An early entry in the 24-picture Range Busters series, Trailing Double Trouble has the three amigos — Crash, Dusty, and Alibi (Ray “Crash” Corrigan, John “Dusty” King, and Max “Alibi” Terhune) — dealing themselves in when a man in a buckboard is attacked by a gang. Though the man dies, he leaves behind his baby, …
Read the full post →“Monogram Monday: <em>Trailing Double Trouble</em> (1940)”
The Range Busters series draws to a close with Bullets and Saddles. This time around, the boys — Ray “Crash” Corrigan, Dennis Moore, and Max “Alibi” Terhune (with Elmer) — are called in by Mother Craig (Rose Plumer) to help counter the machinations of the evil Jack Hammond (Glenn Strange, who does well with his …
Read the full post →“<em>Bullets and Saddles</em> (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 …
Read the full post →“<em>Land of Hunted Men</em> (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 …
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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)”
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)”
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)”
The Range Busters come to the aid of a sheriff (Steve Clark) facing a rash of payroll robberies, but matters get really serious when Crash is caught in an explosion set by the gang. A fairly well-crafted script has the obvious leader of the crooks taking orders in turn from an unknown someone else, and …
Read the full post →“<em>Boot Hill Bandits</em> (Monogram, 1942)”
Range Busters Crash and Dusty rush to help out old friend Luke Graham (Kermit Maynard), a newly elected marshal who has been unable to bring local outlaws to justice (their tracks disappear) and who thus is facing increasing pressure from the town’s citizens, led by newspaperman Dick Ross (John Elliott), who begins to push for …
Read the full post →“<em>Rock River Renegades</em> (Monogram, 1942)”
There’s a bit of a different setup for the Range Busters in this outing, their twelfth, with Dusty masquerading as rodeo champion Crash and Crash pretending to be an Eastern dude to woo a rancher’s daughter. Alibi gets some attention, too, as he used to work for the rancher, who is being maneuvered into a …
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