Charles Starrett
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 – March 22, 1986) was an American actor best known for his starring role in the Durango Kid western series. When he retired he held the record for starring in the longest-running string of feature films (131 titles, half of them being "Durango Kid" films, for Columbia Pictures). A graduate of Worcester Academy in 1922, Starrett went on to study at Dartmouth College. While on the Dartmouth football team he was hired to play a football extra in the film The Quarterback (1926). Bitten by the acting bug, Starrett played minor roles in films and leading roles in stage plays. In 1928, he was a member of the Walker Company, a repertory theatre troupe headed by Stuart Walker. He played the romantic lead in Fast and Loose (1930), which also featured Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard, and Frank Morgan. He also starred in the Canadian production The Viking (1931), filmed on location in Newfoundland, which had begun as a Paramount Pictures project. After that he was very active for the next two years but his roles were unremarkable. He was featured in Our Betters (1933), Murder on the Campus (1933). and in his most charming role as a young doctor named Orion in "Along Came Love", with the vivacious co-star Irene Hervey. Offscreen, he helped organize the Screen Actors Guild.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 28, 1903
Deathday: March 22, 1986
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The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932-11-05
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Overview: The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.
Genres: Adventure Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-05
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Green Eyes
1934-06-15
Green Eyes
Overview: The owner of a large mansion in the country throws a costume party for some of his friends. However, the party turns sour when he is found stabbed to death in a closet. The police and a guest try to discover who committed the murder.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-15
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The Viking
1931-03-05
The Viking
Overview: Originally called White Thunder, American producer Varick Frissell's 1931 film was inspired by his love for the Canadian Arctic Circle. Set in a beautifully black-and-white filmed Newfoundland, it is the story of a rivalry between two seal hunters that plays out on the ice floes during a hunt. Unsatisfied with the first cut, Frissell arranged for the crew to accompany an actual Newfoundland seal hunt on The SS Viking, on which an explosion of dynamite (carried regularly at the time on Arctic ships to combat ice jams) killed many members of the crew, including Frissell. The film was renamed in honor of the dead.
Genres: Action Drama Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-05
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Start Cheering
1938-03-03
Start Cheering
Overview: After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-03
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Streets of Ghost Town
1950-08-03
Streets of Ghost Town
Overview: The Durango Kid and his sidekick look for stolen gold with a history.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-03
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Desirable
1934-09-08
Desirable
Overview: A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-08
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The Return of the Durango Kid
1945-04-19
The Return of the Durango Kid
Overview: A masked outlaw steals from bank robbers to help the poor.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-19
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Undercover Men
1934-12-01
Undercover Men
Overview: For showing cowardice during a holdup, bank teller Bob Hunter is fired. He joins the Mounties and is assigned to look for those robbers. To have him work undercover, the Inspector's scheme is to have Bob supposedly kicked out of the Mounties.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-01
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The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933-10-25
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Overview: A campus flirt who has been "pinned" by most of the boys of Sigma Chi fraternity falls for a no-nonsense athlete who doesn't have time for such diversions as women.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-25
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The Return of Casey Jones
1933-05-24
The Return of Casey Jones
Overview: Jimmy, a young boy, idolizes famed train engineer Casey Jones and is devastated when his hero is killed in a train wreck. The boy grows up to be a railroad engineer, too, but one day the train he is piloting loses its brakes and wrecks. Jimmy tries to fix it but has to jump off at the last minute. Unfortunately, stories begin to circulate that he turned coward and jumped off the train first, letting it be destroyed rather than try to save it. He sets out to clear his name.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-24
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Jungle Bride
1933-01-09
Jungle Bride
Overview: Four survivors of a ship wreck are stranded on a deserted island, including a woman and the man she believes is responsible for the murder which her brother is in prison for.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-09
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Murder on the Campus
1933-12-26
Murder on the Campus
Overview: A popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the college campus. Her boyfriend, a reporter for the local newspaper, knows she didn't do it, and and sets out to prove her innocence and catch the real killer.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-26
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Our Betters
1933-03-17
Our Betters
Overview: Soon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has married her for her money and is keeping a mistress. The two maintain a loveless marriage, a trade-off Pearl accepts in order to gain admittance to her husband's aristocratic social circle. While Pearl pursues her own affair with gigolo Pepi D'Costa, her visiting sister, Bessie, arrives and is appalled when Pearl's arrangement is revealed.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-17
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What Price Crime
1935-05-27
What Price Crime
Overview: Thieves break into a warehouse that stores guns, steal them and kill the night watchman. An undercover agent assigned to the case happens to get into a traffic accident with the sister of the man the police suspect is head of the burglary ring, and in order to work his way into the gang, he romances the boss' sister. Complications ensue when the two fall in love.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-27
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A Shot in the Dark
1935-01-31
A Shot in the Dark
Overview: An amateur sleuth solves three murders at his son's New England college.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-31
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Make a Million
1935-07-24
Make a Million
Overview: A college economics professor's "radical" ideas about capitalism get him fired. When he decides to put those ideas into practice, he finds that they actually do generate him huge amounts of money. Soon a local banker and others who scoffed at his ideas see the amount of money he's making and try to cheat him out of his system.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-24
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Gallant Defender
1935-11-29
Gallant Defender
Overview: Munro and his gang control the valley and are driving away all nesters. Johnny arrives, and taking an interest in Barbara McGrail, decides to help the nesters. He receives unexpected help from Barbara's uncle who is posing as Salty Smith, one of Munro's hired guns. Salty thinks Munro killed his brother and is out to get proof.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-29
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Stampede
1936-11-26
Stampede
Overview: A cowboy out to find out who murdered his brother discovers that the killers may not be who he thought they were.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-26
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Along Came Love
1936-11-05
Along Came Love
Overview: The shop girl Emmy Grant meets the handsome doorman John Patrick O'Ryan outside of a theater and she is convinced that he is her true love. O'Ryan is a zealous medical student, soon to be a pediatrician, and is oblivious to Emmy's frantic attempts to gain his attention. O'Ryan is totally focused on babies. Undaunted, she 'borrows' a baby and a buggy, determined to catch O'Ryan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-05
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Lady and Gent
1932-07-10
Lady and Gent
Overview: Stag Bailey, a slow-witted prizefighter, and his girlfriend, speakeasy hostess Puff Rogers, take over the upbringing of Ted Streaver after his father, Stag's manager, is killed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-10
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This Man Is Mine
1934-04-13
This Man Is Mine
Overview: The seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative, seductive former fiancee visits.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-13
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976-05-01
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Overview: A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.
Genres: Western Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-01
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One in a Million
1935-03-21
One in a Million
Overview: A department store clerk, wrongly accused of stealing by her lecherous boss, becomes involved in a romantic relationship with the boss's son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-21
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The Silver Streak
1934-12-21
The Silver Streak
Overview: A high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to transport an iron lung to a needy patient.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-21
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Mr. Skitch
1933-12-22
Mr. Skitch
Overview: After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew. Comedy, released in 1933.
Genres: Romance Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-22
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So Red the Rose
1935-12-20
So Red the Rose
Overview: During the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she will not become a widow.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-20
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Fast and Loose
1930-11-08
Fast and Loose
Overview: A wealthy family is thrown into turmoil when the daughter falls for the family chauffeur and the son begins to keep company with a chorus girl.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-08
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The Age for Love
1931-10-17
The Age for Love
Overview: A comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her and marries a woman who does.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-17
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Stolen Sweets
1934-03-15
Stolen Sweets
Overview: Wealthy but unhappy Patricia Belmont meets fun-loving insurance salesman Bill Smith (and his fun-loving friends Sam Ragland and Betty Harkness)on a ship cruise and falls in love, much to the annoyance of her high-society, fortune-hunting fiance Barrington Thorne.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-15
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Sons of Steel
1934-12-14
Sons of Steel
Overview: Chadburne Steel is run by two brothers, old men. They each have different plans for their sons. Curtis (Holmes Herbert) has put Ronald (William Blakewell) through college in style...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-14
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Blazing Across the Pecos
1948-07-01
Blazing Across the Pecos
Overview: This time the Durango Kid confronts an expert gambler.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-01
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Challenge of the Range
1949-04-02
Challenge of the Range
Overview: Charles Starrett once more dons the mask of mysterious do-gooder "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's Challenge of the Range. Wandering cowboy Steve Roper (Starrett) is hired by the Farmers Association to stem the activities of a group of gunmen who are driving ranchers off their land. The most likely suspect turns out to be innocent: the real culprits are within the Association itself. With the help of the chief suspect's son, Roper brings the crooks to justice.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-02
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One New York Night
1935-03-08
One New York Night
Overview: Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room next to his. He gets tangled up into the affair, and with the aid of Phoebe, the hotel telephone operator who takes a liking to him, and also Countess Louise Browssiloff, who innocently had left some personal belongings in the murdered man's room and is most anxious to recover the incriminating evidence, Foxhall solves the murder mystery.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-08
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Riding West
1944-05-17
Riding West
Overview: Charles Starrett stars in the lightning-paced Columbia western Riding West. Somebody is planning to sabotage the new Pony Express mail service, and hard-ridin' Steve Jordan (Charles Starrett) aims to find out who.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-17
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Gentlemen Are Born
1934-11-17
Gentlemen Are Born
Overview: A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn that the piece of paper the diploma is written on is worth about eighteen-dollars-a-week in the job-market...for the lucky ones. Some of them fare even worse.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-17
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Two-Fisted Sheriff
1937-06-14
Two-Fisted Sheriff
Overview: This is a remake of Columbia's 1932 "Cornered" that starred Tim McCoy. Bob Pearson saves the life of his friend, Sheriff Dick Houston, who has captured two stagecoach bandits and is about to be shot from ambush by a third. Bob is found a few days later near the murdered body of cattleman Herrick with a gun in his hand.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-14
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Overland to Deadwood
1942-09-25
Overland to Deadwood
Overview: Cash Quinlan, owner of the Hauling Company, is the leader behind a gang of raiders who have been robbing stagecoaches between Mesquite and Deadwood. He hopes by doing so to drive his competitors out of business so that he can get the railroad franchise for himself.....
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-25
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The Hawk of Wild River
1952-02-28
The Hawk of Wild River
Overview: Steve Martin is sent to Wild River to recover stolen gold and finds the town is being terrorized by The Hawk and his outlaw gang. The Hawk attempts to murder Sheriff Jack Mahoney and is captured and jailed. Steve helps the Hawk break jail and thus makes contact with the bandit gang. He sends a bungling photographer, Smiley Burnette, to warn the sheriff that the gang plan to rob the express office.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-28
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Frontier Outpost
1950-12-29
Frontier Outpost
Overview: Federal agent Steve Lawton works undercover with his assistant, Smiley Burnette, to track down an outlaw gang that is raiding government gold shipments bound for Fort Navajo.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-29
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Frontier Fury
1943-06-23
Frontier Fury
Overview: In this western, a decent Indian agent loses his job and his good name after someone steals the government money he was to deliver to a tribe. Because he cannot bear to see the people starve over the long winter, he begins searching for the robbers. He does so by looking for the unusual coins that had been included in the payroll.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-23
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Gunning for Vengeance
1946-03-21
Gunning for Vengeance
Overview: Steve Landry arrives as the new Marshal of a town that is having trouble with outlaws. When an outlaw escapes over the State line out of his jurisdiction, the Durango Kid brings him in. The Durango Kid then continues to break up the outlaw raids. But Belle, the saloon owner who is in cahoots with the outlaws, notices the the boot prints of the Durango Kid match those of the new Marshal and a trap is sent to get Durango.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-21
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Heading West
1946-08-14
Heading West
Overview: Dakota Indian Agent Steve Reynolds receives a copy of the Bonanza City Nuggett from Jim Mallory and reads a story blaming the Durango Kid for recent gold mine raids.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-14
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Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
1951-02-23
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
Overview: Charles Starrett plays lawman Steve Forsythe in Ridin' the Outlaw Trail. Somewhere along the line, of course, Steve is obliged to don the mask of The Durango Kid, mysterious righter of wrongs. The "wrongs" in this instance include the theft of $20,000 in gold, and the "kidnapping" of a blacksmith's forge! Jim Bannon, who only a few months earlier had played the heroic Red Ryder, provides the villainy in this fast-paced "Durango Kid" entry
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-23
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The Rough, Tough West
1952-06-14
The Rough, Tough West
Overview: Charles Starrett returns as the Durango Kid in Columbia's Rough, Tough, West. For most of the film, however, Starrett is known as "Steve Holden," a former Texas Ranger who comes to a wide-open mining town to visit an old friend (Jack -- later Jock -- Mahoney). Alas, said friend has turned bad, and is busy arranging a major land grab when Steve arrives on the scene. With deep regret, our hero dons his Durango disguise to thwart his ex-friend's criminal activities.
Genres: Western Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-14
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Pecos River
1951-12-15
Pecos River
Overview: Steve is a Government Agent looking for the gang that stole the U.S. Mail. He goes undercover...
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-15
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Dodge City Trail
1936-12-12
Dodge City Trail
Overview: With the increasing popularity of Republic's sagebrush crooner Gene Autry, rival company Columbia found it necessary to add a musical element to this Charles Starrett Western released in early 1937. As Starrett himself was no singer, the studio hired Donald Grayson to warble Lonesome River, Out in the Cow Country and Pancho's Widow, all by Ned Washington and Sam H. Stept.
Genres: Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-12
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The Man from Sundown
1939-07-14
The Man from Sundown
Overview: The hero, Texas Ranger Larry Whalen (Charles Starrett), is on the trail of a mysterious outlaw leader.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-14
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Outlaws of the Prairie
1937-12-01
Outlaws of the Prairie
Overview: Charles Starrett plays two-fisted frontiersman Dart Collins in this slick Columbia "B" western. Collins wants to find out who's behind a series of gold-shipment robberies. So does heroine Judy Garfield (Iris Meredith), whose stage transport business faces foreclosure if the holdups continue. It comes as no surprise that the crimes are being orchestrated by the very people who want to force Judy out of business.
Genres: Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-12-01
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Two Gun Law
1937-04-06
Two Gun Law
Overview: Hero Bob Larson takes on an impressive triumvirate of villains.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-06
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The Mysterious Avenger
1936-01-17
The Mysterious Avenger
Overview: Texas Ranger Ranny Maitland's father is feuding with his neighbor Lockhart. Pretending to be on Lockhart's side in the feud, Ranny goes to investigate. Meanwhile is father is murdered and Lockhart arrested.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-17
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The Old Wyoming Trail
1937-11-08
The Old Wyoming Trail
Overview: In an effort to compete with Republic's popular songfest Westerns, fours music numbers -- including Tumbling Tumbleweeds -- were added to The Old Wyoming Trail, an otherwise average Charles Starrett vehicle. No singer, Starrett left the vocalizing to his sidekick Donald Grayson and the popular Sons of the Pioneers. En route to purchase a herd of cattle, Bob Patterson (Starrett) and his sidekick Sandy (Grayson) get in the way of a scheme to defraud the local ranchers of their possessions.
Genres: Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-08
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Sundown Valley
1944-03-23
Sundown Valley
Overview: In this wartime western, an evil Nazi and his partner endeavor to sabotage a western gunsight plant.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-23
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Saddle Leather Law
1944-12-21
Saddle Leather Law
Overview: A posse, hunting the assailant of Denton's Partner, captures Steve Carlisle (Charles Starrett), who identifies himself as a mineralogist sent to check the area for quartz for radio parts. Calling at the Denton ranch, Steve hires Cannonball Mullins (Dub Taylor), who has just been fired by Jane Fielding (Vi Athens), Denton's ward. Steve learns that she wants to sell the ranch to the Empire Syndicate. Paul Edwards (Lloyd Bridges), syndicate representative, plans to convert the ranch into a swank hotel-gambling operation. At a party which Jane gives for Edwards, Hiram Denton (William Gould), is murdered and Steve is accused. He and Cannonball escape before the sheriff can take them into custody, and in searching for evidence find that Jane and Edwards are married and have done the killings in order to gain the ranch.
Genres: Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-21
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Silence
1931-08-29
Silence
Overview: A gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain beginning twenty years earlier when he was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-29
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Trail to Laredo
1948-08-11
Trail to Laredo
Overview: Filmed at the Providencia Ranch (today's Forrest Lawn in Burbank, CA), this typical "Durango Kid" Western featured the Cass County Boys performing "Go West Young Lady" by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin, in addition to series regular Smiley Burnette singing his own "It's My Turn" and "The Yodeler. This time, the Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) is chasing down a gang of outlaws shipping stolen gold in crates marked "ring bolts," ably assisted by Smiley, a treasury agent working undercover as a house painter. Virginia Maxey supplies female interest and little Tommy Ivo, in one of his six appearances in the Durango Kid series, also gets in the way of the action.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-11
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The Cowboy Star
1936-11-20
The Cowboy Star
Overview: Tired of being a cowboy movie star, Yorke quits the movies and buys a ranch so he can be a real cowboy. But just as in his films trouble arrives. This time it's bank robber Sampson and his two cronies.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-20
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Outpost of the Mounties
1939-09-12
Outpost of the Mounties
Overview: In this adventure, a courageous Canadian Mountie must bring peace an embattled miner and an unscrupulous trader whose price mark-ups are beginning to hurt the community. They fight so frequently that when the avaricious proprietor is killed, the young man becomes the prime suspect.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-12
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Texas Stampede
1939-02-09
Texas Stampede
Overview: Sheep raisers, resentful of old injuries from the cattlemen, bar the way to water when dry ranges force the cattle ranchers to drive their herds into the lowlands.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-09
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Thundering Frontier
1940-12-05
Thundering Frontier
Overview: After a handful of non-formula westerns, Charles Starrett returned to the mixture as before in Thundering Frontier. Starrett plays Jim Fillmore, kind to old ladies, small animals and heroine Norma Belknap (Iris Meredith). In contrast, the villains are kind to no one, least of all struggling building contractor Square Deal Scottie (Alex Callam), whose projects are continually targeted for demolition and his payroll is forever being stolen at gunpoint. A good 25 percent of the film's running time is given over to Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers, whose C&W croonings are pleasant but a bit much. One of the film's few surprises is that Starrett's perennial screen sparring partner Dick Curtis isn't one of the bad guys.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-05
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Down Rio Grande Way
1942-04-23
Down Rio Grande Way
Overview: Slightly more elaborate than most Charles Starrett westerns, Down Rio Grande Way is set in the mid-19th century, when the Republic of Texas was poised to join the Union. Starrett plays Texas Ranger Steve Martin, who is dispatched to a "renegade" Texas country that refuses to become part of the good old USA. He discovers that the crux of the problem is a local tax collector who, with the help of a crooked newspaper editor, is systematically robbing the citizens of their hard-earned cash, all the while fomenting anti-American sentiments.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-23
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West of Abilene
1940-10-20
West of Abilene
Overview: Frontiersman Tom Garfield and his pals endeavor to save their land from the clutches of slimy easterner Forsyth. The villain hires a bit of local muscle in the form of brutish Chris Matson, but he's no match for our hero.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-20
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Bullets for Rustlers
1940-03-05
Bullets for Rustlers
Overview: Steve Beaumont, an operative for the Cattleman's Protective Association, is assigned the difficult task of breaking up a murderous gang of rustlers led by Ed Brock and Strang. He takes Sheriff Webb, Judge Baxter, and rancher Ann Houston into his confidence, and works his way into the rustler stronghold and confidence by "turning rustler" himself.
Genres: Western Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-05
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Texas Stagecoach
1940-05-23
Texas Stagecoach
Overview: The Kinkaids and the Harpers both run stage lines and are friendly competitors. Appleby is after the stage line and convinces the two owners to build a spur line to the same town. Then he has both projects sabotaged pitting the friends against each other and running them out of money.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-23
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Pardon My Gun
1942-12-01
Pardon My Gun
Overview: In this western, a rancher is ambushed, killed, and robbed, but for some reason the killers through his money pouch in the bushes without opening it. Later a woman happens upon the cash and finds herself a prime suspect in the killing. Fortunately, a survey engineer proves her innocence, and they begin looking for the real villains.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-01
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Law of the Northwest
1943-05-26
Law of the Northwest
Overview: Briefly switching gears in 1942 and 1943, western star Charles Starrett made a handful of "northerns" in which he played a Canadian mountie. In Law of the Northwest, Steve King (Starrett) supervises a road-construction project designed to transport war materials to the Aleutians. Problems arise when a crooked contractor decides that his interests are more important than the war effort.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-26
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Prairie Roundup
1951-01-15
Prairie Roundup
Overview: In Prairie Roundup, Fred F. Sears' direction brings a welcome jolt of vitality to Columbia's aging "Durango Kid" western series. Once again, Charles Starrett stars as Steve Carson, a lawman who is forced to assume the identity of masked do-gooder Durango. Framed for murder, Carson escapes to locate the real killer. It turns out that he was set up by cattle baron Buck Prescott (Frank Fenton), who eliminates competition by stealing livestock from other ranchers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-01-15
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Both Barrels Blazing
1945-05-16
Both Barrels Blazing
Overview: The outlaw gangs are robbing the railroads and the Rangers cannot follow them when they move to New Mexico. So Kip decides to take a vacation to New Mexico and, as the Durango Kid, bring Cass and his gang back to justice. But Cass and his gang are killed at the bank in a double cross and Kip must still find the loot. For this, he enlists the help of Tex and Grubstake, although Grubstake does not know it.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-16
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Rough Ridin' Justice
1945-03-14
Rough Ridin' Justice
Overview: Steve Holden and his men successfully raid a wagon train. Among the local ranchers who decide to stop the raiding are Virgil Trent and his daughter Gail. At a meeting, Sidney Padgett, Cannonball and other townspeople conclude that someone is tipping the gang off on important shipments. Trent volunteers to contact the outlaws. He meets Steve and persuades him to cross to the side of the law and protect the ranchers. Steve soon suspects Padgett and tricks him into revealing his identity as the secret leader of the bandits, and in a furious battle between Steve's men and the outlaws, the former win.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-03-14
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Robin Hood of the Range
1943-07-28
Robin Hood of the Range
Overview: Inasmuch as western star Charles Starrett gained screen fame as the Robin Hood-like "Durango Kid", it stands to reason that Starrett would head the cast of Robin Hood of the Range. The star plays Steve Marlowe, the foster son of railroad manager Henry Marlowe (Kenneth McDonald). When it becomes apparent that the railroad is using underhanded methods to drive local homesteaders off their land, Steve adopts the guise of "The Vulcan", a legendary champion of justice.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-07-28
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West of the Santa Fe
1938-10-02
West of the Santa Fe
Overview: US marshal Lawlor (Starrett) takes on a gang of cattle rustlers headed by Taylor (Dick Curtis). His reasons are partly personal: Conway (Edward LeSaint), the cattle-baron father of Lawlor's sweetheart Madge (Meredith), has been murdered by Taylor's minions.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-02
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West of Sonora
1948-03-25
West of Sonora
Overview: Western star Charles Starrett was amazing; he kept making the same film over and over, but always made it seem as if it was for the first time. In West of Sonora, Starrett once again plays a frontier good-guy named Steve (Steve Rollins, to be exact), who, when the need arises, disguises himself as The Durango Kid, masked righter of wrongs. This time, Steve/Durango champions the cause of 10-year-old Penelope Clinton (Anita Castle), who has spent her short life as the focus of a feud between her grandfathers, suspected outlaw Black Murphy (Steve Darrell) and Sheriff Jack Clinton (George Cheseboro).
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-25
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The Stranger from Texas
1939-12-02
The Stranger from Texas
Overview: Things get under way when US marshal Tom (Starrett) finds himself in the midst of a range war. The villains are a band of rustlers who play both sides of the confrontation against one another, the better to move in and claim all the livestock.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-02
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Riders of the Badlands
1941-12-18
Riders of the Badlands
Overview: Officially a Charles Starrett western, Riders of the Badlands divides its running time fairly evenly between Starrett and second-billed Russell Hayden. The plot concerns a Texas Ranger named Collins and his lookalike, notorious outlaw Langdon. When his wife is killed by Langdon's minions, Barton vows to avenge her death.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-18
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Spoilers of the Range
1939-04-26
Spoilers of the Range
Overview: Hero Jeff Strong (Starrett) comes to the rescue of a group of victimized ranchers. The villains are a gang of crooked gamblers, who demand a valuable dam as payment for a $50,000 debt. The ranchers hope to earn the money by getting their cattle to market on time, but head bad guy Cash Fenton (Kenneth MacDonald) and his flunkey Lobo (Dick Curtis) intend to prevent this.
Genres: Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-26
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Smoky Canyon
1952-01-31
Smoky Canyon
Overview: Mahoney is a sheep man who's framed for the murder of a rancher. It's all part of a scheme by a dishonest cattleman who hopes to extenuate a range war for his own profit. The Durango Kid helps clear Mahoney's name.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-31
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Two-Fisted Rangers
1939-12-13
Two-Fisted Rangers
Overview: Thad Lawson arrives in Oak Valley to avenge the murder of his brother, the local sheriff. He learns that Jack Rand, powerful overlord of the town is to blame. After Rand murders newspaper publisher Jordan Webster, Thad sets out to put him behind bars.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-13
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Western Caravans
1939-06-14
Western Caravans
Overview: A caravan of settlers is arriving and the ranchers intend to keep them out. It looks like a range war but Sheriff Jim gets the ranchers to accept the settlers. Kohler re-ignites the feud by making settler Winters appear to be a rustler and then by killing Winter's son. Once more the two sides appear headed for a war and Jim is caught in the middle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-14
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Whirlwind Raiders
1948-05-12
Whirlwind Raiders
Overview: It's 1873 and the disbanded Texas Rangers have been replaced by the corrupt Texas State Police. Steve Lanning arrives posing as a wanted outlaw to get in with them in his attempt to have them replaced. His inside work helps the Durango Kid break up the State Police raids but he is in trouble when his secret identity as Durango becomes known to them.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-12
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Thunder Over the Prairie
1941-07-29
Thunder Over the Prairie
Overview: An evil land baron uses the local Indians as laborers and then finds legal methods to cheat them of their pay. The reservation physician Steve Monroe does his best to thwart the villain by peaceable methods.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-29
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Quick on the Trigger
1948-12-02
Quick on the Trigger
Overview: Quick on the Trigger was Charles Starrett's second "Durango Kid" picture for 1949. It all begins when ousted sheriff Steve Warren (Starrett) is put on trial for the murder of heroine Nora Reed's (Helen Parrish) brother. Steve is innocent, of course, but he doesn't stand a chance against prosecuting attorney Garvey Yager (Lyle Talbot) -- especially since Yager is the real killer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-02
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Prairie Stranger
1941-09-17
Prairie Stranger
Overview: Charles Starrett is once more cast as frontier doctor Steve Monroe in Columbia's Prairie Stranger. In the company of his comic sidekick, mail-order intern Bones (Cliff Edwards), Dr. Monroe sets up his shingle in a small Nevada town. When business is slow, Monroe and Bones take jobs as ranch-hands on a cattle spread, and while thus employed try to solve a series of mysterious livestock poisonings.
Genres: Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-17
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Riders of the Northland
1942-06-18
Riders of the Northland
Overview: In this western, three Texas Rangers decide to do their part to save the world and join the Army, but before they can, they are sent to Alaska to destroy a secret Nazi operation involving a submarine refueling station. The outpost is located behind an impenetrable tangle of barbed wire. The rangers get a little help, and discover a traitor. Then to get through the wire, they start a cattle stampede and save the day.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-18
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The Desert Horseman
1946-07-10
The Desert Horseman
Overview: The Durango Kid sets out to clear his name after being falsely accused of a payroll robbery.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-10
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The Durango Kid
1940-08-15
The Durango Kid
Overview: The Durango Kid is a sort of Robin Hood of the West who helps the lovely Walters (who replaced Starrett's usual love-interest, Iris Meredith), the daughter of a homesteader, defeat the evil MacDonald who has been terrorizing the decent citizens with his gang of rustlers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-15
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Phantom Valley
1948-02-19
Phantom Valley
Overview: The Durango Kid, along with assistance from sidekick Smiley Burnett, investigates a pair of murders that threaten to fuel a range war.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-19
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Cowboy Canteen
1944-02-09
Cowboy Canteen
Overview: Song and comedy revue, featuring Western talents, along with a theatrical troupe taking their vacation on the Lazy B Ranch run by Steve Bradley. Steve is about to enter the army and he and Tex Coulter compete for the love of Connie Grey.
Genres: Music War Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-02-09
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Two-Fisted Stranger
1946-05-30
Two-Fisted Stranger
Overview: Arriving to become the new Deputy, Steve Gordon takes over as Sheriff instead when he finds the Sheriff has been killed. He doesn't last long and is fired for incompetence. But he realizes Brady is pulling off a swindle. Having found the proper soil, Brady has salted it with cheap diamonds, gotten Smiley to accidently find them, and is now taking money from eager investors and planning to flee with it.
Genres: Drama Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-30
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Landrush
1946-11-18
Landrush
Overview: The Durango Kid rides again in Columbia's Landrush. As ever, the masked do-gooder, alias Steve Harmon, is played by Charles Starrett. Bringing up the rear in every sense of the word is Harmon's comical sidekick Smiley Burnette. In this outing, Harmon dons his Durango garb to rescue a group of homesteaders from scurrilous villains. Musical relief is provided by Ozie Waters and his Colorado Rangers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-18
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The Fighting Frontiersman
1946-12-10
The Fighting Frontiersman
Overview: Cimarron has found a lost treasure and the outlaw gang knows about it. They have made him a prisoner and are trying to get the location from him. However, he has sent for his friend Steve Reynolds and the Durango Kid will soon be on the job.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-10
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South of the Chisholm Trail
1947-01-30
South of the Chisholm Trail
Overview: When the ranchers of Bearcat are plagued by rustlers, Big Jim Grady offers to buy their herds from them at low-ball prices. Steve Haley suggests to the ranchers that they band together and drive their herds to Abilene, Kansas and get full price. Steve's friend Smiley "joins" the rustlers to learn who their leader is. Grady henchman Doc Walker asks Steve to help break up the cattle drive, and he agrees in order to keep tabs on the rustlers. The gang makes several attempts to take the trail herd but Steve, in his guise as the Durango Kid, intervenes and saves the cattle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-30
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The Lone Hand Texan
1947-03-06
The Lone Hand Texan
Overview: Steve Driscoll arrives to help a friend who is trying to bring in an oil well. He finds that the well has been blown up and the workers have quit. He gets the workers back on the job and orders a new drill bit . When the drill bit is stolen he organizes the townspeople to invest in the well. But when the money is collected, a fake Durango Kid shows up to take it and flee
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-06
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West of Dodge City
1947-03-26
West of Dodge City
Overview: Charles Starrett once again dons the disguise of the "Durango Kid" to restore law and order in this entry in Columbia's Western series. This time, the Kid, aka Steve Ramsey, witnesses a stage robbery, during which local rancher John Avery is brutally murdered.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-26
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Law of the Canyon
1947-04-23
Law of the Canyon
Overview: Freight wagons are being stolen and ransomed back to their owners. Government agent Steve Langtry (and his alter ego the Durango Kid) is sent break up the Hood Gang that's behind the robberies.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-23
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Prairie Raiders
1947-05-29
Prairie Raiders
Overview: Government Agent Steve leases land to Masters so he can bring in horses for the Army. Henley has obtained a forged lease for the same land and Steve is unable to prove it's a fake. While Steve checks with Washington, Henley plans to roundup and ship the horses. Masters also intends to roundup the horses and he has the Durango Kid on his side in the battle with Henley.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-29
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The Stranger From Ponca City
1947-07-03
The Stranger From Ponca City
Overview: A saddle-weary Steve Larkin, also the Duranko Kid, rides into Red Mound, a town filled with cattle rustlers. Cafe owner Smiley, befriends Steve and fills him in on the activities. Steve angers the rustler's leader, Flip Dugan when he purchases the old Atkins ranch which is supposedly haunted. Flip and his henchmen try to prevent the recording of the deed, but the Durango Kid and Deputy Marshal Tug Carter win the gun battle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-03
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Riders of the Lone Star
1947-08-14
Riders of the Lone Star
Overview: An outlaw gang is trying to stop the reopening of a mine as they look for the money left there by the famous outlaw Dusty Morton. After a ten year absence, Morton has apparently reappeared and Steve arrives looking for him. He finds his son who also wonders if his father is still alive. With the gang soon after him, the Durango Kid goes into action and Steve tries to learn who the real Dusty Morgan is.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-14
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Buckaroo from Powder River
1947-10-13
Buckaroo from Powder River
Overview: Steve arrives looking for the person printing counterfeit bonds. He finds his man in Pop Ryland who has two sons and a stepson. The stepson doesn't want to be an outlaw like the other sons and helps Steve out by posing as the Durango Kid when needed and then leading him to the evidence he is looking for.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-10-13
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Last Days of Boot Hill
1947-11-20
Last Days of Boot Hill
Overview: Treasury Department Steve Waring, and also, unknown to others, the Durango Kid, comes to Sunset Pass in search of $1000,000 in gold coins, stolen from the government by the late Forrest Brent. He is aided by Smiley Burnette, the local deputy sheriff. Later, Paula Thorpe, Brent's daughter from his first marriage, arrives with her lawyer sweetheart Frank Raeburn, with intentions of proving her father's estate belongs to her and not to Mrs. Brent, his wife of record when he died. The widow Brent has no intentions of giving up one single cent.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-20
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North of the Yukon
1939-03-29
North of the Yukon
Overview: In this North western, a brave Canadian Mountie pursuing a gang of fur thieves finds himself drummed out of the RCMP and forced to run a gauntlet of Mountie whips. When the gang learns of this, they convince him to join them.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-29
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The Medico of Painted Springs
1941-06-26
The Medico of Painted Springs
Overview: Medico of Painted Springs was the first of western hero Charles Starrett's appearances as frontier doctor Steven Monroe. Riding into a small town, Dr. Monroe finds himself smack-dab in the middle of a range war between cattlemen and sheepmen.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-26
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Desert Vigilante
1949-04-08
Desert Vigilante
Overview: Silver is being smuggled across the border and the secret passage goes through Betty Long's basement. When Steve arrives he gets tangled up with the rustlers who are now going to have the Durango Kid to contend with.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-08
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West of Tombstone
1942-01-15
West of Tombstone
Overview: In this western, a community revives the legend of Billy the Kid after robbers attack a stage coach. The deputy marshal believes the Kid is dead and even goes to the cemetery to exhume his body. Unfortunately, the grave is empty and as the marshal ponders the mystery, a masked rider shoots at him. The eagle-eyed lawman recognizes the man's horse and realizes that he is a prominent businessman in town.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-15
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Laramie
1949-05-19
Laramie
Overview: A major Indian uprising is expected and Wyoming military posts are alerted. Colonel Dennison is meeting with Chief Eagle and his son Running Wolf when Chief Eagle is mysteriously shot. Steve Holden, an agent for the government peace commission, with the aid of a wandering shoemaker, Smiley, discover the troubles and the Chief's murder have been instigated by Cronin, the regimental scout, for personal gain for he and his gang of outlaws.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-19
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The Blazing Trail
1949-06-05
The Blazing Trail
Overview: Old Mike Brady built Brady Town and was a leader, but a bullet from an unknown assailant has ended his life. When the will is read, it leaves the bulk of the property to Kirk, the gambling son of Mike. This upsets Sam, the hard working son, but not gambler Full House who always beats Kirk at cards. But even the Sheriff is suspicious of the will, but he needs proof and the Durango Kid will find the proof.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-05
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South of Death Valley
1949-08-08
South of Death Valley
Overview: When Steve Downey arrives to reopen his brother-in-law's gold mine, he finds a war between the ranchers and the miners. Ashton has had the water poisoned killing cattle. When Ashton's men find Steve's hat, they kill Tom Tavish and frame Steve for the murder. Escaping jail the Durango Kid goes into action.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-08
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Rio Grande
1938-12-08
Rio Grande
Overview: No relation to the 1950 John Ford classic of the same name, Rio Grande is yet another rubber-stamp Charles Starrett western from the Columbia assembly line.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-08
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Bandits of El Dorado
1949-10-19
Bandits of El Dorado
Overview: Wanted outlaws have mysteriously disappeared. Ranger Captain Henley and Steve have a plan to find them. Steve becomes a wanted man by faking the killing of Henley. Not only is he now in trouble as both the Rangers and the Mexican Rurales are after him, but Smiley knows him and may expose his masquerade to the bad guys.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-19
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Terror Trail
1946-11-21
Terror Trail
Overview: The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) returns to Ret Butte intending to sell his cattle ranch. Saloon owner, Duke Catlett (Lane Chandler) is the secret owner of a sheep flock which graze on the cattle lands--leaving them useless for cattle. A range war looms between the cattlemen and sheepherders.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-21
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Bonanza Town
1951-07-26
Bonanza Town
Overview: Using marked bills, Steve is looking for the supposedly dead Henry Hardison. Coming to Bonanza Town he gets a job with the town boss Crag Bozeman and gets paid with marked bills. He suspects Hardison is Boseman's boss and he is right as Hardison and his men are now planning to get rid of both him and the Durango kid.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-26
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Trail of the Rustlers
1950-02-02
Trail of the Rustlers
Overview: Charles Starrett goes up against an entire family of criminals posing as respectable citizens in this entry in Columbia's long-running Durango Kid Western series.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-02
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Snake River Desperadoes
1951-05-30
Snake River Desperadoes
Overview: Starrett tries to prevent a range war between settlers and the Native Americans. Blue and his fellow scoundrels think they can profit from the bloodshed,but the Durango Kid along with a couple of precocious youngsters put an end to Blue's terrorism.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-30
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Blazing the Western Trail
1945-09-08
Blazing the Western Trail
Overview: Stage line owner Brent has his men robbing Halliday stages and when his manager Waring learns of it, Brent has him killed. Jeff Waring arrives and takes his uncle's job. He soon learns what's happening and the Durango Kid goes into action. This keeps Halliday going and gives them a chance to get the mail contract by winning the stagecoach race.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-08
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Lawless Empire
1945-11-15
Lawless Empire
Overview: In the lawless town of Dusty Gulch, the Durango Kid comes to the aid of Reverend Harding in his fight against Blaze Howard and his henchman. When Durango foils all bad guy's plans, Blaze's boss Doc Weston realizes Cannonball it tipping off Durango. Weston then lets Cannonball overhear false information that will send Durango into a fatal trap.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-15
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Texas Panhandle
1945-12-20
Texas Panhandle
Overview: Steve Holden, a secret service agent, is suspended when his boss becomes suspicious of his activities as The Durango Kid. Can Steve prove his innocence?
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-20
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The Kid from Broken Gun
1952-08-19
The Kid from Broken Gun
Overview: Charles Starrett makes his final appearance as The Durango Kid, this time as Steve Reynolds, a postal inspector who has gone underground to catch the bad guys. His longtime sidekick, Smiley Burnette appears as an itinerant optometrist who is hardly in the plot line of the film. Jock Mahoney plays Jack Mahoney, an eastern educated dude who has come back home. The Durango Kid teaches Jack how to draw and fire a six-gun, and the two ultimately work together to bring the outlaws to justice.
Genres: Western Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-08-19
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Roaring Rangers
1946-02-14
Roaring Rangers
Overview: When Sheriff Jeff Connor of Powder River cannot stop the crime wave, his young son, Larry, writes to the Durango Kid for aid. Taggart, the saloon owner, is the secret head of the outlaws, while Connor's brother Bill is in cahoots with him. Steve Randall, the Durango Kid, and his pal, Smiley Butterbean, arrive in time to stop a stagecoach holdup, and Steve is made a deputy sheriff. Taggart has one of his men, Slade, pose as the Durango Kid and while he is speaking to the townspeople, the rest of the outlaw gang pillages the town, and this somewhat damages the Durango Kid in the eyes of Larry and his sister Doris. Steve suggests that Sheriff Connor visit the government about a railroad project, and Taggart instructs Slade and the gang leader to kill Connor on his trip back.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-14
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Galloping Thunder
1946-04-24
Galloping Thunder
Overview: The cattle herds of some Arizona ranchers are being stampeded and stolen, so the Arizona Stockmen's Syndicate sends ace investigator Steve Reynolds in to find out who is responsible. Steve poses as a vicious gunslinger named Buck McCloud to work his way into the gang, and then becomes the Durango Kid to disrupt the activities he learns about. Jud Temple is the loyal fiancée of town banker Grat Hanlon who turns out to be the brain-trust behind the gang.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-24
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Cyclone Fury
1951-08-14
Cyclone Fury
Overview: A late entry in Columbia's seemingly endless Durango Kid Western series, Cyclone Fury was augmented with a hefty dose of stock footage from an earlier Durango effort, Galloping Thunder (1946), footage that included sidekick Smiley Burnette warbling "Hear the Wind (Singing a Cowboy Song)" accompanied by Merle Travis and his Bronco Busters.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-14
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Laramie Mountains
1952-04-19
Laramie Mountains
Overview: Markham and his men have found gold on the Indian reservation and are trying to get rid of them by starting an Indian war. Dressed as Indians they are attacking the soldiers. Steve Holden is the Indian agent sent to prevent a war. After finding proof that white men posing as Indians were responsible, he is able to locate the gang's hideout but quickly becomes a prisoner slated to be killed. - Written by Maurice VanAuken
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-19
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The Fighting Buckaroo
1943-02-01
The Fighting Buckaroo
Overview: In this western, a lonesome cowpoke trots into a town and helps clear his pardner's name. The trouble began when the friend was framed by the leader of the Cattlemen's association who made it seem like he was a rustler. Because the friend was an ex-con, the evidence against him seems airtight. The wandering hero must work extra hard to prove his friend's innocence.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-02-01
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Call It Luck
1934-07-09
Call It Luck
Overview: A London taxicab driver cashes in on a big sweepstakes ticket and becomes the prey of a confidence-gang that sells him a nag of a cavalry horse on the claim that it is a brother to a current Derby winner.
Genres: Crime Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-09
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The Royal Family of Broadway
1930-12-22
The Royal Family of Broadway
Overview: Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her daughter Gwen must decide between going on stage, or settling down in a conventional marriage. Julie is just thinking that it would be nice to retire and get married, when who should turn up but her old beau, Gilmore Marshal, the platinum magnate from South America.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-22
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Blazing Six Shooters
1940-04-10
Blazing Six Shooters
Overview: The story revolves around a valuable silver deposit, located between two ranches. Villain Lash Bender cooks up a scheme to gain control of both ranches so that he may have a clear field to the silver lode.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-10
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Across the Badlands
1950-09-14
Across the Badlands
Overview: Charles Starrett once more hits the trail as "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's Across the Badlands. By now, the formula was a well-oiled machine: Starrett becomes a lawman, is challenged by the local criminal element, and ultimately goes beyond the law as the masked Durango.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-14
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Junction City
1952-07-12
Junction City
Overview: Durango, aka Steve Rollins rides into town with saddle pal Smiley Burnette. The boys go to the rescue of pretty Kathleen Case, who is being victimized by greedy relatives.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-12
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The Kid from Amarillo
1951-10-29
The Kid from Amarillo
Overview: Charles "Durango" Starrett and his pal Smiley Burnette go after smugglers. Our heroes travel incognito across the Mexican border to beard the leader of the gang in his den.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-29
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Fort Savage Raiders
1951-03-14
Fort Savage Raiders
Overview: Fort Savage Raiders is another entry in Charles Starrett's "Durango Kid" western series. Starrett once again does double duty as a peacekeeper named Steve (this time his last name is Drake) and as masked avenger Durango. The heavy of the piece is escaped military prisoner Craydon (John Dehner) who, with several other fugitives from justice, forms an army of terrorists.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-14
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Texas Dynamo
1950-06-01
Texas Dynamo
Overview: Charles Starrett plays The Durango Kid in the 1950 Columbia western Texas Dynamo. As a novelty, Starrett not only plays Durango and his "alter ego" Steve Drake, but also takes on a third identity, that of a hired gun in the employ of the film's bad guys. As one critic noted, this may be the only western in which the hero is obliged to chase himself. Jock O'Mahoney -- later known as Jock Mahoney -- plays a secondary role, and also doubles for Starrett during the riskier stunt sequences.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-01
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Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950-04-13
Outcasts of Black Mesa
Overview: Our Hero is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Once again, he breaks jail to find the real culprits. And once again, he dons his Durango Kid disguise, whereupon stunt-double Jock Mahoney swings into action. Outcasts of Black Mesa is distinguished by the presence of a relative newcomer to the film game, leading lady Martha Hyer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-13
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Renegades of the Sage
1949-11-24
Renegades of the Sage
Overview: The plot finds Steve/Durango attempting to capture ex-Civil War guerilla fighter Miller who may be the man who's been going around knocking down telegraph wires.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-24
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Horsemen of the Sierras
1949-11-22
Horsemen of the Sierras
Overview: When Robin Grant inherits a valuable range, certain evil interests try their best to kill off Robin and claim the land for themselves. US Marshall Steve Saunders comes to the boy's rescue.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-22
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El Dorado Pass
1948-10-13
El Dorado Pass
Overview: Charles Starrett returns as The Durango Kid in Columbia's El Dorado Pass. It all begins when Durango, in his everyday guise of Steve Clanton, is falsely accused of robbing a stagecoach. The genuine criminal is not only a thief but a coin collector, searching for a valuable specimen by staging holdups.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-13
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Six-Gun Law
1948-01-09
Six-Gun Law
Overview: In this western, an entry in the "Durango Kid" series of westerns, a corrupt, prominent citizen owns a small western town. The trouble begins when a cowboy finds himself convinced by the evil town father that he has killed the sheriff. In exchange for his silence, the official forces the man to become the new sheriff and instructs him to turn a blind eye to the villain's evil doings.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-09
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Frontier Gunlaw
1946-01-31
Frontier Gunlaw
Overview: Jim Stewart comes to Mesa City and buys a ranch from publisher Matt Edwards, who is confined to a wheelchair. The area is terrorized by an outlaw gang known as The Phantoms. When Jim's cattle herd is rustled and his ranch foreman Pop Evans killed, he takes an active hand against the gang in his guise as the Durango Kid.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-31
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Outlaws of the Rockies
1945-09-18
Outlaws of the Rockies
Overview: Outlaws of the Rockies is the fourth of Columbia's revitalized "Durango Kid" series. Charles Starrett is back in the saddle as the masked do-gooder Durango, aka easygoing sheriff Steve Williams. Accused of being a member of an outlaw gang, Williams is forced to don his Durango disguise to bring the actual criminals to justice.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-18
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Rustlers of the Badlands
1945-08-16
Rustlers of the Badlands
Overview: The Durango Kid fights to catch the rustlers who killed an Army officer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-08-16
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Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
1950-09-30
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
Overview: Charles Starrett, aka "The Durango Kid", is back in Raiders of Tomahawk Creek. Starrett plays Steve Blake, a novice Indian agent, sent out to investigate a series of mysterious murders.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-30
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Lightning Guns
1950-12-01
Lightning Guns
Overview: The Durango Kid rides again in Lightning Guns. As ever, the masked Durango (alias Steve Brandon) is played by Charles Starrett, who this time around is on the trail of a gang of cold-blooded killers. Rancher Dan Saunders (Edgar Dearing) is held responsible for the killings because of his opposition to a politically expedient dam project. Durango believes that Saunders is innocent, and he intends to prove it.
Genres: Comedy Western Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-01
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Cowboy in the Clouds
1943-12-23
Cowboy in the Clouds
Overview: A rancher who becomes a pilot staunchly defends the newly formed Civil Air Patrol from the cattle barons who fail to see the value of airplanes on the range.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-23
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The Pinto Kid
1941-02-05
The Pinto Kid
Overview: Pinto Kid was one of Charles Starrett's last "formula" westerns before he permanently assumed the screen guise of the Durango Kid. The story takes places just after the Civil War, with hostilities between Yanks and Rebels still in effect between Kansas and Texas. The villain, cattle rustler Vic Landreau (Paul Sutton), intends to play both factions down the middle for his own benefit. But Landreau meets his match in the form of wandering do-gooder Jud Calvert (Charles Starrett).
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-05
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Bad Men of the Hills
1942-08-13
Bad Men of the Hills
Overview: U.S. Marshal Dave Upjohn arrives in Sundown to investigate reports of lawlessness.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-13
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Riding Through Nevada
1942-11-02
Riding Through Nevada
Overview: Riding Through Nevada is a western starring Charles Starrett
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-02
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Outlaws of the Panhandle
1941-02-27
Outlaws of the Panhandle
Overview: Outlaws of the Pandhandle was the last of Charles Starrett's "formula" westerns for Columbia: hereafter, Starrett would be seen only in the guise of frontier medico Steven Monroe or masked do-gooder The Durango Kid. For the moment, however, the star is cast as Jim Endicott, bound and determined to put an end to the underhanded activities of gin-mill operator Faro Jack Vaughn (Norman Willis). The villain's strategy is to get the local cowpunchers tanked up on rotgut that they'll prove to be easy pickings for a gang of rustlers-and will be unable to complete work on a railroad spur which will bypass the outlaws' hideaway.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-27
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The Royal Mounted Patrol
1941-11-13
The Royal Mounted Patrol
Overview: Western star Charles Starrett makes one of his periodic forays into the Great White North in Columbia's Royal Mounted Patrol. When villainous lumberman Frenchy Duvalle refuses to limit his wood-chopping activities, he inadvertently touches off a forest fire. Trapped in the middle of the conflagration, Frenchy's only hope for rescue is mountie Tom Jeffries, presently scouring the countryside in his scout plane. Jeffries' reasons for bringing Frenchy out safely are twofold: he must deliver the renegade lumberjack to the authorities, and he happens to be in love with Frenchy's sister Betty.
Genres: Western Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-13
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Hail to the Rangers
1943-09-15
Hail to the Rangers
Overview: In this western, fake settlers make themselves at home on an ex-ranger's ranch and drive him away. A shady newspaper publisher and a gambler then conspire to take over the land. Fortunately, another ranger endeavors to help his pal. Enlisting the aide of his fellow rangers, they get oust the homesteaders. The publisher and the gambler shoot each other and the retired ranger gets his ranch back.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-15
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Lawless Plainsmen
1942-03-17
Lawless Plainsmen
Overview: In this western, a ranch foreman and the bosses son go to a saloon to slake their thirst and find themselves in the midst of a battle started by the feisty saloon owner's wicked ex-husband who loots the safe in the ensuing scuffle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-17
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Cyclone Prairie Rangers
1944-11-09
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
Overview: It's World War 2 and saboteurs are out to destroy the ranchers food crop. Steve Travis and sidekick Cannonball have been called in to investigate. Avoiding the attempts on his life by the gang, Steve uses a pair of eyeglasses to discover their leader, a supposedly deaf mute shoe repairman.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-09
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Cowboy from Lonesome River
1944-09-21
Cowboy from Lonesome River
Overview: This western features a singing cowboy, a brave hero, and a bumbling sidekick who band together to defeat a ruthless range boss.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-21
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Sagebrush Heroes
1945-02-01
Sagebrush Heroes
Overview: This Columbia western starring Charles Starrett finds Steve Randall (Charles Starrett) forming a radio show with Jimmy Wakely (Jimmy Wakely) and his Saddle Pals, and are in town for a rodeo. Reporter Connie Pearson (Constance Worth) persuades them to visit Marty Jones (Elvin Fields), a fatherless boy, who has been sent to a boy's home after stealing Steve's wallet, ran by Tom Goodwin (Forrest Taylor.) Marty tells Steve that the home is a phony and is a front for cattle rustlers. Steve passes the information on to Connie, who doesn't believe him, so he and Jimmy wire the ranch for sound. They are caught and Goodwin turns them over to Sheriff Barnes (Edmund Cobb), and then plans to skip the country
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-02-01
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Sky Bride
1932-04-19
Sky Bride
Overview: Barnstorming pilots Speed Condon, Bill Adams, and Eddie Smith travel the country with their manager, Alec Dugan, performing at fairs and air shows and hawking rides for the locals. But when Speed's rambunctious flying results in tragedy, he gives up flying in despair and guilt. Alec tracks him down and hopes to get him back on his feet and back in the air.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-19
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Three on a Honeymoon
1934-03-22
Three on a Honeymoon
Overview: This romantic comedy takes place on an ocean liner. One of the few unattached passengers is heiress Joan Foster. Joan finds herself in the arms of the ship's second officer. Little does she know that he has been hired by her father to keep other men away from her.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-22
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Secret Patrol
1936-06-02
Secret Patrol
Overview: RCMP Alan Barclay is sent to investigate the presumed murder of his friend and fellow RCMP Gene when Gene's horse is found riderless. A "quota quickie" filmed in Canada.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-02
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Damaged Love
1931-01-24
Damaged Love
Overview: Determined to land Jim as her husband, footloose Nita contrives to get herself pregnant by him. This film is lost.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1931-01-24
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Colorado Trail
1938-09-08
Colorado Trail
Overview: In this western a traveling gun ends up in a small town and rescues an important rancher. Out of gratitude the rancher hires him to protect his land and cattle from his violent rival. It is revealed that the gunman is the son of the ruthless rival; he therefore, loses his job and finds himself entangled in the midst of a range war. He must eventually face his father when the bad guy takes over the only trail to the market.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-08
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Riders of Black River
1939-09-23
Riders of Black River
Overview: Former Texas Ranger Wade Patterson (Starrett) returns to his home town, only to find that the territory is in the grip of cattle rustlers. For a while, it looks as though heroine Linda Holden (Meredith) is in cahoots with the bad guys, but Patterson quickly clears her name and takes on the crooks himself.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-23
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The Quarterback
1926-10-11
The Quarterback
Overview: Elmer Stone, quarterback of the 1899 Colton College football team vows to remain a student until Colton beats its biggest rival, State University. Twenty-seven years later, Elmer is still in school and is a classmate of his son, Jack. Other than driving a milk wagon in his spare time, Jack is also the quarterback of the football team. A matter of his eligibility comes up but he is cleared and goes out to do-or-die for Colton against State University. Maybe they will win The Big Game, and Jack's father can get a life...and a job.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-11
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Touchdown!
1931-11-15
Touchdown!
Overview: Football coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-15
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Cattle Raiders
1938-02-12
Cattle Raiders
Overview: Tom Reynolds returns to find he is wanted for murder, his gun having been found at the scene. Tom suspects Munro and stages a fight to get a bullet from Monro's gun which he then sees matches the murder bullet. He gets his brother Steve to confess that he Monro forced him to rob the bank with his gun. But at Tom's trial, the bullets are ignored and when Steve fails to appear, Tom is found guilty.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-12
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The Thundering West
1939-01-12
The Thundering West
Overview: Outlaws Dale and Tucson quit Wolf's gang. Just as the two are about to rob the stage, Wolf and his gang beat them to it. Dale breaks it up saving the money and this gets him appointed Sheriff. But Wolf shows up and threatening to expose Dale, forces him to let his gang rob the express office.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-12
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Law of the Plains
1938-05-12
Law of the Plains
Overview: Rancher William Norton refuses to sell his cattle for half price, so saloon owner and gang leader Jim Fletcher, contrary to the orders from his secret boss Willard McGowan, the town banker, has his men rob and beat up Norton. Unknown to anyone, Marion, McGowan's adopted daughter is really the daughter of Norton, who disappeared as a young baby when she and her mother were passengers on a stagecoach held up by McGowan. Chuck Saunders, Norton's foreman, goes after the gang for robbing his boss and eventually uncovers the truth regarding Marion's heritage.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-05-12
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