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Wild Bill Hickok, Union Army hero and personal scout for General Ulysses Grant, is now working as a U.S. Deputy Marshal. Hickok's latest investigation takes him to the small town of Milton, New Mexico to see why large shipments of cattle purchased by his army buddy, Steve Norris, have been mysteriously disappearing during cattle drives.Wild Bill picks up the trail of the missing herds with help from his old friend "Whiney" Roberts and discovers a canyon where the cattle are hidden. Under the...

A monstrous, eight foot tall robot with a fearsome face and sharp, fang-like teeth emerges from a vault in the laboratory of the mad Dr. Alex Zorka. The insane scientist hopes to create an army of such monsters in his bid to conquer the world. He's also developed an invisibility ray, discovered a deadly new element from outer space and mastered the secret of suspended animation. The U.S. government would like to take control of Zorka's scientific breakthroughs, but the scientist is more...

Laurel and Hardy ('The Boys' as they are affectionately known) are the most recognized comedy duo the cinema has produced. The film that introduced them as the "Stan and Ollie" characters we know so well today was 1927's Do Detectives Think?. Before that, Stan Laurel (from England) and Oliver Hardy (from America) had long solo careers, as this collection of rare and hilarious comedies shows.Hardy entered movies in 1913, Laurel in 1917. Stan often played sharp-witted types, and Ollie "heavies"...

In the mining town of Panamint, Dick Benton and his Riders of Death Valley keep an eye on crooked businessman Joseph Kirby and his gang. The tables are turned after Benton inherits the map to a long lost Aztec goldmine. As Dick and his compatriots search for the mine, Kirby's gang and his rebellious trigger man Wolfe Reade are on their own quest to steal the map and put Benton and his pals out of commission.Billed by Universal as "The Million Dollar Serial," Riders of Death Valley unfolds over...

Nervously pacing a hospital room floor, young medical intern Robert Morley (Randolph Scott) is grief-stricken when he learns that his wife has died during childbirth. Wanting nothing to do with his son, the tormented new father leaves the baby with relatives and travels abroad to complete his studies.Returning home six years later, Robert is now a successful physician engaged to a beautiful debutante (Martha Sleeper). Trouble brews when Doctor Morley sees his son again and experiences a...

As World War II rages across the globe, Daily Express journalist Patsy (Robin Raymond) and her photographer pal Eddie (Frank Jenks) sniff out a military secret at the compound of mysterious Professor Reynolds (H.B. Warner).When a phantom killer strikes, Patsy and Eddie turn their investigation from science to homicide. Just when the murderer is within their grasp, the corpse of Professor Reynolds vanishes.With the blueprints for the Professor's top-secret eavesdropping device stolen and...

In four action-packed episodes of the popular wild-west adventure series, thrilling sagas of legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley (Gail Davis) unfold in the dusty town of Diablo. Chasing outlaws from the saddle of her trusty horse, Target, Annie keeps law and order with Deputy Sheriff Lofty Craig (Brad Johnson) at her side. Helping them is Annie's younger brother Tagg, always eager to solve the town's exciting mysteries of suspense. A fictional account of the life of the famous star of Buffalo...

Trouble comes in all shapes and sizes in this hilarious situation comedy series starring Stu and June Erwin! The real-life husband and wife team had been acting together for years when they began this series in 1950. Stu plays Principal Erwin of Hamilton High School and does his best to raise daughters Joyce (Ann Todd) and Jackie (Sheila James). Along with handyman Willie (Willie Best), the Erwins discover that it's the little things in life that go from bad to worse. This collection of early...

Women find handsome and carefree Robert S. Beanblossom (Bob Cummings) irresistible. Perhaps that is why such a clueless real estate salesman is a hero in the eyes of secretary Julie Marshall (Julie Bishop). Boss Willis Thackery (John Litel) sees things differently and tries to reign in Beanblossom's bumbling antics. In spite of his efforts, Mr. Thackery's small Hollywood firm is the scene of a never ending parade of uproarious adventures. Loyal side-kick Julie always tries to fix Beanblossom's...

Reed Hadley is Bart Matthews, your Public Defender, in this series of law and order dramas that ran on CBS from 1954 to 1955. At the time of the show's creation (by Mort Lewis and Sam Shayon), the concept of the public defender was little known throughout much of the United States. Stories were purportedly based on true cases, and each episode ends with a salute to a working public defender.Bart Matthews (Hadley) takes on clients that cannot afford expensive legal counsel. Young or old,...

Madness lurks in the upstairs bedroom of homemaker Ellen Brown's seemingly calm, well-manicured suburban home. There, her husband George descends into a dark world of dementia brought on by a heart condition. Ellen's life becomes a living hell as she tries to keep their marriage alive, accommodating his every need. Convinced that his pretty wife and his doctor are plotting to kill him, George concocts a list of evidence along with a letter for the district attorney disclosing his suspicions....

A mysterious young girl named Lela is found electrocuted in the abandoned Morgan mansion. At the request of Police Captain Ryan, private investigator (and suave playboy) Phil Winston takes time out from his carefree social life to help ferret out the murderer.Winston discovers that Lela had facial reconstruction so she would look identical to heiress Marie Morgan. Deducing that Marie was the intended victim, Winston gathers the Morgan family to the decrepit mansion in an attempt to trap the...