3485  The Ridin’ Fool  Tiffany, 1931. 58 min. D: J.P. McCarthy. SC: Wellyn Totman. With Bob Steele, Frances Morris, Florence Turner, Ted Adams, Alan Bridge, Eddie Fetherston, Jack Henderson, Gordon DeMain, Josephine Velez, Fern Emmett, Artie Ortego. A cowboy saves a gambler from being hung for a crime he did not commit but later, in another town, they both fall for the same girl and are accused of robbing a stagecoach and killing the driver. While a bit on the slow side with a complicated plot, this Bob Steele film should satisfy his fans; Ted Adams is fine as the good-bad man while Steele croons “I Fell in Love with You, Can’t You Fall in Love with Me?”

3486  Ridin’ for Justice  Columbia, 1932. 64 min. D: D. Ross Lederman. SC: Harold Shumate. With Buck Jones, Mary Doran, Russell Simpson, Walter Miller, Bob McKenzie, William Willing, Billy Engle, Hank Mann, Robert Kortman, Lee Phelps, Archie Ricks, Nancy Drexel, Art Mix, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Ben Corbett, Al Taylor, Bob Burns, Jack Low, Jack King, Ken Cooper, Al Haskell, Lafe McKee, Bud Pope, William McCall, Tex Phelps, Bob Roper. A cowboy gets in trouble with the law after a saloon brawl and is given sanctuary by the marshal’s wife but she is attacked by his deputy and when he is shot the cowpoke is blamed. Top notch Buck Jones feature, surprisingly adult in its theme for the time and given audience.

Ridin’ Home to Texas see Rollin’ Home to Texas

3487  Ridin’ Law  Big 4/Biltmore, 1930. 55 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: Carl Krusada. With Jack Perrin, Renee Borden, Yakima Canutt, Jack Mower, Ben Corbett, Robert Walker, Pete Morrison, Fern Emmett, Olive Young. While searching for the killer of his father in Mexico a cowboy is captured by a gang of smugglers. Tacky early talkie.

3488  Ridin’ Mad  Arrow, 1924. 60 min. D-SC: Jacques Jaccard. With Yakima Canutt, Lorraine Eason, Helen Rosson, Annabelle Lee, Dick LaReno. Forced to kill a man in self defense, a cowboy learns his sister is in love with a crooked oil promoter who plans to leave her. Low grade but fast paced Yakima Canutt silent feature from producer Ben Wilson; Canutt’s first starring film.

3489  Ridin’ On  Reliable, 1936. 60 min. D: Bernard B. Ray. SC: John T. Neville. With Tom Tyler, Germaine Greear (Joan Barclay), Rex Lease, John Elliott, Earl Dwire, Bob McKenzie, Roger Williams, Slim Whitaker, Jimmy Aubrey, Francis Walker, Wally West, Richard Cramer, Milburn Morante, Jack Evans, Chuck Morrison. Two range families engage in a feud but romance complicates things when the son of one family falls for the daughter of the other. Mediocre Tom Tyler outing.

3490  Ridin’ on a Rainbow  Republic, 1941. 74 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Bradford Ropes and Doris Malloy. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee, Carol Adams, Ferris Taylor, Georgia Caine, Byron Foulger, Rolf Harolde, James Conlin, Guy Usher, Anthony Warde, Forrest Taylor, Burr Caruth, Ed Cassidy, Ben Hall, Tom London, William V. Mong. After completing a cattle drive, a rancher puts the profits in a bank only to have it robbed and while investigating the holdup he joins a entertainment group aboard a steamboat where an old time performer, suspected in the heist, works. A good script highlights this Gene Autry action musical Western.

3491  Ridin’ the Cherokee Trail  Monogram, 1941. 60 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Edmund Kelso. With Tex Ritter, Arkansas Slim Andrews, The Tennessee Ramblers, Betty Miles, Forrest Taylor, Jack Roper, Fred Burns, Bruce Nolan, Gene Alsace, Ed Cassidy, Bob Card, Nolan Willis, Chuck Baldra, Sherry Tansey. A Texas Ranger heads into the Cherokee Strip to stop a crooked empire builder planning to control the land before it is open to settlement. Nicely done Tex Ritter affair with several good songs. British title: Cherokee Trail.

3492  Ridin’ the Lone Trail  Republic, 1937. 56 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: E.B. Mann. With Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle, Charles King, Ernie Adams, Lew Meehan, Julian Rivero, Steve Clark, Hal Price, Frank Ball, Jack Kirk, Horace Murphy, Jack Evans, Bob Roper. A Texan helps a lawman in trying to apprehend a band of road agents who use a ranch owner’s daughter’s white horse in their killing and robbery sprees. Bob Steele is great in this very exciting and well done film which contains underplayed comedy and well stage fights.

3493  Ridin’ the Outlaw Trail  Columbia, 1951. 56 min. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: Victor Arthur. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Sunny Vickers, Jim Bannon, Pee Wee King and the Golden West Cowboys, Edgar Dearing, Peter Thompson, Lee Morgan, Chuck Roberson, Ethan Laidlaw, Frank McCarroll, Guy Teague. The Durango Kid is after a man who stole gold pieces worth $20,000 but the thief is murdered by a crook who plans to have the gold melted so he can claim it was recently discovered. Fairly complicated, but okay, “Durango Kid” series entry.

3494  Ridin’ the Trail  Arthur Ziehm, 1940. 57 min. D: Raymond K. Johnson. SC: Phil Dunham. With Fred Scott, Iris Lancaster, Harry Harvey, Jack Ingram, John Ward, Bud Osborne, Carl Mathews, Gene Howard, Ray Lenhart, Buddy Kelly, Elias Gamboa, Cactus Mack, Denver Dixon. A masked avenger assists the side of the law when he takes after an outlaw gang. Follow-up to Two Gun Troubador (q.v.), this was originally made by Spectrum but the studio folded before its release; fairly good Fred Scott singing oater.

3495  Ridin’ Thru  Reliable, 1934. 55 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: Rose Gordon and Carl Krusada. With Tom Tyler, Ruth Hiatt, Lafe McKee, Philo McCullough, Ben Corbett, Lew Meehan, Bud Osborne, Colin Chase, Jayne Regan, Buck Morgan. Two cowpokes investigate a series of thefts that have forced a cattleman to turn his place into a dude ranch. There is not much to brag about in this below average Tom Tyler vehicle.

3496  Ridin’ Wild  Aywon, 1925. 48 min. D: Leon De La Mothe. SC: Robert J. Horner and Matilda Smith. With Kit Carson (Boris Bullock), Pauline Curley, Jack Richardson, Walter Maly, C.L. James. Coming West for his health, a man is mistreated by outlaws but befriended by a young woman who he later saves when the gang attacks the stagecoach on which she is a passenger. Tacky silent effort from Robert J. Horner Productions; also called Riding Wild.

3497  The Riding Avenger  Diversion, 1936. 58 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Norman Houston. With Hoot Gibson, Ruth Mix, June Gale, Buzz Barton, Stanley Blystone, Roger Williams, Francis Walker, Slim Whitaker, Budd Buster, Blackie Whiteford, Jack Evans, Ed Cassidy, Herman Hack, Tom London, Art Dillard, Allen Greer. Appointed by the governor to round up a notorious rustler and his gang, a marshal takes on the guise of a gunman. Hoot Gibson does his best but poor production values hurt this modest affair.

3498  Riding for Life  Rayart, 1926. 50 min. D: Mack V. Wright. SC: Joseph Kane. With Bob Reeves, Aline Goodwin, Hal Walters, Bob Fleming, Bud Pope, Frank Austin, Barney Furey, Andrew Waldron. Falsely accused of robbing an express office safe, a cowboy trails the gang that committed the crime and kidnapped his brother, the depot clerk. Limited action silent Western written by future genre director Joseph Kane.

3499  Riding High  Paramount, 1944. 88 min. D: George Marshall. SC: Walter De Leon, Arthur Phillips and Art Arthur. With Dorothy Lamour, Dick Powell, Victor Moore, Gil Lamb, Bill Goodwin, Cass Daley, Rod Cameron, Glenn Langan, Milt Britton and His Band, George Carleton, Andrew Tombes, Douglas Fowley, Pierre Watkin, James Burke, Roscoe Karns, Patricia Mace, Gwen Kenyon, Lorraine Miller, Stanley Andrews, Lane Chandler, Ray Spiker, Charles Soldani, Hal K. Dawson. A mining engineer, trying to capture a gang of counterfeiters, romances a burlesque dancer, the daughter of a local miner. Not one of the better Western musical comedies.

Riding Rivals see Thundering Through

3500  Riding Shotgun  Warner Bros., 1954. 75 min. Color. D: Andre De Toth. SC: Tom Blackburn. With Randolph Scott, Wayne Morris, Joan Weldon, Joseph Sawyer, James Millican, Charles (Bronson) Buchinsky, James Bell, Fritz Feld, Richard Garrick, Victor Perrin, John Baer, William Johnstone, Ken Dibbs, Alvin Freeman, Edward Coch, Jr., Lonnie Pierce, Mary Lou Holloway, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Richard Benjamin, Jack Kenney, Dub Taylor, Jack Woody, Frosty Royce, Ruth Whitney, Phil Chambers, Clem Fuller, Bud Osborne, Frank Ferguson, Budd Buster, Dick Dickinson, Buddy Roosevelt, Mira McKinney, Carol Henry, Ned Young, Paul Picerni, Evan Lowe, Holly Brooke, Allegra Varron, Jimmy Mobley, George Ross, Maura Murphy, Harry Hines, Ray Bennett, Jock Brockman, Opan Evard, George Selk, Merry Townsend, Morgan Brown, Bob Stephenson. In an attempt to find the outlaw responsible for his wife’s death, a man takes the job of stagecoach guard hoping to locate the killer when he pulls a robbery. Well paced and entertaining Randolph Scott vehicle.

3501  Riding Speed  Superior, 1934. 50 min. D: Jay Wilsey (Buffalo Bill, Jr.). SC: Delores Booth. With Buffalo Bill, Jr., Joile Benet, Bud Osborne, Lafe McKee, Clyde McClary, Allen Holbrook, Ernest Scott, Denver Dixon. A cowboy opposes a gang of smugglers working along the Mexican border. Rock bottom, but fun, Victor Adamson (Denver Dixon) production, written by Mrs. Adamson. Although star Jay Wilsey is listed as the director, this one has all the looks of an Adamson concoction.

3502  Riding the California Trail  Monogram, 1947. 59 min. D: William Nigh. SC: Clarence Upson Young. With Gilbert Roland, Teala Loring, Inez Cooper, Frank Yaconelli, Martin Garralaga, Ted Hecht, Marcelle Grandville, Eva Whitney, Frank Marlo, Alex Montoya, Rosa Turich, Julia Kent, Gerald Echaverria, Tony Roux. The Cisco Kid and his pal Baby try to stop a kindly woman from marrying a man who is secretly being paid by her uncle who is after the family rancho. Typically pleasant “Cisco Kid” series adventure.

3503  Riding the Sunset Trail  Monogram, 1941. 56 min. D: Robert Emmett Tansey. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey) and Frances Kavanaugh. With Tom Keene, Betty Miles, Frank Yaconelli, Sugar Dawn, Arkansas Slim Andrews, Kenne Duncan, Tom London, Tom Seidel, James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey), Earl Douglas, Gene Alsace, Fred Hoose. A crook tries to murder his half-brother for the family ranch but a cowboy and his pal find the wounded man and set out to stop the culprit. Film has stronger plot than production values.

3504  Riding the Wind  RKO Radio, 1942. 60 min. D: Edward Killy. SC: Morton Grant and Earle Snell. With Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Lee “Lasses” White, Eddie Dew, Mary Douglas, Ernie Adams, Earle Hodgins, Kate Harrington, Charles Phipps, Bud Osborne, Karl Hackett, Hank Worden, Frank McCarroll, Bob Burns, Larry Steers, Spade Cooley. A rancher and his friends help a fellow cattleman trying to build a windmill to provide water for his herd after crooks block his supply with a dam. Pretty good Tim Holt series entry.

3505  Riding Through Nevada  Columbia, 1942. 55 min. D: William Berke. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Charles Starrett, Arthur Hunnicutt, Shirley Patterson, Jimmie Davis and His Rainbow Ramblers, Davison Clark, Clancy Cooper, Minerva Urecal, Edmund Cobb, Ethan Laidlaw, Kermit Maynard, Art Mix, Stanley Brown. A postal inspector investigates a series of stagecoach stickups and takes the job of shotgun guard to try and catch the robbers. Pretty thin Charles Starrett vehicle.

3506  Riding Tornado  Columbia, 1932. 59 min. D: D. Ross Lederman. SC: Burt Kempler. With Tim McCoy, Shirley Grey, Wallace MacDonald, Wheeler Oakman, Russell Simpson, Montagu Love, Lafe McKee, Art Mix, Vernon Dent, Bud Osborne, Hank Bell, Silver Tip Baker, Tex Palmer, Artie Ortego. A championship rodeo rider is at odds with a local boss who he believes is the mastermind behind a rustling gang. Very good and action filled Tim McCoy feature.

3507  Riding West  Columbia, 1944. 58 min. D: William Berke. SC: Luci Ward. With Charles Starrett, Arthur Hunnicutt, Shirley Patterson, Wheeler Oakman, Clancy Cooper, Steve Clark, Ernest Tubb and His Singing Cowboys (Cal Shrum, Wesley Tuttle, Art Wenzel), Johnny Bond, Stanley Brown, Lloyd Bridges, Tom London, Ted Mapes, Frosty Royce, Blackie Whiteford, Billy Wilkerson, George Fiske. A gambler tires to prevent a man from setting up a Pony Express operation. Good Charles Starrett action film with some pleasing music from Ernest Tubb and Johnny Bond.

Riding Wild (1925) see Ridin’ Wild

3508  Riding Wild  Columbia, 1935. 57 min. D: David Selman. SC: Ford Beebe. With Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, Niles Welch, Ed Le Saint, Richard Alexander, Richard Botiller, Eddie (Edmund) Cobb, Jack Rockwell, Bud Osborne, Wally West, Al Haskell, Si Jenks, Lafe McKee. A crooked rancher, needing money, sells land to nesters and then tries to run them off but is opposed by a foreman. Good Tim McCoy drama with some brief, but well done, night riding sequences.

Poster for Riding Wild (Columbia, 1935).

3509  Riding with Buffalo Bill  Columbia, 1954. 15 Chapters. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: George H. Plympton. With Marshall Reed, Rick Vallin, Joanne Rio, Shirley Whitney, Jack Ingram, William Fawcett, Gregg Barton, Ed Coch, Steven Ritch, Pierce Lyden, Michael Fox, Lee Roberts, Zon Murray, Al Ferguson, John Truex, Al Cantor, Terry Frost, Ray Jones. Buffalo Bill Cody helps a miner-rancher whose property has been attacked by a gang led by a man trying to stop railroad expansion. Latter day Sam Katzman serial has little to recommend it; for genre fans only.

3510  Rim of the Canyon  Columbia, 1949. 70 min. D: John English. SC: John K. Butler. With Gene Autry, Nan Leslie, Thurston Hall, Clem Bevans, Walter Sande, Jock Mahoney, Francis McDonald, Alan Hale, Jr., Amelita Ward, Denver Pyle, Bobby Clark, Boyd Stockman, Sandy Sanders, Rory Mallinson, Frankie Marvin, John R. McKee, Lynn Farr. Gene Autry and his pals try to defend a small town against three ex-convicts who return there for revenge. More than adequate Gene Autry opus.

3511  Rimfire  Screen Guild, 1949. 66 min. D: B. Reeves Eason. SC: Arthur St. Clair and Fred Wisbar. With James Millican, Mary Beth Hughes, Henry Hull, Reed Hadley, Fuzzy Knight, Glenn Strange, Chris-Pin Martin, Richard Alexander, George Cleveland, John Cason, Ray Bennett, Margia Dean, I. Stanford Jolley, Victor Kilian, Jason Robards, Don C. Harvey, Lee Roberts, Stanley Price. In Texas after the Civil War a cavalry officer opposes crooked gamblers in a boom town. Fairly interesting action feature with a fine cast.

3512  Rin Tin Tin:  Hero of the West. Monterey Home Video, 1991. 80 min. Color. D: Robert G. Walker, Don McDougall and Douglas Heyes. SC: Douglas Heyes, John O’Dea and Jerry Thomas. With Rin Tin Tin III, James Brown, Lee Aaker, Joseph Sawyer, Rand Brooks, Pierre Watkin, Leo Gordon, Louis Lettieri, Steven Ritch, Norman Frederic (Dean Fredericks), George J. Lewis, Chief Thundercloud, Hal Hopper, Richard Reeves, Francis McDonald, Norman Leavitt, Denver Dixon. Rin Tin Tin comes to the rescue of a wild mustang attacked by a renegade stallion, he and his master Rusty aid an Indian boy endangered by a hostile tribe and then try to stop a buffalo hunter from breaking a treaty. Enjoyable telefilm made up of three colorized episodes of “The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin” (ABC-TV, 1954–59); James Brown sings “The White Buffalo” with vocal effects by Hal Hopper.

Ring of Fire see Cowboy Up

Ringo Against Johnny Colt see God Holds the Bullet

3513  Ringo and His Golden Pistol  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967. 88 min. Color D: Sergio Corbucci. SC: Adriano Belzoni and Franco Rossetti. With Mark Damon, Valeria Fabrizi, Franco De Rosa, Ettore Manni, Andrea Aureli, John Bartha, Ken Wood (Giovanni Cianfriglia), Giulia Rubini. In Mexico a deadly bounty hunter is on the trail of several outlaws with prices on their heads. No better and no worse than most of its ilk, issued in Italy in 1966 as Johnny Oro.

3514  Ringo, Face of Revenge  Estela Films, 1967. 102 min. Color. D: Mario Caiano. SC: Eduardo Manzanos. With Anthony Steffen, Frank Wolff, Eduardo Fajardo, Armando Calvo, Alejandra Nilo, Alfonso Goda, Manuel Bermudez “Boliche,” Amedeo Trilli, Ricardo Canales, Rafael Vaquero, Antonio Orengo. When two cowpokes save a man’s life and find half of a treasure map tattooed on his back, the trio try to locate the lawman with the rest of the drawing. Despite an involved plot (but no Ringo), this is only an average Spaghetti Western, a Italian-Spanish co-production released in Europe as Los Cuatro Salvajes (The Four Savages) and Ringo Volto della Vendetta (Ringo Face of Revenge).

3515  Ringo the Lone Rider  Hispamex, 1968. 87 min. Color. D: Rafael Romero Marchent. SC: Mario Caiano. With Peter Martell, Piero Lulli, Dianik Zurakovska, Armando Calvo, Paolo Hertz, Jose Jaspe, Jesus Puente, Antonio Pica, Angel Mendndez, Miguel del Castillo, Jesus Tordesillas, Alfonso Rojas, Francisco (Frank) Brana, Guillermo Mendez, Luis Barboo, Pedro Fenollar, Mario Morales, Antonio Peral, Alfonso de la Vega, Joaquin Burgos, Jose Sepulveda. Two bounty hunters team to capture a gang of marauding former soldiers. Well made and none too violent European Western released there as Dos Hombres van a Morir (Two Brothers, One Death) and Ringo il Cavaliere Solitario (Ringo the Solitary Cavalier).

3516  Ringo’s Big Night  Fenix Film, 1965. 95 min. Color. D: Mario Maffei. SC: Emo Bistolfi. With William Berger, Adriana Ambesi, Eduardo Fajardo, Walter Maestosi, Guido Da Salvi, Tom Felleghy, Jorge (George) Rigaud, Jose Bodalo, Armando Calvo, Francisco Moran. A federal agent is arrested along with an outlaw in order to find the hiding lace of $200,000 stolen on its way to Tombstone. Typically violent and action filled Italian oater made as Grande Notte di Ringo (Grand Night of Ringo) and La Notte del Desperado (The Night of the Desperado); interesting music score by Carlo Rustichelli.

3517  Rio Bravo  Warner Bros., 1959. 141 min. Color. D: Howard Hawks. SC: Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett. With John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan, Angie Dickinson, Ward Bond, John Russell, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Estelita Rodriguez, Claude Akins, Harry Carey, Jr., Malcolm Atterbury, Bob Steele, Bing Russell, Myron Healey, Eugene Iglesias, Fred Graham, Tom Monroe, Riley Hill, Walter Barnes, Sheb Wooley, Joseph Shimada, Chuck Roberson, Dean Smith, Yakima Canutt, George B Bruggerman, Jose Cuchillo, Joe Gray, Gordon Mitchell. A sheriff, aided only by four others, tries to keep a murderer in jail while the prisoner’s powerful rancher brother and his hired guns plan to break him out. Classic Western is well worth watching; Walter Brennan steals the show as the cantankerous Stumpy.

John Wayne and Angie Dickinson in Rio Bravo (Warner Bros., 1959).

3518  Rio Conchos  20th Century–Fox, 1964. 107 min. Color. D: Gordon Douglas. SC: Joseph Landon and Clair Huffaker. With Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman, Tony Franciosa, Edmond O’Brien, Wende Wagner, Warner Anderson, Jim Brown, Rodolfo Acosta, Barry Kelley, Vito Scotti, House Peters, Jr., Kevin Hagen, Timothy Carey, Mickey Simpson, Robert Adler, Abel Fernandez. Following the Civil War, four men trek across the Texas desert in search of stolen rifles and are attacked by Indians and outlaws. Well acted and entertaining feature.

3519  Rio Diablo  CBS-TV, 1993. 92 min. Color. D: Rod Hardy. SC: Frank Q. Dobbs, David S. Cass, Sr. and Stephen Lodge. With Kenny Rogers, Travis Tritt, Naomi Judd, Brion James, Bruce Greenwood, Laura Harring, Michael G. Hagerty, Luis Contreras, Casey Sander, Stacy Keach, Kelly Junkerman, Marc Alaimo, Tommy Townsend, Arnold Johnson, David S. Cass, Sr., Lupe Ontiveros, Maria Diaz, Richard Yniguez, Richard Curilla, David Samoya, James Crittenden, Kenny Rogers, Jr., Monty L. Simons, Jorge Cervera, Jr. Outlaws kidnap a bride on her wedding day with her husband teaming with a bounty hunter, who is after the marauders, to rescue her. Average TV Western produced by star Kenny Rogers.

3520  Rio Grande  Columbia, 1939. 58 min. D: Sam Nelson. SC: Charles Francis Royal. With Charles Starrett, Ann Doran, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Dick Curtis, Hal Taliaferro, Stanley Brown, Hank Bell, Forrest Taylor, Harry Strang, Ed Le Saint, Ed Peil, Sr., Ted Mapes, Art Mix, George Chesebro, Lee Prather, Fred Burns, George Morrell, John Tyrrell. A cowboy and his pals help a young woman being forced off her ranch by land grabbers. Average Charles Starrett action feature.

3521  Rio Grande  Astor, 1949. 70 min. D: Norman Sheldon. SC: Hugh Jamison and Norman Sheldon. With Sunset Carson, Evohn Keyes, Lee Morgan, Bobby Clark, Bob Deats, Henry Garcia, Walter Calmbach, Jr., Maria Louisa Marulanda, Don Gray, Curley Rucker. A cowboy helps a rancher and his pretty sister when two crooked brothers attempt to cheat them of their water rights. Sunset Carson’s final starring “B” Western is rock bottom all the way; filmed in Texas by Lautem Productions.

3522  Rio Grande  Republic, 1950. 105 min. D: John Ford. SC: James Kevin McGuinness. With John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen, Grant Withers, Peter Ortiz, Steve Pendleton, Karolyn Grimes, Alberto Morin, Stan Jones, Jack Pennick, Fred Kennedy, The Sons of the Pioneers (Ken Curtis, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr, Lloyd Perryman, Shug Fisher, Tommy Doss), Chuck Roberson, Patrick Wayne, Cliff Lyons, Eve March, Barlow Simpson. A cavalry lieutenant stationed near the Mexican border must deal with raiding Apaches as well as his estranged wife and new recruit son. Entertaining John Ford feature, but not as good as his other cavalry films of the period, Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (qq.v.).

3523  Rio Grande Patrol  RKO Radio, 1950. 60 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Norman Houston. With Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Jane Nigh, Douglas Fowley, Cleo Moore, Tom Tyler, Rick Vallin, John Holland, Larry Johns, Harry Harvey, Forrest Burns. A Border Patrol official learns that two members of the service are in league with Mexican bandits in a gun smuggling scheme. Pretty good Tim Holt vehicle.

3524  Rio Grande Raiders  Republic, 1946. 56 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Norton S. Parker. With Sunset Carson, Linda Stirling, Bob Steele, Tom London, Tristram Coffin, Edmund Cobb, Jack O’Shea, Tex Terry, Kenne Duncan, Al Taylor, Blackie Whiteford, Bob Burns, Roy Bucko, Frank O’Connor, Bobby Barber. A cowboy tries to help is ex-convict brother who is being used as a pawn in a battle between two stage lines for a mail contract. Sunset Carson’s final Republic outing is pretty good, somewhat hampered by stock footage and the casting of the star as Bob Steele’s older brother!

3525  Rio Grande Ranger  Columbia, 1936. 54 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Nate Gatzert. With Bob Allen, Iris Meredith, Hal Taliaferro, Paul Sutton, Buzz Henry, John Elliott, Tom London, Slim Whitaker, Jack Rockwell, Richard Botiller, Art Mix, Frank Ellis, Jack Ingram, Al Taylor, Jim Corey, Henry Hall, Jack C. Smith, Ed Cassidy, Ray Jones, Jim Corey, Bud McClure, Jack King, George Plues, Art Dillard. Two Texas rangers are assigned to a border town to round up an outlaw gang terrorizing the area. Bob Allen and Hal Taliaferro (Wally Wales) make a good team in this more than passable action drama; a remake of Border Law (q.v.).

3526  Rio Grande Romance  Victory, 1936. 70 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Al Martin. With Eddie Nugent, Maxine Doyle, Fuzzy Knight, Don Alvarado, Nick Stuart, George Walsh, Forrest Taylor, Lucille Lund, Ernie Adams, George Cleveland, Joyce Kay, Ed Cassidy, Ivo Henderson, John Cowell, Richard Cramer. An FBI agent, trying to prove his brother-in-law innocent of murder and bond theft, is on the trail of a gang of crooks. Pleasant, but average, program dual bill item, reissued by Principal Pictures as Put on the Spot.

3527  Rio Lobo  Cinema Center, 1970. 114 min. Color. D: Howard Hawks. SC: Burton Wohl and Leigh Brackett. With John Wayne, Jennifer O’Neill, Jorge Rivero, Jack Elam, Victor French, Christopher Mitchum, Susana Dosamantes, Mike Henry, David Huddleston, Bill Williams, Edward Faulkner, Sherry Lansing, Dean Smith, Robert Donner, Jim Davis, Peter Jason, Robert Rothwell, Chuck Courtney, George Plympton, Bob Steele, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Hank Worden, Chuck Roberson, Ethan Wayne, Don “Red” Barry, Gregg Palmer, Sondra Currie, Conrad Hool, Lance Hool, John McKee, John Hudkins, William H. O’Brien, Tommy Tedesco. Betrayed during the Civil War, an ex–Union colonel sets out to find the culprits and discovers one of them trying to cheat an old man out of his ranch. Colorful reworking of Rio Bravo (q.v.) with good second unit direction by Yakima Canutt.

3528  Rio Rattler  Reliable, 1935. 55 min. D: Franklin Shamray (Bernard B. Ray). SC: Carl Krusada. With Tom Tyler, Eddie Gribbon, Marion Shilling, William Gould, Tom London, Charles (Slim) Whitaker, Lafe McKee, Ace Cain, Frank Ellis, Jimmy Aubrey, Philo McCullough, Nelson McDowell, Tom Browner, Sherry Tansey, Buck Morgan, Herman Hack, Barney Beasley, Bob Card, Al Haskell, Blackie Whiteford, Jack Evans, Rube Dalroy, Clyde McClary, John Ince, Fred Parker, S.S. Simon. A cowboy pretends to be a dead lawman only to be accused of his murder by the real killer and his boss. Cheap Tom Tyler affair highlighted by Slim Whitaker’s portrayal of the vicious title character.

3529  Rio Rita  Radio Pictures, 1929. 135 min. Part-Color. D: Luther Reed. SC: Luther Reed and Russell Mack. With Bebe Daniels, John Boles, Don Alvarado, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Georges Renevant, Helen Kaiser, Tiny Sanford, Nick De Ruiz, Sam Nelson, Fred Burns, Eva Rosita, Sam Blum. A gringo wins the love of a beautiful woman but a rival for her affections tells her the American is really a Texas Ranger out to arrest her bandit brother. Dated, but still fun, musical partially filmed in Technicolor.

3530  Rio Rita  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1942. 91 min. D: S. Sylvan Simon. SC: Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman. With Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll, Patricia Dane, Tom Conway, Peter Whitney, Arthur Space, Joan Valerie, Dick Rich, Barry Nelson, Eva Puig, Mitchell Lewis, Eros Volusia, Julian Rivero, Douglass Newland, Lee Murray, Inez Cooper, Frank Penny, William Tannen, David Oliver, Robert Bradford, J.D. Jewkes, Nacho Galindo, Alfredo Garmo, The Guadalajara Trio, Flores Brothers, Tudor Williams, Morton Scott, Mercedes Ruffino, Jenny Mac, Ruth Cherrington, Vangie Beilby. Two pet shop workers get stranded on a ranch being used as the headquarters for Nazi spies. This pleasant Abbott and Costello musical comedy is a remake of the 1929 film (q.v.); better than average.

3531  Rip Roarin’ Buckaroo  Victory, 1936. 51 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: William Buchanan. With Tom Tyler, Beth Marion, Sammy Cohen, Charles King, Forrest Taylor, Richard Cramer, John Elliott, Theodore Lorch, Wally West, Bud Pope, Wimpy (dog). A boxer, framed in a crooked match, voluntarily leaves the ring and heads West to get the culprits. Very poor production values make this Tom Tyler vehicle a low grade affair.

3532  Rita of the West  Euro International Films, 1967. 90 min. Color. D: Ferdinando Baldi. SC: Ferdinando Baldi and Franco Rossetti. With Rita Pavone, Terence Hill, Lucio Dalla, Nina Larker, Teddy Reno, Kirk Morris, Pinuccio Ardia, Gordon Mitchell, Fernando Sancho, Nini Rosso, Luigi Pernice, Romano Puppo, Mirella Pamfili, Franco Gula, Enzo Di Natale, Livio Lorenzon. A young girl wants to destroy all the world’s gold because she thinks it is evil and is helped by a friend and an Indian chief. Silly Italian production that mocks Spaghetti Western characters like Django and Ringo; made as Little Rita nel Far West (Little Rita of the Far West) and also called Crazy Westerners.

3533  Rivales a Muerte (Rivals to Death)  Laguna Productions, 2003. 90 min. Color. D: Enrique Murillo. SC: Carlos Valdemar. With Alfredo Estrella, Diana Golden, Luis Reynoso, Jorge Aldama, Robert Munguia, Bibelot Mansur, Jose Luis Chavez, Angelica Lara, Fernando Sieber, Eduardo Mendizabal, Jorge Aldama, Jr. Victor Bejarano, Carlos Camacho, Dario Figueroa. A couple begin their married life terrorized by two men and find they must defend themselves to live. Violent Mexican Western.

3534  River Lady  Universal-International, 1948. 78 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: D.D. Beauchamp and William Bowers. With Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron, Dan Duryea, Helena Carter, Lloyd Gough, Florence Bates, John McIntire, Jack Lambert, Esther Somers, Anita Turner, Edmund Cobb, Dewey Robinson, Eddy Waller, Milton Kibbee, Billy Wayne, Jimmy Ames, Edward Earle, Paul Maxey, Dick Wessel, Charles Sullivan, Mickey Simpson, Reed Howes, George Magrill, Carl Sepulveda, John McGuire, Howard Negley, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Wilke, Perc Launders, Al Hill, Harold Goodwin, Paul Fierro, Beverly Warren, Jack Shutta, Jerry Jerome, Frank Hagney, Philip Van Zandt, Charles Morton, Don MacCracken. The beautiful owner of a Mississippi River gambling ship wants a lumberman who is in love with a timber king’s daughter, so to get her man she forms a syndicate to buy all the forest. Colorful, brawling action drama.

River of Destiny see Forlorn River

3535  River of No Return  20th Century–Fox, 1954. 91 min. Color. D: Otto Preminger. SC: Frank Fenton. With Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye, Will Wright, Douglas Spencer, Ed Hinton, Don Beddoe, Claire Andre, Jack Mather, Edmund Cobb, Jarma Lewis, Hal Baylor, Barbara Nichols, Fay Morley, John Doucette, Arthur Shields, Geneva Gray, Larry Chance, Paul Newlan. A beautiful woman hires a man and his young son to take her on a dangerous river voyage in pursuit of her husband and they are tracked by a gambler and attacked by Indians. Director Otto Preminger smartly keeps this picture moving, otherwise it is only average.

River of Poison see South of Death Valley

3536  The River’s Edge  20th Century–Fox, 1957. 87 min. Color. D: Allan Dwan. SC: Harold Jacob Smith and James Leicester. With Ray Milland, Debra Paget, Anthony Quinn, Harry Carey, Jr., Chubby Johnson, Byron Foulger, Tom McKee, Frank Gerstle. A crook enlists the assistance of his ex-girlfriend’s Mexican farmer husband in helping him cross the border with a cache of stolen money. Sadly underrated melodrama; well worth viewing.

3537  River’s End  Warner Bros., 1930. 74 min. D: Michael Curtiz. SC: Charles Kenyon. With Charles Bickford, Evelyn Knapp, J. Farrell MacDonald, ZaSu Pitts, Walter McGrail, David Torrence, Junior Coghlan, Tom Santschi, Lionel Belmore, Frank Hagney, Willie Fung, Cliff Saum, Tom London. A man falsely accused of a crime takes the identity of the sheriff sent to capture him and falls in love with the dead man’s girlfriend, but trouble ensues. Early talkie still holds good entertainment value, especially for Charles Bickford in dual roles.

3538  River’s End  Warner Bros., 1940. 69 min. D: Ray Enright. SC: Barry Trivers and Bertram Millhauser. With Dennis Morgan, Elizabeth Earl, Victor Jory, George Tobias, James Stephenson, Steffi Duna, Edward Pawley, John Ridgely, Frank Wilcox, David Bruce, Gilbert Emery, Stuart Robertson, Frank Mayo, Stuart Holmes, Pat O’Malley, Jim Mason, Milton Kibbee, Jack Mower, Glen Cavender, Sailor Vincent, Paul Panzer, Cliff Saum, Jack Wise, Tom Wilson. Falsely convicted of a crime, a man escapes from prison, takes the identity of his dead Mountie brother and tries to find the real killer. Okay remake of the James Oliver Curwood story. TV title: Double Identity.

3539  The Road Agent  Rayart, 1926. 50 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Charles Saxton. With Al Hoxie, Ione Reed, Lew Meehan, Leon de la Mothe, Florence Lee, Cliff Lyons, Frank Ellis. Running from the law, a cowpoke is hired by a crook to impersonate a man about to inherit a ranch. Bottom of the barrel silent feature with Al Hoxie in dual roles.

3540  Road Agent  Universal, 1941. 69 min. D: Charles Lamont. SC: Morgan Cox, Arthur Strawn and Maurice Tombragel. With Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Anne Gwynne, Samuel S. Hinds, Richard Davies, Anne Nagel, Morris Ankrum, John Gallaudet, Reed Hadley, Ernie Adams, Lew Kelly, Luana Walters, Chuck Morrison, Jack Rockwell, George J. Lewis, Eddy Waller, Emmett Lynn, William Ruhl, Alan Bridge, Harry Strang, Leyland Hodgson. Three pals arrive in a small town and are promptly jailed on a fake murder charge but they are later released to fight outlaws. Typically fast moving, action laden and slick Universal program Western. Reissued by Realart in 1951 as Texas Road Agent; remade as Gunman’s Code (q.v.).

3541  Road Agent  RKO Radio, 1952. 60 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Norman Houston. With Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Noreen Nash, Mauritz Hugo, Dorothy Patrick, Robert Wilke, Tom Tyler, Guy Edward Hearn, William Tannen, Sam Flint, Forbes Murray, Stanley Blystone, Tom Kennedy. When crooks steal money from local citizens, a cowboy takes on the guise of a Robin Hood-type character to right their wrongs. Pretty good Tim Holt vehicle, one of the last of his long running RKO series.

Leo Carrillo and Andy Devine in Road Agent (Universal, 1941).

3542  The Road to Denver  Republic, 1955. 90 min. Color. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Horace McCoy and Allen Rivkin. With John Payne, Mona Freeman, Lee J. Cobb, Ray Middleton, Skip Homeier, Andy Clyde, Lee Van Cleef, Karl Davis, Glenn Strange, Buzz Henry, Dan White, Robert Burton, Anne Carroll, Tex Terry, William Haade, Hank Worden, Fred Graham. A stage line operator tries to convince his younger brother the man he works for is a crook with the siblings eventually meeting in a showdown. Well produced drama that provides good entertainment.

3543  The Road to Fort Alamo  World Entertainment Corporation, 1966. 82 min. Color. D: John M. Old (Mario Bava). SC: Vincent Thomas, Charles Price and Jane Brisbane. With Ken Clark, Jany Clair, Michel Lemoine, Andreina Paul, Kirk Bert, Antonio Gratoldi, Dean Ardow. Following a disagreement with fellow gang members, an outlaw is left to die in the desert but after his rescue he pretends to be a federal officer only to become a hero when he tires to save a wagon train from Indians. Action filled Spaghetti Western greatly helped by Mario Bava’s stylish direction. Issued in Italy in 1965 by Protor/Piazzi/Comptori as La Strada per Fort Alamo (The Road to Fort Alamo) and released in France as Arizona Bill.

3544  Road to Utopia  Paramount, 1945. 89 min. D: Hal Walker. SC: Norman Panama and Melvin Frank. With Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille, Jack LaRue, Robert Barrat, Nestor Paiva, Will Wright, Jimmy Dundee, Billy Benedict, Arthur Loft, Stanley Andrews, Alan Bridge, Romaine Callender, Paul Newlan, Jack Rutherford, Al Hill, Edward Emeron, Ronnie Rondell, Allen Pomeroy, Jack Stoney, George McKay, Larry Daniels, Charles Gemora, Claire James, Maxine Fife, Ferdinand Munier, Edgar Dearing, Charles C. Wilson, Jim Thorpe, Robert Benchley (narrator). Two vaudevillians head to the Klondike where they get mixed up with a gold claim map, crooks after it and a pretty dance hall girl. One of the better “Road” series outings.

3545  Roamin’ Wild  Reliable, 1936. 58 min. D: Bernard B. Ray. SC: Robert Emmett Tansey. With Tom Tyler, Carol Wyndham, Max Davidson, Al Ferguson, George Chesebro, Fred Parker, Slim Whitaker, Bud Osborne, Wally West, Earl Dwire, Lafe McKee, Sherry Tansey, Frank Ellis, John Elliott, Jimmy Aubrey, Buck Morgan. Thieves posing as government men try to bilk miners out of their earnings but a U.S. marshal investigates. Tacky Tom Tyler film with a maximum of outdoor activity supplemented by fights, gunplay, etc., to cover up the lack of script and budget.

3546  The Roaming Cowboy  Spectrum, 1937. 60 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Fred Myton. With Fred Scott, Al St. John, Lois January, Forrest Taylor, Roger Williams, Buddy Cox, Art Miles, George Morrell, George Chesebro, Carl Mathews, Richard Cramer, Lew Meehan, Oscar Gahan, Ed Cassidy, Slim Whitaker, Jack Evans. After finding a rancher murdered and his son orphaned, two cowpokes join an outfit and get involved in a range war caused by a crook out to buy all the area land. Good low budget Fred Scott series film highlighted by his fine singing of several Stephen Foster songs.

3547  Roar of the Iron Horse  Columbia, 1950. 15 Chapters. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: George H. Plympton, Sherman L. Lowe and Royal K. Cole. With Jock (Mahoney) O’Mahoney, Virginia Herrick, William Fawcett, Hal Landon, Jack Ingram, Mickey Simpson, George Eldredge, Myron Healey, Rusty Wescoatt, Frank Ellis, Pierce Lyden, Dick Curtis, Hugh Prosser, Rick Vallin, Bud Osborne, Tommy Farrell, Milton Kibbee, Charles Horvath, Wally West, Knox Manning (narrator). A special investigator from Washington is assigned to find out who is behind a series of construction mishaps on a government financed railroad. Jock Mahoney fans will enjoy this action packed cliffhanger, reworked from The Vigilante (q.v.).

3548  Roarin’ Guns  Puritan, 1936. 60 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Tim McCoy, Rosalinda Rice, Wheeler Oakman, Karl Hackett, John Elliott, Tommy Bupp, Jack Rockwell, Lee Meehan, Rex Lease, Frank Ellis, Ed Cassidy, Richard Alexander, Roger Williams, Milburn Morante, Slim Whitaker, Artie Ortego, Wally West, Tex Phelps, Al Taylor, Art Dillard, Hank Bell. A cowboy assists several ranchers being cheated by a group fronting a cattle combine. Low budget but appealing Tim McCoy vehicle.

Poster for Roarin’ Guns (Puritan, 1936).

3549  Roarin’ Lead  Republic, 1936. 57 min. D: Mack V. Wright and Sam Newfield. SC: Oliver Drake and Jack Natteford. With Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Christine Maple, Hooper Atchley, Yakima Canutt, George Chesebro, Tommy Bupp, Mary Russell, Grace Kern, George Plues, Harry Tenbrook, Newt Kirby, Pascale Perry, Jane Keckley, Tamara Lynn Kauffman, Beverly Luff, Theodore Frye, Katherine Frye, Frank Austin, The Meglin Kiddies, Burr Caruth, Maston Williams, Bob Burns, Murdock MacQuarrie, Forbes Murray, Jack Kirk. A crook uses his outlaw rustling gang like a military unit but their activities are opposed by three cowboys, the trustees of an estate involved with a cattlemen’s protection organization and an orphanage. Typically fast paced, entertaining action entry in “The Three Mesquiteers” series.

3550  Roaring Frontiers  Columbia, 1941. 61 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Robert Lee Johnson. With Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Ruth Ford, Frank Mitchell, Hal Taliaferro, Bradley Page, Tristram Coffin, Francis Walker, Joe McGuinn, George Chesebro, Charles Stevens, Charles King, Lew Meehan, Hank Bell, George Eldredge, Fred Burns, Ernie Adams, Rick Anderson, Steve Clark, Jim Corey, Richard Botiller, George Hazel, Tom Moray, Clem Horton, Earl Gunn, Sammy Stein, Jess Cavin, Tex Cooper. A marshal sent to a town to arrest a cowboy for killing the sheriff ends up saving him from a lynch mob instigated by the real murderer. There is solid entertainment in this “Wild Bill Hickok” series entry with songs by Johnny Marvin.

Roaring Mountain see Thunder Mountain (1935)

3551  Roaring Ranch  Universal, 1930. 70 min. D-SC: B. Reeves Eason. With Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Wheeler Oakman, Bobby Nelson, Frank Clark, Leo White, Baby (Marilyn) Walker, Mary Gordon, Bob Burns, Fred Gilman, John Oscar, Jim Corey. A geologist and a rancher both love the same girl but when the former discovers oil on his rival’s spread he schemes to get the property cheap. Well done Hoot Gibson (he was also the producer) early talkie and one that should please his fans.

3552  Roaring Rangers  Columbia, 1946. 58 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Adelle Roberts, Merle Travis and His Bronco Busters (Slim Duncan, Alan Reinhart, Red Murrell), Jack Rockwell, Ed Cassidy, Mickey Kuhn, Edmund Cobb, Ted Mapes, Robert Wilke, Herman Hack, Gerald Mackey, Teddy Infuhr, Roger Williams, John Tyrrell, Nolan Leary, Ethan Laidlaw, Frank Fanning, Frank O’Connor, Jack Kirk, Kermit Maynard, Tommy Coats, Chick Hannon, Carol Henry, Chuck Baldra, George Morrell, Blackie Whiteford, Robert Williams, Tex Harper, Jack Tornek, Lew Morphy, Roy Bucko. Upon the request of a sheriff’s young son, the Durango Kid investigates a series of lawless acts and learns the lawman’s brother is behind the activities. Pretty good “Durango Kid” segment; also called False Hero.

Roaring Rider see Wyoming Whirlwind

3553  Roaring Six Guns  Ambassador, 1937. 55 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Arthur Everett. With Kermit Maynard, Mary Hayes, Sam Flint, John Merton, Budd Buster, Robert Fiske, Ed Cassidy, Curley Dresden, Dick Moorehead, Slim Whitaker, Earle Hodgins, Rene Stone, J.P. McGowan, Oscar Gahan, Bob Woodward. A cattleman falls in love with a neighbor’s daughter but the man opposes the match and joins forces with a crook in trying to cause the rancher to lose his government grazing land lease. Standard Kermit Maynard vehicle, but not up to par with his previous starring features.

3554  Roaring Timber  Columbia, 1937. 65 min. D: Phil Rosen. SC: Franklin Cosgriff and Robert James Cosgriff. With Jack Holt, Grace Bradley, Ruth Donnelly, Raymond Hatton, Willard Robertson, J. Farrell MacDonald, Charles Wilson, Fred Kohler, Jr., Tom London, Philip Ahn, Ben Hendricks, Ernest Wood. A timber boss struggles to complete a job, in spite of his opposition’s sabotage, to get a bonus and win the heart of his pretty boss. Rugged, action filled Jack Holt feature.

3555  The Roaring West  Universal, 1935. 15 Chapters. D: Ray Taylor. SC: George Plympton, Nate Gatzert, Basil Dickey, Robert C. Rothafel and Ella O’Neill. With Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, Walter Miller, Frank McGlynn, Sr., Harlan E. Knight, William Desmond, William Thorne, Eole Galli, Pat J. O’Brien, Charles King, Slim Whitaker, Tom London, Edmund Cobb, Dick Rush, Cecil Kellogg, Paul Palmer, Harry Tenbrook, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Tiny Skelton, George Ovey, Fred Humes, Cliff Lyons, John Bose, Lafe McKee, Hank Bell, Horace B. Carpenter, Jack Rockwell, Fred Santley, Bud McClure, Bobby Dunn, Buck Bucko, Roy Bucko. Two men plan to file a claim on a mineral rich area during a land rush but crooks steal their map only to learn the chart is bogus and they begin a reign of terror to find the real one. Fast paced Buck Jones serial, sure to please his fans.

3556  Roaring Westward  Monogram, 1949. 55 min. D: Oliver Drake. SC: Ronald Davidson. With Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Lois Hall, Dennis Moore, Jack Ingram, Claire Whitney, Kenne Duncan, Buddy Swan, Holly Bane, Marshall Reed, Nolan Leary, Bud Osborne, Bob Woodward, Al Haskell, Denver Dixon, Tom Smith. A singing cowboy is after thieves who have stolen money intended for a school sponsored by a sheriff’s association. Jimmy Wakely’s penultimate series oater is nothing to roar about, despite its title.

3557  Robbers of the Range  RKO Radio, 1941. 61 min. D: Edward Killy. SC: Morton Grant and Arthur V. Jones. With Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Virginia Vale, Emmett Lynn, LeRoy Mason, Howard Hickman, Ernie Adams, Frank LaRue, Ray Bennett, Tom London, Ed Cassidy, Bud Osborne, George Melford, Bud McTaggart, Harry Harvey, Lloyd Ingraham. When a rancher refuses to sell out to a corrupt railroad land agent he is framed on a murder charge but escapes to help a neighbor get the money to pay off his mortgage. Very good Tim Holt film.

3558  Robbers’ Roost  Fox, 1933. 64 min. D: Louis King. SC: Dudley Nichols. With George O’Brien, Maureen O’Sullivan, Walter McGrail, Reginald Owen, Doris Lloyd, Maude Eburne, Walter Pawley, Ted Oliver, Frank Rice, Bill Nestell, Clifford Santley, Gilbert “Pee Wee” Holmes, Vinegar Roan. Following the rustling of cattle, a ranch hand, who has fallen for his boss’ sister, comes to suspect the foreman is the culprit. Entertaining George O’Brien action feature, remade in 1955 (q.v.).

3559  Robber’s Roost  United Artists, 1955. 82 min. Color. D: Sidney Salkow. SC: John O’Dea, Sidney Salkow and Maurice Geraghty. With George Montgomery, Richard Boone, Bruce Bennett, Peter Graves, Sylvia Findley, Warren Stevens, William Hopper, Leo Gordon, Tony Romano, Stanley Clements, Joe Bassett, Leonard Geer, Al Wyatt, Boyd “Red” Morgan. Two outlaw gangs are hired by a handicapped cattle baron to protect his valuable range land. Standard redo of the 1933 (q.v.) feature, supposedly based on Zane Grey.

3560  Robbery Under Arms  Rank, 1958. 99 min. Color. D: Jack Lee. SC: Alexander Baron and W.P. Lipscomb. With Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, Maureen Swanson, David McCallum, Jill Ireland, Laurence Naismith, Vincent Ball, Dudy Nimmo, Jean Anderson, Ursula Finlay, Johnny Dascell, Larry Taylor, Russell Napier, Yvonne Buckingham, George Cormack, Doris Goddard, Johnny Cadell, Max Wagner, Bill Pepper, Edna Morris, Bartlett Mullins, Colin Ballantyne, Ewen Solon, S. Scrutton, Robert Reardon, Pat Hagen, Sergeant Holmes, John Hargreaves, Ivor Broley, Rita Ponsford, Laune Pumpa, Phillipa Morgan. In 1870s frontier Australia two brothers become involved in cattle rustling while romancing pretty sisters. Pleasantly paced British production filmed in Australia, based on Rolf Boldrewood’s novel.

3561  Robin Hood of El Dorado  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936. 86 min. D: William A. Wellman. SC: William A. Wellman, Joseph Calleia and Melvin Levy. With Warner Baxter, Ann Loring, Bruce Cabot, Margo, J. Carrol Naish, Soledad Jiminez, Carlos De Valdez, Eric Linden, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Trowbridge, Harvey Stephens, Ralph Remley, George Regas, Harry Woods, Francis McDonald, Kay Hughes, Paul Hurst, Boothe Howard, Lou Yaconelli (Earl Douglas), J.P. McGowan, Jason Robards, Marc Lawrence, Pedro de Cordoba, Harold Goodwin, Frank Campeau, Frank Hagney, Al Ferguson, George MacQuarrie, Cully Richards, Tom Moore, Nigel De Brulier, Lee Shumway, Frank Yaconelli, Richard Botiller, Sam Ash, Hank Bell, Si Jenks, Carlotta Monti, Lee Phelps, Morgan Wallace, Ben Taggart, Bob Burns, G. Pat Collins, Pedro Regas, Lew Harvey, Ivan Miller, Herbert Heywood, Richard Cramer, Joe Dominguez, Nick De Ruiz, Duke Green. A Mexican farmer becomes a notorious bandit and rebel leader after his wife dies from a beating when they are thrown off their land. Well made and exciting, if a bit romantic, account of the life of Joaquin Murieta.

3562  Robin Hood of Monterey  Monogram, 1947. 57 min. D: Christy Cabanne. SC: Bennett Cohen. With Gilbert Roland, Chris-Pin Martin, Evelyn Brent, Jack LaRue, Pedro de Cordoba, Donna (Martell) De Mario, Travis Kent, Thornton Edwards, Nestor Paiva, Ernie Adams, Julian Rivero, Alex Montoya, Fred Cordova, Felipe Turich, George Navarro. The Cisco Kid and Pancho help a young man accused of killing his father, a Spanish rancher. Star Gilbert Roland is credited with additional dialogue in this credible “Cisco Kid” outing that includes fine villainous work by Evelyn Brent and Jack LaRue.

3563  Robin Hood of Texas  Republic, 1947. 71 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: John Butler and Earle Snell. With Gene Autry, Lynne Roberts, Adele Mara, Sterling Holloway, The Cass County Boys (Jerry Scoggins, Bert Dodson, Fred Martin), James Cardwell, John Kellogg, Ray Walker, Michael Brandon, Paul Bryar, James Flavin, Dorothy Vaughn, Stanley Andrews, Alan Bridge, Hank Patterson, Edmund Cobb, Lester Dorr, William Norton Bailey, Irene Mack, Eva Novak, Frankie Marvin, Billy Wilkerson, Kenneth Terrell, Joe Yrigoyen. Gene Autry and his pals fix up an old spread and turn it into a dude ranch while helping the sheriff capture a bank robbery gang. Very pleasant and entertaining Gene Autry opus.

3564  Robin Hood of the Pecos  Republic, 1941. 59 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Olive Cooper. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Marjorie Reynolds, Cy Kendall, Leigh Whipper, Sally Payne, Eddie Acuff, Robert Strange, Jay Novello, William Haade, Roscoe Ates, Jim Corey, Chick Hannon, Art Mix, Bob Burns, Ted Mapes, Frank McCarroll, Al Taylor, Chuck Baldra. With a tyrant running the territory in post–Civil War Texas, the citizens band together and form a group of masked night riders to combat the carpetbaggers harassing them. Nicely done pseudo-historical Roy Rogers film.

3565  Robin Hood of the Range  Columbia, 1943. 57 min. D: William Berke. SC: Betty Burbridge. With Charles Starrett, Kay Harris, Arthur Hunnicutt, The Jimmy Wakely Trio (Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, Dick Reinhart), Stanley Brown, Kenneth MacDonald, Douglas Drake, Bud Osborne, Ed Peil, Sr., Frank LaRue, Frank McCarroll, Ray Jones, Merrill McCormick, Steve Clark, Hal Price, Herman Hack, Frank O’Connor, Ernie Adams, John Tyrrell, Jessie Arnold, Bobby Larson, Marcia Raport, Cara Raport, Bessie Ward. The mysterious Vulcan rides to the aid of homesteaders about to lose their homes to the railroad. Action filled Charles Starrett vehicle.

3566  El Robo al Tren Correo (The Mail Train Robbery)  Alameda Films, 1964. 90 min. D: Chano Ureta. SC: Ramon Obon. With Carlos Cortes, Noe Murayama, Julissa, Bertha Moss, Ines Murillo. To prove he did not steal a gold shipment a cowboy must do battle with an outlaw who is also after his girl. Pretty good Mexican Western.

3567  Rock Island Trail  Republic, 1950. 90 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: James Edward Grant. With Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Adrian Booth, Bruce Cabot, Chill Wills, Jeff Corey, Grant Withers, Barbara Fuller, Roy Barcroft, Pierre Watkin, Valentine Perkins, Jimmy Hunt, Olin Howlin, Dick Curtis, Sam Flint, John Holland, Emory Parnell, Richard Alexander, William Haade, Dick Elliott, Jack Pennick, Billy Wilkerson, Kate Lawson. A railroad engineer, attempting to move his line out of Illinois, battles competition from a rival stagecoach operation. Fairly good Republic “A” film elevated by a typically fine studio cast; issued in England as Transcontinent Express.

3568  Rock River Renegades  Monogram, 1942. 59 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: John Vlahos and Earle Snell. With Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhune, Christine McIntyre, John Elliott, Weldon Heyburn, Kermit Maynard, Frank Ellis, Carl Mathews, Richard Cramer, Tex Palmer, Hank Bell, Budd Buster, Steve Clark. Three pals help a sheriff fight a band of mysterious road agents as well as the saloon owner after his girl. One of the lesser “Range Busters” outings due to a lack of plot development.

3569  Rockin’ in the Rockies  Columbia, 1945. 69 min. D: Vernon Keays. SC: J. Benton Cheney and John Gray. With Mary Beth Hughes, The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Jerry “Curly” Howard), Jay Kirby, Gladys Blake, Tim Ryan, Vernon Dent, The Hoosier Hot Shots (Gabe Ward, Paul “Hezzie” Triesch, Ken Triesch, Frank Kettering), The Cappy Barra Boys, Spade Cooley, Forrest Taylor, Jack Clifford, Steve Clark, Snub Pollard, Hal Price, John Tyrrell, James T. “Bud” Nelson, Louis Manley, Edward Howard, Eddie Bruce, Tex Williams, Deuce Spriggins, Smokey Rogers, Johnny Weiss, Joaquin Murphy, Spike Featherstone. A rancher trying to sell his spread gets mixed up with three zanies and show business folk trying to make it to Broadway. Broad musical Western farce, but lots of fun.

3570  Rockwell  Inspired Corporation, 1994. 105 min. Color. D-SC: Robert Lloyd Dewey. With Randy Gleave, Scott Christopher, Michael Rudd, Linda Gilbert, Shantal Hiatt, Scott M. Milias, George Sullivan, Laves C. Williams, Scott Claflin, Michael Flynn, Karl Malone, Meilani Paul, Paul Mugerias, John Bozung. After Mormon leader Joseph Smith is murdered, his friend goes West, become a lawman and takes revenge on claim jumpers who killed others in the sect. Tacky, R-rate fare re-titled Rockwell—A Legend of the Wild West for video.

Rockwell—A Legend of the Wild West see Rockwell

3571  Rocky  Monogram, 1946. 76 min. D: Phil Karlson. SC: Jack DeWitt. With Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Nita Hunter, Gale Sherwood, Jonathan Hale, William Ruhl, Claire Whitney, Irving Bacon, John Alvin, Ben Corbett. The adventures of a young boy and his dog in the early days of the West. Pleasing program feature with star Roddy McDowall and editor Ace Herman the associate producers.

3572  Rocky Mountain  Warner Bros., 1950. D: William Keighley. SC: Winston Miller and Alan Le May. With Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes, Guinn Williams, Dick Jones, Howard Petrie, Slim Pickens, Chubby Johnson, Buzz Henry, Sheb Wooley, Peter Coe, Rush Williams, Steve Dunhill, Alex Sharp, Yakima Canutt, Nakai Snez. A Confederate officer and his men are ordered to get outlaws on their side for the South to get control of California. Errol Flynn’s final Western is a fairly good one with nice locales and some well staged action sequences.

3573  Rocky Mountain Mystery  Paramount, 1935. 63 min. D: Charles Barton. SC: Edward E. Paramore, Jr. and Ethel Doherty. With Randolph Scott, Charles “Chic” Sale, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Kathleen Burke, George Marion, Ann Sheridan, James C. Eagles, Howard Wilson, Willie Fung, Florence Roberts. A novice lawman joins forces with an aged sheriff to solve several murders at an isolated radium mine. A spooky setting adds zest to this nicely entertaining “B” effort allegedly based on Zane Grey’s Golden Dreams; it affords a chance to see the famous stage actress Mrs. Leslie Carter, in a surprisingly villainous role. Alternate titles: The Fighting Westerner and Vanishing Frontier.

3574  Rocky Mountain Rangers  Republic, 1940. 58 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Barry Shipman and Earle Snell. With Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Rosella Towne, Sammy McKim, LeRoy Mason, Pat O’Malley, Dennis Moore, John St. Polis, Robert Blair, Burr Caruth, Jack Kirk, Hank Bell, Budd Buster, Bud Osborne, Mary MacLaren, Kernan Cripps, Brandon Beach, Ted Mapes, Carey Loftin, Fred Burns, Frank Ellis, Silver Tip Baker, Frankie Marvin, Chuck Baldra, Tommy Coats, Curley Dresden, Buck Morgan, Pascale Perry, Lew Morphy, Vinegar Roan, Tex Harper, Augie Comez, Pat McKee, Bill Nestell, Betty Roadman. Three Texas Rangers are on the trail of a notorious outlaw gang working the Panhandle and they are joined by a teenage boy, the survivor of a wagon raid. Okay action entry in “The Three Mesquiteers” series, but nothing special.

3575  Rocky Rhodes  Universal, 1934. 64 min. D: Al Raboch. SC: Edward Churchill. With Buck Jones, Sheila Terry, Stanley Fields, Walter Miller, Alf P. James, Paul Fix, Lydia Knott, Lee Shumway, Jack Rockwell, Al Ferguson, Carl Stockdale, Monte Montague, Bud Osborne, Harry Samuels, Bob Reeves. A cowboy and a Chicago hoodlum team to stop land grabbers in a small Arizona town. Nice blend of action and comedy make this a very good Buck Jones outing; reissued by Realart.

3576  Rodeo  Monogram, 1952. 70 min. D: William Beaudine. SC: Charles R. Marion. With John Archer, Jane Nigh, Wallace Ford, Gary Gray, Frances Rafferty, Sara Haden, Frank Ferguson, Myron Healey, Fuzzy Knight, Robert Karnes, Jim Bannon, I. Stanford Jolley, Ann Doran, Russell Hicks, Milton Kibbee, Dave Willock. When dishonest promoters run out on a rodeo owing her father money, a young woman takes over the show and makes it a success. Competently made and entertaining “B” drama.

3577  Rodeo Girl  CBS-TV, 1980. 100 min. Color. D: Jackie Cooper. SC: Kathryn Powers. With Katharine Ross, Bo Hopkins, Candy Clark, Jacqueline Brookes, Wilford Brimley, Parley Baer, Elise Caitlin, Savannah Bentley, Nancy Priddy, Buchlind Beery, Dee Croton, Arlene Banar, June Evett, Pamela Earnhardt, Bob Tallman, Lex Connelly. Bored with her rodeo husband’s way of life, a woman goes into business for herself by forming an all-female troupe and becomes a world champion. Enjoyable TV flick based on the actual experiences of rodeo queen Sue Pirtle.

3578  Rodeo King and the Senorita  Republic, 1951. 67 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: John K. Butler. With Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Buddy Ebsen, Roy Barcroft, Tristram Coffin, Bonne DeSimone, Don Beddoe, Jonathan Hale, Harry Harvey, Rory Mallinson, Joe Forte, Buff Brady. A rodeo star tries to help an attractive woman save her show from a crooked partner trying to bankrupt it. Enjoyable remake of My Pal Trigger (q.v.).

Rodeo Racketeers see The Man from Utah

3579  Rodeo Rhythm  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 68 min. D: Fred Newmeyer. SC: Gene Tuttle and Eugene Allen. With Fred Scott, The Red Knapp Rough Riders, Patricia Redpath, Lori Bridge, Pat Dunn, Jack Cooper, John Frank, Doc Hartley, Landon Laird, Raylene Smith, Vernon Brown, Donna Lee Meinke, Gloria Morse. In danger of losing their home, a group of youngsters appear in a rodeo to get the money to save the orphanage. Although top billed Fred Scott sings a few songs, this Kansas City filmed outing is basically a vehicle for a troupe of rodeo kids.

3580  The Rogue and the Grizzly  American National Enterprises, 1982. 96 min. Color. D: Kent Bateman and Dick Robinson. SC: Ken Bateman and James Bryan. With Dick Robinson, Don Shanks, Garlan Wilde, Carol Elasz, Tom Drury. In 1855 a New England man travels to the High Sierras where he lives a rugged life, eventually adopting an Indian boy and a bear cub. Okay family adventure yarn with eye catching scenery.

3581  Rogue of the Range  Supreme, 1936. 60 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: Earle Snell. With Johnny Mack Brown, Lois January, Phyllis Hume, Alden (Stephen) Chase, George Ball, Jack Rockwell, Horace Murphy, Frank Ball, Lloyd Ingraham, Fred Hoose, Forrest Taylor, George Morrell, Blackie Whiteford, Slim Whitaker, Tex Palmer, Horace B. Carpenter, Max Davidson, Art Dillard, Wally West, Slim Whitaker, Oscar Gahan, Herman Hack. A Secret Service agent, after rescuing a woman preacher from a runaway wagon, hires out as a gunman to get the goods on outlaws and ends up romancing a saloon girl. A meandering plot detracts from this Johnny Mack Brown entry from producer A.W. Hackel.

3582  Rogue of the Rio Grande  Sono Art-World Wide, 1930. 70 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Oliver Drake. With Jose Bohr, Raymond Hatton, Myrna Loy, Carmelita Geraghty, Walter Miller, Gene Morgan, William P. Burt, Florence Dudley, Fred Parker, Merrill McCormick, Jack Clifford, Blackjack Ward, Fred Burns, Tex Phelps. A dashing Mexican bandit, El Malo, falls in love with a pretty cantina dancer and she urges him to reform. Dated, labored early talkie that includes the song “Argentine Moon.”

3583  Rogue River  Eagle-Lion, 1950. 84 min. Color. D: John Rawlins. SC: Louis Lantz. With Rory Calhoun, Peter Graves, Ellye Marshall, Frank Fenton, Ralph Sanford, George Stern, Roy Engel, Jane Liddell, Robert Rose, Stephen Roberts, Duke York. A state policeman and his no account cousin get involved in a robbery. Somewhat talkative but none-the-less well sustained melodrama.

3584  Roll Along, Cowboy  20th Century–Fox/Principal, 1937. 57 min. D: Gus Meins. SC: Dan Jarrett. With Smith Ballew, Cecilia Parker, Stanley Fields, Gordon (Bill) Elliott, Wally Albright, Ruth Robinson, Frank Milan, Monte Montague, Bud Osborne, Harry Bernard, Budd Buster, Syd Saylor, Herman Hack, Frank Ellis, Buster Fite and His Six Saddle Tramps. A cowboy inherits a ranch, falls in love with a pretty girl and is plagued by rustlers. Smith Ballew’s second series film is none too good, a poor remake of The Dude Ranger (q.v.).

Roll, Covered Wagon see Roll Wagon Roll

3585  Roll On, Texas Moon  Republic, 1946. 68 min. D: William Witney. SC: Paul Gangelin and Mauri Grashin. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Dale Evans, Dennis Hoey, Elisabeth Risdon, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Shug Fisher, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Francis McDonald, Edward Keane, Kenne Duncan, Harry Strang, Lee Shumway, Tom London, Ed Cassidy, Steve Darrell, Pierce Lyden. Roy Rogers is sent by a cattle syndicate to stop a long time feud between ranchers and sheepherders. Complicated plot, but fairly interesting oater with lots of action.

3586  Roll, Thunder, Roll  Eagle-Lion, 1949. 58 min. Color. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Paul Franklin. With Jim Bannon, Little Brown Jug (Don Kay Reynolds), Nancy Gates, Marin Sais, Emmett Lynn, Glenn Strange, I. Stanford Jolley, Lee Morgan, Lane Bradford, Steve Pendleton, George Chesebro, Charles Stevens, William Fawcett, Rocky Shanhan, Carol Henry, Jack O’Shea, Dorothy Latta, Joe Green, Frank Ellis, Frank O’Connor, Fess Reynolds. Bandits try to blame El Coujo, a Mexican Robin Hood, for a series of robberies but Red Ryder believes he is innocent. Okay “Red Ryder” segment.

3587  Roll Wagons Roll  Monogram, 1939. 52 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Victor Adamson (Denver Dixon). With Tex Ritter, Muriel Evans, Nelson McDowell, Tom London, Nolan Willis, Steve Clark, Reed Howes, Frank Ellis, Kenne Duncan, Frank LaRue, Chick Hannon, Charles King, Gene Alsace, Denver Dixon. An Army officer, trying to find out who is supplying Indians with weapons, joins a wagon train headed for Oregon. Action filled Tex Ritter film; British title: Roll, Covered Wagon.

3588  Rollin’ Home to Texas  Monogram, 1940. 53 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Tex Ritter, Virginia Carpenter, Arkansas Slim Andrews, Eddie Dean, Cal Shrum and His Rhythm Rangers, I. Stanford Jolley, Harry Harvey, Gene Alsace, John Rutherford, Olin Francis, Sherry Tansey, Charles Phipps, Minta Durfee. Two cowboys are asked by a prison warden to find out how convicts are escaping to pull off area robberies. Okay Tex Ritter action feature called Ridin’ Home to Texas in England.

3589  Rollin’ Plains  Grand National, 1938. 57 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Lindsley Parsons and Edmond Kelso. With Tex Ritter, Horace Murphy, Snub Pollard, Harriet Bennet, Hobart Bosworth, Edward (Ed) Cassidy, Karl Hackett, Charles King, Ernest (Ernie) Adams, Lynton Brent, Horace B. Carpenter, The Beverly Hill Billies, Hank Worden, Augie Gomez, Robert Walker, Oscar Gahan, Clyde McClary, Bud Pope, Carl Mathews, Jack Hendricks, Denver Dixon, Johnny Luther, George Morrell, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko. A ranger tries to halt a range war between sheep and cattle men that is secretly promoted by a town boss and his hired gun. Standard Tex Ritter affair highlighted by a great title song and the comedy sidekick antics of Snub Pollard and Horace Murphy.

Rollin’ West see Rollin’ Westward

3590  Rollin’ Westward  Monogram, 1939. 55 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Fred Myton. With Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay, Horace Murphy, Slim Whitaker, Herbert Corthell, Harry Harvey, Charles King, Hank Worden, Dave O’Brien, Tom London, Bob Terry, Rudy Sooter, Estrellita Novarro. A singing cowboy opposes the unfair tactics of a land baron trying to force small ranchers off the range. Fair Tex Ritter outing, issued as Rollin’ West in Great Britain.

3591  Rolling Caravans  Columbia, 1938. 55 min. D: Joseph Lovering. SC: Nate Gatzert. With Jack Luden, Eleanor Stewart, Harry Woods, Slim Whitaker, Lafe McKee, Buzz Barton, Bud Osborne, Richard Cramer, Jack Rockwell, Franklyn Farnum, Cactus Mack, Tex Palmer, Sherry Tansey, Oscar Gahan, Curley Dresden, Horace Murphy, Francis Walker, Harry Harvey, Tuffy (dog). Pioneers plan to settle a new area but outlaws try to stop them and a cowboy comes to the rescue. Flat oater with a bland hero (who even uses a drab ventriloquist doll) although Eleanor Stewart is a fetching heroine and Harry Woods a dastardly villain.

3592  Rolling Down the Great Divide  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 59 min. D: Peter Stewart (Sam Newfield). SC: George Milton (Milton Raison and George W. Sayre). With Bill “Cowboy Rambler” Boyd, Art Davis, Lee Powell, Wanda McKay, Glenn Strange, Karl Hackett, J. Merrill (Jack) Holmes, Ted Adams, Jack Ingram, John Elliott, George Chesebro, Horace B. Carpenter, Jack Roper, Curley Dresden, Dennis Moore, Tex Palmer, Hank Bell, Blackie Whiteford. A marshal is helped by two musical cowboys in trying to find a short wave station employed by rustlers in their illegal operations. Tattered entry in the “Frontier Marshals” series.

3593  Rolling Home  Screen Guild, 1946. 69 min. D-SC: William Berke. With Jean Parker, Russell Hayden, Pamela Blake, Raymond Hatton, Jo Ann Marlowe, Buzz Henry, James Conlin, William Farnum, Jonathan Hale, Milton Parsons, Elmo Lincoln, Jimmie Dodd, Harry Carey, Jr., Andre Charlot. A minister about to lose his church befriends an old cowboy and his grandson, along with their lame horse. Basically an equestrian drama this film includes scenes of Raymond Hatton riding the range and Jimmie Dodd singing a campfire cowboy song; very pleasant.

The Romance of Lone Valley see The Grub Stake

3594  Romance of the Redwoods  Columbia, 1939. 67 min. D: Charles Vidor. SC: Michael L. Simmons. With Charles Bickford, Jean Parker, Alan Bridge, Gordon Oliver, Alan Mowbray, Lloyd Hughes, Pat O’Malley, Anne Shoemaker, Marc Lawrence, Don Beddoe, Earl Gunn. Two loggers both love the camp’s pretty dishwasher but when one of them is killed under mysterious circumstances the other is blamed. Fair program feature from a Jack London story, with fine photography.

3595  Romance of the Rio Grande  Fox, 1929. 90 min. D: Alfred Santell. SC: Marion Orth. With Warner Baxter, Mona Maris, Antonio Moreno, Mary Duncan, Robert Edeson, Agostino Borgato, Albert Roccardi, Soledad Jiminez, Majel Coleman, Charles Byer, Merrill McCormick. Following an attack by bandits, a railroad construction supervisor is injured and taken to the home of his grandfather, who he has always disliked, and there he meets a girl with whom he falls in love. Dated early talkie.

3596  Romance of the Rio Grande  20th Century–Fox, 1941. 73 min. D: Herbert I. Leeds. SC: Harold Shumate and Samuel G. Engel. With Cesar Romero, Patricia Morison, Ricardo Cortez, Lynne Roberts, Chris-Pin Martin, Pedro de Cordoba, Richard Lane, Ray Bennett, Trevor Bardette, Joseph McDonald, Aldrich Bowker, Inez Palange, Tom London, Eva Puig, Francis Ford. The Cisco Kid impersonates the nephew of an aged ranch owner whose property is coveted by the young man’s conniving fiancee and her lover. Average “Cisco Kid” series outing with good work by Patricia Morison, as the deceptive bride-to-be, and Lynne Roberts playing the rancho owner’s ward.

3597  Romance of the Rockies  Monogram, 1937. 53 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Tom Keene, Beryl Wallace, Don Orlando, Bill Cody, Jr., Franklyn Farnum, Earl Dwire, Russell Paul, Steve Clark, Jim Corey, Tex Palmer, Jack C. Smith, Blackie Whiteford, Frank Ellis, Blackjack Ward, Oscar Gahan, Denver Dixon. In cattle country a newcomer doctor gets mixed up in a battle over water rights. Good Tom Keene vehicle; well made.

3598  Romance of the Wasteland  Aywon, 1924. 50 min. D: Victor Adamson (Denver Dixon). SC: Milburn Morante. With Art Mix, Alma Rayford, Wilbur McGaugh, Virginia Marshall, Clifford Davidson, Princess Neola. A cowboy finds a lost little girl and takes care of her until he locates her mother. Standard and somewhat sentimental low grade silent oater starring the great Art Mix (George Kesterson).

3599  Romance of the West  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1946. 58 min. D: Robert Emmett (Tansey). SC: Frances Kavanaugh. With Eddie Dean, Joan Barton, Emmett Lynn, Bob McKenzie, Forrest Taylor, Jerry Jerome, Stanley Price, Chief Thundercloud, Don Reynolds, Laurie Harrison, Al Ferguson, John Carpenter, Rocky Camron, Lee Roberts, Don Williams, Jack Richardson, Matty Roubert, Forbes Murray, Jack O’Shea, Lee Bennett, Tex Cooper. An Indian agent investigates renegade attacks and learns that outlaws are encouraging them in order to steal tribal lands. Average Eddie Dean vehicle with some good songs.

3600  Romance on the Range  Republic, 1942. 63 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: J.Benton Cheney. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Linda Hayes, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Sally Payne, Ed Pawley, Hal Taliaferro, Harry Woods, Glenn Strange, Roy Barcroft, Jack Kirk, Jack O’Shea, Dick Wessel, Richard Alexander, Chester Conklin, Art Mix, Monte Montague, Frank Brownlee, Selmer Jackson, Henry Wills, Jack Montgomery. A singing cowboy is on the trail of an outlaw gang leader and finds out he is after a supposed highly respectable citizen. Typical Roy Rogers opus with the advantage of more action than music or romance.

3601  Romance Rides the Range  Spectrum, 1936. 59 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Tom Gibson. With Fred Scott, Marion Shilling, Cliff Nazarro, Buzz Barton, Robert Kortman, Theodore Lorch, Frank Yaconelli, William (Steele) Steurer, Wally West, Horace B. Carpenter, Oscar Gahan, George Morrell, Allen Greer, Jack Evans, Phil Dunham, Carl Mathews, Ed Carey. An opera star goes West and stops crooks from swindling a young woman and her brother out of their money. Pleasing Fred Scott outing with the star singing “Only You” and the villains more inept than evil.

3602  Rooster Cogburn  Universal, 1975. 107 min. Color. D: Stuart Millar. SC: Martin Julien (Martha Hyer). With John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Jordan, John McIntire, Paul Koslo, Strother Martin, Jack Colvin, Jon Lormer, Richard Romancito, Lane Smith, Warren Vanders, Jerry Gatlin, Mickey Gilbert, Chuck Hayward, Gary McLarty, Tommy Lee. An aging missionary teams with a hard-drinking, one-eyed lawman to find the outlaws who killed her father. This sequel to True Grit (1969) [q.v.] is not nearly as good but the teaming of John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn, plus some fine action sequences, makes it entertaining.

John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn in Rooster Cogburn (Universal, 1975).

3603  Rootin’ Tootin’ Rhythm  Republic, 1937. 60 min. D: Mack V. Wright. SC: Jack Natteford. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Armida, Monte Blue, Ann Pendleton, Hal Taliaferro, Charles King, Max Hoffman, Jr., Frankie Marvin, Nina Campana, Charles Mayer, Karl Hackett, Jack Rutherford, Henry Hall, Curley Dresden, Art Davis, Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaws, Milburn Morante, George Morrell, Pascale Perry. The head of a cattlemen’s association clandestinely heads an outlaw gang but his secret is uncovered by a singing cowboy and his partner. Standard Gene Autry vehicle with more emphasis on music than action.

3604  The Rope and the Colt  Fono Roma/Copernic, 1969. 87 min. Color. D: Robert Hossein. SC: Dario Argento, Claude Desailly and Robert Hossein. With Michele Mercier, Robert Hossein, Lee Burton (Guido Lollobrigida), Daniele Vargas, Serge Marquand, Pierre Hatet, Philippe Baronnet, Pierre Collet, Ivano Staccioli, Beatrice Altariba, Michel Lemoine, Anne-Marie Balin, Angel Alvarez, Simon Arriaga, Charley Bravo, Cris Huerta, Benito Stefanelli, Alvaco de Luna, Lorenzo Robeldo, Jose Canalejas. A gunman is urged by his former lover to take part in a kidnapping so she can get revenge against her husband’s killer. Offbeat French-Italian co-production filmed in Spain as Un Corde, Un Colt (A Rope, a Colt); highly visual with lots of desert scenery and little dialogue. Title song sung by Scott Walker.   

3605  Rose Hill  CBS-TV, 1997. 90 min. Color. D: Christopher Cain. SC: Earl W. Wallace. With Jennifer Garner, Jeffrey D. Sams, Zak Orth, Justin Chambers, Tristan Tait, David Newsom, Casey Siemaszko, Stuart Wilson, Kristin Griffin, Courtney Chase, Michael Alexander Jackson, David Klein, Kevin Zegers, Blair Slater, Vanya Rose, David Aaron Baker, Vera Farmiga, Peggy Ann Adams, Carmen Moore, Addison Bell, James MacDonald, Donovan Workun. A young woman learns that as an infant she was taken West by four orphan teenage boys she thought were her brothers and she goes back East to find her heritage not knowing her family is coming apart. Enjoyable TV Western.

3606  Rose Marie  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936. 113 min. D: W.S. Van Dyke. SC: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Alice Duer Miller. With Jeannette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Allan Jones, Gilda Gray, Reginald Owen, James Stewart, George Regas, Robert Freig, Una O’Connor, Lucien Littlefield, Alan Mowbray, David Niven, Herman Bing, James Conlin, Dorothy Gray, Mary Anita Loos, Aileen Carlyle, Halliwell Hobbes, Paul Porcasi, Edgar Dearing, Pat West, David Clyde, Russell Hicks, Milton Owen, Rolfe Sedan, Jack Pennick, Leonard Carey, Major Sam Harris, Jim Mason, Agostino Borgato, Fred Graham, Lee Phelps, David Robel, Rinaldo Alacorn. An opera singer arrives in the northwest to see her brother who has committed a murder and is pursued by a Royal Mounted Policeman with whom she falls in love. Classic Rudolf Friml-Otto A. Harbach-Oscar Hammerstein II operetta is successfully brought to the screen with Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy singing their famous duet, “Indian Love Call.” TV title: Indian Love Call.

3607  Rose Marie  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954. 104 min. Color. D: Mervyn LeRoy. SC: Ronald Miller and George Froeschel. With Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas, Bert Lahr, Marjorie Main, Joan Taylor, Ray Collins, Chief Yowlachie, James Logan, Turl Ravenscroft, Abel Fernandez, Billy Dix, Al Ferguson, Frank Hagney, Marshall Reed, Sheb Wooley, Dabbs Greer, John Pickard, John Damler, Sally Yarnell, Gordon Richards, Lumsden Hare, Mickey Simpson, Paul Lanzi. A Mountie tries to civilize a wild backwoods Canadian girl and ends up vying for her affections with an adventurer. Glossy screen remake of the aging operetta with the songs better than the plot.

Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in Rose Marie (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936).

3608  Rose of Cimarron  20th Century–Fox, 1952. 77 min. Color. D: Harry Keller. SC: Maurice Geraghty. With Mala Powers, Jack Buetel, Bill Williams, Jim Davis, Dick Curtis, Lane Bradford, William Phipps, Bob Steele, Alex Gerry, Lillian Bronson, Art Smith, Monte Blue, Argentina Brunetti, John Doucette, Byron Foulger, Kenneth MacDonald, Irving Bacon, George Chandler, William Schallert, Frank Ferguson, Wade Crosby, Tommy Cook, William Fawcett, Charles Stevens, Tom Monroe, Tom Steele. A young woman raised by Indians plans to take revenge on the white outlaws who killed her foster parents. Fair action film with a good cast.

3609  Rose of the Rancho  Paramount, 1936. 85 min. D: Marion Gering. SC: Frank Partos, Charles Brackett, Arthur Sheekmand and Nat Perrin. With Gladys Swarthout, Jon Boles, Charles Bickford, Willie Howard, Benny Baker, Grace Bradley, H.B. Warner, Charlotte Granville, Don Alvarado, Herb Williams, Minor Watson, Louise Carver, Pedro de Cordoba, Paul Harvey, Arthur Aylesworth, Harry Woods, Russell Hopton, Charles Middleton, Robert Kortman, Merrill McCormick, James Marcus, Harry Semels, Ernie Adams, Robert E. Homans, Edgar Dearing, Russ Powell, Jack Norton, Eddie Dunn, Nelson McDowell, Eddie Borden, Lester Sharpe, Sam Lufkin, Edwin J. Brady, Charles Stevens, Frank Lackteen, Olin Francis, Jules Cowles, Sam Appel, Nick Thompson, Evelyn Selbie, Eleanor Virzie, Lew Kelly, Sam Blum, Redmond Flood, S.S. Simon, Paul Sotoff, Ivan Christy, Lillian Pearl, Jack Perry, Harry Lamont, John Nasborough, George Bookasta, Lalo Encinas, Charles Morris. In Old California a government agent is assigned to capture a masked guerrilla leader who in reality is the daughter of a nobleman working against a land grabber. Pleasant operetta more for music fans than Western addicts; filmed in 1914 by Paramount starring Bessie Barriscale, J.W. Johnston, Jane Darwell, Dick La Reno and Monroe Salisbury, produced, directed and scripted by Cecil B. DeMille.

Rose of the Rio Grande (1932) see God’s Country and the Man (1932)

3610  Rose of the Rio Grande  Monogram, 1938. 60 min. D: William Nigh. SC: Dorothy (Davenport) Reid and Ralph Bettinson. With John Carroll, Movita, Antonio Moreno, Don Alvarado, Lina Basquette, George Cleveland, Duncan Renaldo, Gino Corrado, Martin Garralaga, Rosa Turich, Carlos Villarias. A man takes on the guise of El Gato, a bandit, in order to find those who murdered his family. Mediocre costume feature with John Carroll as a singing (dubbed) cowboy.

3611  Rose of the Yukon  Republic, 1948. 61 min. D: George Blair. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Steve Brodie, Myrna Dell, William Wright, Benny Baker, Emory Parnell, Jonathan Hale, Gene Gary, Dick Elliott, Francis McDonald, Lotus Long, Wade Crosby, Eugene Sigaloff, Rex Lease, House Peters, Jr., Stanley Blystone, Charles Soldani, Brandon Beach, Charles Griffin. While prospecting for gold two men are framed on a murder charge after they find a rich pitchblende deposit. Fair action drama.

3612  Rough Night in Jericho  Universal, 1967. 104 min. Color. D: Arnold Laven. SC: Sidney Boehm and Marvin H. Albert. With Dean Martin, Jean Simmons, George Peppard, John McIntire, Slim Pickens, Don Galloway, Brad Weston, Richard O’Brien, Carol Anderson, John Napier, Steve Sandor, Warren Vanders, Med Flory, Dean Paul Martin, Kenner G. Kemp, Ray Kellogg, Sydney Smith, Wallace Earl. After a former lawman takes over a town and proves to be ruthless, he is forced into a showdown by a female stage line operator. Very violent affair with only average entertainment value.

3613  Rough Riders of Cheyenne  Republic, 1945. 56 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Elizabeth Beecher. With Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Mira McKinney, Monte Hale, Wade Crosby, Michael Sloane, Kenne Duncan, Tom London, Eddy Waller, Jack O’Shea, Robert Wilke, Tex Terry, Jack Rockwell, Rex Lease, Hank Bell, Henry Wills, Cactus Mack, Artie Ortego, Jack Luden, Carl Mathews. A mysterious figure starts a feud between two families so he can grab their ranches for a cattle rustling scheme once they have wiped each other out. Fair Sunset Carson vehicle with a good script.

3614  Rough Riders of Durango  Republic, 1951. 60 min. D: Fred C. Brannon. SC: M. Coates Webster. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Aline Towne, Walter Baldwin, Steve Darrell, Ross Ford, Denver Pyle, Stuart Randall, Tom London, Hal Price, Russ Whiteman, Dale Van Sickel, Bob Burns. A special courier comes to the rescue when outlaws hijack ranchers’ grain shipments and money. Some well staged fights, but productions values were declining in this “Famous Westerns” entry which utilizes lots of stock footage.

3615  Rough Riders Roundup  Republic, 1939. 58 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Jack Natteford. With Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, Raymond Hatton, Eddie Acuff, Edward Pawley, Dorothy Sebastian, George Meeker, Guy Usher, Duncan Renaldo, George Chesebro, Glenn Strange, Jack Rockwell, Jack Kirk, Hank Bell, Dorothy Christy, Fred Kelsey, Eddy Waller, John Merton, George (Montgomery) Letz, Frank Ellis, Frank McCarroll, Dan White. A band of ex–Rough Riders regroup to combat a gang involved in a gold shipment robbery. Plenty of action and a good story make this a fine Roy Rogers entry.

3616  Rough Ridin’ Justice  Columbia, 1945. 58 min. D: Derwin Abrahams. SC: Elizabeth Beecher. With Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor, Betty Jane Graham, Jimmy Wakely and His Oklahoma Cowboys, Wheeler Oakman, Jack Ingram, Forrest Taylor, Jack Rockwell, Edmund Cobb, Dan White, Robert Kortman, George Chesebro, Steve Clark, Kermit Maynard, Ethan Laidlaw, Bud Osborne, Robert Ross, Don Weston. The leader of a gang harassing cattlemen is hired by the ranchers when they are up against outlaws. Sturdy Charles Starrett film; well done.

3617  Rough Riding Ranger  Superior, 1935. 57 min. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: Elmer Clifton and George M. Merrick. With Rex Lease, Janet Chandler, Bobby Nelson, Yakima Canutt, Mabel Strickland, David Horsley, George Chesebro, William Desmond, Robert Walker, Carl Mathews, Artie Ortego, Allen Greer, George Morrell, Milburn Morante, Johnny Luther’s Cowboy Band, Jack Kirk, Jack Evans, Clyde McClary, Cactus Mack. A cowpoke tries to help a family being harassed by a mysterious letter writer and outlaw attacks. Low grade Rex Lease vehicle.

3618  Rough Romance  Fox, 1930. 55 min. D: A.F. Erickson. SC: Elliott Lester and Donald Davis. With George O’Brien, Helen Chandler, Antonio Moreno, Roy Stewart, Harry Cording, David Hartford, Eddie Borden, Noel Francis, Frank Lanning, John Wayne, Elliott Lester. In the Oregon timber country a lumberjack fights with a notorious outlaw over the girl he loves. Poorly done George O’Brien early talkie interspersed with musical interludes.

3619  The Rough, Tough West  Columbia, 1952. 54 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Jack (Jock) Mahoney, Carolina Cotton, Pee Wee King and the Golden West Cowboys, Marshal Reed, Fred F. Sears, Bert Arnold, Tommy Ivo, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Valerie Fisher, Tommy Kingston, Redd Stewart, Hank Garland, Ethan Laidlaw, Bob Woodward, Ben Corbett, Frank Ellis. When his pal, the local saloon owner, makes a man the town’s sheriff he beings to suspect his friend may he part of a scheme to cheat miners out of their property. Fast moving and action filled “Durango Kid” segment.

3620  Roughnecks  Metromedia, 1980. 240 min. Color. D: Bernard McEveety. SC: Michael Michaelian. With Vera Miles, Steve Forrest, Stephen McHattie, Ana Alicia, Wilford Brimley, Cathy Lee Crosby, Kevin Geer, Harry Morgan, A. Martinez, Andrew Rubin, Sam Melville, Sara Rush, Timothy Scott, Louise Heath, William Marquez, Rockne Tarkington, Janice Carroll. Conflict ensues when an Oklahoma woman rancher in need of money permits oil drilling on her land. Overlong, padded TV drama.

3621  Roughshod  RKO Radio, 1949. 88 min. D: Mark Robson. SC: Geoffrey Homes and Hugo Butler. With Robert Sterling, Gloria Grahame, Claude Jarman, Jr., John Ireland, Jeff Donnell, Myrna Dell, Martha Hyer, George Cooper, Jeff Corey, Sara Haden, James Bell, Sean McClory, Robert B. Williams, Steve Savage, Ed Cassidy. A farmer, in love with a saloon girl, fears three outlaws on the run from the law are after him. Pretty good action drama.

3622  The Rounders  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965. 85 min. Color. D-SC: Burt Kennedy. With Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue Anne Langdon, Hope Holiday, Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Freeman, Joan Freeman, Denver Pyle, Barton MacLane, Doodles Weaver, Allegra Varron, Warren Oates, Chuck Roberson. Two aging cowboys attempt to tame a horse and two equally wild women. Very pleasant genre action comedy.

3623  Rounding Up the Law  Aywon, 1922. 50 min. D: Charles R. Seeling. SC: W.H. Allen. With Guinn Williams, Russell Gordon, Patricia Palmer, Chet Ryan, William McCall. A cowboy wins a sheriff’s ranch in a poker game with the lawman and his crooked pal planning to run the cowpoke out of the country. Low budget Guinn “Big Boy” Williams offering; it should please his fans.

3624  The Roundup  Paramount, 1941. 90 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Harold Shumate. With Richard Dix, Patricia Morison, Preston Foster, Don Wilson, Ruth Donnelly, Betty Brewer, Douglass Dumbrille, Jerome Cowan, William Haade, Morris Ankrum, Clara Kimball Young, Dick Curtis, Weldon Heyburn, Lane Chandler, Lee “Lasses” White, The King’s Men. A rancher plans to marry the woman he loves only to find her ex-lover, who she thought was dead, has returned on their wedding day. None too action filled romantic oater, filmed first in 1920 with Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle.

3625  Roundup Time in Texas  Republic, 1937. 58 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Oliver Drake. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Maxine Doyle, LeRoy Mason, Buddy Williams, Earle Hodgins, Dick Wessel, Cornie Anderson, Frankie Marvin, Ken Cooper, Elmer Fain, Al Ferguson, Slim Whitaker, Al Knight, Carleton Young, Jack C. Smith, Jim Corey, Jack Kirk, George Morrell, The Cabin Kids. Two cowboys take a horse herd to South Africa where they discover a mine and a smuggling operation. Offbeat plot adds some color to this Gene Autry musical.

3626  Rovin’ Tumbleweeds  Republic, 1939. 64 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Betty Burbridge, Dorrell McGowan and Stuart McGowan. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Carlisle, Douglass Dumbrille, Pals of the Golden West, William Farnum, Lee “Lasses” White, Ralph Peters, Victor Potel, Jack Ingram, Sammy McKim, Gordon Hart, Horace Murphy, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Forrest Taylor, Reginald Barlow, Eddie Kane, Guy Usher, David Sharpe, Jack Kirk, Bob Burns, Art Mix, Horace B. Carpenter, Frank Ellis, Fred Burns, Ed Cassidy, Tom Chatterton, Crauford Kent, Maurice Costello, Charles K. French, Lee Shumway, Bud Osborne, Harry Semels, Chuck Morrison, Rose Plummer, Nora Lou Martin, Hal Taliaferro. Corrupt politicians fail to pass a flood control bill and a deluge causes great damage to farm land with singer Gene Autry being elected to Congress to get the legislation pushed into law. A very good Gene Autry film that has the star getting married at the finale; it introduced Autry’s theme song, “Back in the Saddle Again,” which he co-wrote with Ray Whitley, and contains a takeoff on the popular “Lum ’n Abner” radio program. Also called Washington Cowboy.

A Roving Rogue see Outlaws of the Rockies  

3627  The Rowdy Girls  Troma Entertainment, 2000. 86 min. Color. D: Steve Nevius. SC: India Allen and Khara Bromiley. With Shannon Tweed, Julie Strain, Deanna Brooks, Richie Varga, Daniel Henry Murray, Todd Eckert, Rick Williams, Mink Stole, David Wilson, Sita Thompson, Gonzalo Menendez, Eduardo Rodriguez, Myla Martin, Tom Poster, Mark C. Adams, Julie Nevius, Bobby Weinberg, Brad Buckman, Chanda Fuller, Tracy Cranshaw. Three women, a robber, a sharpshooter and a runaway wife, are kidnapped by an outlaw gang and must fight for their freedom. Somewhat amusing R-rated effort.

3628  Roy Colt and Winchester Jack  Libert, 1970. 90 min. Color. D: Mario Bava. SC: Mario Di Nardo and Roberto Agrin. With Brett Halsey, Marilu Tolo, Charles Southwood, Teodoro Corra, Lee Burton (Guido Lollobrigida), Rick Boyd (Federico Boido), Bruno Corazzari, France Pesce. Two friends vie for the leadership of their outlaw gang and when one wins the other becomes a lawman who must hunt down his former comrades after they team with a renegade searching for a treasure map. A violent Spaghetti Western with good direction by Mario Bava; issued in Europe as Roy Colt e Winchester Jack (Roy Colt and Winchester Jack) by P.A.C./Tigielle 33.

3629  The Royal Mounted Patrol  Columbia, 1941. 59 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Winston Miller. With Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Wanda McKay, Donald Curtis, Lloyd Bridges, Kermit Maynard, Evan Thomas, Ted Adams, Harrison Greene, Ted Mapes, George Morrell. Two Mounties both fall for the same gal, a teacher at a remote post who is the sister of a corrupt lumber camp boss. The initial teaming of Charles Starrett and Russell Hayden is a likable effort.

3630  The Royal Mounted Rides Again  Universal, 1945. 13 Chapters. D: Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins. SC: Joseph O’Donnell, Tom Gibson and Harold C. Wire. With Bill Kennedy, Daun Kennedy, George Dolenz, Paul E. Burns, Milburn Stone, Robert Armstrong, Danny Morton, Addison Richards, Tom Fadden, Joseph Haworth, Helen Bennett, Joseph Crehan, Selmer Jackson, Daral Hudson, George Lloyd, George Eldredge, Rondo Hatton, Richard Alexander, Lane Chandler, Guy Wilkerson, William Haade. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer is assigned to find out who murdered a mill owner and discovers his mining operator father is the chief suspect. Fair cliffhanger.

3631  The Royal Rider  First National, 1929. 67 min. D: Harry Joe Brown. SC: Nate Gatzert. With Ken Maynard, Olive Hasbrouck, Philippe De Lacey, Theodore Lorch, Joseph Burke, Harry Semels, William (Billy) Franey, Frank Rice, Bobby Dunn, Johnny Sinclair, Ben Corbett. Members of a Wild West show become palace guards for a Balkan boy king and help him put down a revolt. Ken Maynard silent (a version was issued with music and sound effects) with a Graustarkian background finds the star a bit out of place although the action is plentiful.

3632  Ruby Jean and Joe  Showtime, 1996. 99 min. Color. D: Geoffrey Sax. SC: James Lee Barrett. With Tom Selleck, Rebekah Johnson, JoBeth Williams, Ben Johnson, Eileen Seeley, John Diehl, Margo Martindale, Larry Soller, Robert Guajardo, Robert Starr, Forrie J. Smith, Ed Adams, Darwin Hall, Warner McKay, Boots Southerland, Glen Gold, Shawn Howell, Shane McCabe, Stan Sessums, Bob Tallman. An aging rodeo star meets a pretty hitchhiker and despite age and personality differences they develop a close relationship. Okay contemporary Western drama co-produced by star Tom Selleck.

3633  Rugged Gold  The Family Channel, 1994. 120 min. Color. D: Michael Anderson. SC: Sarah James. With Jill Eikenberry, Art Hindle, Ari Magder, Graham Greene, Davina Whitehouse, Tony Groser, June Bishop, Helen Moulder, Sam Tyson-Hogg, Christopher Douglas. A widow with a young son remarries and travels with her new husband to Alaska to pan for gold and when the boy disappears his stepfather goes looking for him while she must face delivering their new baby alone. Enjoyable family fare filmed in Canada.

3634  Ruggles of Red Gap  Paramount, 1935. 90 min. D: Leo McCarey. SC: Walter De Leon, Harlan Thomson and Humphrey Pearson. With Charles Laughton, Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, ZaSu Pitts, Roland Young, Leila Hyams, Maude Eburne, Lucien Littlefield, Leota Lorraine, James Burke, Dell Henderson, Richard Cezon, Brenda Fowler, Augusta Anderson, Sarah Edwards, Clarence H. Wilson, Rafael Storm, George Burton, Victor Potel, Frank Rice, William J. Welsh, Lee Kohlmar, Harry Bernard, Alice Ardell, Rolfe Sedan, Jack Norton, Willie Fung, Libby Taylor, Armand Kaliz, Henry Roquemore, Heinie Conklin, Ed Le Saint, Charles Fallon, Isabella La Mal, Ernie Adams, Frank O’Connor, Ian Welch, Genaro Spangoli, Albert Petit, Carrie Daumery. An uncouth Western family wins a debonair British butler in a poker game and he makes a big change in their lives. Very pleasant comedy; Charles Laughton is grand in the title role. Filmed in 1918 by Essanay and in 1923 by Paramount and remade in 1950 as Fancy Pants (q.v.).

The Rumpo Kid see Carry on Cowboy

3635  Run, Cougar, Run  Buena Vista, 1973. 100 min. Color. D: Jerome Courtland. SC: Louis Pelletier. With Stuart Whitman, Alfonso Arau, Harry Carey, Jr., Douglas V. Fowley, Frank Aletter, Lonny Chapman. An easy going sheepherder opposes a hunter out to kill a cougar. Fine Walt Disney production originally telecast on NBC-TV.

3636  Run for Cover  Paramount, 1955. 92 min. Color. D: Nicholas Ray. SC: Winston Miller. With James Cagney, John Derek, Viveca Lindfors, Jean Hersholt, Grant Withers, Jack Lambert, Ernest Borgnine, Irving Bacon, Trevor Bardette, Ray Teal, John Miljan, Denver Pyle, Emerson Tracey, Gus Schilling, Phil Chambers, Harold Kennedy, Joe Hayworth, Henry Wills. A former outlaw becomes the sheriff of a frontier town, much to the chagrin of his young friend. Rather interesting psychological Western from action producers William H. Pine and William C. Thomas.

3637  Run for the Hills  Realart, 1953. 72 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Leonard Neubrauner. With Sonny Tufts, Barbara Payton, John Harmon, Mauritz Hugo, Vick Raaf, Jack Wrightson, Paul Maxey, John Hamilton, Byron Foulger, Charles Victor, William Fawcett, Ray Parsons, Jean Willes, Richard Benedict, Michael Fox. An insurance actuary becomes worried about an H-bomb attack with he and his wife taking refuge in a cave. A silly script and unfunny situations make this a dud.

3638  Run Home Slow  Emerson, 1965. 66 min. D: Tim Sullivan (Ted Brenner). SC: Donald Ceveris. With Mercedes McCambridge, Linda Gaye Scott, Allan Richards, Gary Kent, Jim Hogan, Ted Brenner, Brian Casey, Leah Cooper, John “Bud” Cardos, Jeff Masters, Pat Raines, Jesse Bates. To avenge their father’s hanging, a woman organizes her family into a brutal outlaw gang. Obscure feature, with music score by Frank Zappa, which will not appeal to the average genre viewer.

3639  Run, Man, Run  Adria/Compagnie Francaise, 1968. 120 min. Color. D: Sergio Sollima. SC: Fabrizio De Angelis and Sergio Sollima. With Tomas Milian, Donald O’Brien, John Ireland, Linda Veras, Marco Guglilmi, Jose Torres, Edward Ross (Luciano Rossi), Nello Pazzafini, Gianni Rizzo, Dan May (Dante Maggio), Umberto Di Grazia, Noe Murayama, Attilio Dottesio, Orso Maria Guerrini, Federico Boldo, Calisto Calisti, Chelo Alonso, Goeffredo Unger, Joe Marco, Pietro Tordi, Osiride Pevarello, Ricardo Palacios. Three million dollars in Mexican revolutionary gold is sought by several gunman plus a petty criminal. Average follow-up to The Big Gundown (q.v.); a French-Italian co-production filmed as Corri, Uomo, Corri (Run, Man, Run) and also called Big Gundown 2.

3640  Run of the Arrow  RKO Radio/Universal-International, 1957. 85 min. D-SC: Samuel Fuller. With Rod Steiger, Sarita Montiel, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker, Jay C. Flippen, Charles Bronson, Tim McCoy, Olive Carey, H.M. Wynant, Neyle Morrow, Frank DeKova, Stuart Randall, Frank Warner, Billy Miller, Chuck Hayward, Chuck Roberson, Carleton Young, Don Orlando, Bill White, Jr., Frank Baker, Emile Avery, Tex Holden, Roscoe Ates, Frank O’Connor, Ray Stevens. An embittered Confederate soldier joins the Sioux Indians in their fight against the U.S. government. Rather strange psychological Western with solid performances to give it strength. Angie Dickinson dubbed star Sarita Montiel.

Run or Burn see White-Water Sam

3641  Run, Simon, Run  ABC-TV, 1970. 74 min. Color. D: George McGowan. SC: Lionel E. Siegel. With Burt Reynolds, Inger Stevens, Royal Dano, James Best, Rodolfo Acosta, Don Dubbins, Joyce Jameson, Barney Phillips, Herman Rudin, Eddie Little Sky, Marsha Moore, Ken Lynch, Martin G. Soto, Rosemary Eliot. Falsely sent to prison, a Papago Indian returns home after a decade to find his brother’s murderer. Fairly good drama made for television. Video title: Savage Run.

3642  Run to the High Country  Sun International, 1972. 97 min. Color. D-SC: Keith Larsen. With Erik Larsen, Keith Larsen, Karen Steele, Alvin Redmond, Rodney Burt. A young boy tries to protect wildlife from hunters. Filmed on location in Utah, this feature is short on plot but heavy on scenery.

3643  The Runaway Barge  NBC-TV, 1975. 75 min. Color. D: Boris Sagal. SC: Stanford Whitmore. With Bo Hopkins, Tim Matheson, Jim Davis, Nick Nolte, Devon Ericson, Christina Hart, James Best, Lucille Henson, Clifton James, Dom Plumley, Beau Gibson, Bill Rowley. Three boatmen try to make a living on a modern-day Mississippi riverboat and find themselves involved in a hijacking and kidnapping. Okay action drama made for the small screen.

3644  Running Target  United Artists, 1956. 83 min. Color. D: Marvin R. Weinstein. SC: Marvin R. Weinstein, Jack Couffer and Conrad Hall. With Arthur Franz, Doris Dowling, Richard Reeves, Myron Healey, James Parnell, Charles Delaney, Gene Roth, James Anderson, Frank Richards. Four escaped convicts head into the Colorado Rockies pursued by a sheriff and his posse. Standard action yarn with the plot twist of having the lawman opposed to killing.

3645  Running Wild  Golden Circle, 1973. 104 min. Color. D: Robert McChaon. With Robert McChaon, Maurice Tombragel and Finley Hunt. With Lloyd Bridges, Dina Merrill, Gilbert Roland, Pat Hingle, Morgan Woodward, R.G. Armstrong, Lonny Chapman, Fred Betts, Slavio Martinez. While in Colorado doing a photo story, a woman journalist becomes alarmed at the treatment given wild horses. Sturdy drama, reissued in 1976 by Dimension Pictures as Deliver Us from Evil.

3646  The Rustlers  RKO Radio, 1949. 61 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Jack Natteford. With Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer, Lois Andrews, Steve Brodie, Francis McDonald, Harry Shannon, Addison Richards, Frank Fenton, Robert Bray, Don Haggerty, Monte Montague, Stanley Blystone, Pat Patterson, George Ross. Two cowpokes are framed on charges of robbery and murder and set out to find the real culprits. Another entertaining Tim Holt series feature.

3647  The Rustler’s End  Krelbar Pictures, 1928. 50 minutes. D-SC: Robert J. Horner. With Al Hoxie, Betty Gates, Bill Nestell, Carl Berlin, Herbert Walter, Jack Dailey. Rustlers abduct the girl friend of a Texas Ranger who is trying to bring them to justice. Cheap but fast paced Al Hoxie vehicle for William M. Pizor Productions, Hoxie’s last starring effort.

3648  Rustlers’ Hideout  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1944. 60 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Patti McCarty, Charles King, John Merton, Lane Chandler, Terry Frost, Hal Price, Al Ferguson, Frank McCarroll, Ed Cassidy, Bud Osborne, Steve Clark, John Cason, Lane Chandler, Wally West, Ed Peil, Sr. Billy Carson and Fuzzy Q. Jones lead a large Wyoming cattle herd to market and come up against outlaws wanting to take the beef to start their own business. A good storyline and nice camera work make this a better than average “Billy Carson” entry.

Rustler’s Hideout (1946) see Rustler’s Roundup

3649  Rustlers of Devil’s Canyon  Republic, 1947. 58 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Earle Snell. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Peggy Stewart, Bobby Blake, Martha Wentworth, Arthur Space, Emmett Lynn, Roy Barcroft, Tom London, Harry Carr, Pierce Lyden, Forrest Taylor, Bob Burns, Frank O’Connor, Bob Reeves, Art Dillard, Pascale Perry, Cactus Mack, Jack Montgomery, Tom Smith. Red Ryder tries to stop hostilities between ranchers and homesteaders in a range war instigated by rustlers. Average “Red Ryder” affair.

3650  Rustlers of Red Dog  Universal, 1935. 12 Chapters. D: Louis Friedlander (Lew Landers). SC: George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, Ella O’Neill, Nate Gatzert and Vin Moore. With Johnny Mack Brown, Joyce Compton, Walter Miller, Raymond Hatton, Harry Woods, Frederick MacKaye, Charles K. French, Lafe McKee, William Desmond, J.P. McGowan, Edmund Cobb, Al Ferguson, Bud Osborne, Monte Montague, Jim Thorpe, Chief Thundercloud, Wally Wales, Slim Whitaker, Art Mix, Bill Patton, Cliff Lyons, Tex Cooper, Ben Corbett, Hank Bell, Artie Ortego, Ann D’Arcy, Fritzi Burnette, Grace Cunard, Virginia Ainsworth, Iron Eyes Cody, Chief Many Treaties, Jim Corey, Bob Card, William McCall, Jerry Frank, Horace B. Carpenter, Jack Rockwell, George Magrill, Frank McCarroll, John Ince, Harry Harvey, Nelson McDowell, Harry Tenbrook, Ted Billings, Eddie Bugard, Buddy Wacker, Bernadet Sebastian, Charles Murphy, B.J. Wilson. Three cowboys try to protect a wagon train from ruthless outlaws and marauding Indians. Action packed and entertaining Johnny Mack Brown cliffhanger, his second serial.

3651  Rustlers of the Badlands  Columbia, 1945. 55 min. D: Derwin Abrahams. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Charles Starrett, Tex Harding, Dub Taylor, Sally Bliss, George Eldredge, Edward Howard, Ray Bennett, Al Trace and His Silly Symphonists, Ted Mapes, Karl Hackett, James T. “Bud” Nelson, Frank McCarroll, Carl Sepulveda, Steve Clark, Ted French, Frank LaRue, Bud Osborne, Edmund Cobb, Nolan Leary, Frank Ellis, Jack Ingram. Three Army scouts are assigned to find out who murdered a lieutenant and they comes across a rash of cattle thefts that seem tied to the killing. Standard “Durango Kid” offering. British title: By Whose Hand?

3652  Rustlers on Horseback  Republic, 1950. 60 min. D: Fred C. Brannon. SC: Richard Wormser With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft, Claudia Barrett, John Eldredge, George Nader, Forrest Taylor, John Cason, Stuart Randall, Douglas Evans, Tom Monroe, Marshall Reed, George Lloyd. A lawman and his peddler pal infiltrate a gang secretly run by a book salesman out to fleece a man of his life savings to finance plans to loot the area. Typically well mounted Allan Lane series feature.

3653  Rustlers’ Paradise  Ajax, 1935. 61 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Weston Edwards. With Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger, Edmund Cobb, Carmen Bailey, Theodore Lorch, Charles (Slim) Whitaker, Roger Williams, Chuck Morrison, Allen Greer, Chief Thundercloud, Jimmy Aubrey, Tex Palmer, Barney Beasley. A man searches for his wife and daughter who were abducted years before by an outlaw and he poses as a crook to infiltrate a gang whose leader he suspects of the kidnapping. Austere Harry Carey vehicle highlighted by Theodore Lorch’s work as the oily villain.

3654  Rustlers’ Rhapsody  Paramount, 1985. 88 min. Color. D-SC: Hugh Wilson. With Tom Berenger, G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner, Andy Griffith, Fernando Rey, Sela Ward, Patrick Wayne, Brant Van Hoffman, Christopher Malcolm, Jim Carter, Billy J. Mitchell. A singing cowboy and his pal wander through the West and stopping at a town they help sheepherders fight a corrupt cattle baron. Pleasant satire of the musical Westerns of yore.

3655  Rustlers’ Roundup  Universal, 1933. 56 min. D: Henry MacRae. SC: Frank Clark and Jack Cunningham. With Tom Mix, Dianne Sinclair, Noah Beery, Jr., Douglass Dumbrille, Roy Stewart, William Desmond, Gilbert “Pee Wee” Holmes, Bud Osborne, Edmund Cobb, Frank Lackteen, William Wagner, Nelson McDowell, Walter Brennan, Fred Humes, Cliff Lyons, Al Haskell. A rancher tries to help a man and his sister when outlaws want to take over their land which has an underground spring they want to use for their rustling operation. Tom Mix’s final Universal series film is not up to some of the others in the series but is still above average.

3656  Rustler’s Roundup  Universal, 1946. 57 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Jack Natteford. With Kirby Grant, Jane Adams, Fuzzy Knight, Edmund Cobb, Ethan Laidlaw, Earle Hodgins, Charles Miller, Mauritz Hugo, Eddy Waller, Roy Brent, Frank Marlo, Hank Bell, Rex Lease, Budd Buster, Steve Clark, Bud Osborne, Jack Curtis, George Morrell, Carl Mathews, Ray Spiker, Alfred Wagstaff. A cowboy and his pals set out to round up an outlaw gang harassing area ranchers. Nicely paced and action laden Kirby Grant vehicle; TV title: Rustler’s Hideout.

3657  Rustler’s Valley  Paramount, 1937. 61 min. D: Nate Watt. SC: Harry O. Hoyt. With William Boyd, George Hayes, Russell Hayden, John St. Polis, Lee Colt (Lee J. Cobb), Stephen Morris (Morris Ankrum), Muriel Evans, Ted Adams, Al Ferguson, John Beach, Oscar Apfel, Bernadene Hayes, Leo J. McMahon, Dot Farley, John Powers, Horace B. Carpenter, Ben Corbett. Hoppy helps his pal Lucky when he is accused of a bank robbery really masterminded by a crooked lawyer out to get a ranch from his fiancee and her father. A bit slow for a “Hopalong Cassidy” feature but the scenery is nice and the finale (reused in Lost Canyon [q.v.]) exciting.

3658  Rusty Rides Alone  Columbia, 1933. 58 min. D: D. Ross Lederman. SC: Robert Quigley. With Tim McCoy, Barbara Weeks, Dorothy Burgess, Wheeler Oakman, Edmund Cobb, Ed Burns, Rockliffe Fellows, Clarence Geldert, Wally Wales, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Frank Ellis, Richard Botiller, Slim Whitaker, Hank Bell, Artie Ortego, Blackjack Ward, Bud McClure, Ray Jones, Jack Evans, Charles Brinley, Jack King, Barney Beasley, Silver King (dog). A cowboy opposes a dishonest sheep man who wants to set up an empire for himself by driving all the cattle ranchers from their ranges. A weak script hurts this Tim McCoy series effort; based on a story by Walt Coburn.

3659  The Ruthless Four  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968. 97 min. Color. D: Giorgio Capitani. SC: Fernando Di Leo. With Van Heflin, Gilbert Roland, George Hilton, Klaus Kinski, Sarah Ross, Rick Boyd (Federico Boido), Sergio Doria, Ivan Scratuglia, Giorgio Groden. A veteran prospector teams with his adopted son and a friend along with an old comrade in trekking to his rich claim but they fall out among themselves over the gold. Very good Italian-Spanish co-production that will appeal to the two stars’ fans; also called Each Man for Himself and Sam Cooper’s Gold and released in Italy as Ognuno per Se (Each One for Himself).

3660  Sabata  United Artists, 1970. 106 min. Color. D: Frank Kramer (Gianfranco Parolini). SC: Gianfranco Parolini and Renato Izzo. With Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Pedro Sanchez, Nick Jordan, Franco Ressel, Linda Veras, Antonio Gradoli, Robert Hundar (Claudio Undari), Gianno Rizzo, Spean Covery, Marco Zuanelli, John Bartha, Romano Puppo, Ken Wood (Giovanni Cianfriglia), Alan Collins (Luciano Pignozzi). Three corrupt businessmen hire a gunman to steal a safe for them and then try to double cross him when he demands a higher payment. Lee Van Cleef is very good in the title role of this ultra violent European oater released in Italy in 1969 as ...Ehi, Amico, C’e Sabata...Hai Chiuso! (Hey Friend, Here’s Sabata...You’re Finished) and followed by two sequels, Adios Sabata and The Return of Sabata (qq.v.).

3661  The Sacketts  NBC-TV, 1979. 200 min. Color. D: Robert Totten. SC: Jim Byrnes. With Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Jeff Osterhage, Glenn Ford, Ben Johnson, Gilbert Roland, John Vernon, Ruth Roman, Jack Elam, Gene Evans, L.Q. Jones, Paul Koslo, Mercedes McCambridge, Slim Pickens, Pat Buttram, James Gammon, Buck Taylor, Lee DeBroux, Marcy Hanson, Ana Alicia, Wendy Rastatter, Shug Fisher, Frank Ramirez, Ramon Chavez, Don Collier, Billy Cardi, Rusty Lane. Following the Civil War three brothers attempt to bring law and order to New Mexico Territory after avenging a family murder. Glossy TV adaptation of Louis L’Amour’s work; entertaining for the author’s followers.

3662  Sacred Ground  Pacific International, 1983. 100 min. Color. D-SC: Charles B. Pierce. With Tim McIntire, Jack Elam, L.Q. Jones, Mindi Miller, Serene Hedin, Eloy Phil Casados. In the 1860s trouble results when a frontiersman and his Indian wife settle in sacred Paiute territory with their new baby. Fairly engrossing drama.

3663  The Sad Horse  20th Century–Fox, 1959. 81 min. Color. D: James B. Clark. SC: Charles Hoffman. With David Ladd, Chill Wills, Rex Reason, Patrice Wymore, Gregg Palmer, Eve Brent, Leslie Bradley, William Yip, Dave De Paul. A lonely little boy develops a close relationship with a racehorse. Pleasant family fare.

3664  Saddle Aces  Resolute, 1935. 56 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Harry C. (Fraser) Crist. With Rex Bell, Ruth Mix, Buzz Barton, Stanley Blystone, Earl Dwire, Chuck Morrison, Mary MacLaren, John Elliott, Roger Williams, Chief Thundercloud, Allen Greer, Bud Osborne, Francis Walker, Bob Burns, Blackjack Ward, Chief Standing Bear, Guate Mozin. Two falsely convicted men escape from a prison train and help a woman whose ranch is sought by the crook responsible for the crimes for which they are accused. Last of the Rex Bell-Ruth Mix-Buzz Barton series; cheap and it shows.

3665  The Saddle Buster  RKO Radio, 1932. 60 min. D: Fred Allen. SC: Oliver Drake. With Tom Keene, Helen Forest, Charles Quigley, Marie Quillan, Ben Corbett, Fred Burns, Richard Carlyle, Robert Frazer, Harry Bowen, Al Taylor, Slim Whitaker, Montie Montana, Yakima Canutt, Murdock MacQuarrie, Jack Kirk, Edgar “Blue” Washington. A Montana cowboy leaves home to become a rodeo star but his success is almost thwarted by the jealousy of a rival. Very fine, well made Tom Keene feature; quite exciting.

3666  Saddle Leather Law  Columbia, 1944. 55 min. D: Benjamin Kline. SC: Elizabeth Beecher. With Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor, Vi Athens, Lloyd Bridges, Jimmy Wakely and His Saddle Pals, Salty Holmes, Reed Howes, Robert Kortman, Frank LaRue, Ted French, Ed Cassidy, Steve Clark, Frank O’Connor, Budd Buster, Franklyn Farnum, Nolan Leary, Joseph Eggenton, Netta Parker. When a rancher is killed, two cowboys are blamed but they learn a young woman, working for a syndicate after the dead man’s spread for a dude ranch, is the culprit. Pretty fair Charles Starrett pic with the leading lady as the chief villain.

3667  Saddle Legion  RKO Radio, 1951. 61 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Ed Earl Repp. With Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Dorothy Malone, Robert Livingston, James Bush, Mauritz Hugo, Cliff Clark, Joseph J. Lewis, Robert Wilke, Stanley Andrews, Reed Howes, Monte Montague, Clem Fuller. Outlaws try to obtain cattle by falsely making the herd appear to be diseased but two cowpokes see through the ruse. Well done Tim Holt series entry.

3668  Saddle Mountain Roundup  Monogram, 1941. 61 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: Earle Snell and John Vlahos. With Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhune, Jack Mulhall, Lita Conway, Willie Fung, John Elliott, George Chesebro, Jack Holmes, Cousin Harold Goodwin, Carl Mathews, Al Ferguson, Steve Clark, Slim Whitaker, Tex Palmer. A crusty rancher hires three cowboys to protect him from death threats and after he is murdered they try to find the killer. Dandy outing in “The Range Busters” series, enhanced by its spooky mystery element; remake of Big Boy Rides Again (q.v.).

3669  Saddle Pals  Republic, 1947. 72 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Bob Williams and Jerry Sackheim. With Gene Autry, Lynne Roberts, Sterling Holloway, Irving Bacon, Damian O’Flynn, The Cass County Boys (Jerry Scoggins, Bert Dodson, Fred Martin), Charles Arnt, Jean Van, Tom London, Charles Williams, Francis McDonald, Edward Gargan, Carl Sepulveda, George Chandler, LeRoy Mason, Paul E. Burns, Joel Friedkin, Larry Steers, Nolan Leary, Edward Keane, Maurice Cass, Minerva Urecal, Sam Ash, Frank O’Connor, Neal Hart, Ed Peil, Sr., Bob Burns, Bob Yrigoyen. Gene Autry comes to the aid of area ranchers whose rents have been suddenly raised by the local land company. Tired Gene Autry film with little action and limp comedy.

3670  Saddle Serenade  Monogram, 1945. 60 min. D: Oliver Drake. SC: Frances Kavanaugh. With Jimmy Wakely, Lee “Lasses” White, John James, Nancy Brinckman, Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage, Jack Ingram, Claire James, Pat Gleason, Gay Deslys, Roy Butler, Alan Foster, Elmer Napier, Frank McCarroll, Dee Cooper, Jack Hendricks, Jack Spear, Carl Mathews. Two cowpokes go to work at a dude ranch not knowing it is a front for Eastern jewel thieves. Tepid Jimmy Wakely opus with some good songs.

3671  Saddle the Wind  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958. 84 min. Color. D: Robert Parrish. SC: Thomas Thompson. With Robert Taylor, Julie London, John Cassavetes, Donald Crisp, Charles McGraw, Royal Dano, Richard Erdman, Douglas Spencer, Ray Teal, Stanley Adams, Nacho Galindo, Lars Henderson, Irene Tedrow, Jay Adler, Henry Wills, Kelo Henderson, William Challee, Wes Fuller. A one-time gunman settles down to a peaceful life as a rancher only to be forced into a showdown by his gunslinger younger brother. Well done and entertaining; Robert Taylor is especially good as the rancher.

3672  Saddle Tramp  Universal-International, 1950. 76 min. Color. D: Hugo Fregonese. SC: Harold Shumate. With Joel McCrea, Wanda Hendrix, John Russell, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Russell Simpson, Antonio Moreno, Ed Begley, Jimmy Hunt, Orley Lindgren, Gordon Gebert, Gregory Moffett, John Ridgely, Walter Coy, Joaquin Garay, Peter Leeds, Michael Steele, Paul Picerni. A saddle tramp becomes the guardian of four orphans and after getting a job as a ranch hand he becomes involved in lots of trouble. Good viewing.

3673  Saddlemates  Republic, 1941. 56 min. D: Lester Orlebeck. SC: Albert DeMond and Herbert Dalmas. With Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Rufe Davis, Gale Storm, Forbes Murray, Cornelius Keefe, Peter George Lynn, Marin Sais, Glenn Strange, Iron Eyes Cody, Chief Yowlachie, Henry Wills, Matty Faust, Ellen Lowe, Rex Lease, Ed Cassidy, Slim Whitaker, Yakima Canutt, Bill Keefer, Jack Kirk, Space Cooley, Art Dillard, Kansas Moehring, Bob Woodward, Bill Hazlett, Chick Hannon, Tex Cooper, Roy Bucko, Bill Nestell, Herman Hack, Jess Cavin, Victor Cox, Lew Meehan, Bert Dillard. The Three Mesquiteers help the Army in trying to control a band of hostile Indians led by a half-breed. Fair entry in the popular series.

3674  Saddles and Sagebrush  Columbia, 1943. 57 min. D: William Berke. SC: Ed Earl Repp. With Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, Ann Savage, William Wright, Frank LaRue, Wheeler Oakman, Edmund Cobb, Jack Ingram, Joe McGuinn, Ray Jones, Art Mix, Blackie Whiteford, Ben Corbett, Bob Burns. A cowboy and his pals help a rancher and his daughter being victimized by crooks. Pretty sturdy Russell Hayden vehicle.

3675  Saga of Death Valley  Republic, 1939. 58 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Karen DeWolf and Stuart Anthony. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Donald Barry, Doris Day, Frank M. Thomas, Jack Ingram, Hal Taliaferro, Lew Kelly, Fern Emmett, Tommy Baker, Buzz Buckley, Horace Murphy, Lane Chandler, Fred Burns, The Jimmy Wakely Trio (Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, Dick Reinhart), Ed Brady, Pasquale Perry, Cactus Mack, Art Dillard, Horace B. Carpenter, Hooper Atchley, Frankie Marvin. A man returns to the ranch where his father was murdered to take revenge on the killer and finds the culprit’s chief henchman is his younger brother. Very good Roy Rogers film; well worth viewing.

3676  The Saga of Hemp Brown  Universal-International, 1959. 80 min. Color. D: Richard Carlson. SC: Bob Williams. With Rory Calhoun, Beverly Garland, John Larch, Russell Johnson, Fortunio Bonanova, Marjorie Stapp, Morris Ankrum, Yvette Vickers, Charles Boaz, Allan Lane, Victor Sen Yung, Trevor Bardette, Addison Richards, Francis McDonald, Theodore Newton, I. Stanford Jolley, Tom London. Framed on a payroll robbery charge, a soldier is dismissed from the Army and tries to find out who committed the crime. Average outing helmed by actor Richard Carlson.

Saga of the West see When a Man’s a Man

3677  The Sagebrush Family Trails West  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1940. 62 min. D: Peter Stewart (Sam Newfield). SC: William Lively. With Bobby Clark, Earle Hodgins, Nina Guilbert, Joyce Bryant, Minerva Urecal, Arch Hall, Kenneth (Kenne) Duncan, Forrest Taylor, Carl Mathews, Wally West, Byron Vance, Augie Gomez. The young son of an inventor comes to his rescue when a gang is after the scientist’s secret formula. Shoddy effort which mercifully did not make it as a series; Bobby Clark is not the famous comedian but a teenage world’s junior champion cowboy.

3678  Sagebrush Heroes  Columbia, 1945. 55 min. D: Benjamin Kline. SC: Luci Ward. With Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor, Constance Worth, Jimmy Wakely, Ozie Waters and His Saddle Pals, Elvin Field, Bobby Larson, Forrest Taylor, Joel Friedkin, Lane Chandler, Paul (Conrad) Zaremba, Eddie Laughton, John Tyrrell, Vernon Dent, Davison Clark, Edmund Cobb, Budd Buster, Jessie Arnold, Ted French. A radio actor finds out a ranch for boys is a front used by cattle thieves and child labor violators. Fast paced affair that has Charles Starrett portraying a radio hero called the Durango Kid prior to his long running series about the character.

3679  Sagebrush Law  RKO Radio, 1943. 56 min. D: Sam Nelson. SC: Bennett Cohen. With Tim Holt, Joan Barclay, Cliff Edwards, John Elliott, Ed Cassidy, Karl Hackett, Roy Barcroft, Ernie Adams, John Merton, Bud McTaggart, Edmund Cobb, Otto Hoffman, Cactus Mack, Ben Corbett, Frank McCarroll, Bob McKenzie, Dick Rush, Chester Conklin, Russell Wade, Richard Cramer, David Sharpe, Merlyn Nelson. When his town banker father is falsely accused of embezzlement and then murdered, a man tries to prove his innocence and find the killers. A fine script and cast make this Tim Holt vehicle a good one.

3680  Sagebrush Trail  Monogram, 1933. 54 min. D: Armand L. Schaefer. SC: Lindsley Parsons. With John Wayne, Nancy Shubert, Lane Chandler, Yakima Canutt, Henry Hall, Wally Wales, Art Mix, Bob Burns, Bill (William) Dwyer, Ted Adams, Earl Dwire, Hank Bell, Slim Whitaker, Hal Price, Blackjack Ward, Archie Ricks, Tex Phelps, Robert Walker, Tex Phelps, Silver Tip Baker, Julie Kingdon. Falsely accused of murder, a cowboy escapes from jail and joins outlaws hoping to find the real killer not realizing the gang member who befriends him is the man he is seeking. John Wayne’s second “Lone Star” oater for producer Paul Malvern is a speedy affair that will appeal to Duke’s fans. Colorized as An Innocent Man; a remake of Partners of the Trail (q.v.).

Poster for Sagebrush Trail (Monogram, 1933).

3681  The Sagebrush Troubadour  Republic, 1935. 54 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Oliver Drake and Joseph Poland. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Barbara Pepper, J. Frank Glendon, Hooper Atchley, Dennis Moore, Fred Kelsey, Julian Rivero, Tom London, Frankie Marvin, Art Davis, Wes Warner. When an elderly, nearly blind man is murdered, a singing cowboy tries to discover who committed the crime. Pretty fair Gene Autry affair with just the right blend of music, action and mystery.

3682  Saginaw Trail  Columbia, 1953. 56 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Dorothy Yost and Dwight Cummings. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Connie Marshall, Eugene Borden, Myron Healey, John Merton, Ralph Reed, Henry Blair, Mickey Simpson, John War Eagle, Rodd Redwing, Billy Wilkerson, Gregg Barton, John Parrish. In 1827 Michigan, the captain of Hamilton’s Rangers is out to stop a fur magnate from murdering settlers. Pretty good, and different, Gene Autry film; his penultimate starring effort.

3683  The Sagittarius Mine  Gold Key, 1972. 91 min. Color. With Steve Forrest, Diane Baker, Ray Danton, Richard Basehart. A sheriff suspects an invisible force is stopping prospectors from finding the Lost Dutchman gold mine. Obscure sci-fi Western.

3684  Salome, Where She Danced  Universal, 1945. 90 min. Color. D: Charles Lamont. SC: Laurence Stallings. With Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron, David Bruce, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker, Marjorie Rambeau, J. Edward Bromberg, Abner Biberman, John Litel, Kurt Katch, Arthur Hohl, Nestor Paiva, Gavin Muir, Will Wright, Joseph Haworth, Matt McHugh, Jane Adams, Barbara Bates, Daun Kennedy, Kathleen O’Malley, Karen Randle, Jean Trent, Kerry Vaughn, Jan Williams, Doreen Tryden, Bert Dole, Emmett Casey, Eddie Dunn, Charles Wagenheim, Gene Garrick, Eric Feldary, George Sherwood, Colin Campbell, Charles McAvoy, Al Ferguson, Edmund Cobb, Jack Clifford, Bud Osborne, George Morrell, Hank Bell, George Chesebro, Budd Buster, Richard Alexander, Cecilia Callejo, Sylvia Field, Richard Ryden, Alan Edwards, George Leigh, Ina Owenbey, Jimmy Lung, Peter Seal, Jasper Palmer. A beautiful dancer escapes from Europe, begins a tour of the West and in an Arizona town convinces an outlaw gang to go straight. Amusing tongue-in-cheek drama with Yvonne De Carlo a knockout in the title role.

3685  Salt Lake Raiders  Republic, 1950. 60 min. D: Fred C. Brannon. SC: M. Coates Webster. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Martha Hyer, Roy Barcroft, Byron Foulger, Myron Healey, Clifton Young, Stanley Andrews, George Chesebro, Kenneth MacDonald, Rory Mallinson. When a convict escapes from prison, a U.S. marshal is assigned to track him down while outlaws are after him thinking he has hidden gold. Pretty entertaining Allan Lane vehicle.

3686  Sam Cade  CBS-TV/20th Century–Fox, 1972. 100 min. Color. D: Marvin J. Chomsky and Leo Penn. SC: Eric Berovici, Cliff Gould and Jerrold L. Ludwig. With Glenn Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Darren McGavin, Loretta Swit, Edward Asner, Shelley Fabares, H.M. Wynant, Richard Anders, Taylor Lacher, Victor Campos, Peter Ford, Betty Ann Carter, Myron Healey, Jean Fowler, Ralph James, Ed Flanders, Larry Casey, William H. Bassett, Felice Orlandi, Philip Kenneally, Anne Randall, Gene Lebell, Sandra Ego. A New Mexico sheriff must face a wartime friend who comes home to kill him and then stop the proposed assassination of an ex-syndicate boss. Two episodes (“The Fake” and “Homecoming”) of “Cade’s County” (CBS-TV, 1971–72) tied together into a feature make for good viewing.

3687  Sam Hill: Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?  NBC-TV/Universal, 1971. 100 min. Color. D: Fiedler Cook. SC: Richard Levinson and William Link. With Ernest Borgnine, Judy Geeson, Stephen Hudis, Will Geer, J.D. Cannon, Bruce Dern, Sam Jaffe, Carmen Matthews, John McGiver, Slim Pickens, G.D. Spradlin, Jay C. Flippen, Woodrow Parfrey, George Furth, Dub Taylor, Milton Selzer, Ted Gehring, Dennis Fimple, Robert Gooden. In order to win re-election a small town sheriff must find the man who murdered a minister. Mediocre TV Western re-titled Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

3688  Sam Whiskey  United Artists, 1969. 95 min. Color. D: Arnold Laven. SC: William N. Norton. With Burt Reynolds, Clint Walker, Angie Dickinson, Ossie Davis, Del Reeves, Rick Davis, William Schallert, Woodrow Parfrey, Anthony James, Bud Adler, Ayllene Gibbons, Amanda Harley, Tracey Roberts, Virgil Warner, William Boyett, Sidney Clute, Chubby Johnson, John Damler. A rogue comes under the spell of a beautiful widow who convinces him to take a million dollars in gold bars from a sunken riverboat and return it to the U.S. mint before the theft, which was perpetrated by her late husband, is discovered. Burt Reynolds fans may like this stale film but others beware.

3689  Samson and the Slave Queen  American International, 1964. 86 min. Color. D: Umberto Lenzi. SC: Guido Malatesta and Umberto Lenzi. With Pierre Brice, Alan Steel (Sergio Ciani), Massimo Serato, Moira Orfel, Maria Grazia Spina, Andrea Aureli, Antonio Corevi, Loris Gizzi, Rosy di Leo, Attilio Dottsio, Nello Pazzafini, Andrea Scotti (Andrew Scott), Amedeo Trilli, Nazzareno Zamperla, Gianni Gaghino, Ignazio Ballsamo, Gianni Baghino, Aldo Bufi Landi. Two women want to become the queen of Navarre after the death of their uncle and one of them enlists the aid of Zorro while the other seeks help from mighty man Samson. Sub-par swashbuckler issued in Europe in 1963 by Romana Film as Zorro Contra Maciste (Zorro Against Maciste) and included here because of the Zorro character.