The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) tangles with a band of rustlers in this one, a relatively unmemorable entry in the series. There’s a plus in the form of a supposedly haunted ranch, and Smiley Burnette provides his usual comic support. Mildly recommended. Otto judiciously thinks this movie is OK, but not great. Movie 202 for …
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A battle over a land lease is at the center of this Durango Kid outing, as a conniving crook plots to use a forged lease to keep young Bronc Masters (Robert Scott, aka Mark Roberts), the rightful lessee, from rounding up horses for use by the Army. Luckily Steve Bolton, the agent of the Department …
Read the full post →“<em>Prairie Raiders</em> (Columbia, 1947)”
While bringing in supplies to start a new store, dude Steve Langtry (Charles Starrett) is set upon and has his wagons hijacked. Upon arrival in town, Steve, slightly injured in the fracas, goes to see the town doctor (Fred F. Sears), who offers his services as a go-between to take a ransom to the bandits …
Read the full post →“<em>Law of the Canyon</em> (Columbia, 1947)”
The Durango Kid comes to the aid of the heirs of a rancher who had hired Steve Ramsey (the Durango Kid’s alter ego) as a surveyor to check on the suitability of the area for a dam that is being promoted by Henry Hardison and who was murdered for his opposition to selling his ranch. …
Read the full post →“<em>West of Dodge City</em> (Columbia, 1947)”
Oil is the focus in this Durango Kid outing, in which Steve Driscoll (Charles Starrett) comes to the aid of a wildcatter whose efforts to drill have been disrupted repeatedly, finally resulting in his entire crew’s quitting. Yet it seems that even Steve may be unable to help enough, as the crooks continue to thwart …
Read the full post →“<em>The Lone Hand Texan</em> (Columbia, 1947)”
Steve Haley (Charles Starrett) persuades a group of ranchers beset by rustlers to make a combined cattle drive to Abilene rather than selling their herds for a pittance to local bigshot Big Jim Grady, but Big Jim has some surprises in store that may disrupt the drive — unless the Durango Kid takes a hand. …
Read the full post →“<em>South of the Chisholm Trail</em> (Columbia, 1947)”
Mediocre Durango Kid outing has saloon owner Duke Catlett (Lane Chandler) plotting to push out the local cattlemen using large herds of sheep to overwhelm the grazing land. To that end, he also makes use of newly arrived Easterner Karen Kemp (Barbara Pepper) as a dupe to conceal his involvement; her brother, Rocky (Elvin Field), …
Read the full post →“<em>Terror Trail</em> (Columbia, 1946)”
A gang of crooks is bent on keeping homesteaders out of the Spur area, which is being opened for settlement in a land rush, and government surveyor Steve Harmon (aka the Durango Kid, played by Charles Starrett) stands up for the prospective settlers — including Ozie Waters and His Colorado Rangers — and takes the battle …
