Wild black stallion Rex is beaten by a whip wielded by sadistic ranch hand, Lew Salters, until John Sheldon, the horse's owner intervenes. Determined to create "the fastest race horse in the country," Salters steals the horse, despite the brave efforts of ranch mascot Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Nolan has his own plans for the spirited stallion. A knife in Salters' back and a forged bill of sale are enough to convince the sheriff that Rex belongs to Nolan - and that Sheldon is the murderer! For 12...

Framed for the murder of his brother, Carl Pearson, breaks out of prison and heads for his mountain lodge in Pine Valley. He intends to prove his innocence while retrieving hidden aircraft blueprints designed by his slain sibling. The real culprit, crooked businessman Roger Morgan, trails Pearson to the remote hideaway, where a young boy and his loyal dog, Rin Tin Tin, stop another miscarriage of justice.This straightforward "B" melodrama was intended for juvenile Saturday-matinee audiences....

The town of St. Suzanne is being terrorized by Indian raids. The marauding natives are led by a masked spectre known as "The Wolfman." When a government agent is murdered while investigating the crisis, his brother, Allen Scott, soon discovers that the town harbors many secrets. At the center of this swirling cyclone of suspicion and violence is young Jimmy Carter, the recently orphaned son of the owner of the Carter gold mine. As Scott investigates the mysterious "Wolfman," he and Jimmy are...

The desert killing of prospector Juan Valdez sets off a maelstrom of thrills and death-defying adventure in Rin Tin Tin's first movie serial. In 12 action-packed episodes, fearless Rinty protects Dolores, the dead man's daughter, from ruthless cantina owner Amos Harkey. The villain's gang would like nothing better than to shoot the brave German shepherd dead, but they need the ingenious dog to lead them to the claim. Meanwhile, mysterious caballero Ramon is suspected of being the notorious...

Barbara Franklin and Rin Tin Tin are assaulted by the nefarious bandit El Zorro. Rinty is wounded and Barbara is slain while defending the canine. Blaming Rin Tin Tin for his sister's death, border patrolman Bob Franklin (Regis Toomey) sets out to get revenge. Using the information gained from a captured member of El Zorro's gang, Franklin infiltrates the smuggling ring. Through tests of loyalty Franklin must prove himself to King, the gang's boss, while he awaits his chance to meet up with El...

Young war orphan Paul (Bobby Blake) is plagued by nightmares of bombs and death. Alienated and distrustful of people, he is placed in the care of Father Matthew (Donald Woods) at a remote California mission to try to help him outgrow his fears. A plucky German shepherd named Rin Tin Tin escapes from his cruel master at a nearby kennel and makes his way to the mission. The boy and the dog bond instantly, much to the delight of the priest who believes the boy's best hope for recovery lies with...

Brule Conway and his dog Rinny are the best trapping team in the arctic territories of Canada. His rival, Pepite LaJoie, is jealous of Brule's trapping prowess and his success with the only woman at the trading post, Beth McVey. While Rinny guards Brule's furs, the conniving Pepite manages to distract the dog's attention and steals the pelts. Brule angrily turns his canine pal away for dereliction of duty, but Rinny is given a final test of honor - track down LaJoie and retrieve the furs.Rin...

Robbers kill Pop Warner, the driver of the Cloverdale stage, making off with the large payroll he was carrying. The only witness to the murder is Pop's trusty dog, Rannah. Insurance agent Ted Sanders is called in to investigate the crime and he's soon joined by Deputy Barlow. After several attempts are made on Rannah's life, Sanders encounters another man who also claims to be Deputy Barlow. Confronted with this new mystery, Sanders must rely on Rannah's keen sense of sight and smell to...

Ross Graham, reporter with the New York Clarion, just got fired. He also just got engaged - to Gloria Endicott, daughter of the paper's owner. The wedding is the social event of the season, but both bride and groom are convinced it's a mistake. "We're in it," Ross reasons, "we might as well make the best of it."Ross and Gloria part amicably, but their individual circumstances unexpectedly and suddenly change: Ross rises to great success as a playwright and screenwriter, while Gloria is...

There's something a little strange about Lewis Moffitt. In class, he is the only pre-med student unfazed by the hacking and dismemberment required in an autopsy. He shows no fear, but is terrorized by nightmares, and wakes his neighbors with blood-curdling screams. His behavior continues to unnerve both his friends and enemies and a scheme is hatched to determine the depths of Moffitt's bravery. Disguised as a fraternity prank, his classmates force Lewis to confront his lifelong internal...

Dick Lester (Help!, A Hard Day's Night) directs this singular British musical extravaganza. The pop culture explosion reveals a generation gap in a small English town when the mayor (Felix Felton, Up in the Air, 1969) forces a teenage hangout to stop using its TV set and jukebox. A pair of crafty local teens, Helen (Helen Shapiro, Play It Cool) and Craig (Craig Douglas, Murder Can Be Deadly), counterattack by trying to put together a festival that will demonstrate the merits of traditional...

If there's a price on a desperado's head, ice-blooded bounty hunter Johnny Ringo (Mark Damon) aims to collect it -- in gold. Using his unerring golden sidearm (gold also forms his spurs and vest cinch), he outguns three notorious criminal brothers, sparing the fourth because no reward money is offered for him. That may be Ringo's fatal mistake. The surviving brother, desperate for revenge, organizes a gang of outlaws and Apache warriors that comes looking for the gold-fancying gunfighter while...

Anthony Steffen, Frank Wolff, Eduardo Fajardo, Armando Calvo. Ringo saves the life of a Mexican bandit who has half a treasure map tattooed on his back. They search for the sheriff whose back is tattooed with the other half. No classic, but still a six-shooting good time. Color, scope, 16mm.

A couple of grifters mistake a mark for a millionaire and attempt to have a new accomplice steal his money, only to have her fall in love with him.

Tough times for Maisie. In rapid order she's bounced from her taxi-dancer job, reduced to her last 60 cents by her landlady, given the heave-ho after sneaking aboard a train that would take her to a nightclub job in the Adirondacks and then, after getting to the gig by other means, is sacked because she won't be, uh, friendly with her lothario of a dance partner. Is Maisie (Ann Sothern) feeling low? "I could look a snake in the eye -- if I had a pair of stilts," she says. But the buoyant...

Sunset Carson and Wes Caven, once boyhood friends, are now deadly enemies: Sunset has become a law-abiding rancher, Wes a hired gun doing the dirty work of the crooked Elwood brothers.Carson is an eyewitness when a young rancher, Bruce Lanning, kills the murderous Frank Elwood in self-defense. After Wes tampers with the evidence, Bruce is arrested for murder and faces the hangman's noose. Sunset must prove Lanning's innocence, but to do so he's forced to face Wes Caven with blazing pistols.One...

In the Old West town of Rio, the new sheriff is mysteriously shot in the back. Tom Denton and his side-kick Soapy are the last people to see the victim alive and their sense of justice propels them to search for the killer. Carrying the dead man's ID, Tom is mistaken for the new sheriff, and the two pals bravely attempt to establish law and order in a town where strangers don't last long. The local banker is a murderous crime boss intent on robbing the town's gold. When Tom's true identity is...

Ziegfeld made 'em big. So the film version of his Rio Rita matched the showman's grandeur with a musical that adhered to the source and earned kudos as "one of the best of the [Talkie Era's] Broadway adaptations" (Ethan Mordden, The Hollywood Musical). Bebe Daniels (often a Harold Lloyd co-star) plays Rita, wooed by a singing Texas Ranger (John Boles) who suspects her brother may be a notorious bandito. Meanwhile, a lawyer tries to arrange a divorce for a client who has (oops) two wives. Put...

It's fiesta time in Vista Del Rio, and that means much musical celebration. It's also a time of global war. So, in the updated plot of this exuberant World War II-era remake of the 1929 Wheeler and Woolsey romp, that means little Vista Del Rio is a jalapeno hotbed of Axis spies. The agents intend to use a fiesta radio show to send a coded message, a scheme that may be scrambled silly when stumblebums Doc and Wishy stumble onto it. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play the inept duo in this musical...

When the shootings of two juvenile inmates bring public protest, a psychologist is brought in to see if he can do anything to control the problems peacefully.

A crowd of undisciplined young people gather for kicks on the Sunset Strip. Aldo Ray plays a police lieutenant who is sympathetic to the kids but is pressured by businessmen to clear them out.

A cop is killed and a mob boss is wounded in a shoot-out at a nightclub where young Dr. Tom is dining with his bride-to-be, Mary. After being asked to treat Boss Grusso's injury, Tom is approached by police to go undercover as the gang's "in-house" physician in an effort to bring them to justice. Tom's new secret life puts a strain on his relationship with Mary, and he's determined to get out of the dangerous assignment. The police chief, sensing a break in the case, convinces Tom to stay on....

Rip Van Winkle is a town drunkard and ne'er-do-well who lives with his family in the Catskill Mountains during the 18th century. One night after arguing with his wife, he heads into the mountains where he meets some odd little men. After drinking their strange liquor, Rip falls into a deep sleep - and wakes 20 years later! His children are now grown, his wife is about to marry another man, and his hometown is now part of something called "The United States of America." Aged with a long white...

Can an Insect Man and a Lady Sky Bug find happiness together? Impeccably mannered Lord Philip Rexford and vivacious American socialite Mary think so. They meet garbed as anthropods on their way to a costume ball, skip the soiree and fall in love. Soon, Mary becomes Lady Rexford, and the former party girl mends her ways -- until she runs into an old flame in Cannes. Several cocktails later, something almost happens. But Philip doesn't believe the almost. Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery and...