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Overland Riders (1946)
Overland riders
When Billy Carson stops a stagecoach robbery, he finds himself involved in a dangerous dispute between Jeff Barkley and Vic Landreau, a crooked land baron who wants to gain control of Barkley's ranch. When Landreau kills Barkley he takes the money Billy paid him. But Billy had been wounded earlier and blood got on the money. Billy suspects Landreau and needs to get into his safe and see his money
Overland Raiders is a fairly passable yet a thoroughly routine western with a plot that tick boxes the usual western tropes. Not much action, the pace can be static but Buster Crabbe and Fuzzy keep things afloat at least for some enjoyment.
Wild Horse Phantom (1944)
Wild Horse Phantom
Watching the escape with the warden is Billy Carson who has engineered the break. Carson has the idea that he will trail the leader of the escapees, Link Daggett in order to recover the missing money from a bank robbery. The robbery caused an entire community to lose their savings and face financial ruin. Carson and Fuzzy trail Daggett's gang to the Wild Horse Mine where Daggett may have hidden the loot. Inside the mine Daggett can not find the money. Billy and Fuzzy have to face not only the gang, but a maniac acting like a ghost as well as a giant bat
Wild Horse Phantom is a mix of prison break action, mystery, a little horror and the usual good vs bad guys western fun. Not the most remarkable western, it's decent enough with some good atmosphere and humour ( courtesy of Fuzzy.)
Cheyenne Takes Over (1947)
Cheyenne takes over
US Marshal Cheyenne Davis (Lash Larue) and his sidekick Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) go to Lobos ranch for a vacation, but receive a chilly reception. Apparently the owner died and a man claiming to be an heir anppears. After talking to saloon owner Fay Wilkins (Nancy Gates), Cheyenne suspects that an impostor has taken over the ranch.
Cheyenne Takes over stars Lash La Rue as Cheyenne-opposed to Lash which he is later known as - and Fuzzy is the sidekick, who is up to usual shenanigans. The story has a little intrigue over the ranch and there's a fair bit of secrecy. Some decent action but I found it meandered a bit midway and was a little confusing. Nancy Gates was sweet and charming.
The Fighting Vigilantes (1947)
The fighting vigilantes
Lash and Fuzzy aim to restore law and order when a group of vigilantes take action against a crooked food distributor....
Taylor's men are robbing incoming supply wagons to enable Taylor to sell goods at inflated prices. The Vigilantes led by Frank Jackson are doing the same so the ranchers won't starve. Marshals Lash and Fuzzy arrive to try and find the real culprits.
George Chesbero makes one cunning villain as the man behind the wagon supplies getting stolen - but Lash and his sidekick are there to expose him and stop his illicit activities. The usual fast pace and energetic action is on offer. If that still isn't enough then Fuzzy writes some poetry.
Mark of the Lash (1948)
Mark of the Lash
Local ranchers send for Lash Larue after Taggart (Marshall Reed) closes off their water supply. Learning about this, Taggart sends his gang to kill Lash, but they get the wrong man. The wrong man is a state governor sent to fix the problem - the bad guys presume Lash is the governor. Lash plays along while Taggart appoints himself Sheriff.
All Lash La Rue are standard b's, they are decent entertainment, some better than others- Mark of the Lash is a good one, mainly down to the slam bang action, especially at the end. The energy uplifts the simply told tale. Lash is at the top of his game and Fuzzy provides the laughs. Very amusing that every one scatters every time he tells them about his adventures with Buffalo Bill. That's a secret weapon right there.
Pioneer Justice (1947)
Pioneer justice
When three deputy marshals meet mysterious deaths near Buffalo Gap, the U. S. Marshal sends his top two trouble-shooters, Cheyenne Davis and Fuzzy Jones, to investigate. Judd and his gang are driving the ranchers away. When Lash and Fuzzy arrest them, the Sheriff lets them go. Lash expected this and he hopes to follow them to their leader, the person he is really after. Cheyenne rounds up the gang and its mysterious leader and restores law-and-order to Buffalo Gap.
Lash La Rue cracks his whip again in an above average oater and there's the usual spate of action, however I liked the "anonymous leader" aspect. You don't see the main boss only hear him. Guessed who it was. Needed more suspects. There's an excellent western novel called 'The Brazos Firebrand' by Leslie Scott (who wrote under the Jackson Cole moniker) which has this similar anonymous leader. Jennifer Holt also stars and adds some style.
Frontier Revenge (1948)
Frontier Revenge
Marshal Lash LaRue and his partner Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) are sent to a town to see if a respectable businessman Deuce Rago (Ray Bennett) is actually leading the gang responsible for a series of robberies. Lash and Fuzzy pose as the Dawson brothers, notorious outlaws from Texas- they robbed the stage coach of $20,000. Deuce Rago (Ray Bennett), outlaw gang leader posing as a respectable citizen, believes them to be the Dawsons (because of a belt buckle Lash has) and makes a deal with them to rob the Silver Queen Mine. The gang captures Lash and Fuzzy to make them tell where they hid the stagecoach loot, but saloon entertainer Joan De Lysa (Peggy Stewart), working for the Marshal's office, shows up and rescues Lash, and the two ride to where another henchman has Fuzzy held prisoner.
Another plot busy Lash La Rue western with the usual fisticuffs, shootouts, chases and a whip snaking out - you get what you expect. The fast-pace pushes things forward. The villain is quite smart and duplicitous and Peggy Stewart isn't just a pretty face. She even saves our heroes. The finale is quite satisfying. The funny bit is when Fuzzy, at gunpoint, gives a gun-thug directions to the money and leaves the poor guy perplexed.
Dead Man's Gold (1948)
Dead Man's Gold
Al St. John) are sent for by Jim Thornton, who has found gold. But when they arrive they find him dead, survived by a daughter (Peggy Stewart).
Dead Man's Gold stars Lash La Rue and Al St. John as Fuzzy the sidekick and it's a good example of a b-western with the right amount of story and action - long chases, shootouts and whip-tastic scenes with Lash whipping a glass from a guy's hand and hitting the gun hand. It's well-crafted and efficiently made, but the action really gives it a boost as well as the charismatic star and his funny sidekick. Peggy Stewart graces her pretty self as the dead man's daughter.
The Frontier Phantom (1952)
The Frontier Phantom
Taking place four days after Lash and Fuzzy's breaking up of a counterfeit gang detailed in the 1949 film Outlaw Country, Lash is mistaken for his twin brother the Frontier Phantom and arrested. At the jail, Lash relates the events of the smashing of the counterfeit outlaw gang and his meeting the last member of the gang Sam Mantell for a showdown.
The Frontier Phantom stars Lash La Rue and his sidekick Fuzzy and there's the usual chases and gunplay, though most of it is stock footage taken from Outlaw Country - it's amazing how the filmmakers could string the stock footages together and still make an adequately diverting programmer. Not outstanding by any means, it's a bit flat in places, but it's passable enough as a filler if you have nothing else to watch. Plus Lash has a certain charisma and Fuzzy is fairly funny, so they keep things from being yawn-worthy.
Border Feud (1947)
Border Feud
Lash La Rue as The Cheyenne Kid helps his pal Sheriff "Fuzzy" Jones (Al. St. John) stop a feud between the Condons and the Harts, despite the machinations of outlaw gang leader Bill Barton (Bob Duncan)
By Posing as an outlaw, Cheyenne is accepted by gang leader Jack Barton (Bob Duncan) and is told his job will be to continue stirring up trouble between the Harts and Condons. The plan is to make the two families kill each other off, so that a mine they own jointly, can be obtained at a price far below its value. Cheyenne later tells Fuzzy to make no arrests until the top man is found.
Lash La Rue cracks the whip once more in this adequate B western which has all the ingredients to keep you entertained. Fuzzy lends some humour and Lash La Rue takes on the bad guys through gunplay and fisticuffs.
King of the Bullwhip (1950)
King of the Bullwhip
Grizzled US Marshall Lash Larue is known for one thing and one thing only: His amazing mastery of the deadly bullwhip.
But when a gang of outlaws begins to terrorize the countryside led by a hooded figure who goes under the name El Azote (The Scourge), Lash may have finally met his match, for El Azote also wields the dreaded lash with superhuman skill!
King of the Bullwhip stars that whip-cracking Lash LaRue who resembles Bogart and wields a mean whip in this action-packed western but he has met his match. The plot is standard but the action pads out the 55 mins real well and the bull whip scenes - the showdown between LaRue and El Azote- is impressive. It's quite intense and lengthy. For some light silly humour, Fuzzy the sidekick obliges.
Lawless Cowboys (1951)
Lawless cowboys
Central City is overrun with corruption in its rodeo circuit, and the town council believes some cowboys are fixing the events so gamblers can clean up. Ex-Ranger Whip Wilson, who gets his name from the bullwhip he wields against bad hombres, is engaged to work undercover and lure out the varmints. Wilson's usual sidekick, Fuzzy Knight, plays the local newspaper editor, and another frequent sidekick, Jim Bannon plays an honest cowboy who helps Whip investigate.
Fairly by the numbers western that adequately entertains with its busy plot, some decent action and a cast of villains. Whip Wilson cracks his whip as usual and is ably supported by Fuzzy Knight and Jim Bannon.
Outlaws of Texas (1950)
Outlaws of Texas
While robbing the stage with Jeff Johnson, outlaws Jordan and Wilkins kill the stage guard and leave Jeff unconscious on the trail, to be picked up by pursuing U. S. Marshals Tom Yeager and "Hungry" Rogers. They look after the kid and fool him into thinking that they are outlaws. From there, they work undercover to break up a gang of bank robbers who is headed by a woman.
Outlaws of Texas lacks a little action but it's ok old west tale, which the director ticks the right boxes to deliver a routine yet passable story. Phyllis Coates plays a leader of the gang and Whip gives her sage advice to give up her ways.
Fence Riders (1950)
Fence Riders
Whip and sidekick Winks take a hand in helping a ranch owner fight off rustlers. This gets Whip made foreman where he becomes an obstacle to the man behind the rustling who is after the ranch. To get Whip out of the way he has him framed for murder. Winks gets him out of jail and Whip goes after the real killer plus the rustlers while dodging the Sheriff and his posse.
Whip Wilson cracks his whip again as he helps a lady rancher go up against a smart villain. He's ably supported by Andy Clyde who provides the humour as well as help - it's a fairly nifty programmer with a plot fired up with hooks and some action. Whip is always one step ahead of the villain ...
Gunslingers (1950)
Gunslingers
Lou Cramer (Steve Clark) is accused of rustling and is convicted on the testimony of a rancher and the town marshal, both members of the actual gang led by Ace Larrabee, who has inside information that the railroad is coming through the territory, and he intends to grab up all the land and sell it to the train execs for a tidy profit. Whip (Whip Wilson) knows Cramer is innocent and hides him from a lynch mob and intends to deal with Larrabee and his cronies.
Whip Wilson cracks his whip again in another western entry, which is one of Whip's better shoot em ups as the pace is nifty, the plot is fairly engaging and the action is decent - Whip Wilson, who looks like he's no stranger to a barroom brawl, is a dependable cowboy star, who makes up for his lack of charisma with a sense of authenticity.
Canyon Raiders (1951)
Canyon Raiders
Sam Wellman (I. Stanford Jolley), Lou Banks (Riley Hill) and Jack Marlin (Marshall Reed) have stolen horses from ranchers and have them corralled in Baxter Canyon, hoping to sell them at inflated prices to the Army with forged bill of sales. Whip Wilson (Whip Wilson) arrives in town in time to separate homesteader Texas Milburn (Fuzzy Knight) and gambler Hemingway (Bill Kennedy) from a gunfight caused by the latter's manipulation of the cards. Alice Long (Phyllis Coates), acting sheriff for her ill father, intercedes and meets Whip, who tells her he is looking for his rancher friend Jim Bannon (Jim Bannon) who has lost his horse herd to the rustlers. Texas and his wife Ruth (Barbara Woodell) arrive at their new new located at the entrance to Baxter Canyon and are driven off by the rustlers. Texas reports his plight to Alice, who arranges a posse to hide in a wagon which she drives to the canyon. The rustlers kill all but Alice, who they take prisoner. Whip, posing as an outlaw, infiltrates the gang in the hope of rescuing Alice and putting an end to the rustlers.
Whip Wilson cracks his whip again in another western entry that has a serviceable storyline, routinely told and has competent acting, some good action, but the languid pace brings it down a notch. Just an adequate time filler. I. Stanford Jolly is as watchable as ever. He plays the bad guys. The female sheriff is an interesting addition.
Night Raiders (1952)
Night Raiders
Whip arrives to investigate why night raiders are ransacking cabins but taking nothing. He recognizes the saloon owner as the man that went to prison for a robbery committed five years earlier in which the money was never recovered. He then learns the Sheriff was his partner in that robbery but escaped. It appears the Sheriff has hidden the money and Whip now tries to trick him to revealing it's location.
Whip Wilson cracks his whip again in another western entry that has a serviceable storyline, routinely told and has competent acting, but the languid pace and a lack of action brings it down a notch. Just an adequate time filler.
Arizona Territory (1950)
Arizona Territory
Prospector Jeff Malloy rescues Doris Devlin, owner of a trading post, from an ambush planned by her uncle, Kilburn, who is trying to scare her out of the territory so that he can continue his counterfeiting operations.
Whip Wilson has a bit of the "aw shucks" quality which is quite endearing and lends him a sagebrush authenticity around him. He comes across better than in the other western I had seen recently and has a certain charm like Roy Rogers. Here, in Arizona Territory, he comes to the rescue of the pretty Nancy Saunders who has a villainous uncle and an Indian agent who has the hots for her ( don't blame him!) and is in cahoots with the uncle - they run a counterfeit scheme, smuggling notes in potteries made by Saunders. Quite intriguing story line and enough things happening to keep one watching. Maybe a leetle mite slow, but overall a pleasant viewing with some decent action, though it's not loaded with it.
Old Overland Trail (1953)
Old Overland trail
Indian agent Rex Allen must protect local citizens and a tribe of volatile Native Americans from unscrupulous railroad contractors--including his own brother.
Rex Allen has a natural charm as a cowboy - Indian agent here - and he croons well too. There's a good fight scene between him and his brother, and the plot is adequate with some decent action sequence such as the wagon train attack (stock footage me suspects). There's an odd scene, though, when the blonde lady tells Rex about his brother being dead after the she singing with him and others - but hey maybe she didn't know how to break it to him. A little singing might just calm her nerves. Guess who plays the villain here? You got it right - it's Roy Barcroft.
Alias Billy the Kid (1946)
alias Billy the Kid
Texas Ranger Sunset Carson is given the mission of tracking down the notorious Marshall gang. Uncovering their hideout, he discovers the gang is led by Ann Marshall (Peggy Stewart) and is comprised of three of her ranch-hands, Dakota, PeeWee and Buckskin. He soon learns that they are the innocent victims of a ring of swindlers and cattle rustlers led by the ruthless Matt Conroy (Roy Barcroft)
Sunset Carson rides again as a Texas Ranger, but he's undercover for the most part. He's out to capture Peggy Stewart and her gang, but realises the bad guy is Roy Barcroft and his gang of cronies. Fast-paced fun is what you get with plenty of chases and twisty plot. Peggy Stewart is great in her role as always and Roy Barcroft does the heavy role with ease. If you want a fun, rip-roaring clean western, look no further!
The El Paso Kid (1946)
The El Paso Kid
Sunset Carson (Sunset Carson) is a member of an outlaw gang led by Gil Santos Robert Filmer), who have been holding up gold shipments dispatched from Laramie City. Sunset rebels when the gang leaves old Jeff Winters (Hank Patterson) to die alone after he has been wounded in a hold-up gunfight. Sunset and Jeff break with the gang and begin operating on their own, or plan to. On their first attempt, they rout Santos and his gang, and Sally Stoner (Marie Harmon), daughter of Laramie City Sheriff Frank Stoner (Edmund Cobb), assumes they are honest citizens who just saved the gold shipment. She takes Jeff to a doctor and Sunset is made a deputy sheriff. Shortly afterwards, Santos and his gang pull a robbery and implicate the innocent Sunset, and the aroused townspeople, convinced they have been double-crossed, are ready to shoot Sunset on sight.
Sunset Carson is on the wrong side of the law in this lively western, but only briefly before swinging back on the right side by strapping on a deputy badge. Of course, smooth sailing isn't on the cards if you want an involving viewing that sucks you in. There's the usual rambunctious action - the Stagecoach stunt is top notch. Marie Harmon as Sunset's love interest is quite a beauty and quite charming in a sweet way. The finale is slam bang with a passel load of lead flying' and fists-a-throwin'.
Days of Buffalo Bill (1946)
Days of Buffalo bill
Ace Diamond (James Craven) and Bill Clinker (Rex Lease) frame Sunset Carson (Sunset Carson) for the murder of a young rancher, Jim Owens (Jay Kirby as Jay Kirby). Sunset and his sidekick, Banty McCade (Tom London) escape and ride to the Owen's ranch to aid Jim's sister Molly (Peggy Stewart) in her fight to hold the ranch from being taken over by town banker Jacob Lewis (Edmund Cobb), secretly in cahoots with Diamond; both men are aware that an assay report indicates there is gold on the Owens property.
Another solid Sunset Carson western with Sunset framed for the murder of a young rancher and he later incidentally ends up working for the late young man's sister ( Peggy Stewart) who is quite nifty with a gun. There's the usual misunderstandings and villainous schemes. The suspense is good, so is the action - the fight in the mine is so wild and I loved that cliffhanger sequence where Sunset almost loses consciousness on the rail bed and almost gets hit by a mine car... Peggy Stewart plays a tough ranch lady who shoots first and ask questions later. No buffalo Bill in sight so the title is plainly wrong.
Sheriff of Cimarron (1945)
Sheriff of Cimarron
Cimarron is a wild town overrun by outlaws. Sunset, who was framed as a cattle rustler, has just been released from prison after 3 years when he winds up in Cimarron. On his first day there, he foils a robbery attempt of the express office and kills 2 of the 3 outlaws. The grateful town makes him sheriff and the next day, he foils another robbery of the gold in the express office. What Sunset does not know is that his brother Ted is the leader of the outlaws and was the one who framed him for the cattle rustling.
There's some really good stunt work featured in this Sunset Carson western, especially the Stagecoach bit- it's really well done. The fights are high energy stuff, the story is fairly good. Interesting bit is that Sunset's brother is a bad hombre and has no love for his brother: after all he framed Sunset and doesn't mind killing him. Quite adult-like for a western that had a target audience consisting of young 'uns. Liked the romantic scenes with Linda Stirling and Sunset.
The Cherokee Flash (1945)
Grand entertainment
Lawyer Butler, wanting Jeff Carson's ranch, has the Sheriff and his gang frame the bank holdup on him. Then they kill a witness that could free Carson and blame the murder on his son Sunset. But Sunset escapes, frees his father, and sets a trap to catch the real killers.
Sunset Carson stars in another quality b-western which has an engaging plot, which is filled with sufficient twist and turns, and there's a feeling of fun running through out with Carson, his dad, the sidekick, the heroine and her doctor father trying to clear Carson's father's name. Roy Barcroft plays the former outlaw father who is framed by Blackie -a knife throwing lawyer - and the sheriff; it's nice to see Barcroft play a good guy for a change. There's some good action amidst the involving plot, especially the finale where Carson and the lawyer have a rambunctious fight in the office. Quite exciting fisticuffs.
Rough Riders of Cheyenne (1945)
Thoroughly engaging
Sunset returns to find the Carson-Sterling feud still going. Sterling has been killed and it's not long before Andrew Carson is murdered. To end the feud Sunset challenges Martin Sterling to a shootout. Unknown to Sunset, Martin's sister Melinda has waylaid her brother and now appears for the shootout disguised in her brother's clothes.
Rough Riders of Cheyenne has the usual fast-paced action with plenty of shootin', ambushing and a nifty beginning where Sunset grabs a tree branch from a fast moving Stagecoach and then ropes his attackers and leaves them hanging - but we, the viewers, aren't left hanging as the plot just whips by with some neat twists. The feud is done well, stoked by a third party. It's a thoroughly engaging western, the best Sunset Carson I have seen so far. He's ably supported by western beauty Peggy Stewart, but it's Mira McKinney who steals the scene as Stewart's loving mother who wants the fued to go on! The real varmint behind the fued is revealed at the end and it's a nice twist.