The Range Busters — John “Dusty” King, Max “Alibi” Terhune, and David Sharpe — are called in by Marshal Jim Hammond when his son Frank, a sheriff, is shot down during a bank robbery and the crooks get away. It seems crime has been on the increase, despite the existence of a vigilance committee: Could …
Read the full post →“<em>Trail Riders</em> (Monogram, 1942)”
Bob Rivers (Bob Steele) and his pal Grizzly (George ‘Gabby’ Hayes) are pals who wander the West, getting mixed up in all kinds of scrapes and ending up wanted in various localities, despite never acting against the law. Their latest travels take them to California, where they are unknown (and not yet wanted by the …
Read the full post →“<em>Galloping Romeo</em> (Monogram, 1933)”
Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie (Johnny Mack Brown) and Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton) are on the trail of horse thieves who murdered another U.S. Marshal in this entry in their 18-movie series. This time around, Nevada goes undercover as an outlaw hoping to join up with the horse-stealing ring, while Sandy pretends to be an unsavory …
Read the full post →“<em>The Navajo Trail</em> (Monogram, 1945)”
When a scientist experimenting with revivification brings a young man (Edward Norris) back to life after a car crash, something is very different about the boy. He soon is heading out of the house and taking up with a gang of crooks and proving himself a vicious member of the gang, even as he neglects …
Read the full post →“<em>Man with Two Lives</em> (Monogram, 1942)”
The last of 16 Range Busters movies starring the original trio of Ray “Crash” Corrigan, John “Dusty” King, and Max “Alibi” Terhune (with Elmer) provides a reasonable amount of entertainment but offers nothing particularly original. Here, the boys are asked by an old friend to help put a stop to outlaws terrorizing a town and …
Read the full post →“<em>Arizona Stage Coach</em> (Monogram, 1942)”
Just before his execution, a convicted killer gets ready to reveal the man who hired him, but he is struck down by a poison dart. Who committed the crime right in front of witnesses, including the assistant district attorney (Ricardo Cortez)? When a search of all present turns up no weapon, the assistant DA makes …
Read the full post →“<em>I Killed That Man</em> (Monogram, 1941)”
A rancher is framed for rustling as part of a crook’s scheme to get control of land with a silver deposit, and it’s up to U.S. Marshals Sandy Hopkins and Nevada Jack Mackenzie to set things right, even if it involves foiling the actions of the local sheriff. These Brown-Hatton movies are consistently entertaining, but …
Fans of mid-century wrestling will get a kick out of this Bowery Boys entry, as an unexplained medical condition renders part of Sach’s anatomy impervious to pain, making him a powerhouse in the wrestling ring as he takes on various real-life wrestlers on his way to the championship. Of course, there’s a scheming villain — …
Read the full post →“<em>No Holds Barred</em> (Monogram, 1952)”
Alibi drags reluctant Crash and Dusty away from their vacation and to the aid of a young man and woman, joint heirs to a ranch, who are facing crooks out to swindle them (or kill them) to get the property, which has oil on it. Although the boys try their usual undercover approach, they face …
Read the full post →“<em>Texas Trouble Shooters</em> (Monogram, 1942)”
Paul Dumont, a French Foreign Legion officer (Ralph Byrd) on his way out to introduce the troops to parachuting, finds love aboard ship, only to learn later that he has fallen for his best friend’s fiancée, Helene (Lorna Gray), making life a misery for him. When a failed attack on a Legion encampment results in …
Read the full post →“<em>Drums of the Desert</em> (Monogram, 1940)”
