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The Whispering Skull (film)
''The Whispering Skull'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Elmer Clifton and written by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Denny Burke, I. Stanford Jolley and Henry Hall. The film was released on December 29, 1944, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot In the old west, someone is killing people in the middle of the night. Multiple murders by a mysterious killer known as "the Whispering Skull. It's up to Tex Haines, played by good-guy Tex Ritter, to lead the Texas Rangers and capture the midnight marauder. Cast *Tex Ritter as Tex Haines * Dave O'Brien as Dave Wyatt *Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins *Denny Burke as Ellen Jackson * I. Stanford Jolley as Duke Walters *Henry Hall as Judge Polk *George Morrell as Sheriff Marvin Jackson *Ed Cassidy as Doc Humphrey *Bob Kortman as Joe Carter *Wen Wright as Mike Coram See also The Texas Rangers series: # The Rangers Take Over (1942) # Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943) # We ...
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Elmer Clifton
Elmer Clifton (March 14, 1890 – October 15, 1949) was an American writer, director and actor from the early silent days. A collaborator of D.W. Griffith, he appeared in ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915) and ''Intolerance'' (1916) before giving up acting in 1917 to concentrate on work behind the camera, with Griffith and Joseph Henabery as his mentors. His first feature-length solo effort as a director was ''The Flame of Youth'' with Jack Mulhall. Clifton honed his talents during the late 1910s, directing vehicles for Mulhall and Herbert Rawlinson at Universal and then for Dorothy Gish for Famous Players-Lasky. Two of his projects with Gish, '' Nobody Home'' and ''Nugget Nell'', featured performances from pre-stardom Rudolph Valentino. Most of this early output has been lost. He was the first filmmaker to discover the talents of Clara Bow, whom he cast in '' Down to the Sea in Ships'', released on March 4, 1923. The independently produced film was well reviewed for its visual au ...
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Boss Of Rawhide
''Boss of Rawhide'' is a 1943 American Western (genre), Western film written and directed by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave O'Brien (actor), Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Nell O'Day, Ed Cassidy and Jack Ingram (actor), Jack Ingram. The film was released on November 20, 1943, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot Cast *Dave O'Brien (actor), Dave O'Brien as Tex Wyatt *James Newill as Jim Steele *Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins *Nell O'Day as Mary Colby *Ed Cassidy as Henry Colby *Jack Ingram (actor), Jack Ingram as Sam Barrett *Billy Bletcher as Jed Bones *Charles King (character actor), Charles King as Frank Hade *George Chesebro as Joe Gordon *Robert F. Hill as Captain John Wyatt *Dan White (actor), Dan White as Minstrel *Lucille Vance as Widow Perriwinkle See also The Texas Rangers series: # The Rangers Take Over (1942) # Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943) # West of Texas (1943) # Border Buckaroos (1943) # Fighting Valley (1943) # Trail of Te ...
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Flaming Bullets
''Flaming Bullets'' is a 1945 American Western film written and directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Patricia Knox, Charles King and I. Stanford Jolley. The film was released on October 15, 1945, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot Cast *Tex Ritter as Tex Haines * Dave O'Brien as Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson *Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins *Patricia Knox as Belle * Charles King as Porky Smith * I. Stanford Jolley as Sid Tolliver *Bob Duncan as Eddie *Bud Osborne as Town Marshal See also The Texas Rangers series: # The Rangers Take Over (1942) # Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943) # West of Texas (1943) # Border Buckaroos (1943) # Fighting Valley (1943) # Trail of Terror (1943) # The Return of the Rangers (1943) # Boss of Rawhide (1943) # Outlaw Roundup (1944) # Guns of the Law (1944) # The Pinto Bandit (1944) # Spook Town (1944) # Brand of the Devil (1944) # Gunsmoke Mesa (1944) # Gangsters of the Frontier (1944) # ...
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Frontier Fugitives
''Frontier Fugitives'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Lorraine Miller, I. Stanford Jolley and Jack Ingram. The film was released on September 1, 1945, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot Cast *Tex Ritter as Tex Haines * Dave O'Brien as Dave Wyatt *Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins *Lorraine Miller as Ellen Williams * I. Stanford Jolley as Frank Sneed *Jack Ingram as Allen Fain * Frank Ellis as Mert Donner *Jack Hendricks as Jim Gar See also The Texas Rangers series: # The Rangers Take Over (1942) # Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943) # West of Texas (1943) # Border Buckaroos (1943) # Fighting Valley (1943) # Trail of Terror (1943) # The Return of the Rangers (1943) # Boss of Rawhide (1943) # Outlaw Roundup (1944) # Guns of the Law (1944) # The Pinto Bandit (1944) # Spook Town (1944) # Brand of the Devil (1944) # Gunsmoke Mesa (1944) # Gangsters of the ...
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Three In The Saddle
''Three in the Saddle'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Lorraine Miller, Charles King and Edward Howard. The film was released on July 26, 1945, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot Cowboy Tex Haines is forced to escape bad-guys Bart Rawlins and his gang try to accost him for trespassing while Haines is rounding up some horses on Peggy Barlow's (his boss), land. Rawlins claims the land belongs to John Rankin's stage line, and tries to punctuate that with his six-shooter. Haines is aided in his escape by Dave Wyatt, and eventually Wyatt's partner, Panhandle Perkins. Haines offers Wyatt and "Panhandle" a job at Barlow's ranch, the Tin Cup, after explaining how Rawlins and Rankin have been strong-arming local ranchers by violently claiming land for the stage line. Back at the Tin Cup ranch Rankin is bullying Barlow by claiming that a state-sanction gives him le ...
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Enemy Of The Law
''Enemy of the Law'' is a 1945 American Western film written and directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Kay Hughes, Jack Ingram and Charles King. The film was released on May 7, 1945, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot Cast *Tex Ritter as Tex Haines * Dave O'Brien as Dave Wyatt *Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins *Kay Hughes as Ruby Lawson *Jack Ingram as Steve Martin * Charles King as Charley Gray * Frank Ellis as Red *Kermit Maynard as Mike *Henry Hall as Sheriff See also The Texas Rangers series: # The Rangers Take Over (1942) # Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943) # West of Texas (1943) # Border Buckaroos (1943) # Fighting Valley (1943) # Trail of Terror (1943) # The Return of the Rangers (1943) # Boss of Rawhide (1943) # Outlaw Roundup (1944) # Guns of the Law (1944) # The Pinto Bandit (1944) # Spook Town (1944) # Brand of the Devil (1944) # Gunsmoke Mesa (1944) # Gangsters of the Frontier (1944) # Dead or Aliv ...
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Marked For Murder
''Marked for Murder'' is a 1945 American Western film written and directed by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave O'Brien, Tex Ritter and Guy Wilkerson, with Marilyn McConnell, Ed Cassidy and Henry Hall. The film was released on 8 February 1945, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot The Texas Rangers try to manage a dispute between sheepherders and cattle ranchers. Cast *Tex Ritter as Tex Haines * Dave O'Brien as Texas Ranger Dave Wyatt *Guy Wilkerson as Texas Ranger Panhandle Perkins *Marilyn McConnell as Ruth Lane *Ed Cassidy as Dick Vernon *Henry Hall as Sheriff Jim Whitlock * Charles King as Henchman Pete Magoo *Jack Ingram as Sam Taylor *Bob Kortman as Henchman *The Milo Twins as Musicians Soundtrack * Tex Ritter - "Long Time Gone" (Written by Tex Ritter and Frank Harford) * Tex Ritter - "Tears of Regret" (Written by Don Weston) * Milo Twins - "Great Grand-Dad" See also The Texas Rangers series: # The Rangers Take Over (1942) # Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943) # W ...
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Dead Or Alive (1944 Film)
''Dead or Alive'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Elmer Clifton and written by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Marjorie Clements, Rebel Randall and Ray Bennett. The film was released on November 9, 1944, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot Cast *Tex Ritter as Tex Haines / Idaho Kid * Dave O'Brien as Dave Wyatt *Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins *Marjorie Clements as Arline Arthur *Rebel Randall as Belle Loper *Ray Bennett as Clint Yackey * Charles King as Red Avery *Bud Osborne as Tom Carter *Henry Hall as Judge Henry Wright *Ted Mapes Ted Mapes (November 25, 1901 – September 9, 1984) was an American character actor, who was also a prolific stuntman and body double. Born on November 25, 1901, in St. Edward, Nebraska, he moved to Los Angeles in his mid-20s, and entered the fi ... as Luke Brown References External links * {{Elmer Clifton 1944 films 1940s English-language films American Wester ...
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Gangsters Of The Frontier
''Gangsters of the Frontier'' (also known as ''Raiders of the Frontier'' in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...) is a 1944 American Western (genre), Western film written and directed by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave O'Brien (actor), Dave O'Brien, Tex Ritter and Guy Wilkerson, with Patti McCarty, Harry Harvey (actor), Harry Harvey and Betty Miles. The film was released on 22 September 1944, by Producers Releasing Corporation. The fifteenth of the ''Texas Rangers'' film series, the film is regarded as a metaphor for World War II as a fascist-type gang enslaves a town.Loy, R. Philip ''Soldiers in Stetsons: B-Westerns Go to War'' pp.197-205 ''Journal of Popular Film and Television'' Volume 30, Issue 4, 2003 This film was the first of the "Texas ...
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Gunsmoke Mesa
''Gunsmoke Mesa'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Patti McCarty, Jack Ingram and Kermit Maynard. The film was released on September 1, 1944, by Producers Releasing Corporation. The film was the last appearance in the "Texas Ranger" film series by James Newill, who left to do ''Sadie Thompson'' on Broadway and was replaced by Tex Ritter. Plot Cast * Dave O'Brien as Tex Wyatt *James Newill as Jim Steele *Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins *Patti McCarty as Joan Royal *Jack Ingram as Henry Black *Kermit Maynard as Sam Sneed *Robert Barron as Bill Moore * Richard Alexander as Frank Lear *Michael Vallon as Judge Plymouth *Roy Brent as Deputy Mace Page *Jack Rockwell as Sheriff Horner See also The Texas Rangers series: # The Rangers Take Over (1942) # Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943) # West of Texas (1943) # Border Buckaroos (1943) # Fighting Valley (1943) ...
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Brand Of The Devil
''Brand of the Devil'' is a 1944 American Western film written by Elmer Clifton and directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Dave O'Brien, James Newill and Guy Wilkerson, with Ellen Hall, I. Stanford Jolley and Charles King. The film was released on July 30, 1944, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot The plot concerns a female ranch owner who is losing cattle to a gang of rustlers called The Devil's Brand. She turns to the Texas Rangers for help, and they send in three Rangers undercover to bring the rustlers to justice. Cast * Dave O'Brien as Tex Wyatt *James Newill as Jim Steel *Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle, alias Brand McGee *Ellen Hall as Molly Dawson * I. Stanford Jolley as Jack Varno (owner, Golden Ace) * Charles King as Bucko Lynn – Devil's Brand Gang *Reed Howes as Duke Cutter – Devil's Brand Gang *Budd Buster as Henry Wilburn – Molly's Foreman *Karl Hackett as Jeff Palin (Sheriff in credits) *Kermit Maynard as Gripper Joe – Devil's Brand Gang *Ed Cassi ...
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Spook Town
''Spook Town'' is a 1944 American Western film written and directed by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave O'Brien, James Newill and Guy Wilkerson, with Mady Lawrence, Dick Curtis and Harry Harvey. The film was released on 3 June 1944, by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot The Texas Rangers investigate a town that's being terrorized by ghosts. Cast * Dave O'Brien as Texas Ranger Tex *James Newill as Texas Ranger Jim *Guy Wilkerson as Texas Ranger Panhandle *Mady Lawrence as Lucy Warren *Dick Curtis as Sam Benson * Harry Harvey as Drywash Thompson *Ed Cassidy as Ranger Capt. Wyatt * Charles King as Trigger *Robert Barron as Kurt Fabian * Richard Alexander as Henchman Soundtrack *James Newill - "Sleepy Hollow" (Written by Dave O'Brien and James Newill) *James Newill - "El Lobo" (Written by Dave O'Brien and James Newill) See also The Texas Rangers series: # The Rangers Take Over (1942) # Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943) # West of Texas (1943) # Border Buckaroos (1943) # Fi ...
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