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Lesley Selander
Director 1900 - 1979

Lesley Selander

Los Angeles, California, USA

From Wikipedia. Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and science fiction movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

45 titles
Fort Courageous

Fort Courageous

Lesley Selander 1965 1h 12m

In this western, a cavalry sergeant is wrongly court-martialed. To reclaim his good name, he takes over a patrol that just lost its leader in an Indian attack. He leads the regiment to Fort Courageous, but is appalled to discover that the Indians attacked and massacred all but one of its inhabitants.

The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

Lesley Selander 1958 1h 21m

Three Indians were brutally murdered by a gang of hooded outlaws. Each one possessed a silver medallion, which were sections cut off from a large silver plaque which served as a treasure map to a secret location where a large amount of gold is reputedly stashed.

Tall Man Riding

Tall Man Riding

Lesley Selander 1955 1h 23m 6.0

Larry Madden returns to Little River after several years, still vowing to avenge himself against the humiliating whipping he received at the hands of cattle baron Tucker Ordway.

Shotgun

Shotgun

Lesley Selander 1955 1h 20m 6.5

Clay Hardin, a Deputy U.S. Marshal, is about to turn in his badge and take the job as the territory's Indian commissioner until the notorious Ben Thompson slays the marshal when he tried to make an arrest. Clay turns his back on a white-collar job and his girl to pursue the gang.

Fort Yuma

Fort Yuma

Lesley Selander 1955 1h 18m 7.0

Apaches plan to attack a fort by wearing uniforms plundered from a cavalry officer's (Peter Graves) supply column.

Desert Sands

Desert Sands

Lesley Selander 1955 1h 27m

The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.

Flat Top

Flat Top

Lesley Selander 1952 1h 23m

A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War

Flight to Mars

Flight to Mars

Lesley Selander 1951 1h 12m 6.0

Five astronauts successfully fly to Mars where they encounter seemingly friendly and advanced inhabitants who harbor covert plans to use their ship to invade Earth.

The Sky Dragon

The Sky Dragon

Lesley Selander 1949 1h 4m

All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up, it is discovered that a quarter-million dollars is missing. Charlie Chan--and, of course, his #1 son--must discover the identity of the person who doped the passengers and stole the money.

Panhandle

Panhandle

Lesley Selander 1948 1h 25m 6.0

John Sands, a former Texas marshal turns to ranching, and later to a gunfighter when he sets out to prove that casino/saloon owner, Matt Garson, had his brother, a newspaperman, killed.

Blackmail

Blackmail

Lesley Selander 1947 1h 7m

A private detective is offered a job protecting a rich business man from suspected blackmail. Before he can accept the case a murder is uncovered.

The Vampire's Ghost

The Vampire's Ghost

Lesley Selander 1945 59m

In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.

Phantom of the Plains

Phantom of the Plains

Lesley Selander 1945 56m

Red Ryder tries to warn a duchess that her newfound beau has a history of murdering his wives.

Great Stagecoach Robbery

Great Stagecoach Robbery

Lesley Selander 1945 56m

In this western, Red Ryder tries to be a good example for a young man who idolizes his father, an outlaw. The boy wants to follow in his father's footsteps when the hero intervenes.

Sheriff of Las Vegas

Sheriff of Las Vegas

Lesley Selander 1944 55m

In this western, brave Red Ryder and his sidekick save a murdered judge's son from going to jail by proving that someone else killed his father.

Lumberjack

Lumberjack

Lesley Selander 1944 1h 5m

Julie's husband has been murdered and land agents want her to sign away her property rights. Hoppy warns against this but she does so anyway. It looks as though she will be unable to deliver the timber called for in her agreement. Hoppy has to make the lumber deal happened and solve the murder.

Forty Thieves

Forty Thieves

Lesley Selander 1944 1h 6.0

When he runs for sheriff, Hoppy is beaten by Jerry Doyle, the gutless wonder voted for by every crook in town. When Hoppy moves to have the new sheriff impeached, outlaw leader Tad Hammond hires forty gunslingers to stop him. Stop Hoppy? Hah!

Cheyenne Wildcat

Cheyenne Wildcat

Lesley Selander 1944 56m

Bill Elliot is back as Red Ryder in Cheyenne Wildcat. Also back are Ryder's perennial cohorts Little Beaver (Bobby Blake, later Robert Blake of Baretta fame) and the Duchess (Alice Fleming). When not pummeling the bad guys, Ryder is the reluctant apex of a love triangle.

Riders of the Deadline

Riders of the Deadline

Lesley Selander 1943 1h 10m 6.0

When Ranger Hoppy's falsely accused young ranger friend is killed while supposedly trying to escape from jail, Hoppy is blamed and drummed out of the Texas Rangers.

Colt Comrades

Colt Comrades

Lesley Selander 1943 1h 7m 6.0

While oil drilling, Hoppy and California discover an underground well - a potential threat to Jebb Hardin's monopoly on water in the region.

Border Patrol

Border Patrol

Lesley Selander 1943 1h 5m 6.0

When three Texas Rangers try to investigate kidnapped Mexicans being used as forced labor in the mines of Silver Bullet, they are framed for murder by the town's corrupt sheriff.

Bar 20

Bar 20

Lesley Selander 1943 54m

Stagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and Lin go after them.

Undercover Man

Undercover Man

Lesley Selander 1942 1h 8m 5.0

A bandit who robs both Americans and Mexicans is causing each side of the border to blame the other. Hoppy has to settle matters.

Lost Canyon

Lost Canyon

Lesley Selander 1942 1h 1m

Johnny is accused of robbing and bank and runs off into the hills. Hoppy tries to prove his innocence and get the real bad guys.

Bandit Ranger

Bandit Ranger

Lesley Selander 1942 56m

Ranch hand Clay Travers is framed for murdering ranger Frank Mattison after discovering Mattison's body. Businessman Art Kenyon, involved in cattle rustling, hired a gunman to impersonate Mattison.

Wide Open Town

Wide Open Town

Lesley Selander 1941 1h 19m 6.0

Belle Langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. She is also a front for the outlaws, who are led by Steve Fraser. Hoppy gets elected sheriff and cleans up the town with help from the Bar 20 boys.

Stick to Your Guns

Stick to Your Guns

Lesley Selander 1941 1h 3m 6.0

A former Bar 20 cowhand is now a cattle rancher and having trouble with rustlers. Hoppy and the Bar 20 gang ride in and surround the the bad guys. June Winters joins the posse and serves as the romantic partner for posse co-leader Lucky.

Riders of the Timberline

Riders of the Timberline

Lesley Selander 1941 59m 5.0

Hopalong Cassidy and Johnny Nelson ride to the mountains to help a man and his daughter save their logging business from someone who is sabotaging their efforts.

Pirates on Horseback

Pirates on Horseback

Lesley Selander 1941 1h 9m 6.0

Hoppy, Lucky and California search for a mine owned by Trudy Pendleton after it was taken from her by thw swindling gambler Ace Gibson. They find the mine and Hoppy fights Gibson over it.

Doomed Caravan

Doomed Caravan

Lesley Selander 1941 1h 2m 6.0

Stephen Westcott and Ed Martin scheme to put Jane Travers' wagon line out of business. They want to use it take over all the wagon- train traffic going west. Hoppy, California and Lucky must make sure that doesn't happen.

Three Men from Texas

Three Men from Texas

Lesley Selander 1940 1h 16m 6.0

Hoppy and new sidekick California Carlson head to California to help out Lucky Jenkins.

Stagecoach War

Stagecoach War

Lesley Selander 1940 1h 3m 5.0

Hoppy is busy chasing stagecoach bandits who sing as they rob.

Santa Fe Marshal

Santa Fe Marshal

Lesley Selander 1940 1h 8m

U.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overrun with bad guys. Disguised as a member of a medicine show, Hoppy discovers that the ringleader is none other than sweet li'l ol' Ma Burton.

Hidden Gold

Hidden Gold

Lesley Selander 1940 1h 6.0

Hoppy and Lucky have been called in to investigate a series of stage holdups. The robbers are taking gold from Colby's mine and Hoppy suspects it may be ex-outlaw Colby himself. When Speedy strikes gold, Hoppy borrows it and announces a gold shipment hoping to catch the gang and their leader.

Sunset Trail

Sunset Trail

Lesley Selander 1939 1h 9m

Disguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude ranch in order to unmask the murderer of the owner's husband.

Silver on the Sage

Silver on the Sage

Lesley Selander 1939 1h 8m

Hoppy goes undercover as a gambler from the East when Bar 20 cattle are stolen by unknown rustlers. Brennan/Talbot are twin brothers (one a casino owner, the other a rancher) and Hoppy believes they provide alibis for each other while one is out committing crimes.

Renegade Trail

Renegade Trail

Lesley Selander 1939 58m

Hoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce when confidence men try to take her herd. King's Men songs include: "Hi Thar Stranger" and "Lazy Rolls the Rio Grande."

Range War

Range War

Lesley Selander 1939 1h 5m

Buck Colins heads a group of local ranchers who are trying to prevent the railroad from completing its line through their property. Till now they have been able to charge tolls on herds passing through. Hoppy goes undercover to expose them.

The Frontiersmen

The Frontiersmen

Lesley Selander 1938 1h 14m

The local school is causing Hoppy problems. First Bar 20 cattle are stolen when Hoppy investigates a problem there. Then the new teacher arrives and disrupts the routine of the Bar 20 hands. Later with the Bar 20 hands at graduation, the rustlers are poised to strike again.

Pride of the West

Pride of the West

Lesley Selander 1938 56m

Caldwell and Nixon have their men rob the stage and then critcize the Sheriff for not catching the robbers. With her father the Sheriff under pressure, Mary sends for Hoppy who finds the stolen money and sets a trap to bring in the entire gang.

Partners of the Plains

Partners of the Plains

Lesley Selander 1938 1h 10m

Lorna Drake has inherited a ranch. Hoppy teaches her a bit about ranching and handles Scar Lewis, the bad guy, in the process.

Heart of Arizona

Heart of Arizona

Lesley Selander 1938 1h 8m

Belle Starr has returned from time in prison only to face a hail of bullets, along with rescue by Hoppy and the Bar 20 gang.

Cassidy of Bar 20

Cassidy of Bar 20

Lesley Selander 1938 56m

Against a background of exceptional mountain photography, Hoppy rushes to rid former sweetheart Nora Blake and Pappy's range of rustlers and bad guys.

Bar 20 Justice

Bar 20 Justice

Lesley Selander 1938 1h 10m

Hoppy's friend Dennis owns a rich gold mine. Frazier who owns the adjoining mine and wants the Dennis mine, has Dennis killed. Hoppy steps in to take over running the Dennis mine and learns Frazier's men sneak into and work the Dennis mine at night.

Hopalong Rides Again

Hopalong Rides Again

Lesley Selander 1937 1h 5m

On a cattle drive Hoppy, camp cook Windy, companion Lucky, and young Artie Peters encounter an eccentric professor. The professor professes to be searching for the evolutionary missing link, but in reality he is a cattle rustler who uses his dynamite to scatter the cattle in order capture some of them.

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