The Forty-Niners

The Forty-Niners 1954

5.20

1849 California and the Gold Boom. Marshal Sam Nelson goes under cover to find out the identity of a trio of killers.

1954

The Marksman

The Marksman 1953

1

Mike Martin becomes a deputy marshal and takes on a gang of cattle rustlers.

1953

Vigilante Terror

Vigilante Terror 1953

5.00

Vigilante Terror was one of the last of the "Wild Bill" Elliot westerns for Columbia. This time, Elliot comes to rescue an imperiled storekeeper. A band of masked vigilantes is laying waste to the countryside, and the storekeeper is blamed. Wild Bill saves the day by going undercover -- or under hood, as it were

1953

Bitter Creek

Bitter Creek 1954

6.30

"Wild" Bill Elliott is a cowboy who goes in search of the man who killed his brother, and finds himself in the small town of Bitter Creek.

1954

Texas Bad Man

Texas Bad Man 1953

1

Wayne Morris' B-western series was the last of its kind to be produced in Hollywood. Texas Bad Man casts Morris as a sheriff who happens to be the son of inveterate thief Frank Ferguson. Knowing full well that Ferguson's gang intends to steal a shipment of gold, Morris must stay up nights trying to second-guess his crafty dad. While there's no shortage of action, the resolution to the story relies more on brawn than brain. Western "regulars" Sheb Wooley, Myron Healey and Denver Pyle do their usual in secondary roles, as does Elaine Riley as the requisite (but hardly crucial) heroine.

1953

Topeka

Topeka 1953

5.00

Bill Elliot emulates his idol William S. Hart in the superior western Topeka. Elliot plays the archetypal Good Bad Man, hired to kick the crooked element out of a small town. A hard-drinking, hard-living man, Elliot entertains thoughts of taking over the town himself for the benefit of his own gang. After several reels of soul-searching, Elliot decides to honor his promise to clean up the town for its decent citizens. Evidently director Thomas Carr rented a camera crane for this Allied Artists production, since the camera performs remarkable calisthenics, the kind not normally seen in a medium-budget western.

1953

Fighting Lawman

Fighting Lawman 1953

6.00

A US Marshal hunts down three bank robbers that are living under new identities.

1953