Frank Wayne

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Mission to Moscow (1943)

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Walter Huston  •  Ann Harding  •  Oskar Homolka  •  George Tobias

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Walter Huston  •  Ann Harding  •  Oskar Homolka  •  George Tobias

Arson Squad (1945)

Tom Mitchell is an insurance investigator and Fire Capt. Joe Dugan is chief of the police department's arson troubleshooters. Tom and Joe team up to solve a particularly vicious series of deliberate fires. A man has been killed in one conflagration, so the villains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Frank Albertson  •  Robert Armstrong  •  Grace Albertson  •  Chester Clute

Tom Mitchell is an insurance investigator and Fire Capt. Joe Dugan is chief of the police department's arson troubleshooters. Tom and Joe team up to solve a particularly vicious series of deliberate fires. A man has been killed in one conflagration, so the villains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Frank Albertson  •  Robert Armstrong  •  Grace Albertson  •  Chester Clute

Six Shootin' Sheriff (1938)

Cowboy star Ken Maynard is Jim "Trigger" Morton, in town undercover while pursuing the man who framed him for robbery. But a well-placed shot tames a band of scofflaws and gains Morton the sheriff's badge. Now, he's riding on both sides of the law. The line is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry L. Fraser
CAST:  Ken Maynard  •  Marjorie Reynolds  •  Lafe McKee  •  Walter Long

Cowboy star Ken Maynard is Jim "Trigger" Morton, in town undercover while pursuing the man who framed him for robbery. But a well-placed shot tames a band of scofflaws and gains Morton the sheriff's badge. Now, he's riding on both sides of the law. The line is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry L. Fraser
CAST:  Ken Maynard  •  Marjorie Reynolds  •  Lafe McKee  •  Walter Long

The Man from Texas (1939)

Hall is after Dennison's land and hires the Shooting Kid to finish him off. The Marshal sends Tex to help Dennison, but the Kid has been helped by Tex in the past and changes sides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Herman
CAST:  Tex Ritter  •  Hal Price  •  Charles B. Wood  •  Vic Demourelle

Hall is after Dennison's land and hires the Shooting Kid to finish him off. The Marshal sends Tex to help Dennison, but the Kid has been helped by Tex in the past and changes sides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Herman
CAST:  Tex Ritter  •  Hal Price  •  Charles B. Wood  •  Vic Demourelle

Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)

Sir James Blake has retired from Scotland Yard so that he can assist his niece Hope and her friend Jerry in developing an apparatus they have invented. Sir James thinks that their invention has the potential to prevent wars, and plans to donate it to the League of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Hill
CAST:  Ralph Byrd  •  Joan Barclay  •  Lloyd Hughes  •  Dickie Jones

Sir James Blake has retired from Scotland Yard so that he can assist his niece Hope and her friend Jerry in developing an apparatus they have invented. Sir James thinks that their invention has the potential to prevent wars, and plans to donate it to the League of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Hill
CAST:  Ralph Byrd  •  Joan Barclay  •  Lloyd Hughes  •  Dickie Jones

Pacific Blackout (1941)

Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Martha O'Driscoll  •  Philip Merivale  •  Eva Gabor

Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Murphy
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Martha O'Driscoll  •  Philip Merivale  •  Eva Gabor

The Fighting Renegade (1939)

El Puma, a Mexican desert guide, escorts an archaeological expedition headed by Professor Lucius Lloyd through the Indian badlands of Mexico. Marian, the professor's niece accompanies the party as only she can translate the Aztec writings in the diary of her father ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Joyce Bryant  •  Ben Corbett  •  Ted Adams

El Puma, a Mexican desert guide, escorts an archaeological expedition headed by Professor Lucius Lloyd through the Indian badlands of Mexico. Marian, the professor's niece accompanies the party as only she can translate the Aztec writings in the diary of her father ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Joyce Bryant  •  Ben Corbett  •  Ted Adams

Outlaws' Paradise (1939)

Bill Carson assumes the identity of gang leader Trigger Mallory in order to fool his gang and his girlfriend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Joan Barclay  •  Ben Corbett  •  Ted Adams

Bill Carson assumes the identity of gang leader Trigger Mallory in order to fool his gang and his girlfriend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Joan Barclay  •  Ben Corbett  •  Ted Adams

Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938)

Lightning Carson's nephew has been falsely accused of murder. To get in with the gang, Lightning poses as a Mexican. He also appears as himself making his costume changes at his sister's ranch. Just as he about to bring in the gang, a henchman finds evidence of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Joan Barclay  •  Ted Adams  •  Bob Terry

Lightning Carson's nephew has been falsely accused of murder. To get in with the gang, Lightning poses as a Mexican. He also appears as himself making his costume changes at his sister's ranch. Just as he about to bring in the gang, a henchman finds evidence of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Joan Barclay  •  Ted Adams  •  Bob Terry

Six-Gun Trail (1938)

Chasing jewel thieves, Captain Carson and Magpie head for the border where Carson, posing as a Chinaman, opens a store that buys jewelry. To flush the thieves into the open, Carson wins all their money at poker. They agree to sell him the jewels but plan to kill ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Nora Lane  •  Ben Corbett  •  Stephen Chase

Chasing jewel thieves, Captain Carson and Magpie head for the border where Carson, posing as a Chinaman, opens a store that buys jewelry. To flush the thieves into the open, Carson wins all their money at poker. They agree to sell him the jewels but plan to kill ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Nora Lane  •  Ben Corbett  •  Stephen Chase

Code of the Cactus (1939)

A story of cattle rustling and double identities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Ben Corbett  •  Dorothy Short  •  Slim Whitaker

A story of cattle rustling and double identities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Newfield
CAST:  Tim McCoy  •  Ben Corbett  •  Dorothy Short  •  Slim Whitaker

Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945)

A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is passing them off as his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Jane Frazee  •  Stanley Brown  •  Harry Langdon  •  Minna Gombell

A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is passing them off as his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Jane Frazee  •  Stanley Brown  •  Harry Langdon  •  Minna Gombell

Destroyer (1943)

Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Glenn Ford  •  Marguerite Chapman  •  Edgar Buchanan

Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Glenn Ford  •  Marguerite Chapman  •  Edgar Buchanan

Sky Racket (1937)

A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes out of the sky.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Katzman
CAST:  Bruce Bennett  •  Joan Barclay  •  Monte Blue  •  Hattie McDaniel

A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes out of the sky.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Katzman
CAST:  Bruce Bennett  •  Joan Barclay  •  Monte Blue  •  Hattie McDaniel

Mandrake the Magician (1939)

Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Deming  •  Sam Nelson
CAST:  Warren Hull  •  Doris Weston  •  Al Kikume  •  Rex Downing

Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Deming  •  Sam Nelson
CAST:  Warren Hull  •  Doris Weston  •  Al Kikume  •  Rex Downing

King of the Royal Mounted (1940)

The Canadians have discovered a valuable substance called Compound X, which can cure infantile paralysis. When a country at war with Canada learns that Compound X also contains magnetic properties that could aid them in their warfare against the British, they send ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English  •  William Witney
CAST:  Allan Lane  •  Robert Strange  •  Robert Kellard  •  Lita Conway

The Canadians have discovered a valuable substance called Compound X, which can cure infantile paralysis. When a country at war with Canada learns that Compound X also contains magnetic properties that could aid them in their warfare against the British, they send ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English  •  William Witney
CAST:  Allan Lane  •  Robert Strange  •  Robert Kellard  •  Lita Conway

Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)

Escaped Prisoner 39013 impersonates the rich and influential Horace Granville, allowing him to create a variety of disasters. Fortunately, he is thwarted repeatedly by three daring circus daredevils.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English  •  William Witney
CAST:  Charles Middleton  •  Charles Quigley  •  Bruce Bennett  •  David Sharpe

Escaped Prisoner 39013 impersonates the rich and influential Horace Granville, allowing him to create a variety of disasters. Fortunately, he is thwarted repeatedly by three daring circus daredevils.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English  •  William Witney
CAST:  Charles Middleton  •  Charles Quigley  •  Bruce Bennett  •  David Sharpe

Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)

The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English  •  William Witney
CAST:  Henry Brandon  •  William Royle  •  Robert Kellard  •  Gloria Franklin

The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English  •  William Witney
CAST:  Henry Brandon  •  William Royle  •  Robert Kellard  •  Gloria Franklin

Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)

A 15 episode serial in which Blake battles the "Scorpion" over possession of a 'death ray' machine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert F. Hill
CAST:  Ralph Byrd  •  Herbert Rawlinson  •  Joan Barclay  •  Lloyd Hughes

A 15 episode serial in which Blake battles the "Scorpion" over possession of a 'death ray' machine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert F. Hill
CAST:  Ralph Byrd  •  Herbert Rawlinson  •  Joan Barclay  •  Lloyd Hughes

Million Dollar Racket (1937)

Millionaire Larry Duane is posing as his own chauffeur while touring the West and meets Molly Hennessey. They have a small romance until it is ended when her father strikes oil and moves his family east to satistify his wife's social aspirations. Larry also return ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert F. Hill
CAST:  Bruce Bennett  •  Joan Barclay  •  Bryant Washburn  •  Vane Calvert

Millionaire Larry Duane is posing as his own chauffeur while touring the West and meets Molly Hennessey. They have a small romance until it is ended when her father strikes oil and moves his family east to satistify his wife's social aspirations. Larry also return ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert F. Hill
CAST:  Bruce Bennett  •  Joan Barclay  •  Bryant Washburn  •  Vane Calvert
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