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J. Benton Cheney

Filmography

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36 titles
Over the Border

Over the Border

Wallace Fox 1950 58m

Bringing Bart Calhoun (Marshall Reed) to justice for his complicity in a robbery/murder, Johnny assumes that his job is over. Not by a long shot! Calhoun's arrest leads to the uncovering of a wide-ranging conspiracy to smuggle silver from Mexico to the United States.

Trails End

Trails End

Lambert Hillyer 1949 57m

Cowhand Drake discovers gold on the ranch of his boss, Joe Stuart and makes a deal with crooked lawyer Mel Porter to induce Stuart to sell. The latter refuses, and also orders Bill Cameron not to see his daughter Laurie again.

Silver Trails

Silver Trails

Christy Cabanne 1948 53m

Jimmy and Cannonball find the body of Don Muquel after he has been shot and robbed by henchmen Ramsay and Sturgis. Jimmy is accused of the crime by Jose Esteban but the latter's rich uncle, Don Esteban, clears his friend Jimmy.

Phantom Valley

Phantom Valley

Ray Nazarro 1948 53m

The Durango Kid, along with assistance from sidekick Smiley Burnett, investigates a pair of murders that threaten to fuel a range war.

Gunning for Justice

Gunning for Justice

Ray Taylor 1948 55m

Three fellows band together to help a woman find her uncle's cache of gold in this western. All they have to help them is a tattered map that her uncle, a prisoner of war, created in camp. Unfortunately two badguys have the map and try to turn the three goodguys against the niece. They do not succeed and justice prevails.

Frontier Agent

Frontier Agent

Lambert Hillyer 1948 56m

Johnny Mack Brown is sent to the badlands to round up an elusive outlaw gang.

Back Trail

Back Trail

Christy Cabanne 1948 57m

Rancher Terry Dugan returns to Brentwood, ans is met by his sweetheart Helen Frazer and Cahoose. Unknown to Helen, her dad, town banker Bob Frazer is being blackmailed by Frank Gilmore into revealing routes of stages carrying payrolls.

Valley of Fear

Valley of Fear

Lambert Hillyer 1947 54m

Johnny Williams (Johnny Mack Brown) returns to his home town of Beaufort, and finds himself when being chased by banker Henry Stevens (Tristram Coffin), Grangers Association head Les Travers (Ed Cassidy as Edward Cassidy) and real estate agent Frank Wilkins (Ted Adams.)

Trailing Danger

Trailing Danger

Lambert Hillyer 1947 58m

Convicted killer Jim Holden is rescued from the sheriff by his gang, led by Mason and Riley. He is out to get the Hathaway Stage superintendent George Bannister, who was responsible for his conviction and learns the Bannister, his niece (Kay) and Hal Hathaway, son of the stage line owner, are on a cross-country stage.

The Law Comes to Gunsight

The Law Comes to Gunsight

Lambert Hillyer 1947 56m

Brown arrives in the town of, yes, Gunsight, in the company of saddle pal Raymond Hatton. Like a new broom, Brown sweeps clean, going after the town's corrupt element.

Raiders of the South

Raiders of the South

Lambert Hillyer 1947 55m

Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the reconstruction years to obtain evidence against a gang of raiders who have been making life difficult for the local carpet-baggers.

Land of the Lawless

Land of the Lawless

Lambert Hillyer 1947 54m

Cowhand Johnny helps clean up Medicine Flats after his friend's murder. He battles outlaws led by saloon owner Kate and gambler Cameo, protects miners' money, avenges a prospector's death, and learns the truth about his friend's killing.

Hoppy's Holiday

Hoppy's Holiday

George Archainbaud 1947 1h

Hoppy, California and Lucky are on vacation, but not for long. They come across bank robbers (who drive automobiles, something new). Nevertheless, the Bar 20 guys bring the bad guys to justice.

The Gentleman from Texas

The Gentleman from Texas

Lambert Hillyer 1946 55m

In one of his better Monogram Westerns, Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a crooked saloon owner with more than one murder on his conscience. Steve Corbin (Tristram Coffin) and his gang of cutthroats are terrorizing the townspeople of Rimrock, who in self-defense hire Johnny Macklin (Mack Brown) as new town marshal.

Silver Range

Silver Range

Lambert Hillyer 1946 53m

Range detectives Johnny Bronton and Tucson Smith are out to trap and bring to justice a band of smugglers who have been bringing silver across the Mexican border illegally. Their task is complicated when the smugglers kidnap Jeanne Willoughby, the daughter of a rancher whose land the smugglers are using for their activities.

The Return of the Durango Kid

The Return of the Durango Kid

Derwin Abrahams 1945 58m

A masked outlaw steals from bank robbers to help the poor.

Rustlers of the Badlands

Rustlers of the Badlands

Derwin Abrahams 1945 55m

The Durango Kid fights to catch the rustlers who killed an Army officer.

Outlaws of the Rockies

Outlaws of the Rockies

Ray Nazarro 1945 54m

Outlaws of the Rockies is the fourth of Columbia's revitalized "Durango Kid" series. Charles Starrett is back in the saddle as the masked do-gooder Durango, aka easygoing sheriff Steve Williams. Accused of being a member of an outlaw gang, Williams is forced to don his Durango disguise to bring the actual criminals to justice.

Blazing the Western Trail

Blazing the Western Trail

Vernon Keays 1945 1h

Stage line owner Brent has his men robbing Halliday stages and when his manager Waring learns of it, Brent has him killed. Jeff Waring arrives and takes his uncle's job. He soon learns what's happening and the Durango Kid goes into action. This keeps Halliday going and gives them a chance to get the mail contract by winning the stagecoach race.

Mystery Man

Mystery Man

George Archainbaud 1944 58m

Hoppy's ranch is threatened by rustlers. Hoppy and the gang oblige as usual.

Silver Spurs

Silver Spurs

Joseph Kane 1943 1h 8m

Jerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is trying to get a railroad spur right of way. Lucky has a woman come west to marry Jerry to get control of the ranch. After the wedding, Lucky has the owner killed. Roy’s gun is substituted for the murder weapon, so Roy is put in jail.

Fighting Frontier

Fighting Frontier

Lambert Hillyer 1943 57m

An agent (Tim Holt) goes undercover as an outlaw and almost gets lynched.

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.

Shadows on the Sage

Shadows on the Sage

Lester Orlebeck 1942 55m

Shadows on the Sage is a 1942 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck. The Three Mesquiteers, Tucson, Stony, and Lullaby arrive to help Sheriff Lippy fight the outlaws. But when the gang leader Curly Joe captures Tucson and notices the resemblance, he assumes Tucson's identity.

Romance on the Range

Romance on the Range

Joseph Kane 1942 1h 3m

Romance on the Range is a 1942 American film. Fur theives are looting the traps on the ranch where Roy is foreman and they have murdered one of Roy's friends.

Pirates of the Prairie

Pirates of the Prairie

Howard Bretherton 1942 57m

In one of his better early Westerns, Tim Holt, as Deputy Marshal Larry Durant, is sent to Spencerville where a gang of vigilantes has been terrorizing the citizenry. Going undercover as a gunsmith, Larry quickly learns that the leader of the vigilantes, John Spencer (John Elliott), is an honest man who only seeks to establish law and order.

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.

Twilight on the Trail

Twilight on the Trail

Howard Bretherton 1941 57m

Hoppy, California and Johnny come to the ranch of a friend and his daughter, disguised as dude detectives from the east, to investigate the disappearances, without a trace, of several herds of cattle.

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.

Outlaws of the Desert

Outlaws of the Desert

Howard Bretherton 1941 1h 6m

Hoppy, Johnny and California go to Arabia to buy some horses. There they get involved with a sheik and a harem and a kidnapping plot.

In Old Colorado

In Old Colorado

Howard Bretherton 1941 1h 6m 5.0

Joe Weller has instigated a conflict over water rights between two ranchers. The idea is to have the ranchers do each other in then move in and take over. Hoppy and the good guys won't let this happen.

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.

Border Vigilantes

Border Vigilantes

Derwin Abrahams 1941 1h 3m

A town bedeviled with outlaws sends for Hoppy, Lucky. and California after their own vigilante committee fails to solve the town's problems. Hoppy discovers that the bad guys are led by the town boss--and so are the vigilantes.

Rocky Mountain Rangers

Rocky Mountain Rangers

George Sherman 1940 58m

Frustrated by their inability to take action against a murderous gang who killed a young boy, Texas Rangers Stony Brooke (Robert Livingston), Rusty Joslin (Raymond Hatton) and Rico Rinaldo (Duncan Renaldo) hatch a plan: Stony poses as an outlaw dubbed The Laredo Kid to lure the bad guys into Texas.

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