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Thundering Thompson (1929, B&W, Silent): Greedy cattlemen, led by Bill Edwards, attempt to get sheepherder Marie Valerian arrested on trespassing charges. Deputy "Thundering" Thompson is dispatched with a warrant for the girl's arrest but quickly determines that Edwards' claim is false. Thompson defies the ranchers and gets a sound thrashing for his trouble, but the lawman has a few more cards to play before folding his hand. A simple, straightforward, stripped-down indie western made at the...

Neighbors are shocked when "Texas" Jim Lambert is arrested for the murder of his brother and held for trial. The newly arrived magistrate, circuit-riding Judge "Lasses" White, can't bring himself to believe Lambert guilty of the crime. Along with his deputy, Tom Emery, the Judge begins an investigation that might unearth the truth -while making them targets of the real killer.One of two low-budget Westerns directed by 1940s screenwriter Ande Lamb, Mystery Range is notable for several reasons....

While undergoing the "third degree" Rose Manning learns that her racketeer father has been killed during an attempted robbery. Rose vows revenge against police Inspector "Butch" McArthur. Five years pass and Rose is now the hostess of gangster Chuck Gaines gambling casino. To Chuck's chagrin, Rose finds herself falling for a patron, Jimmy Carter. Rose finds out that Jimmy is actually Jimmy McArthur, "Butch" McArthur's son, her plans for revenge seem within her grasp. But when Rose learns that...

Tobias Simms apparently enjoys a quiet, respectable family life in a small Texas town. In reality, he is a notorious bandit known as the El Paso Kid. When his worried wife threatens to leave and take the children with her, Toby agrees to reform and they move to another town, where the former desperado changes his name and opens a feed store. But the Kid's past returns to haunt him when members of his old gang turn up unexpectedly.Modestly produced but still in a higher budgetary class than...

Jim Grant, a freshman at Stantech College, finds love and then loses it - goes from hero to zero on the football field - and plays a crucial gridiron game with a man's life actually hanging in the balance! His first day on campus, Jim puts the "fresh" in freshman by unashamedly trying to take the first girl he sees, Mary, away from her devoted hometown sweetheart Dave. Jim starts out like an "All-American" prospect until his poor grades force the dean to order him off the team. He becomes the...

Pretty Julie Rogers is swept off her feet by handsome stranger Danny Burke. When the girl's abusive father throws her out of the house, Danny finds her a job dancing in a nightclub. The club is owned by gorgeous tough-as-nails blonde, Irene, who hires Julie and takes her under her wing. Naive Julie falls helplessly in love with smooth-talking Danny, and risks all on their future together. But when she discovers that her lover is two-timing her all over town, there will be hell to...

Canadian-born Bobby Breen, born 1927, became an immediate radio and vaudeville sensation as a boy soprano, and it wasn't long before Hollywood came calling. In an era when Shirley Temple ruled the box-office, Breen established himself as a young performer with presence, charm and talent, starring in nine feature films over a six-year span, most of them released by RKO. Upon reaching adolescence, Breen's voice changed, and although he quietly retired from the screen in 1942, he continued to...

When greedy poachers set their sights on a Western ranch, a cowboy and his courageous canine companion uncover the plot and ride to the rescue.Jerry Matthews, a new employee at the Shelby Ranch, is on the trail of the rustlers who have brought the enterprise to the verge of ruin. The culprit is a neighbor who holds the mortgage on the Shelby spread. He has learned that there's oil on the property, and he will soon be in a position to foreclose and reap the rich rewards. When Matthews is...

Dickie Moore stars as seven-year-old Thomas Hall, Jr. whose life is tragically torn apart when his mother walks out on his philandering father. The devastating effect of divorce on young children is dramatically brought home in this unforgettable Monogram tearjerker.Young Dickie Moore made his film debut as an 18 month old baby in John Barrymore's Beloved Rogue (1927), and by the time he was 10 years old, the popular child star had appeared in over 50 films, including several "Our Gang"...

A centuries-old curse hangs over the venerable house of Edensore. Young Ronnie Rollestone is next in line to succeed as the Earl who is marked for an early death by the family legacy. He must not only survive supernatural threats, but also his disgraced cousin, James Mallory, who plans murder the young heir and take Ronnie's place as the next Lord of Edensore.Adapted from a 1907 novel by popular mystery writer "Rita" (the pseudonym of Eliza Margaret Humphries), The Pointing Finger is an...

Teenaged orphan Steve lives in a small town with his Aunt Martha and Uncle Matt. Life is tough under his hard-hearted uncle's strict tutelage. Steve's prospects brighten considerably when he befriends new schoolmate Pat Kelly, a motherless tomboy whose father, Charlie, is a famous baseball pitcher. After Uncle Matt wrongly accuses the lad of stealing money, Steve decides to run away from home - but trouble follows close behind.During the early 1940s Jackie Moran and Marcia Mae Jones starred in...

Ace Lewis and his gang of murderous desperadoes suspect that Pop Wiley has discovered the famous Lost Dutchman Mine. When he refuses to reveal the location of the treasure, they shoot him dead. His eight-year old granddaughter, Sally, witnesses the killing and flees into the desert. She is rescued by a half Mexican, half Irish gunfighter known the Irish Gringo. The Gringo soon finds himself hotly pursued by Ace's trigger-happy killers who are after Sally. But neither the Gringo nor the gunmen...