Land of Hunted Men (Monogram, 1943)

In the 21st entry in the series, Ray Corrigan returns to the Range Busters, but John “Dusty” King has departed, along with David Sharpe; Dennis Moore joins as well, and Max “Alibi” Terhune, with Elmer, remains (the only member of the trio to star in all 24 movies). This time around, the boys are looking …

Haunted Ranch (Monogram, 1943)

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 …

Flame of the West (Monogram, 1945)

This movie is a bit different from the Johnny Mack Brown movies from Monogram that I’ve been watching. Here he is not U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie. Rather, he is a doctor, a man who used to wield his guns but did so in error once and put them aside. He tries to steer clear …

Riders of Destiny (Lone Star / Monogram, 1933)

John Wayne is Singin’ Sandy Saunders, a government agent who is working undercover to investigate in response to ranchers’ complaints about Kincaid (Forrest Taylor), a businessman who controls nearly all the water in the area and is forcing the landowners to pay up or is by denying them the water needed for their livestock. The …

Trail Riders (Monogram, 1942)

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 …

Galloping Romeo (Monogram, 1933)

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 …

The Navajo Trail (Monogram, 1945)

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 …

Man with Two Lives (Monogram, 1942)

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 …

Arizona Stage Coach (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 …

I Killed That Man (Monogram, 1941)

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 …