Monogram Monday: Call of the Klondike (1950)

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Mountie Rod Webb (Kirby Grant) and his dog Chinook investigate a series of unexplained disappearances. They are aided by Nancy Craig (Anne Gwynne), the daughter of one of the victims. The Mountie’s suspicions soon turn toward the only productive gold mine in the area, and the film thus involves some underground sequences as well as …

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Monogram Monday: Voodoo Man (1944)

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Young women traveling alone are disappearing along an isolated stretch of road, but the authorities have been unable to discover what has happened to them. The viewer soon learns, however, that a sinister gas station owner (George Zucco) has something to do with it. The plotters’ plans meet with difficulties, however, after a motorist (Tod …

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Monogram Monday: The Mystery Man

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Brash but able reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) is out of a job and nearly out of money, too. He nevertheless comes to the aid of another unfortunate, Anne Ogilvie (Maxine Doyle), and together they contrive to get lodging and food. Complications and opportunities arise when they become embroiled in a bank robbery and murder. …

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Monogram Monday: Frontier Feud (1945)

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U.S. Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie (Johnny Mack Brown) and Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton) investigate a range war, a not-uncommon plot for a B western. As is usual for the series, both men operate undercover, and largely independently, until opportunity arises for them to cooperate more explicitly. This time around, Nevada claims to be the brother …

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