss, Marguerite De La Motte, Ruth Ricksby, Charles Phipps, Eddie Polo, Henry Hall, Edmund Cobb, Curley Dresden, Frosty Royce, George Sherwood, Gene O’Donnell, Jack Shannon. A frontiersman and his pal are assigned to find out who is sabotaging mail shipments in a remote territory and learn a renegade is dressing his gang as Indians when making the raids. Lon Chaney is an appealingly athletic hero in this fast paced chapter play.

2995  Overland Mail Robbery  Republic, 1943. 56 min. D: John English. SC: Bob Williams and Robert Yost. With Wild Bill Elliott, George “Gabby” Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, Weldon Heyburn, Nancy Gay, Kirk Alyn, Roy Barcroft, Bud Geary, Tom London, Alice Fleming, Jack Kirk, Kenne Duncan, Jack Rockwell, Frank McCarroll, Jack O’Shea, LeRoy Mason, Hank Bell, Cactus Mack, Ray Jones, Tom Steele, Frank Ellis, Maxine Doyle, Peter Michael, Diane Henry, Al Taylor. A man from Boston travels West to claim an inheritance and is helped by Wild Bill Elliott when a crook tries to stop him. Standard but fast paced and action laden Saturday matinee fare.

2996  Overland Pacific  United Artists, 1954. 73 min. Color. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: J. Robert Bren, Gladys Atwater and Martin Goldsmith. With Jack (Jock) Mahoney, Peggie Castle, Adele Jergens, William Bishop, Walter Sande, Chubby Johnson, Pat Hogan, Chris Alcaide, Phil Chambers, George Eldredge, Dick Rich, House Peters, Jr, Fred Graham. A railroad investigator works incognito as he looks into reports of Indian raids on trains. Low budget but effective action drama.

2997  Overland Riders  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1946. 54 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Ellen Coyle. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarty, Slim Whitaker, Bud Osborne, Jack O’Shea, Frank Ellis, Al Ferguson, John Cason, George Chesebro, Lane Bradford, Wally West, Jimmy Aubrey. Billy Carson and Fuzzy Q. Jones investigate a stagecoach robbery and find the money taken was to be used to pay the mortgage on property where a railroad line will intersect. Typically cheap but fast moving penultimate “Billy Carson” entry.

2998  Overland Stage Raiders  Republic, 1938. 55 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Luci Ward. With John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Louise Brooks, Anthony Marsh, Ralph Bowman (John Archer), Gordon Hart, Roy James, Olin Francis, Fern Emmett, Henry Otho, George Sherwood, Archie Hall, Frank LaRue, Yakima Canutt, Milton Kibbee, Jack Kirk, Slim Whitaker, Bud Osborne, Dirk Thane, Bud McClure, John Beach, Curley Dresden, George Plues, Edwin Gaffney, Tommy Coats, Burr Caruth, Chuck Baldra, Duke R. Lee, Fred Burns, Charles Brinley, George Morrell, Bill Wolfe. Three cowpokes invest an operator flying ore out of a remote gold mine but a partner in the enterprise is blackmailed by the corrupt owner of a stage line. Modern-day “Three Mesquiteers” outing moves along at a fast clip but is best remembered as silent film siren Louise Brooks’ final movie.

2999  Overland Stagecoach  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 61 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Fred Myton and Steve Braxton (Sam Robins). With Robert Livingston, Al St. John, Smoky (Dennis) Moore, Julie Duncan, Glenn Strange, Charles King, Art Mix, Budd Buster, Ted Adams, Julian Rivero, John Elliott, Milburn Morante, Tex Cooper, George Morrell, Kenne Duncan, Jimmy Aubrey, Chick Hannon, Art Dillard, Bert Dillard, Jack Casey, Lew Morphy, Rose Plummer, Herman Hack, Roy Brent, Dan White, Jack Evans, Augie Gomez, Barney Beasley, Frank McCarroll, Jack Tornek. The Lone Rider helps his friend Fuzzy, a driver who works for a stage line jeopardized by a railroad and the machinations of his late boss’ partner, who wants the business for himself. Robert Livingston’s first, and Dennis Moore’s last, entry in “The Lone Rider” series is action filled enough to satisfy fans.

3000  Overland Telegraph  RKO Radio, 1951. 60 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Adele Buffington. With Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Gail Davis, George Nader, Mari Blanchard, Hugh Beaumont, Robert Wilke, Robert Bray, Fred Graham, Cliff Clark, Russell Hicks, Jack O’Shea. A man is falsely blamed of the murder of a worker installing a telegraph line and a cowboy tries to prove his innocence. Typical entry in Tim Holt’s fine RKO series.

3001  Overland to Deadwood  Columbia, 1942. 59 min. D: William Berke. SC: Paul Franklin. With Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Cliff Edwards, Leslie Brooks, Norman Willis, Francis Walker, Lynton Brent, Matt Willis, June Pickrell, Gordon DeMain, Art Mix, Herman Hack, Bud Osborne, Bud Geary. Two cowboys help a young woman whose hauling operation is being sabotaged by a rival wanting to obtain an important railroad franchise. The final teaming of Charles Starrett and Russell Hayden is on the mediocre side although Norman Willis is very good as the villain.

Overland Trail see Trail Riders (1942)

3002  Overland Trails  Monogram, 1948. 60 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Jess Bowers (Adele Buffington). With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Belmont, Steve Darrell, Bill Kennedy, Holly Bane, Ted Adams, Boyd Stockman, Virginia Carroll, Carl Mathews, Milburn Morante, Bob Woodward, Tom London, Pierce Lyden, Roy Butler, Post Park, Marshall Reed, Artie Ortego, George Peters. A cowboy falls in love with the daughter of a man, who with his partner, grubstakes prospectors and then kills them to get their claims. Some interesting plot twists add life to this Johnny Mack Brown-Raymond Hatton vehicle.

3003  Overland with Kit Carson  Columbia, 1939. 15 Chapters. D: Sam Nelson and Norman Deming. SC: Morgan Cox, Joseph Poland and Ned Dandy. With Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske, Bobby Clark, James Craig, Hal Taliaferro, Trevor Bardette, LeRoy Mason, Olin Francis, Francis Sayles, Kenneth MacDonald, Dick Curtis, Richard Botiller, Ernie Adams, Ben Campbell, Joe Garcia, Stanley Brown, Hank Bell, Art Mix, John Tyrrell, Lee Prather, Jack Rockwell, Ed LeSaint, Martin Garralaga, Iron Eyes Cody, Carl Stockdale, Robert Fiske, Eddie Foster, Irene Herndon, J.W. Cody, Del Lawrence. Frontier scout Kit Carson tries to find a mysterious outlaw called Pegleg and his Black Raiders who raid settlements west of the Mississippi River in an attempt to run off homesteaders to set up an empire. There is nothing special about this cliffhanger other than Bill Elliott holding it together in good fashion as he essays the title role.

3004  The Overlanders  Universal-International/J. Arthur Rank/Associated British-Pathé, 1946. 91 min. D-SC: Harry Watt. With Chips Rafferty, John Nugent Howard, Daphne Campbell, Jean Blue, Helen Grieve, John Fernside, Peter Pagan, Frank Ransome, Stan Tolhurst, Marshall Crosby, Clyde Combo, Henry Murdock. In 1942 Australia, cattlemen decide to drive their herds south across the continent to keep them from falling into the hands of possible Japanese invaders. Well done Australian featured based on a true story.

3005  The Ox-Bow Incident  20th Century–Fox, 1943. 76 min. D: William A. Wellman. SC: Lamar Trotti. With Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Henry (Harry) Morgan, Jane Darwell, Francis Ford, Harry Davenport, Matt Briggs, Frank Conroy, Marc Lawrence, Victor Kilian, Chris-Pin Martin, Paul Hurst, Ted North, George Meeker, Almira Sessions, Margaret Hamilton, Dick Rich, Stanley Andrews, Billy Benedict, Rondo Hatton, Paul Burns, Leigh Whipper, George Lloyd, George Chandler, Hank Bell, Forrest Dillon, Willard Robertson, Tom London, George Plues. Two drifters get involved with a lynch mob wanting to hang three men accused of cattle rustling and murder. Classic adaptation of Walter Van Tilburg Clark’s novel, a must see! Also done for TV as Lynch Mob (q.v.).

3006  Pack Train  Columbia, 1953. 57 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Gail Davis, Kenne Duncan, Sheila Ryan, Tom London, Harry Lauter, Melinda Plowman, Louise Lorimer, Frankie Marvin, Tex Terry, Kermit Maynard, Frank Ellis, Richard Alexander, Herman Hack. A cowboy tries to get supplies needed by settlers but crooks want to sell the commodities at inflated prices to miners at a gold strike. Fair Gene Autry vehicle.

3007  Packin’ It In  CBS-TV, 1983. 100 min. Color. D: Jud Taylor. SC: Patricia Jones and Donald Reiker. With Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Andrea Marcovicci, Tony Roberts, Molly Ringwald, David Hollander, Mari Gorman, Kenneth McMillan, Sam Whipple, Clinton Dean, Susan Ruttan, Laura Bruneau. A city family, fed up with urban life, join their former neighbors in the Oregon high country and find a truckers’ strike is causing food hoarding. Pleasant TV movie along the lines of the theatrical “Wilderness Family” trilogy.

3008  El Padre Pistolas (Father Pistols)  Producciones Sotomayer, 1961. D: Julian Soler. SC: Alfredo Varela, Jr. With Eulalio Gonzalez “Piporro,” Christiane Martel, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Oscar Pulido, Jaime Fernandez, Domingo Soler, Alejandro Reyna Garcia, Norma Angelica, Jose Chavez, Edmund Espino, Emilio Garibay, Carlos Leon, Arturo Castro, Manuel Alvarado. An outlaw takes on the guise of a priest to help rid a town of a tyrant and his gang. Pretty fair Mexican Western.

3009  Paint Your Wagon  Paramount, 1969. 151 min. Color. D: Joshua Logan. SC: Alan Jay Lerner. With Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Lee Marvin, Harve Presnell, Ray Walston, Tom Ligon, Ben(ny) Baker, Alan Baxter, Alan Dexter, William O’Connell, Paula Trueman, Robert Easton, Geoffrey Morgan, H.B. Haggerty, Terry Jenkins, Karl Bruck, John Mitchum, Sue Casey, Eddie Little Sky, Harvey Parry, H.W. Gim, William Mims, Roy Jenson, Pat Hawley, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. After a Mormon woman is bought by a gold miner she falls in love with his partner and decides to marry both men to the consternation of the locals. Alan Jay Lerner wrote and produced this overlong musical from his Broadway play and the end result is fair entertainment, although it should probably have been done years before with Nelson Eddy or Howard Keel.

3010  Painted Angels  Lions Gate Films, 1998. 110 min. Color. D: Jon Sanders. SC: Jon Sanders and Anna Mottram. With Brenda Fricker, Kelly McGillis, Meret Becker, Bronagh Gallagher, Lisa Jakub, Anna Mottram, Kent Allen, Bruce McFee, Greg Lawson, Alan Bratt, Andrea Rodrigue, Robert Wu, Dwayne Brenna, Michael Burns, Joseph Griffin, Michelle Sereda, Keiran Semple, Jodi Sadowsky, Elyssa Dombowsky, Bob Clout. In a remote Western town a madam and her girls fight back when lawless elements try to take over. Somewhat ingratiating, stark drama also called The Wicked, Wicked West.

3011  The Painted Desert  Pathé, 1931. 75 min. D: Howard Higgin. SC: Howard Higgins and Tom Buckingham. With William Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees, William Farnum, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clark Gable, William Walling, Wade Boteler, William LeMaire, Richard Cramer, Jim Mason, Charles Sellon, Edward Hearn, James Donlan, Al St. John, George Burton. An infant boy is found in the desert by two drifters and abducted by one of them; he grows up as a thirty year feud between his adopted father and his rival continues. Okay early sound oater mainly known because of Clark Gable in a supporting role.

3012  The Painted Desert  RKO Radio, 1938. 59 min. D: David Howard. SC: John Rathmell and Oliver Drake. With George O’Brien, Laraine (Day) Johnson, Ray Whitley, Fred Kohler, Max Wagner, Stanley Fields, Harry Cording, Lee Shumway, Lloyd Ingraham, Maude Allen, William V. Mong, Lew Kelly, Jim Mason, Jack O’Shea, Ray Jones. A man returns to his feuding home range only to find out a crook is trying to steal a tungsten mine. Good remake of the 1931 (q.v.) film as a George O’Brien vehicle deftly using stock footage from the earlier feature; Ray Whitley sings the title song.

3013  Painted Hero  Astra Cinema, 1997. 105 min. Color. D: Terry Benedict. SC: Stan Berthoud and Terry Benedict. With Dwight Yoakam, Michelle Joyner, Kiersten Warren, Cindy Pickett, John Getz, Bo Hopkins, Walton Goggins, Terry McIlvain, Peter Fonda, Brent Anderson, Toby Metcalf, Bill Thurman, Brad Leland, Rick Herod, Richard Phillips, Brandon Lilly. Returning to his hometown of Waco, a circus clown has a one night stand with a woman who believes she is a vampire and when she is found dead the next day he is blamed and tries to prove his innocence. Offbeat but likable modern-day Western mystery.

3014  The Painted Hills  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951. 65 min. Color. D: Harold F. Kress. SC: True Boardman. With Lassie, Paul Kelly, Bruce Cowling, Gary Gray, Art Smith, Ann Doran, Chief Yowlachie, Andrea Virginia Lester, Brown Jug (Don Kay) Reynolds. In the California gold fields of the 1880s a boy and his Collie dog try to outwit a crook. Well made, pleasing family fare; also called Lassie’s Adventures in the Gold Rush.

3015  The Painted Stallion  Republic, 1937. 12 Chapters. D: William Witney, Alan James and Ray Taylor. SC: Barry Shipman and Winston Miller. With Ray Corrigan, Hoot Gibson, Julia Thayer (Jean Carmen), LeRoy Mason, Duncan Renaldo, Jack Perrin, Sammy McKim, Hal Taliaferro, Oscar and Elmer (Ed Platt and Lou Fulton), Yakima Canutt, Maston Williams, Duke Taylor, Loren Riebe, George DeNormand, Gordon DeMain, Charles King, Vinegar Roan, Lafe McKee, Frankie Marvin, Chief Big Tree, Pascale Perry, Henry Hall, Ed Peil, Sr., Horace B. Carpenter, Joe Yrigoyen, Monte Montague, Roy Bucko, Joe Dominguez, Jack Padjan, Al Haskell, Augie Gomez, Frank Leyva, Gregg Star Whitespear, Lee White, Paul Lopez, Don Orlando, Curley Dresden, Ralph Bucko, Leo Dupree, Al Haskell, Babe DeFreest. A crooked politician tries to stop a wagon train on its way to New Mexico Territory, hoping to sabotage a trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico. Top notch Republic serial with beautiful Julia Thayer (Jean Carmen) as the mysterious rider; great fun.

3016  The Painted Trail  Monogram, 1938. 50 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Tom Keene, Eleanor Stewart, LeRoy Mason, Walter Long, James Eagles, Forrest Taylor, Harry Harvey, Ernie Adams, Bud Osborne, Glenn Strange, Frank Campeau, Robert Kortman, Richard Cramer, Tom London, Ed Cassidy, Jimmy Aubrey. Masquerading as an outlaw called The Pecos Kid, a federal agent infiltrates an outlaw gang to arrest them and stop their smuggling and rustling activities. Compact but sturdy action outing providing good entertainment.

3017  Pair of Aces  CBS-TV, 1990. 100 min. Color. D: Aaron Lipstadt. SC: Bud Shrake and Gary Cartwright. With Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Rip Torn, Helen Shaver, Emily Warfield, Lash LaRue, Doris Hargrave, William Fair, Jeff Miller, Weasel Forshaw, John Swasey, Sonny Carl Davis, Jane Cameron, Erich Anderson, Michael Mariach, Steven Chester Prince, J. David Moeller, Bethlyn Gerard, W.T. Bryant, Turk Pipkin, Shannon Sedwick. A Texas Ranger teams with a veteran robber to protect the lawman’s daughters from a serial killer with a penchant for cheerleaders. Mediocre modern-day TV oater mystery that spawned a sequel, Another Pair of Aces (q.v.); Lash LaRue’s last Western.

3018  The Pal from Texas  Metropolitan, 1939. 55 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: Carl Krusada. With Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle, Jack Perrin, Josef Swickard, Ted Adams, Betty Mack, Carleton Young, Jack Ingram, Robert Walker, Reed Howes, Art Davis, Milburn Morante, Lew Porter, Bud McClure, Tex Palmer. When a crook tries to cheat the rightful owner out of his gold mine a cowboy comes to the rescue. Tawdry, low grade affair; Bob Steele deserved far better.

3019  Pale Rider  Warner Bros., 1985. 115 min. Color. D: Clint Eastwood. SC: Michael Butler and Fritz Manes. With Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgrass, Christopher Penn, John Russell, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, Charles Hallahan, Marvin J. McIntyre, Fran Ryan, Richard Hamilton, Graham Paul, Chuck LaFont, Jeffrey Weissman, Allen Keller, Tom Oglesby, Herman Poppe, Kathleen Wygle, Terrence Evans, Jim Hitson, Loren Adkins, Tom Friedkin, Billy Drago, Mike Adams, Clay Lilley, Larry Randles, Jerry Gatlin, Lloyd Nelson, Mike Munsey, Wayne Van Horn, Glenn Wright, Walt LaRue, Bob Herron, Kerrie Cullen. A drifter tries to help gold prospectors whose land is coveted by a grasping tycoon bringing in hired guns to help his cause. It has all been done before but this mid–1980s genre revival attempt is worth watching.

3020  The Paleface  Paramount, 1948. 91 min. Color. D: Norman Z. McLeod. SC: Edmund Hartman and Frank Tashlin. With Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong, Iris Adrian, Robby (Bobby) Watson, Jackie Searl, Joseph Vitale, Henry Brandon, Charles Trowbridge, Clem Bevans, Jeff York, Stanley Andrews, Wade Crosby, Chief Yowlachie, Iron Eyes Cody, John Maxwell, Tom Kennedy, Francis McDonald, Frank Hagney, Skelton Knaggs, Olin Howlin, George Chandler, Nestor Paiva, Earle Hodgins, Arthur Space, Edgar Dearing, Dorothy Granger, Charles Cooley, Eric Alden, Jody Gilbert, Al Hill, Harry Harvey, Hall Bartlett, Stanley Blystone, Robert Kortman, Oliver Blake, Lane Chandler, Syd Saylor, Paul E. Burns, Dick Elliott, Sharon McManus. Calamity Jane and a correspondence school dentist team to take on a notorious outlaw gang. Fun spoof of Westerns, followed by Son of Paleface (q.v.) and remade as The Shakiest Gun in the West (q.v.).

3021  Palenque Sangriento  (Bloody Arena)  Madera, 1980. 90 min. Color. D-SC: Fernando Gou. With Pedro Infante, Beatriz Adriana, Felipe Arriaga, Bruno Rey, Luciana, Leonor Llausas, Humberto Cabanas, Robert Guzman. Two violent cowboys vie for the love of the same woman. Brutal Mexican Western that deals with cockfighting.

3022  Palm Springs  Paramount, 1936. 72 min. D: Aubrey Scotto. SC: Joseph Fields. With Frances Langford, Sir Guy Standing, David Niven, Smith Ballew, Ernest Cossart, E.E. Clive, Spring Byington, Sterling Holloway, Grady Sutton, Sarah Edwards, Ed Moose, Mary Jane Temple, June Horn, Ann Doran, Ella McKenzie, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Frances Morris, David Worth, Annabelle and Marianne Brudie, Lee Phelps, Maidel Turner, Bert Gale, Cyril Ring. Although the daughter of a wealthy man is supposed to wed an English nobleman she falls in love with a cowboy. Musical comedy of interest because it gave Smith Ballew his first leading role in a Western, although a peripheral one at best.

3023  The Palomino  Columbia, 1950. 73 min. Color. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Tom Kilpatrick. With Jerome Courtland, Beverly Tyler, Joseph Calleia, Roy Roberts, Gordon Jones, Robert Osterloh, Trevor Bardette, Tom Trout, Harry Garcia, Juan Duval. After crooks steal a girl’s prize horse so she will lose her ranch, a cattle buyer tries to help retrieve the steed. Okay juvenile drama helped somewhat by Technicolor.

3024  Pals of the Golden West  Republic, 1951. 68 min. D: William Witney. SC: Robert DeMond and Eric Taylor. With Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez, Pinky Lee, Roy Barcroft, Anthony Caruso, Eduardo Jiminez, Kenneth Terrell, Emmett Vogan, Roy Rogers Riders, Maurice Jara. When diseased cattle are smuggled into the country, the Border Patrol assigns agent Roy Rogers the task of stopping the illegal operations. This competent affair was a good finale to Roy Rogers’ Republic tenure.

3025  Pals of the Pecos  Republic, 1941. 56 min. D: Lester Orlebeck. SC: Oliver Drake and Herbert Dalmas. With Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Rufe Davis, June Johnson, Dennis Moore, Roy Barcroft, Pat O’Malley, Robert Frazer, John Holland, Tom London, Robert Winkler, George Chesebro, Chuck Morrison, Bud Osborne, Jack Kirk, Forrest Taylor, Frank Ellis, Eddie Dean, Neal Hart, William Nestell, Tom Smith. Rivalry develops between two stagecoach lines with the Three Mesquiteers helping the one who is being cheated by the other. Only average outing in the long running series.

3026  Pals of the Range  Superior, 1935. 55 min. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: Elmer Clifton and George Merrick. With Rex Lease, Frances (Morris) Wright, Art Mix, George Chesebro, Yakima Canutt, Blackie Whiteford, Bill Patton, Artie Ortego, Milburn Morante, Tom Forman, Bud Osborne, Ben Corbett, George Morrell, Joey Ray. A rancher falsely accused of stealing cattle escapes from jail to find the real thieves. Low grade entry in Rex Lease’s series for producer Louis Weiss.

3027  Pals of the Saddle  Republic, 1938. 55 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Stanley Roberts and Betty Burbridge. With John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Doreen McKay, George Douglas, Josef (Joe) Forte, Frank Milan, Ted Adams, Harry Depp, Dave Weber, Don Orlando, Charles Knight, Jack Kirk, Monte Montague, Olin Francis, Curley Dresden, Art Dillard, Tex Palmer, Phil Kieffer, Bob Burns, Yakima Canutt, George Plues, Herman Nowlin, George (Montgomery) Letz, Otto Hoffman, Kenner G. Kemp. The Three Mesquiteers become involved with a female secret agent on the trail of foreign spies planning to smuggle a secret chemical out of the country. John Wayne’s first outing in “The Three Mesquiteers” series is a fast paced, action packed affair. Remade as Song of the Range (q.v.).

3028  Pals of the Silver Sage  Monogram, 1940. 52 min. D: Al Herman. SC: George Martin. With Tex Ritter, Sugar Dawn, Arkansas Slim Andrews, Clarissa Curtis, Carleton Young, Glenn Strange, Joe McGuinn, Chester Gan, Warner Richmond, Gene Alsace, Chick Hannon, Harry Harvey, Sherry Tansey. Two cowhands help a little girl who will lose the ranch she inherited if her cattle cannot get to market on time. Pretty fair Tex Ritter vehicle; called Roundup Time in England.

3029  Panamint’s Bad Man  Principal/20th Century–Fox, 1938. 60 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Luci Ward and Charles A. Powell. With Smith Ballew, Evelyn Daw, Noah Beery, Stanley Fields, Harry Woods, Pat J. O’Brien, Armand Wright, Charles King, Lew Meehan, Ed Cassidy, Robert Kortman, Horace B. Carpenter, Curley Dresden, Budd Buster, Frank Ellis, Bud McClure, Blackjack Ward, Ray Henderson, Charles Murphy. A marshal goes undercover to expose a gang of robbers and their boss. Smith Ballew’s final starring Western is a good one; remade as Frontier Revenge (q.v.), also directed by Ray Taylor.

3030  Pancho Villa  Scotia International, 1972. 92 min. Color. D: Gene (Eugenio) Martin. SC: Julian Halvey. With Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Anne Francis, Chuck Connors, Jose Maria Prada, Angel Del Pozo, Luis Davilla, Monica Randall, Antonio Casas, Alberto Dalbes, Berta Barri, Eduardo Calvo, Dan Van Husen, Norman Bailey, Tony Ross, Art Larkin, Gene Collins, Ralph Neville, Walter Coy. Mexican bandit leader Pancho Villa leads a revolution of peons against the government and invades the United States, attacking a border town. Fairly standard European made biopic.

3031  Pancho Villa Returns  Hispano Continental Films, 1950. 96 min. D-SC: Miguel Contreras. With Leo Carrillo, Jeanette Combs, Esther Fernandez, Rodolfo Acosta, Rafael Alcayde, Jorge Trevino, Eduardo Gonzales Pliego. Pancho Villa leads the Mexican people in revolt against the government but must contend with personal problems including ordering a firing squad for a respected officer who broke an order. Mexican made drama has its main interest in the performance of Leo Carrillo in the title role; a Spanish language version, Pancho Villa Vuelve (Pancho Villa Returns), was filmed with Pedro Armendariz as Villa.

3032  Panhandle  Allied Artists, 1948. 85 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: John C. Champion and Blake Edwards. With Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Reed Hadley, Anne Gwynne, Blake Edwards, Dick Crockett, Charles Judels, Alex Gerry, Francis McDonald, J. Farrell MacDonald, Henry Hall, Stanley Andrews, Jeff York, James Harrison, Charles La Torre, Frank Dae, Bud Osborne. An ex-gunman takes up his six-shooters to get revenge for the murder of his brother. Top notch action feature with fine work by hero Rod Cameron and villain Blake Edwards. Remade by director Lesley Selander as The Texican (q.v.).

3033  Panhandle .38  Scotia American, 1972. 93 min. Color. D: Antonio Secchi. SC: Mario Amendola, Massimo Franciosa and Antonio Secchi. With Keenan Wynn, Scott Holden, Delia Boccardo, Giorgio Trestini, Ray O’Connor (Remo Capitani), Philippe Leroy, Mimmo Palmara (Dick Palmer), Giorgio White, Nello Pazzafini, Gino Marturano, Osiride Pevarello, Franco Fabrizi, Gino Cagna, Carla Mancini, Alberto Dell’Acqua (Robert Widmark), Roberto Dell’Acqua, Riccardo Donzelli. An aging gunman’s son returns home from school with a cache of Confederate gold and the locals do not trust him. Limp attempt at comedy in this Italian production released there as Padella Calibro .38 (Frying Pan Calibre .38).

Panhandle Trail see The Mysterious Rider (1942)

3034  Paper Hearts  Trimark, 1993. 88 min. Color. D-SC: Rod McCall. With James Brolin, Sally Kirkland, Pamela Gidley, Laura Johnson, Michael Moore, Rene Estevez, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Cottrell, Helen Evans, Mark Voltura, Jim Magee, Gary Naylor, Jackson D. Kane, Paula Baz, Ed Ostertag, Lewis Goggin, Martha Ostertag, Francisco Topele. A year after deserting his family, a man returns home with his new girlfriend to attend his daughter’s wedding and finds out his estranged wife may lose their home due to his outstanding debts. Standard modern-day oater issued on video as Cheatin’ Hearts.

3035  Parade of the West. Universal, 1930, 75 min. D: Harry Joe Brown. SC: Bennett Cohen and Lesley Mason. With Ken Maynard, Gladys McConnell, Otis Harlan, Frank Rice, Bobby Dunn, Jackie Hanlon, Fred Burns, Frank Yaconelli, Stanley Blystone, Edgar “Blue” Washington. A cowboy, the guardian of a small boy, appears in a wild west show and romances one of the performers but the owner’s right hand man resents his attentions to the girl and plans to sabotage his ride on a wild horse. Ken Maynard part talkie that will be of interest to his fans.

3036  Paradise Canyon  Monogram, 1935. 55 min. D: Carl L. Pierson. SC: Lindsley Parsons and Robert Emmett (Tansey). With John Wayne, Marion Burns, Earle Hodgins, Yakima Canutt, Reed Howes, Perry Murdock, Gordon Clifford, Henry Hall, Gino Corrado, Tex Palmer, Earl Dwire, John Goodrich, Herman Hack, Bob Burns, George Morrell, Horace B. Carpenter, Fred Parker, Tex Phelps, Sherry Tansey, Chuck Baldra, Joe De La Cruz, Joe Dominquez, George Hazel. An undercover agent works along the Mexican border trying to capture a gang of counterfeiters. The final entry in John Wayne’s Monogram–Lone Star series is a pretty good one, highlighted by Earle Hodgins’ barker scenes; colorized as Guns Along the Trail.

3037  The Paradise Trail  Mark IV Pictures, 1979. 90 min. Color. D: Donald W. Thompson. SC: Russell S. Doughten, Jr. and Donald W. Thompson. With Burt Douglas, Robert Somers, Gene Otis, Teri Hernandez, Deborah Trissel, Richard Jury, Russell Porter, John Isaacs, Ron Kaye, Jim Koch, Terry Wagner, The Chuckwagoneers, Dusty (mule). A blind preacher and a crippled gunfighter meet with both finding religious salvation. Obscure faith based Western filmed in Iowa.

3038  Paradise Valley  Imperial, 1936. 51 min. D: James P. Hogan. SC: G.A. Durlam and Francis Wheeler. With Sam Pierce, Jean Chadbourne, Wheeler Oakman, Arthur Loft, Jimmy Aubrey, Si Jenks, Donny Baker, Aleth “Speed” Hansen, Walter Brennan, Don Paul, The Beverly Hill Billies, Zandra (dog). After losing his radio crooning job to drink, a singer heads West where he befriends a dog after freeing him from a trap and the two settle in an area plagued by cattlemen-sheepherder warfare. Rawboned feature from producer-director James P. Hogan, made in 1934 and highlighted by Brydon Baker’s photography.

3039  Parasite  Embassy, 1982. 85 min. Color. D: Charles Band. SC: Alan Adler, Michael Shoob and Frank Leverny. With Robert Claudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovini, Vivian Blaine, James Davidson, Al Fann, Cherie Currie, Tom Villard, Scott Thomson, James Cavan, Joanelle Romero. In the savage West of the future a terrible giant parasite destroys people while a doctor tries to find a way to combat the menace. Absolutely awful 3-D effort.

3040  Pardners  Paramount, 1956. 90 min. Color. D: Norman Taurog. SC: Sidney Sheldon. With Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lori Nelson, Jackie Loughery, John Baragrey, Jeff Morrow, Agnes Moorehead, Lon Chaney, Mickey Finn, Douglas Spencer, Philip Tonge, Bob Steele, Jack Elam, Lee Van Cleef, Stuart Randall, Richard Aherne, Milton Frome, Scott Douglas, Emory Parnell, Mary Newton, Gavin Gordon, Dorothy Ford, William Forrest, Frances Mercer, Elaine Riley, Dorothy Abbott, Stanley Blystone, Charles Stevens, Matt Moore, Hank Mann, Frank Cordell, Bobby Barber, Len Hendry, Tony Michael, Don House, Bill Baldwin. Two Easterners travel to the Western community where their fathers were gunned down and attempt to clean up the lawless element. Average genre comedy based on Rhythm on the Range (q.v.), also directed by Norman Taurog.

3041  Pardon My Gun  Pathé, 1930. 70 min. D: Robert De Lacy. SC: Hugh Cummings. With Sally Starr, George Duryea (Tom Keene/Richard Powers), Lee Moran, Robert Edeson, Frank MacFarlane, Tom MacFarlane, Harry Woods, Lew Meehan, Ethan Laidlaw, Harry Watson, Al Norman, Ida May Chadwick, Abe Lyman and His Band. A cowboy loves the boss’ daughter who is also courted by a rival rancher, with the two men at odds during an annual relay race. Stupefying, silly early talkie that lends its second half to a series of musical numbers in a barn dance setting; mainly for Tom Keene fans.

3042  Pardon My Gun  Columbia, 1942. 57 min. D: William Berke. SC: Wyndham Gittens. With Charles Starrett, Alma Carroll, Noah Beery, Arthur Hunnicutt, Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys, Dick Curtis, Ted Mapes, Lloyd Bridges, Dave Harper, Robert Graves, Guy Usher, Jack Kirk, Steve Clark, Art Mix, Robert (Kellard) Stevens, George Morrell, Joel Friedkin, Denver Dixon, Rube Dalroy, Jim Corey, Jessie Arnold, Lyle Clement. A surveyor and a sheep rancher’s daughter find themselves accused of murder when a man is bushwhacked and robbed of a large amount of money. Fast moving and well written Charles Starrett vehicle with some good western swing music by Texas Jim Lewis and his group.

3043  Park Avenue Logger  RKO Radio, 1937. 67 min. D: David Howard. SC: Dan Jarrett. With George O’Brien, Beatrice Roberts, Willard Robertson, Ward Bond, Bert Hanlon, Gertrude Short, Lloyd Ingraham, George Rosener, Robert Emmett O’Connor, Al Baffert, Dave Wengren. A playboy sent to work in a lumber camp finds out the foreman is a crook. Another good example of the high quality George O’Brien RKO series; TV title: Tall Timber.

3044  Paroled to Die  Republic, 1938. 55 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: George Plympton. With Bob Steele, Kathleen Elliot, Karl Hackett, Horace Murphy, Steve Clark, Budd Buster, Sherry Tansey, Frank Ball, Jack C. Smith, Horace B. Carpenter, Buzz Barton. A rancher is blamed for a bank robbery and a series of killings but the real culprit is a local businessman. Quality entry in Bob Steele’s series for producer A.W. Hackel.

3045  The Parson and the Outlaw  Columbia, 1957. 71 min. Color. D: Oliver Drake. SC: Oliver Drake and John Mantley. With Anthony Dexter, Charles “Buddy” Rogers, Marie Windsor, Sonny Tufts, Robert Lowery, Jean Parker, Madalyn Trahey, Bob Steele, Bob Duncan, Bob Gilbert, Jack Owell, John Davis, Joe Sodja, Paul Spahn, Herman Pulver, Richard Reeves. Escaping death at the hands of Sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid tries to lead a peaceful life but becomes involved with a minister fighting a corrupt land baron and his henchmen. Tacky outing co-produced by Charles “Buddy” Rogers.

3046  The Parson of Panamint  Paramount, 1941. 84 min. D: William McGann. SC: Harold Shumate and Adrian Scott. With Charles Ruggles, Ellen Drew, Philip Terry, Joseph Schildkraut, Porter Hall, Henry Kolker, Janet Beecher, Clem Bevans, Douglas Fowley, Paul Hurst, Frank Puglia, Minor Watson, Harry Hayden, Russell Hicks, Hal Price, The Guardsmen Quartet, Rod Cameron, Frances Morris, Suzanne Ridgeway, Tom London, Paul Maxey, Dan White. A young reverend comes to a brawling mining town and tries to reform its citizens. Producer Harry Sherman’s very pleasant screen adaptation of the Peter B. Kyne story, previously filmed in 1916 by Paramount with Dustin Farnum and remade by the same studio in 1922 starring Jack Holt.

3047  The Parting of the Trails  Syndicate, 1930. 60 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Sally Winters. With Bob Custer, Vivian Ray, Bobby Dunn, Henry Roquemore, George A. Miller, Tommy Bay. Two drifters assist a young woman whose millionaire father has been kidnapped by outlaws. Vapid Bob Custer silent effort also issued with a music score.

3048  Partners  RKO Radio, 1932. 57 min. D: Fred Allen. SC: Donald W. Lee. With Tom Keene, Nancy Drexel, Otis Harlan, Victor Potel, Bobby Nelson, Lee Shumway, Billy Franey, Carleton King, Ben Corbett, Ed Cassidy, Slim Whitaker, Fred Burns, Jack Kirk, Jim Corey, Frank Ellis, S.S. Simon, Tracy Layne, Bill Nestell. A horse raiser is blamed for the murder of the man who loaned him the money to buy a ranch and he tries to find the killer. Somewhat lumbering Tom Keene affair with pleasant scenery; Lafe McKee dubbed Ed Cassidy’s voice.

Poster for Partners (RKO Radio, 1932).

3049  Partners of the Plains  Paramount, 1938. 70 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Harrison Jacobs. With William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Gwen Gaze, Harvey Clark, Hilda Plowright, John Warburton, Alan Bridge, Al Hill, Earle Hodgins, John Beach, Jim Corey, Bud McClure, Herman Hack, Hank Bell. Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys attempt to help a snobbish young lady by saving her cattle and land from the evil Scar Lewis. Well photographed and entertaining entry in the “Hopalong Cassidy” series.

3050  Partners of the Sunset  Monogram, 1948. 53 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Christine Larson, Steve Darrell, Marshall Reed, Jay Kirby, Leonard Penn, Bob Woodward, Carl Mathews, Carl Sepulveda, J.C. Lytton, Boyd Stockman, Arthur “Fiddlin‘“ Smith, Don Weston. A woman plans to murder her husband but the plot is uncovered by a singing cowboy. Mystery element and songs help this otherwise laggard Jimmy Wakely feature.

3051  Partners of the Trail  Monogram, 1931. 63 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: G.A. Durlam. With Tom Tyler, Betty Mack, Lafe McKee, Reginald Sheffield, Pat Rooney, Alan Bridge, Stanley Blystone, Marguerite McWade, Horace B. Carpenter, Jack Richardson, C.V. Bussey. A man kills his wife’s lover only to have his buddy convicted of the crime. Very low grade Tom Tyler outing; remade as Sagebrush Trail (q.v.).

3052  Partners of the Trail  Monogram, 1944. 59 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Frank Young. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine McIntyre, Craig Woods, Robert Frazer, Lloyd Ingraham, Marshall Reed, Jack Ingram, Lynton Brent, Steve Clark, Ben Corbett, Ted Mapes, Joe Eggerton, Hal Price, Slim Whitaker, Wally West, Chick Hannon, Al Taylor, Kanasa Moehring, Bill Wolfe. Two lawmen ride to a small town to discover why ranchers are being murdered and uncover a plot to obtain a rich gold claim. Well written “Nevada Jack McKenzie” series production.

3053  Passage West  Paramount, 1951. 81 min. Color. D-SC: Lewis R. Foster. With John Payne, Dennis O’Keefe, Arleen Whelan, Frank Faylen, Mary Anderson, Peter Hansen, Richard Rober, Griff Barnett, Dooley Wilson, Mary Field, Richard Travis, Mary Beth Hughes, Arthur Hunnicutt, Lillian Bronson, Ilka Gruning, Estelle Carr, Susan Whitney, Walter Reed, Paul Fierro, Clint Stuart, Earle Hodgins, Howard Negley, Victor Kilian, Kit Guard, Guy Wilkerson, Tim Graham, Hank Mann. A half dozen escaped convicts take refuge in a wagon train belonging to a religious sect heading West. Average oater, but well produced.

3054  Passion  RKO Radio, 1954. 84 min. Color. D: Allan Dwan. SC: Josepth Leytes, Beatrice A. Dresher and Howard Estabrook. With Cornel Wilde, Yvonne De Carlo, Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney, John Qualen, Rodolfo Acosta, Anthony Caruso, Frank De Kova, Peter Coe, Clayton Moore, John Dierkes, Richard Hale, Rosa Turich, Stuart Whitman, James Kirkwood, Robert Warwick, Belle Mitchell, Alex Montoya, Zon Murray, Gil Frye, Rozene Kemper. In Spanish California a man learns his wife and daughter have been murdered by a land hungry Army officer and his thugs and he teams with his pretty sister-in-law to get revenge. Interesting, violent Western with good work by Yvonne De Carlo in dual roles and Lon Chaney as the vicious henchman Castro; concluding gunfight sequence in the snowy Sierras is a knockout.

3055  Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973. 106 min. Color. D: Sam Peckinpah. SC: Rudolph Wurlitzer. With James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Jason Robards, Bob Dylan, R.G. Armstrong, Luke Askew, John Beck, Richard Bright, Matt Clark, Rita Coolidge, Jack Dodson, Jack Elam, Emilio Fernandez, Paul Fix, L.Q. Jones, Slim Pickens, Jorge Russek, Charles Martin Smith, Harry Dean Stanton, John Chandler, Rudy Wurlitzer, Elisha Cook, Jr., Gene Evans, Dub Taylor, Don Levy, Sam Peckinpah, Rutanya Alda, Walter Kelly, Claudia Bryar, Mike Mikler, Aurora Clavel, Donnie Fritts. Sheriff Pat Garrett gets on the trail of his ex-pal Billy the Kid after the outlaw refuses his orders to leave New Mexico Territory. Stagnant version of the final days of the famous outlaw with self-indulgent direction and a lifeless music score by Bob Dylan. Heavily re-cut for television in a 122-minute version that reinstates footage with Barry Sullivan.

3056  The Pathfinder  Columbia, 1953. 78 min. Color. D: Sidney Salkow. SC: Robert E. Kent. With George Montgomery, Helena Carter, Jay Silverheels, Walter Kingsford, Rodd Redwing, Elena Verdugo, Chief Yowlachie, Ross Conklin, Bruce Lester, Ed Coch, Jr., Stephen Bekassy, Vi Ingraham, Adele St. Maur. When the French attack his tribe, an Englishman raised by the Indians tries to help the British. Tepid retelling of James Fenimore Cooper’s “Leatherstocking” tales, embellished by color.

3057  The Pathfinder and the Mohican  International Television Corporation (ITC), 1964. 90 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Nat Tanchuck. With John Hart, Lon Chaney, Jonathan White, Angela Fusco, Larry Solway. Delaware Indians are falsely accused of crimes against the settlers with Hawkeye and Chingachgook trying to find out the truth. Okay paste-up telefeature from three segments of “Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans” (Syndicated, 1956–57), filmed in Canada.

Paths of Hate see Bullet and the Flesh

3058  Pawnee  Republic, 1957. 80 min. Color. D-SC: George Waggner. With George Montgomery, Lola Albright, Bill Williams, Francis McDonald, Robert E. Griffin, Dabbs Greer, Kathleen Freeman, Charlotte Austin, Ralph Moody, Anne Barton, Raymond Hatton, Charles Horvath, Robert Nash. A white man raised by the Indians must choose between his own race and his adopted one when corrupt whites try to steal Indian lands. Pretty fair action outing.

3059  Payment in Blood  Columbia, 1968. 89 min. Color. D: E.G. Rowland (Enzo Girolami). SC: Tito Carpi and E.G. Rowland (Enzo Girolami). With Guy Madison, Edd Byrnes, Louise Barrett, Enio Girolami, Marion Donen, Rick Boyd (Federico Boido), Rosella Bergamonti, Alfred Facchetti, Attillio Severini, Pedro Sanchez, Guilio Maculani, Mirella Pamphilio, Piero Vida. After the Civil War a bounty hunter infiltrates a renegade band of Confederates in Texas after a hidden treasure. Fierce and bloody Italian Western, likely to appeal to Guy Madison fans; made in 1967 by Circus Film/Rono Roma/St. Regis Films as 7 Winchester per un Massacre (7 Winchesters for a Massacre) and re-titled Winchester for Hire for television and Blake’s Marauders on video.

3060  Peace for a Gunfighter  Crown International, 1965. 82 min. Color. D: Raymond Boley. SC: Michael W. Fuller. With Burt Berger, JoAnne Meredith, Everett King, Sterling Walker, Danny Zapien, John Scovern, Mark Farrington, Ray Odom, Mark Sanchez, Allen Wood. A gunman called “The Preacher” tries to give up his trade but meets with resistance in a frontier town. Obscure, low grade oater.

3061  The Peacemaker  United Artists, 1958. 83 min. D: Ted Post. SC: Hal Richards and Jay Ingram. With James Mitchell, Rosemarie Bowe, Jan Merlin, Jess Barker, Hugh Sanders, Herbert Patterson, Dorothy Patrick, Taylor Holmes, Robert Armstrong, Philip Tonge, Wheaton Chambers, Harry Shannon, Jack Holland, Nancy Evans. An ex-gunfighter turned preacher arrives in an area to find a feud between settlers and ranchers. Vapid affair; typical example of the genre’s decline in the late 1950s.

3062  The Pecos Kid  Commodore, 1935. 56 min. D: William Berke. SC: Henry Hess. With Fred Kohler, Jr., Ruth Findlay, Wally Wales, Roger Williams, Francis Walker, Ed Cassidy, Budd Buster, Robert Walker, Clyde McClary, Rose Plummer, Earl Dwire, Jack Evans, Milburn Morante, Phil Dunham, Tex Palmer, Ray Henderson. After his family is murdered by outlaws, a boy grows up determined to get revenge on the culprits. Cheaply made but rather interesting Fred Kohler, Jr. vehicle; worth a look.

3063  Pecos River  Columbia, 1951. 55 min. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Jack (Jock) Mahoney, Delores Sidener, Steve Darrell, Harmonica Bill (William Russell), Edgar Dearing, Frank Jenks, Paul Campbell, Zon Murray, Maudie Prickett, Eddie Fetherston, Frank McCarroll, Al Haskell, Blackie Whiteford. A post office investigator masquerades as a stage driver while trying to find out who has been carrying out a series of mail robberies. Okay entry in the “Durango Kid” series. British title: Without Risk.

3064  Per un Pugno nell’Occhio (For a Fist in the Eye)  Fenix Film/Ramo Film, 1965. 101 min. Color. D: Michele Lupo. SC: Eduardo M. Brochero. With Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Aurora Julia (Monica Randall), Paco (Francisco Moran), Carmen Esbri, Jesus Puente, Lina Morales, Jesus Tordesillas, Romano Giomini, Maria Badmayev, Emilio Rodriguez, Rafael Albaicin, Guillermo Mendez, Jose Riesgo, Alvaro de Luna, Francisco Camorias, Tito Garcia, Simon Arriaga, Rafael Hernandez, Jose Canalejas, Luis Barboo. Two zanies arrives in a border town where rival gangs are out to control the restaurant business. Unintelligible Italian-Spanish Western “comedy” from the inane team of Franco and Ciccio, also known as Fistful of Knuckles.

3065  The Perfect Alibi  Photo Drama, 1924. 55 min. D: Ford Beebe. SC: Frances Beebe and Ford Beebe. With Leo Maloney, Josephine Hill, Leonard Clapham (Tom London), Jim Corey, Earl Close, Whitehorse, Bullet (dog). A ranger, who refuses to pursue charges against his girl’s brother, is dismissed from the service but tries to find out who really pulled off a robbery for which the young man blamed. This quickly made and fast moving William Steiner production provides a chance to see Leo Maloney in one of his silent vehicles.

3066  A Perilous Journey  Republic, 1953. 90 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Richard Wormser. With Vera Ralston, David Brian, Scott Brady, Charles Winninger, Hope Emerson, Eileen Christy, Leif Erickson, Veda Ann Borg, Virginia Grey, Dorothy Ford, Ben Cooper, Kathleen Freeman, Barbara Hayden, Paul Fierro, Angela Greene, John Dierkes, Alden Aldrich, Fred Graham, Trevor Bardette, Richard Reeves, Bob Carney, Charles Evans, Philip Van Zandt, Byron Foulger, Denver Pyle, Harry Tyler, Emil Sitka, Jack O’Shea, Brandon Beach, Frank Hagney, Stanley Blystone, Richard Alexander, Charles Cane, Gloria Clark. Joining four dozen women, all mail order brides on the way to California on a ship via Panama, a woman seeks to locate her gambler husband. Standard drama with Hope Emerson stealing the show as the stern willed chaperone.

3067  Perils of the Royal Mounted  Columbia, 1942. 15 Chapters. D: James W. Horne. SC: Basil Dickey, Scott Littleton, Jesse A. Duffy and Louis Heifetz. With Robert (Kellard) Stevens, Nell O’Day, Herbert Rawlinson, Kenneth MacDonald, John Elliott, Nick Thompson, Art Miles, Richard Fiske, Rick Vallin, Forrest Taylor, Kermit Maynard, George Chesebro, Jack Ingram, Charles King, I. Stanford Jolley, Al Ferguson, Iron Eyes Cody. A Mounted Policeman learns that supposed Indian attacks are being carried out by white men led by a renegade in cahoots with a corrupt medicine man. Standard Columbia cliffhanger.

3068  Perils of the Wilderness  Columbia, 1956. 15 Chapters. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: George H. Plympton. With Dennis Moore, Richard Emory, Eve Anderson (Evelyn Finley), Kenneth MacDonald, Rick Vallin, John Elliott, Don C. Harvey, Terry Frost, Al Ferguson, Bud Osborne, Rex Lease, Pierce Lyden, John Mitchum, Lee Roberts, Stanley Price, Kermit Maynard, John Hart, Frank Lackteen, I. Stanford Jolley, Robert Bice, Jack Ingram, Wally West, Dan White, Ed Coch. A man poses as an outlaw to capture a ruthless crime baron in the Canadian north country and is helped by a Royal Canadian Mounted policeman and a pretty girl. The penultimate serial is a sadly cheap affair with an unbelievable plot; interpolates footage from The Mysterious Pilot (1937) and Perils of the Royal Mounted (q.v.).

3069  The Persuader  Allied Artists, 1957. 72 min. D: Dick Ross. SC: Curtis Kenyon. With James Craig, Kristine Miller, William Talman, Darryl Hickman, Georgia Lee, Alvy Moore, Rhoda Williams, Gregory Walcott, Paul Engel, Nolan Leary, Frank Richards, Jason Johnson, Joyce Compton, Wendy Stuart, Leilani Sorenson. A minister comes to the Oklahoma town where outlaws killed his brother and helps the citizens stand up to lawlessness. Pretty fair program feature.

3070  Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion  NBC-TV, 1977. 85 min. Color. D: Michael O’Herlihy. SC: Jack Turley. With Leif Garrett, Milo O’Shea, John Anderson, Bibi Besch, John Quade, Ann Doran, Brad Rearden, Mitch Ryan, Charles Tyner, Ned Romero, James Lydon, Phil Mead, Bill Hicks, Robert Tzudiker. Prior to the Civil War, a teenager becomes a pony express rider in Nebraska Territory and confronts a road agent. Well made and entertaining juvenile fare for television.

3071  The Petrified Forest  Warner Bros., 1936. 83 min. D: Archie Mayo. SC: Charles Kenyon and Delmer Daves. With Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Humphrey Bogart, Joseph Sawyer, Porter Hall, Charley Grapewin, Paul Harvey, Eddie Acuff, Adrian Morris, Nina Campana, Slim Thompson, John Alexander, Addison Richards (voice). A diverse group of people are held prisoners at a desert way station by a fleeing hoodlum and his gang. Top notch screen adaptation of Robert Emmet Sherwood’s play; a gangster drama in a modern Western setting.

Humphrey Bogart, Leslie Howard and Bette Davis in The Petrified Forest (Warner Bros., 1936).

3072  The Phantom Bullet  Universal, 1926. 57 min. D: Clifford Smith. SC: Curtis Benton. With Hoot Gibson, Eileen Percy, Allan Forrest, Pat Harmon, William H. Turner, Nelson McDowell, John T. Price, Pee Wee Holmes, Rosemary Cooper. After his father is mysteriously killed a man returns home and takes on the guise of a bungler to find out who did the shooting. Well photographed Hoot Gibson silent Western with lots of comedy and an exciting car chase sequence.

3073  The Phantom Cowboy  Aywon, 1935. 56 min. D: Robert J. Horner. SC: Carl Krusada. With Ted Wells, Doris Brook, George Chesebro, Jimmy Audrey, Lew Meehan, Allen Greer, Oscar Gahan, Milburn Morante, Herman Hack, Sherry Tansey, Richard Cramer, Frank Clark, Rosamond Wagman, William Desmond, Wally West, Edna Aslin, Carl Mathews, Tex Palmer, Fred Parker, Al Haskell, Charles Le Moyne, Jack Evans, Barney Beasley. A cowboy and his pal join forces with a prospector, really a masked highwayman, in trying to discover who is out to steal the man’s mining claim. Appallingly bad poverty row affair that has star Ted Wells equally inept in dual roles.

3074  The Phantom Cowboy  Republic, 1941. 56 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Doris Schroeder. With Don “Red” Barry, Virginia Carroll, Milburn Stone, Neyle Marx, Rex Lease, Nick Thompson, Bud Osborne, Ernest Wilson, Burr Caruth, Frank Ellis, Art Dillard, Jack O’Shea, Chuck Baldra, Leander De Cordova, Matty Roubert, Jim Corey, Hank Patterson, Hank Bell. When a rancher is murdered and his niece is cheated out of her inheritance, a cowboy becomes a masked avenger to restore her property. Star Don Barry and director George Sherman do their best in the confines of a script that lacks action.