Charles Starrett/Durango Kid Films
Here's a list of Charles Starrett movies I've watched and reviewed on IMDb, including The Durango Kid. It's presented in IMDb ranking order.
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- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsCharles StarrettMary CastleFrank FentonSteve Carson, a former Texas Ranger Captain, shoots a fleeing hold-up bandit and is framed on a murder charge. He escapes with the help of his pal Smiley and they hire out as cowhands on a ranch owned by Toni Eaton. Steve, as the Durango Kid, learns that Buck Prescott has been fleecing the local ranchers by paying low prices for their cattle that have been stampeded by his henchmen. But he has no proof and his alter ego Steve is still wanted on the murder charge.That feller stuck up the two fellers that was stickin' us up!
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsCharles StarrettDon ReynoldsTommy IvoHatching a scheme to sell rifles to the Indians as a protection against the white settlers, Jim Haverly (Monte Blue) works both sides against the middle by having his henchmen masquerade as Indians and raid the settlers. With the ranchers preparing for retribution against the Indians, Haverly's plan is working well until Steve Reynolds/The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) shows up and, with the aid of a young white boy (Tommy Ivo) and his young Indian friend (Don Reynolds), and his bumbling sidekick Smiley (Smiley Burnette), begins the process of uncovering the actual villains.Ever hear a polka in a Western?
- DirectorVernon KeaysStarsCharles StarrettDon ReynoldsNancy SaundersThe Durango Kid battles a gang of outlaws that trick people by calling themselves the "Texas State Police."Texas, greatest place in the world, where they grow mice that can stand flat footed and whip a tiger.
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsCharles StarrettJock MahoneyCarolina CottonWhen Steve Holden plus his alter ego, the Durango Kid, is reunited with his old Texas Ranger saddlemate Jack Mahoney, he finds his former friend has become greedy and power hungry.The future of the West is everyone's job!
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsCharles StarrettPeggy StewartTristram CoffinSilver is being smuggled across the border and the secret passage goes through Betty Long's basement. When Steve arrives he gets tangled up with the rustlers who are now going to have the Durango Kid to contend with."Open the doors and blast him!"
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsCharles StarrettFred F. SearsLuther CrockettA man's pursuit of some wanted criminals is hindered by the interference of a crooked judge.Hurry up Smiley, we're ready to go!
- DirectorLambert HillyerStarsCharles StarrettLuana WaltersKenneth MacDonaldThe first film in which Charles Starrett played an alter-ego character known as "The Durango Kid" but this entry, for all intents and purposes, has only the names of Starrett and "Durango" in common with the long (long, long) "Durango Kid" series Starrett starred in from late-1944, beginning with "The Return of the Durango Kid" until 1952. Rancher Sam Lowry is killed by Mace Ballard because he learned that Ballard's men are waging war against the homesteaders. Ballard blames the killing on "The Durango Kid", a a mysterious frontier Robin Hood friendly to the homesteaders. This accusation makes Bill Lowry more than a little suspicious of Ballard for, unknown to anyone, he is the Durango Kid, a role he has assumed in order to fight against the Ballard gang. When Ballard's men raid the Ben Winslow homestead, they are driven off by Bill and his ranch hands but not before the home is burned and the cattle scattered. Taking a shine to Winslow's daughter, Nancy, Bill masks himself as "Durango", strips Ballard of all his cash and gives it to the homesteaders. Ballard has U. S. Marshal Trayboe post a reward for "Durango", and Trayboe, wiser than Ballard gives him credit for, makes Bill a deputy charged with bringing "Durango" in. The Kid keeps taking money from Ballard and giving it to the homesteaders that have been burned out and hiding in Hidden Valley. Ballard kidnaps Nancy and sets a trap for Bill, whom he now suspects is "Durango". But, with the help of Marshal Trayboe, Bill escapes and kills Ballard, who boasted in front of Bill that he has killed the elder Lowry, in a gunfight. Bill Lowry officially retires as "The Durango Kid" and settles in on his father's ranch with Nancy,Why there's a man who knows what he's doin' every minute.
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsCharles StarrettJock MahoneyFred F. SearsCarson and Drake discover a cave of gold that belongs to the Indians who are unaware of it, so they try to foment a war that will wipe out the Native Americans and claim the yellow metal.This will be like shootin' fish in a barrel!
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsCharles StarrettJock MahoneyAngela StevensWhen a guzzled prospector stumbles on the treasure of gold coins hidden by Mexican emperor Santa Ana, a myriad of malefactors, both outlaws and outwardly upstanding citizens resort to subterfuge and murder to obtain it.It takes a while to kill a man legally...
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsCharles StarrettPatricia BarryPaul CampbellThe Durango Kid and Marshal Smiley Burnette complicate a corrupt mayor and his henchman's efforts to take over a town.I'll blast that hombre right out of this town!
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsCharles StarrettFred F. SearsTommy IvoA major Indian uprising is expected and Wyoming military posts are alerted. Colonel Dennison (Fred Sears) is meeting with Chief Eagle (Shooting Star) and his son Running Wolf (Jay Silverheels) when Chief Eagle is mysteriously shot. Steve Holden (Charles Starrett), an agent for the government peace commission, with the aid of a wandering shoemaker, Smiley (Smiley Burnette), discover the troubles and the Chief's murder have been instigated by Cronin (Bob Wilke), the regimental scout, for personal gain for he and his gang of outlaws.Pile on your horse!
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsCharles StarrettFinis BartonJ.P. McGowanA cowboy out to find out who murdered his brother discovers that the killers may not be who he thought they were.Hey, you better start at the beginning and let me get this straight.
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsCharles StarrettGeorge ChesebroMary Ellen KaySteve, Smiley, and the Sheriff come to a ghost town looking for missing gold. In flashback, Steve tells the story of Bill Donner who doublecrossed his partners to get the gold. Donner, now blind and in jail, refuses to tell where the gold is hidden.Oh, no tellin' what'll disappear next, maybe one of us!
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsCharles StarrettGail DavisTommy IvoWidow Mahoney, the best cook in town and hotel proprietor , along with her larcenous sons, is trying to take control of the town's water supply so she can acquire the valley ranchland cheaply."Gee, Durango called me partner!"
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsCharles StarrettGloria HenryWilliam BaileyLuke Atkins and Captain Dan Saunders are ranchers in Piute Valley and are at odds with each other over a dam that Atkins is constructing to help the valley people. Their feud does nothing to help the romance of Saunders' son, Sheriff Ron Saunders and Atkins' daughter, Susan . The opposition to the dam that Saunders has led, makes him the prime suspect when the banker who is going to lend Atkins the money for the project is murdered, and Sheriff Saunders is forced to arrest his father. But Steve Brandon, mostly in his guise as the Durango Kid, does a bit of snooping and begins to suspect that the local storekeeper has an interest in more than just selling groceries.If he tries anything, drill him!
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsCharles StarrettJock MahoneyDanni Sue NolanThe Durango Kid tries to help a man framed for murder and stop a range war between sheepmen and cattlemen.I ought to nail you to a skunk!
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsCharles StarrettJock MahoneyClayton MooreSteve Martin (Charles Starrett) is sent to Wild River to recover stolen gold and finds the town is being terrorized by The Hawk (Clayton Moore) and his outlaw gang. The Hawk attempts to murder Sheriff Jack Mahoney (Jock Mahoney) and is captured and jailed. Steve helps the Hawk break jail and thus makes contact with the bandit gang. He sends a bungling photographer, Smiley Burnette (Smiley Burnette), to warn the sheriff that the gang plan to rob the express office.I don't know nothing' if you don't want me to.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsCharles StarrettRussell HaydenShirley PattersonTexas rangers Steve Bowie and "Lucky" Laidlaw are assigned, with "Harmony" Bumpus, to investigate possible enemy action in the territory of Alaska. With a short-wave radio, they head for the ranch of Kendall, a murdered Alaskan. Neighboring ranchers Matt Taylor and his daughter, Sheila, investigate men they believe to be tramps. The men ride off shooting, and the pursuing Taylor runs across the undercover rangers, now working for the United States government. Steve convinces Taylor he is the nephew of Kendall. The men on the Kendall ranch were Chris Larsen and his German henchmen. Larsen killed Kendall and, taking orders from an offshore German submarine, is attempting to put in a runway for enemy planes. Young Buddy Taylor, Sheila's kid brother, later sees men pouring cement on the Larsen ranch and is shot while trying to escape. Larsen plants the body on the Kendall ranch and Taylor accuses Steve and his friends of shooting the boy. Steve and his pals rally to expose the German construction and capture Larsen, his henchmen, and the German agent directing their activities.Cause this is one war in which every American has his chance to serve.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsCharles StarrettAdrienne DoreKenne DuncanFor showing cowardice during a holdup, bank teller Bob Hunter is fired. He joins the Mounties and is assigned to look for those robbers. To have him work undercover, the Inspector's scheme is to have Bob supposedly kicked out of the Mounties.You men have but one enemy, he is the lawbreaker.