4715  Las Vengadoras Enmascaradas (The Masked Female Avengers). Estudios American, 1963. 87 min. D: Federico Curiel. SC: Federico Curiel and Alfredo Ruanova. With Kitty de Hoyos, Dacia Gonzalez, Dagoberto Rodriguez, Jorge Russek, Eric del Castillo, Santanon, Pancho Cordoba. When a silver shipment robbery results in the murder of a woman’s fiance, she and her sister plan to round up the outlaws. Fast paced Mexican Western, a sequel to Las Hermanas X (q.v.).

4716  Venganza Apache (Apache Vengeance)  Alameda Films, 1960. 78 min. D: Fernando Mendez. SC: Alfredo Salazar. With Rafael Baledon, Mauricio Garces, Abel Salazar, David Reynoso, Dacia Gonzalez, Carlos Nieto, Angel Di Stefani, Carlos Suarez, Guillermo Carter, Consuelo Oviedo, Ignacio Peon, Alfonso Torres, Eduardo Bonada, Armando Gutierrez. Three brothers rescue a woman captured by the Apaches and try to stop a white man from selling guns to the tribe. Pretty good Mexican Western produced by co-star Abel Salazar.

4717  Venganza del Charro Negro (Vengeance of the Black Cowboy)  Clasa-Mohme, 1942. 85 min. D-SC: Raul de Anda. With Raul de Anda, Irma Rosado, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Amanda de Llano, Miguel Angel Ferriz, Joaquin Busquets, Agustin Isunge, Tito Junco, Armando Soto la Marina, Consuel Quiroz, Salvador Quiroz. While investigating the murder of a pregnant girl, the Black Cowboy comes across the suicide of another young woman, sees a connection between the two incidents and tries to solve the puzzle. Well done Mexican Western mystery made by producer-director-writer-star Raul de Anda.

4718  La Venganza del Lobo Negro (The Vengeance of the Black Wolf)  Telecine, 1981. 90 min. Color. D: Rafael Romero Marchent. SC: Joaquin Romero Hernandez and Rafael Romero Marchent. With Fernando Allende, Maria Silva, Fernando Sancho, Christian Bach, Alvaro de Luna, Carlos Ballesteros, Esperanza Roy, Lola Forner, Barta Barry, Frank Brana, Julian Ugarte, Alfonso del Real, Carmen Roldan, Tomas Zori, Eduardo Calvo, Alejandro de Enciso, Arturo Alegro, Jose Maria Caffarel. A masked avenger, The Black Wolf, assists the people of Monterrey when his bitter enemy, an Army Colonel, over taxes them and takes their land. Fair sequel to El Lobo Negro (q.v.), also called Duelo a Muerte (Duel to Death).

Vengeance (1935) see Range Warfare

Vengeance (1944) see Valley of Vengeance

4719  Vengeance  Crown International, 1965. 80 min. D: Dene Hilyard. SC: Alex Sharp and Ed Erwin. With William Thourlby, Melora Conway, Owen Pavitt, Donald Cook, Ed Cook, Byrd Holland, John Bliss, James Cavanaugh, Tiger Joe Marsh. A Confederate prisoner released by the Yankees after the Civil War kills one of the men who murdered his brother and finds himself hunted by the man’s fiancee and family. Average low budget melodrama.

4720  Vengeance  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/EMI/Cinevision Films, 1971. 100 min. Color. D: Anthony Dawson (Antonio Marghereti). SC: Antonio Marghereti and Renato Savino. With Richard Harrison, Claudio Camaso, Alan Collins (Luciano Pignozzi), Sheyla Rosin, Lee Burton, Werner Pochath, Paolo Gozlino, Alberto Dell’Acqua (Robert Widmark), Pedro Sanchez. When his friend is mutilated and murdered by an outlaw gang, a cowboy plans to take revenge. Exceedingly brutal Spaghetti Western issued in Italy in 1968 as Joko, Invoco Dio...e Muori (Call to Your God...and Die).

Vengeance in the Saddle see Bullets and Saddles

Vengeance Is a Colt see Return of Django

Vengeance Is Mine see A Bullet for Sandoval

Vengeance of a Gunfighter see To Hell You Preach

4721  The Vengeance of Pancho Villa  Lacy International Films, 1966. 83 min. Color. D: Jose M. Elorrieta. SC: Gonzalo Asensio Rey and Ricardo Vazquez. With John Ericson, James Philbrook, Gustavo Rojo, Mara Cruz, Nuria Torray, Ricardo Palacios, Pastor Serrador. Believing soldiers murdered his parents, a man agrees to help Pancho Villa in stealing gold from the government. Violent and action laced Spanish production issued there as Los 7 de Pancho Villa (The 7 of Pancho Villa) and also called The Treasure of Pancho Villa.

4722  Vengeance of Rannah  Reliable, 1936. 59 min. D: Franklin Shamray (Bernard B. Ray). SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Bob Custer, Rin Tin Tin, Jr., Victoria Vinton, John Elliott, Roger Williams, George Chesebro, Eddie Phillips, Ed Cassidy, Wally West, Snub Pollard, Oscar Gahan, Jimmy Aubrey, William McCall, Jack Hendricks, Allen Greer, Jack Evans, Clyde McClary, Denver Dixon. An insurance detective investigates a stage payroll robbery and finds the murdered driver with the dead man’s dog holding the clue to his killing. Tacky affair supposedly based on a work by James Oliver Curwood.

4723  Vengeance of the West   Columbia, 1942. 60 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Luci Ward. With Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Adele Mara, Frank Mitchell, Dick Curtis, Richard Fiske, Ted Mapes, Eva Puig, Jose Tortosa, Guy Wilkerson, Edmund Cobb, Eddie Laughton, Stanley Brown, John Tyrrell, Steve Clark, George Morrell, Al Haskell, Tom Smith, Jim Corey, Jack Tornek. After his family is massacred, rancher Joaquin Murietta begins raiding gold shipments and eventually teams with a ranger who has been sent to capture him and together they try to stop the gang responsible for the murders. Final pairing of Bill Elliott and Tex Ritter treads very lightly on history but Tex sings “Along the Trail Somewhere” and “Only Yesterday.” A remake of The Avenger (1931) [q.v.].

4724  Vengeance Trail  Filme Cinematografica, 1972. 98 min. Color. D: William Redford (Pasquale Squittieri). SC: Monica (Venturini) Felt and William Redford. With Leonard Mann, Ivan Rassimov, Elizabeth Eversfield, Klaus Kinski, Steffen Zacharias, Enzo Fiermonte, Salvatore Billa, Teodoro Corra, Yotanka, Giorgio Dolfin, Isabella Gjidotti, Stefano Oppedisano, Gianfranco Tamborra, Pietro Torrisi. Seeking revenge for the murder of his parents by Indians, a man kidnaps a tribal maiden, planning to sell her but ends up falling in love with the girl, and tries to save her when she is abducted by outlaws. This Italian film, released there as La Vendetta e un Piatto Che Si Serve Freddo (Vengeance Is a Plate Served Cold), is long on action and violence.

4725  Vengeance Valley  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951. 83 min. Color. D: Richard Thorpe. SC: Irving Ravetch. With Burt Lancaster, Joanne Dru, Robert Walker, Sally Forrest, John Ireland, Carleton Carpenter, Ray Collins, Ted De Corsia, Hugh O’Brian, Will Wright, Grace Mills, James Hayward, James Harrison, Stanley Andrews, Glenn Strange, Paul E. Burns, Robert E. Griffin, Harvey B. Dunne, John McKee, Tom Fadden, Monte Montague, Al Ferguson, Roy Butler, Margaret Bert, Norman Leavitt, Dan White, Robert Wilke, Louis Nicoletti. A ranch foreman tries to protect his no-good foster brother until he fathers an illegitimate child and tries to palm hit off as his, thus leading to a showdown between the two men. Burt Lancaster’s first Western is a stout affair and good viewing.

4726  Vengeance Vow  Wrather Corporation, 1956. 75 min. Color. D: Earl Bellamy. SC: Doane Hoag, De Vallon Scott and Thomas Seller. With Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Allen Pinson, Wayne Burson, Jim Bannon, Francis McDonald, James J. Griffith, Ewing Mitchell, Maurice Jara, Joel Ashley, Jerry Brown, Walt LaRue, Mauritz Hugo, Harry Strang, Don C. Harvey, Margaret Aldrich, Gary Murray, Eugenia Paul, Baynes Barron, Robert Homans. An escaped convict plans to murder the Lone Ranger and Tonto as they also try to help an ex-prisoner and stop an Indian uprising. Action filled TV movie from the episodes “Courage of Tonto,” “A Message for Abe” and “Two Against Two” from “The Adventures of the Lone Ranger” (ABC-TV, 1949–57).

4727  Vera Cruz  United Artists, 1954. 94 min. Color. D: Robert Aldrich. SC: Roland Kibbee and James R. Webb. With Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, Sarita Montiel, George Macready, Ernest Borgnine, Henry Brandon, Charles (Bronson) Buchinsky, Morris Ankrum, James McCallion, Jack Lambert, Jack Elam, James Seay, Archie Savage, Charles Horvath, Juan Garcia. In 1866 Mexico two mercenaries agree to accompany a countess to Vera Cruz since she is carrying a gold shipment for Emperor Maximilian’s forces. Nicely photographed (by Ernest Laszlo) but mundane melodrama.

4728  Via Pony Express  Majestic, 1933. 60 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Lewis D. Collins and Oliver Drake. With Jack Hoxie, Marceline Day, Lane Chandler, Doris Hill, Julian Rivero, Charles K. French, Matthew Betz, Joe Girard, Ben Corbett, Yakima Canutt, Charles Le Moyne, Slim Whitaker, Bob Burns, Chuck Baldra, Frank Ellis, Olin Francis, Bud Pope. A pony express rider tries to help a woman whose land grant is coveted by outlaws. Poor Jack Hoxie series outing with the star overshadowed by Lane Chandler.

4729  The Vigilante  Columbia, 1947. 15 Chapters. D: Wallace Fox. SC: George H. Plympton, Lewis Clay and Arthur Hoerl. With Ralph Byrd, Ramsay Ames, Lyle Talbot, George Offerman, Jr., Robert Barron, Hugh Prosser, Jack Ingram, Eddie Parker, George Chesebro, Edmund Cobb, Terry Frost, Frank Ellis, Frank Merlo, Bill Brauer, John Fostine, Ted Mapes, Al Ferguson, Bud Osborne, Wallace Fox, Lane Bradford, Emmett Lynn, Rusty Wescoatt, Pierce Lyden, Jack Chefe, Bob Duncan, Baynes Barron, Al Wyatt, Tex Palmer, George DeNormand, Ted Adams, Kermit Maynard, Knox Manning (narrator). A Western movie star, who also works as an undercover agent, goes to a dude ranch where a gang is after a mysterious string of pearls. The plot is outlandish but this is a fun cliffhanger, based on the Action Comics character; reworked as Roar of the Iron Horse (q.v.).

4730  Vigilante Hideout  Republic, 1950. 60 min. D: Fred C. Brannon. SC: Richard Wormser. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Virginia Herrick, Roy Barcroft, Cliff Clark, Don Haggerty, Paul Campbell, Guy Teague, Art Dillard, Chick Hannon, Bob Woodward. Ranchers plagued by a rash of cattle thefts call in a range detective to stop the rustlers. Fairly exciting outing in Allan Lane’s “Famous Westerns” series.

4731  Vigilante Terror  Allied Artists, 1953. 70 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Sid Theil. With Bill Elliott, Mary Ellen Kay, Myron Healey, Fuzzy Knight, I. Stanford Jolley, Henry Rowland, George Wallace, Zon Murray, Richard Avonde, Michael Colgan, Denver Pyle, Robert Bray, Al Haskell, John James, Stanley Price, Lee Roberts, Ted Mapes, Ray Jones. Masked vigilantes carry off a successful gold hijacking and put the blame on a storekeeper but a cowboy comes to his defense. The plot is nothing new but good acting and production values makes this Bill Elliott film a pleasing one.

4732  The Vigilantes Are Coming  Republic, 1936. 12 Chapters. D: Mack V. Wright and Ray Taylor. SC: John Rathmell, Maurice Geraghty and Winston Miller. With Robert Livingston, Kay Hughes, Guinn Williams, Raymond Hatton, Fred Kohler, Robert Warwick, William Farnum, Robert Kortman, John Merton, Ray Corrigan, Lloyd Ingraham, William Desmond, Yakima Canutt, Tracy Layne, Bud Pope, Steve Clemente, Bud Osborne, John O’Brien, Henry Hall, Philip Armetta, Stanley Blystone, Joe De La Cruz, Fred Burns, Frankie Marvin, Wally West, Wes Warner, Ken Cooper, Frank Ellis, Jerome Ward, Al Taylor, Herman Hack, Jack Ingram, Jack Kirk, Pascale Perry, Jack Kinney, Bob Jamison, Len Ward, Vinegar Roan, Lloyd Saunders, John Slater, Tommy Coats, Sam Garrett. In 1840 a man returns to his California home to find the ranch has been taken over by a general who is using Cossacks to help him in exploiting the land’s gold and forming an empire. Outstanding Republic serial with a very fine cast; based on the Rudolph Valentino feature The Eagle (United Artists, 1925), set in Russia.

4733  Vigilantes of Boomtown  Republic, 1947. 56 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Earle Snell. With Allan Lane, Bobby Blake, Martha Wentworth, John Dehner, Roscoe Karns, Roy Barcroft, Peggy Stewart, George Chesebro, Ted Adams, George Lloyd, Earle Hodgins, George Turner, Harlan Briggs, Budd Buster, Jack O’Shea, Tom Steele, Eddie Lou Simms, Bobby Barker, Pascale Perry, Herman Howlin. In 1897 in Carson City factions oppose the sanctioning of the heavyweight championship boxing bout between James J. Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons with Red Ryder getting into the fracas to keep the peace. Weak “Red Ryder” series effort that does not even bother to re-stage the famous fight which was also the subject of City of Badmen (q.v.).

4734  Vigilantes of Dodge City  Republic, 1944. 54 min. D: Wallace Grissell. SC: Norman S. Hall and Anthony Coldeway. With Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming, Linda Stirling, LeRoy Mason, Tom London, Hal Taliaferro, Kenne Duncan, Bud Geary, Stephen Barclay, Robert Wilkie, Stanley Andrews, Horace B. Carpenter, Post Park, Dale Van Sickel, Roy Bucko. In Dodge City a gang of outlaws try to destroy the Duchess’s freight line but Red Ryder and Little Beaver come to her rescue. Fast paced and pleasant outing in the popular series based on Fred Harman’s comic strip character.

4735  The Vigilantes Return  Universal, 1947. 67 min. Color. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Roy Chanslor. With Jon Hall, Margaret Lindsay, Andy Devine, Robert Wilcox, Paula Drew, Jonathan Hale, Arthur Hohl, Wallace Scott, Joan (Shawlee) Fulton, Lane Chandler, George Chandler, Jack Lambert, Robert Wilke, Monte Montague, John Hart. A federal marshal is assigned to a lawless region where crooks try to implicate him in a murder. Average program feature enhanced by Cinecolor.

4736  The Vigilantes Ride  Columbia, 1944. 55 min. D: William Berke. SC: Ed Earl Repp. With Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, Shirley Patterson, Tristram Coffin, Jack Rockwell, Robert Kortman, Richard Botiller, Jack Kirk, Stanley Brown, Blackie Whiteford, John Cason, Herman Hack, Tex Cooper, Barney Beasley, Jack Evans, Silver Tip Baker, Rube Dalroy, Matty Roubert. Leaving the rangers when his brother is killed, a man pretends to be a bandit in order to infiltrate and bring in the gang. Russell Hayden fans will like this action feature complimented by Bob Wills and his musical gang.

4737  Villa  20th Century–Fox, 1958. 72 min. Color. D: James B. Clark. SC: Louis Vittes. With Brian Keith, Cesar Romero, Margia Dean, Rodolfo Hoyos, Carlos Muzquiz, Mario Navarro, Ben Wright, Elisa Loti, Enrique Lucero, Rosenda Monteras, Felix Gonzales, Jose Espinoza, Alberto Gutierrez, Jorge Trevino, Lee Morgan, Jose Lopez, Jose Trowe, Jorge Russek. To find a better life for himself and his people, Pancho Villa turns to banditry and begins harassing Mexican soldiers. Mediocre accounting of the famous bandit’s early years although Rodolfo Hoyos is good in the title role.

4738  Villa Rides!  Paramount, 1968. 125 min. Color. D: Buzz Kulik. SC: Robert Towne and Sam Peckinpah. With Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Charles Bronson, Grazia Buccella, Robert Viharo, Frank Wolff, Herbert Lom, Alexander Knox, Diana Lorys, Robert Carricart, Fernando Rey, Regina de Julian, Andres Monreal, Antonio Padilla Ruiz, John Ireland, Jill Ireland, Jose Maria Prada. An American gun runner, captured by the forces of Pancho Villa, joins the revolutionary in his assault against the Mexican government. There is more mayhem than melodrama in his over-wrought European Western imitation.

4739  The Villain  Columbia, 1979. 93 min. Color. D: Hal Needham. SC: Robert O. Kane. With Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paul Lynde, Ruth Buzzi, Jack Elam, Strother Martin, Robert Tessier, Foster Brooks, Mel Tillis, Jan Eddy, Laura Lizer Sommers, Ray Bickel, Mel Todd, Jim Anderson, Dick Dickinson, Ron Duffy, Earl Smith. An outlaw tries to kidnap a beautiful young woman who has a muscle bound protector. Fast moving, but absurd, Western comedy.

4740  The Violent Men  Columbia, 1955. 96 min. Color. D: Rudolph Mate. SC: Harry Kleiner. With Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, May Wynn, Warner Anderson, Basil Ruysdael, Lita Milan, Richard Jaeckel, James Westerfield, Jack Kelly, Willis Bouchey, Harry Shannon, Peter Hanson, Don C. Harvey, Robo Bechi, Carl Andre, James Anderson, Katharine Warren, Thomas Browne Henry, Frank Ferguson, Raymond Greenleaf, Edmund Cobb, William “Bill” Phipps, Ethan Laidlaw, Kenneth Patterson. A Civil War veteran opposes a ruthless land baron who is trying to take over a fertile valley to expand his vast holdings. Another psychological Western from the 1950s, although this one has a bit more action than others of its ilk.

4741  The Violent Ones  Feature Film Corporation of America, 1967. 96 min. Color. D: Fernando Lamas. SC: Doug Wilson and Charles Davis. With Fernando Lamas, Aldo Ray, Tommy Sands, David Carradine, Lisa Gaye, Melinda Marx. The sheriff of a New Mexico town has trouble controlling the Mexican population when three men are apprehended as suspects in the rape and murder of a young girl. Low grade modern-day Western melodrama.

4742  Virginia City  Warner Bros., 1940. 121 min. D: Michael Curtiz. SC: Robert Buckner. With Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale, Guinn Williams, John Litel, Douglass Dumbrille, Moroni Olsen, Russell Hicks, Dickie Jones, Frank Wilcox, Russell Simpson, Victor Kilian, Charles Middleton, Monte Montague, George Regas, Paul Fix, Thurston Hall, Charles Trowbridge, Howard Hickman, Brandon Tynan, Charles Halton, Ward Bond, Sam McDaniel, Harry Cording, Trevor Bardette, Tom Dugan, Spencer Charters, George Reeves, Lane Chandler, Reed Howes, Wilfred Lucas, Robert Homans, James Farley, DeWolfe (William) Hopper, Walter Miller, Henry Hall, Eddie Parker, Bud Osborne, Sam McDaniel, Roy Gordon, George Guhl, Philip Morris, Georgia Simmons, Wedgwood Newell, Davison Clark, Edward Keane, Claire Du Brey, Tom Dugan, Spencer Charters, Paul Fix, Max Hoffman, Jr., Normal Willis, Shirley Mills, Albert Russell. Escaping from a Southern prison camp, a Union soldier is sent to Virginia City to stop the shipment of gold to the Confederacy and falls for a pretty saloon singer who is a rebel spy. Pretty fair action drama based on historical fact.

4743  The Virginian  Preferred Pictures, 1923. 60 min. D: Tom Forman. SC: Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton. With Kenneth Harlan, Florence Vidor, Russell Simpson, Pat O’Malley, Raymond Hatton, Milton Ross, Sam Allen, Bert Hadley, Fred Gambold. A cowboy is forced to hang his best pal for stealing cattle and in doing so loses the affection of the girl he loves. Very good, and much underrated, second screen version (first filmed in 1914 by Paramount with Dustin Farnum) of Owen Wister’s famous novel; well worth seeing.

4744  The Virginian  Paramount, 1929. 90 min. D: Victor Fleming. SC: Edward E. Paramore, Jr. and Howard Estabrook. With Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Eugene Pallette, Chester Conklin, E.H. Calvert, Helen Ware, Victor Potel, Tex Young, Charles Stevens, Jack Pennick, George Chandler, Ernie Adams, Fred Burns, Randolph Scott. A cowboy fights with a bad man over a saloon girl and the crook later has the cowpoke’s pal rustle cattle, causing him to be hanged by his friend. Flavorful early sound adaptation of the Owen Wister play and book that still holds up today; Richard Arlen is especially good as the tragic Steve and Mary Brian is the fetching leading lady.

4745  The Virginian  Paramount, 1946. 87 min. Color. D: Stuart Gilmore. SC: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. With Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts, Barbara Britton, Fay Bainter, Tom Tully, Henry O’Neill, Bill Edwards, William Frawley, Paul Guifoyle, Marc Lawrence, Vince Barnett, Stanley Andrews, Martin Garralaga, Willard Robertson, Ann Carter, Nana Bryant, James Burke, Esther Howard, Minerva Urecal, Josephine Whittel, Dorothy Ann Seese, Syd Saylor, Frances Morris, Paul Hurst, Dick Curtis, Robert Kortman, Al Ferguson, Wally West, Hank Bell, Teddy Infuhr, Harry Hayden, Arthur Loft, Edgar Dearing, Joseph Crehan, Buzz Henry, Betty Farrington, Perc Launders, Paul Hurst, Blackie Whiteford, Harry Lamont, Freddie Chapman, Larry Lawson, Tom Dillon, Jimmie Dundee, Al Murphy. A cowboy falls for a pretty girl but loses her when he hangs his pal after he joins a bad man in rustling cattle. A good cast and Technicolor cannot bring this fourth screen version of the novel above average. Owen Wister’s 1902 work also spawned two television series, “The Virginian” (NBC-TV, 1962–70) and its sequel, “The Men from Shiloh” (NBC-TV, 1970–71).

4746  The Virginian  Turner Network Television (TNT), 2000. 95 min. Color. D: Bill Pullman. SC: Larry Gross. With Bill Pullman, Diane Lane, John Savage, Harris Yulin, Colm Feore, James Drury, Gary Farmer, William MacDonald, Brent Strait, Sheila Moore, Darcy Beisher, Philip Granger, Dennis Weaver, Dawn Greenhalgh, Norman Edge, James Rattai, Mark Anderson, Maureen Rooney, Bill Merasty, Tom Glass, Joe Dodds, Stephen Hair, Marty Anthony, Keith Frey, Maesa Pullman, Arnold Lawson, Larry Austin, Tom Morris, Ben Tone, Dillinger Steele, Iloe Flewelling, Christopher Benson. Betrayed by his best friend, a cowpoke stands to lose the woman he loves if he brings in his pal for cattle rustling. A somewhat reworked version of the Owen Wister novel but still enjoyable.

4747  Viva Cisco Kid  20th Century–Fox, 1940. 70 min. D: Norman Foster. SC: Samuel G. Engel and Hal Long. With Cesar Romero, Jean Rogers, Chris-Pin Martin, Minor Watson, Stanley Fields, Nigel de Brulier, Harold Goodwin, Francis Ford, Charles Judels, Harrison Greene, LeRoy Mason, Tom London, Jim Mason, Hank Worden, Eddy Waller, Ray Teal, Bud Osborne, Paul Sutton, Mantan Moreland, Paul Kruger, Willie Fung, Frank Darrien, Jacqueline Dalya, Margaret Martin, Inez Palange. The Cisco Kid and his pal Gordito are on the trail of an outlaw gang wanted for robbery. Well made and entertaining “Cisco Kid” series film.

Viva! Django see Man Called Django

Viva la Revolucion see Blood and Guns

4748  Viva Maria!  United Artists, 1965. 114 min. Color. D: Louis Malle. SC: Louis Malle and Jean-Claude Carriere. With Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, George Hamilton, Claudio Brook, Paulette Dubost, Gregor von Rezzori, Poldo Benani, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Luis Rizo. Two beautiful entertainers team with an Irish rebel to assist the revolutionary cause in Mexico. There is a pleasant blend of action and comedy in this French production.

4749  Viva Max!  Commonwealth United, 1969. 96 min. Color. D: Jerry Paris. SC: Elliott Baker. With Peter Ustinov, Pamela Tiffin, Jonathan Winters, John Astin, Keenan Wynn, Harry Morgan, Alice Ghostley, Kenneth Mars, Morgan Guilford, Bill McCutcheon. A Mexican general, with a small band of confederates, tries to retake the Alamo 163 years after the initial siege. Forced comedy has its amusing moments thanks to an excellent cast.

4750  Viva Villa!  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934. 115 min. D: Jack Conway. SC: Ben Hecht. With Wallace Beery, Fay Wray, Leo Carrillo, Donald Cook, Stuart Erwin, George E. Stone, Joseph Schildkraut, Henry B. Walthall, Katherine De Mille, David Durand, Phillip Cooper, Frank Puglia, John Merkel, Charles Stevens, Steve Clemente, Pedro Regas, Carlos De Valdez, George Regas, Harry Cording, Nigel De Brulier, Charles Requa, Tom Ricketts, Clarence Wilson, James Martin, Anita Gordiana, Francis McDonald, Harry Semels, Julian Rivero, Dan Dix, Mischa Auer, Belle Mitchell, John Davidson, Brandon Hurst, Leonard Mudie, Herbert Prior, Emile Chautard, Henry Armetta, Hector Sarno, Ralph (Francis X., Jr.) Bushman, Shirley Chambers, Clarence Wilson, Adrian Rosley, Francis McDonald, Steve Clemente, Gino Corrado, Belle Mitchell, Nigel De Brulier, George Irving, Nick De Ruiz, Arthur Thalasso, Leo White, Claire DuBrey, Anita Gordiano, Sam Godfrey. Pancho Villa rises from petty bandit to revolutionary leader in Mexico. Overlong but passable biopic with a delightfully hammy performance by Wallace Beery in the title role.

4751  Viva Zapata!  20th Century–Fox, 1952. 113 min. D: Elia Kazan. SC: John Steinbeck. With Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman, Arnold Moss, Alan Reed, Margo, Lou Gilbert, Harold Gordon, Mildred Dunnock, Frank Silvera, Nkina Varela, Florenz Ames, Fay Roope, Will Kuluva, Bernie Gozier, Frank De Kova, Pedro Regas, Richard Garrick, Ross Bagdasarian, Leonard George, Abner Biberman, Philip Van Zandt, Henry Silva, Guy Thomajan, George J. Lewis, Peter Mamakos, Ric Roman, Nestor Paiva, Robert Filmer, Julia Montoya, Salvador Baquez. A peasant, helped by his brother, rises above his surroundings and leads a revolution against the government of Mexico. Pretty fair big screen biography of Emiliano Zapata that will satisfy Marlon Brando fans.

La Volpe see Zorro the Fox

4752  La Vuela del Charro Negro (The Flight of the Black Cowboy)  Clasa-Mohme, 1941. 90 min. D-SC: Raul de Anda. With Carmen Conde, Raul de Anda, Fernando Fernandez, Jose Torvay, Max Langler, Gilberto Gonzalez, Armando Soto la Marina, Agustin Isunza, Antonio R. Frausto. While visiting his late wife’s resting place the Black Cowboy learns a series of grave robberies have taken place in the area and he traces them to a mad scientist who is using corpses in trying to learn the secret of life. Horror Western fans will like this early Mexican excursion into the genre by producer-director-writer-star Raul de Anda.

4753  The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West  Topar Films, 1976. 86 min. Color. D: Jack Arnold, Earl Bellamy, Bruce Bilson and Oscar Rudolph. SC: Ron Friedman, Howard Ostroff, Brad Radnitz, Elroy Schwartz and Sherwood Schwartz. With Bob Denver, Forrest Tucker, Jeannine Riley, Lori Saunders, Ivor Francis, Lynn Wood, Bill Cort, Eddie Little Sky, Ernesto Esparza III, Donald Barry, Buck Young, Jim (James) Gammon, Dennis Fimple, John Quade, Dick Peabody, Taylor Lacher, James Jeter. Leading settlers West, a wagon master and his lame brained assistant get lost in the wilderness. Uninteresting Western rehash of “Gilligan’s Island” (CBS-TV, 1964–67) made from episodes of “Dusty’s Trail” (Syndicated, 1973–74).

4754  Waco  Monogram, 1952. 68 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Dan Ullman. With Bill Elliott, Pamela Blake, Rand Brooks, I. Stanford Jolley, Richard Avonde, Stanley Andrews, Paul Pierce, Lane Bradford, Pierce Lyden, Terry Frost, Michael Whalen, Stanley Price, Ray Bennett, House Peters, Jr., Ray Jones, Ed Cassidy, Russ Whiteman, John Hart, Rory Mallinson, Ted Mapes, Richard Paxton. After killing a dishonest gambler in a fair fight, a cowboy is forced to run when he escapes after being denied a proper trial. Sturdy Bill Elliott film with an entertaining and literate script.

4755  Waco  Paramount, 1966. 85 min. Color. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Steve Fisher. With Howard Keel, Jane Russell, Brian Donlevy, Terry Moore, Wendell Corey, John Agar, Richard Arlen, John Smith, Gene Evans, Ben Cooper, Tracy Olsen, DeForrest Kelley, Anne Seymour, Robert Lowery, Willard Parker, Jeff Richards, Fuzzy Knight, Reg Parton, Read Morgan, Dan White, Barbara Latell, Russ McCubbin, King Johnson. A former gunslinger is hired to bring peace to a Wyoming community and finds his ex-girl is married to the local preacher. An excellent cast lends credence to this otherwise mediocre horse opera from producer A.C. Lyles.

4756  The Wagon Master  Universal, 1929. 70 min. D: Harry Joe Brown. SC: Marion Jackson and Leslie Mason. With Ken Maynard, Edith Roberts, Frederick Dana, Tom Santschi, Al Ferguson, Jack Hanlon, Bobby Dunn, Frank Rice, Whitehorse. A cowboy takes command of a wagon train after crooks murder its master who opposed their boss’ food monopoly. This Ken Maynard part-talkie is a pleasant affair, proving the star adapted well to the sound medium.

4757  Wagon Tracks  Paramount-Artcraft, 1919. 66 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: C. Gardner Sullivan. With William S. Hart, Jane Novak, Robert McKim, Lloyd Bacon, Leo Pierson, Bertholde Sprotte, Charles Arling, Billy Hamilton. When is brother is shot for supposedly trying to molest a young woman, a wagon master tries to get the truth as he leads settlers, including the girl and the men who did the killing, to their new homes. Well made and entertaining William S. Hart silent melodrama with an austere denouement.

4758  Wagon Tracks West  Republic, 1943. 55 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: William Lively. With Wild Bill Elliott, George “Gabby” Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, Tom Tyler, Rick Vallin, Robert Frazer, Roy Barcroft, Bryant Washburn, Charles Miller, Tom London, Cliff Lyons, Jack Rockwell, Kenne Duncan, Minerva Urecal, Hal Price, Frank Ellis, Hank Bell, Bill Nestell, Jack Ingram, Jack O’Shea, Ray Jones, Curley Dresden, Frank McCarroll, Marshall Reed, Ben Corbett, Jack Montgomery, Tom Steele, Roy Butler, J.W. Cody, Dick Rush, Bob Burns, Pascale Perry, Tom Steele, Bill Hazlett. A crooked Indian agent tries to cheat a tribe of its lands and a cowboy attempts to help them but meets opposition from a medicine man. A superb supporting cast is one of the many plus factors in this good “Wild Bill Elliott” series outing.

4759  Wagon Trail  Ajax, 1935. 55 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Monroe Talbot. With Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger, Edward Norris, Earl Dwire, Roger Williams, John Elliott, Chief Thundercloud, Chuck Morrison, Lew Meehan, Francis Walker, Allen Greer, Silver Tip Baker, Richard Botiller. A lawman attempts to help his gambler son when he is falsely accused of murder. A bit slow but otherwise entertaining Harry Carey oater.

4760  Wagon Train  RKO Radio, 1940. 59 min. D: Edward Killy. SC: Morton Grant. With Tim Holt, Martha O’Driscoll, Ray Whitley, Emmett Lynn, Bud McTaggart, Cliff Clark, Ellen Lowe, Wade Crosby, Ethan Laidlaw, Monte Montague, Carl Stockdale, Glenn Strange, Bruce Dane. The new owner of a wagon train is the target of a trading post operator who killed his father and wants to buy out the franchise. Tim Holt’s first series film is a fine sagebrush yarn and a good start to his RKO tenure.

4761  Wagon Train  Columbia, 1952. 61 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Gail Davis, Dick Jones, Gordon Jones, Harry Harvey, Henry Rowland, George J. Lewis, The Cass County Boys (Jerry Scoggins, Bert Dodson, Fred Martin), Gregg Barton, Pierce Lyden, Carlo Tircoli, Syd Saylor, Sandy Sanders. Special investigator Gene Autry joins a medicine show while looking for money taken in an Army payroll holdup. Not one of Gene’s better outings although he does reprise “Back in the Saddle Again.”

4762  Wagon Wheels  Paramount, 194. 57 min. D: Charles Barton. SC: Jack Cunningham, Charles Logan and Carl Buss. With Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Billy Lee, Monte Blue, Raymond Hatton, Jan Duggan, Leila Bennett, Olin Howlin, J.P. McGowan, James Marcus, Helen Hunt, Julian Madison, James N. “Pop” Kenton, Alfred Delcambre, John Marston, Sam McDaniel, Michael Visaroff, Howard Wilson, Colin Tapley, E. Alyn Warren, Pauline Moore, Earl Conert and The Singing Guardsmen, Clara Lou (Ann) Sheridan, Lew Meehan, Leila Bennett, Fern Emmett, Harold Goodwin, Eldred Tidbury. Three scouts lead settlers on a wagon train to Oregon while a half-breed tries to stop them in order to keep his fur trade. Entertaining remake of Zane Grey’s Fighting Caravans (q.v.) with stock footage from that feature.

4763  Wagon Wheels Westward  Republic, 1945. 55 min. D: R.G. Springsteen. SC: Earle Snell. With Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming, Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft, Emmett Lynn, Jay Kirby, Dick Curtis, George J. Lewis, Bud Geary, Tom London, Kenne Duncan, George Chesebro, Tom Chatterton, Frank Ellis, Bob McKenzie, Jack Kirk, Jack Sparks, Cactus Mack, Tommy Coats, Pascale Perry, Frances Gladwin, Lucille Byron. When crooks try to sabotage the Duchess’ stage line in an isolated area, Red Ryder and Little Beaver come to her defense. Well written “Red Ryder” segment.

4764  Wagonmaster  RKO Radio, 1950. 86 min. D: John Ford. SC: Frank S. Nugent and Patrick Ford. With Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey, Jr., Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Alan Mowbray, Jane Darwell, Ruth Clifford, Russell Simpson, Kathleen O’Malley, James Arness, Fred Libby, Hank Worden, Mickey Simpson, Francis Ford, Cliff Lyons, Don Summers, Movita Castenada, Jim Thorpe, Chuck Hayward, The Sons of the Pioneers (Ken Curtis, Lloyd Perryman, Shug Fisher, Tommy Doss, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr). Two cowboys join a Mormon wagon train traveling across the plains, fighting Indians, outlaws and the harsh elements. Somber, leisurely paced melodrama, not one of John Ford’s best but still worth viewing; it spawned “Wagon Train” (NBC-TV, 1957–62; ABC-TV, 1962–65) with Ward Bond repeating the wagon master role until his death in 1960.

4765  Wagons East  TriStar, 1994. 107 min. Color. D: Peter Markle. SC: Mathew Carlson. With John Candy, Richard Lewis, John C. McGinley, Ellen Greene, Robert Picardo, Ed Lauter, Rodney A. Grant, William Sanderson, Melinda Culea, Russell Means, Charles Rocket, Ingrid Nuernberg, Tony Pierce, Robin McKey, Abe Benrubi, Marvin McIntyre, Jill Boyd, Chad Hamilton, Thomas F. Duffy, David Dunard, Stuart Grant, Thomas F. Duffy, Joel McKinnon Miller, Deerek Senft, Lochlyn Munro, Ethan Phillips, Gailard Sartain, Marti Wells, Rick Damazio, Bud Davis, Bill Daydodge, Randy Hall, William Tucker, Patrick Thomas O’Brien. When they fail at homesteading, a group of settlers hire an old, incompetent cowboy to lead them back to their original homes in the East. Tepid comedy dedicated to the memory of John Candy, who played the wagon master.

4766  Wagons West  Monogram, 1952. 73 min. D: Ford Beebe. SC: Dan Ullman. With Rod Cameron, Peggie Castle, Noah Beery, Jr., Michael Chapin, Henry Brandon, Sara Haden, Frank Ferguson, Anne Kimball, Wheaton Chambers, Riley Hill, I. Stanford Jolley, Glenn Strange, Harry Strang, John Parrish, Charles Stevens, Almira Sessions, Harry Tyler, Effie Laird. While leading a wagon train from Missouri across the plains, a man discovers some of his passengers are selling guns to the Indians. Cheaply made but entertaining action effort utilizing stock footage from Fort Osage (q.v.).

4767  Wagons Westward  Republic, 1940. 70 min. D: Lew Landers. SC: Joseph M. March and Harrison Jacobs. With Chester Morris, Anita Louise, Buck Jones, George “Gabby” Hayes, Guinn Williams, Ona Munson, Douglas Fowley, John Gallaudet, Virginia Brissac, Trevor Bardette, Selmer Jackson, Charles Stevens, James Conlin, Richard Cramer, Edmund Cobb, Horace B. Carpenter, Art Dillard, Tex Cooper, Tom Smith, Joe McGuinn, Bill Woolf, The Hull Twins. Siblings grow up on opposite sides of the law with the crooked one protected by a dishonest sheriff but when he is arrested his honest brother takes his place so he can round up an outlaw gang. A well made, adult Western with Chester Morris quite good in dual roles, although it is sad to see Buck Jones and Silver on the wrong side of the law.

4768  Walk Like a Dragon  Paramount, 1960. 95 min. D: James Clavell. SC: James Clavell and Daniel Mainwaring. With Jack Lord, Nobu McCarthy, Mel Torme, James Shigeta, Josephine Hutchinson, Rodolfo Acosta, Benson Fong, Michael Pate, Don Kennedy, Donald Barry, Natalie Trundy, Lilyan Chauvin. After saving a Chinese girl from a prostitution ring, a man takes her to his Western hometown where she is snubbed by the locals. Passable melodrama dealing with racial prejudice.

4769  Walk Tall  20th Century–Fox, 1960. 60 min. Color. D: Maury Dexter. SC: Stephen Kandel. With Willard Parker, Kent Taylor, Joyce Meadows, Russ Bender, Ron Soble, Alberto Monte, Bill Mims, Felix Locher, Dave De Paul. A renegade military man and his three cohorts murder women and children of the Shoshone Indian tribe with an Army captain assigned to bring them to justice. Despite its compact running time, this dual bill item is a trite affair.

4770  Walk the Proud Land  Universal-International, 1956. 88 min. Color. D: Jesse Hibbs. SC: Gil Doud and Jack Sher. With Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Patricia Crowley, Charles Drake, Tommy Rail, Jay Silverheels, Robert Warwick, Victor Milan, Anthony Caruso, Morris Ankrum, Addison Richards, Francis McDonald, John Pickard, Ed Hinton, Maurice Jara, George Keymas, Frank Chase, Eugene Iglesias, Mary Carrizosa. An Indian agent, wanting to bring peace to warring whites and Apaches, tries to capture Geronimo. Pretty good Audie Murphy action feature.

4771  The Walking Hills  Columbia, 1949. 78 min. D: John Sturges. SC: Alan LeMay. With Randolph Soctt, Ella Raines, William Bishop, Edgar Buchanan, Arthur Kennedy, John Ireland, Jerome Courtland, Russell Collins, Charles Stevens, Houseley Stevenson, Reed Howes, Josh White, Ralph Dunn, Frank Yaconelli, Frank Marlo, John McKee, Jack Parker. A wanted killer, along with six men and a woman, rides into Death Valley in search of a wagon train carrying a fortune in gold lost in a sand storm years before. Underrated and very fine melodrama; well worth seeing.

4772  Walking Thunder  Koan, 1997. 95 min. Color. D: Craig Clyde. SC: Craig Clyde and James Hennessy. With James Read, John Denver, David Tom, Klara Irene Miracle, Christopher Neame, Chief Ted Thin Elk, Kevin Conners, Billy Oscar, Don Shanks, Robert DoQui, Kasey Clyde, David Kirk Chambers, Carolyn Hurlburt, Duane Stephens, Wayne Brennan, Joseph Kelly Lockinland, Roy J. Cohoe, John Aspiras, Ivan N. Long, Bart the Bear, Brian Keith (narrator). Stranded in the Rocky Mountains, a boy and his family learn the ways of the wild from a mountain man, an Indian and a huge bear. Pleasant PG-rated family fare.

4773  Wall Street Cowboy  Republic, 1939. 66 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Gerald Geraghty and Norman S. Hall. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Raymond Hatton, Ann Baldwin, Pierre Watkin, Craig Reynolds, Louisiana Lou, Ivan Miller, Reginald Barlow, Adrian Morris, Jack Roper, Jack Ingram, Hugh Sothern, Paul Fix, George Chesebro, Ted Mapes, Fred Burns, George (Montgomery) Letz. A cowboy tries to obtain money in the East to pay off the mortgage on his ranch since he suspects it contains a rich gold deposit. Despite its title and lack of continuing action, this Roy Rogers offering is pretty fair viewing.

4774  The Walloping Kid  Awyon, 1926. 67 min. D-SC: Robert J. Horner. With Kit Carson (Boris Bullock), Dorothy Ward, Pauline Curley, Frank Whitson, Jack Richardson, Al Kaufman, Jack Herrick. When his father’s ranch is threatened by outlaws, a boxer gives up the ring and infiltrates the rustling gang in order to bring them to justice. Tacky silent outing from Robert J. Horner Productions.

4775  Wanda Nevada  United Artists, 1979. 107 min. Color. D: Peter Fonda. SC: Dennis Hackin. With Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields, Luke Askew, Fiona Lewis, Ted Markland, Severn Darden, Paul Fix, Henry Fonda, Larry Golden, John Demos, Bert Williams, Danny Zapien, Riley Hill. After a gambler wins a young girl in a poker game the two head for a sacred Indian burial ground to search for gold. There is not much here to recommend this 1950s-era oater except for Henry Fonda in a cameo as a grizzled prospector.

4776  The Wanderer of the Wasteland  Paramount, 1935. 66 min. D: Otho Lovering. SC: Stuart Anthony. With Dean Jagger, Gail Patrick, Edward Ellis, Benny Baker, Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Trixie Friganza, Monte Blue, Raymond Hatton, Fuzzy Knight, Charles Waldron, Anna Q. Nilsson, Stanley Andrews, Pat O’Malley, Glenn (Leif) Erickson, Jim Thorpe, Tammany Young, Kenneth Harlan, Al St. John, Bud Osborne, Irving Bacon, Philo McCullough, Frank Lackteen, Bruce Mitchell, Alfred Delcambre, Marina Shubert, Chester Gan, Bob Burns, Hal Price, William Welsh, Jules Cowles, Lew Kelly, Brady Kline, Clarence L. Sherwood, Eddie Sturgis, Marian Mansfield, Maxine Reiner. A man who mistakenly thinks he murdered his brother during an argument heads into the desert where he meets and falls in love with a pretty girl after joining an outlaw gang preying on prospectors. Okay remake of the Zane Grey story first filmed by Paramount in 1924 in two-color Technicolor with Jack Holt, Billie Dove, Noah Beery and Kathlyn Willliams.

4777  Wanderer of the Wasteland  RKO Radio, 1945. 67 min. D: Edward Killy and Wallace Grissell. SC: Norman Houston. With James Warren, Richard Martin, Audrey Long, Robert Barrat, Robert Clarke, Harry Woods, Minerva Urecal, Harry D. Brown, Tommy Cook, Harry McKim, Jason Robards, Dick Elliott, Myrna Dell, Sammy Blum, Budd Buster, Ethan Laidlaw, Sam Lufkin, Gordon Jones, Tanis Chandler, Nan Leslie, Allan Lee, Fred Aldrich, Larry Wheat, Cecil Stewart, Sam Shack, Lou Palfy. After his father is murdered a man grows up vowing to get revenge on the killer and he spends years tracking him down. Only fair third screen adaptation of Zane Grey’s work, although leading lady Audrey Long is a knockout; James Warren’s first series Western.

4778  Wanderers of the West  Monogram, 1941. 58 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Tom Keene, Betty Miles, Sugar Dawn, Arkansas Slim Andrews, Tom Seidel, Stanley Price, Gene Alsace, Tom London, Fred Hoose, James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey). A cowboy, on the trail of his father’s killer, befriends a man not knowing he is the one he seeks. A somewhat complicated plot is about the only highlight of this otherwise average outing.

4779  Wanted  Documento, 1969. 104 min. Color. D: Calvin J. Padget (Giorgio Ferroni). SC: Fernando Di Leo and Augusto Finocchi. With Giuliano Gemma, Teresa Gimpera, Serge Marquand, German Cobos, Daniele Vargas, Gia Sandri, Nello Pazzafini. Falsely branded an outlaw by a rustler, a lawman tries to clear his name by arresting the real culprit. Okay Spaghetti Western remake of Adios Gringo (q.v.), which also starred Giuliano Gemma.

4780  Wanted by the Law  Sunset, 1924. 51 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With J.B. Warner, Dorothy Woods, Jay Morley, Bill (William) McCall, Frank Rice, Tom Lingham, Jay Hunt, Billie Bennett, Ralph McCullough, Jacob Waldermyer. A cowboy takes the blame for a killing committed by his weakling brother and heads to Montana where he is accused of shooting his girl’s uncle after the man’s gold claim map is stolen. Action filled, low budget silent effort from producer Anthony J. Xydias.

Wanted by the Law (1944) see Dead or Alive

4781  Wanted—Dead or Alive  Monogram, 1951. 59 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Clint Johnson. With Whip Wilson, Jim Bannon, Fuzzy Knight, Christine McIntyre, Leonard Penn, Lane Bradford, Zon Murray, Marshall Reed, Stanley Price, Kenne Duncan, George DeNormand, William Fawcett, John Cason, Jack O’Shea, Ray Jones. A U.S. marshal and his two buddies are after a gang that captures and murders wanted men for the reward money. Better than average Whip Wilson series entry.

4782  Wanted: The Sundance Woman  ABC-TV/20th Century–Fox, 1976. 100 min. Color. D: Lee Phillips. SC: Richard Fielder. With Katharine Ross, Steve Forrest, Stella Stevens, Michael Constantine, Katherine Helmond, Hector Elizondo, Hector Elias, Warren Berlinger, Jorge Cervera, Lucille Benson. After the deaths of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Etta Place finds herself a wanted woman and forms an uneasy alliance with Pancho Villa. Telefilm has Katharine Ross repeat the Etta Place role from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (q.v.) but that is the only appeal in this mediocre outing.

Wanted Woman see Jessi’s Girls

4783  War Arrow  Universal-International, 1953. 78 min. Color. D: George Sherman. SC: John Michael Hayes. With Maureen O’Hara, Jeff Chandler, Suzan Ball, John McIntire, Charles Drake, Dennis Weaver, Noah Beery, Jr., Henry Brandon, Steve Wyman, Jim Bannon, Jay Silverheels, Brad Jackson, Lane Fuller, Bill Ward, Dee Carroll, Roy Whatley, Darla Ridgeway. When the Kiowa tribe threatens to engulf their Seminole neighbors, the U.S. cavalry sends a soldier to help the latter fight their traditional enemies. Although the plot of Indians vs. Indians is a bit different, the film is only average.

4784  War Drums  United Artists, 1957. 75 min. Color. D: Reginald LeBorg. SC: Gerald Drayson Adams. With Lex Barker, Joan Taylor, Ben Johnson, Larry Chance, Richard Cutting, James Parnell, John Pickard, John Colicos, Tom Monroe, Jil Jarmyn, Jeanne Carmen, Mauritz Hugo, Ward Ellis, Fred Sherman, Paul Fierro, Alex Montoya, Stuart Whitman, Barbara Perry, Boyd “Red” Morgan. At the beginning of the Civil War, Apaches go on the warpath when gold seekers invade their lands and a cavalry officer is assigned to stop the trouble. Fairly exciting, well directed action feature.

4785  War of the Range  Freuler/Monarch, 1933. 59 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Oliver Drake. With Tom Tyler, Caryl Lincoln, Charles K. French, Theodore (Ted) Adams, Lane Chandler, William Malan, Wesley Giraud, Fred Burns, Charles (Slim) Whitaker, Billy Franey, Lafe McKee, Frank Ellis. A cowboy sides with nesters against his rancher father, who at the behest of crooks, wants to start a range war in to fence off his spread. Static outdoor adventure from producer John R. Freuler. Also called War on the Range.

4786  War of the Wildcats  Republic, 1943. 102 min. D: Albert S. Rogell. SC: Ethel Hill and Eleanore Griffin. With John Wayne, Martha Scott, Albert Dekker, George “Gabby” Hayes, Marjorie Rambeau, Dale Evans, Grant Withers, Sidney Blackmer, Paul Fix, Cecil Cunningham, Irving Bacon, Byron Foulger, Anne O’Neal, Richard Graham, Robert Warwick, Stanley Andrews, Will Wright, Harry Shannon, Emmett Vogan, Charles Arnt, Edward Gargan, Harry Woods, Tom London, Dick Rich, Slim Whitaker, LeRoy Mason, Lane Chandler, Arthur Loft, Bud Geary, Kenne Duncan, Hooper Atchley, Wade Crosby, George Chandler, Curley Dresden, Jack Kirk, Roy Barcroft, Yakima Canutt, Shirley Jean Rickert, Linda Scott, Bob Reeves, Jess Cavin, Pat Logan, Charles Agnew, Linda Brent, Rhonda Fleming, Fred Graham. A cowboy helps an Oklahoma Indian tribe in 1906 when a corrupt oil man wants to drill on their lands but keep the profits for himself. Brawling action melodrama that packs a lot of entertainment and is enhanced by a fine cast. Original title: In Old Oklahoma.

War on the Range see War of the Range

4787  War Paint  United Artists, 1953. 90 min. Color. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Richard Alan Simmons and Martin Berkeley. With Robert Stack, Joan Taylor, Charles McGraw, Peter Graves, Keith Larsen, William Pullen, Richard Cutting, Douglas Kennedy, Walter Reed, Charles Nolte, James Farrell, Paul Richards, John Doucette, Robert Wilke. A madman tries to prevent the delivery of a peace treaty with Indians, first by murdering a commissioner and then leading a cavalry unit into an ambush. Pretty fair action drama.

4788  War Party  20th Century–Fox, 1965. 72 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: George Williams and William Marks. With Michael T. Mikler, Donald Barry, Davey Davison, Laurie Mack, Dennis Robertson, Charles Horvath, Guy Wilkerson, Michael Carr, Fred Krone. A rescue party tries reach an Army patrol under attack by warring Comanches. Standard, but effective, program feature.

4789  War Party  TriStar, 1988. 99 min. Color. D: Franc Roddman. SC: Spencer Eastman. With Billy Wirth, Kevin Dillon, Tim Sampson, Jimmy Ray Weeks, Kevyn Major Howard, E. Emmet Walsh, Bill McKinney, Cameron Thor, Jerry Hardin. When a gun with bullets is brought to a modern-day re-enactment of a battle between the cavalry and Blackfoot Indians, a real fight results. A good premise goes awry in this pretentious “social” drama.

4790  The War Wagon  Universal, 1967. 101 min. Color. D: Burt Kennedy. SC: Clair Huffaker. With John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn, Bruce Cabot, Valora Noland, Gene Evans, Joanna Barnes, Bruce Dern, Terry Wilson, Don Collier, Sheb Wooley, Ann McCrea, Emilio Fernandez, Frank McGrath, Chuck Roberson, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Hal Needham, Marco Antonio Arzate, Perla Walter. Framed for a crime he did not commit, a man is released from prison and joins forces with an ex-employee of the crook who stole his gold rich lands, and together they plot to steal his armor-plated war wagon. Action filled, light hearted and amusing drama which will delight fans of John Wayne and Kirk Douglas.

4791  Warlock  20th Century–Fox, 1959. 122 min. Color. D: Edward Dmytryk. SC: Robert Alan Arthur. With Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Michaels, Wallace Ford, Tom Drake, Richard Arlen, DeForrest Kelley, Regis Toomey, Vaughn Taylor, Don Beddoe, Whit Bissell, J. Anthony Hughes, Donald Barry, Frank Gorshin, Ian MacDonald, Robert Osterloh, Mickey Simpson, James Philbrook, Robert Adler, Sam Gross, Ann Doran, Bartlett Robinson. A lawman tries to bring peace to a frontier town with the help of a gambler and a member of the gang he has to combat. Although no classic, this feature is entertaining and will appeal to fans of its stars.

4792  Warpath  Paramount, 1951. 95 min. Color. D: Byron Haskin. SC: Frank Gruber. With Edmond O’Brien, Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker, Polly Bergen, Harry Carey, Jr., James Millican, Wallace Ford, Paul Fix, Louis Jean Heydt, Paul Lees, Walter Sande, Charles Dayton, Robert Bray, Douglas Spencer, James Burke, Chief Yowlachie, Monte Blue, Frank Ferguson, Cliff Clark, Charles Stevens, Paul Burns, John Hart, John Mansfield. A man attempts to track the three outlaws who killed the woman he loved and gets involved in an Indian attack. A superb cast helps this otherwise standard melodrama.

4793  The Warrior’s Way  Rogue, 2010. 100 min. Color. D-SC: Sngmoo Lee. With Dong-gun Jang, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston, Tony Cox, Lung Ti, Analin Rudd, Markus Hamilton, Rod Lousich, Matt Gillanders, Christina Asher, Jed Brophy, Carl Bland, Ian Harcourt, Tony Wyeth, Ryan Richards, Nic Sampson, Ashley Jones, Phil Grieve, Eddie Campbell, Ross Duncan, Makoto Murata, Chontelle Melgren, Cath Harkins, Neill Rea, Ken Smith, Youngmin Cho, Michael Deane, Ken McColl, David Austin, Bret Crozier. A Chinese swordsman takes an infant he is supposed to kill and flees to the American West where he opens a laundry, is attracted to a townswoman and forced to take up arms against outlaws who threaten her. Average East meets West action feature.

Washington Cowboy see Rovin’ Tumbleweeds

4794  Waterhole #3. Paramount, 1967. 100 min. Color. D: William Graham. SC: Joseph T. Steck and R.R. Young. With James Coburn, Carroll O’Connor, Margaret Blye, Claude Akins, Joan Blondell, James Whitmore, Timothy Carey, Bruce Dern, Harry Davis, Roy Jenson, Robert Cornthwaite, Jim Boles, Steve Whitaker, Ted Markland, Robert Crosse, Buzz Henry. A trio of Confederates rob the Union Army of a fortune in gold and bury it at a deserted waterhole with a gambler getting the map showing the location of the loot. Takeoff on genre films provides some amusing moments.

4795  Way of a Gaucho  20th Century–Fox, 1952. 91 in. D: Jacques Tourneur. SC: Philip Dunne. With Gene Tierney, Rory Calhoun, Richard Boone, Hugh Marlowe, Everett Sloane, Enrique Chaico, Roland Dumas, Lidia Campos, John Henchley, Douglas Poole, Mario Abdah, John Paris. In 1875 a young gaucho and the girl he loves tries to find happiness together on the wild Argentine pampas. Turgid drama.

4796  The Way of the West  First Division/Superior, 1934. 52 min. D: Robert Emmett (Tansey). SC: Larry Berringer and Al Lane (Robert Emmett Tansey). With The American Rough Riders, Wally Wales, Myrla Bratton, William Desmond, “Little” Bobbie Nelson, Fred Baker, Jim Sheridan (Sherry Tansey), Art Mix, Billy Patton, Tex Jones, Harry Berry, Jimmy Aubrey, Helen Gibson, Gene Layman, Tiny Skelton. A federal investigator tries to stop cattlemen from using an outlaw to harass sheepherders leasing government land. This rawboned sagebrush quickie was Wally Wales’ last starring effort and is recommended for his fans.

Way of the West (2011) see The Mountie

4797  Way Out West  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1930. 80 min. D: Fred Niblo. SC: Byron Morgan, Alfred Block, Joe Farnham and Ralph Spence. With William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Cliff Edwards, Vera Marsh, Charles Middleton, Jack Pennick, Buddy Roosevelt, Jay Wilsey (Buffalo Bill, Jr.), Chief Yowlachie, Ann Dvorak, J.W. Cody. A sideshow barker cheats some cowboys and is forced to work off his debt on a ranch where he falls for the boss’ daughter but is hated by her suitor. Badly dated William Haines comedy-drama; it is hard to understand the popularity of the star’s brand of smart-aleck farce.

4798  Way Out West  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936. 66 min. D: James W. Horne. SC: Charles Rogers, Felix Adler and James Parrott. With Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynne, James Finlayson, Rosina Lawrence, Stanley Fields, Jim Mason, James C. Morton, Frank Mills, Dave Pepper, Vivien Oakland, Harry Bernard, Mary Gordon, May Wallace, The Avalon Boys (Chill Wills, Art Green, Walter Trask, Don Brookins), Jack Hill, Sam Lufkin, Tex Driscoll, Flora Finch, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Bobby Dunn, John Ince, Fritzi Brunette, Frank Montgomery, Fred Cady, Eddie Borden, Helen Holmes, Lester Dorr, Ham Kinsey, Art Mix, Ben Corbett, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Bill Woolf, Cy Clocum, Dinah (mule). Two bunglers arrive in a Western town to give their late partner’s daughter the deed to a gold mine but a saloon owner tries pass off his pretty partner as the deserving girl. Laurel and Hardy comedy classic that is a delight from start to finish; also available in a colorized version.

4799  The Way to Gold  20th Century–Fox, 1957. 94 min. D: Robert D. Webb. SC: Wendell Mayes. With Jeffrey Hunter, Sheree North, Barry Sullivan, Walter Brennan, Neville Brand, Jacques Aubuchon, Ruth Donnelly, Tom Pittman, Philip Ahn, Geraldo Mandia, Ted Edwards, Alan Jeffrey, Ken Scott, Jonathan Hole, Frank Mazzola, Blossom Rock (Marie Blake), Robert Adler, Edwin Jerome, Norman Leavitt, George Robotham, Rachel Stephens, Renny McEvoy, Jim Hayward, Mack Chandler, Harry Carter, Frank Eyman, Lou Hochstatter. A convict, who has fallen in love with a waitress, seeks hidden gold but finds himself at odds with the law and a vicious family. Well done modern-day chase thriller.

4800  The Way West  United Artists, 1967. 122 min. Color. D: Andrew V. McLaglen. SC: Ben Maddow and Mitch Lindemann. With Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Michael Witney, Sally Field, Katherine Justice, Stubby Kaye, William Lundigan, Paul Lukather, Roy Barcroft, Jack Elam, Patric Knowles, Ken Murray, John Mitchum, Nick Cravat, Harry Carey, Jr., Roy Glenn, Anne Barton, Eve McVeagh, Peggy Stewart, Stefan Arngrim, Hal Lynch, Timothy Scott, Gary Morris, Eddie Little Sky, Michael Keep, Clarke Gordon, Mitchell Schollars, Jack Coffer, Everett Creach, Jim Burk, Gary McLarty, Paul Wexler. An aging trail scout helps a widowed senator lead a wagon train across the northwest in the 1840s. Although this drama contains all the ingredients for being good fare it is sadly vapid.

Welcome Stranger see Across the Sierras

4801  Welcome to Blood City  EMI, 1977. 96 min. Color. D: Peter Sasdy. SC: Stephen Scheck and Michael Winder. With Jack Palance, Keir Dullea, Samantha Eggar, Barry Morse, Hollis McLaren, Chris Wiggins, Allan Royale, Ken James, Henry Ramer, John Evans, Larry Reynolds, Al Bernardo, Larry Benedict, Chuck Shamata, Gary Reineke, Jack Creley, Steve Pernie, Alan Crofoot, Calvin Butler, Mina E. Mina, Lloyd White. Several people are tested by a research group to see how well they can survive in the environment of the Old West. A silly premise makes for an anemic, disappointing movie—watch Westworld (q.v.) instead. Also called Blood City.

4802  Welcome to Hard Times  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967. 103 min. Color. D-SC: Burt Kennedy. With Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, Aldo Ray, Keenan Wynn, Janis Paige, John Anderson, Warren Oates, Lon Chaney, Edgar Buchanan, Fay Spain, Denver Pyle, Michael Shea, Arlene Golonka, Royal Dano, Alan Baxter, Paul Birch, Don Ferrone, Paul Fix, Elisha Cook, Kalen Liu, Ann McCrea, Bob Terhune, Ron Burke. A sadistic killer terrorizes and destroys a frontier town with the survivors trying to rebuild their community. A dark, violent, well done melodrama with some interesting performances from its top notch cast, including saloon owner Lon Chaney, victim Paul Birch and Aldo Ray as the terrifying Big Bad Man from Bodie. British title: Killer on a Horse.

4803  Wells Fargo  Paramount, 1937. 116 min. D: Frank Lloyd. SC: Paul Schoefield, Gerald Geraghty and Frederick Jackson. With Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Bob Burns, Lloyd Nolan, Johnny Mack Brown, Henry O’Neill, Porter Hall, Robert Cummings, Ralph Morgan, Mary Nash, Barlowe Borland, Stanley Fields, Lane Chandler, Clarence Kolb, Jack Clark, Frank McGlynn, Granville Bates, Peggy Stewart, Bernard Siegel, Harry Davenport, Henry Brandon, Lane Chandler, Frank Conroy, Edward Earle, Lucien Littlefield, David Durand, Erville Alderson, I. Stanford Jolley, Syd Saylor, Ernie Adams, Willie Fung, Hank Bell, Paul Newlan, Brandon Tynan, Scotty Beckett, Dorothy Tennant, Jerry Tucker, Louis Natheaux, Jimmy Butler, Jane Dewey, Hal K. Dawson, Sheila Darcy, Spencer Charters, Robert Emmett O’Connor, Archie Twitchell, Herbert Heywood, Helen Dickson, Francis Sayles, Lee Shumway, George Ovey, Lowell Drew, Bert Lindley, Sidney D’Albrook, Bob McKenzie, Paul Kruger, Edgar “Blue” Washington, Ernie Adams, Richard Cramer, Merrill McCormick, Bruce Mitchell, Jack Baxley, Julian Rivero, Frank Austin, Harry Hayden, Bert Moorhouse, Sherry Hall, Ferdinand Munier, Fern Emmett, James Burtis, Gwen Kenyon, Philip Kieffer, Eddie Dunn, Ruth Warren, Ed LeSaint, Fritzi Brunette, Alphonse Martell, Buddy Roosevelt, Wade Boteler, Del Henderson, Chester Gan, Harry Woods, Al Ferguson, Jack Perrin, Hal Taliaferro, D’Arcy Corrigan, Arthur Aylesworth, Lee Phelps, Franklin Parker, Sam Ash, Monte Vandergrift, Ben Hendricks, Edward Keane, Kathryn Sheldon, Monte Montague, Edwin Brady, Barney Furey, George Guhl, Darby Jones, Harry Semels, Forbes Murray, Cyril Ring, Eric Mayne, Nell Craig, Ethel Clayton, Ann Evers, Dorothy Stevens, Cy Schindell, Frank Mills, Gus Glassmire, Earl Gunn, Lester Dorr, David Newall, Gertrude Astor, Harry Strang, Piertro Sosso, Jack Curtis, Oscar Rudolph. During the Civil War, a northern Wells Fargo employee believes his wife has betrayed him to her former suitor, a Confederate officer. Epic scale Western details the history of the Wells Fargo but overall is mediocre; some versions run 94 minutes.

4804  Wells Fargo Gunmaster  Republic, 1951. 60 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: M. Coates Webster. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Mary Ellen Kay, Chubby Johnson, Michael Chapin, Roy Barcroft, Walter Reed, Stuart Randall, William Bakewell, George Meeker, Anne O’Neal, James Craven, Jack Perrin, Forrest Taylor, Lee Roberts. When a series of robberies plague the Wells Fargo, a special investigator is called in to halt them and round up the gang responsible. Typically well made Allan Lane “Famous Westerns” vehicle.

4805  The Werewolf  Columbia, 1956. 79 min. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: Robert Kent and James B. Gordon. With Don Megowan, Joyce Holden, Steven Ritch, Eleanore Tanin, Kim Charney, Harry Lauter, Larry J. Blake, Ken Christy, James Gavin, S. John Launer, George M. Lynn, George Cisar, Marjorie Stapp, Jean Charney, Jean Harvey, Don C. Harvey, Charles Horvath, Ford Stevens, Fred F. Sears (narrator). The denizens of a remote Western town are tormented by a man who has been turned into a werewolf by two mad scientists. Low budget, compact horror thriller that delivers the goods.

The West Is Still Wild see Mule Feathers

4806  West of Abilene  Columbia, 1940. 57 min. D: Ralph Cedar. SC: Paul Franklin. With Charles Starrett, Marjorie Cooley, Bruce Bennett, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), William Pawley, Don Beddoe, George Cleveland, Forrest Taylor, William Kellogg, Francis Walker, Eddie Laughton, Vester Pegg, Bud Osborne, Frank Ellis, John Tyrrell, Frank Austin, Frank LaRue, Milton Kibbee, George Ovey, Carl Sepulveda, Slim Hazel. Settlers who bought property from an irrigation company find themselves up against land grabbers who plan to re-sell the area for a big profit. Pretty fair Charles Starrett action effort.

4807  West of Broadway  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1931. 71 min D: Harry Beaumont. SC: Gene Markey. With John Gilbert, El Brendel, Madge Evans, Lois Morgan, Ralph Bellamy, Gwen Lee, John Miljan, Ralph Conroy, Hedda Hopper, Ruth Rennick, Willie Fung, Kermit Maynard, Buddy Roosevelt, Bob Reeves. Badly wounded in the war and rejected by his fiancee, a wealthy man marries a young woman while drunk and thinking she is only after his money he goes to his Arizona ranch but she follows, hoping to win his love. This downer added several nails in the coffin of John Gilbert’s once illustrious screen career.

4808  West of Carson City  Universal, 1940. 57 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Milton Raison, Sherman Lowe and Jack Bernhard. With Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Peggy Moran Harry Woods, Robert Homans, Roy Barcroft, Ted Wells, Charles King, Frank Mitchell, Al Hall, Edmund Cobb, Jack Roper, Jack Shannon, Ernie Adams, Kermit Maynard, Donald Kerr, The Notables Quartet, Dick Carter, Alan Bridge, Victor Potel. A rancher returns home to find a gold strike has been made in a nearby town and crooks have taken over the area. Entertaining and well made Johnny Mack Brown film.

4809  West of Cheyenne  Syndicate, 1931. 56 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: Bennett Cohen and Oliver Drake. With Tom Tyler, Josephine Hall, Harry Woods, Ben Corbett, Robert Walker, Fern Emmett, Lafe McKee, Murdock MacQuarrie, Henry Roquemore, Lew Meehan, Slim Whitaker, Frank Ellis, Tex Palmer. A father and son framed for a crime set out to bring in the real culprits. Minor league Tom Tyler vehicle.

4810  West of Cheyenne  Columbia, 1938. 53 min. D: Sam Nelson. SC: Ed Earl Repp. With Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Dick Curtis, Ed LeSaint, Edmund Cobb, Art Mix, John Tyrrell, Ernie Adams, Jack Rockwell, Tex Cooper, Frank Ellis, George Chesebro, Ed Peil, Sr., Richard Botiller, Al Haskell, Blackie Whiteford, Horace B. Carpenter, Barney Beasley. The new owner of a ranch finds the place nearly deserted due to mysterious raids by an outlaw gang and he and his pals try to capture them. Fine Charles Starrett feature.

4811  West of Cimarron  Republic, 1942. 56 min. D: Lester Orleback. SC: Albert DeMond and Don Ryan. With Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Rufe Davis, Lois Collier, James Bush, Guy Usher, Roy Barcroft, Budd Buster, Hugh Prosser, Cordell Hickman, John James, Bud Geary, Stanley Blystone, Mickey Rentschler, Eddie Dean, Nick Stewart, James Gillette, Tommy Coats, Sonny Bupp. In Texas after the Civil War three cowboys come across Union soldiers harassing the locals and try to stop them. Fairly exciting “Three Mesquiteers” entry that moves well but contains a rather dull plot.

4812  West of Dodge City  Columbia, 1947. 57 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Bert Horswell. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Nancy Saunders, Fred F. Sears, Glenn Stuart, I. Stanford Jolley, George Chesebro, Robert Wilke, Nolan Leary, Steve Clark, Zon Murray, Marshall Reed, Tom Chatterton, Bud Osborne, Maudie Prickett, Mustard and Gravy (Frank Rice and Ernest L. Stokes), Jim Diehl. A crook trying to set up a phony power plant scheme murders a rancher for his land and wants the dead man’s daughter to sell but the Durango Kid investigates the crime. Fair entry in the long running series that produced a sequel, Bonanza Town (q.v.).

4813  West of El Dorado  Monogram, 1949. 58 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Adele Buffington. With Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Reno Browne, Teddy Infuhr, Milburn Morante, Marshall Reed, William Norton Bailey, Terry Frost, Bud Osborne, Kenne Duncan, Bill Potter, Bob Woodward, Boyd Stockman, Artie Ortego. The kid brother of a murdered outlaw knows the location of the stolen money he hid and his cohorts are out to get it. Good plot, but this Johnny Mack Brown vehicle shows signs of wear despite a fine cast.

4814  West of Nevada  Colony, 1936. 59 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Rock Hawkey (Robert Hill). With Rex Bell, Joan Barclay, Al St. John, Steve Clark, Georgia O’Dell, Richard Botiller, Frank McCarroll, Forrest Taylor, Bob Woodward. A senator sends his son and a pal to investigate the thefts of gold from a mine on an Indian reservation. Passable Rex Bell film enhanced by the comedy of Al St. John as the hero’s buddy, especially the scenes where he romances the ranch cook. Reissued by Grand National.

4815  West of Pinto Basin  Monogram, 1940. 60 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: Earle Snell. With Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhune, Gwen Gaze, Tristram Coffin, Bud Osborne, George Chesebro, Jack Perrin, Carl Mathews, Dirk Thane, Phil Dunham, Richard Cramer, Jerry Smith, Budd Buster, Johnny Luther, Bud McClure. The Range Busters are after a gang whose holdups are causing money and supplies not to reach a dam construction site. Another fast paced episode in the popular series.

4816  West of Rainbow’s End  Monogram, 1938. 57 min. D: Alan James. SC: Stanley Roberts and Gennard Rea. With Tim McCoy, Kathleen Elliot, Walter McGrail, Frank LaRue, George Chang, Marry Carr, Ed Coxen, George Cooper, Robert Kortman, Jimmy Aubrey, Reed Howes, Ray Jones, Sherry Tansey, Slim Whitaker, Herman Hack, Ernie Adams, Hank Bell, Denver Dixon, Silver Tip Baker. When his foster father is murdered while investigating a series of train robberies, an ex-ranger comes out of retirement to capture the killers. Pretty good Tim McCoy vehicle.

4817  West of Santa Fe  Columbia, 1938. 60 min. D: Sam Nelson. SC: Bennett Cohen. With Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Robert Fiske, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), LeRoy Mason, Edmund Cobb, Hank Bell, Richard Botiller, Edward Hearn, Ed LeSaint, Buck Connors, Bud Osborne, Clem Horton. Rustlers murder a rancher with a U.S. marshal arriving to help the dead man’s daughter and capture the killers. Entertaining Charles Starrett outing.

4818  West of Sonora  Columbia, 1948. 55 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Barry Shipman. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Steve Darrell, George Chesebro, Anita Castle, The Sunshine Boys (Eddie Wallace, Freddie Daniel, M.H. Richman, J.D. Sumner), Hal Taliaferro, Robert Wilke, Emmett Lynn, Lynn Farr, Lloyd Ingraham, Blackie Whiteford. A sheriff asks a pal to becomes his deputy and find a notorious outlaw and his gang who kidnapped the bad man’s little granddaughter from a stage. Pretty good “Durango Kid” segment enhanced by a well written, mystery laden script.

4819  West of Texas  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1943. 61 min. D-SC: Oliver Drake. With Dave O’Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Frances Gladwin, Marilyn Hare, Henry Hall, Robert Barron, Tom London, Jack Rockwell, Jack Ingram, Charles King, Roy Butler, Art Fowler, Chuck Morrison, Victor Cox, Wally West, Carl Mathews, Chick Hannon, Hank Bell, Curley Dresden, Jack Tornek, Matty Roubert, Herman Hack, Carol Henry, George Morrell, Jack Evans, Rube Dalroy. Outlaws want a man’s property and frame him on a murder charge but his daughter convinces a trio of rangers to help his cause. One of the better entries in “The Texas Rangers” series but still on the slow side. Reissued by Eagle-Lion in 1947 as Shootin’ Irons (40 minutes).

4820  West of the Alamo  Monogram, 1946. 58 min. D: Oliver Drake. SC: Louise Rousseau. With Jimmy Wakely, Lee “Lasses” White, Iris Clive, Ray Whitley, Jack Ingram, Earl Cantrell, Betty Lou Head, Budd Buster, Eddie Majors, Billy Dix, Arthur Smith, Ted French, Ray Jones, Steven Keys, Marshall Reed, Artie Ortego, Roy Butler, George Turner, Jack Rivers, Jesse Ashlock, Billy Hamilton. A ranger works undercover to find who is behind a series of crimes. Sluggish Jimmy Wakely vehicle with songs.

West of the Badlands see The Border Legion (1940)

4821  West of the Brazos  Lippert, 1950. 59 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Ron Ormond and Maurice Tombragel. With James Ellison, Russell Hayden, Raymond Hatton, Fuzzy Knight, Betty (Julie) Adams, Tom Tyler, Stanley Price, Dennis Moore, George J. Lewis, John Cason, Bud Osborne, George Chesebro, Gene Roth, Jimmie Martin, Stephen Carr, Judith Webster, Cliff Taylor. Two cowboys try to stop a crook out to fleece a man of his oil rich land. Cheap but fast moving “Irish Cowboys” entry with the plot twist of having hero Russell Hayden being deaf throughout the film. TV title: Rangeland Empire.

4822  West of the Divide  Monogram, 1934. 55 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With John Wayne, Virginia Brown Faire, Lloyd Whitlock, George Hayes, Billy O’Brien, Yakima Canutt, Lafe McKee, Blackie Whiteford, Earl Dwire, Dick Dickinson, Tex Palmer, Artie Ortego, Horace B. Carpenter, Wally Wales, Hal Price, Archie Ricks, Phillip Kieffer. A cowboy, finding the crook who years before murdered his parents and kidnapped his baby brother, pretends to be an outlaw to infiltrate the man’s gang. Well paced “Lone Star” oater with a fine performance by Lloyd Whitlock as the dastardly Gentry.

4823  West of the Law  Monogram, 1942. 60 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Jess Bowers (Adele Buffington). With Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Harry Woods, Evelyn Cooke, Milt Moranti (Milburn Morante), Roy Barcroft, Bud McTaggart, George DeNormand, Jack Daley, Bud Osborne, Lynton Brent, Al Ferguson, Tom London, Eddie Parker, Artie Ortego, Warren Jackson, Tex Palmer, Foxy Callahan, Horace B. Carpenter, Augie Gomez, Chick Hannon. Three marshals work incognito in a town harassed by outlaw attacks on its newspaper and uncover a gold smuggling operation. The final entry in the popular “Rough Riders” series is a good one with an entertaining plot and lots of fast action.

4824  West of the Pecos  RKO Radio, 1934. 68 min. D: Phil Rosen. SC: Milton Krims and John Twist. With Richard Dix, Martha Sleeper, Samuel S. Hinds, Fred Kohler, Louise Beavers, Maria Alba, Sleep ’n Eat (Willie Best), Pedro Regas, Russell Simpson, Irving Bacon, Maurice Black, G. Pat Collins, George Cooper. A cowboy fights lawlessness in post–Civil War Texas. Well mounted adaptation of the Zane Grey novel; remade in 1945 (q.v.).

4825  West of the Pecos  RKO Radio, 1945. 66 min. D: Edward Killy. SC: Norman Houston. With Robert Mitchum, Barbara Hale, Richard Martin, Thurston Hall, Rita Corday, Russell Hopton, Bill Williams, Bruce Edwards, Harry Woods, Perc Launders, Bryant Washburn, Philip Morris, Martin Garralaga, Sammy Blum, Robert Anderson, Italia De Nublia, Carmen Granada, Ariel Sherry, Virginia Wave, Henry Wills, Ethan Laidlaw, Jack Gargan, Allan Lee, Larry Wheat. When outlaws hold up a stagecoach carrying a rich meat packer and his pretty daughter, two cowpokes plan to capture the bad men. Well produced oater that sent Bob Mitchum on to bigger budget films.

West of the Rockies see Call of the Rockies

4826  West of the Rio Grande  Monogram, 1944. 57 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Betty Burbridge. With Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine McIntyre, Dennis Moore, Lloyd Ingraham, Kenneth MacDonald, Frank LaRue, Art Fowler, Hugh Prosser, Edmund Cobb, Steve Clark, Jack Rockwell, Hal Price, John Merton, George Morrell, Bud Osborne, Al Ferguson, Robert Kortman, Pierce Lyden, Lynton Brent, Chick Hannon, Tommy Coats, Post Park, Foxy Callahan. Lawmen pose as a gunslinger and a teacher to work in a town where the head politician uses a gang to force citizens to give up their voting rights. Pretty good “Nevada Jack McKenzie” series offering.

4827  West of Tombstone  Columbia, 1942. 59 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Maurice Geraghty. With Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Cliff Edwards, Marcella Martin, Gordon DeMain, Clancy Cooper, Jack Kirk, Budd Buster, Tom London, Francis Walker, Ray Jones, Eddie Laughton, Lloyd Bridges, Art Mix, Alan Bridge, Steve Clark, Ernie Adams, George Morrell, Horace B. Carpenter, George Sherwood, Chuck Morrison, Rick Anderson. After a stagecoach robbery the citizens of a town believe Billy the Kid is still alive and doubting the sheriff opens his grave to find it empty. Action filled entry in the series teaming Charles Starrett and Russell Hayden.

4828  West of Wyoming  Monogram, 1950. 57 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Adele Buffington. With Johnny Mack Brown, Gail Davis, Myron Healey, Dennis Moore, Stanley Andrews, Milburn Morante, Mary Gordon, Carl Mathews, Paul Cramer, John Merton, Holly Bane, Steve Clark, Frank McCarroll, Bud Osborne. A lawman is after an outlaw gang trying to keep settlers out of a newly opened territory. The plot is okay but this Johnny Mack Brown vehicle is a rather tired effort.

4829  West to Glory  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1947. 61 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Elmer Clifton and Robert Churchill. With Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Dolores Castle, Gregg Barton, Jimmie Martin, The Sunshine Boys (Eddie Wallace, Freddie Daniel, M.H. Richman, J.D. Sumner), Zon Murray, Alex Montoya, Ted French, Carl Mathews. Two cowpokes go after a couple of crooks who have stolen a man’s gold and are also after his famous diamond. A dull Eddie Dean outing with an unfunny dream sequence where Soapy Jones (Roscoe Ates) imagines he is hero Dean. Film is partially saved by the star singing a trio of pleasant songs, including “Cry, Cry, Cry.”

4830  Westbound  Warner Bros., 1959. 72 min. Color. D: Budd Boetticher. SC: Berne Giler. With Randolph Scott, Virginia Mayo, Karen Steele, Michael Pate, Andrew Duggan, Michael Dante, Wally Brown, John Day, Walter Barnes, Fred Sherman, Mack Williams, Ed Prentiss, Rory Mallinson, Rudi Dana, Tom Monroe, Jack Perrin, Buddy Roosevelt, Charles Morton, John Epper, Gary Epper, Kermit Maynard, Mary Boss, William A. Green, Jack E. Henderson, Felice Richmond, Creighton Hale, Gertrude Keeler, Walter Reed, Jack C. Williams, Gerald Roberts, John Hudkins. During the Civil War a Union officer is assigned to start a stage line to ship gold from California to help the Northern cause but he opposed by a rich rancher whose beautiful wife was once his girlfriend. Very well made and entertaining Randolph Scott feature.

4831  Westbound Limited  Universal, 1937. 66 min. D: Ford Beebe. SC: Maurice Geraghty. With Lyle Talbot, Polly Rowles, Henry Brandon, Frank Reicher, Henry Hunter, William Lundigan, William Royale, Tom Steele, Charles Murphy, Monte Vandegrift, J.P. McGowan. Falsely accused of a crime and sent to prison, a railroad agent escapes to prove his innocence. Dandy “B” program feature.

4832  Westbound Mail  Columbia, 1937. 54 min. D: Folmer Blangsted. SC: Frances Guihan. With Charles Starrett, Rosalind Keith, Edward Keane, Arthur Stone, Ben Welden, Alan Bridge, George Chesebro, Art Mix, Jack Rockwell, Edward Hearn, Ed LeSaint, Ed Peil, Sr., Francis Walker, Lew Meehan, Bill Patton, Fred Parker. An FBI agent masquerades as a mule skinner to help a woman whose property is sought by a miner who thinks his gold vein may extend onto her land. Top notch, well written Charles Starrett vehicle.

4833  Westbound Stage  Monogram, 1939. 56 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Tex Ritter, Muriel Evans, Reed Howes, Kenne Duncan, Nelson McDowell, Nolan Willis, Steve Clark, Tom London, Frank Ellis, Chick Hannon, Frank LaRue, Chester Gan, Hank Bell, Phil Dunham, Sherry Tansey, Wally West. After an outlaw gang massacres an Army patrol that included his cousin, a cowboy takes the job as guard of a stage carrying a gold shipment in order to round up the bandits. Pretty sturdy Tex Ritter outing with the star singing “It’s All Over Now” and “Trail to New Mexico.”

4834  Western Caravans  Columbia, 1939. 58 min. D: Sam Nelson. SC: Bennett Cohen. With Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, The Sons of the Pioneers (Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), Russell Simpson, Hal Taliaferro, Dick Curtis, Hank Bell, Sammy McKim, Edmund Cobb, Ethan Laidlaw, Glenn Strange, Edward Hearn, Steve Clark, Herman Hack, Charles Brinley, Sam Garrett, John Rand, Jack Montgomery. Rustlers attempt to cause range warfare between ranchers and incoming settlers with the local sheriff trying to maintain peace. Okay Charles Starrett action film.

4835  The Western Code  Columbia, 1932. 60 min. D: J.P. McCarthy. SC: Milton Krims. With Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, Wheeler Oakman, Mathew Betz, Dwight Frye, Mischa Auer, Gordon DeMain, Bud Osborne, Emilio Fernandez, Chuck Baldra, Cactus Mack, Jack Kirk, Steve Clark, Artie Ortego, Hal Price. A cowboy tries to help a woman whose stepfather has stolen her ranch and plans to marry her and murder her brother. Pretty entertaining Tim McCoy opus of interest to horror film fans since Dwight Frye is cast as a pal of the hero who is framed by the villains.

4836  Western Courage  Rayart, 1927. 43 min. D: Ben Wilson. SC: Leslie Curtis. With Dick Hatton, Elsa Benham, Robert Walker, Al Ferguson, Ed La Niece, George Kesterson (Art Mix), Cliff Lyons, Blackjack Ward. A cowboy loves a woman attracted to a dishonest man who plans to rustle her father’s cattle and rob a bank. There is non-stop action in this compact silent feature from Ben Wilson Productions.

4837  Western Courage  Columbia, 1936. 61 min. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. SC: Nate Gatzert. With Ken Maynard, Geneva Mitchell, Charles K. French, Betty Blythe, Cornelius Keefe, Ward Bond, E.H. Calvert, Renee Whitney, Dick Curtis, Wally Wales, Bob Reeves, Bud McClure, Bart Carre, Wally West, Jack King, Buck Bucko, Roy Bucko, Arkansas Johnny. The foreman of a dude ranch falls for a guest, a spoiled rich girl who is being courted by a no-good and later held for ransom by outlaws. The story is silly but this Ken Maynard outing is fun anyway.

4838  Western Cyclone  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1943. 62 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Patricia Harper. With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Marjorie Manners, Karl Hackett, Milton Kibbee, Glenn Strange, Charles King, Hal Price, Kermit Maynard, Frank Ellis, Frank McCarroll, Artie Ortego, Herman Hack, Al Haskell, Jack Ingram, Steve Clark, Lane Bradford, Lou Fulton, Charles Murray, Jr., Bert Dillard, Wally West, Hank Bell, Jack Evans, George Hazel, Barney Beasley, Jack Tornek, Robert Hill, Jimmy Aubrey, Art Dillard, Rube Dalroy, Victor Cox, Morgan Flowers, George Morrell, Lew Morphy. A woman, the leader of an outlaw gang, has herself kidnapped and then blames Billy Carson in an attempt to discredit the lawman. Passable, but low grade, entry in the PRC “Billy Carson” series; reissued by Eagle-Lion in 1947 in a 39-minute version called Frontier Fighters.

4839  Western Frontier  Columbia, 1935. 56 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Nate Gatzert. With Ken Maynard, Lucille Browne, Nora Lane, Robert Henry, Otis Harlan, Frank Yaconelli, Harold Goodwin, Frank Hagney, Gordon Griffith, James Marcus, Tom Harris, Nelson McDowell, Frank Ellis, Art Mix, Slim Whitaker, William Gould, Dick Curtis, Budd Buster, Herman Hack, Horace B. Carpenter, Oscar Gahan. Using a medicine show as a front, a lawman arrives in a community trying to track an outlaw gang and learns his long lost sister is its leader. Ken Maynard wrote the story for this film, his first for Columbia, and overall it is quite good.

4840  Western Gold  Principal/20th Century–Fox, 1937. 60 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Forrest Barnes. With Smith Ballew, Heather Angel, LeRoy Mason, Ben Alexander, Howard Hickman, Alan Bridge, Bud Osborne, Victor Potel, Otis Harlan, Frank McGlynn, Horace Murphy, Tom London, Steve Clark, Paul Fix, Lew Kelly, Wesley Giraud, Ben Corbett. A Union officer is sent West by President Lincoln to find out why gold shipments are not reaching the East. Smith Ballew’s first series vehicle, based on a Harold Bell Wright book, is a good one and nicely showcases the star’s fine singing voice in patriotic and traditional songs.

4841  Western Heritage  RKO Radio, 1948. 61 min. D: Wallace Grissell. SC: Norman Houston. With Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Nan Leslie, Lois Andrews, Tony Barrett, Richard Powers (Tom Keene), Harry Woods, Walter Reed, Jason Robards, Robert Bray, Perc Launders, Emmett Lynn, Monte Montague, Dick Rush, Bud Osborne, Chick Hannon, Rudy Sooter, Rita Lynn, Ralph Bucko. A cowpoke finds himself in double trouble, not only with outlaws but with the saloon girl he loves. Average Tim Holt effort.

4842  Western Jamboree  Republic, 1938. 56 min. D: Ralph Staub. SC: Gerald Geraghty. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Jean Rouveral, Esther Muir, Frank Darien, Joe Frisco, Kermit Maynard, Jack Perrin, Jack Ingram, Margaret Armstrong, Harry Holman, Edward Raquello, Ray Teal, Frank Ellis, Eddie Dean, Davison Clark, Bentley Hewett, Kermit Maynard, George Wolcott. Gene Autry and his pals fix up a ranch for a woman so she will think her father, a broke prospector, is the owner while crooks want the land for its valuable helium deposits. Slight Gene Autry opus.

4843  Western Justice  Supreme, 1935. 56 min. D-SC: Robert North Bradbury. With Bob Steele, Renee Bordon, Julian Rivero, Lafe McKee, Perry Murdock, Arthur Loft, Jack Cowell, Vane Calvert, Earl Dwire, Perry Murdock, Carmen LaRoux, Archie Ricks. A cowboy tries to help ranchers being forced off their spread by an outlaw gang. Exciting Bob Steele vehicle with one of the bad guys flayed alive, à la The Black Cat (Universal, 1934), plus a pleasing mystery element.

4844  Western Mail  Monogram, 1942. 55 min. D: Robert Emmett Tansey. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey) and Frances Kavanaugh. With Tom Keene, Jean Trent, Frank Yaconelli, LeRoy Mason, Glenn Strange, Fred Kohler, Jr., James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey), Gene Alsace, Karl Hackett, Tex Palmer. A U.S. marshal works undercover to find out who is behind an outlaw gang and he helps one of its members with an alibi so he can infiltrate their activities. Fair Tom Keene movie.

4845  Western Pacific Agent  Lippert, 1950. 64 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Milton Raison. With Kent Taylor, Sheila Ryan, Robert Lowery, Mickey Knox, Morris Carnovsky, Sid Melton, Frank Richards, Dick Elliott, Anthony Jochim, Lee Phelps, Ted Jacques, Vera Marshe, Carla Martin, Margia Dean, Gloria Gray. After a railroad detective is murdered during a train robbery, a fellow agent hunts for the killer. Fairly good “B” program feature set in the modern-day West.

4846  Western Racketeers  Aywon, 1935. 48 min. D: Robert J. Horner. SC: James P. Hogan. With Bill Cody, Edna Aslin, Wally Wales, George Chesebro, Richard Cramer, Bud Osborne, Frank Clark, Robert Sands, Tom Dwaine, Ben Corbett, Billy Franey, Gilbert “Pee Wee” Holmes, Wally West, Blackjack Ward, Budd Buster, Chuck Baldra, Johnny Luther, Gene Alsace, Jack Evans. A rancher is murdered when he tries to get the law to stop a gang from charging a toll on herds going to market and another cattleman investigates. Sluggish, arid Bill Cody vehicle from producer Robert J. Horner; its only asset is Brydon Baker’s photography.

4847  Western Renegades  Monogram, 1949. 58 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Adele Buffington. With Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Jane Adams, Riley Hill, Steve Clark, Marshall Bradford, Hugh Prosser, Marshall Reed, Constance Worth, James H. Harrison, Terry Frost, William Ruhl, Myron Healey, Milburn Morante, John Merton, Dee cooper, Chuck Roberson, Bill Potter, Lane Bradford. A U.S. marshal attempts to puzzle out the events surrounding the murder of a banker. A complicated plot somewhat helps this later Johnny Mack Brown effort, a remake of Down Texas Way (q.v.).

Western Terror see Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto

4848  Western Trails  Universal, 1938. 57 min. D: George Waggner. SC: Norton S. Parker. With Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Carlyle Moore, Jr., John Ridgely, Franco Casarro, Jack Rockwell, Bob Burns, Jack Kirk, Jimmy Phillips, Murdock MacQuarrie, Jack Ingram, Hank Worden, Forrest Taylor, Tex Palmer, Herman Hack, Oscar Gahan, Jack Montgomery. An undercover agent wants to put a stop to a vicious outlaw gang. Okay singing oater in the Bob Baker series; a loose remake of The Dawn Trail (q.v.).

4849  Western Union  20th Century–Fox, 1941. 93 min. Color. D: Fritz Lang. SC: Robert Carson. With Randolph Scott, Robert Young, Dean Jagger, Virginia Gilmore, John Carradine, Slim Summerville, Chill Wills, Barton MacLane, Russell Hicks, Victor Kilian, Minor Watson, George Chandler, Chief Big Tree, Chief Thundercloud, Dick Rich, Addison Richards, Irving Bacon, Harry Strang, Reed Howes, Tom London, Steve O’Brien, Cliff Clark, Charles Middleton, Arthur Aylesworth, Paul Burns, Francis Ford, Eddy Waller, Frank Ellis, Iron Eyes Cody, Russ Clark, Frank Ellis, James Flavin, Ralph Dunn, Frank Mills, Kermit Maynard, Herman Howlin, Tom Forman, Sid Jordan, George Plues, Hank Bell, Robert Clarke, Cecil Kellogg, Frank McGrath, J.W. Cody, John Epper, Merlyn Nelson. A former outlaw joins the crew stringing Western Union telegraph lines and becomes romantically involved with the sister of the project’s chief engineer but has a rival in a fellow worker, a Harvard graduate. Well made but undistinguished historical feature.

4850  The Westerner  Columbia, 1934. 58 min. D: David Selman. SC: Harold Shumate. With Tim McCoy, Marion Shilling, Joseph (Sawyer) Sauers, Hooper Atchley, Ed LeSaint, John Dilson, Eddie (Edmund) Cobb, Albert J. Smith, Harry Todd, Bud Osborne, Slim Whitaker, Merrill McCormick, Art Mix, Lafe McKee, Steve Clark, Hank Bell. A rancher learns his foreman and the local sheriff are in cahoots rustling cattle as they try to pin a murder charge on him. Complicated plot twists detract from this otherwise fine Tim McCoy outing which has a well staged pseudo-execution sequence.

4851  The Westerner  United Artists, 1940. 99 min. D: William Wyler. SC: Jo Swerling and Niven Busch. With Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone, Paul Hurst, Chill Wills, Charles Halton, Forrest Tucker, Tom Tyler, Arthur Aylesworth, Lupita Tovar, Julian Rivero, Lillian Bond, Dana Andrews, Roger Gray, Jack Pennick, Art Mix, Helen Foster, Trevor Bardette, Connie Leon, Charles Coleman, Lew Kelly, Heinie Conklin, Lucien Littlefield, Corbet Morris, Stanley Andrews, Henry Roquemore, Hank Bell, Dan Borgaze, William (Bill) Steele, Blackjack Ward, Jim Corey, Buck Moulton, Ted Wells, Joe De La Cruz, Frank Cordell, C.E. Anderson, Philip Connor, Bob Fleming, William Gillis, Buck Connors, Gertrude Bennett, Marie Layton, Bill Bauman, Aleth Hansen, Phil Tead, Miriam Sherwin, Annabelle Rousseau. A drifter falls in love with a homesteader’s daughter and when her father is murdered by Judge Roy Bean’s men he goes gunning for the maverick lawman. Not much history here but entertaining, especially Walter Brennan as Bean. There is a Colorized version.

4852  Westward Bound  Syndicate, 1931. 60 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: Carl Krusada. With Buffalo Bill, Jr., Allene Ray, Buddy Roosevelt, Wally Wales, Ben Corbett, Yakima Canutt, Fern Emmett, Tom London, Robert Walker, Pete Morrison, Henry Roquemore, Frank Ellis, Bob Roper. A playboy is sent West by his father in hopes the wide open spaces will reform him and the job gets done when he comes to the rescue of a woman whose ranch is sought by crooks. Boring and tacky, one of the all-time worst “B” Westerns.

4853  Westward Bound  Monogram, 1944. 59 min. D: Robert Emmett Tansey. SC: Frances Kavanaugh. With Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Betty Miles, John Bridges, Harry Woods, Karl Hackett, Weldon Heyburn, Hal Price, Roy Brent, Frank Ellis, Curley Dresden, Dan White, Al Ferguson, Horace B. Carpenter, Charles Murray, Jr., Chick Hannon, Denver Dixon, Foxy Callahan A trio of marshals help ranchers who are forced off their lands by an outlaw gang led by a government official who wants the area for its resale value once Montana becomes a state. Very entertaining “Trail Blazers” series entry with all three stars appearing to good advantage.

4854  Westward Ho!  Republic, 1935. 55 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Lindsley Parsons, Robert Emmett (Tansey) and Harry Friedman. With John Wayne, Sheila Mannors, Frank McGlynn, Jr., James Farley, Jack Curtis, Bradley Metcalfe, Jr., Dickie Jones, Mary MacLaren, Yakima Canutt, Hank Bell, Glenn Strange, The Singing Riders, Lloyd Ingraham, Frank Ellis, Earl Dwire, Fred Burns, Jack Kirk, Tex Palmer, Henry Hall, Edward Hearn, Herman Hack, Eddie Parker, Charles Brinley, Chuck Baldra, Fred Parker, Al Taylor, Silver Tip Baker, Charles Sargent, Ray Henderson. A cowboy, separated from his young brother years before when outlaws murdered their parents, goes West with settlers and becomes friends with a man working as a gang’s spy, not knowing he is his sibling. Very entertaining and action packed production from producer Paul Malvern; John Wayne’s first Republic Western.

4855  Westward Ho  Republic, 1942. 56 min. D: John English. SC: Morton Grant and Doris Schroeder. With Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Rufe Davis, Evelyn Brent, Donald Curtis, Lois Collier, Emmett Lynn, John James, Jack Kirk, Kenne Duncan, Tom Seidel, Milton Kibbee, Edmund Cobb, Monte Montague, Al Taylor, Bud Osborne, Horace B. Carpenter, John Cason, Jack O’Shea, Ray Jones, Tex Palmer, Jack Montgomery, Curley Dresden, Budd Buster, Jayne Hazard, Roy Bucko. A gang of desperadoes, led by a woman banker, is trailed by the Three Mesquiteers. Good entry in the popular series bolstered by a fine cast. TV title: Riders for Justice.

4856  Westward Ho the Wagons  Buena Vista, 1956. 90 min. Color. D: William Beaudine. SC: Tom Blackburn. With Fess Parker, Kathleen Crowley, George Reeves, Jeff York, David Stollery, Sebastian Cabot, Doreen Tracey, Barbara Woodell, John War Eagle, Cubby O’Brien, Tommy Cole, Leslie Bradley, Morgan Woodward, Iron Eyes Cody, Anthony Numkena, Karen Pendleton, Jane Liddell, Jon Locke. A wagon train filled with settlers moves West under the leadership of a likable head scout and along the way has many adventures. Leisurely paced Disney drama laced with songs.

4857  Westward the Women  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952. 112 min. D: William A. Wellman. SC: Charles Schnee. With Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson, Marilyn Erskine, Julie Bishop, John McIntire, Beverly Dennis, Lenore Lonegran, Henry Nakamura, Renata Vanni, Frankie Darro, John Cason, Michael Conrad, Henry Wills, Ted Adams, Roy Jenson, Chubby Johnson, Evelyn Finley. A wagon train with female passengers heads to California led by a wagon master who not only has to contend with them, but also Indians, outlaws and the elements. Frank Capra wrote the story for this rather lighthearted drama but the overall results are mild.

4858  The Westward Trail  Eagle-Lion, 1948. 56 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Robert Alan Miller. With Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Phyllis Blanchard, Eileen Harden, Andy Parker and The Plainsmen, Steve Drake, Bob Duncan, Carl Mathews, Lee Morgan, Bob Woodward, Budd Buster, Slim Whitaker, Frank Ellis. A U.S. marshal works incognito to help a woman whose ranch is sought by crooks. Poor Eddie Dean musical Western.

4859  Westworld  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973. 89 min. Color. D-SC: Michael Crichton. With Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Norman Bartold, Alan Oppenheimer, Victoria Shaw, Dick Van Patten, Linda Scott, Steve Franken, Michael Mikler, Terry Wilson, Majel Barrett, Anna Randall, Julie Marcus, Sharyn Wynters, Anne Bellamy, Chris Holter, Charles Seel, Wade Crosby, Lin Henson, Nora Marlow, Lauren Gilbert, Howard Platt, Jared Martin. Two businessmen take a vacation in a fantasy world where the old West of the 1880s is recreated but a robot gunman goes haywire and begins killing the tourists. Interesting sci-fi effort that spawned a less satisfying sequel, Futureworld (American International, 1976), in which Yul Brynner briefly reprises his gunman-robot role.

4860  Wetbacks  Gibraltar Motion Picture Distributors, 1956. 87 min. D: Hank McCune. SC: Pete LaRoche. With Lloyd Bridges, Nancy Gates, Barton MacLane, John Hoyt, Harold Peary, Nacho Galindo, Robert Keys, David Colmans, Jose Gonzales Gonzales, Louis Jean Heydt, Richard Powers (Tom Keene), I. Stanford Jolley, Gene Roth, Wally Cassell, Roy Gordon, Scott Douglas, Maury Dexter, Joe Dominguez, Salvador Baquez. The U.S. Border Patrol tries to stop the influx of Mexicans being illegally smuggled across the U.S. border for cheap labor as a boat owner is forced by two thugs to carry out this activity. Low grade program feature partially filmed in Mexico.

4861  Wheels of Destiny  Universal, 1934. 64 min. D: Alan James. SC: Nate Gatzert. With Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dix, Philo McCullough, Fred McKay, Fred Sale, Jr., Buffalo Bill, Jr., Jack Rockwell, Frank Rice, Nelson McDowell, William Gould, Ed Coxen, Merrill McCormick, Slim Whitaker, Hank Bell, Bob Burns, Artie Ortego, Wally Wales, Helen Gibson, Jack Evans, Bud McClure, Fred Burns, Chief Big Tree, Marin Sais, Chuck Baldra, Blackjack Ward, Bobby Dunn, Al Taylor, Roy Bucko. A cowboy leads a wagon train of settlers across Mt. Whitney’s great salt flats and along the way battles outlaws, Indians and the harsh environment. Top notch Ken Maynard film which he also produced and wrote the music.

4862  When a Man Rides Alone  Monarch, 1933. 60 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Oliver Drake. With Tom Tyler, Adele Lacy, Alan Bridge, Bob Burns, Frank Ball, Alma Chester, Duke R. Lee, Barney Furey, Lee Cordova, Jack Rockwell, Bud Osborne, Jack Kirk, Herman Hack, J.P. McGowan, Jack Evans, Ed Burns, Horace B. Carpenter, Lillian Chay. A mysterious bandit robs a gold shipment and then gives it to settlers who have invested in a bogus mine. Average Tom Tyler outing with low grade production values.

4863  When a Man Sees Red  Universal, 1934. 60 min. D-SC: Alan James. With Buck Jones, Peggy Campbell, Dorothy Revier, LeRoy Mason, Syd Saylor, Libby Taylor, Charles K. French, Jack Rockwell, Frank LaRue, Robert Kortman, Frank Ellis, Horace B. Carpenter, Horace Murphy, Horsea Stedman, William Steele, Silver Tip Baker, Charles Murphy, Bill Patton. A ranch foreman must contend with a strong willed new female boss as well as a cattle rustling gang. Buck Jones’ second Universal feature is only average.

4864  When a Man’s a Man  Associated First National, 1924. 55 min. D: Edward F. Cline. SC: Walter Anthony and Harry Carr. With John Bowers, Marguerite De La Motte, Robert Frazer, June Marlowe, Forrest Robinson, Elizabeth Rhodes, Fred Stanton, George Hackathorne, Edward Hearn, John Fox, Jr., Arthur Hoyt, Ray Thompson, Charles Mailes. When his girl refuses a marriage proposal, a man goes West where he is mistaken for a cattle rustler and must prove his innocence. Fairly good silent adaptation of Harold Bell Wright’s novel.

4865  When a Man’s a Man  Fox, 1935. 70 min. D: Edward F. Cline. SC: Frank M. Dazey and Agnes Christine Johnston. With George O’Brien, Dorothy Wilson, Paul Kelly, Harry Woods, Jimmy Butler, Richard Carlyle, Edgar Norton, Clarence Wilson, Frank Ellis, Tracy Layne, Dick Hunter, Ken Cooper, Richard Botiller, Slim Whitaker, Rose Plummer, Stanley Blystone, Jack Montgomery, Charles Brinley, Roy Bucko, Ralph Bucko, Lester Dorr, Sid Jordan, Arthur Thalasso. In a small town, a cowboy comes to the assistance of a woman ranch owner whose water supply has been taken over by outlaws. Well acted, entertaining George O’Brien remake of the 1924 feature, also directed by Edward F. Cline. Done a third time as Massacre River (q.v.). TV title: Saga of the West.

4866  When Lightning Strikes  Regal, 1934. 60 min. D: Harry Revier and Burton L. King. SC: George Morgan and J.P. McGowan. With Lightning The Wonder Dog, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Alice Dahl, J.P. McGowan, Tom London, Blackie Whiteford, William Desmond, Marin Sais, Murdock MacQuarrie, Bart Carre, Richard Botiller, Shaggy (dog). When a crooks sends to thugs to steal his timber lease, a man entrusts the documents to his loyal dog who buries them in the woods. Lightning’s cinema debut is a crudely filmed, photographed and edited juvenile oriented dual bill item.

4867  When the Boys Meet the Girls. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965. 110 min. Color. D: Alvin Ganzer. SC: Robert E. Kent. With Connie Francis, Harve Presnell, Herman’s Hermits, Liberace, Louis Armstrong, Sam the Sham and The Pharoahs, Sue Anne Langdon, Fred Clark, Frank Faylen, Joby Baker, David and Reese, Hortense Petra, Stanley Adams, Romo Vincent, Susan Holloway, Russ Collins, William T. Quinn. As their Nevada night club is about to go bankrupt, the owners turn it into a cabaret with spectacular success while a rich guy tries to avoid a showgirl’s breach of promise suit. Meager third screen version of Girl Crazy, filmed previously in 1932 and 1943 (qq.v.), is mainly a showcase for contemporary popular performers; produced by Sam Katzman.

4868  When the Daltons Rode  Universal, 1940. 74 min. D: George Marshall. SC: Harold Shumate. With Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy, Broderick Crawford, George Bancroft, Stuart Erwin, Andy Devine, Frank Albertson, Mary Gordon, Harry Stephens, Edgar Dearing, Quen Ramsey, Dorothy Granger, Bob McKenzie, Fay McKenzie, June Wilkins, Walter Soderling, Edgar Buchanan, Sally Payne, Mary Ainslee, Erville Alderson, Lafe McKee, Jim Pierce, Alan Bridge, Lloyd Ingraham, Walter Long, James Flavin, Jack Clifford, Robert Kortman, Ethan Laidlaw, Harry Cording, Henry Roquemore, Tom London, Ian MacLaren, Stanley Blystone, Edwin Brady, George Guhl, Tom Chatterton, Eddie Parker, Russ Powell, Joe King, Don Rowan, James Morton, Charles McMurphy, Kernan Cripps, Jack Baxley, Duke York, Pat West. Four brothers are forced to become outlaws and they befriend a lawyer who falls in love with a woman one of them plans to marry. Slick Universal feature with more action than plot.

4869  When the Legends Die  20th Century–Fox, 1972. 104 min. Color. D: Stuart Millar. SC: Robert Dozier. With Richard Widmark, Frederic Forrest, Luana Anders, Vito Scotti, Herbert Nelson, John War Eagle, John Gruber, Gary Walberg, Jack Mullaney, Malcolm Curley, Roy Engel, Rex Holman, Tillman Box. An aging rodeo circuit rider befriends an orphaned Ute Indian who eventually grows tired of his kind of life. Rather interesting story with an excellent performance by Richard Widmark as the rodeo rider.

Richard Widmark and Fredric Forrest in When the Legends Die (20th Century–Fox, 1972).

4870  When the North Wind Blows  Sunn Classic Pictures, 1974. 100 min. Color. D-SC: Stewart Raffill. With Henry Brandon, Dan Haggerty, Fernando Celis, Rex Holman, Dale Ishimoto, Sander Johnson, Herbert Nelson, Henry Olek, Jack Ong, Jan Smithers. In the early 1900s two rare Siberian tigers attack near an Alaskan village with an old-time hunter and a group of youths hunting them and when one of the boys is accidentally wounded by the trapper he flees into the wilderness where he is befriended by a tigress and her cubs. Pleasant, easy to take family fare with scenic locales.

Dan Haggerty in When the North Wind Blows (Sunn Classic Pictures, 1974).

4871  When the Redskins Rode  Columbia, 1951. 77 min. Color. D: Lew Landers. SC: Robert E. Kent. With Jon Hall, Mary Castle, James Seay, John Ridgely, Sherry Moreland, Pedro De Cordova, John Dehner, Lewis L. Russell, William Bakewell, Gregory Gay, Rusty Wescoatt, Milton Kibbee, Rick Vallin, Steve Pendleton, Charles Horvath, J.W. Cody, Jack Chefe, Jessie Arnold, Harold Miller. In 1753 Virginia’s Governor Dinwiddie and George Washington try to get the local Indian tribes to ally with the British against the French but a pretty spy attempts to convince the a chief’s son to do the opposite. Standard historical fare set in the pre–Revolutionary War period; produced by Sam Katzman.

When the West Was Young see Heritage of the Desert (1932)

4872  Where the Buffalo Roam  Monogram, 1938. 60 min. D: Al Herman. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Tex Ritter, Dorothy Short, Snub Pollard, Horace Murphy, John Merton, Richard Alexander, Karl Hackett, Dave O’Brien, Louise Massey and Her Westerners, Bob Terry, Charles King, Blackie Whiteford, Denver Dixon, Curt Massey, Ernie Adams, Hank Worden. A cowboy is hunting the murderers of his mother, an outlaw gang killing buffalo and trying to wreck a stage line. A complicated plot is somewhat offset by good action and music in this Tex Ritter feature.

4873  Where the Hell’s the Gold?  CBS-TV, 1988. 91 min. Color. D-SC: Burt Kennedy. With Willie Nelson, Delta Burke, Jack Elam, Alfonso Arau, Gregory Sierra, Michael Wren, Gerald McRaney, Jamie Lyn Bauer, Annabelle Gurwitch, John David Garfield, Sheila Foster, Deborah Carpenter, Pamela Moore, Adan Sanchez. Two adventurers after gold are talked into taking a train filled with dynamite through hostile territory and get pursued by Indians, outlaws, banking agents and Mexican soldiers. Pretty fair TV movie re-titled Dynamite and Gold for video.

4874  Where the Lillies Bloom  United Artists, 1974. 96 min. D: William A. Graham. SC: Earl Hamner. With Julie Gholson, Jan Smithers, Matthew Burill, Helen Harmon, Harry Dean Stanton, Sudie Bond, Rance Howard, Tom Spratley, Helen Bragdon, Alice Beardsley. In the mountain region of the South, youngsters try to keep their parents’ deaths a secret so they will not be separated. Well made family film, produced in North Carolina.

4875  Where the North Begins  Warner Bros., 1923. 60 min. D: Chester M. Franklin. SC: Raymond L. Schrock. With Rin Tin Tin, Walter McGrail, Claire Adams, Fred Huntley, Pat Hartigan, Myrtle Owen, Charles Stevens. After being raised by wolves, a German Shepherd is adopted by a fur trapper and later saves the man’s life when he is attacked by thieves. Good initial Rin Tin Tin feature, well photographed and directed; the dog star’s owner-trainer, Lee Duncan, co-wrote the story.

4876  Where the North Begins  Screen Guild, 1947. 42 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Betty Burbridge and Les Swabacker. With Russell Hayden, Jennifer Holt, Tristram Coffin, Denver Pyle, Stephen Barclay, Keith Richards, Anthony Warde, Frank Hagney, Artie Ortego, J.W. Cody, Chris Willow Bird, Billy Wilkerson, Lew Morphy, Charley Cypert, Billy Cypert. A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police battles a gang of outlaws in a remote town while romancing a pretty girl. This low budget short feature moves along quickly.

4877  Where the North Holds Sway  Rayart, 1927. 56 min. D: Bennett Cohen. SC: Evan Merritt Post. With Jack Perrin, Pauline Curley, Billy Lamoreaux (Buzz Barton), Lew Meehan, Hal Walters, Starlight (horse). A Mountie leaves the service to seek his brother’s killer and after being injured finds refuge with a gambler and his wife, not knowing the husband is the murderer. Picturesque quickie production mainly of interest because of its star and his beautiful steed; directed by genre writer Bennett Cohen.

4878  Where the Red Fern Grows  Howco International/Westamerica, 1974. 97 min. Color. D: Norman Tokar. SC: Douglas Stewart and Eleanor Lamb. With James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, Jack Ging, Lonny Chapman, Stewart Petersen, Jill Clark, Jeanna Wilson. In 1930s Oklahoma a boy raises two redbone hounds and trains them for two years to be champion coon hunters but during the big contest, held in the rugged Cherokee countryside, the canines are called off the hunt to rescue their master from a mountain lion. Pleasing family film based on Wilson Rawls’ book with soundtrack songs by the Osmond Brothers and Andy Williams; followed by a sequel, Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two (q.v.), in 1992 and remade in 2003 (q.v.).

4879  Where the Red Fern Grows  Doty-Dayton Releasing, 2003. 86 min. Color. D: Lyman Dayton and Sam Pillsbury. SC: Douglas Stewart, Eleanor Lamb, Lyman Dayton and Sam Pillsbury. With Joseph Ashton, Dave Matthews, Renee Faia, Mac Davis, Kris Kristofferson, Ned Beatty, Dabney Coleman, Gary Anson, Orvel Baldridge, Robert Bauman, Andrew Dickison, Stuart Dickison, Julia Downs, Tess Downs, Kevin Gourd, Zach Hamilton, Steve Sandalis, Stan Randolph, Eric Starkey, Charles Seal, Lindsey Labadie. A rural boy saves money to fulfill his dream of owing two hound pups, which he plans to raise to be coon hunters. Fine remake of the 1974 version (q.v.).

4880  Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two  UAV Entertainment, 1992. 93 min. Color. D: Jim McCullough (Jr.). SC: Samuel Bradford. With Wilford Brimley, Doug McKeon, Chad McQueen, Lisa Whelchel, Adam Faraizi, Karen Carlson, Devin Payne, Jessie Turner, Tom Bertino, Patricia Meeks, Maggie McCullough, Daniel Glover, Philip Dale, Sherry Spurrier, Cindy Garrett, Ace Williamson, Kim Bond, Rachel Bond. When a disturbed war veteran returns to his backwoods Louisiana home he is given two pups to raise by his grandfather. Average video follow-up to Where the Red Fern Grows (q.v.); also called Where the Red Fern Grows 2: The Homecoming.

Where the Red Fern Grows 2: The Homecoming see Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two

4881  Where the Rivers Flow North  Caledonia Pictures, 1993. 106 min. Color. D: Jay Craven. SC: Don Bredes and Jay Craven. With Michael J. Fox, Rip Torn, Tantoo Cardinal, Treat Williams, Bill Raymond, Mark Margolis, George Woodard, Yusef Bulos, John Griesemer, Jeri Lynn Cohen, Amy Wright, Rusty De Wees, Dennis Mientka, John Rothman, Sam Lloyd, Sr., Burt Porter, Tony Washburn. In 1927 Vermont a logger and his Indian girlfriend are at odds over a dam construction company’s offer to buy his land, which will be flooded. Fine adaptation of Howard Frank Mosher’s novel; nice scenery.

4882  Where the West Begins  Monogram, 1938. 54 min. D: J.P. McGowan. SC: Stanley Roberts and Gennaro Rea. With Jack Randall, Luana Walters, Fuzzy Knight, Richard Alexander, Budd Buster, Arthur Houseman, Ralph Peters, Ray Whitley, The Phelps Brothers, Kit Guard, Ken Card. A crook wants a woman’s ranch and he has a cowboy thrown in jail to stop him from persuading her not to sell. Pleasant Jack Randall vehicle.

4883  Where Trails Divide  Monogram, 1937. 60 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Tom Keene, Eleanor Stewart, Warner Richmond, David Sharpe, Lorraine Randall, Charles K. French, Steve Clark, Hal Price, Richard Cramer, James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey), Bud Osborne, Horace B. Carpenter, Jim Mason, Forrest Taylor, Oscar Gahan, Wally West. An express company lawyer is made the sheriff of a town to stop an outlaw gang. Austere Tom Keene film; well done.

4884  Where Trails End  Monogram, 1942. 55 min. D: Robert Emmett Tansey. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey) and Frances Kavanaugh. With Tom Keene, Joan Curtis, Frank Yaconelli, Charles King, Donald Stewart, Steve Clark, William Vaughn, Horace B. Carpenter, Nick Moro, Gene Alsace, Fred Hoose, James Sheridan (Sherry Tansey), Tex Palmer, Chick Hannon, Tom Seidel. When settlers are driven from their homes by a mysterious outlaw gang’s terrorism, a U.S. marshal is sent to investigate and finds that enemy agents are after recently discovered tungsten. Average oater with a prophetic title as it was Tom Keene’s final series film.

4885  The Whirlwind  Columbia, 1933. 60 min. D: D. Ross Lederman. SC: Stuart Anthony. With Tim McCoy, Alice Dahl, Pat O’Malley, Matthew Betz, J. Carrol Naish, Joseph Girard, Lloyd Whitcomb, William McCall, Stella Adams, Theodore (Ted) Lorch, Hank Bell, Mary Gordon, Joe Dominguez. A cowboy returns home with his two pals to find his father and friends have been turned against him by a dishonest lawman. Fair Tim McCoy feature with rodeo and boxing sequences in addition to the usual action.

4886  Whirlwind  Columbia, 1952. 70 min. D: John English. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Gail Davis, Harry Lauter, Thurston Hall, Dick Curtis, Harry Harvey, Kenne Dunan, Tommy Ivo, Gregg Barton, Al Wyatt, Gary Goodwin, Pat O’Malley, Bud Osborne, Boyd Stockman, Frankie Marvin, Stan Jones. Postal inspector Gene Autry is after a gang led by a crooked rancher. Pleasing Gene Autry vehicle.

4887  Whirlwind Horseman  Grand National, 1938. 60 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: George Plympton. With Ken Maynard, Joan Barclay, Dave O’Brien, Kenny Dix, Roger Williams, Kenneth Harlan, Robert Frazer, Walter Shumway, Budd Buster, Lew Meehan, Joseph Girard, Bill Griffith, Glenn Strange, Wally West, Bud Osborne, Oscar Gahan, Carl Mathews, George Morrell, Jim Corey, Clyde McClary. After their pal disappears two men search for him and find a group of ranchers being menaced by outlaws. Low budget but entertaining Ken Maynard film with a good sprinkling of comedy.

4888  Whirlwind Raiders  Columbia, 1948. 54 min. D: Vernon Keays. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Nancy Saunders, Fred F. Sears, Little Brown Jug (Don Kay Reynolds), Doye O’Dell and His Radio Rangers, Jack Ingram, Philip Morris, Patrick Hurst, Eddie Parker, Lynn Farr, Arthur Loft, Maudie Prickett, Frank LaRue, Russell Meeker, Herman Hack. The Durango Kid is on the trail of the corrupt State Police, a group of outlaws hiding behind badges after the disbandment of the Texas Rangers. “Durango Kid” fans will like this action filled series entry. British title: State Police.

Whirlwind Rider see Ranger of the Law

4889  The Whispering Skull  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1944. 56 min. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: Harry Fraser. With Tex Ritter, Dave O’Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Denny Burke, I. Stanford Jolley, Henry Hall, George Morrell, Ed Cassidy, Robert Kortman, Wen Wright, Frank Ellis, Jimmy Aubrey, Ray Henderson. Three lawmen are after a masked killer known as “The Whispering Skull” who is searching for a cache of diamonds. Slow moving and cheaply made installment of “The Texas Rangers” series that is lacking in atmosphere. Tex Ritter sings “In Case You Change Your Mind” and “It’s Never Too Late.”

4890  Whispering Smith  Paramount, 1948. 88 min. Color. D: Leslie Fenton. SC: Frank Butler and Karl Lamb. With Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp, William Demarest, Fay Holden, Murvyn Vye, Frank Faylen, John Eldredge, Robert Wood, J. Farrell MacDonald, Don Barclay, Will Wright, Eddy Waller, Gary Gray, Robert Kortman, Ashley Cowan, Ray Teal, Jimmy Dundee. A special agent is called in by the railroad to investigate a series of robberies and he discovers a friend is involved with the outlaws. Well done drama for Alan Ladd and Robert Preston fans. It was the basis for the series of the same name on NBC-TV in 1961 starring Audie Murphy and Guy Mitchell.

4891  Whispering Smith Speaks  Fox, 1935. 65 min. D: David Howard. SC: Dan Jarrett and Don Swift. With George O’Brien, Irene Ware, Kenneth Thomson, Maude Allen, Spencer Charters, Victor Potel, Edward Keane, Frank Sheridan, William V. Mong, Maurice Cass, Si Jenks, John Ince, Dick Rush, J.P. McGowan, Bess Flowers. While learning the railroad business, a man finds out tungsten has been discovered on a farm owned by the woman he loves and he tries to dissuade her from selling it to a crook. Top notch George O’Brien vehicle based on the character created by Frank H. Spearman.

4892  Whistlin’ Dan  Tiffany, 1932. 60 min. D: Phil Rosen. SC: Stuart Anthony. With Ken Maynard, Joyzelle Joyner, George Renavent, Harlan E. Knight, Don Terry, Jack Rockwell, Lew Meehan, Bud McClure, Merrill McCormick, Wally Wales, Jessie Arnold, Frank Ellis, Hank Bell, Jim Corey. When outlaw Serge Karloff kidnaps and murders his pal, cowboy Whistlin’ Dan joins his gang to get revenge on the gunman. Quite interesting Ken Maynard vehicle; leisurely paced. Remade as Along the Rio Grande (q.v.).

4893  Whistling Bullets  Ambassador, 1937. 58 min. D: John English. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Kermit Maynard, Harlene (Harley) Wood, Jack Ingram, Maston Williams, Bruce Mitchell, Karl Hackett, Sherry Tansey, Cliff Parkinson, Herman Hack, William McCall, Buck Moulton. Two Texas Rangers are on the trail of a gang of bond thieves. Good production values and direction heighten the affect of this Kermit Maynard film, supposedly based on the works of James Oliver Curwood.

4894  Whistling Hills  Monogram, 1951. D: Derwin Abrahams. SC: Fred Myton. With Johnny Mack Brown, Jimmy (James) Ellison, Pamela Duncan, Noel Neill, I. Stanford Jolley, Lee Roberts, Marshall Reed, Lane Bradford, Bud Osborne, Pierce Lyden, Frank Ellis, Ray Jones, Merrill McCormick, Carl Mathews. A masked outlaw, who uses a mysterious whistle to signal his gang, is hunted by a sheriff and the cowboy who agrees to help him. A bit better than some of the later Johnny Mack Brown features.

4895  The White Buffalo  United Artists, 1977. 97 min. D: J. Lee Thompson. SC: Richard Sale. With Charles Bronson, Will Sampson, Jack Warden, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Stuart Whitman, Slim Pickens, John Carradine, Cara Williams, Shay Duffin, Douglas V. Fowley, Cliff Pellow, Ed Lauter, Martin Kove, Scott Walker, Ed Bakey, Richard Gilliland, David Roy Chandler, Philip Montgomery, Linda Moon Redfearn, Chief Tug Smith, Douglas Hume, Cliff Carnell, Ron Thompson, Eve Brent, Joe Roman, Bert Williams, Dan Vadis, Christopher Cary, Larry Martindale, Scott Bryson, Will Walker, Gregg White, Hal Southern, Harold Hensley. Wild Bill Hickok and Crazy Horse form an uneasy alliance in an effort to kill a legendary white buffalo. Strange, almost supernatural like, Western with dark, murky photography; mainly for Charles Bronson fans. TV title: Hunt to Kill.

4896  White Comanche  International Producers Corporation, 1969. 90 min. Color. D: Gilbert Lee Kay (Jose Birz). SC: Robert Holt and Frank Gruber. With Joseph Cotten, William Shatner, Rossana Yani, Perla Christal, Barta Barry, Victor Israel, Luis Prendes, Vidal Molina. In the town of Rio Hondo, a sheriff tries to stop two feuding half-breed brothers from killing each other along with fighting a corrupt town boss. Made in Italy as Comanche Blanco (White Comanche), this is one of the better 1960s European oaters, enhanced by good work by Joseph Cotten and William Shatner, the latter in dual roles.

4897  The White Dawn  Paramount, 1974. 109 min. Color. D: Philip Kaufman. SC: James Houston and Tom Rickman. With Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Lou Gossett, Simonie Kopapik, Joanasie Salomnie, Pilitak, Munamee Sake. During an 1896 whaling expedition three men get lost in the Arctic and are saved by Eskimos who they later use to their advantage. Overlong, but nicely photographed, melodrama.

4898  White Eagle  Columbia, 1932. 67 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Fred Myton. With Buck Jones, Barbara Weeks, Ward Bond, Robert Ellis, Jason Robards, Russell Simpson, Frank Campeau, Robert Kortman, Robert Elliott, Jim Thorpe, Frank Hagney, Jimmy House, Clarence Geldert, Alf James. An Indian brave, who is really white, tries to protect his tribe from dishonest men wanting to steal their horses. Sturdy Buck Jones film that was remade as a serial (q.v.) in 1941 with the star again essaying the title role.

4899  White Eagle  Columbia, 1941. 15 Chapters. D: James W. Horne. SC: Arch Heath, Morgan B. Cox, John Cutting and Lawrence Taylor. With Buck Jones, Raymond Hatton, Dorothy Fay, James Craven, Chief Yowlachie, Jack Ingram, Charles King, John Merton, Roy Barcroft, Edward Hearn, Al Ferguson, J. Paul Jones, Edward Cecil, Chick Hannon, Bob Woodward, Horace B. Carpenter, Steve Clark, Merrill McCormick, Yakima Canutt, Kit Guard, Constantine Romanoff, Harry Tenbrook, Ed Peil, Sr., Hank Bell, Lloyd Whitlock, Eddie Featherston, George Chesebro, Kenne Duncan, Bud Osborne, Edmund Cobb, Richard Cramer, Jack O’Shea, Robert Elliott, George Larkin, Jack Richardson, Charles Hamilton, Richard Ellis. An Indian pony express rider opposes a gang of renegades who dress like tribesmen to rob stagecoaches. Slim serial remake of the 1932 (q.v.) Buck Jones vehicle, but still worth viewing, especially for his fans.

4900  White Fang  20th Century–Fox, 1936. 70 min. D: David Butler. SC: Hal Long and Sam Duncan. With Michael Whalen, Jean Muir, Charles Winninger, Slim Summerville, Jane Darwell, Thomas Beck, John Carradine, George Cucount, Joe Herrick, Edward Thorpe, Steve Clemento, Marie Chorre, Jack Curtis, Ken Evans, Robert St. Angelo, Nick De Ruiz, Desmond Gallagher, Walter James, Jack Stoney, Joe Brown, Ward Bond, William Wagner, Francis McDonald, Herbert Heywood. A woman promises to marry a man if he will guide her brother to a gold mine during the harsh Yukon winter. Average follow-up to Call of the Wild (q.v.); based on the Jack London novel.

4901  White Fang  Titanus, 1972. 97 min. Color. D: Lucio Fulci. SC: Guy Elmes, Piero Regnoli, Guillaume Roux, Roberto Gianviti, Thom Keyes and Peter Welbeck (Harry Alan Towers). With Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, Fernando Rey, Rik Battaglia, John Steiner, Missaele, Daniel Martin, Raimund Harmstorf, Daniele Dublino, Carole Andre, John Bartha, Luigi Antonio Guerra, Carla Mancini, Maurice Poli, Renzo Prevarello. A beautiful husky dog helps his master, a sourdough in the Klondike, in fighting both crooks and bad men when he strikes gold. Very well done French-Italian-Spanish co-production of the Jack London work. Italian title Zanna Bianca (White Fang).

4902  White Fang  Buena Vista, 1991. 107 min. Color. D: Randal Kleiser. SC: Jeanne Rosenberg, Nick Thiel and David Fallon. With Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Seymour Cassel, Susan Hogan, James Remar, Bill Moseley, Clint B. Youngreen, Pius Savage, Aaron Hotch, Charles Jimmie, Sr., Clifford Fossman, Irving Sogge, Tom Fallon, Dick Mackey, Suzanne Kent, Robert C. Hoelen, George Rogers, Michael David Lally, Raymond R. Menaker, David Fallon, Michael A. Hagen, Diane Benson, Rob Kyker, Tom Yewell, John Beers, Van Clifton, Jim Moore, Marliese Schneider, Jed (dog), Bart (bear). Going to Alaska in search of gold, a young prospector meets a boy and a wolf dog, who has been mistreated by his owner, as they struggle to survive claim jumpers and the harsh environment. Nicely done third screen version of Jack London’s novel.

4903  White Fang and the Gold Diggers  First Line Films, 1974. 86 min. Color. D: Alfonso Brescia. SC: Giuseppe Maggi and Piero Regnoli. With Robert Wood, Pedro Sanchez (Ignazio Spalla), Robert Hundar (Claudio Undari), Gabriella Lepori, Franco Lantieri, Paolo Lena, Jean-Pierre Clarain, Franco Calogero, Renato Malavasi, Andrea Fantasia, Amedeo Timpani, Giovanni (Nello) Pazzafini, Eolo Capritti, Benito Pacifico. Going with his little son and their dog to take over a mine he has inherited in Northern Canada, a man finds he is faced with an enemy who wants both his property and mail order bride. Mediocre “White Fang” imitation (the dog is called “Whiskey” in its original version), made in Italy as La Spacconata (The Bluff) and cut by 12 minutes for U.S. release.

4904  White Fang and the Hunter  First Line Films, 1975. 87 min. Color. D: Alfonso Brescia. SC: Giulio Berruti and Giuseppe Maggi and Franco Pietroletti. With Robert Wood, Ignazio Spalla, Malisa Longo, Robert Hundar (Claudio Undari), Massimo De Cecco, Franco Lantieri, Linda Sini, Amedeo Timpani, Giovanni Ukmar, Jean-Pierre Clarain, Guido Mariotti, Bruno Arie. Two hunters try to help a young woman save her homestead coveted by crooks. Sorry Italian production released there as Zanna Bianca e il Caccatore Solitario (White Fang and the Solitary Hunter), which has little to do with White Fang and even less with Jack London’s work.

4905  White Fang to the Rescue  Paneuropean Production Pictures, 1974. 97 min. Color. D: Tonino Ricci. SC: Giovanni Simonelli and Sandro Continenza. With Maurizio Merli, Henry Silva, Renzo Palmer, Gisela Hahn, Benny Reeves (Benito Stefanelli), Donald O’Brien, Luciano Rossi, Manfred Freyberger, Sergio Smacchi, Marco Stefanelli, Cesar di Vito, Attilo Dottesio, Simone Santo, Natalie Siddi, Luciano Bonanni, Riccardo Pizzuti, Matteo Zoffoli. In the Yukon a wolf dog and a trapper team to take in the two men who murdered the canine’s master. Average outdoor adventure highlighted by a brutal battle between the title character and a huge bear; made in Italy as Zanna Bianca alla Riscossa (White Fang to the Rescue).

4906  White Fang 2: The Myth of the White Wolf  Buena Vista, 1994. 106 min. Color. D: Ken Olin. SC: David Fallon. With Scott Bairstow, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Lewis, Charmaine Craig, Victoria Racimo, Paul Coeur, Anthony Michael Ruivivar, Al Harrington, Matthew Cowles, Woodrow W. Morrison, Reynold Russ, Nathan Young, Charles Natkong, Sr., Edward Davis, Byron Chief Moon, Tom Heaton, Trace Yeomans, Thomas Kitchkeesic, Ethan Hawke. During the Alaskan Gold Rush a prospector, who is in love with an Indian princess, and his wolf-dog lead a tribe of starving Indians to a caribou herd. Filmed in British Columbia and Colorado, this Disney family films is only average except for the beautiful scenery.

4907  White Feather  20th Century–Fox, 1955. 100 min. Color. D: Robert Webb. SC: Delmer Daves and Leo Townsend. With Robert Wagner, John Lund, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Eduard Franz, Noah Beery, Jr., Virginia Leith, Emile Meyer, Hugh O’Brian, Milburn Stone, Iron Eyes Cody. A prospector, in love with an Indian maiden, tries to help the government in getting her tribe to move to a reservation. Standard melodrama with good performances.

4908  White Fury  American National Enterprises, 1969. 100 min. Color. D-SC: Arthur R. Dubs. With Arthur R. Dubs (narrator). Documentary about the wilderness made up of three short films: Baja Big Horn, High Desert and White Fury. Pleasant sequel to Alaskan Safari (q.v.).

4909  White Gold  Producers Distributing Corporation, 1927. 65 min. D: William K. Howard. SC: Marion Orth, Garrett Fort and Tay Garnett. With Jetta Goudal, Kenneth Thomson, George Bancroft, George Nichols, Robert Perry, Clyde Cook. A pretty Mexican dancer marries a sheep raiser and moves with him to a remote ranch where she is distrusted by his father and lusted after by the hired hand. Highly regarded silent melodrama; well worth watching.

White Justice see Bloody Trail

4910  White Oak  Paramount-Artcraft, 1921. 70 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Bennet Musson. With William S. Hart, Vola Vale, Alexander Gaden, Robert Walker, Bertholde Sprotte, Helen Holly, Chief Standing Bear, Red Wing. A gambler seeks revenge on the crook who took advantage of his younger sister. Typically dramatic William S. Hart silent feature based on his original story; he also produced.

4911  The White Outlaw  Universal, 1925. 50 min. D: Clifford Smith. SC: Isadore Berstein. With Jack Hoxie, Marceline Day, William Welsh, Duke R. Lee, Floyd Shackelford, Charles Brinley, Scout (horse). A cowboy befriends and trains a wild stallion who is later accused of stealing area horses. Action packed, pleasing Jack Hoxie silent outing.

4912  The White Outlaw  Exhibitors Film Corporation, 1929. 50 min. D: Robert J. Horner. SC: Bob McKenzie. With Art Acord, Vivian May, Lew Meehan, Bill Patton, Al Hoxie, Dick Nores, Betty Carter, Howard Davies, Walter Maly, Slim Mathews. An outlaw gets the blame for a robbery he did not commit and sets out to track down the real culprits. Silent Art Acord offering made at the end of his career; cheap and short on action but still entertaining. Written by character actor Bob McKenzie.

Art Acord, the star of The White Outlaw (Exhibitors Film Corporation, 1929).

4913  The White Squaw  Columbia, ’956. 73 min. D: Ray Nazarro. SC: Lee Savage, Jr. With David Brian, May Wynn, William Bishop, Nancy Hale, William Leslie, Myron Healey, Robert C. Ross, Frank De Kova, George Keymas, Roy Roberts, Grant Withers, Wally Vernon, Paul Birch, Dennis Moore, Neyle Morrow, Guy Teague. A rancher plots revenge when the government informs him he did not properly file a land claim and his place is going to be used for an Indian reservation. Mediocre program feature from producer Wallace MacDonald.

White Stallion see The Harmony Trail

4914  White Water Sam  Manson International, 1979. 87 min. Color. D-SC: Keith Larsen. With Keith Larsen, Lorne Greene (narrator). A man faces danger from the elements and Indians in the great Northwest. Another outdoor action feature from producer-director-writer-star Keith Larsen and it should please nature fans; originally called Run or Burn.

4915  White Wilderness  Buena Vista, 1958. 73 min. Color. D-SC: James Algar. With Winston Hibler (narrator). Life in the Arctic is presented both in the warm and frigid months, dealing with animal life in the region. Another top notch Disney family documentary.

4916  White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II  Concorde, 1993. 90 min. Color. D-SC: Catherine Cyran. With Matt McCoy, David Moscow, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Ami Dolenz, Amy O’Neill, Marc Riffon, Eric Drachman. Five teens trek through the mountains on a pleasure trip until they run into danger and a mystical white wolf. Pretty good family adventure film sequel to A Cry in the Wild (q.v.) from producer Julie Corman.

4917  White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild  Concorde/New Horizon, 1995. 87 min. Color. D: Terence H. Winkless. SC: Dylan Kelsey Hadley. With Elizabeth Berkley, Ele Keats, Jeremy London, Corin Nemec, Emie Reyes, Jr., Justin Whalin. A naturalist, accompanied by troubled teens, tries to save the wolf population in a remote area as they encounter the legendary white wolf. Producer Julie Corman’s third adventure outing, this one only fair.

4918  White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf  Concorde, 2000. 87 min. Color. D-SC: Victoria Muspratt. With Mick Cain, Mercedes McNab, Rodney A. Grant, Robin Clarke, Tracy Brooks Swope, Margaret Howell, Frederick Dawson, David Campbell. Stranded in the Canadian wilds when their plane crashes, a trio of teenagers survive with the help of a white wolf. Poor rehash of previous “White Wolves” adventures.

4919  Who Killed Johnny R?  CCC Filmkunst/Tilma Films, 1966. 91 min. Color. D: Jose Luis Madrid. SC: Ladislaus Fodor and Paul Jarrico. With Lex Barker, Joachim Fuschsberger, Marianne Koch, Ralf Wolter, Barbara Bold, Sieghardt Rupp, Carlos Otero. A hunted Arizona outlaw is thought to be dead until a gun salesman is mistaken for him and almost lynched. Pretty fair Spanish-West German co-production called 5000 Dollar fur der Kopf von Jonny R ($5,000 for the Head of Johnny R) in West Germany and La Balada de Johnny Ringo (The Ballad of Johnny Ringo) in Spain; also known as Kill Johnny R.

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? see Sam Hill: Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

Who Killed Waring? see Blazing the Western Trail