Spencer Gordon Bennet

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Spencer Gordon Bennet (January 5, 1893 – October 8, 1987) was an American film producer and director. Known as the "King of Serial Directors" he directed more film serials than any other director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Spencer Gordon Bennet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Last Frontier (1932)

A frontier newspaper editor Kirby battles outlaw Tiger Morris who is causing indian uprisings to drive away settlers so that he will can claim a gold deposit as his own. With the help of General Custer, right wins out. Presented in serial form in 12 episodes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet  •  Thomas Storey
CAST:  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Dorothy Gulliver  •  Francis X. Bushman Jr.  •  William Desmond

A frontier newspaper editor Kirby battles outlaw Tiger Morris who is causing indian uprisings to drive away settlers so that he will can claim a gold deposit as his own. With the help of General Custer, right wins out. Presented in serial form in 12 episodes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet  •  Thomas Storey
CAST:  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Dorothy Gulliver  •  Francis X. Bushman Jr.  •  William Desmond

The Masked Marvel (1943)

A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) endeavor to discover and thwart the loathsome saboteur Sakima.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  William Forrest  •  Tom Steele  •  Louise Currie  •  Johnny Arthur

A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) endeavor to discover and thwart the loathsome saboteur Sakima.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  William Forrest  •  Tom Steele  •  Louise Currie  •  Johnny Arthur

Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere (1951)

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

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet  •  Wallace Grissell
CAST:  Judd Holdren  •  George Eldredge  •  Gene Roth  •  Larry Stewart

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

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet  •  Wallace Grissell
CAST:  Judd Holdren  •  George Eldredge  •  Gene Roth  •  Larry Stewart

The Lost Planet (1953)

Dr. Ernst Grood , having already dominated the planet Ergro, now intends to take over the control of the Earth. Unfortunately for him, reporters oppose his sinister designs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Judd Holdren  •  Vivian Mason  •  Michael Fox  •  Forrest Taylor

Dr. Ernst Grood , having already dominated the planet Ergro, now intends to take over the control of the Earth. Unfortunately for him, reporters oppose his sinister designs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Judd Holdren  •  Vivian Mason  •  Michael Fox  •  Forrest Taylor

Western Courage (1935)

Wealthy Henry Hanley takes his family to a dude ranch. But his daughter Gloria's boyfriend Eric is waiting and he is after Hanley's money. Ken overhears Eric's plan and abducts Gloria to stop the elopement. The outlaw Lacrosse and his henchman then catch Ken ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Ken Maynard  •  Geneva Mitchell  •  Charles K. French  •  Betty Blythe

Wealthy Henry Hanley takes his family to a dude ranch. But his daughter Gloria's boyfriend Eric is waiting and he is after Hanley's money. Ken overhears Eric's plan and abducts Gloria to stop the elopement. The outlaw Lacrosse and his henchman then catch Ken ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Ken Maynard  •  Geneva Mitchell  •  Charles K. French  •  Betty Blythe

Calling Wild Bill Elliott (1943)

When territorial governor Steven Nichols (Herbert Heyes) terrorizes the population with violence and heavy taxes, the Culver family stands up to him, but after the family patriarch is murdered, wandering gunslinger Wild Bill Elliott (Wild Bill Elliott) is falsely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Anne Jeffreys  •  Herbert Heyes

When territorial governor Steven Nichols (Herbert Heyes) terrorizes the population with violence and heavy taxes, the Culver family stands up to him, but after the family patriarch is murdered, wandering gunslinger Wild Bill Elliott (Wild Bill Elliott) is falsely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Anne Jeffreys  •  Herbert Heyes

Lone Texas Ranger (1945)

"Iron Mike" Haines (Tom Chatterton), a crooked sheriff, and "Hands" Weber (Roy Barcroft), the town blacksmith, are in cahoots and have been robbing stages, silver mines, etc., and framing innocent ranchers and cowhands with their deeds. They set out to rob the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  Robert Blake  •  Alice Fleming  •  Tom Chatterton

"Iron Mike" Haines (Tom Chatterton), a crooked sheriff, and "Hands" Weber (Roy Barcroft), the town blacksmith, are in cahoots and have been robbing stages, silver mines, etc., and framing innocent ranchers and cowhands with their deeds. They set out to rob the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  Robert Blake  •  Alice Fleming  •  Tom Chatterton

Mojave Firebrand (1944)

In this western, a crusty old sourdough finally finds the silver mine of his dreams only to find his mine threatened by vicious outlaws. Fortunately, a cowboy hero rides up to save him, but not until considerable rootin' tootin' action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Anne Jeffreys  •  LeRoy Mason

In this western, a crusty old sourdough finally finds the silver mine of his dreams only to find his mine threatened by vicious outlaws. Fortunately, a cowboy hero rides up to save him, but not until considerable rootin' tootin' action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Anne Jeffreys  •  LeRoy Mason

Midnight Warning (1932)

Guests at a luxury hotel are horrified when they witness a man literally "disappear into thin air." The vanished man's relatives hire a detective, who goes to the hotel to investigate the disappearance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  William 'Stage' Boyd  •  Claudia Dell  •  Huntley Gordon  •  John Harron

Guests at a luxury hotel are horrified when they witness a man literally "disappear into thin air." The vanished man's relatives hire a detective, who goes to the hotel to investigate the disappearance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  William 'Stage' Boyd  •  Claudia Dell  •  Huntley Gordon  •  John Harron

Oklahoma Terror (1939)

Cartwright's racket is to sell a ranch and then have Mason and his men drive the ranchers away so he can resell it. If they want their money back he gives it to them and then has them killed. Jack arrives and learns that Mason and his men are the culprits but that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Jack Randall  •  Al St. John  •  Virginia Carroll  •  Don Rowan

Cartwright's racket is to sell a ranch and then have Mason and his men drive the ranchers away so he can resell it. If they want their money back he gives it to them and then has them killed. Jack arrives and learns that Mason and his men are the culprits but that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Jack Randall  •  Al St. John  •  Virginia Carroll  •  Don Rowan

Get That Man (1935)

Life gets complicated for a taxi driver when it's discovered that he's the spitting image of the murdered heir to a fortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Wallace Ford  •  Finis Barton  •  E. Alyn Warren  •  Leon Ames

Life gets complicated for a taxi driver when it's discovered that he's the spitting image of the murdered heir to a fortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Wallace Ford  •  Finis Barton  •  E. Alyn Warren  •  Leon Ames

Submarine Seahawk (1958)

For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japanese fighting ships the Allies have lost track of. At first, the rest of the crew resent his distant manner and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  John Bentley  •  Brett Halsey  •  Wayne Heffley  •  Steve Mitchell

For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japanese fighting ships the Allies have lost track of. At first, the rest of the crew resent his distant manner and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  John Bentley  •  Brett Halsey  •  Wayne Heffley  •  Steve Mitchell

Across the Plains (1939)

Two young brothers are separated when their wagon train is attacked and their parents killed. One brother Cherokee is raised by Indians and the other, the Kansas Kid, by the outlaw gang leader Buff. Twenty years later they unknowingly meet again when the Kid goes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Jack Randall  •  Frank Yaconelli  •  Joyce Bryant  •  Hal Price

Two young brothers are separated when their wagon train is attacked and their parents killed. One brother Cherokee is raised by Indians and the other, the Kansas Kid, by the outlaw gang leader Buff. Twenty years later they unknowingly meet again when the Kid goes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Jack Randall  •  Frank Yaconelli  •  Joyce Bryant  •  Hal Price

The Oil Raider (1934)

"Wildcatter" Dave Warren and his crew are trying to bring in a new oil well. Dave gives troublemaker Simmons a good thrashing and orders him off the site. In order to complete drilling Dave borrows $50,000 from investment banker J. T. Varley and also begins a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Buster Crabbe  •  Gloria Shea  •  George Irving  •  Max Wagner

"Wildcatter" Dave Warren and his crew are trying to bring in a new oil well. Dave gives troublemaker Simmons a good thrashing and orders him off the site. In order to complete drilling Dave borrows $50,000 from investment banker J. T. Varley and also begins a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Buster Crabbe  •  Gloria Shea  •  George Irving  •  Max Wagner

Beneath Western Skies (1944)

To combat the lawlessness in her town, school teacher Carrie Stokes writes to her former students in search of a lawman. Johnny Revere arrives and starts to clean up the town. But things go bad when he is hit on the head and loses his memory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Robert Livingston  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Effie Laird  •  Frank Jaquet

To combat the lawlessness in her town, school teacher Carrie Stokes writes to her former students in search of a lawman. Johnny Revere arrives and starts to clean up the town. But things go bad when he is hit on the head and loses his memory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Robert Livingston  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Effie Laird  •  Frank Jaquet

Young Eagles (1934)

Two Boy Scouts win an around-the-world trip with a crack aviator, and find themselves crash-landed in the South American jungles after the ace forgets to refuel in Ecuador.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet  •  Vin Moore  •  Edward Laurier
CAST:  Bobby Cox  •  Jim Vance  •  Carter Dixon  •  Iron Eyes Cody

Two Boy Scouts win an around-the-world trip with a crack aviator, and find themselves crash-landed in the South American jungles after the ace forgets to refuel in Ecuador.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet  •  Vin Moore  •  Edward Laurier
CAST:  Bobby Cox  •  Jim Vance  •  Carter Dixon  •  Iron Eyes Cody

Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930)

El Malo, notorious Mexican bandit, forces the Mayor of Sierra Blanca, Seth Landport, to open the safe and turn over to him 2,000 pesos, which the bandit gives a promissory note for to the Mayor. Seth rushes to the cantina where Sheriff Rankin is drinking, and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Myrna Loy  •  Walter Miller  •  Carmelita Geraghty  •  Gene Morgan

El Malo, notorious Mexican bandit, forces the Mayor of Sierra Blanca, Seth Landport, to open the safe and turn over to him 2,000 pesos, which the bandit gives a promissory note for to the Mayor. Seth rushes to the cantina where Sheriff Rankin is drinking, and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Myrna Loy  •  Walter Miller  •  Carmelita Geraghty  •  Gene Morgan

Arizona Bound (1941)

The Rough Riders are called in to help save Master's stage line. Taggart has his gang robbing the stages and shooting the drivers. When Buck drives the next stage, Taggart's men rob it and then make it look like Roberts is part of the gang. Written by Maurice Van Auken  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Buck Jones  •  Tim McCoy  •  Raymond Hatton  •  Luana Walters

The Rough Riders are called in to help save Master's stage line. Taggart has his gang robbing the stages and shooting the drivers. When Buck drives the next stage, Taggart's men rob it and then make it look like Roberts is part of the gang. Written by Maurice Van Auken  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Buck Jones  •  Tim McCoy  •  Raymond Hatton  •  Luana Walters

Canyon City (1943)

A mystery man, identifying himself as the outlaw Nevada Kid, and his comical sidekick, help the townspeople of Canyon City solve a series of murders, robberies, and threats to destroy their new power dam in the first days of electrification of the wild west.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Don Barry  •  Wally Vernon  •  Helen Talbot  •  Twinkle Watts

A mystery man, identifying himself as the outlaw Nevada Kid, and his comical sidekick, help the townspeople of Canyon City solve a series of murders, robberies, and threats to destroy their new power dam in the first days of electrification of the wild west.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Don Barry  •  Wally Vernon  •  Helen Talbot  •  Twinkle Watts

California Joe (1943)

During the Civil War, three American soldiers are sent, disguised as civilians, to California to gather evidence that Southern agents there are agitating for that state to join the Confederacy with the aid of California's governor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Don Barry  •  Wally Vernon  •  Helen Talbot  •  Twinkle Watts

During the Civil War, three American soldiers are sent, disguised as civilians, to California to gather evidence that Southern agents there are agitating for that state to join the Confederacy with the aid of California's governor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Don Barry  •  Wally Vernon  •  Helen Talbot  •  Twinkle Watts
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