Calamity Jane and the Texan is a 1950 Western movie starring Evelyn Ankers as Calamity Jane and written and directed by Ande Lamb. The film is notable for being Ankers' last movie appearance for ten years. The cinematography was by Karl Struss.
OriginUSA GenresWestern ActorsRobert Kellard, Peggy Stewart, Smith Ballew, Jack Ingram, I. Stanford Jolley, Tiny Brauer Rating67% When Tex Granger rides into Three Buttes, Helen Kent persuades him to buy the local newspaper. However, loan shark Rance Carson appoints the bandit Blaze Talbot as town marshal to act as his enforcer and soon the town is in chaos. With fighting between rival gangs, Tex dons a mask to become The Midnight Rider and bring the criminals to justice.
Directed bySpencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr OriginUSA GenresWestern ActorsJock Mahoney, William Fawcett, Jack Ingram, Mickey Simpson, George Eldredge, Myron Daniel Healey Rating61% Roar of the Iron Horse had hero Jock Mahoney in his first leading role, playing Jim Grant, a railroad agent, opposing a typical hardfaced German, Karl Ulrich, called The Baron. Head of a strong ring in America, the infamous Baron was thwarted time and time again as he tried to sabotage the building of the transcontinental railroad with all the means to his scope, strategically bribing the local Indians into doing his dirty work. Mahoney was an ideal choice to play the lead character, and the role marked the beginning of a long and rewarding association with Columbia Pictures.
Directed bySpencer Gordon Bennet OriginUSA GenresAction, Adventure, Western ActorsMarshall Reed, Rick Vallin, Jack Ingram, William Fawcett, Gregg Barton, Michael Fox Rating57% In this serial, the intrepid Buffalo Bill Cody comes to aid miner Rocky Ford and a group of ranchers in their defeat of a local crime lord, King Carney, who is trying to keep the new railroad out of the territory in order to carry on with his illegal operations. Then Rocky asks Cody to don the disguise of a legendary masked man, known as The Ridin' Terror, who once before smashed outlaw rule in the area. In response, Cody enlists the support of Rocky, the settler Reb Morgan and his sister Ruth, and plans offensive strategy to eradicate Carney and his outlaws. It takes him 15 episodes, each full of thrilling chases, fights, and assorted action all backed by a competent musical score.
, 1h19 Directed byGeorge Sherman OriginUSA GenresAdventure, Western ThemesPolitical films ActorsJon Hall, Michael O'Shea, Buster Crabbe, Evelyn Ankers, Julie Bishop, Rick Vallin Rating52% During the French and Indian War in 1757, the family of Colonel Munro, daughters Alice and Cora and son Davy come from England to visit their father who is commanding Fort William Henry in the American colonies. The French are masters of the military intelligence situation as they have their loyal Indian allies masquerading as scouts for the English and are able to interecept and kill all runners from the British outposts.