Movies directed by Joseph Kane

Ride, Ranger, Ride (1936)

63 mins     Western      

As a western fan when it comes to these early oaters the appeal when watching them now is usually two fold; firstly for the star and secondly the stunt work. You notice I choose to ignore the storyline and that is because mos...

The Big Show (1936)

71 mins     Western      

You shouldn't be able to but there are some movies which you can judge just by reading through the credits and one of these is "The Big Show" from 1936. So to start with we have Gene Autry who is down for two roles which mean...

King of the Pecos (1936)

54 mins     Western      

Every once in a while I go on a western spree, watching a whole hoard of old hour long westerns from the 1930s and 40s as the briefness of these movies appeals to me. The thing is that many of these westerns now end up feelin...

The Lawless Nineties (1936)

55 mins     Western      

For me, remembering I have watched probably 100 or more of these early 1 hour westerns, "The Lawless Nineties" is just another one made for the Saturday morning crowd who rushed down to the picture house for their weekly dose...

Oh, Susanna! (1936)

59 mins     Western      

Can you imagine in this day and age a western being made which was not only a musical like "Oh, Susanna!" is but featured a group of musicians called The Light Crust Doughboys? In fact it makes me wonder how anyone ever came ...

Gunsmoke Ranch (1937)

53 mins     Western      

Gunsmoke Ranch: The Three Mesquiteers try to aid a new community who have been swindled by a land owner into increasing the value of his land...

Young Bill Hickok (1940)

59 mins     Western      

Hands up if you answer yes to one of these questions: Are you a budding western aficionado who will watch anything involving the west? Did you grow up in the 1930s and 40s and headed to the pictures on a Saturday morning to c...

Nevada City (1941)

58 mins     Western      

Just a trotting alone, that could be a line from an old song from an equally old western but it describes "Nevada City" quite nicely as this 1940s Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes' western trots along with some action, some drama a...

Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)

54 mins     Western      

Having started his movie career as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers, Roy Rogers appeared in a few westerns before then becoming a star in his own right and appearing in a whole lot of westerns. And if you look at Rogers' ...

Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941)

59 mins     Western      

"Robin Hood of the Pecos" is not your typical Roy Rogers' western despite seeing him cast alongside Gabby Hayes and also getting to sing a song or two. Nope "Robin Hood of the Pecos" actually has a storyline surrounding a cor...

Sunset on the Desert (1942)

63 mins     Western      

I enjoy these early-ish westerns as they are simple entertainment and nothing more and "Sunset of the Desert" is as simple as any. It has all the ingredients you would expect from an early Roy Rogers western with danger, a lo...

Romance on the Range (1942)

63 mins     Comedy, Western      

For almost every Roy Rogers western I have watched I can find a review where someone praises that particular western as being top notch and unsurprisingly the often mention how they loved it when they saw it as a child. And t...

Silver Spurs (1943)

68 mins     Western      

As old westerns go "Silver Spurs" has quite a nice idea for a storyline from Jerry's father knowing his was not sensible enough to have complete control of the family ranch to the dodgy plans to marry and then murder him to t...

Idaho (1943)

70 mins     Western      

As ideas go the set up of a judge with a criminal past being blackmailed and then set up a saloon owner and a couple of outlaws is quite entertaining. But then there is the rest of the movie and it is pretty typical of a Roy ...

The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)

69 mins     Western      

Movie Review - The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) Roy Rogers is working as an under cover insurance agent sent on a showboat to catch an escape convict who is the father of the attractive Betty Weston (Dale Evans) who works on t...

Dakota (1945)

82 mins     Western      

By 1945 John Wayne was a big movie star having spent many a year working in the b-movies before finally getting his big break. But whilst John Wayne went on to be arguably the biggest movie star ever director Joseph Kane was ...

Flame of the Barbary Coast (1945)

91 mins     Musical, Romance, Western      

Flame of the Barbary Coast (1945) John Wayne stars as Montana rancher Duke Fergus who ends up taking on crooked gambler Tito Morell in San Francisco...

Thunder Over Arizona (1956)

70 mins     Western      

The ironically best thing about "Thunder Over Arizona" is that whilst it may be set in the lawless town of Tombstone there is no Wyatt Earp or Doc Holiday. Now that doesn't say much for the rest of this western which basis is...