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Writer 1892 - 1962

Joseph F. Poland

Waterbury - Connecticut - USA

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

14 titles
Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere

Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere

Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell 1951 4h 47m 10.0

Space hero Captain Video battles the evil Vultura on the planet Atoma.

Batman and Robin

Batman and Robin

Spencer Gordon Bennet 1949 4h 23m 6.0

This 15-chapter serial pits Batman and Robin against The Wizard, who uses a device that allows him to control machinery to hold the city hostage.

Superman

Superman

Thomas Carr, Spencer Gordon Bennet 1948 4h 4m 6.0

Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.

Stage to Mesa City

Stage to Mesa City

Ray Taylor 1947 56m

Lash and Fuzzy sent to help John Watson with his stage line arrive to find him murdered. Recognizing the outlaws they trail them to their leader Baxter. But before Baxter can tell who the big boss is he is shot. After getting the stage through to assure the mail contract, Lash now realizes who the boss is.

Conquest of Cheyenne

Conquest of Cheyenne

R.G. Springsteen 1946 56m

Red Ryder and his comical sidekick take on a new batch of bad-guys in this western, the 16th in the Red Ryder series. This time the heroic duo try to save a female rancher from a greedy financier who wants her land so he can exploit the enormous oil fields lying under it.

Perils of Nyoka

Perils of Nyoka

William Witney 1942 4h 21m 6.0

Nyoka is the only person capable of translating the ancient tablets of Hippocrates, recovered by two archaeologists. They run into trouble from Vultura, the exotic ruler of a band of cutthroats who want the tablets for their own ends.

Jungle Girl

Jungle Girl

John English, William Witney 1941 4h 27m 6.5

Dr. Meredith has been driven from civilization by the criminal activities of his twin brother Bradley. With his infant daughter, he settles in the African jungle. But the Masamba tribes possess vast diamond mines coveted by crooks.

Adventures of Captain Marvel

Adventures of Captain Marvel

John English, William Witney 1941 3h 36m 9.0

On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel by the wizard Shazam, who tells him his powers will last only as long as the Golden Scorpion idol is threatened.

The Shadow

The Shadow

James W. Horne 1940 4h 45m

The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.

The Trigger Trio

The Trigger Trio

William Witney 1937 55m

In this western, the Three Mesquiteers must find a killer and his band after they murder an official from the State Agricultural Service who had come to investigate an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease. The killer is fearful that the official would quarantine his entire herd.

Range Defenders

Range Defenders

Mack V. Wright 1937 56m

Stony's brother George has been accused of murder and the Mesquiteers have returned to prove his innocence. But they find that Harvey rules the town along with his stooge Sheriff Gray and that George won't get a fair trial.

Winds of the Wasteland

Winds of the Wasteland

Mack V. Wright 1936 54m

The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. A race will decide whether they or stageline owner Drake get the government mail contract.

The Old Corral

The Old Corral

Joseph Kane 1936 58m 7.0

As the sheriff of a small western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed a murder.

The Lawless Nineties

The Lawless Nineties

Joseph Kane 1936 55m

Federal agent John Tipton heads for Wyoming to supervise the vote on whether to join the Union. One group of locals is using dynamite to terrorize the populace and a local newspaper editor is killed.

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