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- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLew AyresLouis WolheimJohn WrayA German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsMontgomery CliftElizabeth TaylorEva Marie SaintA student falls in love with a Southern belle, but their relationship is complicated by her troubled past and the onset of the Civil War.
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsKirk DouglasElsa MartinelliWalter MatthauA scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsClaudette ColbertPaulette GoddardVeronica LakeA group of nurses returning from the war in the Philippines recall their experiences in combat and in love.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsBrian DonlevyRobert PrestonMacdonald CareyDecember, 1941. With no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
- DirectorArthur RossonStarsHoot GibsonMargaret QuimbyWilliam McCallEd King travels east to sell Pop Blake's cattle. While there Buck, another of Blake's hands, plans to rob Ed by using a local girl Ming Toy as a decoy. Ming Toy gets the money and returning empty handed, and before the other hands arrive, Ed is surprised to find Ming Toy return with the men.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsRandolph ScottRobert RyanAnne JeffreysWhen part of Oklahoma Territory becomes officially part of the U.S., Vance Cordrell is forced to deal with some of the most infamous outlaws of the Old West.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsRandolph ScottRobert RyanAnne JeffreysBat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.
- DirectorSpencer Gordon BennetFred C. BrannonStarsGeorge TurnerPeggy StewartRoy BarcroftYoung cavalry officer Jeff Stewart returns to his home in the west after the Civil War to find that a ring of crooked politicians has taken over the county, bleeding the citizens with 50% of value on the main trail, and protecting the rustlers that raid the cattle ranches. With the permission of the state governor and the assistance of Kate Wells, the postmistress, Jeff plans to open another trail to beat the toll. He also decides to resurrect an ancestor of his who, in a similar situation, took the law in his own hands-----Zorro. With the aid of Pancho, Zorro manages to thwart the conspirators and exposes the guilty culprits.
- DirectorJohn EnglishStarsGene AutryChampionJean HeatherGene is assigned to round up a tribe of Indians squatting on barren land.
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsJon HallVictor McLaglenRita JohnsonJim Rowan, after his discharge from the U.S. Calvary at the end of the Sioux Wars, seeks peace and security on an Arizona cattle ranch. But his arrival coincides with an outbreak of lawlessness. He calls in three ex-soldier buddies - Buster, Steve Prescott and Dave Boyd - to help him combat the outlaw faction and bring peace and prosperity to the territory.
- DirectorLambert HillyerStarsJohnny Mack BrownRaymond HattonReno BrowneMayor Jim Blaine sends for Pecos, a notorious two-gun killer, to run Brad Foster and his henchmen out of Gunsight, after Brad lowers the "cut" he gives the mayor from his gambling place. On the way to Gunsight, Pecos encounters Johnny Macklin and is accidentally killed in a fight after he tries to steal Johnny's horse, Rebel. On the road Johnny picks up 12-year-old Bud Hartley, brother of rancher Judy Hartley. When Johnny arrives in town, the mayor mistakes him for Pecos and makes him the sheriff after Brad's men unsuccessfully try to kill him and Reno, an old-time prospector and friend of the Hartleys. Judy refuses to speak to Johnny because he is working for the mayor, whom she claims is as crooked as Foster. The latter, Drago and other henchmen attempt to kill Johnny for closing the gambling casino, but their plan backfires and several of them are jailed. Drago is killed by Johnny in a gun fight and Foster is arrested. Johnny also orders the mayor out of town. Foster breaks out of jail, and a trap is laid for Johnny, but he learns of it and rounds up the whole gang. Judy persuades Johnny to remain in Gunsight, instead of heading for the road again.
- DirectorLambert HillyerStarsJohnny Mack BrownRaymond HattonPeggy WynneConvicted killer Jim Holden is rescued from the sheriff by his gang, led by Mason and Riley. He is out to get the Hathaway Stage superintendent George Bannister, who was responsible for his conviction and learns the Bannister, his niece (Kay) and Hal Hathaway, son of the stage line owner, are on a cross-country stage. Johnny, a rancher, and Waco, local stage representative head for the stage to warn the passengers, including entertainer Paradise Flo and coffin salesman Pennypacker. Hal takes the stage into Holdin. Johnny and Waco rescue Hal and Bannister before the gang succeeds in hanging the pair. By a ruse, Johnny, Waco and Hal split up and capture the entire gang.
- DirectorLewis D. CollinsRay TaylorStarsPeter CooksonJanet ShawPaul GuilfoyleThe Comanches are buying up rifles from unscrupulous gun smugglers in preparation for a wholesale uprising against settlers in Texas. Two undercover Texas Rangers discover the plot and set out to stop it.
- DirectorDerwin AbrahamsStarsCharles StarrettHelen MoweryHank NewmanProspector Cimarron Dobbs (Emmett Lynn) stumbles on a vast cache of Spanish gold left in Texas by Santa Anna's army, and knows he will be swindled out of his discovery unless he gets help. Saloon hostess Dixie King (Helen Mowery) agrees that he must secure the help of the Durango Kid (Charles Starrett), otherwise known as Steve Reynolds. Dobbs is kidnapped by a gang headed by John Munro (Robert Filmer'), owner of the saloon where Dixie works. She writes Steve, and the Durango Kid and his sidekick Smiley (Smiley Burnette) ride out to help. Meanwhile,henchmen Rankin (George Chesebro) and Slade (Zon Murray) are vainly attempting to learn the location of the treasure from Dobbs. Steve begins to suspect that Munro is involved, and offers a $5,000 reward for information leading to Dobb's whereabouts and announces that the treasure will be divided among the needy ranchers in the area.
- DirectorWallace FoxStarsKirby GrantFuzzy KnightJane AdamsGovernment agents Ted Everett (Kirby Grant) and Tumbleweed (Fuzzy Knight) are sent to Spearville, Texas, where the law agencies have failed to stop a series of bank robberies. Arriving incognito, they become involved with the gang, and end up being accused of murdering banker Bartlet Mellon (Dick Curtis). They escape a lynch mob and return with evidence that Mellon has faked his death, hoping to gain the insurance, and is also leading the gang under another name.
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsGary CooperLoretta YoungWilliam DemarestA good-natured saddle tramp traveling with his sidekick is mistaken for a ruthless outlaw with a price on his head.
- DirectorLewis D. CollinsRay TaylorStarsDennis MooreWanda McKayLionel AtwillDuring the latter stages of the Civil War, a gang of supposed Confederates, headed by Alex Morel (Lionel Atwill), raid all gold shipments destined for Washington from Oro Grande, California. In the first chapter, "Murder By Accident", Captain Steve Clark (Dennis Moore), is recognized as a Union Secret Service agent by Morel's accomplice Trina Dessard (Virginia Christine), and, with his friend Idaho Jones (Joe Sawyer), is ambushed in the baggage car and sent to almost certain death when the car is un-coupled and plunges down the mountainside. Leaping to safety, in order to be around for the next 12 chapters, Idaho and Steve report to Colonel Sewell (Addison Richards) in Oro Grande, and Idaho introduces himself as a Wells Fargo detective to Cathy Haines (Wanda McKay), the Oro Grande company agent. Steve and Idaho learn that the Morel raiders are only posing as Confederates, and their headquarters are at Morel's "Golden Eagle" saloon. In a raid on the hideout, Steve's brother Jim (Gene Garrick) is killed by the gang. The next victim is Confederate Army Captain Clay Randolph (Regis Toomey) who has discovered that Morel is connected with a group of Prussian spies and gives Steve a clue before he dies. The clue leads Steve to a San Francisco dive owned by Abel Rackerby (Charles Wagenheim), who, thinking he has Steve in his power, exposes the ring's activities and operation methods. Aided by the San Francisco Secret Service, Steve escapes and returns to Oro Grande, where in Chapter 13, "Golden Vengeance", he and Idaho round up the spies.
- DirectorRobert Emmett TanseyStarsKen MaynardHoot GibsonBob SteeleHoot Gibson and the Trailblazers take jobs as telephone linemen to get the goods on a local banker who is the chief of a band of counterfeiters.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsDon 'Red' BarryHelen TalbotWally VernonHaving robbed the bank in Red Bluff, Bob Conroy and partner Buckshot arrive in Santa Fe. Bob refuses the job of Marshal until he sees the name Conroy engraved on the badge. He does a good job as Marshal taking care of the outlaw gang and their boss, the crooked cattle buyer. But then their Red Bluff partner in crime arrives to expose them as wanted men.
- DirectorVernon KeaysStarsTex RitterRussell HaydenFuzzy KnightCitizens of Gunsmoke are being intimidated by Lon Curtis (Harry Woods) and his gang who are preventing an election to vote on a township charter. Town banker Sam Garrett (Herbert Rawlinson)obtains a U. S. Marshal's appointment for Ward Bailey (Tex Ritter). "Glowworm" Johnson (Fuzzy Knight)witnesses the murder of prospector "Nugget" Newcomb (Ernie Adams), by gang-member Pete Larkin (Ethan Laidlaw). Curtis hires Ward's brother, Tom Bailey (Russell Hayden) to defend his henchman.
- DirectorLambert HillyerStarsJohnny Mack BrownRaymond HattonEvelyn FinleyU.S. Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie and Sandy Hopkins ride into Big Piney Basin at the request of Ann Jordan, daughter of a rancher who has been killed and whose cattle have been rustled. At Ann's home, they find Ted Connors, the only surviving member of the Connors brothers, the other two having been killed the previous night. Nevada rides into town and discovers it is run by Matson and Judge Kelbro and that it was Matson's gang that killed the Connors and Ann's father. Matson believes that Ted, who can identify some of the gang, is dead but sends his henchmen out to investigate. Sandy, working as a swamper in the poolroom, overhears a plot to rustle the remaining cattle, and rides out to warn Nevada and Ann. Nevada and Sandy round up the gang, Matson and Kelbro are turned over to the authorities, and Ted and Ann are planning their marriage as Nevada and Sandy ride off to new adventures.
- DirectorJohn P. McCarthyStarsJohnny Mack BrownRaymond HattonCraig WoodsWorking undercover, Marshals Nevada and Sandy are looking for jewel smugglers along the border.
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsInez CooperEdward NorrisMontagu LoveAn American officer discovers a Nazi plot to take over an island in the Pacific on which oil has been discovered.
- DirectorSam NelsonStarsTim HoltCliff EdwardsJoan BarclayTom, with the help of his sidekick Ike, searches for the truth of who killed his dad, a banker.