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Hoopla
51
16
6.5
/691/
62
/9/
52
/10/
38
/208/

Dick Tracy (1937)
Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using his Flying wing and sound weapon to destroy the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and stealing an experimental "Speed Plane", the Spider captures Dick Tracy's brother, Gordon. The Spider's minion, Dr. Moloch, performs a brain operation on Gordon Tracy to turn him evil, making him secretly part of the Spider Ring and so turning brother against brother.
poster
37
9
4.3
/504/
36
/11/
38
/17/
2.7
/314/
12
/47/

The Phantom (1931)
An eclectic group of people are stalked by a masked killer in an old mansion.
poster
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4.3
/18/

Bad Man's Bluff (1926)
Bad Man's Bluff is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Alan James.
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5.1
/23/

The Mystery Box (1925)
N/A
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6.3
/14/

Born to Battle (1927)
A cowboy is framed for his father's murder. His investigation leads him into the middle of a bitter feud between two families, and he winds up falling in love with the niece of the man who actually killed his father.
poster
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5.1
/32/

Pueblo Terror (1931)
N/A
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5.3
/41/
50
/1/

The Sky Rider (1928)
The disinherited nephew of an aviation magnate plots to get a share of his uncle’s millions. He causes the near-death of his cousin when a bomb placed in his plane explodes in mid-air. He then hires thugs to abduct the uncle in order to force him to give over part of his fortune, but is foiled by the arrival of a cousin and police.
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7.2
/16/

Firebrand Jordan (1930)
'Firebrand' Jordan is a ranger sent into the high Sierras to assist the local Sheriff Ed Burns in capturing a mysterious band of counterfeiters.
poster
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4.5
/34/

Red Fork Range (1931)
It's time for the stagecoach race to win the mail contract and the only entries are Reden and Farrell. Reden's men kidnap Farrell's daughter and then force him to withdraw. Wally rescues Ruth, buys out Farrel, and enters the race himself. But Reden has his men planted along the course to make sure Wally doesn't win.
poster
?
4.9
/46/

When a Man Sees Red (1934)
Our hero tries to dissuade a pretty ranch owner from taking up with an unsavory character to no avail. Eventually, the lout proves himself to be a thief and a liar, out to wrest the ranch owner's property away from her.
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?
5.6
/39/
50
/1/

Men of Action (1935)
A villainous banker and his hired saboteurs attempt to thwart construction of Sweetwater Dam.
poster
?
5.5
/27/

Flying Lariats (1931)
There is trouble between the Dunbar brothers when Wally proposes to Bonnie on his brother's behalf only to have her accept him. Their feud is interrupted when they have to go after a con man who has cheated the bank out of $5000 by using a gold brick. With the outlaw captured, Wally now tries to get his brother and Bonnie together.
poster
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5.7
/35/
10
/1/

Canyon Hawks (1930)
Cattleman Benson finds Mildred and her brother George living in one of his cabins and their sheep are on his land. Attracted to Mildred, he not only lets her stay, he deeds part of his land to her. This leads to trouble with the other cattlemen.
poster
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7.2
/23/

Back Fire (1922)
Two cowboys drift into town. Both are broke, and one of them jokingly suggests they rob the local express office. A citizen overhears them, and when the office is robbed soon afterwards, the cowboys are blamed for it.
poster
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6.3
/43/

Breed of the West (1930)
There is a feud on the Colonel's ranch between his foreman Longrope and some of the hands. The Colonel is firing those that don't get along with Longrope and it looks like Wally will be next. But things change when Jim overhears Longrope's plan to rob the Colonel. Longrope shoots Jim and this sends Wally into action.
poster
?
5.7
/22/

Wild Horse Round-Up (1936)
Doan is trying to get control of the valley by having his night riders drive the ranchers out. Jack Benson hires on at the Williams ranch, the one ranch Doan must have. When Benson learns that Doan is the boss of the night riders, he joins up with him. He has a plan that both saves Williams' ranch and also brings Doan to justice.
poster
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6.2
/30/
60
/1/

Two Gun Justice (1938)
A western town is being overrun and ruled by a gang of outlaws led by Bart (John Merton). Former Ranger Tim (Tim McCoy) is called out of retirement and assigned to clean up the gang. He disguises himself as a Mexican bandit, joins the gang and works from within.
poster
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5.9
/75/

Scouts to the Rescue (1939)
Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack sets off in search of lost treasure and finds adventure
poster
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5.4
/19/

Swifty (1935)
Swifty is framed for the murder of Alec MeNiel by the Lawyer Cheevers and the stepson Price. Then they incite the locals to form a lynch mob, but Swifty has an unexpected ally in the Sheriff who knows Price was after his stepfather's land.
poster
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5.7
/45/
60
/1/

West of Rainbow's End (1938)
Tim Hart (Tim McCoy), a former Texas Ranger, comes out of retirement to avenge the death of Lightnin' Ed (Frank LaRue), his foster father, who had been sent to Rainbow's End, to investigate a series of train robberies. He senses that George Johnson (Walter McGrail) and his henchman, Speck (Bob Kortman), head the robbery gang, especially after Speck makes an ambush attempt on his life.
poster
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6.8
/37/
65
/2/

Smoking Guns (1934)
Accused of a murder he did not commit, Ken leaves the country. Three years later Evans finds him in the jungle. When Evans dies, Ken seeing the resemblance, assumes his identity and returns to clear his name.
poster
Hoopla
41
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5.9
/291/
17
/4/
47
/7/

SOS Coast Guard (1937)
An internationally-notorious criminal scientist returns to the US to sell his latest invention, a disintegrating gas, to a foreign power. When he arrives, however, he is spotted by a young Coast Guard man, whom he kills - and thus earns the enmity of the entire US Coast Guard, but especially the murdered Guardsman's older brother who, together with his reporter-girlfriend and her comical photographer, vigorously sets to tracking him down and interfering with his plans to develop the city-melting gas in quantity. A Republic Serial in 12 Chapters.
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Hoopla
54
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6.5
/206/
45
/3/

The Painted Stallion (1937)
American federal agent Clark Stuart is on assignment in Santa Fe to draw up a trade agreement with the newly installed Mexican governor. Meanwhile, Walter Jamison leads a wagon train from Missouri, hoping to take advantage of the new agreement. Among Jamison's passenger are famed frontiersman Jim Bowie and a very youthful Kit Carson. The destinies of all these personalities intersect when villainous ex-governor DuPrey schemes to undermine the treaty and take over the New Mexico territory for his own vile purposes. Somewhere along the way, Davy Crockett joins the "good guys" in their efforts to thwart the despicable DuPrey.
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Amazon Prime Video
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6.2
/88/
65
/2/
50
/1/

Lucky Terror (1936)
A sharpshooter in a traveling sideshow is falsely accused of murdering a local miner.
poster
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6.4
/89/
60
/1/
40
/4/

Wild Horse Stampede (1943)
Two cowboys try to protect railroad workers from rampaging Indians.
poster
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3.4
/18/

Warrior Gap (1925)
Against explicit orders, a vainglorious cavalry major insists on counterattacking a gang of hostile Sioux Indians. His captain refuses to comply and is arrested for insubordination and cowardice.
poster
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6.5
/78/
70
/2/

The Lone Avenger (1933)
A prominent banker commits suicide. His son thinks otherwise and sets out to prove it.
poster
59
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5.6
/145/
62
/4/
60
/4/

The Law Rides Again (1943)
When a band of American Indians breaks a treaty with the federal government, U.S. Marshals Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson hit the trail with captured outlaw Duke Dillon (Jack La Rue) to find out what sparked the uprising. They discover clues that point to corrupt Indian agent John Hampton (Kenneth Harlan), but meanwhile, the bandit Dillon pulls a fast one on the marshals, and soon everybody's getting ready for a showdown.
poster
68
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6.7
/121/
70
/1/

Red Barry (1938)
A police detective is caught up in a plot to steal two million dollars in bonds.
poster
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5.5
/54/
50
/1/

Valley of Wanted Men (1935)
Three men escape from prison, go back to their hometown to try to find out who framed them.
poster
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4.7
/30/

The Trail Drive (1933)
Honest John is pulling off a swindle by buying cattle in Texas with worthless scrip and selling them in New Mexico for cash. Ken is leading the cattle drive not knowing that when they cross the state line Honest John's plan will have succeeded.
poster
Hoopla
61
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6.4
/95/
70
/1/
50
/2/

Honor of the Range (1934)
After Sheriff Ken puts money in the safe, his brother Clem gives Rawhide the combination. With the money gone the disgruntled townsmen make Boots Sheriff and lock up Ken. Clem, now a prisoner of Rawhide, has a change of heart and sends Ken a message with the outlaw's location. Ken escapes by impersonating the saloon entertainer and rides for the hangout.
poster
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6.4
/37/

King of the Arena (1933)
Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but when he realizes that Bargoff is involved, Bargoff has fled and taken Mary Hiller as a hostage. The trail leads to Baron Petroff who concocted the deadly chemical and Ken quickly finds himself the Baron's prisoner.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
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6.7
/97/
50
/1/

Come On, Tarzan (1932)
Ken Maynard's exceptionally intelligent horse, Tarzan the Wonder Horse, is the star of this western about evil cowboy Steve Frazer (Welch) who gathers horses for slaughter, whose meat is sold to pet food manufacturers. The wild horse Tarzan frees the doomed horses from their corrals, and Frazer convinces the Sheriff that Tarzan is a threat and can be shot on sight. Local cowboy Ken Benson (Maynard) and rancher Pat Riley (Kennedy) work together to clear Tarzan's good name and put Frazier behind bars for his evil deeds.
poster
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5.8
/30/
30
/1/

Wheels of Destiny (1934)
Bill, who is about to lead a wagon train to California, has a map to a valuable gold field and Rocky is after the map. When Rocky and his men attack, Ken Manning breaks it up and later identifies Rocky and his men as the attackers. Expelled from the wagon train, they stampede a buffalo herd puting the Indians on the warpath. After the Indians attack the wagon train, Rocky thinks he can get the map.
poster
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6.6
/18/

Gun Justice (1933)
Wanting the Lance ranch, Burkett kills Lance and brings in an imposter to pose as the heir Ken Lance. Ken learns of the plan, captures the imposter, and arrives posing as himself. In an ensuing gunfight a man is killed and Ken is in trouble when not only is he accused of the murder, but the imposter escapes and convinces the Sheriff he's the real Ken Lance.
poster
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6.7
/100/
50
/4/
55
/2/

Strawberry Roan (1933)
Ken Maynard stars as a roving cowboy who tells the tale of taming the stallion that inspired the titular poem.
poster
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7.2
/60/

Fargo Express (1933)
When Mort loses his and Ken's money at poker, Goss gets him to rob the stage. He is captured, identified by his palomino horse. Ken tries to clear him by robbing a stage while riding a palomino, but he also gets caught.
poster
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5.8
/18/
60
/1/

Lightnin' Wins (1926)
Lightnin' the dog and his master, Tom Harding are on to a group of smugglers who operate down at the harbor. Tom nearly bags them, but he's overwhelmed and they take flight. His girlfriend bluffs her way into the gang's hideout, but is discovered and held back. Tom is again overpowered by the crooks and thrown in a secret dungeon, but he fights his way out.
poster
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5.2
/22/

A Six Shootin' Romance (1926)
"Lightning" Jack inherits a ranch. Unfortunately, he is forced to share his inheritance with Donaldeen Travis, a snobbish debutante type who arrives from the East with her mammy and sister in tow. Donaldeen takes an immediate dislike to the uncouth "Lightning" and spends time instead with smooth-talking neighbor Currier King.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
50
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5.5
/226/
57
/9/
35
/6/

Tombstone Canyon (1932)
A range lawman (Ken Maynard) unmasks a black-cloaked phantom killer (Sheldon Lewis).
poster
54
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5.6
/145/
63
/3/
43
/6/

Phantom Thunderbolt (1933)
A cowboy called The Thunderbolt Kid comes to the aid of a town that is being threatened by outlaws who don't want a railroad to go through the town.
poster
60
?
6.8
/97/
52
/5/

Flaming Frontiers (1938)
Tom Grant has found a rich gold vein and Bart Eaton is after it. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gold fields and Eaton and his men follow. Eaton teams up with Ace Daggett who plans to doublecross him and get the gold for himself. They frame Tom for murder and then try to get him to sign over his claim. The famous scout Tex Houston is on hand, escaping the attempts on his life, saving Mary from various perils, and trying to bring in the real killer and clear Tom.
poster
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Fighter's Paradise (1924)
N/A
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Vanishing Millions (1926)
N/A
poster
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6.2
/15/

Hell's Valley (1931)
N/A
poster
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The Cowboy and the Flapper (1924)
N/A
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Fowler Studio Varieties (1930)
The Fowler Studio Varieties shorts were a series of one-reel musical shorts shot in Los Angeles that featured vaudeville acts and musical artists.


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