Charles C. Coleman

When G-Men Step In (1938)

Having paid for the education and legal training of his younger brother, Bruce, with the idea that he would become a lawyer and join his business, Frederick Garth, a racketeer posing as an honest businessman, is dismayed when he learns that Bruce has become a G-Man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Don Terry  •  Julie Bishop  •  Robert Paige  •  Gene Morgan

Having paid for the education and legal training of his younger brother, Bruce, with the idea that he would become a lawyer and join his business, Frederick Garth, a racketeer posing as an honest businessman, is dismayed when he learns that Bruce has become a G-Man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Don Terry  •  Julie Bishop  •  Robert Paige  •  Gene Morgan

A Fight to the Finish (1937)

A feud between taxicab companies forms the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when the hero is double-crossed and framed for a murder by his rival with whom he was competing for the position of fleet superintendent in the city's biggest cab company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Don Terry  •  Rosalind Keith  •  Ward Bond  •  George McKay

A feud between taxicab companies forms the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when the hero is double-crossed and framed for a murder by his rival with whom he was competing for the position of fleet superintendent in the city's biggest cab company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Don Terry  •  Rosalind Keith  •  Ward Bond  •  George McKay

Criminals of the Air (1937)

Undercover agent Mark Owens is sent to aid the Border Patrol in the trans-border town of Hernandez in breaking up a well-organized band of smugglers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Rosalind Keith  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Charles Quigley  •  Patricia Farr

Undercover agent Mark Owens is sent to aid the Border Patrol in the trans-border town of Hernandez in breaking up a well-organized band of smugglers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Rosalind Keith  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Charles Quigley  •  Patricia Farr

Squadron of Honor (1938)

Squadron of Honor takes place during an American Legion convention, with newsreel shots of the genuine article interspersed among the reenacted scene. A murder is committed, and young legionnaire Blane (Don Terry) wants to find out who's responsible. The cops are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Don Terry  •  Mary Russell  •  Thurston Hall  •  Arthur Loft

Squadron of Honor takes place during an American Legion convention, with newsreel shots of the genuine article interspersed among the reenacted scene. A murder is committed, and young legionnaire Blane (Don Terry) wants to find out who's responsible. The cops are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Don Terry  •  Mary Russell  •  Thurston Hall  •  Arthur Loft

The Shadow (1937)

Mary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father's death. With the help of her publicist boyfriend Jim, the sell-out crowds are returning to the big top. Egotistical equestrian star Senor Martinet, however, holds $60,000 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Rita Hayworth  •  Charles Quigley  •  Marc Lawrence  •  Arthur Loft

Mary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father's death. With the help of her publicist boyfriend Jim, the sell-out crowds are returning to the big top. Egotistical equestrian star Senor Martinet, however, holds $60,000 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Rita Hayworth  •  Charles Quigley  •  Marc Lawrence  •  Arthur Loft

My Son Is a Criminal (1939)

Former police chief Tim Halloran Sr. (Willard Robertson) fully expects his son Tim Jr. (Alan Baxter) to follow in his footsteps, flat though they may be. Instead, the younger Halloran opts for the easy road of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Alan Baxter  •  Julie Bishop  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Willard Robertson

Former police chief Tim Halloran Sr. (Willard Robertson) fully expects his son Tim Jr. (Alan Baxter) to follow in his footsteps, flat though they may be. Instead, the younger Halloran opts for the easy road of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Alan Baxter  •  Julie Bishop  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Willard Robertson

Homicide Bureau (1939)

After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any suspect. Detective Jim Logan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Rita Hayworth  •  Bruce Cabot  •  Marc Lawrence  •  Richard Fiske

After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any suspect. Detective Jim Logan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Rita Hayworth  •  Bruce Cabot  •  Marc Lawrence  •  Richard Fiske

Outpost of the Mounties (1939)

In this adventure, a courageous Canadian Mountie must bring peace an embattled miner and an unscrupulous trader whose price mark-ups are beginning to hurt the community. They fight so frequently that when the avaricious proprietor is killed, the young man becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Charles Starrett  •  Iris Meredith  •  Stanley Brown  •  Kenneth MacDonald

In this adventure, a courageous Canadian Mountie must bring peace an embattled miner and an unscrupulous trader whose price mark-ups are beginning to hurt the community. They fight so frequently that when the avaricious proprietor is killed, the young man becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Charles Starrett  •  Iris Meredith  •  Stanley Brown  •  Kenneth MacDonald

Paid to Dance (1937)

Government undercover agents William Dennis and Joan Barclay are working to solve the disappearances of girls working as "taxi-dancers" from dance halls operated by Jack Miranda and his henchman Nifty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Rita Hayworth  •  Don Terry  •  Julie Bishop  •  Arthur Loft

Government undercover agents William Dennis and Joan Barclay are working to solve the disappearances of girls working as "taxi-dancers" from dance halls operated by Jack Miranda and his henchman Nifty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Rita Hayworth  •  Don Terry  •  Julie Bishop  •  Arthur Loft

Voice in the Night (1934)

Tim Dale is the son of the president of a big-city telephone company and quits his job following a dispute with his father over company policy. He takes up polo playing. Circumstances force him to give up his polo-playing and take on the job of helping a small-town ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Billie Seward  •  Joseph Crehan  •  Ward Bond

Tim Dale is the son of the president of a big-city telephone company and quits his job following a dispute with his father over company policy. He takes up polo playing. Circumstances force him to give up his polo-playing and take on the job of helping a small-town ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Billie Seward  •  Joseph Crehan  •  Ward Bond

Legion of Terror (1936)

Two newly-appointed postal inspectors, Frank Marshall and 'Slim" Hewitt, set out to track down the sender of a time-bomb to a U. S. Senator and, during their investigation, run across a hooded organization that is terrorizing an American city. They also meet Don ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Bruce Cabot  •  Marguerite Churchill  •  Crawford Weaver  •  Ward Bond

Two newly-appointed postal inspectors, Frank Marshall and 'Slim" Hewitt, set out to track down the sender of a time-bomb to a U. S. Senator and, during their investigation, run across a hooded organization that is terrorizing an American city. They also meet Don ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Bruce Cabot  •  Marguerite Churchill  •  Crawford Weaver  •  Ward Bond

Dodge City Trail (1936)

With the increasing popularity of Republic's sagebrush crooner Gene Autry, rival company Columbia found it necessary to add a musical element to this Charles Starrett Western released in early 1937. As Starrett himself was no singer, the studio hired Donald Grayson ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Charles Starrett  •  Donald Grayson  •  Marion Weldon  •  Russell Hicks

With the increasing popularity of Republic's sagebrush crooner Gene Autry, rival company Columbia found it necessary to add a musical element to this Charles Starrett Western released in early 1937. As Starrett himself was no singer, the studio hired Donald Grayson ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Charles Starrett  •  Donald Grayson  •  Marion Weldon  •  Russell Hicks

Parole Racket (1937)

Following a long investigation, Police Detective-Lieutenant Anthony "Tony" Roberts becomes convinced that there is some powerful unknown-master-mind leader behind the gangs of crooks who are terrorizing the city, and it has something to do with paroled convicts. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Paul Kelly  •  Rosalind Keith  •  Francis McDonald  •  John Graham Spacey

Following a long investigation, Police Detective-Lieutenant Anthony "Tony" Roberts becomes convinced that there is some powerful unknown-master-mind leader behind the gangs of crooks who are terrorizing the city, and it has something to do with paroled convicts. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Paul Kelly  •  Rosalind Keith  •  Francis McDonald  •  John Graham Spacey

Flight to Fame (1938)

An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Charles Farrell  •  Julie Bishop  •  Hugh Sothern  •  Alexander D'Arcy

An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Charles Farrell  •  Julie Bishop  •  Hugh Sothern  •  Alexander D'Arcy

Spoilers of the Range (1939)

Hero Jeff Strong (Starrett) comes to the rescue of a group of victimized ranchers. The villains are a gang of crooked gamblers, who demand a valuable dam as payment for a $50,000 debt. The ranchers hope to earn the money by getting their cattle to market on time, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Charles Starrett  •  Iris Meredith  •  Dick Curtis  •  Kenneth MacDonald

Hero Jeff Strong (Starrett) comes to the rescue of a group of victimized ranchers. The villains are a gang of crooked gamblers, who demand a valuable dam as payment for a $50,000 debt. The ranchers hope to earn the money by getting their cattle to market on time, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Charles Starrett  •  Iris Meredith  •  Dick Curtis  •  Kenneth MacDonald

Missing Daughters (1939)

The Missing Daughters of the title are innocent young girls who've been led astray by seedy dance-hall operator Lucky Rogers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Richard Arlen  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Marian Marsh  •  Isabel Jewell

The Missing Daughters of the title are innocent young girls who've been led astray by seedy dance-hall operator Lucky Rogers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Richard Arlen  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Marian Marsh  •  Isabel Jewell