Movies starring Allan Lane

Bells of Rosarita (1945)

68 mins     Western      

Normally when it comes to these older 1 hour westerns I find myself using words like usual and familiar to describe them but those words don't immediately come to mind after watching "Bells of Rosarita". The reason being is t...

Marshal of Amarillo (1945)

60 mins     Western      

Whilst "Marshal of Amarillo" is not the first western I have seen to feature a haunted house set-up it is the oldest one with it coming from the era when one hour westerns were churned out like candy in a factory. And to be h...

The Topeka Terror (1945)

55 mins     Western      

Rule #1 of western movies club; never watch one of these old one westerns after you have just watched a Robert Mitchum western as you are going to end up disappointed. That is what happened today having not long ago watched t...

Stagecoach to Denver (1946)

56 mins     Western      

Quick review time: "Stagecoach to Denver" is a generic quickie western from the 1940s where we have are hero, here it is Allan Lane as Red Ryder, discovering that the crooked, prominent businessman Big Bill Lambert, because o...

A Guy Could Change (1946)

66 mins     Drama      

One of the marvels when you watch some old movies is how they manage to cram so much in to lesser running times. Take "A Guy Could Change" it starts with a bit of fun abandon which quickly descends into heart break and then w...

Homesteaders of Paradise Valley (1947)

59 mins     Western      

Like so many of these old one hour westerns, "Homesteaders of Paradise Valley" is likely to appeal to those who remember heading to the flicks as a child to watch either Allan Lane or the latest episode of Red Ryder. In fact ...

Vigilantes of Boomtown (1947)

56 mins     Western      

I have to admit that the name Peggy Stewart meant nothing to me before watching "Vigilantes of Boomtown", I may have seen a movie which she had appeared in but hadn't noticed her. But after watching this Allan Lane western fr...

Marshal of Cripple Creek (1947)

56 mins     Western      

At its heart "Marshal of Cripple Creek" is a routine Allan Lane western, he's the good guy, there's a crooked businessman who has people fooled with his upright citizen facade, there's trouble and as we are talking a Red Ryde...

Oklahoma Badlands (1948)

59 mins     Western      

Well I have to say that whilst I have watched more westerns about businessmen trying to steal land than I care to remember I don't remember coming across one which uses a generic name as a source of confusion between the sexe...

The Denver Kid (1948)

60 mins     Western      

John MacBurnie is a name I doubt means much to anyone but after watching "The Denver Kid" it is a name which I am going to keep an eye out for. The thing is that John MacBurnie isn't an actor or a director but a cinematograph...

Powder River Rustlers (1949)

60 mins     Western      

"Powder River Rustlers" is a routine sort of western where we have corruption, bad guys masquerading as officials and of course Allan Lane playing the heroic Rocky Lane who with Eddy Waller showing up as Nugget is there to sa...

Death Valley Gunfighter (1949)

60 mins     Western      

For the most "Death Valley Gunfighter" is just a typical 1940s hour long west and quite a typical Allan Lane as Rocky lane western where he basically ends up a bit of a trouble shooter when someone is behind a devious plan to...

Vigilante Hideout (1950)

90 mins     Western      

To give credit where it is due and "Vigilante Hideout" doesn't feel like it is just another western storyline which has done the round. Instead what it feels like is that someone has picked ideas from other westerns and creat...

Salt Lake Raiders (1950)

60 mins     Western      

Some of Allan Lane's westerns were on the jokey side, often with Eddy Waller in comic sidekick mode as Nugget but occasionally some were more serious and "Salt Lake Raiders" is a more serious one with Nugget actually a strang...

Night Riders of Montana (1951)

60 mins     Western      

I have to give the writers of "Night Riders of Montana" some credit because by the start of the 50s there had been a good 15 years of these one hour westerns and pretty much every story had been told and retold more times tha...

Marshal of Cedar Rock (1953)

54 mins     Western      

I reckon if the Wild West was like it was in the movies that whenever a town heard that the railroad was looking to come their way they would have provided an escort for the railroad agent as they always seem to get kidnapped...

The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958)

80 mins     Western      

Smart ideas certainly can help a movie but they can't save it or at least that is the case of "The Saga of Hemp Brown" a routine 1950's western which occasionally grabs your attention with a well thought out plot element. As ...