3690  San Antone  Republic, 1953. 90 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Steve Fisher. With Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan, Forrest Tucker, Katy Jurado, Rodolfo Acosta, Roy Roberts, Bob Steele, Harry Carey, Jr., James Lilburn, Andrew Brennan, Richard Hale, Martin Garralaga, Argentina Brunetti, Douglas Kennedy, Paul Fierro, George Cleveland, Francis McDonald, Marshall Reed, James Craven, William Haade, Joseph Crehan, Chris-Pin Martin, Lee Shumway, Steve Darrell, Chuck Hayward, James Harrison, Charles Cane, Jack O’Shea, Carleton Young, William Haade, John Halloran, Pepe Hern, Charles Stevens, Peter Ortiz, Alex Montoya, Robert Keys, Ralph Clanton (narrator). During the Civil War a rancher agrees to lead a cattle drive through enemy country not knowing he his being used by his so-called friends. Sedate oater provides good entertainment.

3691  San Antone Ambush  Republic, 1949. 60 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft, Bette Daniels, James Cardwell, Trevor Bardette, Lane Bradford, Tommy Coats, Francis Ford, Tom London, Edmund Cobb, Carl Sepulveda. After the robbery of an Army pay wagon a cavalry officer is falsely accused of being the tip-off man for the job. Monte Hale fans will enjoy this fairly exciting outing.

3692  San Antonio  Warner Bros., 1945. 111 min. Color. D: David Butler. SC: Alan LeMay and W.R. Burnett. With Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall, Victor Francen, Florence Bates, John Litel, Paul Kelly, Robert Shayne, John Alvin, Monte Blue, Robert Barrat, Pedro de Cordoba, Tom Tyler, Chris-Pin Martin, Charles Stevens, Poodles Hannaford, Doodles Weaver, Dan White, Ray Spiker, William Gould, Harry Seymour, Norman Willis, Eddy Waller, James Flavin, Henry Hall, Al Hill, Harry Cording, Chalky Williams, Wallis Clark, Bill Steele, Allen E. Smith, Howard Hill, Arnold Dent, Francis Ford, Lane Chandler, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Mower, Joe Dominguez, Dan Seymour, Eva Puig, Eddie Acuff, Si Jenks, Brandon Hurst, Fred Kelsey, Francis Ford, Brad King, Don McGuire, John Compton, Jasper Palmer. Returning to Texas from Mexico in 1877, a cattleman brings proof a saloon owner is behind a gang of rustlers. Colorful Errol Flynn vehicle.

3693  The San Antonio Kid  Republic, 1944. 59 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming, Linda Stirling, Tom London, Earle Hodgins, Glenn Strange, Duncan Renaldo, LeRoy Mason, Jack Kirk, Robert Wilke, Jack O’Shea, Tex Terry, Bob Woodward, Herman Hack, Henry Wills, Tom Steele, Billy “Sailor” Vincent, Bud Geary, Cliff Parkinson, Joe Garcia, Roy Bucko, Lew Morphy, Herman Howlin. Crooks try to run ranchers off their spreads before news of an oil strike is announced but Red Ryder arrives to get to the bottom of the trouble. Average outing in the popular series.

3694  San Fernando Valley  Republic, 1944. 74 min. D: John English. SC: Dorrell McGowan and Stuart McGowan. With Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Jean Porter, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Ken Carson, Shug Fisher, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Andrew Tombes, Edward Gargan, Dot Farley, LeRoy Mason, Charles Smith, Pierce Lyden, Maxine Doyle, Helen Talbot, Pat Starling, Kay Forrester, Kenne Duncan, Ed Cassidy, Hank Bell, Marguerite Blount, The Morell Trio, Vernon and Draper. When outlaws plague the San Fernando Valley, Roy Rogers tries to stop them and helps a lady rancher who has fired all her male hands and replaced them with females. Top notch Roy Rogers film, the one where he gets his first screen kiss from Jean Porter.  

3695  San Francisco  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936. 115 min. D: W.S. Van Dyke. SC: Anita Loos. With Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Ted Healy, Margaret Irving, Jessie Ralph, Shirley Ross, Harold Huber, Al Shean, William Ricciardi, Kenneth Harlan, Roger Imhof, Frank Mayo, Tom Dugan, Charles Judels, Russell Simpson, Bert Roach, Warren Hymer, Edgar Kennedy, Adrienne d’Ambricourt, Nigel de Brulier, Mae Digges, Tudor Williams, Tandy McKenzie, Myas Beery, Tom Mahoney, Gertrude Astor, Jason Robards, Vernon Dent, Jack Baxley, Anthony Jowitt, Carl Stockdale, Richard Carle, Oscar Apfel, Frank Sheridan, Ralph Lewis, Chester Gan, Jack Kennedy, Cy Kendall, Don Rowan, Jim Farley, Belle Mitchell, Billy Newell, Irving Bacon, John “Skins” Miller, George Guhl, Edward Earle, Wilbur Mack. In 1905 San Francisco a Barbary Coast saloon owner and a priest both keep an eye on a beautiful singer. This big production feature still packs a punch but the plot is secondary to the grand special effects of the San Francisco earthquake.

3696  The San Francisco Story  Warner Bros., 1952. 80 min. D: Robert Parrish. SC: D.D. Beauchamp. With Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Blackmer, Richard Erdman, Florence Bates, Onslow Stevens, John Raven, O.Z. Whitehead, Ralph Dumke, Robert Foulk, Lane Chandler, Trevor Bardette, John Doucette, Peter Virgo, Tor Johnson, Ted Adams, Mickey Simpson, Frank Hagney, Fred Graham, Fred Graham, Ray Jones. The pretty mistress of a corrupt politician in 1856 San Francisco falls in love with a mine owner out to lock up her keeper. Fairly good action drama; Tor Johnson is the scariest bartender in the history of the genre.

3697  Sand  Paramount-Artcraft, 1920. 49 min. D-SC: Lambert Hillyer. With William S. Hart, Mary Thurman, G. Raymond Nye, Patricia Palmer, Bill Patton, Lon Poff, Hugh Jackson. A railroad station agent is at odds with a crooked stockholder over the woman they both love and after getting fired he tries to locate train robbers. Well done western railroad melodrama featuring William S. Hart’s beloved pinto, Fritz.

3698  Sand  20th Century–Fox, 1949. 77 min. Color. D: Louis King. SC: Martin Berkeley and Jerome Cady. With Mark Stevens, Coleen Gray, Rory Calhoun, Charley Grapewin, Bob Patten, Mikel Conrad, Tom London, Paul Hogan, Jack Gallagher, William Walker, Davison Clark, Ben Erway, Harry V. Cheshire, Iron Eyes Cody, Jay Silverheels, Joseph Cody. A show horse escapes during a fire and his trainer tries to find him before he becomes wild. Mediocre outing that may appeal to juvenile fans. Also called Will James’ Sand.

3699  Sandflow  Universal, 1937. 58 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Frances Guihan. With Buck Jones, Lita Chevret, Robert Kortman, Arthur Aylesworth, Robert Terry, Enrique De Rosas, Josef Swickard, Lee Phelps, Harold Hodge, Tom Chatterton, Arthur Van Slyke, Malcolm Graham, Ben Corbett. The two sons of a cattle rustler try to make good on losses to ranchers whose herds their father stole but one of them is falsely accused of killing a lawman. Somewhat meandering Buck Jones feature.

3700  Sandy Burke of the U-Bar-U  Betzwood Films, 1919. 55 min. D: Ira M. Morgan. SC: J. Allen Dunn. With Leslie Bennison, Virginia Lee, Alphonse Ethier, Herbert Horton Patlee, Echlin C. Gayer, Lucy Beaumont, Wilma Bayley, Nadia Gery. A cowboy fights a gang of rustlers who have abducted his boss’ pretty daughter. Silent feature, filmed in Pennsylvania, is worth a look.

3701  Sangaree  Paramount, 1953. 95 min. Color. D: Edward Ludwig. SC: David Doven. With Fernando Lamas, Arlene Dahl, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan, Charles Korvin, Tom Drake, John Sutton, Willard Parker, Charles Evans, Lester Mathews, Russell Gaige, William Walker, Felix Nelson, Voltaire Perkins. In 1781 frontier Georgia, a doctor, managing his late friend’s estate, uncovers piracy and battles the plague. Handsomely mounted, but often dull, costumer.

3702  Santa Fe  Columbia, 1951. 89 min. Color. D: Irving Pichel. SC: Kenneth Gamet. With Randolph Scott, Janis Carter, Jerome Courtland, Peter Thompson, John Archer, Warner Anderson, Roy Roberts, Billy House, Olin Howlin, Alice Roberts, Jack O’Mahoney (Jock Mahoney), Harry Cording, Sven Hugo Borg, Frank Ferguson, Irving Pichel, Harry Tyler, Chief Thundercloud, Paul E. Burns, Reed Howes, Charles Meredith, Paul Stanton, Richard Cramer, William Haade, Francis McDonald, Frank O’Connor, Harry Tenbrook, Jim Mason, Guy Wilkerson, Frank Hagney, William Tannen, James Kirkwood, Stanley Blystone, Edgar Dearing, Al Junde, Art Loeb, Blackie Whiteford, Bud Fine, Lane Chandler, Charles Evans, George Sherwood, Louis Mason, Roy Butler, Ralph Sanford, William McCormack, Chuck Hamilton. Following the Civil War several brothers head West with one going to work helping build the Santa Fe Railroad while the others become outlaws. Average action fare, with a great cast, for Randolph Scott fans.

3703  Santa Fe Bound  Reliable, 1936. 56 min. D: Henri Samuels (Harry S. Webb). SC: Carl Krusada. With Tom Tyler, Jeanne Martel, Richard Cramer, Charles King, Slim Whitaker, Ed Cassidy, Lafe McKee, Wally West, Earl Dwire, Dorothy Woods, Ray Henderson. Falsely accused of murdering an old man bushwhacked by bandits, a cowboy pretends to be a crook so he can infiltrate and capture the gang responsible for the crime. A trifle better than most of his Reliable outings, this was Tom Tyler’s final series film for that outfit.

3704  Santa Fe Marshal  Paramount, 1940. 68 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Harrison Jacobs. With William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Marjorie Rambeau, Bernadene Hayes, Earle Hodgins, Britt Wood, Kenneth Harlan, William Pagan, George Anderson, Jack Rockwell, Eddie Dean, Fred Graham, Matt Moore, Tex Phelps, Cliff Parkinson, Horace B. Carpenter, Frank Ellis, Bob McKenzie, George Morrell, Duke Green, Billy Jones. Hopalong Cassidy goes undercover as a doctor to expose an outlaw gang. Okay series entry but nothing special.

3705  Santa Fe Passage  Republic, 1955. 90 min. Color. D: William Witney. SC: Lillie Hayward. With John Payne, Rod Cameron, Faith Domergue, Slim Pickens, Anthony Caruso, Leo Gordon, Irene Tedrow, George Keymas, Tyler McVey, John Patrick, Hal Smith, Edward Colmans, Tom Monroe, Howard Negley, John Patrick, Earl Robie. A wagon train heading to Santa Fe is menaced by Kiowas and gun runners with the trail boss, despite his hatred of Indians, falling in love with a half-breed woman passenger. Standard, but action filled, Republic “A” effort.

3706  Santa Fe Rides  Reliable, 1937. 58 min. D: Raymond Samuels (Bernard B. Ray). SC: Pliny Goodfriend. With Bob Custer, Eleanor Stewart, Ed Cassidy, David Sharpe, Roger Williams, Slim Whitaker, Lafe McKee, Snub Pollard, The Singing Cowboys (Lloyd Perryman, Rudy Sooter, Curley Hoag), Nelson McDowell, John Elliott. A rival tries to stop a cowboy and his musical group from getting a radio contract, also framing a woman’s father and brother on a cattle theft charge. Bob Custer’s final film tries to interpolate the then popular fad of having music in Westerns but the overall result is dismal.

3707  Santa Fe Saddlemates  Republic, 1945. 56 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Bennett Cohen. With Sunset Carson, Linda Stirling, Olin Howlin, Roy Barcroft, Bud Geary, Kenne Duncan, George Chesebro, Robert Wilke, Henry Wills, Forbes Murray, Frank Jaquet, Josh (John) Carpenter, Rex Lease, Edmund Cobb, Nolan Leary, Fred Graham, George Magrill, Jack O’Shea, Carol Henry, Billy Vincent, Horace B. Carpenter, Bill Nestell, William McCall, Bob Reeves, Kansas Moehring, Rose Plummer, Bill Wolfe. The government sends an investigator to the U.S.-Mexican border to locate a diamond smuggling ring believed to be headquartered at an area ranch. Action from start to finish make this one of Sunset Carson’s best movies.

3708  Santa Fe Scouts  Republic, 1943. 55 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Morton Grant and Betty Burbridge. With Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Jimmie Dodd, Lois Collier, John James, Tom Chatterton, Elizabeth Valentine, Tom London, Budd Buster, Jack Ingram, Kermit Maynard, Rex Lease, Ed Cassidy, Yakima Canutt, Jack Kirk, Curley Dresden, Reed Howes, Edmund Cobb, Bud Geary, Carl Sepulveda, Kenne Duncan, Al Taylor. Three pals work for a rancher whose son has been framed on a murder charge and they try to obtain his freedom. The penultimate “Three Mesquiteers” film is more than passable entertainment.

3709  Santa Fe Stampede  Republic, 1938. 56 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Luci Ward and Betty Burbridge. With John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, William Farnum, June Martel, LeRoy Mason, Martin Spellman, Genee Hall, Walter Wills, Ferris Taylor, Tom London, Dick Rush, James T. Cassidy, George Chesebro, Charles King, Yakima Canutt, Bud Osborne, Richard Alexander, Griff Barnett, Nelson McDowell, Curley Dresden, George Morrell, Ralph Peters, Marin Sais, Charles Murphy, Robert Milasch, Chick Hannon, Blackjack Ward, Cliff Parkinson, Horace B. Carpenter, John Elliott, Jim Corey, Russ Powell, Frank O’Connor, George Sowards, Tex Driscoll, Murdock MacQuarrie, Duke R. Lee, Tex Phelps, Fred Parker, Bud McClure, Bill Wolfe. When crooks kill a miner whose successful claim was grubstaked by the Three Mesquiteers, Stony Brooke is accused of the crime and his pals Tucson and Lullaby try to clear him. Action packed entry in “The Three Mesquiteers” series with the stark murder of the miner and his little daughter in a buckboard well staged and heart rending.

3710  The Santa Fe Trail  Paramount, 1930. 80 min. D: Edwin Knopf and Otto Brower. SC: Sam Mintz and Edward E. Paramore, Jr. With Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno, Eugene Pallette, Mitzi Green, Junior Durkin, Hooper Atchley, Luis Alberni, Lee Shumway, Chief Yowlachie, Jack Byron, Blue Cloud, Chief Standing Bear. Three men lead a large sheep herd tended by Indians and arrange for them to graze on a Spaniard’s ranch but when his barn burns he blames the tribesmen. Early talkie of interest to Richard Arlen fans.

3711  Santa Fe Trail  Warner Bros., 1940. 110 min. D: Michael Curtiz. SC: Robert Buckner. With Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale, William Lundigan, Van Heflin, Gene Reynolds, Henry O’Neill, Guinn Williams, Alan Baxter, John Litel, Moroni Olsen, David Bruce, Hobart Cavanaugh, Charles D. Brown, Joseph Sawyer, Frank Wilcox, Ward Bond, Russell Simpson, Charles Middleton, Douglas Fowley, Erville Alderson, Spencer Charters, Suzanne Carnahan (Susan Peters), William Marshall, George Haywood, Wilfred Lucas, Russell Hicks, Napoleon Simpson, Roy Barcroft, Lane Chandler, Richard Kipling, Nestor Paiva, Trevor Bardette, Eddy Waller, Libby Taylor, Edmund Cobb, Creighton Hale, William Hopper, Addison Richards, the Rev. Neal Dodd, Harry Strang, Emmett Vogan, Selmer Jackson, Joseph Crehan, Clinton Rosemond, Theresa Harris, Lafe McKee, Grace Stafford, Bernice Pilot, Libby Taylor, Mildred Gover, Frank Mayo, Louis Jean Heydt, Jack Mower, Mira McKinney, Harry Cording, James Farley, Alan Bridge, John Meyer, Maris Wrixon, Lucia Carroll, Mildred Coles, Georgia Caine, Arthur Aylesworth, Walter Soderling, Henry Hall, Victor Kilian, Eddy Chandler, Ed Peil, Sr., Jess Lee Brooks. West Point graduates Jeb Stuart and George A. Custer are stationed in Kansas during the fight over the free soil question with both falling in love with the same woman and eventually becoming involved in the capture of abolitionist John Brown. Pseudo-historical drama makes for big scale entertainment; some video releases run 90 minutes.

3712  Santee  Crown International, 1973. 93 min. Color. D: Gary Nelson. SC: Tom Blackburn. With Glenn Ford, Dana Wynter, Michael Burns, Jay Silverheels, Harry Townes, John Larch, Robert Wilke, Robert Donner, Taylor Lacher, Lindsay Crosby, Chuck Courtney, X Brands, John Hart, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Robert Mellard, Ben Zeller, William Ford, John Bailey, Caruth C. Byrd. After his son is killed, a bounty hunter becomes the mentor of a young man whose outlaw father was shot by the gunman. Glenn Ford’s work is the highlight of this otherwise average feature.

Santo and the Border of Terror see Santo in the Frontier of Terror

3713  Santo in the Frontier of Terror  Producciones Geminis/Cinematografica R.A., 1979. 85 min. Color. D-SC: Rafael Perez Grovas. With Santo, Carmen del Valle, Jean Safont, Federico Falcon, Sarita Gomez, Gerardo Reyes, Carlos Suarez, Cesar Gomez, Enrique Estrada, Lilia Landua, Victor Manuel Mar, Miguel Angel Fuentes, Armando Garcia Vaca, Angelica Sierra, Guillermo Inclan, Oscar Ricci, Carnicero Aguilar, sangre Chicana, Jungla, Mocho Kotta, Karloff Lagarde, Bobby Lee, Ringo Mendoza. In an effort to find two missing men who crossed the border into Texas to make money to help a girl regain her sight, a masked wrestler ends up opposing a mad scientist and his zombies. Not one of wrestling great Santo’s better outings, released in Mexico as Santo en la Frontera del Terror (Santo on the Frontier of Terror) and on video as Santo and the Border of Terror.

3714  Santo vs. the Riders of Terror  Cinematographica Calderon, 1970. 85 min. Color D: Rene Cordona. SC: Rene Cordona and Jesus Valezquez Quintero. With Santo, Mary Montiel, Armando Silvestre, Julia Aldama, Gregorio Cassals, Ivonne Govea, Carlos Agosti, Carlos Suarez, Nathaniel “Frankenstein” Leon, Gloria Chavez, Ruben Marquez, Rene Barrera, Margarito Luna, Victor Blanco, Felix Gonzalez, Armando Acosta, Adolfo Aguilar, Regino Herrera, Jesus Gomez, Alfred Gutierrez. Crime fighting masked wrestler Santo helps a lawman combat a gang of lepers looting and terrorizing the countryside. Santo’s fans will like this Mexican horror Western but others beware; released in its homeland as Santo Contra los Jinetes del Terror (Santo Against the Terror Riders).

Sartana see If You Meet Sartana, Pray for Your Death

3715  Sartana Does Not Forgive  Balcazar/FIDA, 1968. 92 min. Color. D: Alfonso Balcazar. SC: Giovanni Simonelli. With Gilbert Roland, George Martin, Jack Elam, Tony Norton (Alfio Caltabiano), Hugo Blanco, Gerard Tichy, Diana Lorys, Donatella Turri, Rosalba Neri, Tomas Torres, Gustavo Re, Miguel del la Riva. Sartana, searching for the man who raped and murdered his fiancee, forms an uneasy alliance with an aging gunman. Exciting adventure in the “Sartana” series issued in Europe as Sonora.

Sartana in the Valley of Death see Sartana in the Valley of Vultures

3716  Sartana in the Valley of Vultures  Cire Films, 1970. 95 min. Color. D-SC: Roberto Mauri. With William Berger, Wayde Preston, Pamela Tudor, Jolanda Modio, Alan Collins (Luciano Pignozzi), Aldo Berti, Carlo Giordana, Franco De Rosa, Josiane Tanzilli, Franco Ressel, Betsy Bell, Federico Boldo, Bruno Ukmar, Claudio Aponte, Brune Are, Gaetano Imbro. A gunman helps three brothers get out of jail in return for the gold they stole only to be double crossed and left in the desert where he is rescued by a woman after the bounty offered on him. Well filmed “Sartana” segment made in Italy as Sartana nella Valle degli Avvoltoi (Sartana in the Valley of Vultures); also called Ballad of Death of Valley and Sartana in the Valley of Death.

3717  Sartana Kills Them All  Hispamex, 1971. 95 min. Color. D: Rafael Romero Marchent. SC: Joaquin Romero Marchent and Santiago Moncada. With John (Gianni) Garko, William Bogart (Guglielmo Spoletini), Maria Silva, Carlos Romero Marchent, Luis Induni, Raf Baldassare, Paco Sanz, Cris Huerta, Carlos (Charly) Bravo, Maria Martin, Andres Mejuto, Alvardo de Luna, Alejandro de Enciso, Lorenzo Robledo, Jesus Guzman, Cristina Iosani. Two outlaws slay everyone in their path as they seek $100,000 but meet their match in a widow who wants the money to buy a saloon. Mediocre outing in the “Sartana” series, originally released in Spain as Un Par des Asesinos (A Pair of Killers).

Sartana the Gravedigger see I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death

3718  Saskatchewan  Universal-International, 1954. 87 min. Color. D: Raoul Walsh. SC: Gil Doud. With Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters, Robert Douglas, J. Carrol Naish, Hugh O’Brian, Richard Long, Jay Silverheels, Antonio Moreno, Lowell Gilmore, George J. Lewis, Frank Chase, John Cason, Henry Wills, Robert D. Herron, Russell Saunders, Jonas Applegate, Rex Reason (narrator). A Canadian Mounted Policeman tries to prevent Sioux Indians from forcing a peaceful Cree tribe in joining them in a rebellion. The story is not much but the scenic locales and fine photography (by John Seitz) make up for it. British title: O’Rourke of the Royal Mounted.

3719  Sasquatch  North American Film Enterprises, 1976. 94 min. Color. D: Ed Ragozzini. SC: Edward H. Hawkins. With George Lauris, Jim Bradford, William Emmons, Steve Boergadine, Joe Morello, Ken Kenzle. Several men go into the wilds of British Columbia in search of the legendary Bigfoot creature. Average semi-documentary speculation feature. Alternate title: Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot.

Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot see Sasquatch

3720  Satan’s Cradle  United Artists, 1949. 60 min. D: Ford Beebe. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo, Ann Savage, Douglas Fowley, Byron Foulger, Buck Bailey, George DeNormand, Claire Carleton, Wes Hudman. In a frontier town the Cisco Kid and Pancho find themselves up against a crooked lawyer and his pretty saloon owner accomplice. More than adequate “Cisco Kid” program outing.

3721  Satan’s Harvest  Killarney Studios, 1970. 104 min. Color. D: George Montgomery. With George Montgomery, Tippi Hedren, Matt Munro, Davy Kaye, Brian O’Shaughnessy, Roland Robinson, Tromp Terreblanche, Melody O’Brian, Don Barrigo, George Peters, Simon Sabeia. An American detective goes to South Africa to take over a ranch he has inherited and finds it is being used as headquarters for drug smugglers. Colorful modern-day action drama filmed in South Africa and Rhodesia.

3722  The Savage  Paramount, 1952. 95 min. Color. D: George Marshall. SC: Sidney Boehm. With Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Joan Taylor, Peter Hansen, Don Porter, Ted De Corsia, Milburn Stone, Richard Rober, Howard Negley, Ian MacDonald, Angela Clarke, Orley Lindgren, Michael Tolan, Frank Richards, John Miljan, Henry Wills, Roger Creed, Kirk Alyn, Marion Gray, David Miller, John S. Peters, Jimmie Dundee, Jim Hayward, Willard W. Willingham, James Van Horn, Iron Eyes Cody, Frank Cordell, Chief American Horse, Ben Black Elk, Sr. A white man, raised by Indians, is torn between loyalties when war breaks out between the two peoples. Pretty engrossing tale with Charlton Heston handling the lead role in good fashion.

The Savage American see The Talisman

3723  The Savage Eye  NBC-TV/Universal, 1971. 74 min. Color. D: Leo Penn. SC: Leon Tokatyan. With Robert Stack, Jim Hutton, Peter Duel, Mariana Hill, Susan Saint James, Geoffrey Duel, John Randolph, Robert Foulk, Kelly Thordsen. An investigator for a large publishing company looks into reports that an ecology documentary film made by his employers has caused trouble among lumberjacks. Average drama originally telecast February 19, 1971, as a segment of “The Name of the Game” (NBC-TV, 1968–71).

3724  Savage Frontier  Republic, 1953. 54 min. D: Harry Keller. SC: Dwight Babcock and Gerald Geraghty. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Bob Steele, Dorothy Patrick, Roy Barcroft, Richard Avonde, William Phipps, Jimmy Hawkins, Lane Bradford, John Cason, Kenneth MacDonald, Bill Henry, John Hamilton, Art Dillard, Gerry Flash. A former convict, now a farmer, risks losing his parole when he tries to prove to a U.S. marshal that a prominent citizen is behind an outlaw gang. Solid entry near the end of Allan Lane’s “Famous Westerns” series highlighted by Bob Steele as the reformed gunman.

3725  Savage Gringo  Italian International Film/Castilla Cinematografica, 1965. 82 min. Color. D-SC: Antonio Roman. With Ken Clark, Yvonne Bastien, Piero Lulli, Renato Rossini, Alfonso Rojas, Antonio Gradoli, Angel Ortiz, Livio Lorenzon, Aldo Sambrell, Renato Terra, Paco Senz. A cowboy, who goes to work for a rancher hated by both his wife and a rival, is accused of killing the local sheriff. Star Ken Clark adds some life to this Italian oater issued there as Nebraska il Pistolero (Nebraska the Gunman); some sources claim Mario Bava co-directed.

3726  The Savage Guns  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1961. 83 min. Color. D: Michael Carreras. SC: Jimmy Sangster and Edmund Morris. With Richard Basehart, Don Taylor, Alex Nicol, Pacquita Rico, Maria Granada, Jose Nieto, Fernando Rey, Felix Fernandez, Francisco Camoiras, Antonio Fuentas, Sergio Mendizabal, Jose Manuel Martin, Pilar Caballero, Rafael Albaicin, Victor Israel. A Civil War veteran, tired of violence, rides into a Mexican village and teams with a former Confederate officer to combat an evil land grabber and his gang. Adequate action feature made by the British in Spain as Tierra Brutal (Brutal Land).

3727  Savage Guns  Demofilo Fidani, 1971. 85 min. Color. D: Miles Deem (Demofilio Fidani). SC: Miles Deem (Demofilo Fidani) and Mila Vitelli. With Robert Wood, Dean Stratford, Dennis Colt, Custer Gail, Simone Blondell, Gordon Mitchell, Peter Martell, Lincoln Tate, Marina Malfatti, Pietro Furnelli, Piera Bruni, Attilio Severini. After seeing a gunman kill his brother after a holdup, a wounded man plots vengeance. Somewhat appealing Spaghetti Western with more humor than most of its ilk; made in Italy by Glassia Cinematografica as Era Sam Walbash...lo Chiamavano “Cosi Sia” (It was Sam Walbash, They Called Him Thus) and also titled His Name Was Sam Walbash, but They Call Him Amen.

3728  The Savage Horde  Republic, 1950. 90 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Kenneth Gamet. With William Elliott, Adrian Booth, Grant Withers, Jim Davis, Barbara Fuller, Noah Beery, Jr., Douglas Dumbrille, Bob Steele, Will Wright, Roy Roberts, Earle Hodgins, Stuart Hamblen, Hal Taliaferro, Lloyd Ingraham, Marshall Reed, Crane Whitley, Charles Stevens, James Flavin, Ed Cassidy, Kermit Maynard, George Chesebro, Jack O’Shea, Monte Montague, Bud Osborne, Reed Howes, Chick Hannon, Bob Burns, Frank O’Connor, Foxy Callahan, Chuck Baldra. A reformed gunfighter sides with ranchers menaced by a land grabber while members of his former gang ride with the crook. William Elliott’s last big budget Western is a fine action drama with a great cast.

Savage Hunter see Mission to Glory: A True Story

3729  The Savage Innocents  Paramount, 1960. 110 min. Color. D-SC: Nicholas Ray. With Anthony Quinn, Yoko Tani, Peter O’Toole, Anna May Wong, Carlo Guistini, Marie Yang, Marco Guglielmi, Lee Montague, Andy Ho, Anthony Chin. Two Canadian Mounties are assigned to bring in an Eskimo who accidentally killed a missionary. Good photography highlights this mundane story.

Savage Journey see Brigham

Savage Justice see Bitter Springs

The Savage Land see This Savage Land

3730  Savage Pampas  Comet, 1967. 99 min. Color. D: Hugo Fregonese. SC: Hugo Fregonese and John Melson. With Robert Taylor, Ron Randell, Ty Hardin, Rosenda Monteros, Marc Lawrence, Felicia Roc (Fela Roque), Angel Del Pozo. Mario Lozano, Enrique Avila, Laura Granados, Milo Quesada, Charles Fawcett, Julia Pena, Jose Nieto, Lucia Prado, George Rigaud. In Argentina, an Arm captain tracks an outlaw gang made up of deserters and Indians. Pretty fair action drama filmed in South America; a remake of the 1946 Argentine feature Pampa Barbara (Barbarous Pampas), also helmed by Hugo Fregonese.

Savage Red—Outlaw White see 40 Graves for 40 Guns

Savage Run see Run, Simon, Run

3731  Savage Sam  Buena Vista, 1963. 103 min. Color. D: Norman Tokar. SC: Fred Gipson and William Tunberg. With Brian Keith, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Dewey Martin, Jeff York, Royal Dano, Marta Kristen, Rafael Campos, Slim Pickens, Rodolfo Acosta, Pat Hogan, Dean Fredericks, Brad Weston. Two boys, along with a neighbor girl, are kidnapped by Indians and it is up to the brothers’ dog to lead a rescue party to free them. Standard Walt Disney follow-up to Old Yeller (q.v.).

3732  The Savage Seven  American International, 1968. 96 min. Color. D: Richard Rush. SC: Michael Fisher. With Robert Walker, Larry Bishop, Adam Roarke, Joanna Frank, John Garwood, Max Julien, Richard Anders, Duane Eddy, Chuck Bail, Mel Berger, Billy Rush, John “Bud” Cardos, Susanna Darrow, Beach Dickerson, Gary Kent, Penny Marshall, Walt Robles. Indians ally themselves with a motorcycle gang to oppose the town boss who controls their lives. Violent combination of the modern Western and cycle genres by producer Dick Clark; the result is nothing special for fans of either type of film.

3733  The Savage Wild  American International, 1970. 103 min. Color. D-SC: Gordon Eastman. With Gordon Eastman, Carl Spore, Maria Eastman, Arlo Curtis, Jim Timiaough, Robert Wellington Kirk, John Payne, Charles Abou, Alex Dennis, Charley Davis, Wilber O’Brien. A documentary maker and his crew film the wildlife in Northern Canada, just below the Arctic Circle, and raise baby wolves. Well made and entertaining British docudrama.

3734  Savages  ABC-TV, 1974. 74 min. Color. D: Lee H. Katzin. SC: William Wood. With Andy Griffith, Sam Bottoms, Noah Beery, James Best, Randy Boone, Jim Antonio, Jim Chandler. A New York City attorney accidentally kills an old prospector while on a hunting trip and to cover up the crime he tries to murder a guide. The story has been told many times before with all kinds of variations but this TV movie is nonetheless enjoyable.

3735  Scalawag  Paramount, 1973. 93 min. Color. D: Kirk Douglas. SC: Albert Maltz and Sid Fleishman. With Kirk Douglas, Mark Lester, Neville Brand, George Eastman, Don Stroud, Lesley Ann Down, Danny DeVito, Mel Blanc, Phil Brown, Davor Antholic, Stole Aradjelovic, Fabijan Sovagovic, Shaft Douglas. In the 1840s a lovable peg-legged pirate leads his band of cutthroats on a treasure hunt in California. Less than average family film made in Yugoslavia, burdened by too many songs.

3736  The Scalphunters  United Artists, 1968. 102 min. Color. D: Sydney Pollack. SC: William Norton. With Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davis, Armando Silvestre, Dan Vadis, Dabney Coleman, Paul Picerni, Nick Cravat, John Epper, Jack Williams, Chuck Roberson, Tony Epper, Agapito Roldan, Gregorio Acosta, Marco Antonio, Raul Hernandez, Alejandro Lopez, Pedro Aguilar, Antonio Arzate, Cuco Velazquez. A trapper, whose furs are stolen by Indians, joins forces with a runaway slave to get them back. Fair action oater comedy with plenty of plot twists.

3737  Scaplock  ABC-TV/Columbia, 1966. 100 min. Color. D: James Goldstone. SC: Steven Kandel. With Dale Robertson, Diana Hyland, Lloyd Bochner, Gary Collins, David Sheiner, Steve Ihnat, Robert Random, Roger Torrey, Sandra Smith, James Westerfield, John Anderson, Todd Armstrong, Robert Cinder, Cliff Hall, Woodrow Parfrey, James Doohan, Herbert Voland, Eddie Firestone, Stephanie Hill, Harry Bausch, Paul Sorensen, Jerry Summers. A notorious gambler wins a railroad in a poker game and learns running a business is more than giving orders. One of the first movies made for network television and a mediocre pilot for “The Iron Horse” (ABC-TV, 1966–68) series.

3738  Scalps  21st Century, 1983. 82 min. Color. D-SC: Fred Olen Ray. With Kirk Alyn, Carroll Borland, Ann Robinson, Richard Hench, Barbara Magnuson, Frank MacDonald, Roger Maycock, Forrest J. Ackerman, Carol Flockart. A group of students on an archaeological dig in the desert are possessed by the spirit of an Indian sorcerer. Low budget but fairly interesting modern Western starring Kirk Alyn, the screen’s original Superman.

3739  Scandalous John  Buena Vista, 1971. 117 min. Color. D: Robert Butler. SC: Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi. With Brian Keith, Michele Carey, Alfonso Arau, Rick Lenz, Harry Morgan, Simon Oakland, Bill Williams, Christopher Dark, Fran Ryan, Bruce Glover, Richard Hale, James Lydon, John Ritter, Iris Adrian, Larry D. Mann, Jack Raine, Booth Colman, Edward Faulkner, Bill Zuckert, John Zaremba, Robert Padilla, Ben(ny) Baker, Alex Tinne, Paul Koslo, William O’Connor, Sam Edwards, Lenore Stevens, Jose Nieto, Margarita Mendoza, Joseph Gutierrez, Freddie Hernandez. An aging man living in a fantasy world goes up against a land baron trying to take over and flood his property. Overlong, minor league Disney Western.

3740  Scar Tissue  NBC-TV/Universal, 1974. 76 min. Color. D: Andrew V. McLaglen. SC: Mann Rubin. With Richard Boone, Kurt Russell, Dick Haymes, Chill Wills, Tom Drake, Rick Lenz, Harry Morgan, Dennis Rucker, William Campbell, Jason Evers, Hilarie Thompson, Albert Salmi, Terry Wilson, Charles Aidman, Jim Burk, Terry Leonard. A sheriff and his deputies hunt for a young man planning to kill the father who deserted him as an infant. Entertaining drama initially telecast as an episode of “Hec Ramsey” (NBC-TV, 1972–74).

3741  Scarlet Angel  Universal-International, 1952. 81 min. Color. D: Sidney Salkow. SC: Oscar Brodney. With Yvonne De Carlo, Rock Hudson, Richard Denning, Bodil Miller, Amanda Blake, Henry O’Neill, Henry Brandon, Maude Wallace, Dan Riss, Whitfield Connor, Tol Avery, Arthur Page, George Hamilton, Dale Van Sickel, Mickey Pfleger, Harry Harvey, George Spaulding, Thomas Browne Henry, Fred Graham, Fred Coby, Eddie Dew, Nolan Leary, Wilma Francis, Leo Curley, Dabbs Greer, Joe Forte, Coleman Francis, Charles Horvath, Bud Wolfe, Creighton Hale, Carl Saxe. After stealing money from a sea captain, a pretty girl befriends a woman and her baby and when the woman dies she cares for the child, assumes the mother’s name and becomes a member of San Francisco’s Hob Hill society. Fair remake of The Flame of New Orleans (q.v.).

3742  The Scarlet Brand  Big 4, 1932. 58 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Oliver Drake and Ethel Hill. With Bob Custer, Betty Mack, Robert Walker, Frank Ball, Duke R. Lee, Nelson McDowell, Blackie Whiteford, Frederick Ryter, William Nolte, Jack Long, Jim Corey, Bob Burns, Bud McClure, Rube Dalroy. Branded after being framed for cattle rustling, a cowboy vows revenge and gets a job on a ranch owned by the man he thinks is the culprit. Impassive Bob Custer strikes again in this tame affair.

3743  Scarlet Days  Paramount-Artcraft, 1919. 77 min. D: D.W. Griffith. SC: Stanner E.V. Taylor. With Richard Barthelmess, Carol Dempster, Clarine Seymour, Ralph Graves, Eugenie Besserer, George Fawcett, Walter Long, Kate Bruce, Rhea Haines, Adolph Lestina, Herbert Sutch, J. Wesley Warner. In 1849 California a Mexican bandit tries to help a young woman whose saloon gal mother is about to be hanged for killing a thief. Too many plot ploys hamper this D.W. Griffith Production; Richard Barthelmess is grand as Alvarez the bandit.

3744  The Scarlet Horseman  Universal, 1946. 13 Chapters. D: Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins. SC: Joseph O’Donnell, Tom Gibson and Patricia Harper. With Peter Cookson, Victoria Horne, Paul Guifoyle, Virginia Christine, Danny Morton, Fred Coby, Janet Shaw, Jack Ingram, Edward M. Howard, Harold Goodwin, Ralph Lewis, Edmund Cobb, Cy Kendall, Helen Bennett, Guy Wilkerson, Al Woods, Frank Lackteen, Jack Rockwell, Rex Lease, William Desmond, Marshal Reed, Hal Taliaferro, Mauritz Hugo, Ellen Corby, Ernie Adams, Pierce Lyden, Budd Buster, Dick Curtis, Lee Roberts, Frank McCarroll, Bob Duncan, Jack Kirk, Ralph Moody, Hank Patterson, Paul Birch. A government agent becomes “The Scarlet Horseman,” an ancient Indian idol, to prevent a tribal uprising and save female relatives of officials kidnapped and held prisoner by a chief. Slow moving chapter play.

3745  Scarlet River  RKO Radio, 1933. 57 min. D: Otto Brower. SC: Harold Shumate. With Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson, Roscoe Ates, Edgar Kennedy, Creighton (Lon, Jr.) Chaney, Hooper Atchley, Betty Furness, Billy Butts, Yakima Canutt, Jack Mower, Jim Mason, Perry Ivins, Paddy O’Flynn, Jack Raymond, Joel McCrea, Myrna Loy, Bruce Cabot, Julie Haydon, Rochelle Hudson. On location shooting a Western, a cowboy star tries to help a pretty ranch owner being swindled by her corrupt foreman. Fast paced and entertaining Tom Keene series entry, with a look at movie making (including guest stars) as well as the usual genre fare.

3746  Scorching Fury  Fraser Productions, 1952. 64 min. D: Rick Freers. SC: James Craig and Richard Devon. With Richard Devon, William Leslie, Peggy Nelson, Sherwood Price, Phyllis Coates, Rory Mallinson, Charles Morton, Arthur Dineen, Eddie McLean, Allen Windsor, Twyla Paxton. Outlaws ambush a stagecoach and leave the passengers stranded in the desert, one of them an lawman out to bring in the gang leader. Bedraggled, low grade obscure production; really bad.

3747  Scott Free  NBC-TV/Universal, 1976. 74 min. Color. D: William Wiard. SC: Stephen J. Cannell. With Michael Brandon, Stephan Nathan, Susan Saint James, Robert Loggia, Ken Swofford, Allan Rich, Paul Koslo, Cal Bellini, Michael Lerner. A gambler wins a few acres of land in a poker game but soon finds to his dismay it is sought by gangsters and Indians. Mundane pilot for a television series that did not sell.

3748  Scream  Cal-Com Releasing, 1985. 81 min. Color. D-SC: Byron Quisenberry. With Pepper Martin, Ethan Wayne, Alvy Moore, Woody Strode, Hank Worden, Gregg Palmer, Julie Marine, Bobby Diamond, Joseph Alvarado, Anna Bronson, Nancy St. Marie. A group of hikers arrive in a Western ghost town where they are stalked by an insane killer. Like watching paint, or in this case blood, dry; made in 1981 as The Outing.

3749  Scream of the Wolf  ABC-TV/Metromedia, 1974. 74 min. Color. D: Dan Curtis. SC: Richard Matheson. With Peter Graves, Clint Walker, Jo Ann Pflug, Philip Carey, Don Megowan, Brian Richards, Lee Paul, James Storm, Bonnie Van Dyke, Dean Smith, Orville Sherman, Grant Owens, William Baldwin. A noted hunter emerges from retirement to destroy a man killing beast and evidence mounts his quarry might be a werewolf. Fair horror TV Western with Clint Walker dominating as the hero’s friend turned foe.

3750  Sea of Grass  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947. 131 min. D: Elia Kazan. SC: Marguerite Roberts. With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Walker, Phyllis Thaxter, Edgar Buchanan, Harry Carey, Ruth Nelson, William “Bill” Phipps, Robert Armstrong, James Bell, Robert Barrat, Charles Trowbridge, Russell Hicks, Trevor Bardette, Morris Ankrum, Dan White, Glenn Strange, Douglas Fowley, Guy Wilkerson, Buddy Roosevelt, Earle Hodgins, Robert Bice, John Rice, Hank Worden, George Reed, Dorothy Vaughn, Vernon Dent, Erville Alderson, Leota Lorraine, Wyndham Standing, William Holmes, Henry Adams, Joseph Crehan, John Hamilton, John Vosper, Budd Fine, Chief Many Treaties, Nora Cecil, Fred Graham, Frank Hagney, Frank Austin, Ray Teal, Eddie Acuff, Davison Clark, Fred Gilman, Dick Rush, Charles Middleton, Carol Nugent, Jimmy Hawkins, Wheaton Chambers, George Magrill, Nolan Leary, Charles McAvoy, Eddy Waller, Forrest Taylor, Gene (Roth) Stutenroth, Joe Bernard, Frank Darien, William Challee, Stanley Andrews, Ralph Littlefield, Whit Bissell, Gertrude Chorre, Patty Smith, Jack Baxley, Dick Barron. A feud develops over grasslands between ranchers while a cattle baron learns his son was fathered by a long time rival. Ponderous Western, well made and acted, but dull.

3751  The Search  Wrather Corporation, 1956. 75 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy. SC: Thomas Seller, Robert E. Schaefer, Eric Friewald, Hilary Creston Rhodes and Robert Leslie Bellem. With Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Allen Pinson, Wayne Burson, Aline Towne, Richard Crane, Denver Pyle, Lane Bradford, John Crawford, Jeanne Bates, Terry Frost, Bill Henry, Keith Richards, Charles Wagenheim, House Peters, Jr., Tom Steele, Brad Morrow, Don Turner, David T. Armstrong, Baynes Barron, Steve Raines, James Baird, Mary Newton, Gregg Barton, Robert Burton, Ric Roman, Larry Jans. At Christmas time, the Lone Ranger and Tonto help a boy in protecting his dog, look for a lost father and try to find a stolen jewel encrusted cross. Nicely done holiday telefeature from the episodes “The Breaking Point,” “The Christmas Story” and “The Cross of Santo Domingo” of “The Lone Ranger” (ABC-TV, 1949–57) series

3752  The Searchers  Warner Bros., 1956. 119 min. Color. D: John Ford. SC: Frank S. Nugent. With John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood, John Qualen, Olive Carey, Henry Brandon, Ken Curtis, Harry Carey, Jr., Antonio Moreno, Hank Worden, Lana Wood, Walter Coy, Dorothy Jordan, Pippa Scott, Patrick Wayne, Beulah Archuletta, Jack Pennick, Peter Mamakos, Chuck Roberson, Nacho Galindo, Robert Lyden, Mae Marsh, Dan Borgaze, Cliff Lyons, Terry Wilson, Frank McGrath, Chuck Hayward, Fred Kennedy, Slim Hightower, Billy Cartledge, Dale Van Sickel, Henry Wills, Billy Yellow. A Civil War veteran and his niece’s fiance spend years searching for the woman’s little sister who was kidnapped by Indians. One of the all-time great classic Westerns; a must see feature film.

3753  Second Chance  ABC-TV/Metromedia, 1972. 74 min. Color. D: Peter Tewksbury. SC: Michael Morris. With Brian Keith, Elizabeth Ashley, Kenneth Mars, William Windom, Pat Carroll, Avery Schreiber, Rosey (Roosevelt) Grier, Juliet Prowse, Ann Morgan Builbert, Mark Savage, Ned Wertimer, Bret Parker, Emily Yancy. A stockbroker guys a Nevada ghost town and turns it into a resort for people who never had a chance in life. Passable modern-day TV feature.

3754  The Second Greatest Sex  Universal-International, 1955. 87 min. Color. D: George Marshall. SC: Charles Hoffman. With Jeanne Crain, George Nader, Kitty Kallen, Bert Lahr, Mamie Van Doren, Keith Andes, Kathleen Case, Paul Gilbert, Tommy Rall, Edna Skinner, Jimmy Boyd, Cynthia May Carver (Cousin Emmy), The Midwesterners, Ward Ellis, Mary Marlo, Sheb Wooley, George Wallace, Harry Harvey, Sharon Bell, Barrie Chase, Diana Darrin. When the men of two Kansas towns spend all their time fighting over which will become the county seat their wives revolt. Bizarre, jaw dropping Western musical comedy based on Aristophanes’ play Lysistrata.

3755  The Second Time Around  20th Century–Fox, 1961. 99 min. Color. D: Vincent Sherman. SC: Oscar Paul and Dan Hansen. With Debbie Reynolds, Steve Forrest, Andy Griffith, Thelma Ritter, Juliet Prowse, Ken Scott, Isobel Elsom, Rodolfo Acosta, Timothy Carey, Tom Greenway, Eleanor Audley, Blossom Rock, Tracy Stratford, Jimmy Garrett, Lisa Pons, Nicky Blair. A young widow and her children come to Arizona in 1912 and she is quickly romanced by two men, including a sheriff. Very pleasant Western comedy.

Secret Barriers see The Great Barrier

3756  Secret of Captain O’Hara  Lacy International/Cire Films, 1968. 99 min. Color. D-SC: Arturo Ruiz Castillo. With German Cobos, Marta Padovan, Vidal Molina, Frank Brana, Charo Tejeiro, Jose Canalejas, Tomas Blanco, Angel Ter, Rafael Hernandez, Jorge Vico, Emilio Sanchez, Rafael Albaicin. After being court-martialed and demoted, an Army captain leads a wagon train to the fort where the officer who gave false evidence against him is in charge and he falls in love with the man’s wife while the stockade is about to be attacked by marauding Indians. Complicated Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western with well staged Indian attacks. Original title: El Secreto del Captain O’Hara (The Secret of Captain O’Hara).

3757  The Secret of Convict Lake  20th Century–Fox, 1951. 83 min. D: Michael Gordon. SC: Oscar Paul and Victor Trivas. With Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore, Zachary Scott, Ann Dvorak, Barbara Bates, Cyril Cusack, Richard Hylton, Helen Westcott, Jeanette Nolan, Ruth Donnelly, Harry Carter, Jack Lambert, Mary Carroll, Houseley Stevenson, Charles Flynn, David Post, Max Wagner, Raymond Greenleaf, Ray Teal, Tom London. A group of escaped convicts arrive in a town populated by women with one of them after the man who sent him to jail while another is after hidden money and the accuser’s sister. Murky melodrama, well acted and fairly entertaining.

3758  Secret of Navajo Cave  Key International, 1976. 87 min. Color. D-SC: James T. Flocker. With Rex Allen (narrator), Holger Kasper, Steve Benally, Jr., Johnny Guerro. Two boys fight with a cougar while pursuing their stray goat. Pleasant outdoor film with a long prologue that somewhat detracts from its adventure aspects; also called Legend of Cougar Canyon.

3759  Secret of Outlaw Flats  Allied Artists, 1953. 54 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Bill Raynor. With Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Kristine Miller, Richard Avonde, John Crawford, Bobby Jordan, Tristram Coffin, Ed Clarke, William Haade, Jane Adams, Wade Crosby, Reed Howes, Riley Hill, Lennie Geer. U.S. marshals Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles P. Jones get on the trail of hooded outlaws stealing from ranchers at the behest of a corrupt cattle buyer and oppose a silver smelter who uses a gunman to rob his shipments. Okay theatrical feature made up of the “Outlaw Flats” and “Silver Stage Holdup” episodes of “The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok” (1951–58) TV series.

3760  The Secret of the Pueblo  William Steiner, 1923. 55 min. D: Neal Hart. SC: Alvin J. Neitz (Alan James). With Neal Hart, Hazel Deane, Tom Grimes, Monte Montague, John Blake. After a crooked lawyer and a mining engineer connive to obtain a ranch because it houses a lost mine and a water source, the owner’s daughter is kidnapped by the Indian guardians of the treasures and taken to their secret altar room, but a cowboy comes to her rescue. Typical low budget silent oater of the 1920s; one of the few available Neal Hart vehicles which he made for his production company.

3761  Secret of the Wastelands  Paramount, 1941. 66 min. D: Derwin Abrahams. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Brad King, Barbara Britton, Douglas Fowley, Keith Richards, Soo Young, Gordon Hart, Hal Price, Earl Gunn, Ian MacDonald, Richard Loo, Jack Rockwell, John Rawlins, Lee Tung Foo, Roland Got, Bill Nestell, Charles Murphy. A group of Chinese try to stop an expedition to a lost ruins where they have a hidden city as Hopalong Cassidy, the caravan’s leader, attempts to rescue a young woman who has been kidnapped. Lost Horizon (Columbia, 1937) out West with an interesting story and nice scenery that make for a better than average series entry; based on the novel by Bliss Lomax (Harry Sinclair Drago).

3762  Secret of Treasure Mountain  Columbia, 1956. 68 min. D: Seymour Friedman. SC: David Lang. With Valerie French, Raymond Burr, William Prince, Lance Fuller, Susan Cummings, Pat Hogan, Reginald Sheffield, Rodolfo Hoyos, Paul McGuire, Tom Hubbard, Boyd Stockman. Several men search for Indian treasure in the desert and find an old prospector and his daughter living next to the guardian of the riches. Producer Wallace MacDonald made a fairly interesting film although its low budget is evident; a reworking of Lust for Gold (q.v.), also with William Prince.

3763  Secret Patrol  Columbia, 1936. 60 min. D: David Selman. SC: J.P. McGowan and Robert Watson. With Charles Starrett, Finis Barton, J.P. McGowan, Henry Mollinson, LeStrange Millman, James McGrath, Arthur Kerr, Reginald Hincks, Ted Mapes. A Mounted Policeman works undercover as a woodsman to find the killer of a comrade as well as the wrecker trying to sabotage a lumber mill. Colorful, entertaining Charles Starrett film.

Secret Rancher see The Dude Cowboy (1926)

3764  Secret Valley  20th Century–Fox, 1936. 60 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Earle Snell, Dan Jarrett and Paul Franklin. With Richard Arlen, Virginia Grey, Jack Mulhall, Syd Saylor, Russell Hicks, Tom London, Norman Willis, Maude Allen, Willie Fung, Charles Delaney, Al Hill. A western farmer decides to raise horses and soon finds them coveted by an outlaw gang. Standard program feature from the Harold Bell Wright story.

3765  El Secreto de Pancho Villa (The Secret of Pancho Villa)  Filmadora Mexicana, 1957. 93 min. D: Rafael Baledon. SC: Ramon Obon. With La Sombra Vengadora (Fernando Oses), Alicia Caro, Rodolfo Landa, Pascual Garcia Pena, Victor Alcocer, Carlos Munquiz, Guillermo Hernandez “Lobo Negro,” Rafael Banquells, Robert G. Rivera, Felipe Montoya, Gabriel Sanchez Tapia, Guillermo Bravo Sosa, Carlos Suarez, Georgina Barragan, Vicente Lara “Cacama,” Guillermo Cramer, Roger Lopez, Indio Cacama. A masked wrestler leads the search for the lost treasure of Pancho Villa. Passable Mexican horror Western.

3766  Secrets  United Artists, 1933. 90 min. D: Frank Borgaze. SC: Frances Marion. With Mary Pickford, Leslie Howard, C. Aubrey Smith, Blanche Frederici, Doris Lloyd, Herbert Evans, Ned Sparks, Allan Sears, Mona Maris, Huntley Gordon, Ethel Clayton, Bessie Barriscale, Theodore Von Eltz, Virginia Grey, Lyman Williams, Ellen Johnson, Randolph Connelly, King Baggott, Florence Lawrence, Francis Ford, Paul Panzer, Jerry Stewart. A couple elope, take a wagon train West and settle down to cattle ranching with the husband rising in politics until news of a love affair ruins his career. Heavy, but well made, melodrama; best remembered as Mary Pickford’s screen swan song.

3767  The Seekers  Rank/Universal, 1966. 75 min. Color. D: Ken Annakin. SC: William Fairchild. With Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Noel Purcell, Laya Raki, Inia Te Wiata, Patrick Warbrick, Kenneth Williams, Tony Estrich, Edward Baker. An Englishman, falsely convicted of smuggling, and his school teacher wife are sent to New Zealand in the 1820s and endure the hardships of pioneer life. Good British made drama released in the U.S. as Island of Fury.

3768  Seminole  Universal-International, 1953. 86 min. Color. D: Budd Boetticher. SC: Charles K. Peck, Jr. With Rock Hudson, Barbara Hale, Anthony Quinn, Richard Carlson, Hugh O’Brian, Russell Johnson, Lee Marvin, Ralph Moody, James Best, Dan Poore, Frank Chase, Earl Spainard, Scott Lee, Fay Roope, Don Gibson, John Day, Howard Erskine, Duane Thorsen, Walter Reed, Robert Karns, Robert Dane, John Phillips, Soledad Jiminez, Don Garrett, Robert Bray, Alex Sharp, William Janssen, Jack Finlay, Jody Hutchinson. In Florida, Seminole Indians refuse to sign a treaty with whites, preferring to live their own lives, and a West Point graduate returns to find his girlfriend engaged to a member of the tribe. Fairly interesting affair bolstered by a fine cast.

3769  Seminole Uprising  Columbia, 1955. 74 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy. SC: Robert E. Kent. With George Montgomery, Karin Booth, William Fawcett, Steven Ritch, Ed Hinton, John Pickard, Jim Maloney, Rory Mallinson, Howard Wright, Russ Conklin, Richard Cutting, Paul McGuire, Kenneth MacDonald, Jonni Paris, Joanne Rio, Fritz Ford, Paul McGuire, Ed Coch, Charles Schaeffer. An Army man raised by Indians is torn between orders to bring in the tribe’s chief and the safety of his girl who the braves have kidnapped. Sam Katzman produced this one and the threadbare budget shows.

3770  Senor Americano  Universal, 1929. 71 min. D: Harry Joe Brown. SC: Bennett Cohen and Lesley Mason. With Ken Maynard, Kathryn Crawford, Gino Corrado, J.P. McGowan, Frank Yaconelli, Frank Beal. The government sends an Army lieutenant to California to investigate land grabbers and there he wins a golden bridle in a riding contest and learns of plans to steal a man’s land. Action filled Ken Maynard part-talkie.

3771  Senor Jim  Beaumont, 1936. 61 min. D: Jacques Jaccard. SC: Celia Jaccard. With Conway Tearle, Barbara Bedford, Alberta Dugan, Fred Malatesta, Betty Mack, Richard (Dirk) Thane, Evelyn Hagara, Bob McKenzie, Harrison Greene, Ashton and Co’ena, Tove Linden, Lloyd Brooks, Budd Buster, Jack Evans. A Louisiana rancher acts as the lawyer for a woman who is about to lose her child due persecution by his wife, the little girl’s real mother, who abandoned her before she married him. A contrived plot and poor production values hurt this Conway Tearle vehicle, but, as usual, he is good in the title role.

3772  Senorita from the West  Universal, 1945. 63 min. D: Frank L. Strayer. SC: Howard Dinsdale. With Allan Jones, Bonita Granville, Jess Barker, George Cleveland, Fuzzy Knight, Spade Cooley and Orchestra, Oscar O’Shea, Benny McEvoy, Olin Howlin, Danny Mummert, Bob Merrill, Emmett Vogan, Billy Nelson, Jack Clifford, Gwen Donovan, Ralph Dunn, Ann Lawrence, Richard Alexander, Al Ferguson, Frank Hagney, Lane Chandler, Cyril Ring. A pretty girl from the West, wanting to become a singer, runs away from home and meets the “ghost voice” for a famous radio star. Typically amusing and glossy Universal mid–1940s product.

3773  September Gun  CBS-TV, 1983. 100 min. Color. D: Don Taylor. SC: William Norton. With Robert Preston, Patty Duke Astin, Christopher Lloyd, Geoffrey Lewis, Sally Kellerman, David Knell, Jacques Aubuchon, Jonathan Gries, Clayton Landey, Pat Anderson. An aging gunfighter reluctantly becomes the protector of a nun and her orphaned Apache charges in a wild Colorado town. Engaging TV movie vehicle for Robert Preston as the good hearted gunman.

3774  Sequoia  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935. 73 min. D: Chester M. Franklin. SC: Anna Cunningham, Sam Armstrong and Carey Wilson. With Jean Parker, Russell Hardie, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Hurst, Ben Hall, Willie Fung, Harry Lowe, Jr., Malibu (deer), Gato (puma). In the High Sierras a young girl who loves animals protects a puma cub and a fawn from hunters. Pretty fair outdoor drama.

3775  Seraphim Falls  Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2006. 115 min. Color. D: David Von Ancken. SC: David Von Ancken and Abby Everett Jaques. With Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Wincott, Xander Berkeley, Ed Lauter, Tom Noonan, Kevin J. O’Connor, John Robinson, Anjelica Huston, Angie Harmon, Robert Baker, Wes Studie, Jimmy Simpson, James Jordan, Nate Mooney, Justin Tate, Shannon Zeller, Lewie Wickham, Boots Southerland, Adam Houlton, Darren Gibson, Hugh Elliot. A colonel and his four hirelings track a man through the Nevada desert as they plan to carry out a vendetta. Passable, methodic box office bust.

3776  Sergeant Rutledge  Warner Bros., 1960. 111 min. Color. D: John Ford. SC: Willis Goldbeck and James Warner Bellah. With Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Woody Strode, Billie Burke, Juano Hernandez, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, Judson Pratt, Bill Henry, Walter Reed, Chuck Hayward, Mae Marsh, Fred Libby, Toby Richards, Jan Styne, Cliff Lyons, Charles Seel, Jack Pennick, Hank Worden, Chuck Roberson, Eva Novak, Estelle Winwood, Shug Fisher, Rafer Johnson, Jack Lewis, Mike Lally, Sam Harris, Jack Mower, Ed Shaw, Toby Michaels. When a black cavalry officer is falsely accused of rape and murder, a lieutenant defends him at his court martial. Tense and well acted melodrama from director John Ford.

3777  Sergeants 3  United Artists, 1962. 112 min. Color. D: John Sturges. SC: W.R. Burnett. With Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, Henry Silva, Ruta Lee, Buddy Lester, Philip Crosby, Dennis Crosby, Lindsay Crosby, Hank Henry, Richard Simmons, Michael Pate, Richard Hale, Mickey Finn, Sonny King, Eddie Little Sky, Rodd Redwing, Madge Blake, Dorothy Abbott, Walter Merrill. A former slave is rescued from Indians by a trio of Army sergeants and they become heroes when the tribe plans to murder incoming settlers. Comedy re-working of Gunga Din (RKO Radio, 1939); not much.

3778  Seven Alone  Doty-Dayton, 1974. 97 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy. SC: Eleanor Lamb and Douglas C. Stewart. With Dewey Martin, Aldo Ray, Stewart Petersen, Anne Collings, James Griffith, Dehl Berti, Bea Morris, Dean Smith. On the way to Oregon in 1843, seven children are orphaned when their parents are killed and the oldest, a 13 year old boy, leads them on 2,000 mile trek from Missouri to their destination. Well staged and acted family Western; quite entertaining.

3779  Seven Angry Men  Allied Artists, 1958. 90 min. D: Charles Marquis Warren. SC: Daniel B. Ullman. With Raymond Massey, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Larry Pennell, Leo Gordon, John Smith, James Best, Dennis Weaver, Guy Williams, Tom Irish, James Anderson, James Edwards, John Pickard, Smoki Whitfield, Jack Lomas, Robert Simon, Dabbs Greer, Ann Tyrell, Robert Osterloh, Kenneth MacDonald, Jack Perrin, Lane Bradford, I. Stanford Jolley, Don C. Harvey. Abolitionist John Brown and his sons fight to free the slaves and become hunted fugitives after massacring slave holders. Fine drama with Raymond Massey giving an excellent performance as John Brown, the role he also portrayed in Santa Fe Trail (q.v.).

Seven Bad Men see Rage at Dawn

3780  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954. 103 min. Color. D: Stanley Donan. SC: Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley. With Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Rall, Marc Platt, Julie (Newmar) Newmeyer, Nancy Kilgas, Betty Carr, Virginia Gibson, Matt Mattox, Jacques d’Amboise, Ruta Kilmonis, Norma Doggett, Ian Wolfe, Howard Petrie, Earl Burton, Dante Diapolo, Kelly Brown, Matt Moore, Dick Rich, Marjorie Wood, Russell Simpson, Anna Q. Nilsson, Larry Blake, Phil Rich, Lois Hall, Russ Anders, Terry Wilson, George Robotham, Walter Beaver, Jarma Lewis, Sheila James, I. Stanford Jolley, Tim Graham. After an Oregon farmer brings home a pretty bride, his six brothers go out and kidnap girls for themselves. Delightful M-G-M Western musical with good songs by Johnny Mercer and Gene de Paul.

Howard Keel and Jane Powell in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954).

3781  Seven Cities of Gold  20th Century–Fox, 1955. 103 min. Color. D: Robert D. Webb. SC: Richard L. Breen and John C. Higgins. With Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn, Michael Rennie, Jeffrey Hunter, Rita Moreno, Eduardo Noriega, Leslie Bradley, John Doucette, Kathleen Crowley, Victor Junco, Julio Villareal, Yerye Beirute, Jack Mower. In the 18th century, a Spanish expedition tries to find the legendary seven cities of gold in the Southwest. Average adventure yarn highlighted by Michael Rennie’s performance as Father Junipero Serra.

3782  Seven Dollars on the Red  Gloria Film/Brepi Film, 1966. 95 min. Color. D: Albert Cardiff (Alberto Cardone). SC: Juan Cobos and Mel Collins (Melchiade Coletti). With Anthony Steffen, Elisa Montes, Fernando Sancho, Jerry Wilson (Roberto Miali), Loredana Nusciak, Carroll Brown (Bruno Carotento), Jose Manuel Martin, Spean Convery (Spartaco Conversi), Fred Warrel (Alberto Varelli), Gianni Manera, Frank Farrell (Franco Fantasia), Annie Giss, Franco Gula, Renato Terra, Ninco Musco, Miriam Salonicchio, David Mancori, Fortunato Arena. Years pass as a gunman searches for his son abducted by the outlaw gang who massacred other family members. Well made and entertaining Spaghetti Western released in Italy as Sette Dollari sui Rosso (Seven Dollars on the Red).

3783  The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964. 100 min. Color. D: George Pal. SC: Charles Beaumont. With Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O’Connell, John Ericson, Kevin Tate, Argentina Brunetti, Noah Beery, Royal Dano, John Doucette, Frank Cady, Lee Patrick, John Qualen, Douglas Fowley, Minerva Urecal, Eddie Little Sky, Peggy Rae, Dal McKennon, Chubby Johnson. The crooked citizens in a Western town are brought to their senses by the acts in a small touring circus. Tony Randall has a field day playing the various characters in this excellent fantasy based on Charles G. Finney’s sadly neglected novel The Circus of Dr. Lao.

3784  Seven from Texas  Centauro/PEA, 1964. 93 min. Color. D-SC: Joaquin L. Romero Marchent. With Paul Piaget, Robert Hundar (Claudio Undari), Gloria Milland, Fernando Sancho, Jesus Puente, Raf Baldasssare, Panco Sanz, Joe Kamel, Gregory Wu. A bride sways between her husband and feelings for a former lover, a gunman who is part of an escort taking them to a settlement through Indian country. More dramatic than violent European oater, originally titled Camino del Sur (Road to the South) and also called Seven Guns from Texas.

3785  Seven Guns for the MacGregors  Columbia, 1968. 97 min. Color. D: Frank Garfield (Franco Giraldi). SC: Enzo Dell’Aquila, Fernando Di Leo, David Moreno and Duccio Tessari. With Robert Wood, Fernando Sancho, Manolo (Manuel) Zarzo, Nick Anderson, Paul Carter, Nazzareno Zamperla, Paolo Magalotti, Perla Cristal, Jorge Rigaud, Alberto Dell’Acqua (Robert Widmark), Julio Perez Tabernero, Saturno Cerra, Albert Waterman, Agata Flori, Leo Anchoriz, Harold Cotton, Anne-Marie Noe, Margaret Horowitz, Raphael Bardem, Antonio Molino Rojo, Cris Huerta, Max Dean (Massimo Righi). The seven sons of two Scot pioneers are arrested after a cattle drive by a crooked sheriff in cahoots with a bandit and after escaping they plot revenge. There is nothing special about this Italian-Spanish co-production other than it has more humor and less violence than most of its ilk; followed by the unrelated Up the MacGregors (q.v.) and issued in Italy in 1965 as Sette Pistole per I Macgregor (Seven Pistols for the MacGregors).

3786  Seven Guns for Timothy  Filmax, 1966. 100 min. Color. D: Rod Gilbert (Romolo Guerrieri). Jose Antonio de la Loma and Giovanni Simonelli. With Sean Flynn, Fernando Sancho, Evelyn Stewart (Ida Galli), Daniel Martin, Frank Oliveras, Poldo Bendandi, Spartaco Conversi, Tito Garcia, Anita Todesco, Ivan Basta, Antonio Almoros, Silvana Bacci, William Conroy, Osvaldo Genazzani, Maruska Rosetti. After being trained to take care of himself, a man joins his six mentors in forming a gang opposed to the bandit who is after a gold mine. Average Italian-Spanish film originally called Sette Magnifiche Pistole (Seven Magnificent Guns).

Seven Guns from Texas see Seven from Texas

3787  Seven Guns to Mesa  Allied Artists, 1958. 69 min. D: Edward Dein. SC: Myles Wilder, Edward Dein and Mildred Dein. With Charles Quinlivan, Lola Albright, James Griffith, Jay Adler, John Cliff, Burt Nelson, John Merrick, Charles Keane, Jack Carr, Don Sullivan, Rush Williams, Neil Grant, Reed (Howes) Hawes, Mauritz Hugo, Harvey Russell, Gerald Frank. Stagecoach passengers are taken prisoners by outlaws planning to rob a gold shipment. Dull oater.

Seven Magnificent Guns see Seven Guns for Timothy

3788  7 Men from Now  Warner Bros., 1956. 78 min. Color. D: Budd Boetticher. SC: Burt Kennedy. With Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin, Walter Reed, John Larch, Donald Barry, Fred Graham, John Berardino, John Phillips, Chuck Roberson, Steve Mitchell, Pamela Duncan, Stuart Whitman, Fred Sherman, Cliff Lyons. An ex-lawman hunts for the gunmen who murdered his wife during a robbery. Entertaining, and well written, action drama, sure to please Randolph Scott fans.

7 Mummies see Seven Mummies

3789  Seven Mummies  American World Pictures, 2006. 90 min. Color. D: Nick Quested. SC: Thadd Turner. With Matt Schulze, Cerina Vincent, Billy Wirth, Billy Drago, Martin Kove, Andrew Bryniarski, Danny Trejo, James Intveld, Noel Gugliemi, Max Perlich, Victor “Nore” Santiago, Adrianne Palicki, Thadd Turner, Michela Fruest, David Katner, Vic Roych, Lance Elchlepp. After finding a gold medallion in the desert, sex escaped convicts and their female guard prisoner are directed by an old Indian to a ghost town supposedly possessing treasure but really inhabited by the undead. Slack horror Western with a convoluted plot; also titled 7 Mummies.

3790  The Seven Sixgunners  Western Movies, 1987. 91 min. Color. D: George Potter. SC: Mike Rom. With Christopher Lucas Rhodes, Jay Gammon, Catherine Lynn Lane, Corrine Morrison, Larry Brooks, Paul Fogle, Oscar Stevens, Jr., Ken Gardiner, David McCauley, Maria Elena Acuna, Mike Rom, Mike Robertson, Beto Stevens, Lora Joann Soto, Carmen Gastelum, Christianne Stevens, Rick Harker, Dan Herrigan, David Herren, Roy Leyvar, John Morgia. A gunman is hired by a woman to protect her lover who fears his former partners are after a cache of gold he is seeking. Tacky, amateurish direct to video pseudo-historical Western made in Arizona; also called Nelson Nye’s Seven Sixgunners.

3791  Seven Ways from Sundown  Universal-International, 1960. 86 min. Color. D: Harry Keller. SC: Clair Huffaker. With Audie Murphy, Barry Sullivan, Venetia Stevenson, John McIntire, Kenneth Tobey, Mary Field, Teddy Rooney, Suzanne Lloyd, Ken Lynch, Wade Ramsey, Don Collier, Jack Kruschen, Claudia Barrett, Don Haggerty, Robert Burton, Fred Graham, Dale Van Sickel. A Texas Ranger becomes fast friends with a murderous outlaw but eventually realizes he will have to hunt him down. Pretty fair oater with Audie Murphy and Barry Sullivan good in the leads.

3792  7th Cavalry  Columbia, 1956. 75 min. Color. D: Joseph H. Lewis. SC: Peter Packer. With Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen, Jeanette Nolan, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon, Denver Pyle, Harry Carey, Jr., Michael Pate, Donald Curtis, Frank Wilcox, Pat Hogan, Russell Hicks, Peter Ortiz, William Leslie, Jack Parker, Al Wyatt. An officer returns from a furlough to find his regiment, Custer’s 7th Cavalry, has been wiped out at the Little Big Horn and he tries to determine the cause of the massacre. Very fine feature with Randolph Scott excellent in the lead.

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The Shadow Gang see The Star Packer

3793  The Shadow of Chikara  Howco International, 1977. 114 min. Color. D-SC: Earl E. Smith. With Joe Don Baker, Sondra Locke, Slim Pickens, Ted Neeley, Dennis Fimple, John Chandler, Joy Houck, Jr., Linda Dano, Grady Wyatt, Robert Ginnaven, Bud Davis, Roger Manning, Cory Kelly, Don Kellams, William Kerwin, Linda Davis, Steve Wobecky, Tom Grozis, Jody Ratliff, Fred Judkins. After being joined by a mysterious young woman, the survivors of the final battle of the Civil War attempt to find a hidden treasure not knowing it is protected by demon hawks. Fair horror Western, originally titled Wishbone Cutter and also called Curse of the Demon Mountain.

3794  Shadow of Terror  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1945. 64 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Arthur St. Clair. With Richard Fraser, Grace Gillern, Cy Kendall, Emmett Lynn, Kenneth MacDonald, Eddie Acuff, Sam Flint, Emmett Vogan, John Harmon. A female rancher and her foreman save a man who has amnesia after being thrown off a train not knowing he is a scientist who carries with him the secret of the A-bomb. Cheap but exciting topical program feature with atomic explosion footage tacked on to the finale.

3795  Shadow of the Hawk  Columbia, 1976. 92 min. Color. D: George McGowan. SC: Norman Thaddeus Vane and Herbert J. Wright. With Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George, Pia Shandel, Marianne Jones, Jacques Hubert, Cindi Griffith, Anna Hagan, Murray Lowry, Terry York. The grandson of an Indian chief and a newspaperwoman go to the man’s reservation where his grandfather wants him to use tribal rituals to combat evil forces in the form of a 200-year-old sorceress. Rather unpleasant horror Western filmed in the backwoods of Vancouver, British Columbia.

3796  Shadow of Zorro  Centauro Film, 1962. 87 min. Color. D: Joaquin L. Romero Marchant. SC: Joaquin L. Romero Marchant, Jose Mallorqui Figueroa, Rafael Romero Marchent and Jesus Franco Manera (Jess Franco). With Frank Latimore, Marie Gale (Maria Luz Galicia), Paul Piaget, Robert Hundar (Claudio Undari), Ralph (Raf) Baladassare, Howard Vernon, Gianni Santuccio, Marco Feliciani, Maria Silva, Marco Tulli, Xan das Bolas, Piero Lulli, Diana Lorys, Miguel Merino, Jose Marco Davo, Jesus Tordesillas, Jose Marco. A revolutionary tries to capture Zorro by committing acts of violence and blaming them on the masked avenger. Pretty good adventure issued in Spain as La Sombra de Zorro (The Shadow of Zorro) and La Venganza del Zorro (The Vengeance of Zorro), in France as L’Ombra di Zorro (The Shadow of Zorro) and in the U.S. as Zorro the Avenger.

3797  Shadow Ranch  Columbia, 1930. 55 min. D: Louis King. SC: Frank Clark. With Buck Jones, Marguerite De La Motte, Kate Price, Al Smith, Frank Rice, Slim Whitaker, Ben Wilson, Bob McKenzie, Lafe McKee, Fred Burns, Ben Corbett, Frank Ellis, Hank Bell. When a saloon owner murders a foreman in an attempt to get a woman’s ranch to control a valley’s water supply, the victim’s pal seeks revenge. Slow moving and poorly recorded early Buck Jones talkie with some nice locations and the songs “When It’s Roundup Time in Texas” and “Ragtime Cowboy Joe.”

3798  The Shadow Riders  CBS-TV, 1982. 100 min. Color. D: Andrew V. McLaglen. SC: Jim Byrnes. With Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Ben Johnson, Geoffrey Lewis, Gene Evans, Jeff Osterhage, Jane Greer, R.G. Armstrong, Harry Carey, Jr., Scanlon Gail, Marshall Teague, Ben Fuhrman, Natalie May, Jeanetta Arnett, Owen Orr, Kristina David, Joe Capone, Robert B. Craig. Two brothers who fought on opposite sides in the Civil War unite to oppose renegade soldiers in Texas. Very well done television feature from the work by Louis L’Amour.

3799  Shadow Valley  Eagle-Lion, 1947. 58 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Arthur Sherman. With Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Jennifer Holt, Andy Parker and The Plainsmen, George Chesebro, Eddie Parker, Lee Morgan, Lane Bradford, Carl Mathews, Budd Buster, Forrest Taylor. A cowboy tries to help a woman whose ranch is coveted by a train robber masquerading as a lawyer. Fair Eddie Dean musical opus.

3800  Shadowheart  Koan, 2009. 110 min. Color. D: Dean Alioto. SC: Dean Alioto, Peter Vanderwall and Brad Goodman. With Angus Macfadyen, Justin Ament, Marnie Alton, Tonantzin Carmelo, Michael Spears, William Sadler, Dean Alioto, Ines Dali, Anthony Michael Jones, Courtney Gains, Shawn Reaves, Charles Napier, Daniel Baldwin, Steve Pink, Rance Howard, Devin Brochu, Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh, Larry Zeug, Zach Selwyn, Ruby Alioto, Ross Hagen, Justin Rodgers Hall, Trish Moreno, Nigel Daly, Christian Fortune, Fred Griffith, Stephanie Patton, Peter Sherayko, Matt Silver, Kevin McNiven, Tommy Giavocchini, Jonathan Eisley. A man must chose between being reunited with the woman he loves and taking revenge on the man who murdered his father. So-so medium budget video production.

3801  Shadows of Death  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1945. 59 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Fred Myton. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Donna Dax, Edward Hall, Charles King, Frank Ellis, Emmett Lynn, Karl Hackett, Ed Peil, Sr., Bob (John) Cason, Frank McCarroll, Bud Osborne, Budd Buster, Jack Baxley, Wally West, Jimmy Aubrey, George Morrell, Ray Henderson, Rube Dalroy, Jack Evans, Art Dillard, Lew Morphy, Jack Tornek. Marshals Billy Carson and Fuzzy Q. Jones learn outlaws have murdered a man in order to get land they plan to sell to a railroad. Typically mediocre, shoddy “Billy Carson” entry.

3802  Shadows of the West  Monogram, 1949. 60 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Adele Buffington. With Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Reno Browne, Riley Hill, Bill Kennedy, Pierce Lyden, Keith Richards, William Ruhl, Ted Adams, Kenne Duncan, Frank Ellis, Curt Barrett, Red Egner, Lee Phelps, Bert Hamilton, Bud Osborne, Donald Kerr, Billy Hammond, Clem Fuller, Carol Henry, Bob Woodward, Edmund Glover, Dee Cooper. A lawman takes a vacation in a town where his pal is the ex-sheriff and the new peacemaker appears to be involved with an outlaw gang. Okay Whip Wilson series vehicle.

3803  Shadows of Tombstone  Republic, 1953. 54 min. D: William Witney. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Rex Allen, Slim Pickens, Jeanne Cooper, Roy Barcroft, Emory Parnell, Ric Roman, Richard Avonde, Julian Rivero, Rex Lease, Clarence Straight, Chick Hannon, Art Dillard. A cowboy running for sheriff gets help from a woman newspaper editor. Fair Rex Allen outing, well written and directed.

3804  Shadows on the Range  Monogram, 1946. 56 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Jess Bowers (Adele Buffington). With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jan Bryant, John Merton, Marshall Reed, Steve Clark, Ted Adams, Terry Frost, Pierce Lyden, Cactus Mack, Roy Butler, Jack Perrin, Lane Bradford. A cattlemen’s association investigator works undercover to expose rustlers by taking a job as a ranch foreman and pretending to join the outlaws. Compact and fast Johnny Mack Brown-Raymond Hatton entry with fine direction by Lambert Hillyer.

3805  Shadows on the Sage  Republic, 1942. 55 min. D: Lester Orlebeck. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Jimmie Dodd, Bryant Washburn, Cheryl Walker, Harry Holman, Tom London, Griff Barnett, Yakima Canutt, Freddie Mercer, Rex Lease, Curley Dresden, Eddie Dew, Horace B. Carpenter, Frank Brownlee, John Cason, Pascale Perry, Johnnie Morris, Bill Nestell, Fred Burns, Burr Caruth, Jack Rockwell, Tommy Coats, Betty Farrington, Cactus Mack. Outlaws have been stealing from miners and the Three Mesquiteers attempt to find out who is the operation’s mastermind. Well written and action packed, this is a good entry from the later stages of the popular series.

3806  The Shakiest Gun in the West  Universal, 1966. 101 min. Color. D: Alan Rafkin. SC: Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum. With Don Knotts, Barbara Rhodes, Jackie Coogan, Donald Barry, Ruth McDevitt, Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Carl Ballantine, Pat Morita, Robert Yuro, Herbert Voland, Fay DeWitt, Dub Taylor, Hope Summers, Dick Wilson, Vaughn Taylor, Ed Peck, Edward Faulkner, Arthur Space, Greg Mullavey, Benny Rubin, E.J. Andre, Myron Healey, I. Stanford Jolley. A meek dentist goes West to set up practice and gets involved with a woman bandit working for the government in trying to capture gun smugglers. Okay Don Knotts vehicle, a remake of The Paleface (q.v.).

3807  Shalako  Cinerama, 1968. 116 min. Color. D: Edward Dmytryk. SC: J. J. Griffith, Hal Hopper and Scott Finch. With Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Peter Van Eyck, Honor Blackman, Woody Strode, Eric Sykes, Alexander Knox, Valerie French, Julian Mateos, Donald Barry, Rodd Redwing, Chief Tug Smith, Hans De Vries, Walter Brown, Charles Stalnaker, Bob Cunningham, John Clark, Bob Hall. A group of European nobles on a hunting trip in the West are attacked by Indians with a loner trying to rescue them. Well made but slow moving and not very interesting.

3808  Shane  Paramount, 1953. 118 min. Color. D: George Stevens. SC: A.B. Guthrie, Jr. With Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Emile Meyer, Elisha Cook, Jr., Douglas Spencer, John Dierkes, Ellen Corby, Paul McVey, John Miller, Edith Evanson, Leonard Strong, Ray Spiker, Janice Carroll, Martin Mason, Helen Brown, Nancy Kulp, Howard Negley, Beverly Washburn, George J. Lewis, Robert Wilke, George Quirk, Jack Sterling, Henry Wills, Rex Moore, Ewing Brown, Alana Ladd, David Ladd, Laddie Ladd. A one-time gunman, wanting to lead a peaceful life as a ranch hand in Wyoming, is forced to take up his trade again when homesteaders are threatened by range warfare. One of the all time classic Westerns; grand performances by Alan Ladd, Van Heflin and Jack Palance.

Shanghai Gold see Have a Nice Funeral, My Friend

Shanghai Joe see Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe

3809  Shanghai Noon  Buena Vista, 2000. 110 min. Color. D: Tom Dey. SC: Miles Millar and Alfred Gough. With Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Lu, Brandon Merrill, Roger Yuan, Xander Berkeley, Rong Guang Yu, Cui Ya Hi, Eric Chi Cheng Chen, Jason Connery, Walton Goggins, P. Adrien Dorval, Rafael Baez, Stacy Grant, Kate Luyben, Henry O, Russell Badger, Simon Baker, Sam Simon, Alan C. Peterson, Rad Daly, Lee Jay Bamberry, Stephen Strachan, Tim Koetting, Rick Ash, Valerie Planche, Tom Heaton, Jody Thompson, Chang Tseng, Sherman Chao, Regent Or, Melvin Skales, Cliff Solomon. A Chinese martial arts expert teams wit an outlaw to find a kidnapped princess and her abductors. Fun Western Kung Fu adventure with comic undertones.

3810  Shango  PAC, 1970. 81 min. Color. D: Edward G. Muller (Edoardo Mulargia). SC: Edoardo Mulargia and Antonio De Teffe (Anthony Steffen). With Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, Maurice Poli, Barbara Nelli, Giusva Fioravati, Attilio D’Ottesio, Massimo Carocci, Spartaco Conversi, Liana Del Blazo, Angelo Dessi, Adriana Giuffre, Franco Pesce, Mirella Pomili, Andrea Scotti (Andrew Scott), Gabriella Giorgelli, Claudio Ruffini, Franco Ukmar, Angelo Susani, Renzo Pevarello, Gilberto Galimberti, Pietro Torrisi. A Texas Ranger opposes a Rebel major who tries to rally the locals in reviving the Confederacy. Typical Spaghetti Western made in Italy as Shango, la Pistola Infallible (Shango, The Infallible Pistol); co-written by star Anthony Steffen.

3811  Shark River  United Artists, 1953. 80 min. Color. D: John Rawlins. SC: Joseph Carpenter and Lewis Meltzer. With Steve Cochran, Carole Mathews, Warren Stevens, Robert Cunningham, Spencer Fox, Ruth Foreman, Bill Piper. After the Civil War, a wanted man tries to elude the law in the Florida Swamps. Okay action romance drama.

Shatterhand see Old Shatterhand

3812  Shaughnessy  Allumination Fireworks, 1996. 95 min. Color. D: Michael Rhodes. SC: William Blinn. With Matthew Settle, Linda Kozlowski, Tom Bower, Sarah Paulson, Stuart Whitman, Michael Jai White, Tim Grimm, John Carroll Lynch, John Hawkes, Bo Hopkins, O’Neal Compton, Cari Shayne, Daragh O’Malley, Norman D. Golden II, Michael Ray Wisely, Robert Elross, Velina Brown, Nina Marie Boston, Christopher Shaw, Shawn Cady, Adam Hervey, Marcy Goodnow Swift, Dwight Hicks, Sherri Young, Robert Ernst, Bradley J. Bovee, Phil Culotta, Daniel W. Barringer, Don William Owen, Gene LeBell, Troy Bishop, Paul Ennis, Larry Holt, Bill McIntosh. After migrating to Kansas, an Irish immigrant becomes the sheriff of a frontier town. Average TV feature adaptation of The Iron Marshal by Louis L’Amour.

3813  She Came to the Valley  R.G.V. Pictures, 1979. 92 min. Color. D: Albert Band. SC: Albert Band and Frank Ray Perilli. With Ronee Blakley, Dean Stockwell, Scott Glenn, Freddy Fender, Anna Jones, Jennifer Jones, Rafael Flores, Jr., Les Brecht, Frrank Benedetto, Sol Marroquin, Everlyn Guerrero, Ruth Reeves, Klaus Eggers, Detley Nitche, Michael Hart, Dan Willis, John Hayes, Jesus Saenz, Juanita Rutledge, Cindy Klein, Miriam Moroles, Martin Sanchez, Cedric Wood, Robby Romero, Mary Alice Artes, Frank Ray Perilli, Cleo Dawson, W.T. Ellis, Maurine Duncan, T.L. Duncan. A married couple and their two little daughters homestead near the Mexican border and become involved in the dispute between Pancho Villa’s rebels and government forces. Mediocre pseudo-historical drama, casting country music singer Freddy Fender as Villa; released on video as Texas in Flames.

3814  She Wore a Yellow Ribbon  RKO Radio, 1949. 103 min. Color. D: John Ford. SC: Frank S. Nugent and Laurence Stallings. With John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr., Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, George O’Brien, Arthur Shields, Francis Ford, Harry Woods, Chief Big Tree, Cliff Lyons, Noble Johnson, Tom Tyler, Michael Dugan, Mickey Simpson, Fred Graham, Frank McGrath, Don Summers, Fred Libby, Jack Pennick, Billy Jones, Bill Gettinger, Post Park, Fred Kennedy, Rudy Bowman, Ray Hyke, Lee Bradley, Chief Sky Eagle, Dan White, Irving Pichel (narrator). An Army captain, on his last mission, tries to prevent Indian warfare while escorting his commanding officer’s wife and daughter out of dangerous territory. One of the more enduring of Western classics; well worth viewing.

3815  The Sheepman  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958. 85 min. Color. D: George Marshall. SC: William Bowers and James Edward Grant. With Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Nielsen, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan, Willis Bouchey, Pernell Roberts, Slim Pickens, Buzz Henry, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Roscoe Ates, Richard Alexander, Harry Woods, Percy Helton, Tom London, Kermit Maynard. A cattle baron tries to destroy a sheep farmer who has moved into the area and attracted the attentions of his fiancee. Likable oater with more than a touch of humor.

3816  Shenandoah  Universal, 1965. 105 min. Color. D: Andrew V. McLaglen. SC: James Lee Barrett. With James Stewart, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne, Rosemary Forsyth, Phillip Alford, Katharine Ross, Charles Robinson, Paul Fix, Denver Pyle, George Kennedy, Tim McIntire, James McMullan, James Best, Warren Oates, Strother Martin, Dabbs Greer, Harry Carey, Jr., Kevin Hagen, Tom Simcox, Berkeley Harris, Edward Faulkner, Peter Wayne, Gregg Palmer, Bob Steele, James Heneghan, Jr., Rae Miller, Rayford Barnes, Dave Cass, Hoke Howell, Kelly Thordsen, Lane Bradford, Shug Fisher, John Daheim, Joe Yrigoyen, Henry Wills, Buzz Henry, James Carter, Leroy Johnson. During the Civil War a Virginia farmer tries not to get involved in the conflict but this ends in tragic results for his family. Well made, interesting and poignant feature with James Stewart giving a powerful performance as the patriarch.

3817  The Shepherd of the Hills  Paramount, 1941. 98 min. Color. D: Henry Hathaway. SC: Grover Jones and Stuart Anthony. With John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi, James Barton, Marjorie Main, Samuel S. Hinds, John Qualen, Marc Lawrence, Tom Fadden, Ward Bond, Dorothy Adams, Olin Howland, Fuzzy Knight, John Harmon, Carl Knowles, Fern Emmett, Vivita Campbell, William Haade, Robert Kortman, Henry Brandon, Jim Corey, Selmer Jackson. A stranger arrives in the Ozark Mountains resulting in changes in people’s lives, including that of his long unseen son. Intelligent screen adaptation of Harold Bell Wright’s novel, highlighted by good photography (by Charles Lang and W. Howard Greene) with especially fine performances by John Wayne, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi and Marjorie Main. First filmed in 1919 by Wright Films featuring George Hackathorne and remade in 1928 by First National with Alec B. Francis, Molly O’Day and John Boles, and done again in 1964 (q.v.) starring Richard Arlen.

3818  The Shepherd of the Hills  Howco International, 1964. 105 min Color. D-SC: Ben Parker. With Richard Arlen, James W. Middleton, Sherry Lynn, James Collie, Lloyd Durre, Hal Meadows, James Bradford, Joy N. Houck, Jr., Gilbert Elmore, George Jackson, Delores James, Danny Spurlock, Reubin Egan, Tom Pope, Roy Idom, Jim Teague, Roger Nash, Jim Greene. A man tries to end a feud between two mountain families while helping a drought stricken community. Cheaply made production of the 1907 Harold Bell Wright work with Richard Arlen very good as Old Matt. Reissue and TV title: Thunder Mountain.

3819  The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid  Tobis Filmkunst, 1979. 88 min. Color. D: Michele Lupo. SC: Marcello Fondato and Francesco Scardamaglia. With Bud Spencer, Raimund Harmstorf, Cary Guffey, Joe Bugner, Carlo Reali, Gigi (Luigi) Bonos, Harold E. Finch, Bernardino Emanueli, Claudio Ruffini, Roberto Dell’Acqua, Osiride Pevarello, Amedeo Luerini, Guilio Maculani, Raffaele Mottola, Giovanni Cianfrigilia, Sergio Smacchi, Ottaviano Dell’Acqua, Marco Stefanelli. After landing on Earth an alien boy tries to help a sheriff solve a crime in a Western town. Pleasant West German sci-fi action comedy followed by Everything Happens to Me (q.v.).

Sheriff Brandy see Ride and Kill

3820  Sheriff of Cimarron  Republic, 1945. 54 min. D: Yakima Canutt. SC: Bennet Cohen. With Sunset Carson, Linda Stirling, Olin Howlin, Riley Hill, Jack Ingram, Tom London, Jack Kirk, Robert Wilke, Jack O’Shea, Ed Cassidy, George Chesebro, Hal Price, Carol Henry, Herman Hack, Horace B. Carpenter, Tommy Coats, Post Park, Dee Cooper. A town’s new sheriff is framed for a crime by his brother, the one responsible for the area’s lawlessness. Nicely directed, action filled outing greatly helped by pretty Linda Stirling, in deference to Sunset Carson’s acting.

3821  Sheriff of Fractured Jaw  20th Century–Fox, 1959. 103 min. Color. D: Raoul Walsh. SC: Arthur Dales. With Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Henry Hull, William Campbell, Bruce Cabot, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, David Horne, Eynon Evans, Sidney James, Donald Stewart, Reed De Rouen, Clancy Cooper, Charles Irwin, Gordon Tamer, Tucker McGuire, Nick Brady, Larry Taylor, Jack Lester, Nicholas Stuart, Sheldon Lawrence, Susan Denny, Charles Farrell, Chief Joneas Applegarth, Chief Joe Buffalo. An unsuccessful British inventor heads to the American West to sell weapons, is mistaken for a gunman and ends up the star packer in a rowdy town. Fairly pleasant British made genre satire.

3822  Sheriff of Las Vegas  Republic, 1944. 55 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming, Peggy Stewart, Selmer Jackson, William Haade, Jay Kirby, John Hamilton, Kenne Duncan, Bud Geary, Jack Kirk, Frank McCarroll, Dickie Dillon, Freddie Chapman, Robert Wilke. A man estranged from his judge father is blamed for his murder and Red Ryder tries to prove his innocence. Well written series entry with a bang-up finale; remade as Beyond the Purple Hills (q.v.).

3823  The Sheriff of Medicine Bow  Monogram, 1948. 55 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: J. Benton Cheney. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Max Terhune, Evelyn Finley, George J. Lewis, Bill Kennedy, Frank LaRue, Peter Perkins, Carol Henry, Bob Woodward, Ted Adams, Herman Hack, John Carpenter, Ray Jones, Bob McFlory. A sheriff helps a parolee when crooks try to steal gold hidden on his ranch. Okay Johnny Mack Brown vehicle, helped by co-stars Raymond Hatton and Max Terhune.

3824  The Sheriff of Redwood Valley  Republic 1946. 57 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Earle Snell. With Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming, Bob Steele, Peggy Stewart, Arthur Loft, James Craven, Tom London, Kenne Duncan, Bud Geary, Tom Chatterton, Budd Buster, Frank McCarroll, John Wayne Wright, Frank Linn, Jack Kirk, James Linn, Tex Cooper. Red Ryder uncovers an outlaw gang when he comes to the aid of a rancher falsely accused of a crime. More than competent “Red Ryder” feature, buoyed by Bob Steele as the Reno Kid.

3825  Sheriff of Sage Valley  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1942. 57 min. D: Sherman Scott (Sam Newfield). SC: Milton Raison and George W. Sayre. With Buster Crabbe, Al St John, Maxine Leslie, Tex (Dave) O’Brien, Charles King, John Merton, Kermit Maynard, Hal Price, Curley Dresden, Lynton Brent, Jack Kirk, Budd Buster, Jimmy Aubrey, Al Taylor, Merrill McCormick, Art Dillard, Carl Mathews, Dan White, Ray Henderson, Jack Evans, Bert Dillard. Billy the Kid is asked by a town’s mayor to round up an outlaw gang who shot the sheriff during a holdup. Average “Billy the Kid” series affair called Billy the Kid, Sheriff of Sage Valley on TV.

3826  Sheriff of Sundown  Republic, 1944. 57 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Allan Lane, Linda Stirling, Max Terhune, Duncan Renaldo, Roy Barcroft, Herbert Rawlinson, Bud Geary, Jack Kirk, Twinkle Watts, Tom London, Robert Wilke, Kenne Duncan, Rex Lease, Herman Hack, Jack O’Shea, Carl Sepulveda, Nolan Leary, Horace B. Carpenter, Cactus Mack, Neal Hart, Foxy Callahan, Chick Hannon, Duke Green. Cowboys leading a cattle herd to market find they are up against a crooked town boss. Well done Allan Lane vehicle.

3827  Sheriff of Tombstone  Republic, 1941. 56 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Olive Cooper. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Elyse Knox, Addison Richards, Sally Payne, Harry Woods, Hal Taliaferro, Jay Novello, Roy Barcroft, Jack Rockwell, Zeffie Tilbury, Jack Ingram, George Rosenor, Jack Kirk, Frank Ellis, Art Dillard, Herman Hack, Vester Pegg, Al Haskell, Ray Jones, Jess Cavin, Chuck Baldra, Oscar Gahan, Bob Reeves, Jim Corey, Fred Burns, Al Taylor. Crooked businessmen hire a tough cowpoke to be Tombstone’s lawman but he turns on them when they try to cheat an old lady and her family out of their mine. Action filled and entertaining Roy Rogers opus chock full of favorite villains.

3828  Sheriff of Wichita  Republic, 1949. 60 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Bob Williams. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Lyn Wilde, Clayton Moore, Roy Barcroft, Gene Roth, Trevor Bardette, Edmund Cobb, House Peters, Jr., Earle Hodgins, John Hamilton, Jack O’Shea, Dick Curtis, Lane Bradford, Steve Raines, Stanley Price. A sheriff agrees to help a young woman find out who murdered her father. Too much obvious indoor for outdoor scenery but still a fair Allan Lane film with a good mystery flavor.

3829  The Sheriff Was a Lady  Arthur Brauner, 1965. 88 min. Color. D: Sobey Martin (Carlo Croccolo). SC: Gustav Kampendonk. With Freddy Quinn, Mamie Van Doren, Rik Battalgia, Carlo Croccolo, Otto Waldis, Klaus Dahlen, Beba Lancar, Trude Herr. Pretending to be a greenhorn, a cowboy hunts the gang who murdered his parents and enlists the assist of a pretty saloon hostess. West German vehicle for popular singer Freddy Quinn with stateside appeal via co-star Mamie Van Doren; okay dubbed oater. West German title: Freddy und das Lied per Prarie (Freddy and the Song of the Prairie), released there by CCC Filmkunst/Avala-Film.

3830  Sheriff with the Gold  Fono Roma, 1966. 89 min. Color. D: Richard Kean (Osvaldo Civirani). SC: Enzo Dell’Aquila and Roberto Gianviti. With Kathleen Parker (Caterina Trentini), Jacques Berthier, Louis McJulian (Luigi Giuliani), Bob Messenger (Roberto Messina), Luciano Rossi, Piero Morgia, Nando Angelini, Ivan Scratuglia, Franco Pesce, Renzo Pevarello, Amerigo Santarelli, Ettore Arena, Ares Lucky (Fortunato Arena), Claudio Biava, Franco Etella, Aldo Redine, Cristina Gallo. A crooked lawman robs a gold shipment but it is stolen by a beautiful woman who then loses it to outlaws, with the marshal changing his ways and helping her. There is not much to recommend this Italian-Spanish co-production originally called Uno Sceriffo Tutto d’Oro (The Sheriff with All the Gold). Don Powell sings the title song.

3831  Sheriff Won’t Shoot  Hispamer, 1965. 85 min. Color. D: J. Luis Monter. SC: Robert Montero and Franco Verucci. With Mickey Hargitay, Pilar Clemens, Vincent Cashino, Alche Nana, Dan Clark, Manuel Zarzo Nana, Angel Ter, Sancho Garcia. A lawman is forced into a showdown when he discovers his younger brother is the brains behind an outlaw band. Passable English-French-Italian co-production issued in the latter country as Lo Sceriffo Che Non Spara (The Sheriff Who Will Not Shoot).

3832  Los Sheriffs de la Frontera (The Frontier Sheriffs)  Alameda Films, 1965. 82 min. D: Rene Cardona. With Fernando Casanova, Juan Gallardo, Dagoberto Rodriguez, Jorge Russek, Eva Calvo, Irma Serrano, Aurora Alvarado, Enrique Lucero, Pedro de Aguillon, Enrique Rocha. Two marshals attempt to clean out an outlaw gang looting a frontier community. Action filled Mexican Western.

3833  Shiloh Falls  Radio London Films, 2007. 90 min. Color. D-SC: Adrian Fulle. With Esteban Powell, Forrest Witt, Patrick Graves, Marvin Campbell, Jack Littman, Greg Littman, Brad Greenquist, John Myers, Eric John Scialo, Steve Bannos, Amber Mellot, Roddy Mancuso, Rudy Verwey, Desiree Carey, Nikita Lea, Elizabeth Rypel, Art LaFleur, John Bader, Ellie Araiza, Renato Avenia, Ryan Bernstein, Alexander Emmert, Dave Keefer (narrator). As a lawman corners an outlaw gang in remote town, a man with enormous powers arrives and the sheriff must joins forces with his enemies to combat the stranger. Poor low budget production.

3834  Shine on Harvest Moon  Republic, 1938. 57 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Jack Natteford. With Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, William Farnum, Lulu Belle and Scotty (Wiseman), Stanley Andrews, Frank Jaquet, Chester Gunnels, Matty Roubert, Pat Henning, Jack Rockwell, Joe Whitehead, David Sharpe, George (Montgomery) Letz, Lloyd Ingraham, Art Mix, Slim Whitaker, Jack Ingram, Jack Kirk, Horace B. Carpenter, Blackjack Ward, Bill Nestell, Dan White, George Plues, Al Taylor, Tom Smith, Rose Plummer, Herman Hack, Frank McCarroll, George DeNormand, Jim Corey, Eva McKenzie, Bob Card, Chick Hannon, Roy Bucko, Charls Hogg. An outlaw tries to convince his former partner to join him in a cattle rustling scheme and when he refuses the crook frames him for the crimes he committed. Too many novelty tunes bog down this outing which fortunately is dominated by Willliam Farnum, as the ex-outlaw turned rancher, and Stanley Andrews as the villain.

3835  Shipwreck!  Pacific International, 1979. 102 min. Color. D-SC: Stewart Raffill. With Robert Logan, Heather Rattray, Shannon Saylor, Mikki-Jamison Olsen, Cjon Damitri Patterson. A man, his two young daughters, one of their friends and a black stowaway set out on a boat trip and become marooned on a remote Alaskan island. Well done family feature from the makers of “The Wilderness Family” trilogy.

3836  Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It)  Grindstone Entertainment Group, 2008. 110 min. Color. D-SC: Lance Doty. With Alexandra Krizman, JoAnne Blackstone, Erik J. Bockemeier, Jason Bowen, Chris Browning, Stephen Chomko, Andrea Cypress, John Doman, Jim Gaffigan, Robert Nathan Gleason, Tom B. Gleason, Jeff Hephner, Tamara Hope, Frederick Lopez, Jennifer Miller, Carlos A. Montoya, Chuck Paul, Stephen Payne, Luce Rains, Chris Ranney, James Russo, Clark Sanchez, Neil Summers, Shannon Zeller, Art Usher, Clay Wilcox, Jay Winton, Gabriel Sanchez, William Sterchi, Rick Thompson, Richard Tyson. A cowpoke trails the gunfighter who killed his parents in order to avenge them. Fair attempt at the old revenge ploy.

Shoot, Gringo, Shoot see Gringo

3837  Shoot Out  Universal, 1971. 94 min. Color. D: Henry Hathaway. SC: Marguerite Roberts. With Gregory Peck, Pat Quinn, Robert F. Lyons, Susan Tyrell, Jeff Corey, James Gregory, Rita Gam, Dawn Lyn, Pepe Serna, John Chandler, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, Nicholas Beauvy, Arthur Space, Lane Bradford, Willis Bouchey, Elizabeth Harrower, Karen Kiett. After six years in prison a man seeks revenge on the now prosperous partner who betrayed him and along the way he is adopted by a small girl. Interesting premise goes awry due to lack of action; remake of Lone Cowboy.

3838  Shoot Out at Big Sag  Parallel, 1962. 64 min. D-SC: Roger Kay. With Walter Brennan, Leif Erickson, Luana Patten, Chris Robinson, Constance Ford, Virginia Gregg, Les Tremayne, Don O’Kelly, Andy Brennan, William Foster, Robert Beecher, Lennie Geer. In a remote Montana area a cowardly preacher tries to run off a recently settled Texan and his son. Okay film that was the pilot for the unsold TV series “Barbed Wire” and based on the 1931 Walt Coburn novel of the same title.

3839  Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend  Warner Bros., 1957. 87 min. D: Richard L. Bare. SC: John Tucker Battle and D.D. Beauchamp. With Randolph Scott, James Craig, Angie Dickinson, James Garner, Dani Crayne, Gordon Jones, Trevor Bardette, Don Beddoe, Myron Healey, John Alderson, Harry Harvey, Sr., Robert Warwick, Howard Negley, Marshall Bradford, Ann Doran, Daryn Hinton, Dickie Bellis, Edward Hinton, Lane Bradford, Frances Morris, Robert Lynn, Sam Flint, Philip Van Zandt, Guy Wilkerson, Syd Saylor, Harry Rowland, Marjorie Bennett, Jesslyn Fax, Marjorie Stapp, Nancy Kulp, George Meader, Rory Mallinson, Dee Carroll, Dale Van Sickel, Gil Perkins, Harry Lauter, Carol Henry, George Pembroke, Tom Monroe, Buddy Roosevelt, George Bell. Three men, whose families were massacred by Indians due to faulty ammunition, set out to get revenge on the trader who sold them the defective merchandise. Fairly good horse opera but not up to Randolph Scott’s usual 1950s fare.

3840  Shoot Out in a One Dog Town  ABC-TV, 1974. 74 min. Color. D: Burt Kennedy. SC: Larry Cohen and Dick Nelson. With Richard Crenna, Stefanie Powers, Richard Egan, Arthur O’Connell, Michael Ansara, Dub Taylor, Gene Evans, Michael Anderson, Jr., John Pickard, Jay Ripley, Jerry Gatlin, Henry Wills. When outlaws threaten to rob his establishment, a small town banker takes drastic measures to protect the money. Okay action TV Western with a cast of familiar faces.

3841  Shoot the Living...Pray for the Dead  Castor Film, 1971. 90 min. Color. D: Joseph Warren (Giuseppe Vari). SC: Adriano Bolzoni. With Klaus Kinski, Victoria Zinny, Paul Sullivan (Paolo Casella), Dean Stratford (Dino Strano), Patrizia Adiutori, John Ely, Anthony Rock, Dan May (Dante Maggio), Ares Lucky (Fortunato Arena), Anna Zimmerman, Adriana Giuffre, Gianni Pulone, Aldo Barberito, Freddy (Goffredo) Unger. A stranger agrees to lead an outlaw gang into Mexico to escape Texas Rangers but he demands the gold they stole. This character oriented Italian oater is pretty good, released there as Prega il Morto e Ammazza il Vivo (Pray for the Dead and Kill the Living); also called Pray to Kill and Return Alive and Renegade Gun.

3842  Shoot the Sun Down  JAD Films International, 1981. 93 min. Color. D: David Leeds. SC: Richard Rothstein and David Leeds. With Margot Kidder, Christopher Walken, Geoffrey Lewis, Bo Brundin, A. Martinez, Sacheen Littlefeather. In 1836 a gunman joins a bounty hunter and a retired sea captain in searching for lost gold and he falls in love with the old salt’s pretty indentured girl. Slow moving, uninteresting and rather pointless effort.

3843  The Shooter  Royal Oaks Entertainment, 1997. 91 min. Color. D: Fred Olen Ray. SC: Tony Giglio. With Michael Dudikoff, Randy Travis, Valerie Wildman, Andrew Stevens, William Smith, Eric Lawson, Robert Donovan, Carl Bartlett, Hoke Howell, Libby George, Matt Anderson, Peter Sherayko, William L. Monroe, Ryan Latshaw, Marv Vahanian, Pete Walsh, Robert Quarry, Neal DeLama, James Assi, Kane Hodder. After being beaten and left for dead, a gunfighter is saved by a hooker and they find themselves up against a corrupt family’s hired gun. Pretty fair low budget action drama, issued on video as Deadly Shooter.

Shootin’ Irons see West of Texas

3844  Shootin’ Square  Anchor, 1924. 50 min. D-SC: Robert J. Horner. With Jack Perrin, Peggy O’Day, Bud Osborne, Alfred Hewston, S.J. Bingham, Horace B. Carpenter, Milburn Morante, David Dunbar, Harry Pringle, Martin Turner, Starlight (horse). A crooked foreman, wanted for murder, is at odds with a cowboy over the affections of the ranch owner’s lovely daughter. The lightheartedness of this otherwise competent Jack Perrin silent film is somewhat hurt by a complicated plot.

3845  The Shooting  Jack H. Harris, 1971. 82 min. Color. D: Monte Hellman. SC: Adrien Joyce. With Jack Nicholson, Millie Perkins, Warren Oates, Will Hutchins, B.J. Merholz, Charles Eastman, Guy El Tsosie. A woman persuades two miners to be her guides on a journey that leads to revenge. Passable feature that, like Ride in the Whirlwind (q.v.), was given TV release before making it to theatres.

3846  Shooting High  20th Century–Fox, 1940. 65 min. D: Alfred E. Green. SC: Lou Breslow and Owen Francis. With Jane Withers, Gene Autry, Marjorie Weaver, Frank M. Thomas, Robert Lowery, Katharine (Kay) Aldridge, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jack Carson, Hamilton MacFadden, Charles Middleton, Ed Brady, Tom London, Eddie Acuff, Pat O’Malley, George Chandler, Carl Stockdale, LeRoy Mason, Emmett Vogan, Kathryn Sheldon, Harold Goodwin, Lee Moore, Lew Kelly, Ivan Miller, Paul E. Burns, Georgia Simmons. The grandson of a famous outlaw plays the part of his grandfather in a movie and ends up winning the girl he loves and capturing bank robbers. Gene Autry’s loan out to 20th Century–Fox for teaming with moppet Jane Withers results in an uneven film.

3847  The Shootist  Paramount, 1976. 100 min. Color. D: Don Siegel. SC: Miles Hood Swarthout and Scott Hale. With John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, James Stewart, Ron Howard, Harry Morgan, Richard Boone, John Carradine, Hugh O’Brian, Sheree North, Richard Lenz, Scatman Crothers, Bill McKinney, Gregg Palmer, Alfred Dennis, Dick Winslow, Melody Thomas, Kathleen O’Malley. At the turn of the century, a famous gunfighter with terminal cancer finds his reputation getting in the way of his wish to die peacefully. The best Western of the 1970s and an all time genre classic; had the political climate of Hollywood not been so hostile, John Wayne would have won a second Oscar for this film, as it was he was not even nominated.

John Wayne in The Shootist (Paramount, 1976).

The Short and Happy Life of the Brothers Blue see Brothers Blue

3848  Short Grass  Allied Artists, 1950. 82 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Tom W. Blackburn. With Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Johnny Mack Brown, Alan Hale, Jr., Morris Ankrum, Jeff York, Raymond Walburn, Jonathan Hale, Riley Hill, Harry Woods, Stanley Andrews, Tristram Coffin, Myron Healey, Jack Ingram, Rory Mallinson, Marlo Dwyer, Felipe Turich, George J. Lewis, Lee Tung Foo, Lee Roberts, Frank Ellis, Tom Monroe, Kermit Maynard. A sheriff joins forces with a rancher to stop a crooked land scheme. A good script, direction and cast add up to a very fine little oater.

3849  Shotgun  Allied Artists, 1955. 80 min. Color. D: Lesley Selander. SC: John Champion, Clark E. Reynolds and Rory Calhoun. With Sterling Hayden, Yvonne De Carlo, Zachary Scott, Robert Wilke, Guy Prescott, Ralph Sanford, John Pickard, Ward Wood, Rory Mallinson, Paul Marion, Harry Harvey, Jr., Lane Chandler, Angela Greene, Robert E. Griffin, Al Wyatt, Bob Morgan, Peter Coe, Charles Morton, James Parnell, Richard Cutting, Fiona Hale, Francis McDonald. A showgirl joins a sheriff and a bounty hunter to track a killer only to find themselves stalked by Apaches. Co-writer Rory Calhoun was originally scheduled to star in this minor oater, best recommended for Yvonne De Carlo’s bathing sequence.

3850  Shotgun Pass  Columbia, 1931. 60 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Robert Quigley. With Tim McCoy, Virginia Lee Corbin, Frank Rice, Dick Stewart, Joe Marba, Monty Vandergrift, Ben Corbett, Albert J. Smith, Archie Ricks. Two dishonest brothers own a pass and refuse to let a cowboy, with an Army contract, lead a herd of horses through it and trouble follows, including murder. There is enough action in this Tim McCoy film to delight his fans.

Shots Ring Out! see Four Bullets for Joe

3851  The Showdown  Paramount, 1940. 65 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Howard Kusel and Donald Kusel. With William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Britt Wood, Morris Ankrum, Jane (Jan) Clayton, Wright Kramer, Donald Kirke, Roy Barcroft, Eddie Dean, Kermit Maynard, Walter Shumway, The King’s Men (Ken Darby, Rad Robinson, Bud Linn, Jon Dodson), Snub Pollard, Eddy Chandler, Murdock MacQuarrie, George Morrell, Jim Corey, Ray Jones. Hoppy and Lucy are at odds when the latter sides with a woman ranch owner while Cassidy believes a fake European baron plans to rustle her cattle. Average “Hopalong Cassidy” feature without much action until the finale.

3852  The Showdown  Republic, 1950. 86 min. D-SC: Dorrell McGowan and Stuart McGowan. With William Elliott, Walter Brennan, Marie Windsor, Harry Morgan, Rhys Williams, Jim Davis, William Ching, Nacho Galindo, Leif Erickson, Henry Rowland, Charles Stevens, Victor Kilian, Yakima Canutt, Guy Teague, William Steele, Jack Sparks. A cattle herd driver, a former outlaw, tracks down the bad man who murdered his brother. Distinguished adult Western starring William Elliott, who also co-produced; his final Republic feature.

3853  Showdown  Universal, 1963. 79 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Bronson Howitzer. With Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley, Charles Drake, Skip Homeier, Harold J. Stone, L.Q. Jones, Strother Martin, Charles Horvath, John McKee, Henry Wills, Joe Haworth, Kevin Brodie, Carol Thurston, Dabbs Greer, Harry Lauter, Dale Van Sickel. Two convicts escape from prison and head to the Mexican border where they get involved in a robbery. Audie Murphy fans will like this program feature.

3854  The Showdown  NBC-TV/Universal, 1971. 74 min. Color. D: Daniel Petrie. SC: Dick Nelson. With Gene Barry, Jessica Walter, Warren Oates, Jack Albertson, Albert Salmi, Ron Turbeville, Eve Bruce, Jack Garner, Daniel Kemp, William Bramley, Jack Collins, Martin Garralaga. A magazine editor is tipped off to the fake account of a famous gunfight and during the investigation, in flashbacks, returns to the Old West. Originally a segment of “The Name of the Game” (NBC-TV, 1968–71), this telefilm is for avid fans of the series.

3855  Showdown  Universal, 1973. 90 min. Color. D: George Seaton. SC: Theodore Taylor. With Dean Martin, Rock Hudson, Susan Clark, Donald Moffatt, John McLiam, Charles Baca, Jackson Kane, Ben Zeller, John Richard Gill, Phillip L. Mead, Rita Rogers, Vic Mohica, Raleigh Gardenhire, Ed Begley, Jr., Dan Boydston. Two men who once loved the same woman find themselves at odds again when one of them, a lawman, hunts the other, an outlaw. Fair teaming of Dean Martin and Rock Hudson makes for an okay time passer.

3856  Showdown at Abilene  Universal-International, 1956. 80 min. Color. D: Charles Haas. SC: Bernie Giler. With Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer, David Janssen, Lyle Bettger, Grant Williams, Ted De Corsia, Harry Harvey, Sr., Dayton Lummis, Richard Cutting, Robert G. Anderson, John Maxwell, Lane Bradford, Kenneth MacDonald, Tom Steele, Rusty Wescoatt. Returning home to Texas after the Civil War, a gun shy ex-lawman finds his girl, who thought him dead, engaged to a dishonest cattleman. Nicely done Jock Mahoney feature, remade as Gunfight in Abilene (q.v.).

3857  Showdown at Boot Hill  20th Century–Fox, 1957. 72 min. D: Gene Fowler, Jr. SC: Louis Vittes. With Charles Bronson, Robert Hutton, John Carradine, Carole Mathews, Fintan Meyler, Paul Maxey, Thomas Browne Henry, William Stevens, Martin Smith, Joseph McGuinn, George Douglas, Michael Mason, George Pembroke, Argentina Brunetti, Ed Wright, Dan Simmons, Barbara Woodell, Norman Leavitt. A bounty hunter arrives in town, kills a wanted man and faces the wrath of its citizens, while falling in love with a shy young woman. Sadly neglected “B” feature, enhanced by good direction and top flight performances by Charles Bronson (his first starring Western), John Carradine, Carole Mathews and Fintan Meyler.

3858  Showdown at Williams Creek  Crescent Entertainment, 1991. 97 min. Color. D: Allan Kroeker. SC: John Gray. With Tom Burlinson, Stephen E. Miller, Michelle Thrush, Pascal Bernier, Raymond Burr, Betty Phillips, John Pyper-Ferguson, William Samples, Donnelly Rhodes, Jay Brazeau, John Gray, Patti Allen, John “Bear” Curtis, Frank C. Turner, Brent Strait, Rick Poltaruk, Dale Wilson, Barrett Reid, Tamsin Kelsey, Alex Bruhanski, Pierce Bros. Band, Don MacKay, Tim Henry, Eric Armstrong, Bill Croft, David Longworth, Buffalo Child, Andrew Seebaran. On trial for murder in 1870 Montana, a former British soldier relates how he came to Canada, was left for dead by his partner and saved by Indians, falling in love with a maiden with the two having a son. Competently done Canadian feature.

Showdown in Silver City see Longarm

3859  Shut My Big Mouth  Columbia, 1942. 71 min. D: Charles Barton. SC: Oliver Drake, Karen DeWolf and Francis Martin. With Joe E. Brown, Adele Mara, Victor Jory, Don Beddoe, Lloyd Bridges, Forrest Tucker, Earle Hodgins, Fritz Feld, Russell Simpson, Pedro de Cordoba, Joan Woodbury, Ralph Peters, Joe McGuinn, Noble Johnson, Chief Thundercloud, Art Mix, Edmund Cobb, Dick Curtis, Eddy Waller, Will Wright, Fern Emmett, Ed Peil, Sr., Frank McCarroll, John Tyrrell, Hank Bell, Blackjack Ward. A timid man from the East accidentally knocks out a desperado, is made sheriff of a frontier town and has to stand up to an outlaw gang leader. Amusing Joe E. Brown feature with a good story and direction.

3860  Sidekicks  CBS-TV/Warner Bros., 1974. 75 min. Color. D: Burt Kennedy. SC: William Bowers. With Larry Hagman, Lou Gossett, Blythe Danner, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan, Gene Evans, Noah Beery, Hal Williams, Dick Peabody, Denver Pyle, John Beck, Dick Haynes, Tyler McVey, Bill Shannon. After the Civil War two con men out West try to collect a bounty on an outlaw. Tepid television version of Skin Game (q.v.) that never made it as a series.

Larry Hagman and Lou Gossett in Sidekicks (CBS-TV/Warner Bros., 1974).

3861  The Siege at Red River  20th Century–Fox, 1954. 86 min. Color. D: Rudolph Mate. SC: Sydney Boehm. With Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone, Milburn Stone, Jeff Morrow, Craig Hill, Rico Alaniz, Robert Burton, Pilar Del Rey, Ferris Taylor. During the Civil War a Confederate spy masquerades as a showman in order to steal a Gatling gun and becomes involved with a pretty Yankee nurse, a Pinkerton agent and marauding Indians. Fairly entertaining oater also called The Siege of Red River.

The Siege of Red River see The Siege at Red River

3862  Sierra  Universal-International, 1950. 83 min. Color. D: Alfred E. Green. SC: Edna Anhalt. With Audie Murphy, Wanda Hendrix, Dean Jagger, Burl Ives, Richard Rober, Anthony Caruso, Houseley Stevenson, Elliott Reid, Griff Barnett, Elisabeth Risdon, Roy Roberts, Gregg Martell, Sara Allgood, James Arness, Ted Jordan, I. Stanford Jolley, Jack Ingram. A female lawyer accidentally stumbles across the hideout of a man and his son, the former on the run from the law for a crime he did not commit. Pretty good remake of Forbidden Valley (q.v.).

3863  Sierra Baron  20th Century–Fox, 1958. 80 min. Color. D: James B. Clark. SC: Houston Branch. With Brian Keith, Rick Jason, Rita Gam, Mala Powers, Allan Lewis, Pedro Calvan, Fernando Wagner, Steve Brodie, Carlos Muzquiz, Lee Morgan, Reed Howes, Albert Mariscal. In nineteenth century California a ruthless man hires a gunman to kill a Mexican in order to get his vast land holdings. More than passable film, enhanced by good photography.

3864  Sierra Passage  Monogram, 1951. 81 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Tom W. Blackburn, Warren D. Wandberg and Sam Roeca. With Wayne Morris, Lola Albright, Lloyd Corrigan, Alan Hale, Jr., Roland Winters, Jim Bannon, Billy Gray, Paul McGuire, Richard Karlan, George Eldredge, John Doucette, Zon Murray, Paul Bryar. A cowboy postpones his marriage to hunt down the man who murdered his father. Grade B action feature that provides its allotted modicum of entertainment.

3865  Sierra Stranger  Columbia, 1957. 78 min. D: Lee Sholem. SC: Richard J. Dorso. With Howard Duff, Gloria McGhee, Dick Foran, John Hoyt, Barton MacLane, George E. Stone, Ed Kemmer, Robert Foulk, Eve McVeagh, Henry Kulky, Byron Foulger. A wild young man is saved from lynching by a prospector and the two end up in still more trouble. Barely passable second bill item although it is nice to see Dick Foran in a co-starring role.

3866  Sierra Sue  Republic, 1941. 64 min. D: William Morgan. SC: Earl Fenton and Julian Zimet. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, Frank M. Thomas, Robert Homans, Earle Hodgins, Dorothy Christy, Jack Kirk, Eddie Dean, Kermit Maynard, Budd Buster, Rex Lease, Hugh Prosser, Vince Barnett, Hal Price, Syd Saylor, Roy Butler, Sammy Stein, Bob McKenzie, Marin Sais, Ray Davis, Frankie Marvin, Art Dillard. The state agricultural commission sends inspector Gene Autry to a devil weed infested area to study the problem but he meets opposition from the head of the local cattlemen’s association. Pretty dreary Gene Autry vehicle except for a few songs.

3867  El Siete de Copas (The Seven Cups)  Filmadora Independiente, 1960. 95 min. D-SC: Roberto Gavaldon. With Antonio Aguilar, Elvira Quintana, Julio Adama, Pedro de Aguillon, Aurora Walker, Jose Carlos Mendez, David Reynoso, Tito Novaro, Javier Gomez, Jose Luis Fernandez, Edmundo Espino, Roberto Meyer, Salvador Lozano, Jose Pardave, Pepe Hernandez, Guillermo Bravo Sosa, Margarito Luna, Chel Lopez, Jesus Gomez, Jose Chavez. A gambler, who has had good luck since he was a boy, comes to feel he has lost his touch and makes a major effort to regain his gaming prowess. Only average Mexican Western from producer Rafael Baledon.

3868  Siete Leguas (Seven Leagues)  Cinematografica Intercontinental, 1955. 90 min. D-SC: Raul de Anda. With Luis Aguilar, Yolanda Varela, Linda Cristal, Arturo Martinez, Jose Elias Moreno, Dagoberto Rodriguez, Luis Aldas, Fernando Casanova, Victor Alcocer, Conchita Gentil Arcos, America Martin, Lola Casanova, Armando Soto La Marina. A emissary for Pancho Villa arrives in a town to prepare for an attack and falls for the mayor’s daughter who warns him of her father’s love for a rival general’s sister. Well made pseudo-historical drama from Mexico.

Sign of the Beaver see Keeping the Promise

Sign of the Otter see The Little Patriot

3869  The Sign of the Wolf  Metropolitan, 1931. 10 Chapters. D: Harry S. Webb and Forrest Sheldon. SC: Carl Krusada. With King (dog), Rex Lease, Virginia Brown Faire, Joe Bonomo, Jack Mower, Josephine Hill, Al Ferguson, Robert Walker, Edmund Cobb, Harry Todd, Jack Perrin, Billy O’Brien. In Tibet, an explorer steals chains that can turn sand into jewels and years later crooks in the West try to take them from him and his daughter. Very low grade, but fun, cliffhanger; issued in a feature version in 1932 by Syndicate called The Lone Trail.

3870  Sign of the Wolf  Monogram, 1941. 69 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Elizabeth Hopkins and Edmund Kelso. With Michel Whelan, Grace Bradley, Mantan Moreland, Darryl Hickman, Louise Beavers, Wade Crosby, Tony Paton, Smoky and Shadow (dogs). Two canines are raised together in the north country with one of them becoming a thief while the other remains loyal to his master who is beset by fur grabbers. Fair adaptation of a Jack London story from producer Paul Malvern.

3871  The Sign of Zorro  Buena Vista, 1959. 91 min. Color. D: Norman Foster and Lewis R. Foster. SC: Norman Foster, Lowell S. Hawley, Bob Wehling and John Meredyth Lucas. With Guy Williams, George J. Lewis, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Britt Lomond, Tony Russo, John Dehner, Lisa Gaye, Romney Brent, Than Wyenn, Elvira Corona, Eugenia Paul, Jan Arvan, Nestor Paiva, Madeleine Holmes. In 1820 the son of a California rancher arrives home from Spain and pretends to be a fop in order to disguise himself as the masked avenger Zorro, out to right wrongs of a local despot. Fun compilation of episodes of “The Adventures of Zorro” (ABC-TV, 1957–59) and issued theatrically both in the U.S. and abroad.

The Sign of Zorro (1963) see Duel at the Rio Grande

3872  Silence of the North  Universal, 1981. 94 min. Color. D: Allan Winton King. SC: Patricia Louisiana Knop. With Ellen Burstyn, Tom Skerritt, Gordon Pinsent, Jennifer McKinney, Donna Dobrijevic, Colin Fox, Chapelle Jaffe, Ken Pogue, Tom Hauff, Murray Westgate, Ken James, Booth Savage, Louis Banks, Sean McCann, Frank Adamson. A woman marries a vagabond trapper in 1919 and goes to live with him in the wilds of Canada. Based on a true story, this drama holds some interest but the scenery is better than the plot.

3873  El Silencioso (The Silent)  Antenea Film, 1967. 85 min. Color. D: Alberto Mariscal. SC: Jose Maria Fernandez Unsain and Fernando Galiano. With Gaston Santos, Luis Aguilar, Adriana Roel, Mari Carmen Gonzalez, Emilio Fernandez, Roberto Canedo, Manuel Donde, Guillermo Alvarez Bianchi, Jesus Gomez, Carlos Leon, Jose Eduardo Perez, Fernando Seshum. A child is the only witness to the murder of his parents and grows up planning to take revenge on the killers. Entertaining Mexican Western.

3874  Silent Barriers  Gaumont-British, 1937. 84 min. D: Milton Rosmer. SC: Michael Barringer and Milton Rosmer. With Richard Arlen, Lilli Palmer, Antoinette Cellier, J. Farrell MacDonald, Barry MacKay, Roy Emerton, Ben Welden, Jock MacKay, Ernest Sefton, Henry Victor, Reginald Barlow, Arthur Loft, Frank McGlynn, Gilbert Emery, Howard Hickman, William Kuhl, LeStrange Millman. A former gambler becomes a railroad builder and helps in the construction of a line across the Canadian wilderness. British financed and Canadian filmed, this movie combines trite drama with good action sequences. British title: The Great Barrier.

3875  The Silent Call  20th Century–Fox, 1961. 63 min. D: John Bushelman. SC: Tom Maruzzi. With Gail Russell, Roger Mobley, David McLean, Joe Besser, Jack Younger, Rusty Wescoatt, Roscoe Ates, Sherwood Keith, Milton Parsons, Dal McKennon. Separated from his young master, a faithful dog makes the dangerous 600 mile trek from Reno to Los Angeles. Pleasant family program feature.

3876  The Silent Code  Stage and Screen, 1935. 55 min. D: Stuart Paton. SC: George Morgan. With Kane Richmond, Blanche Mehaffey, J.P. McGowan, Joe Girard, Barney Furey, Pat Harmon, Ben Corbett, Carl Mathews, Ed Coxen, Bud Osborne, Ted Mapes, Clarence Davis, Douglas Ross, Rose Higgins, Wolfgang (dog). A miner is murdered and the blame for the crime is placed on a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Low grade action dual bill item with nice locales.

3877  Silent Conflict  United Artists, 1948. 61 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Charles Earl Belden. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Virginia Belmont, Earle Hodgins, James Harrison, Forbes Murray, John Butler, Herbert Rawlinson, Richard Alexander, Don Haggerty, Leo J. McMahon, George Magrill. A fake doctor uses hypnotism to make Lucky steal cattle association funds from Hopalong Cassidy and when they find out, Hoppy and California get on his trail. Dull entry from the tail end of the long running series.

3878  The Silent Gun  ABC-TV/Paramount, 1969. 74 min. Color. D: Michael Caffey. SC: Clyde Ware. With Lloyd Bridges, John Beck, Ed Begley, Edd Byrnes, Pernell Roberts, Susan Howard, Michael Forest, Trace Evans, Bob Diamond, Barbara Rhodes. A once famous gunman, who vowed never again to take up arms, is made the town sheriff and has to deal with the hatred between a politician and a settler. Mediocre made-for-television oater with more talk than action.

John Beck and Lloyd Bridges in The Silent Gun (ABC-TV/Paramount, 1969).

3879  The Silent Man  Paramount-Artcraft, 1917. 60 min. D: William S. Hart. SC: Charles Kenyon. With William S. Hart, Vola Vale, Robert McKim, Harold Goodwin, J.P. Lockney, George P. Nichols, Gertrude Claire, Milton Ross, Dorcas Matthews. A miner, cheated out of his rich claim by a corrupt saloon owner, plans revenge. Entertaining William S. Hart silent feature.

3880  Silent Men  Columbia, 1933. 60 min. D: D. Ross Lederman. SC: Jack Cunningham, Stuart Anthony and Gerald Geraghty. With Tim McCoy, Florence Britton, Wheeler Oakman, J. Carrol Naish, Matthew Betz, Lloyd Ingraham, Steve Clark, William V. Mong, Walter Brennan, Syd Saylor, Joseph Girard, Lafe McKee, Art Mix, Frank Ellis, Lew Meehan, Glenn Strange, Slim Whitaker, Artie Ortego, Richard Botiller, Archie Ricks, Charles Brinley. A special agent for cattlemen loses his job when it is found out he is an escaped convict and suspected of being the leader of a gang of rustlers. Eerie and atmospheric Tim McCoy vehicle with a complicated, and sometimes hard to follow, plot.

3881  Silent Rage  Columbia, 1982. 103 min. Color. D: Michael Miller. SC: Joseph Fraley. With Chuck Norris, Ron Silver, Steven Keats, Toni Kalem, William Finley, Brian Libby, Stephen Furst, Stephanie Dunnam, Joyce Ingle, Jay De Plano, Lillette Zoe Raley, Mike Johnson, Linda Tatum, Kathleen Lee, James Bodeen, John Barrett, Desmond Dhooge, Joe Farago, Russell Higginbotham, Eddie Galt, David Unger, Sonny Jones, Sandy Lang, Paul Selzer. The sheriff of a Texas community tries to protect its citizens, including his ex-girlfriend, from an all powerful psychotic killer. Fair horror movie, in a Western setting, starring six time World Karate Champion Chuck Norris.

3882  Silent Sentence  Bryanston/National General, 1973. 85 min. Color. D: Larry G. Spangler. SC: George Arthur Bloom and Seton I. Miller. With Jack Elam, Ruth Roman, Jeff Cooper, Gene Evans, John Kellogg, Richard Shaal, Diana Ewing, Joe Spangler, Derek Sanderson, Joe Santos. Three prostitutes are horribly murdered in a remote community where the banker hires a detective to investigate, much to the chagrin of an old time sheriff. This Jack the Ripper out West affair, filmed at Arizona’s Old Tucson, is dull, without much action; originally called A Knife for the Ladies.

The Silent Stranger see A Stranger in Japan

3883  Silent Tongue  Trimark Pictures, 1994. 102 min. Color. D-SC: Sam Shepard. With Richard Harris, Sheila Tousey, Alan Bates, River Phoenix, Dermot Mulroney, Jeri Arredondo, Tantoo Cardinal, Bill Irwin, David Shiner, Tim Carroll, Nicholas Ortiz y Pino, Robert Harnsberger, Fred Maio, Leslie Flemming, Jill Momaday, Lynn Davis, Tim Scott, Tommy Thompson, Jack Herrick, Bland Simpson, Clay Buckner, Chris Frank, Arturo Gil, Joseph Griffo, Billy Beck, Phillip Attmore, Al Lujan, Devino Tricoche, April Tatro. A cowboy abducts his son’s sister-in-law, a half-breed, so she can try to help the man out of the grief he has for the loss of his young Indian wife. Eerie, surreal Western, not for all tastes.

3884  Silent Valley  Reliable, 1935. 56 min. D: Bernard B. Ray. SC: Rose Gordon. With Tom Tyler, Nancy DeShon, Alan Bridge, Wally Wales, Charles King, Charles “Slim” Whitaker, Art Miles, Murdock MacQuarrie, Jimmy Aubrey, Frank Ellis, Lew Meehan, Herman Hack, Budd Buster, George Morrell, Art Dillard, Tex Palmer, Oscar Gahan, Bob Reeves, George Hazel, Barney Beasley, Ray Jones, Jack Hendricks, Art Felix. A lawman hunting cattle rustlers suspects his girl’s brother of being in the gang that is led by a supposedly respectable citizen. Alan Bridge is very good as the slick villain as is Slim Whitaker as his hired gunman, but overall this Tom Tyler affair is just fair.

3885  Silent Wilderness  Ted Leverfech, 1976. 92 min. Color. With Dr. Roger Latham. A naturalist explores Alaska, from abandoned gold mines to oil pipelines, and encounters a grizzly bear near Mt. McKinley and a whale close to the Arctic. Well made and enjoyable documentary.

3886  Silly Billies  RKO Radio, 1936. 64 min. D: Fred Guiol. SC: Al Boasberg and Jack Townley. With Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Harry Woods, Ethan Laidlaw, Chief Thundercloud, Delmar Watson, Richard Alexander, Lafe McKee, Tommy Bond, Willie Best, Maurice Black, John Ince, Nelson McDowell, Jim Thorpe. Two zany dentists go West on a wagon train and end up saving it from an Indian attack. Very weak Bert Wheeler-Robert Woolsey comedy.

3887  Silver Bandit  Friedgen, 1950. 54 min. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: Elmer S. :Pond (Clifton). With Spade Cooley, Bob Gilbert, Virginia Jackson, Richard Elliott, Billy Dix, Jene Gray. After silver is stolen from a mine, its owner sends a bookkeeper to investigate and he uncovers an outlaw gang is the culprit. Bottom of the barrel Spade Cooley musical fare.

3888  The Silver Bullet  Reliable, 1935. 53 min. D: Bernard B. Ray. SC: Rose Gordon and Carl Krusada. With Tom Tyler, Jayne Regan, Lafe McKee, Charles King, George Chesebro, Slim Whitaker, Lew Meehan, Franklyn Farnum, Walt Williams (Wally Wales), Blackie Whiteford, Hank Bell, Nelson McDowell, Robert Brower, Allen Smith, Tom Smith, Tex Palmer, Fern Emmett, Jack Evans, Robert Walker, Herman Hack, Barney Beasley, Bill Patton, Jimmy Aubrey, George Morrell, Bruce Mitchell, Ray Henderson, Murray Horn. A prospector agrees to become the sheriff of a town plagued by outlaws and tries to find out who is the leader of the gang. Cheaply made but more than passable Tom Tyler oater.

3889  The Silver Bullet  Universal, 1942. 56 min. D: Joseph H. Lewis. SC: Elizabeth Beecher. With Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, William Farnum, Jennifer Holt, LeRoy Mason, Rex Lease, Grace Lenard, Claire Whitney, Slim Whitaker, William Desmond, Merrill McCormick, Michael Vallon, James Farley, Lloyd Ingraham, The Pals of the Golden West and Nora Lou Martin, Harry Holman, Hank Bell, Tex Phelps. A cowboy searches for the outlaw who shot him in the back with a silver bullet and murdered his father. A bit complicated but well done Johnny Mack Brown outing.

3890  Silver Canyon  Columbia, 1951. 70 min. D: John English. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Gail Davis, Jim Davis, Bob Steele, Edgar Dearing, Richard Alexander, Terry Frost, Peter Mamakos, Steve Clark, Stanley Andrews, Duke York, Eugene Borden, Bobby Clark, Frankie Marvin, Boyd Stockman, Sandy Sanders, Kenne Duncan, Bill Hale, Jack O’Shea, Stanley Blystone, John Merton, Jack Pepper, Pat O’Malley, Jim Magill, John Daheim, Eddie Parker. During the Civil War, an Army scout is on the trail of a Union renegade leader and his band, whose activities have also been denounced by the Confederacy. Top notch Gene Autry feature with splendid work by Jim Davis as the villain.

Silver Chains see The Kid from Amarillo

3891  Silver City  Paramount, 1951. 90 min. Color. D: Byron Haskin. SC: Frank Gruber. With Yvonne De Carlo, Edmond O’Brien, Richard Arlen, Barry Fitzgerald, Gladys George, Laura Elliot, Edgar Buchanan, Michael Moore, John Dierkes, Don Dunning, Warren Earl Fisk, James Van Horn, John Mansfield, Harvey Parry, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Frank Cordell, Leo J. McMahon, Howard Joslin, Robert G. Anderson, Frank Fenton, Myron Healey, James R. Scott, Paul E. Burns, Cliff Clark, Billy House, Howard Negley, Ray Hyke, Slim Gault. A miner attempts to help a pretty girl and her father develop their claim but they are opposed by a rich rancher who wants the gold and the woman for himself. A good cast does what it can with a mediocre story. British title: High Vermillion.

Richard Arlen, Barry Fitzgerald, Michael Moore, Gladys George, Edmond O’Brien, Myron Healey and Laura Elliot in Silver City (Paramount, 1951).

3892  Silver City Bonanza  Republic, 1951. 67 min. D: George Blair. SC: Bob Williams. With Rex Allen, Buddy Ebsen, Mary Ellen Kay, Billy Kimbley, Bill Kennedy, Alix Ebsen, Gregg Barton, Clem Bevans, Frank Jenks, Hank Patterson, Harry Lauter, Harry Harvey, Edmund Cobb, Marshall Reed, Ted Mapes, Tom Steele. When a blind man is murdered at a supposedly haunted ranch, a cowboy tries to find the killer. Fast paced and well written Rex Allen feature.

3893  Silver City Kid  Republic, 1944. 56 min. D: John English. SC: Taylor Cavan. With Allan Lane, Peggy Stewart, Wally Vernon, Twinkle Watts, Frank Jaquet, Harry Woods, Glenn Strange, Lane Chandler, Bud Geary, Tom London, Tom Steele, Jack Kirk, Sam Flint, Frank McCarroll, Hal Price, Ed Peil, Sr., Fred Graham, Frank O’Connor, Horace B. Carpenter. Valuable ore is stolen by an outlaw gang and a ranch foreman suspects the town judge is behind the operation. Allan Lane’s first series Western is a quick moving affair.

3894  Silver City Raiders  Columbia, 1943. 55 min. D: William Berke. SC: Ed Earl Repp. With Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor, Alma Carroll, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, Paul Sutton, Edmund Cobb, Jack Ingram, Art Mix, Luther Wills, Jack Rockwell, John Tyrrell, Merrill McCormick, George Morrell, Tex Palmer, Horace B. Carpenter, Jose De La Cruz, Curley Gibson. Ranchers learn they may lose their spreads to a land office operator with a Spanish grant giving him claim to the area. Better than average outing in Russell Hayden’s Columbia series.

Silver Devil see Wild Horse