The final Range Busters movie with the lineup of John “Dusty” King, David Sharpe, and Max “Alibi” Terhune, and the 20th overall, Haunted Ranch has one of my favorite plot devices — apparent hauntings — but falls rather short of the earlier ghost town movie in the series, Trail of the Silver Spurs. Here, both good guys and bad guys are looking for a hidden cache of gold, and the key seems to be an old organ. There’s not a lot of action, but there is a nod to the war effort, despite the historical setting, with David Sharpe’s character signing up for the Spanish-American War and his place taken for the rest of the movie by former cowboy star Rex Lease.

  Mildly recommended at best. Otto judiciously thinks this movie is OK, but not great.

Movie 164 for 2021.