4920  Why Kill Again?  Balcazar, 1967. 92 min. Color. D: Jose Antonio de la Loma. SC: Glen Vincent Davis (Vincenzo Musolino). With Anthony Steffen, Evelyn Stewart (Ida Galli), Aldo Berti, Hugo Blanco, Gemmo Cuervo, Pepe Calvo, Jose Torres, Franco Pesce. Swearing vengeance on the men who crippled him, an Army deserter causes a feud between two families. Another in the long string of violent oaters from Spain, also called Blood at Sundown and Stop the Slayings.

4921  Wichita  Allied Artists, 1955. 81 min. Color. D: Jacques Tourneur. SC: Daniel B. Ullman. With Joel McCrea, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges, Wallace Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Peter Graves, Keith Larsen, Carl Benton Reid, John Smith, Walter Coy, Walter Sande, Robert Wilke, Rayford Barnes, Jack Elam, Mae Clarke, I. Stanford Jolley, Kermit Maynard, Gene Wesson. In 1874 Wyatt Earp agrees to become sheriff of Wichita and combat the lawless forces operating there. Strong oater with fine work by Joel McCrea as Wyatt Earp; Tex Ritter sings the title song.

4922  The Wicked Die Slow  Cannon, 1968. 75 min. Color. D: William K. Hennigar. SC: Gary Allen and Jeff Kanew. With Gary Allen, Steve Rivard, Jeff Kanew, Susannah Campbell, Yolanda Signorelli, Richard Palenske, Helen Srewart, Samantha Worthington, Racine. Searching for the renegade Indians who raped and murdered his girl friend, a stranger arrives in a remote town and helps a vagabond and his daughter attacked by outlaws. Tacky, soft core Western filmed in New Jersey.

The Wicked, Wicked West see Painted Angels

4923  Wide Open Town  Paramount, 1941. 79 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Harrison Jacobs and J. Benton Cheney. With William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Russell Hayden, Evelyn Brent, Victor Jory, Morris Ankrum, Bernice Kay (Cara Williams), Kenneth Harlan, Roy Barcroft, Glenn Strange, Ed Cassidy, Jack Rockwell, Robert Kortman, George Cleveland, Charles Stevens, Frank Darien, Wen Wright, Lee Shumway, Chuck Morrison, Ethan Laidlaw, Ed Brady, Hank Bell. Hoppy, California and Lucky ride into a town looking for stolen Bar 20 cattle and learn a lady saloon owner and another crook are trying to get rid of the mayor-newspaperman. Very good “Hopalong Cassidy” feature with nice production values, fine performances and excellent photography by Sherman A. Rose.

4924  The Wild and the Innocent  Universal-International, 1959. 85 min. Color. D: Jack Sher. SC: Sy Gomberg. With Audie Murphy, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland, Sandra Dee, Jim Backus, Peter Breck, Strother Martin, George Mitchell, Wesley Marie Tackett, Betty Harford, Mel Leonard, Lillian Adams, William Fawcett, Val Benedict. A peace loving trapper becomes involved with a runaway girl and during a town festival is forced to defend her in a gunfight. Well made and entertaining drama.

4925  Wild and Woolly  20th Century–Fox, 1937. 64 min. D: Alfred Werker. SC: Lynn Root and Frank Fenton. With Jane Withers, Walter Brennan, Pauline Moore, Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer, Jackie Searl, Berton Churchill, Douglas Fowley, Robert Wilcox, Douglas Scott, Lon Chaney, Jr., Frank Melton, Syd Saylor, John Beck, Joseph E. Bernard, Sidney Fields, Fred Kelsey, Roger Gray, Eddy Waller, Josephine Drimmer, Alice Armand, Sidney Jarvis, Romaine Callender, Russ Clark, Vester Pegg, Alex Palasthy, Erville Alderson. During an annual Pioneer Day celebration, crooks use a feud between two families as a blind for their plans to rob the bank. Too much Jane Withers and not enough action hamper this comedy Western.

4926  Wild and Wooly  Artcraft-Paramount, 1917. 70 min. D: John Emerson. SC: Anita Loos. With Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Sam De Grasse, Monte Blue, Walter Bytell, J.W. Jones, Forest Seabury, Joseph Singleton, Tom Wilson, Charles Stevens. A man goes West and finds quite a different picture from the one he encountered in books. Fun silent Douglas Fairbanks feature based on a story by Horace B. Carpenter.

4927  Wild and Wooly  ABC-TV, 1978. 100 min. Color. D: Philip Leacock. SC: Earl W. Wallace. With Chris DeLisle, Susan Bigelow, Elyssa Davalos, Doug McClure, Ross Martin, Vic Morrow, David Doyle, Paul Burke, Jessica Walter, Sherry Bain, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Wilke, Charles Siebert, Med Florey, Joan Crosby. Three beautiful women escape from an Arizona territorial prison and try to prevent an assassination attempt against President Theodore Roosevelt. Poor TV movie.

4928  Wild Beauty  Universal, 1927. 60 min. D: Henry MacRae. SC: Edward Meagher and Tom Reed. With Rex (horse), June Marlowe, Hugh Allan, Scott Seaton, Hayes Robinson, William Bailey, J. Gordon Russell, Jack Pratt, Valerie (horse). A soldier brings home from the war a horse suffering from shellshock, planning to use her to help his girl’s father win a big race but the man’s enemies capture a wild stallion to run as opposition. Okay silent action feature.

4929  Wild Beauty  Universal, 1946. 59 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Adele Buffington. With Don Porter, Lois Collier, Jacqueline De Wit, Robert Wilcox, George Cleveland, Buzz Henry, Dick Curtis, Eva Puig, Pierce Lyden, Roy Brent, Isabel Withers, Hank Patterson, Wild Beauty (horse). A school teacher from the East goes to work on an Arizona Indian reservation where she befriends a boy and tries to help him save a wild horse herd. Pretty fair family oriented program film.

4930  Wild Bill  United Artists, 1995. 98 min. Color. D-SC: Walter Hill. With Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane, Keith Carradine, David Arquette, Christina Applegate, Bruce Dern, James Gammon, Marjoe Gortner, James Remar, Karen Huie, Steve Reevis, Robert Knott, Pato Huffman, Patrick Gorman, Lee de Broux, Stoney Jackson, Robert Peters, Steven Chambers, Jimmy Medearis, Jason Ronard, Dennis Hayden, Teresa Gilmore, John Dennis Johnston, Boots Southerland, James Michael Taylor, Loyd Catlett, Janel Moloney, Ted Markland, Monty Stuart, Merritt Ohnka, Dennis Deveaugh, Jim Wilkey, Raleigh Wilson, Charles Gunning, Chris Doyle, Virgil Frye, Lauren Abels, Ritt Henn, Lise Hibolt, Charles Seybert, Luana Anders, Roland Nip, Mike Watson, Thomas Wilson Brown, Robert Kieth, Linda Harrison, Patricia M. Peters, Anthony De Longis, Bill Bolender, Alisa Christensen, Patricia Pretzinger, Peter Jason, Joseph Crozier, Mikey LeBeau, Jaime Elysse, Jaime Marsh, Burton Gilliam, Del Roy, Steve Brasfield, Juddson Keith Linn, Trisha Munford, Andre Alexsen. Aging Wild Bill Hickok comes to Deadwood where he again encounters Calamity Jane and is hunted by vengeful Jack McCall. Psychological biopic of the famed lawman often told in confusing flashbacks.

4931  Wild Bill Hickok  Paramount-Artcraft, 1923. 70 min. D: Clifford S. Smith. SC: J.G. Hawk. With William S. Hart, Ethel Grey Terry, Kathleen O’Connor, James Farley, Jack Gardner, Carl Gerard, William Dyer, Bert Sprotte, Leo Willis, Nada Carle, Herschel Mayall. Following the Civil War, gunman Bill Hickok heads to Dodge City to become a gambler but ends up the town’s sheriff and opposed to an outlaw gang leader. Star William S. Hart wrote the story for this sentimental screen biography; not one of his better efforts.

4932  Wild Bill Hickok Rides  Warner Bros., 1942. 81 min. D: Ray Enright. SC: Charles Grayston, Paul Gerald Smith and Raymond Schrock. With Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot, Warren William, Walter Catlett, Betty Brewer, Ward Bond, Russell Simpson, Frank Wilcox, Howard Da Silva, Trevor Bardette, Lillian Yarbo, Lucia Carroll, Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop, Elliott Sullivan, Richard Botiller, Ray Teal, J. Farrell MacDonald, Cliff Clark, Hobart Bosworth, Frank Mayo, Stuart Holmes, Charles Middleton, Francis McDonald, Alan Bridge, William Gould, Karl Hackett, Joseph Crehan, Dorothy Vaughan, Harry Woods, Frank M. Thomas, Ferris Taylor, Arthur Loft, Hank Mann, Forrest Taylor, Chief Thundercloud, Fred Kelsey, Harry Cording, Bud Osborne, Eddy Waller, Jack Mower, Charles K. French, Davison Clark, Sammy McKim, Francis Sayles, Herbert Heywood, Paul E. Burns, Walter Soderling, Howard Mitchell, Robert Homans, Sarah Padden, Frank Pharr, Bud Jamison, Jack “Tiny” Lipson, Pat McVeigh, Cliff Saum, Robert Strange, Lew Harvey, Georgia Caine, Albert Russell, Victor Zimmerman, Mary Thomas, John Maxwell. Wild Bill Hickok tries to stop a ruthless man from setting up his own Western empire. Despite a good cast and production values this is a pedestrian effort.

4933  Wild Brian Kent  20th Century–Fox, 1936. 60 min. D: Howard Bretherton. SC: Earle Snell, Don Swift and Don Gruen. With Ralph Bellamhy, Mae Clarke, Helen Lowell, Stanley Andrews, Lew Kelly, Eddy Chandler, Richard Alexander, Jack Duffy. A self-centered playboy learns to become a man when he helps a woman save her ranch from a gang of crooks. Adequate adaptation of Harold Bell Wright’s The Re-creation of Brian Kent, first filmed under that title by Principal in 1925 with Kenneth Harlan, Helene Chadwick, Mary Carr, ZaSu Pitts and Rosemary Theby.

4934  The Wild Bunch  Warner Bros.–7 Arts, 1969. 140 min. Color. D: Sam Peckinpah. SC: Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah. With William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien, Warren Oates, Jaime Sanchez, Ben Johnson, Emilio Fernandez, Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Albert Dekker, Bo Hopkins, Dub Taylor, Jorge Russek, Alfonso Arau, Aurora Clavel, Elsa Cardenas, Fernando Wagner, Paul Harper, Constance White, Lilia Richards. A trail tired outlaw gang is forced to agree to rob a gun supply train for an enemy of Pancho Villa, resulting in a massacre. Exceedingly bloody and violent horse opera which has its main appeal to Sam Peckinpah fans; well done. The film was cut to 123 minutes for TV showings and is also available in 134-, 142- and 144-minute versions.

4935  Wild Country  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1947. 59 min. D: Ray Taylor. SC: Arthur Orloff. With Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Peggy Wynne, Douglas Fowley, I. Stanford Jolley, Steve Clark, Henry Hall, Lee Roberts, Forrest Matthews, William Fawcett, Richard Cramer, The Sunshine Boys (Eddie Wallace, J.D. Sumner, M.H. Richman, Freddie Daniel), Charles Jordan, Carl Mathews. Two marshals are after an escaped convict who killed the lawman who sent him to jail and took over his ranch. Standard Eddie Dean opus in which the title song (which he co-wrote) is better than the picture.

4936  The Wild Country  Buena Vista, 1971. 100 min. Color. D: Robert Totten. SC: Calvin Clements, Jr. and Ralph Moody. With Steve Forrest, Vera Miles, Jack Elam, Ronny Howard, Frank DeKova, Morgan Woodward, Clint Howard, Dub Taylor, Woodrow Chambliss, Karl Swenson, Mills Watson. The story of a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, family’s journey to Wyoming in the 1880s. Pretty fair Disney film for the family trade.

4937  The Wild Dakotas  Associated Film, 1956. 75 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Thomas W. Blackburn. With Bill Williams, Coleen Gray, Jim Davis, John Litel, Dick Jones, Lisa Montell, John Miljan, I. Stanford Jolley, Wally Brown, Bill Henry, Iron Eyes Cody, Bill Dix. A trail guide is at odds with a corrupt wagon train leader who wants to settle in a valley belonging to Indians who will fight for their land. A good cast can do little to help this sub-standard feature.

4938  The Wild Frontier  Republic, 1947. 59 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: Albert DeMond. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Jack Holt, Eddy Waller, Pierre Watkin, John James, Roy Barcroft, Wheaton Chambers, Tom London, Sam Flint, Budd Buster, Ted Mapes, Bob Burns, Art Dillard, Bud McClure. A lawman helps an old sheriff and his sons fight a gang led by the town’s corrupt saddle shop owner. First film in which Allan Lane was billed as “Rocky” and a good start to his “Famous Westerns” series, buoyed by Jack Holt as the villain.

4939  Wild Fury  Ambassador Releasing, 1975. 90 min. Color. SC: Richard Wiles. Three men journey across the Alaskan wilderness in quest of a killer bear. Okay documentary.

4940  Wild Geese Calling  20th Century–Fox, 1941. 77 min. D: John Brahm. SC: Horace McCoy. With Henry Fonda, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Ona Munson, Barton MacLane, Russell Simpson, Iris Adrian, James Morton, Paul Sutton, Mary Field, Stanley Andrews, Jody Gilbert, Robert Emmett Keane, Michael (Adrian) Morris, George Watts, Charles Middleton, Paul E. Burns, Jack Pennick, Nestor Paiva, George Melford, Tom London, Alan Bridge, Lee Phelps, Captain Anderson, Joe Bernard. A lumberjack with wanderlust is helped by a saloon woman as they battle crooks in Oregon and Alaska in the 1890s. One of those pictures that seems to care more about budget and detail than plot.

Top: William Holden in The Wild Bunch (Warner Bros.–7 Arts, 1969). Bottom: Warren William in Wild Geese Calling (20th Century–Fox, 1941).

4941  Wild Gold  Fox, 1934. 75 min. D: George Marshall. SC: Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. With John Boles, Claire Trevor, Harry Green, Roger Imhof, Ruth Gillette, Monroe Owsley, Edward Gargan, Suzanne Kaaren, Blanca Vischer, Elsie Larson, Gloria Roy, Winifred Shaw, Myrla Bratton. During the California Gold Rush an engineer loses his job because of his infatuation with a saloon girl whose husband arrives with an old prospector’s claim. Fair melodrama with good work by the two leads.

4942  Wild Grizzly  Monarch, 2000. 96 min. Color. D: Sean McNamara. SC: Jeff Phillips and Sean McNamara. With Riley Smith, Michele Greene, Fred Dryer, Courtney Peldon, Steve Reevis, Daniel Baldwin, Brendan O’Brien, John O’Hurley, Ron Rogge, Valerie Bickford, Chris Doyle, Tarren Noel Wilson, Patrick Ecclesine, Carlos Sanchez, Sean McNamara, Teresa Best. A teenager, whose policeman father was killed in the line of duty, moves with his mother to a remote town and tries to save a grizzly bear from being destroyed. Appealing TV movie.

4943  Wild Heritage  Universal-International, 1958. 78 min. Color. D: Charles Haas. SC: Paul King and Joseph Stone. With Will Rogers, Jr., Maureen O’Sullivan, Troy Donahue, Gigi Perreau, Paul Birch, George Winslow, Casey Tibbs, Judi Meredith, Rod McKuen, Gary Gray, Jeanette Nolan, John Berardino, Phil Harvey, Lawrence Dobkin, Stephen Ellsworth, Ingrid Goude, Christopher Dark, Guy Wilkerson. Two families find their lives become intertwined as they migrate to the West. Sentimental stuff, but well made.

4944  Wild Horse  Allied, 1931. 77 min. D: Richard Thorpe and Sidney Algier. SC: Jack Natteford. With Hoot Gibson, Alberta Vaughn, Stepin Fetchit, Edmund Cobb, Skeeter Bill Robbins, Neal Hart, George Bunny, Ed Peil, Sr., Joe Rickson, Glenn Strange, Slim Whitaker, Pete Morrison, Fred Gilman, Frank Ellis, Ben Corbett, Hank Bell, Tom Smith, Silver Tip Baker. A dishonest rodeo bronco buster murders a cowboy, who with his partner captured a wild stallion, and the pal is falsely blamed for the crime. A bit rawboned but an ingratiating Hoot Gibson vehicle, cut to 57 minutes for TV; reissued as Silver Devil.

4945  Wild Horse Ambush  Republic, 1952. 54 min. D: Fred C. Brannon. SC: William Lively. With Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen, James Bell, Richard Avonde, Roy Barcroft, Julian Rivero, Movita, Drake Smith, Scott Lee, Alex Montoya, John Daheim, Ted Cooper, Wayne Burson. Two youngsters help the law in tracking a counterfeiting operation. Mediocre juvenile fare; the final entry in the “Rough Ridin’ Kids” series.

4946  Wild Horse Canyon  Goodwill, 1925. 50 min. D: Ben Wilson. With Yakima Canutt, Helene Rosson, Edward (Ed) Cedil, Jay (Slim) Talbot, Boy (horse), Lad (dog). While looking for the murderer of his father, a cowboy tames a wild horse who the killer, a ranch foreman, plans to blame for thefts he plans to commit. Rather standard, but fast paced, Yakima Canutt (he co-produced with Ben Wilson) silent effort; reissued by Hollywood Film Enterprises.

4947  Wild Horse Canyon  Monogram, 1938. 50 min. D: Robert Hill. SC: Robert Emmett (Tansey). With Jack Randall, Dorothy Short, Frank Yaconelli, Dennis Moore, Warner Richmond, Ed Cassidy, Walter Long, Charles King, Earl Douglas, Sherry Tansey. A cowpoke, who is looking for his brother’s killer, and his pal happen on a area where a rancher and his daughter are having their horses rustled by a mysterious gang. Pretty good Jack Randall vehicle.

4948  Wild Horse Hank  Film Consortium of Canada, 1979. 94 min. Color. D: Eric Till. SC: James Lee Barrett. With Linda Blair, Richard Crenna, Michael Wincott, Al Waxman, Pace Bradford, Helen Hughes, Lloyd Berry, Stephen E. Miller, Richard Fitzpatrick, James D. Morris, Michael J. Reynolds, Barbara Gordon, Gordie Tapp, Hardee Lineham. A college student works to keep horses from being butchered for dog food and tries to move a herd north so they can escape capture. Filmed in Canada, this is a scenic and fairly entertaining adventure drama.

4949  Wild Horse Mesa  Paramount, 1925. 95 min. D: George B. Seitz. SC: Lucien Hubbard. With Jack Holt, Noah Beery, Billie Dove, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., George Magrill, Edith Yorke, Bernard Siegel, Margaret Morris, Eugene Pallette, Gary Cooper, Tom Tyler. A trail rider tries to stop ranchers from capturing wild horses by the use of a barbed wire corral. Beautifully photographed (by Bert Glennon) and well acted adaptation of Zane Grey’s novel.

4950  Wild Horse Mesa  Paramount, 1932. 61 min. D: Henry Hathaway. SC: Harold Shumate and Frank Howard Clark. With Randolph Scott, Sally Blane, Fred Kohler, Lucille LaVerne, James Bush, Charles Grapewin, Jim Thorpe, George Hayes, Buddy Roosevelt, E.H. Calvert, Ted Adams, Jack Pennick. A horse trainer objects to roundup methods using barbed wire which may injure and kill the animals. Okay program feature with liberal use of footage from the 1925 version (q.v.).

4951  Wild Horse Mesa  RKO Radio, 1947. 60 min. D: Wallace Grissell. SC: Norman Houston. With Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Nan Leslie, Richard Powers (Tom Keene), Jason Robards, Tony Barrett, Harry Woods, William Gould, Robert Bray, Richard Foote, Frank Yaconelli, John Elliott. Three cowpokes corral a herd of wild horses to sell but crooks try to take the animals for themselves. Well produced Tim Holt vehicle that bears little resemblance to the Zane Grey work.

4952  Wild Horse Phantom  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1944. 56 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: George Milton (Milton Raison and George Wallace Sayre). With Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Elaine Morey, Hal Price, Kermit Maynard, Budd Buster, Frank Ellis, Frank McCarroll, Robert Meredith, John Elliott, Bob (John) Cason, Slim Whitaker, Reed Howes, Bud Osborne, Steve Clark, George Morrell, Herman Hack, Curley Dresden, Ed Peil, Sr., Jimmy Aubrey, Hank Bell, Jack Tornek. Billy Carson and Fuzzy Q. Jones work out a plan with a prison warden to let a convict escape so they can trail him to where he hid loot stolen from a bank job. Average “Billy Carson” series entry somewhat buoyed by horror trappings, including a haunted mine, a bogus ghost and the title prop from The Devil Bat (PRC, 1941).

4953  Wild Horse Range  Monogram, 1940. 58 min. D: Raymond K. Johnson. SC: Carl Krusada. With Jack Randall, Phyllis Ruth, Frank Yaconelli, Charles King, Tom London, Marin Sais, Ralph Hoopes, Forrest Taylor, George Chesebro, Carl Mathews, Ted Adams, Steve Clark, Tex Palmer. A cowboy gets on the trail of a gang of rustlers. Jack Randall fans will like this pleasing feature.

4954  Wild Horse Rodeo  Republic, 1937. 55 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Betty Burbridge and Oliver Drake With Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, June Martel, Walter Miller, Edmund Cobb, William Gould, Jack Ingram, Henry Isabell, Art Dillard, Ralph Robinson, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Dick Weston (Roy Rogers), Jack Kirk, Kermit Maynard, Frank Ellis, Bob Burns, Bob Card, Jerry Frank, Charles Murphy, June Gittelson, Harry Willingham, Duke Green. The Three Mesquiteers capture a wild horse for a small rodeo’s chief attraction and crooks try to steal the prize animal. Action filled entry in the long running series.

4955  Wild Horse Roundup  Ambassador, 1936. 57 min. D: Alan James. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Kermit Maynard, Betty Lloyd (Beth Marion), Dickie Jones, Budd Buster, John Merton, Frank Hagney, Roger Williams, Dick Curtis, Jack Ingram, Nelson McDowell, Frank McCarroll, Bud Pope. A cowboy and his pals help a woman rancher being forced off her property by the mysterious “Night Riders,” a gang led by a man trying to buy all the nearby land needed for a railroad right-of-way. Pretty fair Kermit Maynard vehicle for producer Maurice Conn; supposedly based on a James Oliver Curwood story.

4956  Wild Horse Rustlers  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1943. 58 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Joseph O’Donnell and Steve Braxton. With Robert Livingston, Al St. John, Linda Leighton, Lane Chandler, Stanley Price, Frank Ellis, Karl Hackett, Jimmy Aubrey, Ben Corbett, Curley Dresden, Artie Ortego, Kansas Moehring, Silver Harr. The Lone Rider discovers a Nazi spy has taken his twin brother’s place as the foreman of a ranch in order to sabotage the government’s horse procurement program. The plot of Axis-out-West adds a bit of zest to this otherwise routine “Lone Rider” adventure.

4957  Wild Horse Stampede  Monogram, 1943. 59 min. D: Alan James. SC: Elizabeth Beecher. With Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Betty Miles, Ian Keith, Bob Baker, I. Stanford Jolley, Forrest Taylor, Glenn Strange, Si Jenks, Donald Stewart, John Bridges, Reed Howes, Kenneth Harlan, Tom London, Tex Palmer, Kenne Duncan, Bob McKenzie, Chick Hannon, George Sowards, Augie Gomez. Two former lawmen come to the aid of a U.S. marshal trying to track a gang raiding railroad supply trains. The two stars are colorful and help pull together this minor opener for “The Trail Blazers” series but Bob Baker is poor as the federal man.

4958  Wild Horse Valley  Metropolitan, 1940. 55 min. D: Ira Webb. SC: Carl Krusada. With Bob Steele, Phyllis Adair, George Chesebro, Ted Adams, Lafe McKee, Buzz Barton, Jimmy Aubrey, Bud Osborne, Tex Phelps, Robert Walker, Denver Dixon, Pirate (horse). Outlaws steal a prize Arabian stallion and a cowboy tries to get him back. Very low grade Bob Steele outing for producer Harry S. Webb.

4959  Wild Horses  Satori Entertainment, 1984. 88 min. Color. D: Derek Morton. SC: Kevin Wilson. With Keith Aberdein, John Bach, Robyn Gibbes, Kevin Wilson, Kathy Rawlins, Helena Wilson, Tom Peata, Marshall Napier, Bruno Laurence. A free spirited cowboy attempts to make his way in the world by capturing and selling wild mustangs. Pleasant independent modern-day Western.

4960  Wild Horses  CBS-TV, 1984. 104 min. Color. D: Dick Lowry. SC: Roderick Taylor and Daniel Vining. With Kenny Rogers, Pam Dawber, Ben Johnson, Richard Farnsworth, David Andrews, Richard Masur, Richard Hamilton, Ritch Brinkley, Karen Carson, Buck Taylor, Kelly Yunkerman, Cathy Worthington, R.W. Hampton, Brian Rogers, Jamie Fleenor, Dawn Holder, Roddy Salazar, Beckie Hinton, Charles H. Hunt, Dave Lowry, Jay H. Zirbel. A faded rodeo star goes on a wild horse roundup and helps a woman expose a corrupt agent’s plan for the animals. There is nothing special in this made-for-TV oater.

4961  Wild Mustang  Ajax, 1935. 62 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Weston Edwards. With Harry Carey, Barbara Fritchie, Del Gordon, Kathryn Johns, Robert Kortman, George Chesebro, Roger Williams, Chuck Morrison, Richard Botiller, George Morrell, Milburn Morante, Francis Walker, Budd Buster Phil Dunham, Sonny (horse). When outlaws brand his son so he will be forced to join them, an old time lawman takes up his badge to round up the thugs. Poor production values hurt this otherwise pleasant Harry Carey film with Robert Kortman excellent as the wicked gang leader.

4962  The Wild North  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952. 97 min. Color. D: Andrew Marton. SC: Frank Fenton. With Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey, Cyd Charisse, Morgan Farley, Howard Petrie, Houseley Stevenson, Lewis Martin, John War Eagle, Ray Teal, Clancy Cooper, J.M. Kerrigan, Henry Corden, Robert Stephenson, G. Pat Collins, Russ Conklin, Brad Morrow, Emile Meyer, Henri Letondal, Holmes Herbert, Cliff Taylor, Rex Lease, James Dime. A trapper falsely accused of murder falls in love with an Indian maiden as he is tracked in the north country by a Mountie. Idaho locales and color photography (by Robert Surtees) are the main assets of this otherwise pedestrian drama. Alternate title: The Big North.

4963  The Wild Pony  Wonder Works, 1983. 87 min. Color. D: Kevin Sullivan. SC: Eda Lehman and Kevin Sullivan. With Marilyn Lightstone, Art Hindle, Josh Byrne, Kelsey McLeod, Paul Jolicoeur, Jack Ackroyd, Tommy Banks, Murrat Ord, Bob Collins, Mark Key, Philip Clark, Jack Goth, Ron Tucker, Roberta Meili. After accidentally killing a man in a fight, a Colorado rancher marries his widow and later permits her son to keep a wild pony. Minor, but enjoyable family fare.

4964  Wild Prairie  American National Enterprises, 1975. 92 min. Color. With Larry Jones. Explorer Larry Jones roams the territory of the Southwestern United States observing its terrain and wildlife. Well done documentary.

A Wild Ride see Ride a Wild Stud

4965  Wild Rovers  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971. 106 min. Color. D-SC: Blake Edwards. With William Holden, Ryan O’Neal, Karl Malden, Lynn Carlin, Tom Skerritt, Joe Don Baker, James Olson, Leora Dana, Moses Gunn, Victor French, Rachel Roberts, Charles Gray, Sam Gilman, William Bryant, Jack Garner, Caitlin Wyles, Mary Jackson, William Lucking, Ed Bakey, Ted Gehring, Alan Carney, Ed Long, Lee De Broux, Bennie Dobbins, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Bob Beck, Geoffrey Edwards, Studs Tanney, Hal Lynch, Dick Crockett, Bruno VeSota. Two bored cattle drovers pull a bank robbery as a lark and after a wild spree find themselves being relentlessly hunted by a posse. This Western tries hard to be a classic but merely defeats its purpose and ends up slightly better than mediocre, although it is not without interest.

William Holden and Ryan O’Neal in Wild Rovers (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971).

4966  Wild Stallion  Monogram, 1952. 72 min. Color. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Dan Ullman. With Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Martha Hyer, Hayden Rorke, Hugh Beaumont, Orley Indgren, Don Haggerty, Susan Odin, I. Stanford Jolley, Barbara Woodell, John Halloran. A cavalry lieutenant recalls his life in a military school and how another man helped him settle into the service. Flashback drama which is a sad waste of a good cast.

4967  Wild Stampede  Producciones Raul de Anda, 1962. 77 min. Color. D-SC: Raul de Anda. With Luis Aguilar, Christiane Martel, Augustin de Anda, Jose Elias Moreno, Armando Soto la Marina “Chicote,” Jose Eudardo Perez, Yerye Beirute, Jose Chavez, Guillermo Alvarez Bianchi. A herd of wild horses is fought over by an outlaw gang and a band of revolutionaries. Action filled Mexican production first issued in that country in 1959 as Estampida (Stampede).

4968  Wild Times  Metromedia, 1980. 195 min. Color. D: Richard Compton. SC: Don Balluck. With Sam Elliott, Ben Johnson, Bruce Boxleitner, Penny Peyser, Timothy Scott, Cameron Mitchell, Gene Evans, Harry Carey, Jr., Leif Erickson, L.Q. Jones, Buck Taylor, Pat Hingle, Dennis Hopper, Trish Stewart, Chuck Hayward, William Smith, Geno Silva, R.L. Tolbert, Ben Zeller, Jose Masengale, Douglas Doran, George Stokes, Chris Noel Hanks, Arthur Wagner, Marianne Marks, Vernon Weddle, George B. Nason, Bob Tzudiker, Bill Hicks, Kenny Call. A Wild West show star attraction finds himself being hunted by the husband of the woman he once loved. Well acted and produced TV outing, based on Brian Garfield’s novel.

4969  Wild West  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1946. 75 min. Color. D: Robert Emmett Tansey. SC: Frances Kavanaugh. With Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Al “Lash” LaRue, Robert “Buzzy” Henry, Louise Currie, Jean Carlin, Sarah Padden, Lee Bennett, Terry Frost, Warner Richmond, Lee Roberts, Chief Yowlachie, Bob Duncan, Frank Pharr, Matty Roubert, John Bridges, Al Ferguson, Bud Osborne. A singing cowboy tries to stop outlaws from stirring up local Indians against the building of telegraph lines. Eddie Dean’s final Cinecolor outing is a fast moving and well done feature; reissued in 1948 in black and white, minus 15 minutes, as a new film entitled Prairie Outlaws (q.v.).

4970  The Wild West  Trans America Film Distributors, 1977. 100 min. Part Color. With Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, John Wayne, Ernest Borgnine, William Boyd, Raymond Burr, Lee Van Cleef, Broderick Crawford, John Derek, Angie Dickinson, Bill Elliott, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, William Holden, Rita Hayworth, Ben Johnson, Lash LaRue, Fred MacMurray, Ken Maynard, Joel McCrea, Tim McCoy, Robert Mitchum, Leonard Nimoy, Maureen O’Hara, Gregory Peck, Roy Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Randolph Scott, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Vaughn, Ray Owens (narrator). A compilation feature made up of clips of Westerns from the past, issued briefly in the U.S. as well as Australia and New Zealand.

4971  Wild West Days  Universal, 1937. 13 Chapters. D: Cliff Smith and Ford Beebe. SC: Wyndham Gittens, Norman S. Hall and Ray Trampe. With Johnny Mack Brown, Lynn Gilbert, Frank McGlynn, Jr., Walter Miller, Russell Simpson, Frank Yaconelli, Robert Kortman, George Shelley, Bob McClung, Bud Osborne, Lafe McKee, Iron Eyes Cody, Francis McDonald, Charles Stevens, Joe Girard, Sidney Bracey, Alan Bridge, Ed LeSaint, Bruce Mitchell, Frank Ellis, Chief Thundercloud, Jack Clifford, Hank Bell, William Royle, Mike Morita, Chief Thunderbird. Three frontiersmen help a woman and her brother, who has been framed on a murder charge, whose ranch is being raided by outlaws trying to find gold. Fast moving cliffhanger but an exaggerated version of W.R. Burnett’s novel Saint Johnson, filmed previously by Universal as Law and Order (q.v.).

4972  Wild West Whoopee  Cosmos, 1931. 57 min. D-SC: Robert J. Horner. With Jack Perrin, Josephine Hill, Buzz Barton, Fred Church, John Ince, George Chesebro, Horace B. Carpenter, Henry Roquemore, Ben Corbett, John Ince, Charles Austin, Walter Patterson, Starlight (horse). A rodeo rider tries to save a pretty girl from the attentions of a bad man. Really poor, with a plethora of stock rodeo footage.

4973  The Wild Westerners  Columbia, 1962. 70 min. Color. D: Oscar Rudolph. SC: Gerald Drayson Adams. With James Philbrook, Nancy Kovack, Guy Mitchell, Duane Eddy, Hugh Sanders, Elizabeth MacRae, Marshall Reed, Nestor Paiva, Harry Lauter, Bob Steele, Ilse Burkert, Terry Frost, Don C. Harvey, Francis Osborne, Tim Sullivan, Pierce Lyden, Joe McGuinn, Charles Horvath, Henry Wills, Dan White. A marshal and his new bride try to carry gold across the desert for the Northern cause during the Civil War but find themselves at odds with Indians and a renegade lawman and his cohorts. Genre fans will like the cast better than the story.

Hugh Sanders, James Philbrook, Bob Steele and Duane Eddy in The Wild Westerners (Columbia, 1962).

4974  Wild Wild West  Warner Bros., 1999. 106 min. Color. D: Barry Sonnenfeld. SC: S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. With Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, M. Emmet Walsh, Ted Levine, Frederique van der Wal, Musetta Vander, Sofia Eng, Ling Bai, Garcelle Beauvais, Mike McGaughy, Jerry Wills, Rodney A. Grant, Buck Taylor, E.J. Callahan, Debra Christofferson, Carlos “Gary” Cervantes, Jerry Potter (Clayton Moore), Michael Sims, Scott Sandler, James Lashly, Dean Rader-Duval, Christian Aubert, Orestes Matacena, Ian Abercrombie, Ismael “East” Carlo, Bob Rumnock. President Grant enlists a Civil War hero and a U.S. marshal to capture a Southern sympathizer out to assassinate him. Slow moving Western comedy based on the popular series of the same name (CBS-TV, 1965–70); a box office bust.

4975  The Wild Wild West Revisited  CBS-TV, 1979. 100 min. Color. D: Burt Kennedy. SC: William Bowers. With Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Paul Williams, Harry Morgan, Rene Auberjonois, Jo Ann Harris, Trisha Noble, Alberto Morin, Skip Homeier, Joyce Jameson, Robert Shields, Lorene Yarnell, Jeff McKay, Susan Blu, Paula Ustinov, Wilford A. Brimley, Ted Hartley, Jacqueline Hyde, John Wheeler, Mike Wagner, Jeff Redford. Two government agents investigate a plot in which clones are being used to replace European royalty. Fun, tongue-in-cheek telefeature recreation of the long running “The Wild Wild West” (CBS-TV, 1965–70), followed by More Wild Wild West (q.v.).

4976  Wild Women  ABC-TV, 1970. 74 min. Color. D: Don Taylor. SC: Lou Morheim and Richard Carr. With Hugh O’Brian, Anne Francis, Marilyn Maxwell, Marie Windsor, Sherry Jackson, Robert F. Simon, Richard Kelton, Cynthia Hull, Pepe Callahan, Ed Call, Chuck Hicks, Jim Boles, Pedro Regas, Troy Melton. The U.S. government orders the Army Corps of Engineers to secretly map the Texas-Mexican border in the mid–1840s in case of war and five women convicts are recruited as a blind for the operation. Mediocre TV Western feature.

4977  The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch  ABC-TV, 1982. 100 min. Color. D: Philip Leacock. SC: Earl W. Wallace. With Priscilla Barnes, Joan Collins, Donny Osmond, Lee Horsley, Howard Duff, Lisa Whelchel, Phyllis Davis, Pamela Bellwood, Jeannette Nolan, Morgan Brittany, Susan Kellerman. When their men go off to the Civil War, the women of a Mississippi town, both respectable and otherwise, join forces to fight a Yankee raiding party. Fair TV made comedy.

4978  The Wildcat  Aywon, 1926. 50 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: David M. Findlay. With Gordon Clifford, Charlotte Moore, Irwin Renard, Frank Bond, Hooper Phillips, Arthur Milleton. Going West to a ranch to train for a boxing match, a man finds a cache of diamonds stolen in an express holdup and hides them from the thief in order to capture him. Fairly picturesque and action laced poverty row silent feature.

4979  Wildcat  Paramount, 1942. 73 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Maxwell Shane and Richard Murphy. With Richard Arlen, Arline Judge, Larry “Buster” Crabbe, William Frawley, Arthur Hunnicutt, Elisha Cook, Jr., Ralph Sanford, Alec Craig, John Dilson, Will Wright, Jessica Newcombe, Billy Benedict, Tom Kennedy, Sam Flint, Pierre Watkin, Dick Elliott, William Hall, Billy Nelson, Johnny Fisher, Fred Sherman, Edward Keane, Cy Schindell. A wildcatter and his pals drill for oil but find their operations being sabotaged by a rival. This William H. Pine-William C. Thomas production packs a lot of action.

4980  Wildcat of Tucson  Columbia, 1941. 55 min. D: Lambert Hillyer. SC: Fred Myton. With Bill Elliott, Dub Taylor, Evelyn Young, Stanley Brown, Kenneth MacDonald, Ben Taggart, Edmund Cobb, George Lloyd, Sammy Stein, Francis Walker, Robert Winkler, Forrest Taylor, George Chesebro, Dorothy Andre, Bert Young, Newt Kirby, John Daheim, Murdock MacQuarrie, Jim Corey, Steve Clark, Bob Burns, Archie Ricks, Art Dillard, Ray Jones. Wild Bill Hickok and his brother help settlers cheated out of their lands by a speculator hooked up with a corrupt judge. Fairly entry in the “Wild Bill Hickok” series.

4981  Wildcat Saunders  Atlantic, 1936. 60 min. D: Harry Fraser. SC: Monroe Talbot. With Jack Perrin, Blanche Mehaffey, William Gould, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Ed Cassidy, Tom London, Roger Williams, Earl Dwire, Jim Corey, Bud Osborne, J.P. McGowan, Oscar Gahan, Tex Palmer, Ray Henderson. A boxer goes West and gets mixed up with a gang of outlaws. Passable outing in Jack Perrin’s series for producer William Berke.

Lobby card for Wildcat Saunders (Atlantic, 1936) picturing Jack Perrin, Tom London, Roger Williams and Fred “Snowflake” Toones.

4982  Wildcat Trooper  Ambassador, 1936. 60 min. D: Elmer Clifton. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Kermit Maynard, Lois Wilde, Hobart Bosworth, Fuzzy Knight, Yakima Canutt, Eddie Phillips, John Merton, Frank Hagney, Roger Williams, Dick Curtis, Theodore Lorch, Hal Price, Jim Thorpe, Ben Hendricks, Jr., Wally West, Ray Henderson, Art Dillard, Tex Phelps. A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is on the trail of an outlaw gang masterminded by a corrupt doctor. Better than average Kermit Maynard north woods affair, mainly thanks to Hobart Bosworth’s good natured hamming as the villain. British title: Wild Cat.

4983  The Wildcatter  Universal, 1937. 58 min. D: Lewis D. Collins. SC: Charles A. Logue. With Scott Colton, Jean Rogers, Jack Smart, Suzanne Kaaren, Russell Hicks, Ward Bond, Wallis Clark, Jack Powell, William Gould, Monte Montague, Henry Hall, Hattie McDaniel, James Farley, Tom Herbert, Donald Kerr, Frank Marlowe, Bob McKenzie, Jack Cheatham, Ruth Fallows, John Leeds, Frank H. Hammond, Jimmy Lucas, Jack Mack, George Ovey, Charles Murphy, Art Yeoman. Two pals leave their roadside café-gas station business and head to Texas to drill for oil. Okay Universal dual bill item.

4984  Wilderness Calling  Aaro Films, 1969. 102 min. Color. D-SC: Paul O. Hansen. With Art Mercier (narrator). A young man follows the call of the wild from the Dakota prairies through Alaska and British Columbia to the Bering Sea. Interesting documentary shot on location.

Wilderness Family, Part Two see The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family

4985  Wilderness Journey  Gold Key Entertainment, 1970. 92 min. Color. With Tony Tucker Williams, Jimmy Kane. A Native American youth searches the Alaskan wilds for his father who he fears was injured in an accident. Well made semi-documentary with lots of beautiful scenery.

4986  Wilderness Mail  Ambassador, 1935. 55 min. D: Forrest Sheldon. SC: Bennett Cohen and Robert Dillon. With Kermit Maynard, Doris Brook, Fred Kohler, Paul Hurst, Dick Curtis, Syd Saylor, Nelson McDowell, Roger Williams, Kernan Cripps, Merrill McCormick, Julian Rivero, Ray Henderson, George Morrell. Assigned to bring in the mail, a Mounted Policeman learns his twin brother is in the clutches of crooks. Scenic shots of heavy snow and dogsled action lend zest to this Kermit Maynard outing in which he has dual roles.

4987  Wildfire  Screen Guild/Action Pictures, 1945. 57 min. Color. D: Robert Tansey. SC: W.H. Tuttle. With Bob Steele, Sterling Holloway, John Miljan, Eddie Dean, William Farnum, Virginia Maples, Sarah Padden, Al Ferguson, Wee Willie Davis, Rocky Camron (Gene Alsace), Francis Ford, Frank Ellis, Hal Price, Wildfire (horse). After saving a wild horse from being shot by ranchers who think he is stealing their herds, two cowboys find themselves up against crooked traders. Pretty fair equestrian feature enhanced by Cinecolor; Eddie Dean sings “On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan” which he co-wrote with Glenn Strange. Also called Wildfire, the Story of a Horse

Wildfire, the Story of a Horse see Wildfire

Will James’ Sand see Sand

4988  Will Penny  Paramount, 1968. 106 min. Color. D-SC: Tom Gries. With Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence, Lee Majors, Ben Johnson, Bruce Dern, Slim Pickens, Clifton James, Anthony Zerbe, Roy Jenson, J.D. Spradlin, Quentin Dean, William Schallert, Lydia Clarke, Matt Clark, Luke Askew, Anthony Costello, Chanin Hale, Stephen Edwards, Gene Rutherford, Jan Francis. Looking for work following a cattle drive, a veteran cowboy finds himself at odds with vicious rawhiders who later torture him when he is hired to be a line rider. Highly atmospheric account of the cowboy’s lone existence with an especially poignant relationship between the title character and a widow; a very good film.

4989  Winchester ’73  Universal-International, 1950. 92 min. Color. D: Anthony Mann. SC: Robert L. Richards and Borden Chase. With James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Millard Mitchell, Charles Drake, John McIntire, Will Geer, Jay C. Flippen, Rock Hudson, John Alexander, Steve Brodie, James Millican, Abner Biberman, Tony Curtis, James Best, Gregg Martell, Frank Chase, Chuck Roberson, Carol Henry, Ray Teal, John Doucette, Chief Yowlachie, Edmund Cobb, Ethan Laidlaw, Jennings Miles, Guy Wilkerson, Gregg Martell, Virginia Mullens, Steve Darrell, Frank Conlan, Ray Bennett, Forrest Taylor, Bud Osborne, John War Eagle, Bob Anderson, Larry Olsen, Bonnie Kay Eddy. In 1873 Dodge City a cowboy wins a prize Winchester rifle in a contest only to have it stolen by the man who murdered his father. Very entertaining class “A” Western.

4990  Winchester ’73  NBC-TV/Universal, 1967. 97 min. Color. D: Herschel Daugherty. SC: Stephen Kandel and Richard L. Adams. With Tom Tryon, John Saxon, Dan Duryea, John Drew Barrymore, Joan Blondell, John Dehner, Barbara Luna, John Doucette, David Pritchard, Paul Fix, John Hoyt, Jack Lambert, Jan Arvan, Robert Bice, Ned Romero, George Keymas. An ex-convict returns home and steals a valuable rife from his marshal brother who tries to get it back. Poor TV movie reworking of the 1950 (q.v.) near classic; Dan Duryea appears in both versions but in different roles.

4991  The Wind  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1928. 88 min. D: Victor Seastrom. SC: Frances Marion. With Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming, Edward Earle, William Orlamond, Carmencita Johnson, Laon Ramon, Billy Kent Schaefer. A young woman comes West to live with her cousin and family but when he becomes too fond of her she marries a rancher on the rebound only to be raped by an acquaintance when her husband is away on a roundup. Austere, spell binding silent classic (despite a tacked on happy ending) with Lillian Gish giving a magnificent performance as the bride nearly driven to madness by murder and incessant wind.

4992  Wind River  Lionsgate Films, 1998. 98 min. Color. D: Tom Shell. SC: Elizabeth Hansen. With Blake Heron, A. Martinez, Russell Means, Wes Studi, Devon Gummersall, Karen Allen, Tim Griffin, Wayne Brennan, Brandon Baker, Pat Gordon, Rachel Hales, Dustin McQuay, Peter Looney, Everett Lightfoot, Cynthia Pyn Francisco, Ericke Willie, Falene Nemeth, Kiana Chournos, Payton Mackey, Maria Jejias, Alanzo Cody, Peter Yellow John, Joe Wandell, Peter Khoury, Tom Shell, Dalin Christiansen, Roy J. Cohoe, Patricking Shining Elk, Corrine Troester, Estella Namahoe, Dave Jensen, Kevin McNiven. When a Shoshone chief’s wife dreams a white boy saves their daughter, a young man is abducted and must later chose between the tribe and his family. A somewhat interesting look at Shoshone Indian culture.

4993  Winds Across the Everglades  Warner Bros., 1958. 93 min. Color. D: Nicholas Ray. SC: Bud Schulberg. With Burl Ives, Christopher Plummer, Gypsy Rose Lee, George Voskovec, Tony Galento, Howard I. Smith, Emmett Kelly, Pat Henning, Chana Eden, Curt Conway, Peter Falk, Fred Grossinger, Sammy Renick, Touch Brown, Frank Rothe, MacKinlay Kantor. At the turn of the 20th century a Florida game warden tries to protect animal life in the Everglades from the encroachment of civilization. Fairly entertaining drama if a bit oddly cast.

4994  The Winds of Autumn  Howco International, 1976. 106 min. Color. D: Charles B. Pieerce. SC: Earl E. Smith. With Jack Elam, Jeanette Nolan, Andrew Prine, Dub Taylor, Charles B. “Chuck” Pierce, Jr., Earl E. Smith, Belinda Palmer, Jimmy Clem, Charles B. Pierce. In 1884 a Quaker boy travels across the Montana grasslands to take revenge on the brutal family who murdered his parents. Over long, but well photographed, frontier drama.

4995  Winds of the Wasteland  Republic, 1936. 54 min. D: Mack V. Wright. SC: Joseph Poland. With John Wayne, Phyllis Fraser, Lane Chandler, Yakima Canutt, Douglas Cosgrove, Sam Flint, Lew Kelly, Robert Kortman, Lloyd Ingraham, Ed Cassidy, Merrill McCormick, Art Mix, Bud McClure, Jack Ingram, Charles Locher (Jon Hall), Joe Yrigoyen, Chris Franke, Jack Rockwell, Bob Burns, Horace B. Carpenter, Tracy Layne, Clyde McClary. Two pals buy and fix up an old stagecoach and plan to race a rival operation run by a crook for a valuable government mail contract. Fine John Wayne vehicle; well directed, full of action and well worth watching. Colorized as Stagecoach Run.

The Wind’s Fierce see Revenge of Trinity

4996  The Windwalker  Pacific International, 1980. 108 min. Color. D: Keith Merrill. SC: Ray Goldrup. With Trevor Howard, Nick Ramus, James Remar, Serene Hedin, Dusty Iron Wing McCrea, Silvana Gallardo, Billy Drago, Rudy Diaz. An old Indian chief returns to life to save his tribe from this twin son who was stolen at birth by a rival clan. Mystical drama of interest since it deals with Native Americans prior to contact with whites and was filmed in the Cheyenne and Crow languages with subtitles for theatrical showings. Co-produced by Arthur R. Dubs.

4997  Wings of Adventure  Tiffany, 1930. 55 min. D: Richard Thorpe. SC: Harry Fraser. With Rex Lease, Armida, Clyde Cook, Fred Malatesta, Nadja, Eddie Boland, Charles K. French, Nick De Ruiz, Bruce Covington, Chris-Pin Martin, Steve Clemente. Two fliers crash land in Mexico and are captured by a bandit leader out to take over the government with the pilot falling for a pretty prisoner although he and his pal are framed for a robbery and sentenced to be shot. Very bad modern-day trifle that helped wreck Rex Lease’s starring career.

4998  Wings of an Eagle  Martin Green, 1976. 90 min. Color. With Ed Durden. The story of a rare California Golden Eagle, from her life in the nest through adulthood, as told by wild bird trainer Ed Durden. Well done documentary.

4999  Wings of Chance  Universal-International, 1961. 76 min. Color. D: Edward Dew. SC: Patrick Whyte. With James Brown, Frances Rafferty, Richard Tretter, Patrick Whyte, Larry Trahan, Brian Burke, Len Crowther. A pilot is forced down in the Canadian wilderness by the carelessness of his co-pilot who is jealous of his attention to the pretty girl they both love. Standard drama made in Canada and directed by former genre star Eddie Dew.

5000  Wings of the Hawk  Universal-International, 1953. 81 min. Color. D: Budd Boetticher. SC: James E. Mosier. With Van Heflin, Julia (Julie) Adams, Abbe Lane, Noah Beery, Jr., Rodolfo Acosta, George Dolenz, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Antonio Moreno, Paul Fierro, Mario Siletti, Rico Alaniz, John Daheim, Ricardo Alba, Nancy Westbrook. While working in Mexico, a mining engineer becomes involved with a pretty bandit queen and her efforts to overthrow the government. Originally issued in 3-D, this action drama is fairly entertaining.

Wings Over Wyoming see Hollywood Cowboy

5001  Winners of the West  Universal, 1940. 13 Chapters. D: Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. SC: George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey and Charles R. Condon. With Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, James Craig, Tom Fadden, Harry Woods, Charles Stevens, Trevor Bardette, Chief Yowlachie, Edward Keane, William Desmond, Edmund Cobb, Roy Barcroft, Chuck Morrison, Edgar Edwards, Ed Cassidy, Slim Whitaker, Alan Bridge, Hank Worden, Henry Hall, Jim Farley, Earl Douglas, Jim Pierce, Bud Osborne, Robert Kortman, Grace Cunard, Horace B. Carpenter, Tom London, Harry Tenbrook, Iron Eyes Cody, Frank Ellis, Jim Corey, Fred Graham, Eddie Parker, Cliff Lyons, Kenneth Terrell, Gene Alsace, Rose Plummer, Bud McClure, Dick Rush, Tex Palmer, Jack Voglin, George Plues, Viola Vonn, James Blaine, Evelyn Selbie, Robert Long, George Magrill, Paul Reed, Bill Hunter, Charles Sherlock, Charles Brunner. A railroad line president’s assistant tries to stop a land baron who wants to keep the transcontinental rails from crossing his domain. Lighting fast Universal cliffhanger marred by excessive stock footage.

5002  Winners of the Wilderness  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1927. 68 min. D: W.S. Van Dyke. SC: Josephine Chippo and Marian Ainslee. With Tim McCoy, Joan Crawford, Edward Connelly, Roy D’Arcy, Louise Lorraine, Edward Hearn, Tom O’Brien,Will R. Walling, Frank Currier, Lionel Belmore, Chief Big Tree, Jean Arthur. During the French and Indian War a British colonel captured by the enemy is helped to escape by the commandant’s daughter. Picturesque silent historical drama highlighted by General Braddock’s defeat at the hands of the French and Indians.

5003  Winnetou and Shatterhand in the Valley of Death  CCC Filmkunst/Super International/Jadran-Film, 1968. 90 min. Color. D: Harald Reinl. SC: Herbert Reinecker. With Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Karin Dor, Ralf Wolter, Eddi Arent, Rik Battaglia, Wojo Govedrizu, Clarke Reynolds, Vladimir Medar, Branco Spoliak, Kurt Waitzmann, Heinz Welzel, Vladimir Leib, Llija Lvezic, Jan Sid, Ivo Kristof, Nikola Gec, Vladimir Bacic, Sime Jagarinac, Dusko Ercegovi, Rajko Zakarija, Drago Sosa. Frontiersman Old Shatterhand and his Apache blood brother Winnetou help the daughter of a fort commander accused of stealing a fortune in gold but end up being left to die in the desert. The last Lex Barker-Pierre Brice teaming in the series based on Karl May’s works does not have the big budget of its predecessors but still provides good entertainment. West German title: Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten (Winnetou and Shatterhand in the Valley of Death); U.S. title: In the Valley of Death.

Winnetou I see Apache Gold

Winnetou II see Last of the Renegades

Winnetou III see The Desperado Trail

Winnetou the Warrior see Apache Gold

5004  The Winning of Barbara Worth  United Artists, 1926. 89 min. D: Henry King. SC: Frances Marion and Rupert Hughes. With Ronald Colman, Vilma Banky, Gary Cooper, Charles Lane, Paul McAllister, E.J. Ratcliffe, Clyde Cook, Erwin Connelly, Ed Brady, Sammy Blum, Fred Esmelton, William (Bill) Patton, Clarence Wilson, Glynn Waiters, Carmencita Johnson, Henry Wells, Margaret Wells. The foster son of a land baron falls in love with a rancher’s adopted daughter while building a dam and finds he has a rival in the cattleman’s foreman. Top notch drama that brought Gary Cooper to stardom; highlighted by a flood sequence beautifully photographed by George Banner and Gregg Toland.

5005  Winning of the West  Columbia, 1953. 57 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Norman S. Hall. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Gail Davis, Richard Crane, Robert Livingston, House Peters, Jr., Gregg Barton, Ewing Mitchell, Rodd Redwing, George Chesebro, Frank Jaquet, Charles Delaney, Charles Soldani, Eddie Parker, Terry Frost, James Kirkwood, Boyd “Red” Morgan, Bob Woodward. A ranger loses his job for refusing to shoot his brother, a member of an outlaw gang terrorizing local miners and ranchers. Fast paced but somewhat tepid Gene Autry vehicle.

Winning the West see The Light of the Western Stars (1930)

5006  Winter Kill  ABC-TV/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1974. 100 min. Color. D: Jud Taylor. SC: Joseph Michael Hayes. With Andy Griffith, John Larch, Tim O’Connor, Lawrence Pressman, Eugene Roche, Charles Tyner, Joyce Van Patten, Sheree North, John Calvin, Louise Latham, Robert F. Simon, Elayne Heilveil, Nick Nolte, Ruth McDevitt, Walter Brooke, David Frankham, Wes Stern, Vaughn Taylor, Devra Korwin. The sheriff of a Western ski resort community is baffled by a series of murders in which the killer leaves clues in spray paint. Interesting TV Western mystery that failed to sell as a continuing series; made by Andy Griffith Enterprises.

5007  Winterhawk  Howco International, 1975. 90 min. Color. D-SC: Charles B. Pierce. With Leif Erickson, Michael Dante, Dawn Wells, Woody Strode, Denver Pyle, Arthur Hunnicutt, Elisha Cook, Jr., L.Q. Jones, Charles B. Pierce, Jr., Sacheen Littlefeather, Dennis Fimple, Seamon Glass. An Indian chief comes to a white settlement for smallpox serum, is treated badly and in revenge abducts a woman and her small brother. Fairly exciting Western made on a limited budget.

Wishbone Cutter see The Shadow of Chikara

5008  The Wistful Widow of Willow Gap  Universal-International, 1947. 78 min. D: Charles Barton. SC: Robert Lees, Frederic I. Renaldo and John Grant. With Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Main, Aubrey Young, George Cleveland, Gordon Jones, William Ching, Peter Thompson, Olin Howlin, Bill Clauson, Billy O’Leary, Pamela Wells, Jimmie Bates, Paul Dunn, Diane Florentine, Rex Lease, Glenn Strange, Dewey Robinson, Edmund Cobb, Wade Crosby, Murray Leonard, Emmett Lynn, Iris Adrian, Lee “Lasses” White, George J. Lewis, Charles King, Jack Shutta, Harry Evans, Mickey Simpson, Frank Marlow, Ethan Laidlaw. Two salesmen arrive in a Montana community where one of them is falsely accused of shooting the town drunk and a crooked lawyer gets him off by using a state law which says he has to support the deceased’s widow and pay off her debts. A good plot, Abbott and Costello and Marjorie Main in the title role make this an amusing genre spoof.

With Buffalo Bill on the U.P. Trail see Buffalo Bill on the U.P. Trail

With Custer at the Little Big Horn see General Custer at the Little Big Horn

With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness see Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness

With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo see Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo

With General Custer at the Little Big Horn see General Custer at the Little Big Horn

With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre see Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre

5009  Without Honors  Artclass, 1932. 62 min. D: William Nigh. SC: Harry P. (Fraser) Crist. With Harry Carey, Mae Busch, Gibson Gowland, George Hayes, Lafe McKee, Mary Jane Irving, Tom London, Ed Brady, Jack Richardson, Maston Williams, Jim Corey, Blackjack Ward, Bud McClure, Lee Sage, Buck Bucko, Roy Bucko. A man returns home to find his brother has been murdered and to capture the culprit he enlists with the rangers. Shaggy production values detract from this otherwise okay Harry Carey film.

Without Risk see Pecos River

5010  Wolf Blood  Lee-Bradford (Artlee), 1925. 68 min. D: George Chesebro and Bruce Mitchell. SC: Bennett Cohen. With George Chesebro, Marguerite Clayton, Ray Hanford, Roy Watson, Milburn Morante, Frank Clark, Jack Cosgrove. A logging foreman is left for dead by a rival and a surgeon, who loves the daughter of the company’s boss, gives him a transfusion of she-wolf’s blood and when he survives the locales think he has become a lycanthrope. Scenic locales help this fairly interesting pseudo-horror silent feature starring the great George Chesebro, who co-directed.

5011  Wolf Call  Monogram, 1939. 60 min. D: George Waggner. SC: Joseph West (George Waggner). With John Carroll, Polly Ann Young, Movita, George Cleveland, Wheeler Oakman, Guy Usher, Holmes Herbert, Peter George Lynn, John Sheehan, Charles Irwin, Roger Williams, Pat O’Malley. While inspecting his father’s Western radium mine, a playboy discovers a gang of crooks are trying to steal the property. Paul Malvern produced his average dual bill item based on a Jack London story.

5012  Wolf Dog  20th Century–Fox, 1958. 69 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Louis Stevens. With Jim Davis, Allison Hayes, Tony Brown, Austin Willis, Don Garrard, Juan Root, Lloyd Chester, Jay MacDonald, R. Braithwaite. An ex-convict moves with his family to remote area of Canada but finds a neighbor wants their land for himself. Filmed in Canada, this drama is passable entertainment.

5013  The Wolf Hunters  Monogram, 1950. 70 min. D: Oscar (Budd) Boetticher. SC: W. Scott Darling. With Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton, Helen Parrish, Edward Norris, Ted Hecht, Charles Lang, Luther Crockett, Elizabeth Root. A Canadian Mounted Policeman, on the trail of murderous fur thieves, uncovers a plot concerning a lost gold mine. Allegedly based on the James Oliver Curwood novel, this minor outing bears little resemblance to it but is still enjoyable.

5014  Wolf Riders  Reliable, 1935. 56 min. D: Harry S. Webb. SC: Carl Krusada. With Jack Perrin, Lillian Gilmore, Lafe McKee, Nancy Deshon, William Gould, George Chesebro, Earl Dwire, Budd Buster, Slim Whitaker, Frank Ellis, Robert Walker, George Morrell, Blackie Whiteford. An Indian agency inspector tries to protect a local tribe from a ruthless gang of fur thieves. Mediocre production values and a strung out plot hamper this Jack Perrin vehicle.

5015  Wolf Song  Paramount, 1929. 80 min. D: Victor Fleming. SC: John Farrow and Keene Thompson. With Gary Cooper, Lupe Velez, Louis Wolheim, Constantine Romanoff, Michael Vavitch, Ann Brody, Russ Columbo, Augustina Lopez, George Regas, Leona Lane. The daughter of a Spanish don marries a backwoods Kentucky trapper and they live in a mountain settlement but he gets wanderlust and she returns home although they still long for each other. Location filming in the California Sierra mountains is the chief highlight of this early talkie.

5016  Wolf Tracks  Sunset, 1923. 40 min. D: Robert North Bradbury. SC: William Lester. With Jack Hoxie, Andree Tourneur, Jim Welsh, Tom Lingham, William Lester, Marin Sais. Mistaken for an outlaw called “The Wolf,” a cowpoke tries to capture the villain not only to save himself but to protect a woman whose father has left her a mine the crook is trying to steal. Fast moving silent Jack Hoxie outing—a good film.

5017  Wolf Heart’s Revenge  Aywon, 1925. 55 min. D: Charles L. Seeling. With Wolf Heart (dog), Guinn Williams, Kathleen Collins, Captain Bingham, Larry Fischer, Helen Walton, John Williams. After committing a murder, a ranch foreman tries to place the blame on an innocent cowboy. Good action entry in Guinn “Big Boy” Williams’ silent series for producer-director Charles L. Seeling, with dog star Wolf Heart.

5018  Wolves of the Range  Producers Releasing Corporation, 1943. 60 min. D: Sam Newfield. SC: Joseph O’Donnell. With Robert Livingston, Al St. John, Frances Gladwin, I. Stanford Jolley, Karl Hackett, Ed Cassidy, Jack Ingram, Kenne Duncan, Budd Buster, Bob Hill, Slim Whitaker, Jack Holmes, Bob Hill, John Elliott, Milton Kibbee, Lester Dorr, Reed Howes, Roy Brent, Wally West, Art Dillard, Bert Dillard, Jimmy Aubrey, Augie Gomez, Morgan Flowers, Al Haskell, Ray Jones, Cactus Mack, Jack Tornek, Tom Smith, Rose Plummer, Art Fowler, Chick Hannon, George Morrell, Foxy Callahan, Murdock MacQuarrie, Roy Bucko, Lew Morphy. While helping ranchers being forced off their land because it is needed for a government irrigation project, the Lone Rider becomes a victim of amnesia. A pleasant segment in the popular “Lone Rider” series.

5019  Woman Obsessed  20th Century–Fox, 1959. 102 min. Color. D: Henry Hathaway. SC: Sidney Boehm. With Susan Hayward, Stephen Boyd, Arthur Franz, Dennis Holmes, Ken Scott, Theodore Bikel, James Philbrook, Florence MacMichael, Jack Raine, Barbara Nichols, Mary Carroll, Fred Graham, Mike Wally. Following the accidental death of her husband a woman struggles to make a living on her remote Saskatchewan ranch and when she remarries her young son resents his new stepfather. Well made but not overly interesting drama.

5020  Woman of the North Country  Republic, 1952. 90 min. Color. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Norman Reilly Raine. With Rod Cameron, Ruth Hussey, John Agar, Gale Storm, J. Carrol Naish, Jim Davis, Jay C. Flippen, Taylor Holmes, Barry Kelley, Grant Withers, Howard Petrie, Hank Worden, Virginia Brissac, Stanley Andrews, Dub Taylor, Richard Alexander, Ray Bennett, Stephen Bekassy. A mining engineer finds himself opposed by a ruthless woman rival who will stop at nothing to destroy him. Good production with a fine script and performances.

5021  Woman of the Town  United Artists, 1943. 89 min. D: George Archainbaud. SC: Aeneas MacKenzie. With Claire Trevor, Albert Dekker, Barry Sullivan, Henry Hull, Marion Martin, Porter Hall, Percy Kilbride, Beryl Wallace, George Cleveland, Arthur Hohl, Clem Bevans, Russell Hicks, Herbert Rawlinson, Dorothy Granger, Dewey Robinson, Hal Taliaferro, Wade Crosby, Glenn Strange, Claire Whitney, Russell Simpson, Frances Morris, Teddi Sherman, Marlene Mains, Charles Foy, Tom London, Eula Gray. Sheriff Bat Masterson is forced to choose between his job and the love of saloon woman Dora Hand. Underrated Harry Sherman production with fine work by Claire Trevor and Albert Dekker in the leading roles, ably supported by a good cast.

5022  The Woman They Almost Lynched  Republic, 1953. 90 min. D: Allan Dwan. SC: Steve Fisher. With Brian Donlevy, Joan Leslie, John Lund, Audrey Totter, Jim Davis, Ben Cooper, James Brown, Ellen Corby, Reed Hadley, Virginia Christine, Richard Simmons, Gordon Jones, Nina Varela, Frank Ferguson, Ann Savage, Richard Crane, Ted Ryan, James Kirkwood, Fern Hall, Minerva Urecal, Marilyn Lindsey, Nacho Galindo, Post Park, Lee Roberts, Tom McDonough, Carl Pitti, Joe Yrigoyen, Jimmy Hawkins, Paul Livermore, Hal Baylor. After inheriting a saloon in a town run by crooks, a city girl becomes a bandit and is almost hung. Despite its exploitation title, this is pretty good with several interesting performances, especially Brian Donlevy and Audrey Totter as William Clarke Quantrill and his wife Kate.

5023  Wonder of It All  Pacific International, 1986. 95 min. D: Arthur R. Dubs. SC: James T. Flocker. With Les Biegel (narrator). Wild life from around the world is shown, including various animals in North America. An outstanding documentary for the entire family.

5024  The Wonderful Country  United Artists, 1959. 96 min. Color. D: Robert Parrish. SC: Robert Ardrey. With Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Gary Merrill, Pedro Armendariz, Jack Oakie, Albert Dekker, Charles McGraw, Satchel Paige, Victor Mendoza, Tom Lea, Jay Novello, Mike Kellin, Max Slaten, Joe Haworth, Chester Hayes, Chuck Roberson, Anthony Caruso, Claudio Brook, Judy Marsh, Mike Luna. A gun runner working for a Mexican revolutionary is sent to the U.S. for arms and gets involved with a pretty woman, outlaws and rampaging Indians. Sprawling adaptation of Tom Lea’s novel provides good entertainment.

5025  The World in His Arms  Universal-International, 1952. 104 min. Color. D: Raoul Walsh. SC: Borden Chase. With Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn, John McIntire, Carl Esmond, Andrea King, Eugenie Leontovich, Hans Conreid, Rhys Williams, Sig Rumann, Gregory Gay, Bill Radovich, Bryan Forbes, Henry Kulky, Wee Willie Davis, Tudor Owen, Leo Mostovoy, Syl Lamont, Eve Whitney, Millicent Patrick, Dick Rich, George Scanlan, Gregg Barton, Frank Chase, Carl Harbaugh, Gregg Martell, Paul Newlan, Carl Andre, Suzan Ball. In 1850 San Francisco, a sea captain, who runs poached pelts out of Alaska, falls for a Russian princess but they are endangered by an evil prince. Stolid adaptation of Rex Beach’s sprawling novel.

5026  Wrangler  Samuel Goldwn Company, 1989. 92 min. Color. D: Ian Barry. SC: John Sexton. With Jeff Fahey, Tushka Bergen, Steve Vidler, Richard Moir, Shane Briant, Frederick Parslow, Cornelia Frances, Michael Winchester, Sandy Gore, Drew Forsythe, Robert Davis, Andrew Sharp, Kevin Healy, Owen Weingott, Colin Taylor, Conor McDermottroe, James Steele, Mic Conway, Fiona Stewart, Derek Mendl, Laurie Moran, Peter Collingwood, Paul Maclay, Barry McMahon, Suzette Williams, Jacqueline Kott, Robert Alexander. After the death of her rancher father, an Australian woman faces losing the place to a creditor while being romanced by two men, an entrepreneur and a cattleman. Nicely made Down Under Western originally called Outback.

5027  Wrangler’s Roost  Monogram, 1941. 57 min. D: S. Roy Luby. SC: John Vlahos and Robert Finkle. With Ray Corrigan, John King, Max Terhune, Gwen Gaze, Forrest Taylor, George Chesebro, Frank Ellis, Walter Shumway, Jack Holmes, Frank McCarroll, Carl Mathews, Hank Bell, Tex Palmer, Jim Corey, Al Haskell, Ray Jones, Horace B. Carpenter, Tex Cooper, Herman Hack, Chick Hannon, Jack Evans, Buck Moulton, Roy Bucko, Bob Card, Emma Tansey, Herman Hack, George Morrell, Silvertip Baker. The Range Busters are asked to investigate a series of stage holdups and they come to suspect an old time outlaw who they believe is masquerading as a deacon. Passable entry in the popular series but nothing special.

5028  The Wrath of God  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971. 111 min. Color. D-SC: Ralph Nelson. With Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, Frank Langella, Victor Buono, John Calicos, Ken Hutcheson, Paula Pritchett, Gregory Sierra, Frank Ramirez, Enrique Lucero, Jorge Russek, Chano Urueta, Jose Luis Parades, Aurora Clavel, Victor Eberg, Pancho Cordova, Guillermo Hermandez, Ralph Nelson. In the late 1920s a loose living priest and his two pals help a Mexican revolutionary when a remote village is threatened by government forces. Not overly good tongue-in-cheek drama although Robert Mitchum is a delight as the priest.

5029  Wyatt Earp  Warner Bros., 1994. 191 min. Color. D: Lawrence Kasdan. SC: Dan Gordon and Lawrence Kasdan. With Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, David Andrews, Linden Ashby, Jeff Fahey, Joanna Going, Mark Harmon, Michael Madsen, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Pullman, Isabella Rossellini, Tom Sizemore, JoBeth Williams, Mare Winningham, James Gammon, Rex Linn, Randle Mell, Adam Baldwin, Annabeth Gish, Lewis Smith, Ian Bohen, Betty Buckley, Alison Elliott, Todd Allen, Mackenzie Astin, James Caviezel, Karen Grassle, John Denis Johnston, Tea Leoni, Martin Kove, Jack Kehler, Kirk Fox, Norman Howell, Boots Southerland, Scotty Augare, Gabriel Folse, Kris Kamm, John Lawlor, Monty Stuart, Hugh Ross, Michael McGrady, Mary Jo Niedzielski, Darwin Mitchell, Heath Kizzier, Clark Sanchez, Giorgio E. Tripoli, Scott Rasmussen, Matt Langseth, David Doty, Steven G. Tyler, Billy Streater, David L. Stone, Jake Walker, Matt O’Toole, Dick Beach, Sarge McGraw, Owen Roizman, John Furlong, Adam Taylor, Michael Huddleston, John Doe, Matt Beck, Gary Dueer, Karen Schwartz. Lawman Wyatt Earp becomes a heartless killer in the name of justice as he and his brothers go up against the Clanton clan and other desperadoes. Effective, but somewhat lumbering, biopic of the famed peacemaker that failed at the box office; also available in an 212 minute extended version.

5030  Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone  CBS-TV, 1993. 100 min. Color. D: Paul Landres and Frank McDonald. SC: Dan Ullman and Rob Word. With Hugh O’Brian, Bruce Boxleitner, Paul Brinegar, Harry Carey, Jr., Bo Hopkins, Alex Hyde-White, Martin Kove, Don Meredith, Jay Underwood, Tori Prince, Douglas Fowley, John Anderson, Steve Brodie, Bob Steele, Trevor Bardette, Lloyd Corrigan, George Wallace, Gregg Palmer, Nancy Hale, William Phipps, Stacy Harris, Rayford Barnes, Norman Alden, Ralph Reed, Ray Boyle, William Tannen. Former lawman Wyatt Earp returns to Tombstone where he is reunited with people from his past and helps to keep the town peaceful. Good nostalgic romp made up of colorized scenes from old episodes of “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp” (ABC-TV, 1955–61) interpolated with new footage.

5031  Wyatt Earp’s Revenge  Hybrid Productions, 2012. 93 min. Color. D: Michael Feifer. SC: Darren B. Shepherd. With Val Kilmer, Shawn Roberts, Matt Dallas, Daniel Booko, Scott Whyte, Steven Graham, Levi Fiehler, Trace Adkins, Diana DeGarmo, Brian Groh, Martin Santander, Wilson Bethel, Peter Sherayko, Lyle Kanouse, Rob Daly, Mason Cook, Caia Coley, Miracle Laurie, Andrew Hawkes, Kaitlyn Black, Wes Brown, Jonathan Erickson Eisley. After his girl is gunned down by a vicious gang, Wyatt Earp forms a posse that includes Bat Masterson, Doc Holiday, Bill Tilghman and Charlie Bassett to get revenge. Substandard video Western.

5032  Wyoming  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940. 88 min. D: Richard Thorpe. SC: Jack Jevne and Hugh Butler. With Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Ann Rutherford, Lee Bowman, Joseph Calleia, Bobs Watson, Paul Kelly, Marjorie Main, Henry Travers, Addison Richards, Stanley Fields, William Tannen, Clem Bevans, Donald MacBride, Russell Simpson, Dick Curtis, Chill Wills, Richard Alexander, Chief Thundercloud, Glenn Lucas, Francis McDonald, Edgar Dearing, Glenn Strange, Ted Adams, Lee Phelps, Howard Mitchell, Richard Alexander, Ethel Wales, Richard Botiller, Frank Ellis, Archie Butler, Betty Jean Nichols. After the Civil War, a Missouri outlaw and his pal go West where they get involved with an earthy female blacksmith and end up on the right side of the law. This initial teaming of Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main, along with Leo Carrillo as the sidekick, makes for good entertainment.

5033  Wyoming  Republic, 1947. 84 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Lawrence Hazard and Gerald Geraghty. With William Elliott, Vera Ralston, John Carroll, George “Gabby” Hayes, Albert Dekker, Virginia Grey, Maria Ouspenskaya, Grant Withers, Harry Woods, Minna Gombell, Dick Curtis, Roy Barcroft, Trevor Bardette, Paul Harvey, Louise Kane, Linda Green, Tom London, George Chesebro, Jack O’Shea, Charles Middleton, Eddy Waller, Olin Howlin, Glenn Strange, Charles King, Eddie Acuff, Marshall Reed, Rex Lease, Charles Morton, Tex Terry, Dale Fink, Ed Peil, Sr., Roque Ybarra, James Archuletta, David Williams, Lee Shumway, Ben Johnson. A Wyoming land baron has nesters encroaching on his range and when his foreman quits in their defense he also finds his college educated daughter deserting his cause. Grand scale (for Republic) drama with a great cast and lots of action; Yakima Canutt did the second unit work.

5034  The Wyoming Bandit  Republic, 1949. 60 min. D: Philip Ford. SC: M. Coates Webster. With Allan “Rocky” Lane, Eddy Waller, Trevor Bardette, Victor Kilian, Rand Brooks, Reed Hadley, Harold Goodwin, Lane Bradford, Robert Wilke, John Hamilton, Edmund Cobb, William Haade. An outlaw teams with a lawman to get those responsible for the murder of his son. Trevor Bardette as the good-bad man Wyoming Dan steals the show in this above average “Famous Westerns” segment.

5035  Wyoming Hurricane  Columbia, 1944. 58 min. D: William Berke. SC: Fred Myton. With Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, Alma Carroll, Tristram Coffin, Joel Friedkin, Paul Sutton, Benny Petti, Robert Kortman, Hal Price, Steve Clark, Hank Worden, Tom Steele. A corrupt café operator murders the local lawman and the blame is placed on the marshal’s daughter’s boyfriend. Lesser Russell Hayden vehicle with fine villainy by Tristram Coffin.

The Wyoming Kid see Cheyenne (1947)

5036  Wyoming Mail  Universal-International, 1950. 87 min. Color. D: Reginald LeBorg. SC: Harry Essex and Leonard Lee. With Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Howard Da Silva, Ed Begley, Dan Riss, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, Armando Silvestre, James Arness, Richard Jaeckel, Frankie Darro, Felipe Turich, Richard Egan, Gene Evans, Frank Fenton, Emerson Treacy, Chick Chandler, Frank Richards, John Cason. A former boxer is hired as an undercover agent for the railroad and after infiltrating a gang in Wyoming Territory he falls in love with its female member. The story is a bit farfetched but otherwise the film is okay.

5037  Wyoming Outlaw  Republic, 1939. 56 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Jack Natteford and Betty Burbridge. With John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, Donald Barry, Adele Pearce (Pamela Blake), LeRoy Mason, Charles Middleton, Elmo Lincoln, Katharine Kentworthy, Jack Ingram, David Sharpe, Jack Kenney, Yakima Canutt, Dave O’Brien, Curley Dresden, Tommy Coats, Ralph Peters, Jack Kirk, Al Taylor, Bud McTaggart, Frankie Marvin, Allan Cavan, John Hiestand, Jack Rockwell, Bob Burns, John Beach, George De Normand, Budd Buster, Ed Payson. The Three Mesquiteers are at odds with crooked politicians who are cheating small ranchers in the Dust Bowl and they are forced to hunt down a young man who broke the law in self defense. Exceedingly well done “Three Mesquiteers” series outing with a finale that predates High Sierra (Warner Bros., 1941) by two years; Don Barry gives an outstanding performance as the hunted youth.

5038  Wyoming Renegades  Columbia, 1955. 73 min. D: Fred F. Sears. SC: David Lang. With Phil(ip) Carey, Martha Hyer, Gene Evans, William Bishop, Douglas Kennedy, Roy Roberts, Don Beddoe, Aaron Spelling, George Keymas, Harry Harvey, Mel Welles, Henry Rowland, Boyd Stockman, Guy Teague, Bob Woodward, Don C. Harvey, John Cason, Don Carlos. Released from prison a man finds his past causes people to dislike him but he gets succor from the girl he loves. Standard program feature from producer Wallace MacDonald.

5039  Wyoming Roundup  Monogram, 1952. 53 min. D: Thomas Carr. SC: Dan Ullman. With Whip Wilson, Phyllis Coates, Tommy Farrell, Henry Rowland, House Peters, Jr., Lyle Talbot, I. Stanford Jolley, Dick Emory, Robert Wilke, Stanley Price, Frank Jaquet, Herman Hack, Artie Ortego, Roy Bucko. After stopping a gunfight, two cowpokes are made the law in a town where someone is hiring gunmen to run out rival ranchers. Average Whip Wilson outing.

5040  Wyoming Whirlwind  Willis Kent, 1932. 55 min. D: Armand L. Schaefer. SC: Wallace MacDonald. With Lane Chandler, Adele Tracy, Harry Todd, Alan Bridge, Yakima Canutt, Lois Bridge, Bob Roper, Harry Semels, Hank Bell, Jack Rockwell, Fred Burns, Lafe McKee, Jack Kirk, Frank Ellis, Bud Pope, Al Taylor, Silver Tip Baker, Raven (horse). The Lone Wolf, a wanted highwayman, is really the son of a rancher murdered years before and he is out to capture the killer, the foreman who inherited the spread. Cheaply made, strung out, low grade Lane Chandler vehicle. TV title: Roaring Rider.

5041  Wyoming Wildcat  Republic, 1941. 56 min. D: George Sherman. SC: Bennett Cohen and Anthony Coldeway. With Don “Red” Barry, Julie Duncan, Syd Saylor, Frank M. Thomas, Edmund Cobb, Ed Brady, Richard Botiller, Ed Cassidy, George Sherwood, Ethan Laidlaw, Al Haskell, Frank Ellis, Curley Dresden, Art Dillard, Kermit Maynard, Cactus Mack, Frank O’Connor, Fred Burns. A wanted outlaw gets a job as a guard on a Wells Fargo stagecoach and is hunted by the law after a holdup. Average Don Barry outing.

5042  Yankee Don  Capitol, 1931. 60 min. D: Noel Madison. SC: Frances Jackson. With Richard Talmadge, Lupita Tovar, Julian Rivero, Sam Appel, Gayne Whitman, Alma Reat, Victor Stanford. A Bowery desperado heads West and helps a Spanish don whose ranch is threatened by outlaws. Action laced poverty row feature produced by star Richard Talmadge.

5043  Yankee Fakir  Republic, 1947. 71 min. D: W. Lee Wilder. SC: Richard S. Conway. With Douglas Fowley, Joan Woodbury, Clem Bevans, Ransom Sherman, Frank Reicher, Marc Lawrence, Walter Soderling, Eula Guy, Forrest Taylor, Elinor Appleton, Peter Michael, Elspeth Dudgeon, Ernie Adams, Tommy Bernard, Ed Peil, Sr., Marin Sais, Larry Steers, Charles Williams, Tex Terry, Rose Plummer, Edmund Cobb, Franklyn Farnum, Bud Osborne, Herman Hack, Stanley Blystone, Ben Corbett, Jack O’Shea, Victor Potel, Stanley Price, Marshall Reed, Tom Smith, Tex Palmer, John Ince, Buster Brodie. While working in the West a salesman falls in love with a border patrolman’s daughter and when the lawman is murdered he tries to find the killer. Adequate mystery dual bill item set in the modern West.

5044  Yaqui Drums  Allied Artists, 1957. 70 min. D: Jean Yarborough. SC: Jo Pagano and D.D. Beauchamp. With Rod Cameron, Mary Castle, J. Carrol Naish, Robert Hutton, Roy Roberts, Keith Richards, Denver Pyle, Ray Walker, Donald Kerr, John Merrick, Paul Fierro, G. Pat Collins. A rancher fighting a corrupt saloon proprietor is helped by a Mexican outlaw gang thwarted in a stagecoach holdup attempt. Standard program film enhanced by the performances of Rod Cameron and J. Carrol Naish.

5045  The Yearling  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946. 134 min. Color. D: Clarence Brown. SC: Paul Osborn. With Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Jr., Chill Wills, Clem Bevans, Margaret Wycherly, Henry Travers, Forrest Tucker, Don Gift, Dan White, Matt Willis, George Mann, Arthur Hohl, June Lockhart, June Wells, Jeff York, Chick York, Houseley Stevenson, Jane Green, Victor Kilian, Robert Porterfield, John Eldredge. A Florida farm boy becomes attached to a fawn his father must destroy. Award winning classic family film; well worth seeing.

Gregory Peck and Claude Jarman, Jr., in The Yearling (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946).

5046  Yellow Dust  RKO Radio, 1936. 68 min. D: Wallace Fox. SC: Cyril Hume and John Twist. With Richard Dix, Leila Hyams, Moroni Olsen, Jessie Ralph, Andy Clyde, Onslow Stevens, Victor Potel, Ethan Laidlaw, Art Mix, Ted Oliver. A miner falls in love with a saloon girl and tries to win her from her boss, even after he is falsely accused of robbing a stage. Surprisingly poor Richard Dix feature.

5047  Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold  Crown International, 1984. 102 min. Color. D: Matt Cimber. SC: Matt Cimber and John Kershaw. With Laurene Landon, Ken Roberson, John Ghaffari, Luis Lorenzo, Claudia Gravi, Aldo Sambrell, Eduardo Fajardo, Ramiro Oliveros, Suzannah Woodride, Tony Tarruella, Concha Marquez Piqua, Daniel Martin, Mario De Abros, Joaquin Lopez, Alfonso Delgado. A beautiful blonde half-breed teams with The Pecos Kid to try and get an Aztec treasure coveted by a corrupt military man and a brutal Indian tribe. Silly, sadistic, overlong adventure yarn.

5048  Yellow Haired Kid  Monogram, 1952. 56 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: Dwight V. Babcock and Maurice Tombragel. With Guy Madison, Andy Devine, David Bruce, Marcia Mae Jones, Alan Hale, Jr., Tom Tyler, Renie Riano, Riley Hill, Tommy Ivo, Emory Parnell, Bill Phipps, Wade Crosby, Tom Hubbard, John Carpenter, Alice Rolph. Marshals Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles P. Jones pursue an outlaw with yellow hair and take on corrupt townsmen who helped a gunfighter escape from jail. Okay theatrical compilation of “Johnny Deuce” and “Yellow Haired Kid,” 1951 episodes of “The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok” (1951–58).

5049  The Yellow Mountain  Universal-International, 1954. 78 min. Color. D: Jesse Hibbs. SC: George Zuckerman and Russell Hughes. With Lex Barker, Mala Powers, Howard Duff, William Demarest, John McIntire, Leo Gordon, Hal K. Dawson, Dayton Lummis, William Fawcett, James Parnell, Denver Pyle, Kermit Maynard, Frank Ellis, Jack Ingram, Paul McGuire, Carl Andre, Matty Fain, Paul Bryar, Joe Bailey, John Roy, Mel Ford. Two men vie for the same beautiful woman as well as a valuable gold claim. Fair “B plus” feature from producer Ross Hunter.

5050  Yellow Rose of Texas  Republic, 1944. 69 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Jack Townley. With Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers (Tim Spencer, Ken Carson, Shug Fisher, Hugh Farr, Karl Farr), George Cleveland, Harry Shannon, Grant Withers, William Haade, Weldon Heyburn, Hal Taliaferro, Tom London, Richard Botiller, Janet Martin, Robert Wilke, Jack O’Shea, Rex Lease, Emmett Vogan, John Dilson, Don Kay Reynolds, William Desmond, Chester Conklin, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Horace B. Carpenter. On the run for falsely being accused of robbing a stagecoach, a man is sought by his daughter, a showboat entertainer, and an insurance investigator masquerading as a showman to see if the woman knows the whereabouts of her father. Dandy Roy Rogers outing with a good story and plenty of music in a showboat setting.

5051  Yellow Sky  20th Century–Fox, 1948. 95 min. D: William A. Wellman. SC: Lamar Trotti. With Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur, John Russell, Henry (Harry) Morgan, James Barton, Charles Kemper, Robert Adler, Victor Kilian, Paul Hurst, William Gould, Norman Leavitt, Chief Yowlachie, Eula Guy. After robbing a bank, six outlaws ride into an Arizona ghost town inhabited only by a man and his granddaughter and trouble erupts with the old man hides their stolen loot. Highly entertaining drama from the novel by W.R. Burnett.

The Yellow Streak see Both Barrels Blazing

5052  The Yellow Tomahawk  United Artists, 1954. 82 min. D: Lesley Selander. SC: Richard Alan Simmons. With Rory Calhoun, Peggie Castle, Noah Beery, Jr., Warner Anderson, Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef, Rita Moreno, Walter Reed, Dan Riss, Adam Williams, Ned Glass, James Best, Robert Bray, Patrick Joseph Sexton. In order to prevent an attack on white settlers, an Indian guide plans hand-to-hand combat with his tribe’s chief. Okay program film but nothing special.

5053  Yellowneck  Republic, 1955. 83 min. Color. D: R. John Hugh. SC: Nat S. Linden. With Lin McCarthy, Stephen Courtleigh, Barry Kroeger, Harold Gordon, Bill Mason, Jose Billie, Roy Osceola, Al Tamez. Five escaped Confederate prisoners make their way through the Florida Everglades in an effort to stay alive and reach the safety of the ocean. Surprisingly atmospheric and entertaining melodrama.

5054  Yellowstone  Universal, 1936. 63 min. D: Arthur Lubin. SC: Jefferson Parker, Stuart Palmer and Houston Branch. With Henry Hunter, Judith Barrett, Ralph Morgan, Alan Hale, Andy Devine, Monroe Owsley, Michael Loring, Paul Fix, Rollo Lloyd, Paul Harvey, Raymond Hatton, Diana Gibson, Mary Gordon, Claud Allister, Guy Kingsford, Russell Wade, Ed LeSaint, Dora Clement, Maxwell Sholes, Flo Wicks. A man searches for the bank loot his father supposedly hid two decades before and when an ex-convict is found murdered he becomes a suspect. Fairly good dual bill item with nice mystery elements, co-written by the famous detective novelist Stuart Palmer.

5055  Yellowstone Kelly  Warner Bros., 1959. 91 min. Color. D: Gordon Douglas. SC: Burt Kennedy. With Clint Walker, Edward (Edd) Byrnes, John Russell, Ray Danton, Andra Martin, Claude Akins, Rhodes Reason, Gary Vinson, Warren Oates, Nesdon Booth, Harry Shannon, Buff Brady, Chief Yowlachie, Foster Hood, Clyde Howdy, Vince St. Cyr. A fur trapper finds himself in the middle of Indian warfare after whites take a pretty maiden as their prisoner. Clint Walker handles the title role of this speedy feature in good form.

5056  Yodelin’ Kid from Pine Ridge  Republic, 1937. 61 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Dorrell McGowan, Stuart McGowan and Jack Natteford. With Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Betty Bronson, LeRoy Mason, Charles Middleton, Russell Simpson, The Tennessee Ramblers, Jack Dougherty, Guy Wilkerson, Frankie Marvin, Henry Hall, Fred “Snowflake” Toones, Bud Osborne, Jack Kirk, Bob Burns, Al Taylor, George Morrell, Lew Meehan, Jim Corey, Jack Ingram, Art Dillard, Art Mix, Oscar Gahan, Herman Hack, Bill Nestell, Jack Evans, Charles Brinley, Jack Montgomery, Tom Smith. After being called a traitor by his father and joining a traveling Wild West show, Gene Autry returns home to the Turpentine Pine Forest of Florida and Georgia to try and stop a feud between cattle ranchers and turpentine makers. Fine Gene Autry vehicle with lots of action, an interesting story, good photography and location shooting and fine musical interludes. In this one Smiley Burnette is Colonel Millhouse, the carnival chief, and not his usual Frog character.

5057  You Know My Name  Turner Network Television (TNT), 1999. 94 min. Color. D-SC: John Kent Harrison. With Sam Elliott, Arliss Howard, Carolyn McCormick, James Gammon, R. Lee Ermey, James Parks, Sheila McCarthy, Nataalia Rey, Jonathan Young, Perla Batalla, Johann Benet, Marilyn Norry, Andy Maton, Walter Olkewicz, Michelle Malmberg, David Lereaney, Alexander Pollick, Alex Diakun, David Barrett, Mel Crumb, Muse Watson, Chris Nelson Norris. After life as a cowboy and lawman, Bill Tilghman becomes a filmmaker attempting to showcase the real West. Sam Elliott gives an outstanding performance as Bill Tilghman in this well made TV movie.

5058  Young and Free  Manson International, 1978. 90 min. Color. D-SC: Keith Larsen. With Erik Larsen, Ivy Angustain, Keith Larsen, Carrol McCall. A boy grows to manhood learning the ways of the wilderness and how to survive. Keith Larsen strikes again in this outdoor drama starring his son; for fans of lots of scenery.

5059  Young Bill Hickok  Republic, 1940. 59 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Olive Cooper and Norton S. Parker. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Jacqueline Wells (Julie Bishop), John Miljan, Sally Payne, Monte Blue, Hal Taliaferro, Ethel Wales, Jack Ingram, Iron Eyes Cody, Dick Elliott, Slim Whitaker, Jack Kirk, Hank Bell, Henry Wills, William Desmond, John Elliott, Jack Rockwell, Bill Wolfe. Pony Express rider Bill Hickok is out to stop a foreign agent using a gang of marauders to annex part of California during the Civil War. Good, action packed early entry in Roy Roger’s Republic series.

5060  Young Billy Young  United Artists, 1969. 89 min. Color. D-SC: Burt Kennedy. With Robert Mitchum, Angie Dickinson, Robert Walker (Jr.), David Carradine, Jack Kelly, John Anderson, Deana Martin, Paul Fix, Willis Bouchey, Parley Baer, Bob Anderson, Rodolfo Acosta, Christopher Mitchum. A man arrives in a New Mexico town and becomes its sheriff to bring in the killer of his son. Good finale showdown adds some life to this leisurely paced Western.

5061  Young Blood  Monogram, 1932. 60 min. D: Phil Rosen. SC: Wellyn Totman. With Bob Steele, Helen Foster, Charles King, Naomi Judge, Art Mix, Si Jenks, Earl Dwire, Henry Roquemore, Hank Bell, Harry Semels, Lafe McKee, Perry Murdock, Henry Hall, Fern Emmett, Horace B. Carpenter, Tex Palmer, Bud McClure, Blackjack Ward, Roy Bucko. A cowboy who steals from crooks to help the oppressed gets involved with a foreign actress. This Bob Steele vehicle has a plot that is hard to believe; below average.

5062  Young Buffalo Bill  Republic, 1940. 59 min. D: Joseph Kane. SC: Harrison Jacobs, Robert Yost and Gerald Geraghty. With Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, Pauline Moore, Hugh Sothern, Trevor Bardette, Chief Thundercloud, Julian Rivero, Gaylord (Steve) Pendleton, Wade Boteler, George Chesebro, Hank Bell, William Kellogg, Jack O’Shea, Iron Eyes Cody, Anna Demetrio, Estrelita Zarco. Youthful Bill Cody helps both settlers and Indians about to be defrauded by Spanish land grant claimants. Typically action filled Roy Rogers “historical” saga.

5063  The Young Country  ABC-TV/Universal, 1970. 73 min. Color. D-SC: Roy Huggins. With Roger Davis, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, Peter Deuel, Wally Cox, Skip Young, Steve Sandor, Robert Driscoll Miller, Richard Van Fleet, Elliott Street, Barbara Gates, Luis Delgado, Thomas Ballin. A gambler suddenly turns honest when he finds stolen bank money but when he tries to return it no one will claim the loot. Fair genre comedy made for television.

5064  Young Daniel Boone  Monogram, 1950. 71 min. D: Reginald LeBorg. SC: Clint Johnson and Reginald LeBorg. With David Bruce, Kristine Miller, Damian O’Flynn, Don Beddoe, Mary Treen, John Mylong, William Roy, Stanley Logan, Richard Foote. Daniel Boone rescues the survivors of an Indian attack and learns a French spy is responsible for the uprising. This dual bill item tries hard but the lack of a sufficient budget is evident.

5065  Young Fury  Paramount, 1965. 79 min. Color. D: Christian Nyby. SC: Steve Fisher. With Rory Calhoun, Virginia Mayo, Lon Chaney, Richard Arlen, William Bendix, John Agar, Preston Pierce, Linda Foster, Robert Biheller, Jody McCrea, Merry Anders, Rex Bell, Jr., Joan Huntington, Reg Parton, Marc Covell, Jay Ripley, Kevin O’Neal, Dal Jenkins, Fred Alexander, Jerry Summers, William Wellman, Jr., Steve Condit, Dave Dunlop, Bill Clark, William J. Vincent, Jesse Wayne, Robert Miles, Eddie Hice, Fred Krone, Joe Finnegan, Kent Hays, Jorge Moreno. A gang of young hellions take over a frontier town with the leader learning his mother is a saloon hostess and his ex-gunman father is being chased by the Dalton gang. Mediocre production, one of the least satisfying of the mid–1960s A.C. Lyles films, despite a good cast.

5066  The Young Guns  Allied Artists, 1956. 84 min. D: Albert Band. SC: Louis Garfinkle. With Russ Tamblyn, Gloria Talbott, Perry Lopez, Scott Marlowe, Wright King, Walter Coy, Chubby Johnson, Myron Healey, James Goodwin, Rayford Barnes, I. Stanford Jolley, Emory Parnell, Dabbs Greer, Earle Hodgins, Ray Teal, Tom London, Kim Charney, Robert Bice, Ken Miller. The son of a famous gunman tries to lead a peaceful live in a Wyoming town but his father’s reputation makes it difficult for him. Average outing with Guy Mitchell singing the title tune.

5067  Young Guns  20th Century–Fox, 1988. 107 min. Color. D: Christopher Cain. SC: John Fusco. With Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Jack Palance, Terry O’Quinn, Sharon Thomas, Geoffrey Blake, Alice Carter, Brian Keith, Tom Callaway, Patrick Wayne, Lisa Banes, Sam Gauny, Cody Palance, Gadeek, Victor Izay, Allen Robert Keller, Craig M. Erickson, Jeremy H. Lepard, Daniel Kamin, Richela Renkun, Pat Lee, Gary Kanin, Forrest Broadley, Alan Tobin, Joey Hanks, Loyd Lee Brown, Elena Parres. When their rancher benefactor is murdered, a group of young men become deputies led by Billy the Kid but when he guns down the killer they become the hunted. Big money making, good youth oriented Western, followed by Young Guns II (q.v.).

5068  Young Guns of Texas  20th Century–Fox, 1963. 78 min. Color. D: Maury Dexter. SC: Harry Cross. With James Mitchum, Alana Ladd, Jody McCrea, Chill Wills, Gary Conway, Barbara Mansell, Robert Lowery, Troy Melton, Fred Krone, Alex Sharp, Robert Hinkle, Will Wills. Two men, a soldier searching for stolen Army gold and a father trying to find his eloping daughter, join forces when caught in an Indian attack. Fine outing with a good script and the gimmick of having for its leads the children of famous stars.

5069  Young Guns II  20th Century–Fox, 1990. 104 min. Color. D: Geoff Murphy. SC: John Fusco. With Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William Petersen, Alan Ruck, R.D. Call, James Coburn, Balthazar Getty, Jack Kehoe, Robert Knepper, Tom Kurlander, Viggo Mortensen, Leon Rippy, Tracey Walter, Brad Whitford, Scott Wilson, Jenny Wright, John Hammil, William Fisher, Carlotta Garcia, Joy Bouton, Albert Trujillo, Alina Arenal, John Alderson, Lee de Broux, David Paul Needles, Joey Joe Amlin, Chief Buddy Redbow, Jerry Gardner, Mark Bustamante, Nicholas Sean Gomez, Stephan Kraus, Tony Frank, Don Simpson, Michael Eiland, Jon Bon Jovi, Richard Schiff, Frank Fierro, Jr., Rene L. Moreno, Alexis Alexander, Ginger Lynn Allen, Boots Southerland, Bo Gray. After Billy the Kid helps two pals escape from jail the trio head to Mexico but a former friend of Bonney’s is hired to kill him. Action laced successful box office follow-up to Young Guns (q.v.).

5070  Young Jesse James  20th Century–Fox, 1960. 73 min. D: William F. Claxton. SC: Orville H. Hampton and Jerry Sackheim. With Ray Stricklyn, Willard Parker, Merry Anders, Robert Dix, Emile Meyer, Jacklyn O’Donnell, Rayford Barnes, Rex Holman, Bob Palmer, Sheila Bromley, Johnny O’Neill, Leslie Bradley, Norman Leavitt, Lee Kendall. During the Civil War, Jesse and Frank James join Quantrill’s Raiders and later become outlaws when Yankees hang their father. Still another retelling of the James Brothers saga, but this one is a bit tattered although it contains good performances by Willard Parker as Cole Younger and Emile Meyer as William Clarke Quantrill.

5071  The Young Land  Columbia, 1959. 89 min. Color. D: Ted Tetzlaff. SC: Norman Shannon Hall. With Pat(rick) Wayne, Yvonne Craig, Dennis Hopper, Dan O’Herlihy, Roberto de la Madrid, Cliff Ketchum, Ken Curtis, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Edward Sweeney, Miguel Camacho, Cliff Lyons, Randy Sparks, Mario Arteaga, Charles Heard, Carlos Romero, Tom Tiner, Jose Quijada. Trouble brews in the Republic of Texas when a citizen is to be tried for the murder of a Mexican. Well modulated and entertaining effort.

5072  Young Mr. Lincoln  20th Century–Fox, 1939. 101 min. D: John Ford. SC: Lamarr Trotti. With Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Eddie Collins, Pauline Moore, Richard Cromwell, Eddie Quillan, Ward Bond, Donald Meek, Spencer Charters, Judith Dickens, Milburn Stone, Cliff Clark, Robert Lowery, Charles Tannen, Francis Ford, Fred Kohler, Jr., Kay Linaker, Russell Simpson, Charles Halton, Edwin Maxwell, Robert Homans, Jack Kelly, Dickie Jones, Harry Tyler, Louis Mason, Jack Pennick, Steven Randall, Clarence Wilson, Elizabeth Jones. In frontier Illinois novice attorney Abraham Lincoln agrees to act as defense council for two backwoods youths accused of murder. Top notch study of Lincoln’s early life; a near classic.

5073  Young Pioneers  ABC-TV, 1976. 96 min. Color. D: Michael O’Herlihy. SC: Blanche Hanalis. With Roger Kern, Linda Purl, Robert Hays, Shelly Juttner, Robert Donner, Frank Marth, Brendan Dillon, Charles Tyner, Jonathan Kidd, Arnold Soboloff, Bernice Smith, Janis Famison, Dennis Fimple. A teenage married couple leave their family home in Iowa and head West to settle in the rugged Dakotas of the 1870s. Fairly good TV movie adaptation of the works of Rose Wilder Lane.

5074  Young Pioneers’ Christmas  ABC-TV, 1976. 100 min. Color. D: Michael O’Herlihy. SC: Blanche Hanalis. With Rogert Kern, Linda Purl, Robert Hays, Kay Kimler, Robert Donner, Britt Leach, Arnold Soboloff, Brendan Dillon, Rand Bridges, Brian Melrose, Sherri Wagner. A young couple try to overcome the grief of losing their infant and bring a happy Christmas to other settlers in the Dakota Territory. Okay sequel to Young Pioneers (q.v.), neither of which made it as a TV series.

5075  The Younger Brothers  Warner Bros., 1949. 77 min. Color. D: Edwin L. Marin. SC: Edna Anhalt. With Wayne Morris, Janis Paige, Bruce Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Robert Hutton, Alan Hale, Fred Clark, James Brown, Monte Blue, Tom Tyler, William Forrest, Ian Wolfe, Emmett Lynn, Hank Mann, Gene Roth, Paul Panzer, Syd Saylor, Lee Morgan, Creighton Hale, Kermit Maynard, Artie Ortego, Joan Blair, Phil McCullough, Jack Watt, J.G. MacMahon, Charles Sherlock, Dick Gordon, George Sherwood, Ben Corbett, Kansas Moehring. While awaiting a pardon from the governor, the Younger Brothers are forced into lawlessness when the youngest sibling kills in self defense. Good production values and cast overcome a mundane script.

5076  You’re Fired  Goodwill, 1925. 50 min. D: Paul Hurst. SC: William Lester. With Bill Bailey, Alma Rayford, Robert (Bob) McKenzie, Theodore Lorch, Sam Bloom, Velma Watkins, Foyce Brown, Victor Allen. When his sister tries to civilize a rancher by sending a group of dudes to his spread, he pretends to be a hired hand and gets fired but comes to their rescue when they are kidnapped by outlaws. Pleasant silent tongue-in-cheek poverty row feature.

5077  Yukon Flight  Monogram, 1939. 58 min. D: Ralph Staub. SC: Edward Halperin. With James Newill, Louise Stanley, Warren Hull, Dave O’Brien, William Pawley, Karl Hackett, Jack Clifford, Roy Barcroft, Bob Terry, Earl Douglas, George Humbert, Ernie Adams, Jack Rutherford, Eddie Fetherston. Mounted Policeman Renfrew asks a former cohort to help him in stopping an outlaw gang carrying gold out of Canada via airplanes. Entertaining effort in the popular “Renfrew of the Royal Mounted” series. Also called Renfrew of the Royal Mounted in Yukon Flight.

5078  Yukon Gold  Monogram, 1952. 62 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: William Raynor. With Kirby Grant, Martha Hyer, Harry Lauter, Philip Van Zandt, Frances Charles, Mauritz Hugo, James Parnell, Sam Flint, I. Stanford Jolley, Hal Gerard, Roy Gordon, Ward Blackburn, Chinook (dog). A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer arrives in a rugged mining camp searching for a killer and meets a pretty gambler. Average outing in Kirby Grant’s series for Monogram supposedly based on James Oliver Curwood’s The Gold Hunters.

5079  Yukon Manhunt  Monogram, 1951. 61 min. D: Frank McDonald. SC: William Raynor. With Kirby Grant, Gail Davis, Margaret Field, Rand Brooks, Nelson Leigh, John Doucette, Paul McGuire, Dick Barron, Dennis Moore, Chinook (dog). A Mounted Policeman and his faithful husky dog try to find who is behind a series of payroll messenger robberies. Standard entry in Kirby Grant’s Canadian Mounted series.

The Yukon Patrol see King of the Royal Mounted (1940)

5080  Yukon Safari  American National Enterprises, 1976. 95 min. Color. Adventurers explore the Yukon from the Arctic south and look at its land and people. Very well done documentary.

5081  Yukon Vengeance  Allied Artists, 1954. 68 min. D: William Beaudine. SC: William Raynor. With Kirby Grant, Mary Ellen Kay, Monte Hale, Henry Kulky, Carol Thurston, Marshall Bradford, Parke MacGregor, Fred Gabourie, Billy Wilkerson, Chinook (dog). A Mountie and his dog go to remote Bear Creek to investigate the robbery and murder of three mail carriers. Fair outing in the Kirby Grant series with the added treat of Monte Hale in a villainous role.

5082  Yuma  ABC-TV, 1971. 73 min. Color. D: Ted Post. SC: Charles Wallace. With Clint Walker, Barry Sullivan, Kathryn Hays, Edgar Buchanan, Morgan Woodward, Peter Mark Richman, John Kerr, Robert Phillips, Miguel Alejandro, Neil Russell, Bruce Glover. The marshal of a rough town faces opposition from crooked officials as well as the brother of a prisoner. More than passable made-for-TV oater.

5083  Zachariah  Cinerama Releasing Corporation, 1971. 93 min. Color. D: George Englund. SC: Joe Massot. With John Rubenstein, Pat Quinn, Don Johnson, Elvin Jones, Country Joe and The Fish, Doug Kershaw, William Challee, Robert Ball, Dick Van Patten, The James Gang, White Lightnin’, The New York Ensemble. Two gunfighter friends go separate ways with one giving up his shooting irons for a life of peace but eventually they are forced into a showdown. Rock musical Western not likely to appeal to serious fans.

5084  Zandy’s Bride  Warner Bros., 1974. 116 min. Color. D: Jan Troell. SC: Marc Norman. With Gene Hackman, Liv Ullman, Eileen Heckart, Harry Dean Stanton, Joe Santos, Frank Cady, Sam Bottoms, Susan Tyrell, Bob Simpson, Fabian Gregory Cordova, Don Wilbanks, Vivian Gordon, Alf Kjellin. A rough hewn frontiersman wants a mail order bride in order to have children but the Swedish woman he gets is strong willed and he fears she may be too old for child bearing. Somewhat sluggish effort from the director and star (Liv Ullman) of The Emigrants (Warner Bros., 1971) and The New Land (q.v.); Frank Cady is quite good as Gene Hackman’s hateful father.

5085  Zorro  Allied Artists, 1976. 100 min. Color. D: Duccio Tessari. SC: Duccio Tessari and Giorgio Arlorio. With Alain Delon, Stanley Baker, Adriana Asti, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Ottavia Piccolo, Moustache, Enzo Cerusico, Giampiero Albertini, Marino Mase, Rajka Jurcec, Yvan Chiffre. In nineteenth century Latin America the foppish Don Diego takes on the guise of the masked hero Zorro to avenge a friend’s murder. Fairly entertaining French-Italian co-production about the famous screen hero although it does contain a talking dog; originally ran 124 minutes when released in Europe by Titanus in 1975.

Alain Delon and Stanley Baker in Zorro (Allied Artists, 1976).

Zorro Against Maciste see Samson and the Slave Queen

Zorro and the Comanches see Zorro, Rider of Vengeance

5086  Zorro and the Mystery of Don Cabrillo  Buena Vista, 1959. 73 min. D: Hollingsworth Morse. SC: Lowell S. Hawley and Bob Wehling. With Guy Williams, Annette Funicello, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Carlos Rivas, Arthur Space, Don Diamond, George J. Lewis, Wendell Holmes, Greigh Phillips, Perry Stanton, Edward Colmans, Bud Osborne. Zorro tries to help a young woman who has come from Spain to be reunited with her rancher father who seems not to exist. Well done “The Adventures of Zorro” (ABC-TV, 1957–59) compilation made up of the 1959 “The Brooch” and “The Missing Father” episodes and issued as a feature on tape.

5087  Zorro and the Three Musketeers  Golden Era, 1963. 99 min. Color. D: Luigi Capuano. SC: Roberto Gravity and Italo De Tuddo. With Gordon Scott, Maria Grazia Spina, Jose Greci, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Livio Lorenzon, Franco Fantasia, Nazzareno Zamperla, Roberto Risso, Mario Pisu, Gianni Rizzo, Nerio Bernardi, Amina Pirani Maggi. In the 17th century, Zorro joins forces with the Three Musketeers to rescue a princess kidnapped by a Spanish emissary. Made in Italy by Starlight as Zorro e i Tre Moschiettieri (Zorro and the Three Musketeers), running 101 minutes and issued to TV by American International as Mask of the Musketeers; for diehard Zorro fans only!

5088  Zorro at the Court of England  Romana Film, 1969. 92 min. Color. D: Franco Montemurro. SC: Arpad DeRiso and Franco Montemurro. With Spyros Focas, Anna Maria Guglielmotti, Daniele Vargas, Franco Ressel, Dada Gallotti, Massimo Carocci, Barbara Carroll, Franco Fantasia, Carole Wells, Angela De Leo, Mirella Pamphili, Liana Del Blazo, Spartaco Conversi. Zorro attempts to expose the machinations of a corrupt Central American governor and save a beautiful girl from his clutches. Average “Zorro” rehash made in Italy as Zorro alla Corte d’Inghilterra (Zorro at the Court of England).

5089  El Zorro Blanco (The White Fox)  Producciones Filmicas Agrasanchez S.A./Solis Hermanos S.A., 1978. 90 min. Color. D: Jose Luis Urquieta. SC: Adolfo Martinez Solares. With Juan Miranda, Hilda Aguirre, Carlos Agosti, Freddy Fernandez “Pichi,” Luis A. Elizondo, Rene Agrasanchez, Rebeca Sixton, Ernesto Solis, Josefina Sosa, Arlette Pacheco. A masked man saves his fiancee from her evil stepfather who wants her out of the way so he can have the family estate. Pretty fair modern-day “Zorro” film made in Mexico.

5090  El Zorro de Jalisco (The Fox of Jalisco)  FICSA/Pegaso Film, 1941. 68 min. D-SC: Jose Benavides, Jr. With Pedro Armendariz, Consuelo de Alba, Emilio Fernandez, Lucha Reyes, Augustin Isunza, Tito Junco, Alfonso Bedoya, Manuel Pozos, Miguel Indan, Manuel Donde, Julio Ahuet. An attorney returns home and takes on the guise of Zorro to combat the outlaw leader who murdered his girl’s father. The first Mexican “Zorro” feature set in modern times is a good one.

5091  El Zorro Escarlata (The Scarlet Fox)  Casa-Mohme, 1957. 74 min. D: Rafael Baledon. With Luis Aguilar, Irma Dorantes, Jaime Fernandez, Fernando Fernandez, Pascual Garcia Pena, Jose Eduardo Perez, Fanny Schiller, Emma Roldan. A mild mannered man becomes the Scarlet Fox to save his lady love from a revived corpse. Scary Mexican horror Western, followed by El Regreso del Monstruo (The Return of the Monster) and El Zorro Vengador (The Avenging Fox) (qq.v.).

5092  Zorro in the Court of Spain  Starlight, 1962. 94 min. D: Luigi Capuano. SC: Nino Scolaro and Arpad DeRiso. With George Ardisson, Alberto Lupo, Nadia Marlowa, Tullio Altamura, Carlo Tamberlini, Gianni Rizzo, Adreina Paul, Maria Letizia, Franco Fantasia, Maria Grazia Spina, Nerio Bernardi, Carlo Cano, Livio Lorenzon, Gloria Parri, Nazzareno Zamperia, Pasquale De Filipp, Antonio Gradoli, Ugo Sasso, Amedeo Trilli. Zorro tries to help the queen of Spain by rescuing her daughter who has been kidnapped by her evil brother-in-law. So-so Italian production made as Zorro alla Corte di Spagna (Zorro in the Court of Spain) and shown in the U.S. as The Masked Conqueror by American International.

5093  El Zorro Justiciero (The Severe Zorro)  Copercines/Italian International Film, 1969. 78 min. Color D: Rafael Romero Merchant. SC: Rafael Romero Merchant, Fulvio Lucisano and Fernando Marco. With Martin Moore, Simone Blondell, Fabio Testi, Antonio Gradoli, Frank Brana, Luis Induni, Ana Maria Saijar, Eduardo Baldi, Emilio Rodriguez, Piero Lulli, Carlos Romero Merchant, Riccardo Garrone. Zorro steals the money made from a tyrant’s auctioning his father’s rancho and uses it to buy back the property. Passable French-Italian “Zorro” co-production.

5094  Zorro, Marquis of Navarra. Romana Film, 1971. 91 min. Color. D: Jean Monty (Franco Montemurro). SC: Piero Pierotti and Francesco (Franco) Montemurro. With Nadir Moretti, Maria Luisa Longo, Daniele Vargas, Loris Gizzi, Renato Montalbano, Dada Gallotti, Ugo Adinolfi, Mimmo Poli, Fortunato Arena, Gisella Arden, Ignazio Balsamo, Rosy De Leo. Zorro allies himself with the exiled Spanish king in trying to help the oppressed people of his country against their French conquerors. Like Zorro in the Court of Spain (q.v .) this average dubbed costumer is included here because of the Zorro character; made in Italy as Zorro, Marchese di Navarra (Zorro, Marquis of Navarre).

Zorro Nella Valle dei Fantasm see The Lone Rider (1960)

5095  Zorro, Rider of Vengeance  D.C. Films/Hispamer, 1971. 92 min. Color. D: Luigi Capuano and Jose Luis Merino. SC: Jose Luis Merino and Maria del Carmen Martinez Roman. With Charles (Carlos) Quiney, Malisa Longo, Maria Mahor, Arturo Dominici, Anna Farra, Fernando Hilbeck, Jose Cardenas, Enrique Avila, Pasquale Basile. Trying to stop a corrupt adventurer from obtaining a priceless diamond, Zorro finds himself against a female Pinkerton agent hired to stop him. Fair Italian-Spanish co-production filmed as Zorro il Cavaliere della Vendetta (Zorro, the Cavalier of Vengeance) and also called Zorro and the Comanches.

5096  Zorro Rides Again  Republic, 1937. 12 Chapters. D: William Witney and John English. SC: Barry Shipman, John Rathmell, Franklyn Adreon, Ronald Davidson and Morgan B. Cox. With John Carroll, Helen Christina, Reed Howes, Duncan Renaldo, Richard Alexander, Noah Beery, Nigel de Brulier, Robert Kortman, Jack Ingram, Roger Williams, Tony Martelli, Edmund Cobb, Mona Rico, Tom London, Harry Strang, Jerry Frank, Paul Lopez, George Mari, Yakima Canutt, Frank Ellis, Al Haskell, Dirk Thane, Lane Chandler, Murdock MacQuarrie, Chris-Pin Martin, Frank McCarroll, Frankie Marvin, Jack Kirk, Ray Teal, Merrill McCormick, Rosa Turich, Art Felix, Josef Swickard, Forrest Burns, Jason Robards, Jack Hendricks, Frank Leyva, Hector Sarno, Al Taylor, Duke Taylor, Bob Jamison. Zorro comes to the rescue of a family whose railroad is sought by the ruthless El Lobo and his henchmen. This action packed serial is a real treat; also issued in a 69 minute feature version in 1938 and 1959 by Republic.

5097  Zorro the Avenger  Buena Vista, 1959. 90 min. D: Charles Barton. SC: Lowell S. Hawley and Bob Wehling. With Guy Williams, Charles Korvin, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, George J. Lewis, Jay Novello, Ralph Clanton, Henry Rowland, Michael Pate, Jonathan Hole. In Old California, masked nemesis Zorro opposes a rogue trying to control the countryside and make it his empire. Made up of several episodes of “The Adventures of Zorro” (ABC-TV, 1957–59), this exciting theatrical feature was originally intended for countries that did not run the TV series.

Zorro the Avenger (1962)  see  Shadow of Zorro

5098  Zorro the Dominator  Rosa Films, S.A., 1971. 89 min. Color. D: Jose Luis Merino. SC: Jose Luis Merino, Jose Luis Damiani, Enzo Gicca, Maria del Carmen Martinez Roman and Mario Merino. With Charles (Carlos) Quiney, Lea Nani, Vidal Molina, Pasquale Basile, Antonio Jiminez Escribano, Alex Marco, Juan Cortes, Pasquale Simeoli, Santiago Rivero, Jose Jaspe, Luis Marin, A.G. Scribano. Returning home from school to find his homeland under the thumb of a cruel alcalde, a nobleman becomes Zorro to lead the people in revolt. Still another rehash of the “Zorro” story, this one an Italian-Spanish co-production originally called El Zorro de Monterrey (The Fox of Monterey).

5099  Zorro the Fox  Magic Films, 1968. 89 min. Color. D: Guido Zurli. SC: Guido Leoni and Ambrogio Molteni. With George Ardisson, Consalvo Dell’Arti, Jack Stuart (Giacomo Rossi Stuart), Pedro Sanchez, Evaristo Maran, Femi Benussi, Spartaco Battisti, Artemio Antonini, Gustavo D’Arpe, Grazia Fei, Gippo Leone, Aldo Marianeci, Riccardo Pizzuti, Gianni Pulone, Juan Valejo. Zorro helps Mexican villagers to rise up in revolt against their despotic governor oppressor. Acceptable Spanish “Zorro” feature issued there as La Espada del Zorro (The Sword of Zorro) and in Italy as La Volpe (The Fox).

5100  Zorro, the Gay Blade  20th Century–Fox, 1981. 93 min. Color. D: Peter Madak. SC: Hal Dresner. With George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Brenda Vacarro, Ron Liebman, Donovan Scott, James Booth, Helen Burns, Clive Revill, Carolyn Seymour, Eduardo Noriega, Jorge Russek, Eduardo Alcaraz, Carlos Bravo, Robert Dumont, Jorge Bolio, Dick Balduzzi, Ana Elisa Perez, Pilar Pellicar, Frank Welker (narrator). When an evil tyrant tries to oppress the people in frontier California, the two sons of a nobleman attempt to stop him but when one is sidelined by an injury he is replaced by his gay brother. Comic take on “Zorro,” not likely to appeal to the character’s fans.

5101  Zorro the Rebel  Romana Film, 1966. 95 min. D: Pierro Pierotti. SC: Pierro Pierotti and Gianfranco Clerici. With Howard Ross, Dina De Santis, Charles Borromel, Arturo Dominici, Gabriella Andreini, Ted Carter, Rosy De Leo, Nello Pazzafini. Zorro helps a beautiful woman forced to marry the son of the local governor against her will. This Italian production, issued there as Zorro il Ribelle (Zorro the Rebel), is not one of the better “Zorro” efforts.

5102  El Zorro Vengador (The Avenging Fox)  Alameda Film, 1962. 87 min. D: Zacarias Gomez Urquiza. With Luis Aguilar, Maria Eugenia San Martin, Jaime Fernandez, Arturo Martinez, Fernando Soto, Victorio Blanco, Guillermo Hernandez, Carlos Leon, Cuco Sanchez, Pascual Garcia Pena, Jesus Gomez, Emilio Garibay, Jose Eduardo Perez, Arturo Soto Rangel, Salvador Terroba. A mysterious brotherhood is after a woman’s gold mine and her fiancee, the masked Zorro Escarlata, tries to defeat them. Okay third and final feature in the Mexican “El Zorro Escarlata” (The Scarlet Fox) series, preceded by El Zorro Escarlata (The Scarlet Fox) and El Regreso del Monstruo (The Return of the Monster) (qq.v.).

Zorro vs. the Teenage Monster see El Regreso del Monstruo (The Return of the Monster)

5103  Zorro’s Black Whip  Republic, 1944. 12 Chapters. D: Spencer Gordon Bennet. and Wallace Grissell. SC: Basil Dickey, Jesse Duffy, Grant Nelson and Joseph Poland. With George J. Lewis, Linda Stirling, Lucien Littlefield, Francis McDonald, Hal Taliaferro, John Merton, John Hamilton, Tom Chatterton, Tom London, Jack Kirk, Jay Kirby, Si Jenks, Stanley Price, Tom Steele, Duke Green, Dale Van Sickel, Cliff Lyons, Roy Brent, Bill Yrigoyen, Forrest Taylor, Fred Graham, Marshall Reed, Augie Gomez, Carl Sepulveda, Horace B. Carpenter, Herman Hack, Carey Loftin, Cliff Parkinson, Kenneth Terrell, Duke Taylor, Jack O’Shea, Nolan Leary, Robert Wilke, Post Park, Vinegar Roan. After her newspaper editor brother is murdered by elements opposing statehood and promoting lawlessness, a woman not only takes over his job but also his guise of the Black Whip, the masked leader of vigilantes opposing the outlaws. Fast moving and enjoyable cliffhanger with pretty Linda Stirling as a female Zorro; re-released in 1957.

5104  Zorro’s Fighting Legion  Republic, 1939. 12 Chapters. D: William Witney and John English. SC: Ronald Davidson, Franklyn Adreon, Morgan Cox, Sol Shor and Barney A. Sareckey. With Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy, William Corson, Leander de Cordova, Edmund Cobb, C. Montague Shaw, John Merton, Budd Buster, Carleton Young, Guy D’Ennery, Paul Marion, Joe Molina, James Pierce, Helen Mitchell, Curley Dresden, Charles King, Al Taylor, Charles B. Murphy, Billy Bletcher, Joe De La Cruz, Jason Robards, Theodore Lorch, Jack O’Shea, Jerome (Blackjack) Ward, Augie Gomez, Cactus Mack, Bud Geary, George Plues, Jack Carrington, Victor Cox, John Wallace, Bert Dillard, Kenneth Terrell, Wylie Grant, Carl Sepulveda, Yakima Canutt, Ernest Saracino, Reed Howes, Joe McGuinn, Bill Yrigoyen, Gordon Clark, Frank Ellis, Joe Yrigoyen, Ted Mapes, Henry Wills, Millard McGowan, Jimmy Fawcett, Martin Faust, Eddie Cherkose, Charles Murphy, Max Mark, Buel Bryant, Norman Lane, Ralph Faulkner, Alan Gregg, Clayton Moore, Bert Dillard, Bob Mabesa, Barry Hays, Jerry Frank. Three crooks try to block gold shipments to the government of Mexican president Benito Juarez and one of them pretends to be Don Del Oro to make the Indians think their deity has come to life but nobleman Don Diego becomes the masked avenger Zorro to thwart the troublemakers. A top notch serial, one of the best cliffhangers of the sound era; reissued in 1958.

5105  El Zurdo (The Left Hander)  Radeant Films, 1965. 90 min. D: Arturo Martinez. SC: Marco Aurello Galindo and Carlos Gaytan. With Rodolfo de Anda, Ofelia Montesco, Francisco “Charron” Avitia, German Robles, Irma Serrano, Andres Soler, Noe Murayama, Pepito Velazquez. A young man is befriend by a gambler not knowing he is the one who killed his father. Solid Mexican Western drama.