Johnny Mack Brown and Milburn Morante play two U.S. marshals go undercover to investigate a theft of gold from Mexico. One of the pair, however, is soon forced to reveal his true identity, which makes him a target for the outlaws, as they fear he will discover how they are disposing of the stolen gold. …
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A woman leaves her baby in the laundry that Slip and the boys have set up in the back of Louie’s Sweet Shop, and they soon learn that the child is the missing heir to a fortune. Now it’s up to the gang to protect the infant from both mobsters and conniving relatives. A good …
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Singing cowboy Jimmy Wakely helps an ex-convict (Lee Phelps) who wishes to go straight. The man’s former gang, which now includes his son, makes things difficult, however. but the situation is complicated by the man’s former gang, which now includes his son. This is a solid little western programmer, though nothing extraordinary. The movie had …
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Recently released convicts attempt to kill the marshal (Buck Jones) who sent them to prison, so his pals, fellow marshals Tim McCall (Tim McCoy) and Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton), go undercover to thwart the bad guys’ plans. The easy performances of the likable leads make this another entertaining entry in Monogram’s Rough Riders series. Recommended.
In the first of ten movies pairing Kirby Grant and the dog actor Chinook as a Mountie and his canine assistant, the duo are pursuing bank robbers when a battle involving a split in the gang ends with one crook dead and Grant’s character (here named Bob McDonald, though for most of the series he …
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A woman (Judith Allen) who has witnessed a murder stows away aboard a freighter, but she is discovered by the first mate (Milburn Stone). The gruff captain (Harry Carey) warms to the fugitive despite his initial misgivings, and the two ship’s officers look for ways to help her out of her predicament. Mildly recommended.
Mountie Rod Webb (Kirby Grant) and his dog Chinook investigate a series of unexplained disappearances. They are aided by Nancy Craig (Anne Gwynne), the daughter of one of the victims. The Mountie’s suspicions soon turn toward the only productive gold mine in the area, and the film thus involves some underground sequences as well as …
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Brash but able reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) is out of a job and nearly out of money, too. He nevertheless comes to the aid of another unfortunate, Anne Ogilvie (Maxine Doyle), and together they contrive to get lodging and food. Complications and opportunities arise when they become embroiled in a bank robbery and murder. …
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An ex-con who has been convicted of murder and bank robbery has just nine days left before his execution, but fortunately for him, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) volunteers to help prove his innocence before time runs out. The man had been convicted largely based on the fact that his fingerprints were found at the scene …
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Charlie Chan investigates when bank employees are inexplicably murdered by cobra venom, and the sleuth (Sidney Toler) suspects a connection to a pre-war case that involved the same means. Adding interest to the setting is a “jukebox” which allows the patron to place a request to a live disc jockey — and this device forms …
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