Biography: Earl Hodgins |
Actor Earle Hodgins has been characterized by more than one western-film historian as a grizzled, bucolic Bob Hope type. Usually cast as snake-oil salesmen, Hodgins would brighten up his "B"-western scenes with a snappy stream of patter, leavened by... more
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Cast: Andy Clyde
Length: 61min
Hypnotism and mind control take center stage in this unusual latter-day "Hopalong Cassidy" series entry produced by its star, William Boyd. Having delivered a herd of cattle for the Cattlemen's Association, Hoppy (Boyd) and California (Andy Clyde) are...
Cast: Duncan Renaldo Linda Stirling Bobby Blake William "Wild Bill" Elliott
Length: 59min
There's oil in them thar' hills and an unscrupulous oil company scout attempts to drive the settlers off their newly valuable land in this typical Red Ryder Western starring "the Peaceable Man" (William Elliott). Oil company representative Walter...
The Sagebrush Family Trails West (1940)
Cast: Sam Newfield Minerva Urecal
Length: 62min
The Sagebrush Family Trails West was the first attempt by Producer's Distributing Corporation (later known as PRC Pictures) to create a western series of its own. Heading the cast is Bobby Clark-not the celebrated Broadway comedian, but a trick roper...
Tags: B-Western Western Comedy Western
Length: 66min
Eschewing action in favor of humor, this Hopalong Cassidy series entry has the usually black-clad hero (William Boyd) changing into dude apparel in order to investigate what ails the town of Del Oro, NM. Aligning himself with the ramshackle medicine...
Cast: Ray "Crash" Corrigan Roy S. Luby
Tags: Western
Length: 55min
In emulation of Republic's "Three Mesquiteers" western series, Monogram launched its own three-star sagebrush property, "The Range Busters"-which was also the name of the first film in the series. Former Mesquiteers Ray "Crash" Corrigan and Max...
Cast: George "Gabby" Hayes
Length: 56min
Sometimes mistakenly referred to as Bride of the West, this superior "Hopalong Cassidy" entry packs every conceivable ingredient for surefire entertainment into its 55 minute. Hoppy (William Boyd) plays it cool as he seeks out a stagecoach robber....
Cast: Max "Alibi" Terhune
Length: 55min
In this episode of the western series, the Mesquitters try to stop a ring of silk thieves while dealing with a shady medicine show man and his kids. One of his offspring is a beautiful young woman. The Mesquiteers must hurry to find the thieves as...
Cast: Al St. John
Tags: Musical Western Western
Length: 57min
The seventh of thirteen singing Westerns to star former opera baritone Fred Scott, The Ranger's Roundup was also the first of three Scott vehicles to be executive produced by comedian Stan Laurel. No hands off producer, Laurel apparently suggested...
Cast: Fuzzy Knight Joseph H. Lewis Glenn Strange
Tags: Musical Western Action Western
Length: 57min
The Last Stand is among the better Bob Baker westerns, with the star getting to show off his athletic prowess as well as his singing skills. The story borrows a page from the repertoire of Bob Steele, with hero Tip (Baker) trying to find out who...
Cast: Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Joseph Kane
Tags: Western Musical Western
Length: 95min
Gene Autry is the star (but not the title character) of Oh, Susanna!, a Republic musical western. What plot there is consists of Autry running afoul of masked robbers. Thrown from a speeding train, Autry is rescued by comedy relief Smiley Burnette and...
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