Sam Katzman
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American producer/"schlockmeister" Sam Katzman loved the movies -- though not always good movies. From age thirteen onward, Katzman was picking up best-boy and propman jobs in Hollywood, working his way up into the executive end of the business. By... more
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Cast: Sam Katzman Tom Tyler Forrest Taylor Lafe [Lafayette] McKee Charles "Slim" Whitaker   
Tags: Action Western Romance 
Length: 57min
Orphan of the Pecos is one of the eight Tom Tyler westerns produced by Victory Pictures during the 1937-38 season. Victory was owned by legendary fast-buck entrepreneur Sam Katzman, who also directed this particular film. Tyler is cast as Tom Wade, an...

Cast: Sam Katzman Jack Mulhall Jimmy Aubrey Joan Barclay Monte Blue   
Tags: Crime Drama Crime 
Length: 62min
In trying to help Betsy (Joan Barclay), who has stolen a diamond her father left for collateral with loan sharks Crone (Monte Blue) and Jaffin (Jack Mulhall), artist Jimmy Baxter (Herman Brix) soon finds himself up to his neck in trouble. ~ Bill...

Cast: Sam Katzman Joan Barclay   
Tags: Thriller 
Length: 61min
An heiress on the lam, a federal agent on a mission to catch a gang of mail thieves, and Hattie McDaniel are the main ingredients in this charmingly silly low-budget hriller from the fertile brains of producer-director Sam Katzman and writer Basil...

Cast: Sam Katzman Tom Tyler Lafe [Lafayette] McKee Dave "Tex" O'Brien Roger Williams   
Tags: Western 
Length: 56min
Even for a Sam Katzman production, the 1937 Tom Tyler western Brothers of the West is remarkably tacky. The steely-eyed Tyler appears in his usual guise of Tom Wade, troubleshooter for the Cattlemen's Protective Agency. He spends most of the film...

Cast: Sam Katzman Tom Tyler Lafe [Lafayette] McKee Forrest Taylor Harry Harvey   
Tags: Western 
Length: 57min
Cheapie king Sam Katzman was both producer and director of the Tom Tyler western The Lost Ranch. "Our Tom" essays his customary role of Tom Wade, troubleshooter for the Cattlemen's Protective Association. When cattle rancher Carroll (Lafe McKee) is...

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