Author: Mark Franklin

Joel McCrea is Dr. John Brighton, who’s on his way to California when his wife dies giving birth to their daughter. He decides to settle in the nearest town, …

Bob Hope plays Junior Potter, the Harvard-educated son of “Painless” Peter Potter, the renowned Indian fighter introduced to viewers in the 1948 film, “The Paleface.” Well, “Painless” has passed …

Jane Russell is Calamity Jane, sitting in jail facing 10 years in prison when she’s broken out by two men she doesn’t know. Turns out the governor arranged the …

Jon Hall is Ed Garry, a deputy marshal who heads to Tumult, Wyoming, in search of two outlaws — Colt Redwood and Jed Northey — who have settled down …

Randolph Scott plays Jim Dancer, a member of Quantrill’s raiders (spelled Quantrell in the opening credits) who finds himself a wanted man after the end of the Civil War. …

In 1859, Saint Joseph, Missouri, was split into a rowdy portion of town and an upper crust portion of town. This is the fanciful tale of how they merged …

Lucille Ball is Christine, owner of the Busy Bee Cafe, a restaurant out West. She figures to marry Indian agent and rancher Jim Sawyer (Dean Jagger). Her fiance has …

Bill Elliott is Johnny Barrett, who robs under the name of Spanish Jack, a masked man who always barks out orders in Spanish during holdups. He turned to robbery …

Bill Elliott is Bill Stockton, who heads to California with buddy Sam Bowie (Andy Devine) to run a gold mine with his brother. But he arrives to find his …

Lorna Gray (aka Adrian Booth) is Kate Foley, who’s about to marry outlaw Jim Plummer (Forrest Tucker) in spite of her mother’s warnings that he doesn’t have enough money …