Ray Taylor

A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks... (imdb)

American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel. (imdb)

A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick. (imdb)

Just before World War II, the Chinese and American governments mount a joint operation to prevent the Germans and Japanese from taking over the strategic island of Mandon. (imdb)

A group of flying cadets have to clear themselves of a murder charge, while trying to stop a traitorous scientist from selling secrets to the Nazis. (imdb)

Chandu consults his crystal ball and sees that Nadji, Princess of Egypt, is in danger. She is about to be sacrificed by the black magic cult of Ubasti. Headed for the magic island of Lemuria, he is shipwrecked , washed ashore and captured. He becomes invisible, escapes and after numerous detours is able to rescue the princess. (imdb)

Blaine is building a section of the transcontinental railroad and his foreman Judd is delaying the work. Behind schedule, Blain brings in a new foreman Tom Crosby who has to fight off repeated attacks by both Judd's henchman and the Indians as he tries to complete the line on time. (imdb)

A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide. (imdb)

An adventurer goes after Nazi spies who have a new death ray called the Paratron.I (imdb)

A western adventure serial in 12 episodes. Buffalo Bill battles gambler Jim Rodney who is trying to scare off the townspeople so he can gain possession of a gold strike discovered in the area. A nearby Indian tribe is provoked to attack the town and the cavalry is called in. (imdb)

US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of the islands near Pearl Harbor. He discovers that there is a ring of saboteurs and enemy agents who are trying to destroy ships carrying supplies to the troops stationed in the islands and sabotage the war effort. He sets out with his trusted assistant and two beautiful women to find the mastermind behind these nefarious activities. (imdb)

Enemy spies try to steal a new fighter plane. (imdb)

Tex is up against a group of hooded outlaws. When he shoots one, he uses the hood to infiltrate the gang. Almost caught by them, he escapes only to be arrested by the Sheriff who thinks he's one of the gang. (imdb)

The plot has Jim Benton (Dick Foran) as the head of a vigilante group, known as the Riders of Death Valley, organized to protect the miners from the take-over plots hatched by Joseph Kirby (James Blaine) and Rance Davis (Monte Blue.) They hire Wolf Reade (Charles Bickford) and his motley crew to do their dirty work, and spend most of their time lamenting their choice of sub-contractee as Reade deals his employees as much misery as he does the "Riders" and miners. (imdb)

Tom 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. (imdb)

A 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. (imdb)

A 14-episode serial in which Mala, a Polynesian in the employ of U.S. Intelligence investigates sabotage on Clipper Island. A gang of spies causes the eruption of a volcano, for which our hero is blamed. He convinces the local Princess Melani of his innocence and helps her ward off a takeover by rival high priest Porotu. (imdb)

A Coast Guard officer is assigned to protect the coastline from spies, saboteurs and enemy agents. (imdb)

The 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. (imdb)

Jeff Ramsay (Dick Foran), assistant to John Hartford (Edward Keane), President of the Hartford Transcontinental Railroad, is fighting to advance the line through Hell's Gate Pass. King Carter (Harry Woods), self-styled ruler of the land beyond the pass, plans to block the contruction of the railroad. Carter hires Snakeye (Charles Stevens), a renegade half-breed, to lead the Indians on raids against the construction camps. (archive.org)

The city is terrorized by a crime wave masterminded by the elusive, soft-spoken Professor Mortis. Police detective Bill Bannister, his partner TIm Nolan, and police chief Martin O'Brien investigate the activities of Mortis and his gang, and discover that the crimes were all perpetrated by men who had died some time ago. Following the story are reporter Vicki Logan and her photographer Happy Haskins. (Wikipedia)

Cheyenne has been ordered to take a vacation so Fuzzy has him go to a ranch of a friend. When they arrive at the El Lobo ranch, they find that his friend is dead and they want no visitors. In town, Cheyenne finds out that the man called Dawson is an impostor who is trying to take over the ranch for himself. (imdb)

Gold has been found and Sharp is out to get the land. He has the land owners killed and then has Watson forge new deeds. Cheyenne and Fuzzy arrive in time to save Trent. Then they go after the gang and its leader. (imdb)

U.S. marshal goes undercover to clean up a town run by bandits. (imdb)

On the mystic island of Lemuria, the cult of Ubasti seek the Egyptian Princess Nadji to sacrifice so that their goddess Ossana, whose soul resides in Nadji's body, may be resurrected by Black Magic. (imdb)

A young mining engineer sets out to catch the killers of both his brother and a beautiful young girl's father. (imdb)

Buck arrives in the town where his outlaw twin brother Gil Brady is also located. Benson is after the Todhunter ranch and he has his henchman kill Todhunter. Then he claims Buck is actually Brady and he is the murderer. Buck is saved from the lynch mob by his friend Spud and must now find a way to prove Benson guilty. (imdb)

When Hadley finds gold on his land, Kirby kills him and then goes after Hadley's ranch. After Eddie Dean foils Kirby's robbery attempt, Kirby forces the assistant land agent Tuttle to sell the ranch to him. But Eddie learns of the forgery thru Tuttle's boss and goes after Kirby. (imdb)

Barton has initiated a feud between the Hart's and the Condon's. Sheriff St.John sends for Marshal Davis who arrives posing as the outlaw sent for by Barton. When Barton learns of Cheyenne's true identity, he uses a fake wanted poster to incite the townsmen to lynch him. (MDb)

A lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss. (imdb)

Gang leader Wagner is taking ranchers land with phony deeds forged by Leavitt. When Hanson and Lynch investigate, the gang puts Lynch on a runaway wagon and then they shoot Hanson. But Hanson was not shot and he had previously saved Lynch. The two supposedly dead men now await the gangs next move. (imdb)

Gils Brandon and his outlaw friends buy the ghost town of El Dorado which becomes a boom town when gold is discovered. When Gils gets into more trouble his twin brother Buck finds him just before he dies. Seeing the resemblance, the Sheriff suggests that he will go to El Dorado as Buck's stooge Sheriff and Buck will return posing as his brother and together they will clean up the lawlessness. (imdb)

Soldiers Steve and Jim are friends but when their enlistment ends, Jim reenlists while Steve doesn't. Instead he takes an assignment to find the local gold rustlers. Robbing the stage and then the bank gets Steve into the gang where he plans a job that will capture the entire gang. But just as he is about to put his plan into action Jim arrives to arrest him. (imdb)

Pennyless drifter Steve Davis finds young Jimmy Thomas just after his father is killed. The two become friends and Steve looks for work. This brings him to town where teacher June Caldwell has lent money from the school fund to the dishonest Jess Watson, She now desperately needs it back and Steve soon finds himself in the middle of the conflict. (imdb)

When Ranger Raymond is killed during a stage holdup, Wells Fargo Agent Whip Wilson assumes his identity. This gets him the job of town Marshal and he goes after gang leader Jarvis and his boss Devin. But unknown to Whip, Mason is the big boss and when Raymond's sister arrives and Whip's true identity becomes known, Mason plans to have Whip arrested for Raymond's murder. (imdb)

The four Dalton brothers learn that a friend of their father has been murdered by a group of land-grabbers and swindlers. The clean up the gang leaders and members, and then proceed to rob the bank controlled by the gang. During the robbery, three of the brothers are killed and the fourth is persuaded by his fiancée to give himself up. (imdb)

Jim Thorton, having found gold, has sent for Lash. But when he and Fuzzy arrive they find him dead. Lash knows that Conway and his gang are involved but that they have a boss. Lash thinks he knows who it is and sets a trap to flush him out. (imdb)

Bill Fargo returns from prison to find Scanlon controlling the town including the Sheriff and the editor. First Scanlon has the Sheriff's opposition in the upcoming election murdered. Then when the editor confesses to Bill, he has him killed with Bill's gun. But the editor set off Scoops' camera just as he was shot and then left a dying note. Scoop finds the note and the inept photographer tries to develop the picture. (imdb)

When the Ranger Sergeant returns murdered with a note that LaFarge did it, Trooper Burke sets out to after LaFarge. Working undercover, he saves LaFarge's life and this gets him into LaFarge's gang. He then arrests LaFarge and brings him in only to learn that LaFarge is not only innocent but is now a prisoner of the real killer. (imdb)

Taylor's men are robbing incoming supply wagons to enable Taylor to sell goods at inflated prices. The Vigilantes led by Frank Jackson are doing the same so the ranchers won't starve. Marshals Lash and Fuzzy arrive to try and find the real culprits. (imdb)

Marshals Lash and Fuzzy are sent to get the goods on Duce Rago. To join Rago's gang, Lash decides to pose as an outlaw by wearing the known belt buckle of a notorious outlaw. (imdb)

Regan is passing off counterfeit money at rodeos betting on his man Denby. When Tex appears and wins all the events, Regan has him accused of murder. As Tex looks for the counterfeiters, his pals Stubby and Pee Wee keep the Sheriff off his trail. (imdb)

A cowboy is hired to track down a gang of rustlers, but gets involved with a beautiful girl trying to run her grandfather's gold mine and other outlaws who are trying to stop her. (imdb)

After Johnny breaks up a gunfight, the dying man gives him a map of the location of hidden gold bullion and tells him to give it to Ed. The outlaws know of the gold and try to get the map from Johnny. Their leader Blake realizes Ed is Edwina, the girl Johnny knows as Winnie. He gets Johnny to give the map to Winnie, gets the Sheriff to arrest Johnny, and gets Winnie to lead him to the gold. (imdb)

Cowboys and cows amidst Hawaiian scenery and song. (imdb)

Vivian as the Hawk is the secret leader of an outlaw gang. She wants the Chambers ranch and after Chambers is killed she sends her men to kill his daughter who is arriving on the stage. Eddie breaks it up and later foils a robbery attempt by the gang. Finding a hat at the scene, he marks it and leaves it hoping it will turn up again. (imdb)

Rancher Terry Mason's cattle are scattered by James Carson's henchmen after his refusal to join the latter's crooked Cattlemen's Protective Association. Mason's ranch-hand, Perry, is secretly working for Carson, and he blames the raid on the Russell outfit. Meanwhile, Russell, packing company owner, sends for his ace trouble-shooter, Johnny Mack, to help combat the Carson gang. (imdb)

Buck Ward and the Wolverine Kid, who each own one of the ivory handled guns, continue the feud started by their fathers. When Pat Moore is killed, Bill Ward recognizes the bullet as coming from the ivory handled gun of the Kid. Buck and sidekick Pike then start out after the Kid. (imdb)

A young girl journeys to Africa to find her father, an explorer who vanished in the jungle. (imdb)

A group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy. (imdb)

A famous scientist and his beautiful daughter travel to Indochina to find an ivory disc that has the formula for a deadly gas engraved on it. An evil doctor and his gang are also looking for it. (imdb)

An adventure serial presented in 12 chapters. Inventor Thomas Edmunds uses a super plane, 'The Phantom,' to protect his new anti-gravity invention, the Contragrav, from theft. (imdb)

In this rare surviving two-reeler for Edmund Cobb's Universal series, the taciturn star plays Constable Collins, a Northwest Mounted police officer assigned to help pretty Rose Foster and her brother, Jack, who are in trouble with a gang of claim jumpers. Unbeknownst to Rose, the gang is headed by Jim Murdock, whom the girl considers her only friend. Collins, who pretends to be a drifter, immediately becomes suspicious of Murdock's motives and the villain strikes back by having Rose kidnapped. (imdb)

When a group of World War 1 buddies head west to farmstead, they run into trouble. (imdb)

Steve Clancy (Earl McCarthy), the brother of Canadian Mountie Tom Clancy (Tom Tyler), is framed for the murder of John Laurie by Pierre LaRue (Leon Beaumon) and Black MacDougal (William L. Thorne), who are after Laurie's gold mine. Tom is assigned to bring in his brother. (imdb)

A beautiful Dutch girl finds herself in Peking being pursued by agents of the Japanese government. (imdb)

Columbia's 6th serial (following "The Spider's Web" and preceding "Mandrake the Magician") is a pre-WW II sabre-rattler that has planes crashing, secret plans disappearing and a reign of terror sweeping the USA as (unidentified) enemy spies strike at the nation's defenses. Four flying G-Men, Hal Andrews, Bart Davis, John Cummings and Charles Bronson, are assigned to the crisis. (imdb)

Sir Eric Hazarias is searching the mountains of Himalaya for Metorium 245, the only known antidote to the Bomb. Sir Eric is opposed by United Peace Foundation investigator Rod Stanton scientist daughter Marjorie Elmore; and a local guide, Tal Shen. (MSN.com)

Tex is after the gang that robbed a train of a gold shipment. He suspects Dorman is the culprit and is hiding their gold at his mine. When Stubby sees Dorman's henchman Stark cash in some gold nuggets, Tex tricks Dorman into moving the gold. He hopes to round them up with the help of the posse and the local Boy Scout Troop. (imdb)

Bill Ralston arrives in town planning to settle down but quickly gets caught up in the fight between the townspeople and Poe Daggett and his gang. He takes the job of town Marshal and soon brings law and order. When Daggetts men ambush him he kills Poe's brother. Poe then kills Bill's friend Brant and this leads to the showdown. (imdb)

The Wolverine Kid kills a man and it looks like Steve Howard did it. But Steve's father recognizes the bullet as coming from the gun owned by the Kid. The Kid and Steve each have one of the ivory handled guns that were used when their fathers feuded many years earlier. Setting out to get the Kid, Steve gets captured by his men. (imdb)

With the railroad coming, Nixon is after the ranchers land. Using a stooge land agent, his method is to claim the person they bought their ranches from never had title to the land and their deeds are worthless. Federal Agent Johnny Mack arrives posing as a gunman. He is quickly onto the henchman and Land Agent and eventually suspects Nixon is the big boss. But he needs the help of ventriloquist Alibi to bring them in. (imdb)

Rancher Blaze Barker returns to Dead Falls after being framed by land-grabbers and spending two years in jail. Paroled, he can't wear a gun, but is aided by Marshal Fargo Steele. The gang is out to gain control of all of the valley land before a dam is constructed. When Blaze raises the money to pay off the taxes on his ranch, he finds it has been marked to incriminate him. (imdb)

A sheriff tries to prevent a range war between cattlemen and homesteaders. (imdb)

When Taggart closes off the rancher's water supply, Lash LaRue is sent for. Learning he is arriving, Taggart sends his gang to kill him. But they get the wrong man and Lash and Fuzzy set out to bring Taggart in. But he not only controls the town but has also appointed himself Sheriff. (imdb)

Government agents battle a gang of Nazis who are trying to use the Orotron machine, which can turn seawater into gold. (imdb)

Jim 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. (imdb)

Baseball superstar Gehrig is one of several ranchers being coerced by a bunch of bandits. His sister and her lawyer/lover organize the ranchers. (imdb)

A crime fighter known as The Spider battles a villain called The Octopus, who is out to sabotage America and install his own government. (imdb)

The daughter of a man who has discovered radium on an African island is befriended by two people whose real goal is to keep the discovery to themselves. (imdb)

Steve Bell (Tommy Kelly), Tommy Billy Halop), Pig Huntz Hall), Ape (Bernard Punsly) and String (Gabriel Dell are run out of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell (Virginia Brissac) and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward (Jed Prouty).

Cal Sheridan accompanies Major Goodwin and his daughter, Alice, to the Ruby Valley express station, where dissolute operator Griff Atkins and his cronies, Mack (Jack Rockwell) and Claud Richards have been inciting the Indians to attack the express riders and relay stations on the line. Cal takes over the station, assisted by Shorty. At a nearby relay station, in charge of Old Man Reeves and his daughter Norma, the outlaws kill Reeves and steal the horses. (imdb)

The cult of Ubasti, headquartered on the isle of Lemuria, believes that Princess Nadji of Egypt is a reincarnation of their long-dead goddess, Ossana, and intend to sacrifice her so that Ossana may be resurrected. Nadji has sought refuge at the California home of Frank Chandler, an American educated in the Ancient East and familiar with White Magic and thus calls himself "Chandu". Vindhyan. Feature edit. (imdb)

A 12-episode serial in which Tailspin Tommy evades volcanoes, anti-aircraft shells, and time bombs as he foils a plan by corrupt profiteers to steal an island's oil reserves. (imdb)

In Africa, two hunters meet a girl and her father who are searching for her lost brother. Their search is complicated by rival hunters who are after ivory and by a tribe of hostile natives.

Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack setting off in search of lost treasure, using a map provided by Tenderfoot scout Skeets Scanlon Scoutmaster Hale leaves the expedition to rush home to an ailing wife, but Bruce and the scouts push on and the map leads them to "Ghost Town", where the treasure turns out to be a large cache of counterfeit $20 bills and the plates used to print them.

During 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, is recognized as a Union Secret Service agent by Morel's accomplice Trina Dessard, and, with his friend Idaho Jones, is ambushed in the baggage car and sent to almost certain death when the car is un-coupled and plunges down the mountainside.

Saved from a lynching party when Molly Denton (Nell O'Day) and Nina Kincaid (Anne Nagel) bring proof of mistaken identity, roving cowpuncher Steve Hardin (Johnny Mack Brown) is offered a job as a stagecoach guard by Molly's father Joseph Denton (Henry Hall). When Denton is ambushed and killed in an attempt to get a gold shipment through to the next town, Steve signs on himself and his sidekick, Clem Clemmons (Fuzzy Knight), as driver and guard for the stage line.

Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it.

Henry Rodgers is after Margie's stage line. He has her in trouble by having her gold shipments robbed thereby driving her insurance premiums to an unaffordable level. Eddie and Soapy arrive to help out. Eddie suspects Rodgers but when he breaks into his office, Rodgers apparently kills him. With Eddie out of the way, Rodgers makes the robbery that will put her out of business.

Caxton has broken out of prison and Eddie has been sent to bring him in. Caxton is known by the polka dot band on his hat and Eddie has Soapy wear one like it. This gets Soapy arrested as soon as he rides into town but it leads Eddie to Varney and he realizes Varney will lead him to Caxton.

Singing cowboy saves woman's ranch from gold-greedy outlaws.

Judd and his gang are driving the ranchers away. When Lash and Fuzzy arrest them, the Sheriff lets them go. Lash expected this and he hopes to follow them to their leader, the person he is really after.

To fight Kirby and his gang, Tom Grant sends for Cheyenne Davis. To get money the ranchers need, Davis brings in wanted outlaws and sends Fuzzy to collect the rewards. But Fuzzy is waylaid on the return and loses his memory. Now neither Cheyenne or the outlaws know where the money is.

A marshal is sent to a frontier town to investigate a rash of murders, and gets caught up in a murder himself.

Eddie Dean, under orders as a U.S. Land Office agent, is trying to prevent a range war from being started between homesteaders and ranchers when a caravan of the so-called 'Nesters', start to take over land acquired by the homesteaders by a government lease. Quirt Thayer, working both sides against the middle, has his gang join with the ranchers seeking revenge against the settlers for raids on the ranchers by Quirt's henchmen.

Singing lawman Eddie Dean and sidekick Soapy Jones help a city woman and her ne'er-do-well brother save their ranch from a ruthless cattle baron seeking silver.

Ranger Eddie Dean is looking for the outlaw the Tioga Kid, a man he closely resembles. He runs into Joe Morino and his gang of rustlers at the same time Tioga arrives to cut himself into Morino's game. But Morino doesn't give in and in the showdown, Eddie and the Kid find themselves on the same side.

Lash and Fuzzy sent to help John Watson with his stage line arrive to find him murdered. Recognizing the outlaws they trail them to their leader Baxter. But before Baxter can tell who the big boss is he is shot. After getting the stage through to assure the mail contract, Lash now realizes who the boss is.

The Marshal sends Lash and Fuzzy south of the border where McCord runs a smuggling operation. His chief henchman, known as the Frontier Phantom, is Lash's brother and it's not long before the two brothers meet.

It's twenty years after Pat Garrett supposedly killed Billy the Kid. In this version Billy survived and is now a respected banker. Outlaws are after the money in his bank but a whip carrying man dressed in black arrives to help him out and his name just happens to be Garrett.

Marshals Lash LaRue and Fuzzy Jones are after the mysterious masked outlaw 'El Sombre' and his men. The job becomes more difficult when they find the Sheriff is in cahoots with the outlaws.

When Sam Osborne, owner of the Circle S Ranch, is killed by cattle rustler Bo Gillman, the outlaw is advised by crooked attorney Virgil Parker to report the "mysterious" killing to Osborne's daughter, Helen. Steve Logan, a stranger, is jailed for the crime. He escapes and learns of Parker's scheme to steal the Circle S. Steve presents his Cattleman's Protective Association credentials to the sheriff and receives assurances of aid. Steve's former sweetheart,

One of the most recycled plots of the B-western genre in which a friend/brother of a lawman/Ranger/Mountie is killed by a gang of outlaws, and the lawman/Ranger/Mountie quits his job (as a ruse), turns outlaw (in a fashion) and joins the gang to bring them to justice. Columbia alone made two versions with Buck Jones and also used it for Charles Starrett and Russell Hayden later on.

A western sheriff chases a gang trying to rob a rancher's gold.

Tim's young brother Terry goes to play poker with honest George Beck. Saloon owner Coldeye says he is Beck and then shoots Terry. Just before he dies, Terry tells Tim that it was Beck that shot him. Tim, a card sharp, gets a job dealing for Beck and plans to ruin him financially and then kill him not knowing he has the wrong man.

When a gold strike turns a ghost town into a boom town, Gorman arrives to open his crooked gambling hall and Judge Harkins arrives to bring law and order. Jim Bannister is aiding the Judge by bringing in Gorman's outlaws and to lure Jim into a trap, Gorman's men kidnap the Judge and his daughter for bait.

Bundy has found gold on the Kent ranch but directs everyone to Ghost Town as he tries to take over the ranch. But Bill and Kent's niece Lorna have taken possession. When it appears Bundy is attracted to Lorna, his jealous girl friend has men destroy the ranch and the explosion helps uncover the gold vein.

A newspaper editor stumbles upon an irrigation project swindle.

Johnny Mack returns to Pony Mesa, where his friend Alibi gives him a letter from Mary, granddaughter of his former boss Brimstone, asking Johnny to forget his quarrel with the old man and return and save the ranch. On the way there, Johnny shoots Steve Dallas after the latter kills the stagecoach driver in a robbery attempt. The outlaw's 13-year-old brother Larry accuses Johnny of killing Steve without reason, not knowing his brother was a wanted outlaw for a bank holdup.

A young man looking for buried treasure on a tropical island fights against thieves trying to steal his map, and then his treasure.

A 15-episode serial in which Buck Grant, the Phantom Rider, helps rancher Mary Grayson fight off a band of outlaws out to seize her property.

Mine owner Jackson Decker orders his manager to obtain Tom Bailey's milling machinery no matter what the cost. When Bailey is found murdered, suspicion naturally falls upon the mine owner and his son, a Canadian Mountie, is ordered to find the real culprit. He joins forces with a French-Canadian constable, Bailey's beautiful daughter and a phony palm reader to learn the truth and discovers a secret gold mine, a double-crossing casino owner and a forger at the bottom of the conspiracy.

A cowboy tries to protect his little brother, who has gotten mixed up with outlaws.

Aging Neil Brannum turns the operation of his ranch over to Page Cothran and tells his Granddaughter Ruth she must marry him. But Cothran has been rustling Brannum's cattle and Brannum's hand Cliff Lea knows of it. When Cothran sends a man to kill Cliff, he gets the wrong man. Cliff then kidnaps Ruth to breakup the wedding and then goes after Cothran.

Janet Allison witnesses Art Holden and his gang hold up the Station Agent. When she identifies Holden to the Sheriff, the Sheriff gives Holden an alibi. Janet and Jim Fentriss then find Holden's secret hideout. When Janet returns the next day to meet Jim, Holden makes her a prisoner and waits in ambush for Jim to arrive.

Buck Jones stars as 'Montana' in this 15-episode Universal serial involving the land rush, gold mines, stolen maps, claim-jumping and other high-handed villainy occurring before Montana gets total control of the situation.

In 1815 a US cavalry officer crosses into west Florida--which is still Spanish territory--to put a stop to Indian attacks on American settlers.

A rancher is killed after refusing to sell his stock of horses to a villain trying to corner the market in the valley.

When Buck is young his cattle stealing father is killed. Now grown Buck returns home still carrying the burden of his father’s reputation. When he is framed for rustling, he finds an object that identifies Milt Fergus, the brother of his girl friend, as the rustler. Getting bailed out of jail he and his Uncle Ford have a plan to trap Milt.