Smiley Burnette
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was a popular American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry and other B-movie cowboys. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who could play as many as 100 musical instruments, some simultaneously. His career, beginning in 1934, spanned four decades, including a regular role on CBS-TV's Petticoat Junction in the 1960s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Smiley Burnette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 18, 1911
Deathday: February 16, 1967
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Known For
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000-01-01
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Overview: This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its demise in the early 1950s. The film contains a large number of scenes from early silents and seldom seen films, as well as old photographs of the stars and one-sheet advertisements for lost films.
Genres: Documentary Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936-11-30
Ride, Ranger, Ride
Overview: It is the story of Gene's, a Cavalry scout, who manages to quell an Indian uprising.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-30
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Boots and Saddles
1937-10-04
Boots and Saddles
Overview: Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead. When new owner Spud arrives from England, Autry convinces him not to sell the ranch but to raise horses for the Army. When both Autry's and Neale's bids are the same, the Colonel calls for a race to decide the winner. But that night Neale has Autry's stable burned.
Genres: Western Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-04
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Springtime in the Rockies
1937-11-13
Springtime in the Rockies
Overview: Ranch owner Sandra, fresh from animal husbandry school, brings a flock of sheep into cattle country. The local ranchers don't like it, and ranch foreman Gene must deal with it.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-13
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Red River Valley
1936-03-02
Red River Valley
Overview: Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.
Genres: Action Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-02
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Billy The Kid Returns
1938-09-04
Billy The Kid Returns
Overview: After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him. Although a murderer, Billy was on the side of the homesteaders against the large ranchers. As Billy's death is unknown, Roy gets Garrett to let him pose as Billy to continue the fight, but without the killing.
Genres: Action Western Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-04
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The Big Show
1936-11-16
The Big Show
Overview: At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.
Genres: Action Drama Music Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-16
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South of the Border
1939-12-15
South of the Border
Overview: A federal agent and his partner hang out in Mexico to check a revolution.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-15
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Under Western Stars
1938-04-20
Under Western Stars
Overview: In his starring debut, Roy gets elected to Congress in order to bring water to the ranchers in his district. In Washington, he learns he needs the backing of a key congressman and gets that man to go west for an inspection trip. When the congressman is initially unimpressed, Roy gets the inspection party stranded without water to show the true conditions.
Genres: Western Action Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-20
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The Old Corral
1936-12-21
The Old Corral
Overview: As the sheriff of a small western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed a murder.
Genres: Action Crime Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-21
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Oh, Susanna
1936-08-19
Oh, Susanna
Overview: Oh, Susanna! is a 1936 American Western musical film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Frances Grant. Written by Oliver Drake, the film is about a cowboy who is robbed and then thrown from a train by an escaped murderer who then takes on the cowboy's identity.
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-19
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King of the Cowboys
1943-04-09
King of the Cowboys
Overview: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor Russell Hicks stop World War II Axis sympathizers from blowing up U.S. warehouses.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-09
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The Kids in the Shoe
1935-05-19
The Kids in the Shoe
Overview: The old lady who lives in a shoe has a bit of trouble with her gaggle of children. They won't eat their porridge, won't brush their teeth or comb their hair. As soon as their mother's in bed, they launch a wild party, playing musical instruments and doing a swinging rendition of Smiley Burnette's classic "Mama Don't Allow No Music Playing Round Here." They then have a massive pillow fight until the old woman wakes up.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-19
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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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Git Along Little Dogies
1937-03-27
Git Along Little Dogies
Overview: When war breaks out between oilmen and cattle ranchers, Gene sides with the ranchers until he learns that oil will bring a railraod to town.
Genres: Western Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-27
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Heart of the Rio Grande
1942-03-11
Heart of the Rio Grande
Overview: As foreman of a dude ranch, Gene has two problems. One is a guest, the spoiled daughter of a millioniare, and the other is the disgruntled ex-foreman that Gene replaced, now just a ranch hand. Gene eventually gets the daughter straightened out but has to fire the ex-foreman and this leads to trouble when he returns intent on revenge.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-11
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Down Mexico Way
1941-10-15
Down Mexico Way
Overview: Like 1940's Melody Ranch, the 1941 Gene Autry vehicle Down Mexico Way was designed as a "special", to be promoted separately from Autry's regular B-western series as an A-picture attraction. The story gets under way when a pair of con artists, Gibson (Sidney Blackmer) and Allen (Joe Sawyer), breeze into the town of Sage City claiming to be movie producers. The two scoundrels promise to film a movie in the little burg on the condition that the townsfolk pony up the necessary production fees.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-15
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Heart of the Golden West
1942-11-16
Heart of the Golden West
Overview: Lambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides to ship the cattle on the River Boat. When Lambert and his men are unable to stop the boat, they rustle the cattle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1942-11-16
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Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
1937-05-12
Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
Overview: Gene and Frog, out to stop a bunch of cattle rustlers, assume the identities of what they believe to be dead bandits, which soon gets them in big trouble.
Genres: Western
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1937-05-12
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The Old Barn Dance
1938-01-29
The Old Barn Dance
Overview: Autry and his buddies have a horse selling business which is threatened by a tractor company which claims horses are out of date.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-29
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Call of the Canyon
1942-08-17
Call of the Canyon
Overview: A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-17
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Man from Music Mountain
1938-08-15
Man from Music Mountain
Overview: Scanlon is pulling off a land swindle by selling lots in a ghost town claiming the power company is bringing in a line. As a bonus he throws in shares in a worthless gold mine. Gene is on to Scanlon and tries to get him to buy back the deeds by salting the mine with gold. But when a new vein is really discovered Gene has to stop the sales but is trapped in the mine by Scanlon's men.
Genres: Comedy Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-15
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Guns and Guitars
1936-06-22
Guns and Guitars
Overview: A wrongfully-imprisoned man becomes determined to find who was responsible for the death of a local sheriff.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-22
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Dick Tracy
1937-02-20
Dick Tracy
Overview: Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using his Flying wing and sound weapon to destroy the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and stealing an experimental "Speed Plane", the Spider captures Dick Tracy's brother, Gordon. The Spider's minion, Dr. Moloch, performs a brain operation on Gordon Tracy to turn him evil, making him secretly part of the Spider Ring and so turning brother against brother.
Genres: Crime Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-20
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Stardust on the Sage
1942-05-25
Stardust on the Sage
Overview: A singing cowboy (Gene Autry) and his partner (Bill Henry) thwart a foreman who wants their mine.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-25
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The Singing Cowboy
1936-05-11
The Singing Cowboy
Overview: A rodeo singer funds a little girl's operation with a show, on television.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-11
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Whirlwind
1951-04-16
Whirlwind
Overview: A singing postal inspector (Gene Autry) and his partner (Smiley Burnette) save a woman's (Gail Davis) estate from fraud.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-16
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Goldtown Ghost Riders
1953-05-20
Goldtown Ghost Riders
Overview: A singing frontier judge (Gene Autry) dismisses a case of double jeopardy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-20
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In Old Santa Fe
1934-11-15
In Old Santa Fe
Overview: Gangster Chandler and his accomplice Tracy arrive at a dude ranch. Cowboy Kentucky arrives at the same time. When Tracy double-crosses his boss and has the stage robbed, Kentucky finds the outlaws and brings them in. Tracy frames him for the murder of the driver but his pal Cactus gets him out of jail. He returns just as Chandler shoots Tracy and Kentucky finds himself arrested for another murder.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-15
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Back in the Saddle
1941-03-14
Back in the Saddle
Overview: Gene returns from the East with new ranch owner Tom Bennett to find everyone's cattle dying. Blaine has reopened the copper mine and the waste is poisoning the water supply. While Gene is away Tom confronts the miners and a man is killed in the ensuing gunfight. Now Gene not only has the dying cattle problem but his ranch owner is in jail.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-14
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Sunset in Wyoming
1941-07-15
Sunset in Wyoming
Overview: By stripping all the timber from the land, a lumber baron threatens everyone with flooding. Gene won't let that happen.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-15
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On Top of Old Smoky
1953-03-25
On Top of Old Smoky
Overview: Poachers are harassing toll road owner Jen Larrabee. They want her land because it holds valuable minerals. Autry and the Cass County Boys, mistaken for Texas Rangers, help out.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-25
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Larceny on the Air
1937-01-11
Larceny on the Air
Overview: A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent patent medicines.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-11
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Code of the Prairie
1944-10-06
Code of the Prairie
Overview: Just after the Oklahoma Panhandle was annexed into the united states an ex-lawman turned newspaper man arrives to town to civilize it. He brings along Frog, a photographer and Sunset Carson as muscle. The seedy element in the territory doesn't want law and order and they plot against them and try to stop Sunset Carson being sheriff.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-06
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The Singing Vagabond
1935-12-16
The Singing Vagabond
Overview: Tex rides to the rescue when badguys led by LaCrosse and Utah Joe kidnap Lettie.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-16
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Idaho
1943-03-10
Idaho
Overview: A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-10
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Call of the Rockies
1944-07-14
Call of the Rockies
Overview: Cowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City. Before long, the duo find themselves ambushed by a team of dastardly highwaymen embroiled in an extortion ring. Sunset and Frog must then go undercover to set things right for a mining town under siege. Galloping hooves, spittin' six shooters, and all manner of disreputable behavior ensue.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-14
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Rancho Grande
1940-03-22
Rancho Grande
Overview: A ranch foreman (Gene Autry) helps three youngsters protect their inheritance from foreclosure.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-22
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The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935-08-30
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Overview: A 12 episode serial starring Rex, the King of the Wild Horses and Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr. Rex is brought from the island of Sujan, where he is worshiped as a God-Horse, to the U.S. to be trained as a polo pony. He escapes, meets Rinty and with the help of Frank Bradley is returned to Sujan. The natives have been persuaded to turn against their God-Horse, however he is rescued just in time before he is burned as a sacrifice.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-30
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Public Cowboy No. 1
1937-06-11
Public Cowboy No. 1
Overview: Deputies Gene Autry and Frog go up against modern cattle rustlers. These rustlers use technology such as, airplanes, radios and refrigerated trucks to steal the cows, butcher them in the field and ship them out before getting caught. This causes the town to bring in a modern NYC detective to catch the crooks, but will Autry and Frog be permanently out of a job?
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-11
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The Border Patrolman
1936-06-20
The Border Patrolman
Overview: When a border patrolman catches their spoiled daughter smoking in a no-smoking area, parents hire him to watch over her. She then runs over to Mexico and gets involved with jewel thieves and he has to go save her.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-20
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The Laramie Trail
1944-04-03
The Laramie Trail
Overview: A cowbody acquires a ranch whose previous owner is believed to be dead.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-03
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Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935-09-05
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Overview: Traveling with Doc Parker's medicine show, Gene finds his old friend Harry Brooks wounded and the Sheriff after him for murdering his father. Gene also sees that Craven and his gang are looking for Brooks. Finding clues that Craven was behind the murder, Gene has a plan utilizing the medicine show wagon that will trap the gang.
Genres: Western Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-05
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The Sagebrush Troubadour
1935-12-02
The Sagebrush Troubadour
Overview: Before he was murdered Grandpa Martin found a gold mine. He failed to record it and now everyone is looking for Martin's old horse that can lead them to it. When under-cover Texas Ranger Autry arrives to investigate, he is accused of the murder and finds the Sheriff after him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-02
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A Man Betrayed
1936-12-27
A Man Betrayed
Overview: A businessman during the Great Depression discovers that his partners are crooked con-men, and he tries to make things right for the stockholders, but gets framed.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-27
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Melody Trail
1935-10-21
Melody Trail
Overview: Gene goes after the badguys after they kidnap the baby he should have been babysitting.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-21
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Comin' 'Round the Mountain
1936-04-13
Comin' 'Round the Mountain
Overview: His horse Champion steals the show from Gene when what's at stake is a horse race and a bull fight.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-13
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Ridin' on a Rainbow
1941-01-24
Ridin' on a Rainbow
Overview: When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their accomplice is Pop, the clown from the showboat. He leaves the money on the boat and tells his daughter Patsy to bring it to him at a later stop on the river. Gene's investigation of a bank robbery takes him to the showboat where he becomes a performer. Gene and Frog try to find the money while helping Patsy and her father.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-24
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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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In Old Monterey
1939-08-14
In Old Monterey
Overview: The U.S. Army takes over a large area of land, over the objection of citizens and corporations who live and work there.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-14
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Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937-06-14
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
Overview: The old west range war story transported to Georgia, with Autry as the hero.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-14
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Gold Mine in the Sky
1938-07-04
Gold Mine in the Sky
Overview: As executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress doesn't marry without his approval.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-04
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Rhythm of the Saddle
1938-11-06
Rhythm of the Saddle
Overview: Gene is the foreman at the ranch owned by wealthy rodeo owner Maureen. She will lose her rodeo contract unless sales improve.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-06
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Western Jamboree
1938-12-02
Western Jamboree
Overview: Knowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch which Gene straw-bosses. When that fails, they lay a hidden pipeline to snag the gas.
Genres: Romance Western Action Adventure Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-02
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Meet the Boy Friend
1937-07-12
Meet the Boy Friend
Overview: A heartthrob singer, Tony Paige, also known as "America's Boyfriend" decides to wed a Swedish actress. His manager doesn't want this because he is afraid of Tony losing female fans so he takes up a 300 hundred thousand dollar insurance policy if Tony does in fact wed. Tony soon meets a girl name June Delaney on a bus who doesn't swoon over him like other girls. He falls for her but doesn't know her true identity.
Genres: Romance Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-12
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Raiders of Sunset Pass
1943-12-30
Raiders of Sunset Pass
Overview: World War II is raging and the manpower shortage has hit the range since every able-bodied cowboy of military age is off fighting for Uncle Sam. Dad Mathews, a rancher with a huge government contract order for beef, has trouble with the cattle rustlers, led by Henry Judson and Lefty Lewis, who are taking advantage of the situation to steal his herds. John Paul Revere, Special State Investigator, arrives, and upon meeting Mathews' daughter, Betty, gets the idea of recruiting the hard-riding daughters of the district into the WAPS, an organization which will be to the cattle country what the WACS and WAVES are to the Army and Navy. He trains them in military procedure and provides them with radio sending-and-receiving sets. Johnny's sidekick, Frog Millhouse, finds himself the possessor of a "walkie-talkie" which he considers just a "doo-dad" at first, but which is instrumental in the end, in helping Johnny and the WAPS trap the gang of rustlers in their hideout.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-30
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Silver Spurs
1943-08-12
Silver Spurs
Overview: Jerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is trying to get a railroad spur right of way. Lucky has a woman come west to marry Jerry to get control of the ranch. After the wedding, Lucky has the owner killed. Roy’s gun is substituted for the murder weapon, so Roy is put in jail.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-12
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Hollywood Stadium Mystery
1938-02-21
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
Overview: A boxer is killed in the ring, and the only clue is a tune that a man was whistling.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-21
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Home in Wyomin'
1942-04-29
Home in Wyomin'
Overview: Radio star Gene Autry returns to his home town of Gold Ridge at the request of his old friend Pop Harrison, who wants Gene to straighten out his wayward son, Tex Harrison, whose gambling and drinking threaten to bankrupt the rodeo organization which he heads. News photographer Clementine "Clem" Benson and reporter Hack Hackett are ordered to follow Gene. The group finds quarters at the "Bar Nothing" dude ranch, winter quarters for Tex's rodeo group, and Tex soon tangles with Hackett in a quarrel.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-29
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Carolina Moon
1940-07-14
Carolina Moon
Overview: A singing cowboy and his sidekick encounter misunderstandings and rodeo havoc as they try and save a man and daughter from con men.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-14
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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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Prairie Moon
1938-10-07
Prairie Moon
Overview: Gene takes care of three tough kids sent west from Chicago after their father died and left them a cattle ranch. They help him catch a bunch of rustlers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-07
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Beyond the Last Frontier
1943-08-18
Beyond the Last Frontier
Overview: Beyond the Last Frontier was the first entry in Republic's "John Paul Revere" western series. Journeyman actor Eddie Dew stars as Revere, a Texas Ranger who goes undercover to smash an outlaw gang. Meanwhile, the villains install an informer amongst the Rangers, meaning that Revere will have to take care of this guy before he can complete his assignment. While Eddie Dew was OK in the lead, his thunder was stolen by the young actor cast as "Trigger Dolan"-future superstar Robert Mitchum. The plot was a bit too complicated for a film of this nature, thus future John Paul Revere installments were a bit easier to follow.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-18
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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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Mountain Rhythm
1939-06-08
Mountain Rhythm
Overview: Cavanaugh and McCauley are after the ranchers land. When the Government announces the land will be put up for auction, the ranchers pool their money only to have it stolen by Cavanaugh's men. They then plan to sell their cattle but Cavanaugh announces a fake gold strike and the cowhands all leave. But Gene's hobo friend the Judge says he will get the cattle to market and he sends out a signal to his hobo friends.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-08
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Doughnuts and Society
1936-03-27
Doughnuts and Society
Overview: Kate Flannagan and Belle Dugan operate a downtown coffee shop and, while dispensing their locally-famous doughnuts, engage in their favorite pastime, friendly quarreling between themselves. This changes when Belle suddenly becomes heir to a small fortune which allows her to crash high-society and make her daughter,Joan, a débutante. This creates a rift between the two former partners, with the result that the proud Kate refuses to accept her friend's good fortune nor allow her son, Jerry, who is in love with Joan, to do so.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-27
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The Singing Hill
1941-04-25
The Singing Hill
Overview: If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-25
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Pride of the Plains
1944-01-05
Pride of the Plains
Overview: Dan Hurley wants to sell wild horses and is trying to get the Wild Game Laws that protect them changed. To get his petition signed, his henchman paints his trained horse to look like the wild horse leader and has it kill a man. Johnny Revere finds traces of paint on a horse and tries to arrest Hurley and his men. But he is captured by the gang and is now slated to be the next victim of the trained horse.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-05
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Firebrands of Arizona
1944-12-01
Firebrands of Arizona
Overview: The sheriff camps outside of town and tries to arrest Froggy and Sunset, but a gang of outlaws helps them get away.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-01
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Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940-09-05
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Overview: Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in.
Genres: Romance Western Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-05
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Pack Train
1953-07-04
Pack Train
Overview: Gene Autry is assigned to safely transport supplies to a band of settlers. The villains, headed by Ross McLain, intend to bushwhack Autry, grab the supplies, and sell them at high prices to a local mining camp.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-04
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Mexicali Rose
1939-03-26
Mexicali Rose
Overview: Gene Autry and his sidekick Frog look into a phony oil scam being perpetrated on a mission orphanage.
Genres: Action Western Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-26
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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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Home on the Prairie
1939-02-03
Home on the Prairie
Overview: When shifty cattlemen Belknap (Walter Miller) and H.R. Shelby (Gordon Hart) are caught shipping infected animals to Mexico, they frame inspector Gene Autry. Now Autry and his sidekick, Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette), must catch the bad guys in the act and set things straight. June Storey co-stars as rancher Martha Wheeler. Autry sings "I'm Gonna Round Up My Blues," "Moonlight on the Ranch House" and "Big Bull Frog."
Genres: Crime Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-03
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Bells of Capistrano
1942-09-15
Bells of Capistrano
Overview: America's favorite singing cowboy Gene Autry stars in this vintage tale as an up-and-coming rodeo singer caught in the middle of two rival companies, both angling to ride the talented crooner to riches. Featuring several memorable musical performances from Autry, including renditions of "Forgive Me" and "In Old Capistrano," this rousing Western co-stars Smiley Burnette, Virginia Grey and Lucien Littlefield.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-15
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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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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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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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Men with Steel Faces
1940-05-02
Men with Steel Faces
Overview: Re-edited feature version of serial The Phantom Empire (1935). Singer Gene Autry discovers a race of advanced humans living beneath the earth.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-02
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Sierra Sue
1941-11-12
Sierra Sue
Overview: To fight a poisonous weed, ranchers are burning their land. Gene is the Inspector brought in and he recommends spraying. The spraying goes well until the Larabee ranch is reached. When Larrabee refuses to allow the equipment on his land, Gene has it sprayed by airplane. Cattle must stay off recently sprayed land and when a Larrabee man shoots down the plane, the crash sends the cattle stampeding toward the newly sprayed land.
Genres: Adventure Music Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-12
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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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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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Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939-11-16
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Overview: Rancher Autry takes a job singing on the radio to aid farmers and ranchers whose lands were destroyed by raging floods. Blaming crooked politicians, he goes to Washington and tries to put through a food control bill and finds he has a lot to learn. In this classic release, Gene introduces his immortal theme song, "Back in the Saddle Again," which has gone on to become a piece of American History.
Genres: Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-16
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Blue Montana Skies
1939-05-03
Blue Montana Skies
Overview: Gene Autry follows a clue written on a rock by his murdered partner and discovers a fur smuggling operation near the Canadian border.
Genres: Action Western Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-03
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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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Harmony Lane
1935-10-22
Harmony Lane
Overview: The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-22
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1937-11-26
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Overview: In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the gangster's strong-arm tactics nearly cause a singer to lose his fiancée. A wide variety of entertainers appear including cowboy crooner Gene Autry, baseball hero Joe DiMaggio, and big band stars Cab Calloway, Ted Lewis, and the Kay Thompson Singers. Songs include "Mamma I Wanna Make Rhythm," "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round," "Heaven?," "I Owe You," and "It's Round-up Time in Reno."
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-26
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Under Fiesta Stars
1941-08-25
Under Fiesta Stars
Overview: Rodeo champ Gene Autry inherits half interest in both a ranch and a mine that provides steady employment for the surrounding rancheros. Unfortunately, the other half goes to Easterner Barbara Erwin (Carol Hughes), who is only interested in monetary remuneration. To convince Gene to buy her share, Barbara enters into an unholy alliance with unscrupulous attorneys Arnold (Ivan Miller) and Fry (Sam Flint), who, without their client's consent, hire a gang of thugs headed by Tommick (John Merton). When a ranchero (Elias Gamboa) is mortally wounded in the ensuing gun battle, Barbara sees the error of her way and switches sides.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-25
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Gaucho Serenade
1940-05-09
Gaucho Serenade
Overview: Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's horse, Champion. They discover that Ronnie Willoughby, a young boy just off the boat from school in England, has hitched a ride, thinking that Gene and Frog were sent by his father to meet him. Ronnie thinks his father is a big rancher in the west and doesn't know that his father, Alfred Willoughby, is serving time in San Quentin prison because of a frame-up by the officials of a packing company. To keep the father from testifying against them, the packing company officials, Carter, Jenkins and Martin, have arranged for the boy to be kidnapped. Along the way a runaway bride, Joyce Halloway, and her young sister Patsy join the troupe.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-09
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Bordertown Trail
1944-08-11
Bordertown Trail
Overview: The election to determine if Texas will become a state is near and men opposed are running contraband across the border. Sunset and Frog are Border Patrolmen and have an agent that tips them off by carrier pigeon. The Army arrives and the commander is Sunset's brother. When the agent is found out and murdered, his fake replacement then leads the soldiers astray.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-11
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mystery Mountain
1934-12-02
Mystery Mountain
Overview: Ken Williams is determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Rattler, who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like that owned by Jane Corwin. The Rattler is especially difficult to catch because of his skill at disguising himself as other people.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-02
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Saginaw Trail
1953-09-20
Saginaw Trail
Overview: Hamilton's Rangers, led by our hero Gene, must keep the Indians in the northern Michigan territory from attacking the settlers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-20
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Hearts in Bondage
1936-05-26
Hearts in Bondage
Overview: Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them, as Raymond stands by his native Virginia while Kenneth remains on duty as a Northern officer. Kenneth's uncle, John Ericsson, designs a new kind of ship, an ironclad he calls the Monitor. Eventually the war pits Kenneth, on board the Monitor, against his friend Raymond, serving aboard the South's own ironclad, the Merrimac (as it is called here). A naval battle ensues, one that will go down in history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-26
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Waterfront Lady
1935-10-04
Waterfront Lady
Overview: When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-04
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Sharad of Atlantis
1936-05-30
Sharad of Atlantis
Overview: Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor Norton for a search for the source of a string of earthquakes, Atlantis. They ride Prof. Norton's rocket submarine searching the sea and little Billy Norton, the professor's son stows away, of course. When they find Atlantis they are caught in a war between peaceful Atlanteans, note their white capes, and war-monging Atlanteans, note their black capes. After many harrowing moments for Crash, Diana, Prof. Norton and Billy, they barely get away with their lives when they escape a tower of Atlantis raised to the surface for the sole purpose of dominating or destroying the Earth (Which one depends on the compliance of the upper world dwellers.)
Genres: Action Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-30
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Serenade
1942-01-30
Cowboy Serenade
Overview: Gene Autry heads a cattlemen's association and calls on the inexperienced Jim Agnew to negotiate the sale of five hundred heads of cattle. Jim ends up losing the cattle in a crooked poker game, however, and Gene and his sidekick Frog set out to find the cheating gamblers. It soon becomes clear that the leader of the gamblers is none other than Asa Lock, the dastardly father of Gene's romantic interest Stephanie.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-30
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Beneath Western Skies
1944-03-03
Beneath Western Skies
Overview: To combat the lawlessness in her town, school teacher Carrie Stokes writes to her former students in search of a lawman. Johnny Revere arrives and starts to clean up the town. But things go bad when he is hit on the head and loses his memory.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-03
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Arizona Bad Man
1935-02-01
Arizona Bad Man
Overview: The daughter of a notorious cattle thief falls for a stranger at a dance. The stranger is really a lawman who is after her father.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-01
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Winning of the West
1953-01-01
Winning of the West
Overview: A singing territorial ranger (Gene Autry) spots his younger brother in an outlaw gang.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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The Phantom Empire
1935-02-22
The Phantom Empire
Overview: When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians have developed technology and weaponry such as television and ray guns. Their rich supply of radium draws unscrupulous speculators from the surface. The peaceful civilization of the Muranians is corrupted by the greed from above, and it becomes Autry's task to prevent all-out war, ideally without disrupting his regular radio show.
Genres: Action Music Science Fiction Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-22
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Colorado Sunset
1939-07-30
Colorado Sunset
Overview: When his well-meaning sidekick (Smiley Burnette) buys a cow farm instead of a cattle ranch, singing cowpoke Gene Autry prepares to embrace the dairy business. But with a corrupt association bent on driving up milk prices, it's up to newly elected Sheriff Gene to clean up the mess. Country music icon Patsy Montana sings "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart," while radio crooners the Texas Rangers perform alongside Autry.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-30
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It's Showtime
1976-03-31
It's Showtime
Overview: A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-31
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Round-Up Time in Texas
1937-02-28
Round-Up Time in Texas
Overview: Gene and Frog arrive with a herd of horses for Gene'e brother, a diamond prospector whose work has attracted the interest of a bunch of badguys.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-28
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S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939-06-02
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Overview: A news reporter-commentator at a combined radio-television broadcasting station gives up his stand against the election of a corrupt mayoral candidate after a gangster threatens his family. Features tidal wave stock footage from RKO's "Deluge" (1933), q.v.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-02
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