The Dying Western – The Depression Era (1930s)
The 1930s is known as one of the worst decades for the Western genre. Between The Big Trail (1930) and Stagecoach (1939) there was barely any A-western made. Only between 10-15 westerns could be considered a big budget production. The big studios basically didn't want to touch them apart from a minor upswing in 1936, but the small studios without any money made a ton of them. Hardly any of them any good. Around 1000 westerns was created during the decade, and I've seen half of them. This is a list for those wondering what to track down from this semi-obscure wild west era.
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- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorAndy DevineA group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandAnn SheridanA Texas cattle agent witnesses first hand, the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsMarlene DietrichJames StewartMischa AuerDeputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.
- DirectorRaoul WalshLouis R. LoefflerStarsJohn WayneMarguerite ChurchillEl BrendelBreck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.
- DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsChester MorrisLewis StoneWalter BrennanThree fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyHumphrey BogartRosemary LaneDuring the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.
- DirectorHenry KingIrving CummingsStarsTyrone PowerHenry FondaNancy KellyAfter railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
- DirectorLuis TrenkerStarsLuis TrenkerViktoria von BallaskoWerner KunigA German-born Swiss citizen emigrates to the United States in search of a better life and making fortune. Based on the story of John Sutter, gold rush pioneer and founder of what would become the city of Sacramento.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsRandolph ScottNancy KellyCesar RomeroWyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsFred MacMurrayJack OakieJean ParkerTwo down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsBarbara StanwyckJoel McCreaAkim TamiroffIn 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsGary CooperJean ArthurJames EllisonWild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody attempt to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.
- DirectorOtto BrowerB. Reeves EasonStarsGene AutryFrankie DarroBetsy King RossWhen the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians have developed technology and weaponry such as television and ray guns. Their rich supply of radium draws unscrupulous speculators from the surface. The peaceful civilization of the Muranians is corrupted by the greed from above, and it becomes Autry's task to prevent all-out war, ideally without disrupting his regular radio show.
- DirectorJames P. HoganStarsJoan BennettRandolph ScottMay RobsonAfter the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsReed HadleySheila DarcyWilliam CorsonThe masked hero leads a fighting force to fight a villian who plots the conquest of The Republic of Mexico.
- DirectorHerbert I. LeedsStarsCesar RomeroMarjorie WeaverChris-Pin MartinAn orphan whose father has been killed by bandits inherits a mine. Cisco saves the mine and the child and also finds the child's real mother.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsWilliam BoydRussell HaydenGeorge 'Gabby' HayesHoppy goes undercover as an Eastern gambler to rein in the fraternal perpetrators of a cattle-rustling scheme.
- DirectorSam NelsonMack V. WrightStarsBill ElliottMonte BlueCarole WayneA short plot summary finds Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott), the U.S. Marshal in Abilene, Kansas, opposing the Phantom Raiders, a gang of renegades raiding the cattle drives over the Chisholm Trail from Texas to Abilene. Hickok organizes the boys of the town into the "Flaming Arrows" to assist him. Finally, in the 15th chapter, "Trail's End", Hickok, the "Flaming Arrows" and army scout Kit Lawson (Kermit Maynard) combine to put an end to the Phantom Raiders.
- DirectorRalph InceWilliam BoydStarsWilliam BoydCharles 'Chic' SaleDorothy WilsonGangsters come out West to hide out and the locals, led by a newcomer (William Boyd), fight them in self-defense before the local authorities arrive.
- DirectorGlenn TryonStarsHarry CareyTim HoltEvelyn BrentNotoriuos liar Bill Barker, having been banished westward by the law, talks the townspeople of Martinez into making him Mayor and Judge. Here he must deal with the outlaw the Tonto Kid and the troublesome McQuinn Brothers, and also look after his daughter Nita Mosby--who thinks that her father is dead.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsJoel McCreaBob BurnsFrances DeeThe life and career of a Wells Fargo official frames this fictionalized account of the express company's formation.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsWalter HustonHarry CareyRaymond HattonA lawman sets out to tame Tombstone, Arizona.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsClaire TrevorJohn WayneGeorge SandersIn 1759, in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Valley, local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding Indians.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsWilliam BoydRussell HaydenHarvey ClarkLorna Drake has inherited a ranch. Hoppy teaches her a bit about ranching and handles Scar Lewis, the bad guy, in the process.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsWarner BaxterAnn LoringBruce CabotIn the 1840s, Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta avenges his wife's death against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three-Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend Bill Warren to lead a posse against him.
- DirectorAlan JamesStarsKen MaynardTarzanFrances LeeA 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.
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsRandolph ScottGail PatrickBilly LeeIn 1844 scout Clint Belmet and his two sidekicks guide a wagon train to the newly opened Oregon territory despite hardships and Indian attack.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsJeanette MacDonaldNelson EddyWalter PidgeonA bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
- DirectorNate WattStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonGeorge 'Gabby' HayesHoppy goes undercover as an outlaw (which permits him, for once, to drink and be mean to children) to track down a bunch of outlaws operating along the border. Loco, the head bad guy, deflects suspicion from himself by pretending to be a moron.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsRichard BarthelmessMary AstorFred KohlerDon Francisco Delfina, a nobleman of Southern California in 1848, disguises himself as El Puma and leads a revolt against the tyrannical land agent and politician Peter Harkness.
- DirectorHerbert I. LeedsStarsWarner BaxterLynn BariCesar RomeroIn Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid who happens to be there on holiday.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsWarner BaxterLupe VelezEleanor BoardmanJim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Wyngate runs afoul of cattle rustler Cash Hawkins by rescuing the Indian girl Naturich from Hawkins. Wyngate marries Naturich, but then learns that his cousin Lord Henry has been killed and has cleared his name before dying. As Wyngate has long loved Lady Diana, Lord Henry's wife, he is perplexed at his situation. But fate takes a hand and resolves matters as Wyngate could not have predicted.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonMuriel EvansHoppy has to bust up a gang of outlaws with the help of his sidekicks Shanghai and Johnny. As usual, he walks through the fusillade unscathed.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWallace BeeryRobert TaylorFlorence RiceIt starts in 1844 in Maryland, where Blake Cantrell, plantation owner with slaves, is forced by debts to sell his estate and his people. Then he leaves for Cumberland, looking for a job (first time in his life), and ends up working for a stagecoach line run by Boss Starkey and owned by Susan Griffith. Before love and friendship can triumph, Cantrell will have to commit to the cause of African-Americans in search of freedom.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonPaula StoneAn evil ranch foreman tries to provoke a range war by playing two cattlemen against each other while helping a gang to rustle the cattle.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsRobert LivingstonChief ThundercloudSilver ChiefHomesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws to drive them out. The Lone Ranger is on hand to help the homesteaders battle Bart's men as he overcomes traps, ambushes, burning buildings and other obstacles in his attempt to bring peace to the valley.
- DirectorFord BeebeSaul A. GoodkindStarsJohnny Mack BrownLouise StanleyFuzzy KnightFrontier scout Jeff Scott (Johnny Mack Brown) and his pal, Deadwood Hawkins (Fuzzy Knight), are hired by Washington officials to stop outlaw and Indian raids on pioneer wagon trains crossing the western plains. Strangely, only those trains bound for the rich fur-trapping regions of the Oregon territory are molested. Keeping their identity secret, Jeff and Deadwood overtake a wagon train in time to save its occupants from an Indian-attack massacre. They rescue Margaret Mason (Louise Stanley) and Johnnie Clark (Bill Cody, Jr.), a young boy whose father was killed in the attack. Jeff suspects that the wagonmaster "Bull" Bragg (Jack C. Smith) is a spy for the raiders and has Bragg thrown out of his job. Bragg, after inciting an Indian attack and starting a prairie fire, is thrown into jail. Bragg is working under the orders of Sam Morgan (James Blaine), the manager for a fur company syndicate that hopes to keep the settlers out of Oregon. After many dangers and disasters, the wagon train finally reaches Oregon. When the settlers prepare to stake out land claims, Morgan flashes a fake land grant and demands they pay him a high price for the land.
- DirectorTenny WrightStarsJohn WayneDukeFrank McHughA greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsPreston FosterJean MuirVan HeflinA California mining camp is plagued by a series of murders. Four people come under suspicion for the killings and are swiftly run straight out of the camp. During a blizzard they take refuge in an isolated cabin, and conflicts break out among them.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersSmiley BurnetteCarol HughesRoy is elected to Congress to bring the misery of the "dustbowl" of the 1930s to the attention of Washington politicians.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsWilliam BoydRussell HaydenBritt WoodHopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) comes to the rescue of the railroad when a land baron and his gang try to prevent its construction.
- DirectorNate WattStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonGeorge 'Gabby' HayesHoppy, Johnny and Windy are fighting a malicious gang trying to stop a cattle drive from reaching a drought-stricken North.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsBuck JonesGrant WithersMarion ShillingRed Davison, the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, "Silent" Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sentences Slade to hang for the murder of Scotty McKee.
- DirectorNate WattStarsWilliam BoydGeorge 'Gabby' HayesRussell HaydenHoppy's brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers. To get them he makes himself seem to be a wanted man.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsGeorge O'BrienIrene HerveyLeRoy MasonAn Easterner inherits a cattle ranch, only to discover that thousands of cattle have been stolen. He secretly signs on as a hired hand at his own ranch to discover who's stealing them.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsWilliam BoydRussell HaydenFrank DarienAgainst a background of exceptional mountain photography, Hoppy rushes to rid former sweetheart Nora Blake and Pappy's range of rustlers and bad guys.
- DirectorAlan JamesRay TaylorWilliam WitneyStarsRay CorriganHoot GibsonLeRoy MasonThe period is the 1820's and the first wagon train leaves Independence heading west to Santa Fe. In order to maintain his power, the ruthless Official at Santa Fe must not let them arrive and he sends out his men to stop them. The wagon train then has to endure repeated attacks but is aided by a mysterious rider that shoots singing arrows and rides a painted stallion.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsDonald WoodsEvelyn VenableRussell HaydenJohn Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his son, Marvin. Naab's daughter, Marian, falls in love with John but is about to marry Snap Thornton to keep a promise made by her father. She runs away on her wedding day but is captured and held hostage by outlaw Henry Holderness. John, the Naabs and fellow ranchers rush to her rescue.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsWilliam BoydGeorge 'Gabby' HayesRussell HaydenBelle Starr has returned from time in prison only to face a hail of bullets, along with rescue by Hoppy and the Bar 20 gang.
- DirectorNate WattStarsWilliam BoydGeorge 'Gabby' HayesMorris AnkrumAn evil deputy is using Indian half-breeds to rustle cattle. This causes trouble between the cattlemen and Indians. Hoppy, Windy and Lucky see that justice is served. Songs abound.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonOnslow StevensAn evil gang is involved in both cattle rustling and the robbing of stagecoaches. Hopalong Cassidy, Hoppy, must stop them without help from the sheriff who turns out be a major outlaw himself.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsWilliam BoydGeorge 'Gabby' HayesRussell HaydenOutlaw miners have been stealing ore from Ann Dennis' mine. Hoppy spends much of his time running around in the mine shafts tracking down the crooks.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsWilliam BoydGeorge 'Gabby' HayesRussell HaydenDisguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude ranch in order to unmask the murderer of the owner's husband.
- DirectorRay TaylorMack V. WrightStarsRobert LivingstonKay HughesGuinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsA masked hero called "The Eagle" leads California ranchers in a struggle against Russian Cossacks who are plotting to take over California and turn it into a Russian colony.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsGene AutrySmiley BurnetteCarol HughesAs executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress doesn't marry without his approval.
- DirectorFord BeebeB. Reeves EasonStarsHarry CareyEdwina BoothRexA mysterious master criminal known as The Voice plots with his gang to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Company, but the rightful heir has a secret army of her own to protect her rights.
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsBuck JonesJohn WayneSusan FlemingClint Turner is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend Judy's father, a rival rancher who was an enemy of his own father.
- DirectorEdward D. VenturiniStarsWilliam BoydGeorge 'Gabby' HayesRussell HaydenEscaped criminal "The Fox" hates Hoppy and a Rurales colonel for imprisoning him and lures Cassidy to Mexico in order to exact his vengeance.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsWilliam BoydRussell HaydenGeorge 'Gabby' HayesHoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce when confidence men try to take her herd.
- DirectorOtto BrowerStarsHarry CareyNoah BeeryFrankie DarroBob Norton, seeking his brother's killer, tangles with outlaws, wild horses, and a "wild" boy.
- DirectorLambert HillyerStarsBuck JonesCecilia ParkerWade BotelerLooking for his missing father, Joe Gordon heads into the desert where Elders from a secret village find him unconscious. Attracted to Sheila O'Neill, the two plan an escape from the village where no one is allowed to leave. But then he learns his father is being held prisoner; when he finds him, he is also made a prisoner.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBilly CurtisYvonne Moray'Little Billy' RhodesAn evil gunslinging midget comes to terrorize the good little people of Tiny Town. The townspeople organize to defeat him, and zany antics ensue.
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsKen MaynardJeanette LoffWallace MacDonaldDan and Tennessee are successful gold miners. Ace Brady learns of their success and sends Fox to rob them. During the robbery Fox shoots Tennessee and Ace arrives to arrest Dan for the murder. Dan escapes but is now a wanted man.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsGene AutrySmiley BurnettePert KeltonGene is the foreman at the ranch owned by wealthy rodeo owner Maureen. She will lose her rodeo contract unless sales improve.
- DirectorNate WattStarsWilliam BoydGeorge 'Gabby' HayesRussell HaydenHoppy clears Lucky on a charge of bank robbery and foils the plot of a crooked lawyer to rustle a herd of pedigree cattle and take over the valley.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsDouglass DumbrilleSidney TolerRussell HaydenBen Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in Folsom's cattle rustling and a chance to settle an old score.
- DirectorOtto BrowerStarsTom KeeneDorothy WilsonLon Chaney Jr.Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film. Tom soon learns her foreman has been rustling and poisoning her cattle. When Tom threatens to expose him, Judy is kidnapped and the troop told to leave. With an expert makeup man available. Tom poses as one of the outlaws in an attempt to rescue her.
- DirectorOtto BrowerEdwin H. KnopfStarsRichard ArlenMary BrianHarry GreenA friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick swears he will marry the first woman he sees, who happens to be Ruth Hammond, sister of his dead friend, arriving to take charge of the Hammond ranch. Revolted by his rough proposal,she fires him as the Hammond foreman and she proceeds to the ranch. Stack informs her he has purchased the ranch for the payment of the back-due taxes, and she relents and rehires Dick and his friends to aid her in her fight against Stack.
- DirectorAlan JamesRay TaylorStarsJohnny Mack BrownEleanor HansenJohn ArcherTom 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.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsJohnny Mack BrownWallace BeeryKay JohnsonIn this version of the Billy the Kid legend, Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett. He escapes and is on his way to Mexico when Garrett, recapturing him, must decide whether to bring him in or to let him go.
- DirectorCarl PiersonStarsGene AutryAnn RutherfordSmiley BurnetteTex rides to the rescue when badguys led by LaCrosse and Utah Joe kidnap Lettie.
- DirectorNoel M. SmithStarsDick ForanJane BryanRobert PaigeIt's the opening of the Cherokee Strip and Ling Carter has slipped in early and now controls the new town of Big Rock. His old nemesis Dick Hudson is also there but he is unsuccessful in his battle with Carter. But when Carter turns to rustling and then to murder, Lawyer Hudson is ready.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsRobert LivingstonRay CorriganMax TerhuneDude's gang captures Stony and seeing the resemblance, Dude poses as Stony. Wanted for the robberies and murder committed by Dude, a wounded Stony escapes. After Doc Martin fixes him up, Dude's gang kidnaps Martin to operate on Dude. Now it's Stonys turn to pose as Dude as the Mesquiteers try to round up the gang.
- DirectorDavid HowardStarsGeorge O'BrienPolly Ann YoungSmiley BurnetteWhen a border patrolman catches their spoiled daughter smoking in a no-smoking area, parents hire him to watch over her. She then runs over to Mexico and gets involved with jewel thieves and he has to go save her.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsJohn CarrollNoah BeeryRichard AlexanderThe California-Yucatan Railroad, being built for the good of Mexico, is under siege by a gang of terrorists hoping to force its sale; no one can prove their connection to profiteer Marsden. Manuel Vega, aged co-owner, calls in the aid of his nephew James, great-grandson of the original Zorro. Alas, James seems more adept at golf than derring-do; but after he arrives, Zorro rides again! Can one black-clad man on horseback defeat a gang supplied with airplanes and machine guns?
- DirectorDavid HowardStarsGeorge O'BrienRita HayworthTim HoltTexas Ranger Jack Steele is assigned to bring in former ranch owner Judith Alvarez, now the leader of a gang who is waging war against the crooked government officials who cheated the ranchers out of their land.
- DirectorNate WattStarsWilliam BoydGeorge 'Gabby' HayesGail SheridanA crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of marshal in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsSilver ChiefChief ThundercloudLynne RobertsHeroic's of Lone Ranger & Tonto, matter!
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonJean RouverolCattle rustler Nevada dreams of living like an emperor in the West. Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys aim to put an end to his dream.
- DirectorJames P. HoganStarsBuster CrabbeRaymond HattonMarsha HuntAfter saving himself from hanging, Laramie Nelson saves Tracks Williams from the same fate. They then travel to Lindsay's ranch where they get jobs. There they run into Adams who they learn is planning to rustle Lindsay's horses.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsGene AutrySmiley BurnetteShirley DeaneGene takes care of three tough kids sent west from Chicago after their father died and left them a cattle ranch. They help him catch a bunch of rustlers.
- DirectorMack V. WrightHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsJohn WayneDukeSheila TerryJohn and Janet get a weird letter telling them to go to a ghost town which has an abandoned mine. There they contend with bad guys looking for hidden gold. They are aided by a mysterious Phantom.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsJohn WayneRay CorriganMax TerhuneForeign agents are smuggling monium (a chemical used in producing poison gas) into Mexico. The three Mesquiteers get involved when they ride to save a girl (really a government agent) on a runaway horse.
- DirectorRobert N. BradburyStarsJohn WayneSheila BromleyFrank McGlynn Jr.As a youngster John Wyatt saw his parents killed and his brother kidnapped. On a wagon train heading West he meets his brother who is now a spy for the gang which originally did the dirty work. He and his brother both fall for Mary Gordon.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsGene AutrySmiley BurnetteJean RouverolKnowing that it contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch that Gene straw-bosses; when that fails, they lay a hidden pipeline to snag the gas.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRobert LivingstonRay CorriganMax TerhuneThe three Mesquiteers try to recover the gold stolen by a gang in its effort to ruin the banker/mayor who ordered them to leave town.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersSmiley BurnetteLynne RobertsRogers plays a lookalike to the dead Billy The Kid and restores the tranquility of Lincoln County after subduing the criminal element.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsJohn WayneLouise BrooksRay CorriganAfter gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers buy a plane to fly the gold out. The owner of the shipping line brings in Eastern gangsters to thwart them.
- DirectorFred AllenStarsTom KeeneRochelle HudsonMarie WellsNoted gunman Black Jack and his friends arrive and take jobs on the Allen ranch. Allen's hands have quit and his cattle are being rustled. When one of Black Jack's friends is killed by the rustlers, he finds the killer and when they fight his Marshal's badge drops out and Ruby, the leader of the rustlers, picks it up. With his identity now known she sets a trap for him.
- DirectorCharles BartonStarsRandolph ScottCharles 'Chic' SaleMrs. Leslie CarterThe heirs of the dying owner of a valuable radium mine are being murdered as a mining engineer tries to uncover the killer and clear his cousin's name.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsGene AutrySmiley BurnetteJune StoreyFederal Agent Gene Autry and his sidekick Frog are sent to Mexico to prevent foreign powers from gaining control of Mexican oil refineries and fomenting revolution among the Mexican people. Gene falls in love with Senorita Dolores but finds he must leave for the island of Palermo, where her uncle, Don Diego, is being prevented from transporting his cattle to market by the foreign agents, who have co-opted Dolores' brother Andreo into joining them. While trying to load cattle by sea into a waiting cargo ship Gene and his men are attacked by Andreo and his revolutionaries, with fatal results.
- DirectorOtto BrowerDavid BurtonStarsGary CooperLili DamitaErnest TorrenceA young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsRobert LivingstonRay CorriganMax TerhuneDavid Ross organizes the ranchers into a vigilante group to rid the town of outlaws. The plan succeeds but the trouble starts when some of the men form a new vigilante group and posing as the original one plunder for loot.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsRandolph ScottSally BlaneJ. Farrell MacDonaldNabb controls the pass and lets all the ranchers through except Holderness and his stolen cattle. When Nabb refuses to sell, Holderness works an his son Snap who has run up gambling debts. There is more trouble when Snap becomes jealous of Judy's attraction to the surveyor Jack. When Holderness has Snap killed, everyone heads to town for the showdown.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonWilliam FarnumWhen the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsGene AutrySmiley BurnetteCarol HughesWhen nasty land developers try to bilk honest ranchers who don't know their land holds lots of gold, Gene puts a stop to it.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsJohn WayneRay CorriganMax TerhuneVery organized cattle rustlers are operating with portable slaughterhouses and refrigerator vans. The governor asks the Three Mesquiteers to go undercover to investigate.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsDick ForanPaula StoneCraig ReynoldsThe Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from hunters. But Carter, of Carter and Barton, just signed a big contract for furs and Buffalo meat so they want the herds. The only way they can get them is to rile the Indians up enough to go on the warpath and break the treaty. After the trouble starts, the Indians get the Colonel's daughter and hold her prisoner.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsWilliam BoydGeorge 'Gabby' HayesRussell HaydenCaldwell and Nixon have their men rob the stage and then critcize the Sheriff for not catching the robbers. With her father the Sheriff under pressure, Mary sends for Hoppy who finds the stolen money and sets a trap to bring in the entire gang.
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsHoot GibsonMary DoranJames EaglesGrant hides stolen money in the luggage of Bonnie Shea who is moving west. Later when he and his men arrive to retrieve the money, they also kidnap Bonnie. This sends Reasonin' Bates and his cowhands on their horses after the gangsters in their cars.