STELLAR FILMS

WESTERN FILM LIBRARY

 

Abilene Town (1946)  Starring: Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda  Fleming, Lloyd Bridges. A tolerant sheriff in a remote, post-Civil war Kansas town  tries to straighten out a deadly conflict between cattlemen and homesteaders. Written by Ernest Hay B&W.  Running Time: 90 mins.

American Empire (1942)  Director: William C. McGann Richard Dix, Preston Foster, Leo Carrillo, Frances Gifford,  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. Three Civil War veterans strive to build a cattle empire, but one becomes greedy and tries to take over. B&W.  Running Time: 82 mins. 

ANGEL AND THE BADMAN (1947, BW, 100 MIN) John Wayne, Gail Russell, Bruce Cabot, Harry Carey, Irene Rich, directed by James E. Grant. The Duke plays a notorious gunman, who after being seriously wounded, is nursed back to health by a Quaker woman. He then must choose between love and gun fighting.    

BANDITS, THE  Robert Conrad and Jan-Michael Vincent. A Mexican saves three cowboys who are about the be unjustly hanged. 1967 Color 88 minutes

BOOT HILL Bud Spencer, Terrence Hill, Woody Strode, Lionel Standler, Luciano Rossi. Cat Stevens ( Hill ) is shot buy some bandits and a circus troop comes to his rescue. Cat Stevens seeks revenge and to avenge the death of one of the circus performers who helped him recover. He calls on his old buddy Hutch (Bud Spencer) to help him.1969 Color 97 Minutes. 

BROTHERS O'TOOLE Jon Austin, Steve Carlson, Pat Carrol, Hans Conried. Comedy Western. A must for Jon Austin fans. Austin and Carlson are two con-artists trying to get their hands on the gold. Hans Conried is perfect as the blustery politician. 1973 Color 1973 rated R.

The Bushwackers (1952)  Director: Rodney Amateau John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Wayne Morris, Lon Chaney, Lawrence Tierney, Jack Elam, Myrna Dell, Frank Marlowe. Civil War veteran turns his back on his violent past, but is forced to reconsider when he comes to a small town run by bad guys Tierney, Chaney and Morris.  Written by Rodney Amateau. B&W.  Running Time: 70 mins.

CHARRO (1969 Color 98 MIN)  Elvis Presley This western saga finds Jess Wade (Elvis Presley) as a reformed gunfighter who is stalked and captured by his former band of outlaws. Vince (Victor French) is the heavy who orders Jess' cheek to be branded with a hot iron. The gang terrorizes a small town by threatening to use a gold-plated and jewel-encrusted Mexican cannon on the innocent population. Presley sings only one song (the title track) in the last dramatic role of his career.   

DEADWOOD Arch Hall, Jr., Arch Hall Sr., Jack Lester, La Donna Cottier. A young drifter is mistaken for Billy the Kid. The concequences prove deadly.Hall and son provide us this time with an earnest effort towards legitimate film making. Hall Jr. is the youngster mistaken for Billy the Kid-and shows glimpses (as he did in the "Sadist") of real acting ability. Unfortunately, this one comes along about a decade too late to ride the crest of popularity that low-budget westerns once enjoyed. Sadly(?) this was Arch Hall Jr.'s screen Swan Song.  Set in 1876, Billy the Kid wouldn't have been known at the time. He didn't become a "wanted" outlaw until he killed Sheriff William Brady in April 1878. 1965 COLOR 97 minutes

DEADLY COMPANIONS, THE, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith. Sam Peckinpah made his directing debut in this excellent western adventure concerning an ex-soldier/gunslinger who makes amends to a family of a man he killed. 1961 Color USA

FIGHTING CARAVANS (1930) Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Fred Kohler, Frank Campeau. Young frontiersman joins a wagon train to California to keep  from going to jail, talking a French lass into posing as his wife. Eventually he  must take responsibility as the sole scout when the natives attack. From the novel by Zane Grey. B&W.  Running Time: 80 mins.

   
HONDO AND THE APACHES Robert Taylor, Michael Rennie, Gary Merril, Kathie Brown, Noah Berry Jr. Ralph Trager. Color 90 Minutes U.S. Army agent is sent to make peace with an Apache Chief who's daughter has been killed by the Cavalry, but the peace is short-lived as the tribe soon starts taking revenge on settlers. At the climax Hondo is staked-out by a vengeful Apache who's about to pour hot coals on his bare chest when help arrives! Edited from the TV series this film had a good theatrical run. 

JORY Robby Bensen, John Marley, Anne Lockhart and B.J. Thomas (Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head) A teen is forced to become a man, when he is left orphaned in the old west. Songster, B.J. Thomas, was effective as the expert gun handler who was unable to fire at another human even to protect himself. This is regarded Bensen's finest screen appearances. Directed by Jon Fons. 1972 Color 96 minutes. 

KANGAROO (Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford, Finlay Currie, Chips Rafferty and Richard Boone. Directed by Lewis Milestone.  Crooks try to swindle the rancher in this offbeat western drama set in Australia.  The story follows an Irish immigrant (Currie) and his daughter (O'Hara) to rural Australia. Boone is the bad guy and Peter Lawford  (in his pre-Ratpack days)  provides the romantic interest. Features veteran Aussie character actor, Chips Rafferty. 1952 Color 84 minutes.

Kansas Pacific (1953)  Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane, Reed Hadley, Douglas Fowley, Clayton Moore. In the 1860s just prior to the Civil War, a group of Confederate sympathizers try to stop the Kansas Pacific Railroad before it reaches the West Coast.  Color.  Running Time: 73 mins.  Rated PG

 

Kentucky Rifle (1956) Chill Wills, Lance Fuller, Cathy Downs, Jeanne Cagney, Sterling Holloway, Jess Barker. Stranded pioneers become the targets of a hostile Indian group, who will let them through their territory only if they give them their wagonload of Kentucky Rifles. Color.  Running Time: 82 mins.

 

Law of the Lash (1947) Director: Ray Taylor Lash LaRue, Al St. John, Lee Roberts, Mary Scott, Charles King, Jack O'Shea. Whip-wielding Cheyenne Kid and pal Fuzzy come to the aid of a lady shopkeeper with outlaw problems. B&W.  Running Time: 54 mins. 

LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER  (1947 B&W 65 MIN) Clayton Moore stars as the masked crime fighter and Jay Silverheels plays his trusty sidekick Tonto in this collection of the first three episodes of The Lone Ranger television western.

LITTLE MOON AND JUD McGRAW Stephanie Powers, Sammy Davis Jr., James Caan, Heather Angel, Aldo Ray. Jud McGraw (Caan) and 'Little Moon" (Powers) set out to get even with cattle rustlers. Directed by Bernard Girard. 1974 Color 92 minutes


THE MAN CALLED NOON Richard Crenna, stephen Boyde and Rosana Schiffano. Color 94 minutes Rated R. Crenna stars as the man called "Noon". He can't remember his name due to amnesia. Noon wanders the west searching his identity and as he does he discovers he is seeking revenge for the death of his family. Spaghetti Western.

MCCINTOCK,  John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara at their battling best. Also starring are Stephanie Powers and those familiar faces without which you can't possibly make a landmark western. Directed by Andrew McLaglen, this is a rowdy western comedy with plenty of knock down drag our fist fights ... with the "Duke" doing more than his share of head bustin'. Maureen plays the refined wife who has tired of Wayne's rugged life style and two fisted drinking. O'hara wants divorce with Stepanie Powers their daughter caught in the middle. One of the films best scenes is when Wayne follows his wife through town to paddle her bustle in front of the whole population. Another highlight is the fist fight that takes place in a muddy pit. 1963 Color 122 Minutes.

MISSOURI TRAVELER  (1958 COLOR  103 MIN) Brandon De Wilde heads the cast as 15-year-old orphan boy Brian Turner. Doing his best to survive in the rural South of the pre-WW1 years, Brian is unofficially adopted by crusty small-town newspaper editor Doyle Magee (Gary Merrill). Also taking an interest in Brian's future is wealthy self-made farmer Tobias Brown (Lee Marvin), whose apparently cruel treatment of the boy masks his genuine affection and concern. Highlights include an annual trotting race and a climactic set-to between Magee and Brown. The Missouri Traveller is based on the novel by John Burress. 

My Outlaw Brother (1951) Starring: Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix, Robert Preston, Robert Stack, Carlos Múzquiz. While traveling to visit his outlaw brother in Mexico, a man unknowingly begins traveling with a Texas Ranger who is after his brother. From the novel "South of the Rio Grande" by Max Brand. Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 82 mins.

ONE-EYED JACKS (1961, COLOR, 141 MIN) Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Pina Pellicer, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, directed by Marlon Brando. Brando broods and frets his way out of prison and across the west to avenge Malden's betrayal of him. But Malden has become a sheriff in California and seems to hold all the cards.

OUTLAW, THE Jane Russel, Jack Buetel, Thomas Mitchell, Walter Housten. Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is glad to see his old friend Doc Holliday arrive on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of Billy the Kid. In a surprising turnaround, Billy and Doc become good friends. This causes the relationship between Doc and Pat to sour. The friendship between Doc and Billy the Kid grows stranger when Doc hides Billy at his girlfriend's place after Billy is shot. Rio falls for Billy, although her treats her poorly. Interaction between these four is played out against an Indian attack before a final showdown reduces the group's number.  Digtial Master. 1943 B&W

PAINTED HILLS, THE (1951, COLOR, 68 MIN) Lassie, Paul Kelly, directed by Harold F. Kress. Kelly stars as a gold miner whose greedy partner tries to kill him and put the blame on Lassie.                                 

Proud Rebel (1958) Director: Michael Curtiz (Director of Casablanca) Starring: Alan Ladd, David Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, John Carradine, Dean Jagger, Harry Dean Stanton, Cecil Kellaway. Civil war vet wanders the west searching for a doctor who can cure his emotionally disturbed son, who was traumatized in the war and no longer speaks. Along the way, they go up against an outlaw gang who are trying to run a woman off of her land. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Color.  Running Time: 103 mins. 

RAGE AT DAWN (1955, COLOR, 84 MIN) Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, J. Carroll Nash, Edgar Buchanan, Mala Powers, directed by Tim Whelan. A classic western tale of the lives and times of an outlaw gang pursued by the forces of justice in the old west.

RIDE TO GLORY Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Ricardo Montalban, Brandon DeWilde, Patrick Wayne, John Huston, Slim Pickens, Bekin Fehmiu, Woody Strode. Bitter over his wife's death due to what he believes was army negligence, Capt. Viktor Kaleb deserts the cavalry and disappears into the southwestern wasteland. But when marauding Apaches set up a stronghold just out of the cavalry's reach in Mexico, Kaleb is given amnesty in exchange for leading a small band. aka THE DESERTER  1971 Color 100 minutes

SANTA FE TRAIL (1940, BW, 110 MIN) Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Olivia de Haviland, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, Ward Bond, Van Heflin, directed by Michael Curtiz. Wonderful action as Jeb Stuart, Flynn, and cohorts go after John Brown, Massey. Ronald Reagan plays Flynn's West Point classmate and romantic rival, George Armstrong Custer, a role Flynn himself later played.  

THE GUN AND THE PULPIT Margoe Gortner, Pamela Sue Mason, Estelle Parsons, Slim Pickens. In the days of the "Wild West", a gunslinger, with a price on his head, discovers the body of a traveling minister who has been killed in an ambush. Fearing those who are following him, he assumes the dead minister's identity. Filmed in Old Tucson. Made for TV. Directed by Daniel Petrie.

They Call Me Trinity (1971-Italian) Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Farley Granger, Elena Pedemonte, Steffen Zacharias, Dan Sturkie, Gisela Hahn, Ezio Marano. Trinity is a drifter who rides into town and discovers his huge brothe Bambino has beaten up the sheriff and stolen his badge! Bambino and Trinity join force  to keep a ruthless land baron from killing off Mormon settlers and taking their land.

Trinity is Still My Name  (1971 Italian) Trinity's back in the saddle again and still horsing around The plot outline is ... two unlikely heros team up again in this Italian Western. Similar in style to the old Clint Eastwood westerns. Written by Enzo Barboni. English dubbed. 1972 Color  Running Time: 109 mins. 

SHOOTING, THE (1967, COLOR, 81 MIN) Jack Nicholson, Millie Perkins, Warren Oates, Will Hutchins, directed by Monte Hellman. A moody stylistic western tale of three men and a woman traveling across the Utah desert, each for a different reason. The promised violent shootout is masterfully filmed

TENNESSEE'S PARTNER Ronald Regan, John Payne. A Tennessee gambler and a fast drawing cowboy have their friendship challenged gold digger. 1955 Color 87 minutes.

THE JACKALS Vincent Price, David Waye, DIane Avarson. This western type action is actually set in South Africa. Six robbers gang up on a grizzled old prospector and his daughter. Directed by Robert Webb 1967 Color 105 Minutes

TO THE LAST MAN Randolf Scott, Jack La Rue, Ester Ralston, Buster Crabbe, Gail Patrick, Noah Berry, John Carradine, Shirley Temple. In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Nevada and when Colby gets out of prison he heads there also seeking revenge. The head of the Hayden family tries to avoid more killing but the inevitable showdown has to occur, complicated by Lynn Hayden and Ellen Colby's plans to marry. 1933 B&W 70 Minutes reissued in 1955 as LAW OF THE VENGEANCE.

TULSA (1949) Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendáriz, Chill Wills, Ed Begley. Oklahoma Rancher's daughter becomes a ruthless crusader to save her murdered father's ranchland from encroaching oil fields. She teams up with a geologist who wants to protect Oklahoma from being devastated by oil drilling. Color.  Running Time: 96 minutes.

VENGEANCE VALLEY  (1951)  Burt Lancaster, Joanne Drum Robert Walker. Walker is cast as a cattle baron's worthless son.. Despite the presence of an attractive wife, the young boy favors an illegitimate son (by a local waitress), then changes the blame upon his stepson.  As the ranch foreman who rallies to Walker's aid, Lancaster made a strongly convincing hero. Joanne Dru played leads in a variety of films of the 40s & 50s but is best remembered as the feminine touch in Western Classics as Howard Hawks's "Red River" (1948) & John Ford's "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949) and "Wagon Master" (1950).  Set in the range country of the Rockies, Richard Thorpe balances the 'scandalous secret' with fast riding, shooting and cattle round-ups. Color 83 mins.  

YOUNG LAND, THE Patrick Wayne, Yvonne Craig, Dennis Hopper, Dan O'Herlihy, Roberto de la Madrid, Cliff Ketchum. Unconventional western looks thematically forward.  The story takes places the action in the newborn state of California in 1848, relating of a homicide trial with the defendant, played by Dennis Hopper, accused of murdering a local Mexican/Californian during a gun duel. He is arrested by unarmed sheriff, portrayed by 18 year Patrick Wayne. The question becomes will the United States system of justice will serve up fair verdicts for non-English speaking citizens. An imported State judge (Dan O'Herlihy) organizes a proper trial inside a sheep barn.Strong performances by Hopper, O'Herlihy, Ben Stroud, and Ken Curtis as a fugitive converted into a deputy. 1959 Color 89 Minutes

ROY ROGERS COLLECTION

Apache Rose (1947)
Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, George Meeker, Olin Howlin, Minerva Urecal, Russ Vincent. Rogers takes on some gamblers for the possession of some oil rich land on the Vegas Ranch. B&W.  Running Time: 53 mins.        

The Arizona Kid (1939) 
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sally March, Stuart Hamblen, Dorothy Sebastian, Robert Middlemass, Earl Dwire. While scouting for the Confederate Army, Roy and Gabby cross paths with a renegade Confederate captain who is using his uniform to stir up trouble in Union-sympathetic Missouri. B&W.  Running Time: 61 mins

Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Carol Adams, Herbert Rawlinson, Wally Wales (Hal Taliaferro). Sharpshooter Rogers joins a circus which travels to Deadwood, a town plagued by crooked businessmen. Produced by Joseph Kane. B&W.  Running Time: 61 mins

Bells of Rosarita (1945)
Director: Frank McDonald
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Sons of the Pioneers, Bill Elliott, Allan "Rocky" Lane, Don "Red" Barry, Bob Livingston, Sunset Carson, After inheriting a circus, Dale discovers her deceased father's business partner is trying to cheat her out of it. Film stars Roy & The Pioneers are shooting a movie at the circus and try to come to her aid, buthey quickly realize that real life does not follow a carefully plotted script. Rallying together with his fellow thespians from silver screen horse operas (Don "Red" Barry, Wild Bill Elliot, Alan "Rocky" Lane, Robert Livingston, Roy, Bob & Gabby come to Dale's rescue, catch the bad guys and even have time to put on a show! B&W.  Running Time: 68 mins

Bells of San Angelo (1947)
Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Andy Devine, The Sons of the Pioneers.
Description: Roy plays a border patrol officer rounding up a ring of silver smugglers with help from Dale and Trigger.Color.  Running Time: 71 mins.

Apache Rose (1947)
Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, George Meeker, Olin Howlin, Minerva , Urecal, Russ Vincent. Description: Rogers takes on some gamblers for the possession of some oil rich land on the Vegas Ranch. B&W.  Running Time: 53 mins                               

The Arizona Kid (1939) 
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sally March, Stuart Hamblen, Dorothy Sebastian, Robert Middlemass, Earl Dwire.
Description: While scouting for the Confederate Army, Roy and Gabby cross paths with a renegade Confederate captain who is using his uniform to stir up trouble in Union-sympathetic Missouri. Produced by Joseph Kane, Written  by Gerald Geraghty. B&W.  Running Time: 61 ins

Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Carol Adams, Herbert Rawlinson, Wally Wales (Hal Taliaferro).
Description: Sharpshooter Rogers joins a circus which travels to Deadwood, a town plagued by crooked businessmen. Produced by Joseph Kane. B&W.  Running Time: 61 mins.  

The Border Legion (aka West of the Badlands) (1940)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Carol Hughes, Joe Sawyer, Jay Novello, Wally Wales (Hal Taliaferro).
Description: Rogers plays a New York doctor forced to flee his practice and move west to escape authorities when he's framed. Can he prove his worth by fighting off "The Border Legion", renegades who are terrorizing the community? Based on the Zane Grey novel. B&W.  Running Time: 53 mins.       

The Carson City Kid (1940)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Bob Steele, Noah Beery Jr, Pauline Moore, Francis McDonald, Wally Wales (Hal Taliaferro).
Description: The Kid searches for the man who killed his brother, and takes a job in a gambling hall where he discovers his new boss is the murderer. Produced by Joseph Kane, Written by Gerald Geraghty and Joseph Kane. B&W.  Running Time: 60 mins.

Come On Rangers (1939)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts (Mary Hart), Raymond Hatton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Lane Chandler.
Description: Rogers and his friends, all retired Texas Rangers, unite for one more ride when one of their own is murdered. B&W.  Running Time: 54 mins.        

The Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, John Hubbard, Mary Lee, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Fuzzy Knight.
Description: Young tomboy inherits a supposedly worthless gold mine from her father, and it's up to Roy to prove the mine's real worth before a local bigwig gets his hands on it. The historic first pairing of Rogers and Evans. B&W.  Running Time: 56 mins. 

Days of Jesse James (1939) 
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Don "Red" Barry, Pauline Moore, Wade Boteler, Glenn Strange, Monte Blue.
Description: After a bank is robbed, the Banker's Association sends Roy in to bring down Jesse James and his notorious gang. As Rogers collects evidence, he begins to realize that the greedy bank president is really to blame, but before he can prove it, a vicious bounty hunter steps in who cares only about the $50,000 reward that has been placed on James' head. Produced by Joseph Kane. B&W.  Running Time: 63 mins

Eyes of Texas (1948)
Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts (Mary Hart), Andy Devine, Nana Bryant, Roy Barcroft, The Sons of the Pioneers.
Description: U.S. Marshal pursues a vicious lady lawyer who intimidates or kills the owners of valuable property, blaming the deaths on wolves. B&W.  Running Time: 71 mins.

The Gay Ranchero (1948)
Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, Tito Guízar, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Estelita Rodriguez, Dennis Moore, The Sons of the Pioneers.
Description: Sheriff Rogers defends an airport from gangsters who are trying to take it over by sabotaging the planes.  B&W.  Running Time: 55 mins. 

Grand Canyon Trail (1948)
Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Robert Livingston, James  Finlayson, Foy Willing.
Description: Crooked mining engineer tries to cheat the down and out owner of a dried up silver mine. First appearance of The Riders of the Purple Sage. B&W.  Running Time: 53 mins.

Hands Across the Border (1943)

Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, Ruth Terry, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Duncan Renaldo, The Sons of the Pioneers, Leroy Mason.
Description: Roy and Trigger get involved in a horse race that will determine which breeder will win the battle for an Army contract. B&W.  Running Time: 53 mins.

Heart of the Golden West (1942)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, George "Gabby" Hayes, The Sons of the Pioneers, Ruth Terry.
Description: When the trucking company which transports cattle for the ranchers of Cherokee City doubles its already outlandish fees, Roy & the Pioneers come up with a plan to thwart the underhanded company. It seems Roy's buddy The Colonel has a riverboat which can be used to transport cattle, but the truckers have their own devious plan that could end up scaring The Colonel's riverboat away from Cherokee City. Produced by Joseph Kane. B&W.  Running Time: 54 mins.

Heart of the Rockies (1951)
Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones, Ralph Morgan, Fred Graham, Mira McKinney, Robert "Buzzy" Henry, Rand Brooks.
Description: Cattle man's no-good foreman has stolen all of the stock and sold them, replacing the fat herd with a bunch of scrawny cows. To cover his tracks, he stampedes the herd into an area which Roy and his crew of reform-school young offenders are about to dynamite to make room for a new highway. Running Time: 67 mins.

Helldorado (1946) Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Paul Harvey, The Sons of the Pioneers.
Description: The Las Vegas celebration of "Heldorado" is interrupted by some racketeers, and Roy and his boys must save the day. B&W.  Running Time: 60 mins. 

Home in Oklahoma (1946)

Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Carol Hughes, George Meeker, The Sons of the Pioneers.
Description: Small town newspaper editor teams up with a big city reporter and a local rancher to find answers when a prominent cattleman is murdered. B&W.  Running Time: 72 mins

Idaho (1943)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Virginia Grey, Harry Shannon, The Sons of the Pioneers.
Description: Rogers sets out to close down a local house of ill repute, whose Madame is trying to discredit a good-hearted judge. Produced by Joseph Kane. B&W.  Running Time: 70 mins.                                  

In Old Caliente (1939)

Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Lynne Roberts (Mary Hart), Jack LaRue, Katherine DeMille.
Description: In the newly annexed state of California, Rogers must battle the evil foreman of a Spanish Don's ranch, who tries to keep settlers out of the area by blaming crimes on them. Running Time: 55 mins.

Jesse James At Bay (1941)

Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sally Payne, Gale Storm, Pierre Watkin.
Description: James finds out a crooked banker is cheating the settlers, so he starts robbing banks and trains to raise money for them. Rogers does double-duty as James and as a look-a-like outlaw. B&W.  Running Time: 56 mins

King of the Cowboys (1943)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Peggy Moran, Gerald Mohr, The Sons of the Pioneers.
Description: Rogers is a rodeo star hired by the government to find out who's been sabotaging military warehouses. While working under cover at a  carnival, Roy finds out that a bogus mind reader is sending secret messages to the Nazis. B&W.  Running Time: 67 mins. 

Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
Director: Frank McDonald
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Tom Keene (Richard Powers), The Sons of the Pioneers.
Description: Rogers and Trigger become the star attractions of a struggling rodeo in order to save the rodeo owner from bankruptcy. B&W.  Running Time: 78 min

Man From Cheyenne (1942)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Gale Storm, Sally Payne, The Sons of the Pioneers, Lynne Carver.
Description: Wyoming government agent tracks down modern cattle rustlers, led by a girl who coaxes info from the ranchers with her good looks. B&W.  Running Time: 53 mins                               

My Pal Trigger (1946)
Director: Yakima Canutt, Frank McDonald
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Jack Holt, LeRoy Mason, The Sons of the Pioneers.
Description: Gabby refuses to breed his stallion with Rogers' mare, but when the two horses escape, Roy's mare ends up pregnant and Gabby's stallion winds up shot. Could Roy be capable of such a crime? Produced by Armand Schaefer. B&W.  Running Time: 79 mins.

Nevada City (1941)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sally Payne, George Cleveland, Fred Kohler Jr.
Description: Roy and Gabby are stagecoach drivers caught in the middle of a fight between their boss at the stage line and railroad men. Produced by Joseph Kane. B&W.  Running Time: 53 mins.

Night Time in Nevada (1948)
Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, Adele Mara, Andy Devine, Grant Withers, Marie Harmon, The Sons of the Pioneers.
Description: Rogers and pals ride after a stolen herd that's been filched to cover the theft of a young girl's trust fund. This action-packed film was The Sons of the Pioneers' last theatrical appearance with Rogers. B&W.  Running Time: 53 mins. 

The Ranger and the Lady (1940)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jacqueline Wells (Julie Bishop), Harry Woods, Yakima Canutt.
Description: Ranger Rogers romances the female leader of a wagon train while thwarting the corrupt Texas Rangers administrator, who has levied a huge tax on the use of the Santa Fe Trail. Produced by Joseph Kane. B&W.  Running Time: 59 mins.

Red River Valley (1941)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sally Payne, Trevor Bardette, Gale Storm, The Sons of the Pioneers, Wally Wales.
Description: Roy helps ranchers who are threatened by a water shortage raise money for a reservoir, but they are conned by a gambler who makes off with the funds. Running Time: 53 mins.

Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Linda Hayes, Robert "Buzz" Henry, The Sons of the Pioneers, Lorna Gray.
Description: Crooked WWII profiteers are rustling horses to sell to the army at exorbitant prices. Unknown to Roy and The Pioneers, their boss at the local dude ranch is moonlighting as the leader of the rustlers! When Roy finds out, you know trouble can't be far behind!  B&W.  Running Time: 54 mins.  

Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941)
Director: Joseph Kan
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Marjorie Reynolds, Cy Kendall, Sally Payne.
Description: Immediately following the Civil War, a former Confederate soldier from Texas becomes a modern day Robin Hood to counteract the doings of corrupt Northern politicians. B&W.  Running Time: 56 mins

Roll On Texas Moon (1946)
Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Dennis Hoey, Elisabeth Risdon, The Sons of the Pioneers.
Description: Rogers works to prevent a war between sheepmen and ranchers, which has been orchestrated by a villainous land-grabber. The first of 27 Rogers pictures directed by William Witney. B&W.  Running Time: 68 mins.  

Rough Riders' Roundup (1939)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts (Mary Hart), Raymond Hatton, Eddie Acuff, Glenn Strange, Duncan Renaldo.
Description: At the end of the Spanish Civil War, three Rough Riders join the Arizona Border Patrol to stop a vicious robber, but their quest becomes personal when one of them is killed. Produced by Joseph Kane. B&W.  Running Time: 54 mins.

Saga of Death Valley (1939)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Don "Red" Barry, Doris Day, Wally Wales (Hal Taliaferro), Frank M. Thomas.
Description: Rogers discovers his long lost brother is an outlaw leader who is threatening to cut off the water supply of some homesteaders. Produced  by Joseph Kane. B&W.  Running Time: 56 mins. 

San Fernando Valley (1944)
Director: Yakima Canutt, Jon English
Starring: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Andrew Tombes, Jean Porter, LeRoy Mason, Dot Farley.
Description: While looking for the bank robbers who pilfered his life savings, Rogers takes a job as a ranch cook and falls for ranch owner Evans. B&W.  Running Time: 54 mins.

Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Elyse Knox, Addison Richards, Wally Wales (Hal Taliaferro), Sally Payne.
Description: Roy and Gabby arrive in Tombstone and Roy is mistaken for the bad guy gunslinger for whom the crooked mayor sent. B&W.  Running Time: 56 mins.

Shine On Harvest Moon (1938)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts (Mary Hart), Stanley Andrews, William Farnum, Lulubelle & Scotty. Description: Two ex-partners in a ranching endeavor break their partnership and start a range war. Rogers gets into the act when one frames the other for criminal activity. B&W.  Running Time: 60 mins.

Silver Spurs (1943)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, John Carradine, Phyllis Brooks, Jerome Cowan, Joyce Compton, Wally Wales (Hal Taliaferro).
Description: Villainous resort owner Carradine kills a rancher to get the oil on another ranch, and pins the murder on Roy. B&W.  Running Time: 55 mins

Song of Arizona (1946)
Director: Frank McDonald
Starring: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, George "Gabby" Hayes, The Sons of the Pioneers, Lyle Talbot, Tommy Cook.
Description: Gabby's ranch for homeless boys is in financial trouble, but one of the kids, the son of an outlaw, has a bunch of stolen cash that might help. Trouble ensues when the boy's father's gang arrives to collect the money. B&W.  Running Time: 68 mins

Song of Nevada (1944)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Mary Lee, Lloyd Corrigan, Thurston Hall, Forrest Taylor.
Description: Local rancher is presumed dead when his plane goes down; but he's still kickin', and has hired Rogers to "tame" his shrewish daughter, stealing her away from her snobbish, eastern fiancé. Songs include: "New Moon Over Nevada", "A Cowboy has to Yodel in the Morning", and "The Harum Scarum Baron of the Harmonium". B&W.  Running Time: 60 mins.

South of Santa Fe (1942)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Linda Hayes, The Sons of the Pioneers.
Description: Roy escorts three important investors to appraise some land, but a big-city gangster kidnaps the three and convinces the sheriff that Roy and the Sons of the Pioneers are responsible. Now, who would believe  something like that? B&W.  Running Time: 60 mins.

Southward Ho! (1939)
Director: Joseph Kane
Starring: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts (Mary Hart), George 'Gabby' Hayes, Wade Boteler, Lane Chandler, Arthur Loft.
Description: First pairing of Roy & Gabby finds them as Ex-Confederate soldiers who are given co-ownership of a large ranch. The problem? Their partner is an Ex-Colonel in the Union Army! Of course, there's also a murderous outlaw who's terrorizing the locals, and it's up to Roy to put things right. B&W. Running Time: 58 mina

Springtime in the Sierras (1947)
Director: William Witney
Starring: Roy Rogers, Andy Devine, Jane Frazee, Stephanie Bachelor, The Sons of the Pioneers, Roy Barcroft.
Description: Gang of poachers murders a game warden who just happens to be Rogers' best friend. B&W.  Running Time: 54 mins.

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