Personable Tom Tyler stars as a sheriff caught in the middle of a feud between sheepherders and cattlemen. When one of the former is gunned down, he pins the blame on Ned Hampton, the brother (Edmund Cobb) of the sheriff’s girl (Virginia Brown Faire), making Tom’s position even more difficult as he comes to arrest …
Django Meets Sartana (1970)
The meeting of two famed spaghetti western heroes should have proved a memorable outing, but unfortunately the movie, originally titled Quel maledetto giorno d’inverno… Django e Sartana all’ultimo sangue, falls rather short. It is nothing more than a moderately entertaining but undistinguished story of a seasoned bounty hunter helping an inexperienced sheriff deal with a …
Destry Rides Again (Universal, 1932)
After two years touring with a circus, former silent star Tom Mix returned to movies to star in several for Universal in 1932 and 1933. The first of these was Destry Rides Again, based on the novel by Max Brand but rather different from the later film versions. Here, daredevil cowboy Tom Destry (Mix) is …
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Return of the Lash (PRC, 1947)
Sidekick Fuzzy (Al St. John) looms large in this western starring Lash La Rue as Marshal Cheyenne Davis, who is out to stop the greedy Kirby (George Chesebro) from taking over local ranches. Cheyenne hopes to raise the money the ranchers need via rewards for captured outlaws and sends Fuzzy to get the cash, but …
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The Red Raiders (First National, 1927)
The Red Raiders is an exciting Ken Maynard cavalry actioner with good stunt work and impressive tricks performed by Tarzan. Maynard is a cavalry lieutenant out to stop a troublemaking young Indian leader, Lone Wolf (Chief Yowlachie), who is fomenting war, while also competing against his commanding officer (J. P. McGowan) for the affections of …
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Alias the Bad Man (1931)
Texas Ranger Ken Neville (Ken Maynard) poses as killer Red River Gantz in a bid to capture the murderers of his father (Lafe McKee) and another rancher, Silas Warner (Robert Homans). He’s aided in his work by another Ranger, Repeater (Irving Bacon), but Warner’s too-trusting daughter Mary (Virginia Brown Faire), whose careless words had led …
El pueblo fantasma (1965)
The Rio Kid (Fernando Luján) makes a habit of confronting those who claim to be the fastest with their guns; so far, he has vanquished every one. But the Kid has a secret, too: he is in fact a bloodthirsty vampire, and his drinking of the gunslingers’ blood improves his skill with a shooting iron, …
Under Texas Skies (1930)
Early talkie western has only modest appeal. A gang leader (Tom London) takes the place of a kidnapped Army procurement officer (Bill Cody) in a plot to steal some horses that are being sold to the military, and it falls on the protagonist (Bob Custer) to try to sort things out. Lane Chandler does well …
Ghost Town Renegades (PRC, 1947)
U.S. Marshal Cheyenne Davis (Lash La Rue) arrives to help local lawman Fuzzy Jones (Al “Fuzzy” St. John) investigate the disappearance of a government surveyor. This disappearance is connected with a criminal plot to murder landowners and obtain their property via forged deeds, but the crooks’ plans may be thwarted when unbeknownst to them their …
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Phantom Valley (Columbia, 1948)
Someone is setting homesteaders and ranchers against each other to start a range war. Marshal Steve Collins, aka the Durango Kid (Charles Starrett), investigates and finds clues pointing to more than one suspect. Some evidence implicates the local attorney, though his daughter blames the banker instead. Steve is also aided by Smiley (Smiley Burnette), who …
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