Barney Sarecky (May 7, 1895 – August 10, 1968) was an American film producer and screenwriter, from the late 1930s into the 1950s. The younger brother of producer/screenwriter Louis Sarecky, he had a much more prolific career, writing or producing almost 75 films. Beginning as an associate producer, he would continue in that role until late in his career, when he would move up into the producer role, beginning with 1947's ''Trailing Danger''. In the early 1950s he would move from the big screen to the smaller screen, working as the associate producer on the highly successful television series, '' Adventures of Superman''. He worked on two small television movies in the mid-1960s, and he was an associate producer on the short-lived television series, ''The American West'', in 1968, shortly before his death on August 10.

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Trouble at Midnight ''Trouble at Midnight'' is a 1937 American action film directed by Ford Beebe, written by Maurice Geraghty and Ford Beebe, and starring Noah Beery Jr., Kay Hughes, Larry J. Blake, Bernadene Hayes, Louis Mason and Earl Dwire. It was released on O ...

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Young Fugitives ''Young Fugitives'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by John Rawlins and written by Ben Grauman Kohn and Charles Grayson. The film stars Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent, Harry Davenport, Larry J. Blake, Clem Bevans and Mira McKinney. The ...

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Mars Attacks the World ''Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars'' is a 1938 Universal Pictures 15–chapter science-fiction movie serial based on the syndicated newspaper comic strip ''Flash Gordon''. It is the second of the three Flash Gordon serials made by Universal between 1 ...

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The Missing Guest ''The Missing Guest'' is a 1938 American mystery-comedy film directed by John Rawlins. It is a remake of the 1933 film ''Secret of the Blue Room''. Synopsis A newspaper reporter is sent by his editor to spend a night in a country house where a ...

'' (1938) *'' Strange Faces'' (1938) *''

Pirates of the Skies ''Pirates of the Skies'' (aka ''Plane 66'') is a 1939 American action film directed by Joseph A. McDonough and written by Lester Cole and Ben Grauman Kohn. The film stars Kent Taylor, Rochelle Hudson, Regis Toomey, Marion Martin, Samuel S. Hinds ...

'' (1939) *'' The Deadly Game'' (1941) *'' Double Trouble'' (1941) *''

Black Dragons ''Black Dragons'' is a 1942 American film directed by William Nigh and starring Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, and George Pembroke. The cast includes Clayton Moore, who plays a handsome detective. The Black Dragon Society also appears in '' Let's G ...

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Bowery at Midnight ''Bowery at Midnight'' is a 1942 American Monogram Pictures horror film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Bela Lugosi and John Archer. The film was re-released by Astor Pictures in 1949. Plot Lugosi plays a psychology professor by day who, ...

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The Corpse Vanishes ''The Corpse Vanishes'' is a 1942 American mystery horror film starring Bela Lugosi, directed by Wallace Fox, and written by Harvey Gates. Lugosi portrays a mad scientist who injects his aging wife (played by Elizabeth Russell) with fluids fro ...

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Let's Get Tough! ''Let's Get Tough!'' is a 1942 film and the ninth film in the East Side Kids series, starring Leo Gorcey (as Muggs), Huntz Hall (as Glimpy), Bobby Jordan (as Danny), and Robert Armstrong (as "Pops" the Cop). Released in early 1942, it was direct ...

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So's Your Aunt Emma ''So's Your Aunt Emma'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring ZaSu Pitts and Roger Pryor. The film is also known as ''Meet the Mob''. Plot Emma Bates is an old spinster living with her equally unmarried sisters. ...

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Mr. Wise Guy ''Mr. Wise Guy'' is a 1942 American film starring The East Side Kids and directed by William Nigh. Plot In New York, the East Side youth gang, consisting of: Muggs McGinnis, Danny Collins, Glimpy Stone, Scruno, Skinny, and Peewee are falsely ar ...

'' (1942) *'' 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge'' (1942) *''

Smart Alecks ''Smart Alecks'' is a 1942 American film directed by Wallace Fox and starring the East Side Kids. Plot Hank Salko, a member of the Eastside youth gang in New York, is initiated into the world of adult crime when two gangsters, Mike and Butch Br ...

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Clancy Street Boys ''Clancy Street Boys'' is a 1943 comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring the East Side Kids. It is Beaudine's first film with the team; he would direct several more in the series and many in the Bowery Boys canon. Leo Gorcey marrie ...

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Ghosts on the Loose ''Ghosts on the Loose'' is a 1943 American comedy horror film and the fourteenth film in the East Side Kids series, directed by William Beaudine. The picture co-stars horror film icon Bela Lugosi as well as Ava Gardner in one of her earliest rol ...

'' (1943) *'' Kid Dynamite'' (1943) *''

Mr. Muggs Steps Out ''Mr. Muggs Steps Out'' is a 1943 American film directed by William Beaudine and starring The East Side Kids. Plot Much to the despair of her husband John, wealthy New York socialite Margaret Morgan hires former criminals Masie O'Donnell and But ...

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Spotlight Scandals ''Spotlight Scandals'' or ''Spotlight Revue'' is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by William Beaudine. It was the first of a four-picture contract comic actor Billy Gilbert signed with Monogram Pictures. Butch and Buddy, the team who ...

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The Ape Man ''The Ape Man'' is a 1943 American horror film directed by William Beaudine. The film is based on "They Creep in the Dark" by Karl Brown, which was published in ''The Saturday Evening Post''. It stars Bela Lugosi as Dr. James Brewster who is ai ...

'' (1943) *'' What a Man!'' (1944) *'' Follow the Leader'' (1944) *''

Million Dollar Kid ''Million Dollar Kid'' is a 1944 American film directed by Wallace Fox starring the East Side Kids. Plot In the East Side Kids' clubhouse, Muggs McGinnis laments the epidemic of mugging that has been plaguing their streets. While waiting outsid ...

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Return of the Ape Man ''Return of the Ape Man'' is a 1944 American film distributed by Monogram Pictures. It was directed by Philip Rosen with top-billed star Bela Lugosi and supporting actors John Carradine, George Zucco (see note in the Production section), Frank Mo ...

'' (1944) *'' Three of a Kind'' (1944) *''

Voodoo Man ''Voodoo Man'' is a 1944 American horror film directed by William Beaudine and starring Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, and George Zucco. Plot Nicholas (George Zucco) runs a filling station in the sticks. In reality, he is helping Dr. Richard M ...

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Block Busters ''Block Busters'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Wallace Fox and starring the East Side Kids. Plot After an afternoon of playing baseball, Muggs McGinnis and the East Side Kids gang arrive at the door of their clubhouse, where a man ...

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Bowery Champs ''Bowery Champs'' is a 1944 American film directed by William Beaudine and starring the East Side Kids. Plot After she files for divorce from nightclub owner Tom Wilson, former Broadway star Gypsy Carmen demands that he return the securities that ...

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Crazy Knights ''Crazy Knights'' (also known as ''Ghost Crazy'') is a 1944 American comedy horror film directed by William Beaudine and starring Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard and Max Rosenbloom.Rigby p.256 Plot Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard and Dave Hammond (Berna ...

'' (1944) *'' Mom and Dad'' (1945) *''

My Dog Shep ''My Dog Shep'' is a 1946 American drama film directed by Ford Beebe. It was made by Golden Gate Productions and released through the newly-formed Screen Guild Productions. They had just made ''Flight to Nowhere''. Filming started August 15, 1 ...

'' (1946) *'' 'Neath Canadian Skies'' (1946) *'' North of the Border'' (1946) *'' Code of the Saddle'' (1947) *''

Flashing Guns ''Flashing Guns'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Frank H. Young. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Riley Hill, Jan Bryant, Douglas Evans and James Logan. The film was released on July ...

'' (1947) *'' Land of the Lawless'' (1947) *'' The Law Comes to Gunsight'' (1947) *''

Prairie Express ''Prairie Express'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Anthony Coldeway and J. Benton Cheney. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Belmont, Marshall Reed, William Ruhl and Robert Wi ...

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Six-Gun Serenade ''Six-Gun Serenade'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by Ford Beebe and written by Bennett Cohen. The film stars Jimmy Wakely, Lee "Lasses" White, Kay Morley, Jimmy Martin, Steve Clark and Pierce Lyden. The film was released on April 15 ...

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Song of the Wasteland ''Song of the Wasteland'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by Thomas Carr and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars Jimmy Wakely, Lee White, Dottye Brown, Henry Hall, John James and Mike Ragan. The film was released on May 31, 1 ...

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Trailing Danger ''Trailing Danger'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Peggy Wynne, Marshall Reed, Patrick Desmond and Steve Darrell. The film was re ...

'' (1947) *'' Gun Talk'' (1947) *''

Back Trail ''Back Trail'' is a 1948 American Western film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, and Mildred Coles, and was released on July 18, 1948. Plot Bob Frazer is a businessman in Brentwood. When he was younger ...

'' (1948) *'' The Fighting Ranger'' (1948) *''

Frontier Agent ''Frontier Agent'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Reno Browne, Kenneth MacDonald, Dennis Moore and Riley Hill. The film was relea ...

'' (1948) *'' Overland Trails'' (1948) *''

The Sheriff of Medicine Bow ''The Sheriff of Medicine Bow'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Max Terhune, Evelyn Finley, Bill Kennedy and George J. Lewis. ...

'' (1948) *'' Triggerman'' (1948) *''

Gunning for Justice ''Gunning for Justice'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Max Terhune, Evelyn Finley, I. Stanford Jolley and House Peters Jr. The film was ...

'' (1948) * '' Hidden Danger'' (1948) *'' Crashing Thru'' (1949) *''

Law of the West ''Law of the West'' is a 1985 graphic adventure set in the American Old West developed by Accolade for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and Nintendo Entertainment System. It was one of the company's launch titles and the only game from Accolade ...

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Range Justice ''Range Justice'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Ronald Davidson. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Tris Coffin, Riley Hill, Sarah Padden and Eddie Parker. The film was released on July 16, ...

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Shadows of the West ''Shadows of the West'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Adele Buffington. The film stars Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Riley Hill, Reno Browne, Bill Kennedy and Pierce Lyden. The film was released on January ...

'' (1949) *''

Trails End ''Trails End'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune and Kay Morley.Pitts p.364 Cast * Johnny Mack Brown as Johnny Mack * Max Terhune as Alibi * Kay Morley as Laurie Stuart ...

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West of El Dorado ''West of El Dorado'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Adele Buffington. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Reno Browne, Teddy Infuhr, Milburn Morante and Terry Frost. The film was released on ...

'' (1949) *''

Again Pioneers ''Again Pioneers'' (sometimes referred to as ''Again... Pioneers!'') is a 1950 American black-and-white short film, short Drama (film and television), drama film produced by Paul F. Heard for the Protestant Film Commission. Directed by William Be ...

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Motor Patrol ''Motor Patrol'' (also known as ''Highway Patrol'') is a 1950 American film directed by Sam Newfield. Plot Two Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officers respond to a report of a traffic accident and find that a pedestrian was killed by a ...

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Radar Secret Service ''Radar Secret Service'' is a 1950 action film starring John Howard, produced by Barney A. Sarecky and directed by Sam Newfield. The film was featured on the American television show ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Plot In the post-World War T ...

'' (1950) *''

Superman and the Mole-Men ''Superman and the Mole Men'' is a 1951 American independent film, independent black-and-white superhero film released by Lippert Pictures. Produced by Barney A. Sarecky and directed by Lee Sholem, it stars George Reeves as Superman and Phyllis Co ...

'' (1951) *'' A Wonderful Life'' (1951) – associate producer

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