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Elmer Clifton
Writer 1890 - 1949

Elmer Clifton

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

23 titles
Outcast of Black Mesa

Outcast of Black Mesa

Ray Nazarro 1950 54m

Our Hero is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Once again, he breaks jail to find the real culprits. And once again, he dons his Durango Kid disguise, whereupon stunt-double Jock Mahoney swings into action. Outcasts of Black Mesa is distinguished by the presence of a relative newcomer to the film game, leading lady Martha Hyer.

Quick on the Trigger

Quick on the Trigger

Ray Nazarro 1948

Quick on the Trigger was Charles Starrett's second "Durango Kid" picture for 1949. It all begins when ousted sheriff Steve Warren (Starrett) is put on trial for the murder of heroine Nora Reed's (Helen Parrish) brother.

Outlaws of the Plains

Outlaws of the Plains

Sam Newfield 1946 56m

Fuzzy believes his psychic powers lead him to gold, but Billy learns that Fuzzy is a pawn in a scheme.

Lightning Raiders

Lightning Raiders

Sam Newfield 1946 1h 1m

The leading citizen of western town is trying to fraudulently obtain land and money - but he didn't count on two cowboys discovering his plan.

Three in the Saddle

Three in the Saddle

Harry L. Fraser 1945 59m

Rankin and Manning and their outlaw gang are after Barlow's Tin Cup Ranch. Rangers Wyatt and Perkins arrive to help legally but Haines wants to take the law into his own hands.

Marked for Murder

Marked for Murder

Elmer Clifton 1945 57m 4.0

Rangers Dave and Panhandle arrive and are joined by Lawyer Tex to try and stop the range war between the ranchers and the sheep men. After they jail the ranchers for attacking the sheep men, they are lead away from town by a decoy as the real culprits head for town to kill the ranchers and blame the sheep men.

Frontier Fugitives

Frontier Fugitives

Harry L. Fraser 1945 58m

Ellen Williams' father has a valuable collection of furs and an outlaw gang is after them. Before he is killed, Williams hides a note revealing their location. The Texas Rangers are on the job and to get more information, they have Panhandle pose as an Indian chief.

The Pinto Bandit

The Pinto Bandit

Elmer Clifton 1944 57m

The Texas Rangers set out to learn the identity of a masked horse thief who is trying to stop a mail line run between two cities.

Spook Town

Spook Town

Elmer Clifton 1944 57m

Dry Gulch Trading Post owner Kurt Fabian advances money on mortgages to the local settlers to finance an irrigation program. Rangers Tex Wyatt, Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins transport the money in a strong box which they place in the Wells Fargo safe as Agent Sam Benson assures them that he is the only one who knows the safe combination.

Seven Doors to Death

Seven Doors to Death

Elmer Clifton 1944 1h 4m 5.0

A gunshot and scream lead architect McMillan to help a fleeing woman. He finds a body, but police find another. He joins forces with Mary Rawlins to solve murders in a blind alley's seven doors and spooky cellar.

Outlaw Roundup

Outlaw Roundup

Harry L. Fraser 1944 57m

In order to uncover the leader of an outlaw gang who have been hiding out in Devil's Gulch near the town of Cedar Bluffs, Texas Rangers Tex Wyatt (Dave O'Brien), Jim Steele (James Newill) and Panhandle Perkins (Guy Wilkerson) plant the fake story of the escape of Spade Norton (Jack Ingram) from the Texas state penitentiary.

Gunsmoke Mesa

Gunsmoke Mesa

Harry L. Fraser 1944 58m

Black's men kill a couple but fail to find their baby that will make Black a fortune. The Texas Rangers arrive to find the murdered couple and the baby and soon find themselves accused of the murder. As the other two Rangers investigate, Panhandle turns on a gramophone recorder to try and record the baby.

Guns of the Law

Guns of the Law

Elmer Clifton 1944 53m

Lillian Wilkins and her old Civil War Veteran Uncle Jed Wilkins own a ranch through which a pipeline will be laid.

Gangsters of the Frontier

Gangsters of the Frontier

Elmer Clifton 1944 58m 5.0

Ranchers of Red Rock become rangers to stop a frontier gang.

Brand of the Devil

Brand of the Devil

Harry L. Fraser 1944 58m

Jolley is the leader of the Devil's Brand gang of rustlers. When Molly Dawson sends for the Texas Rangers, Tex, Jim, and Panhandle arrive pretending not to know each other. But eventually their identities become known and they are captured by the gang.

Return of the Rangers

Return of the Rangers

Elmer Clifton 1943 55m

Texas Rangers Tex Wyatt "Dave O'Brien (I)'), Jim Steele (James Newill) and Panhandle Perkins Guy Wilkerson) are on their way to Custer and, as they ride through the hills, waiting for Jim to finish his song, they save the life of Anne Miller (Nell O'Day), who is being pursued by rustlers.

Boss of Rawhide

Boss of Rawhide

Elmer Clifton 1943 58m

In the 8th film of the 22-film series, Texas Rangers Tex Wyatt, Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins are sent to the district of Rawhide to investigate the killings of several ranchers. Tex enters the town posing as a tramp while the other two Rangers join a troupe of itinerant minstrels.

Bad Men of Thunder Gap

Bad Men of Thunder Gap

Albert Herman 1943 56m

Texas Rangers Tex Wyatt (Dave O'Brien) and Jim Steele (James Newill) arrive in Thunder Gap as undercover Rangers to investigate the hijacking of supply wagons of food for the miners. They come to town as members of a medicine-wagon troupe headed by another Ranger, Panhandle Perkins (Guy Wilkerson).

The Rangers Take Over

The Rangers Take Over

Albert Herman 1942 53m

Texas Ranger Sergeant Jim Steele (Jim Newill) spots Pete Dawson (Bud Osborne) taking horses over the Mexico-Texas border, but Dawson has an alibi. A new group of recruits arrives at the Ranger station, among them, Tex Wyatt (Dave O'Brien), the son of Ranger Captain John Wyatt (Forrest Taylor), whom he hasn't seen for many years.

Trail of the Silver Spurs

Trail of the Silver Spurs

S. Roy Luby 1941 57m

The Range Busters are investigating a gold robbery from the Denver Mint in a supposedly deserted ghost town, but they soon find they're not the only town resident with a nose for gold.

West of Pinto Basin

West of Pinto Basin

S. Roy Luby 1940 1h

The Range Busters head for Pinto Basin where a series of stage robberies have occurred. To try and find the gang's boss, Crash sends out a empty money box. The plan backfires when the boss has the Range Busters identified as the robbers. Thinking it is now safe, the bank sends out a big money shipment.

Assassin of Youth

Assassin of Youth

Elmer Clifton 1937 1h 20m 4.5

A high-school girl gets involved with a ring of teenage marijuana smokers and starts down the road to ruin. A reporter poses as a soda jerk to infiltrate the gang of teen dope fiends.

Captured in Chinatown

Captured in Chinatown

Elmer Clifton 1935 54m 7.7

A feud between two gangs in Chinatown breaks out into a tong war.

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