Ron Ormond

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Ron Ormond

Born August 29, 1910 · Baldwin, Louisiana, USA

Died May 11, 1981 · aged 70

Ron Ormond (August 29, 1910 – May 11, 1981) was an American author, showman, screenwriter, film producer, and film director of Western, musical, and exploitation films. Following his survival of a 1968 plane crash, Ormond began making Christian films.

Known For

Hostile CountryHostile Country · 1950
Hostile Country
4.31950
MovieWestern
In this remake of No Man's Range (1935), Shamrock travels to the ranch of his stepfather who he has never met and finds himself caught in the middle of a range war.
RingsideRingside · 1949
Ringside
5.01949
MovieDrama
Joe O'Hara finds out he has a damaged optic nerve just before a boxing match for the title. He needs the money badly, so he doesn't delay the fight. The opponent discovers Joe's weakness and pounds on his eyes, causing him to go blind.
39 Stripes39 Stripes · 1979
39 Stripes
5.01979
MovieDrama
Former chain gang convict Ed Martin converts to Christianity in prison in 1944 and forms the HopeAglow Prison Ministries.
Untamed MistressUntamed Mistress · 1951
Untamed Mistress
5.01951
MovieAdventureDrama
Two men search the jungle for a woman who has been captured by a tribe of murderous gorillas. When they finally find her, they must fight off attacks by the gorillas, who are determined to keep her.
Shep Comes HomeShep Comes Home · 1948
Shep Comes Home
6.51948
MovieActionAdventure
Little Larry Havens, whose father died in WWII, runs away from home to keep from being separated from "Shep," his father's dog. In Arizona, he is befriended by a kindly Mexican, Manuel Ortiz, who he is able to repay in time, with the aid of Sheriff "Cap" Weatherby, when Ortiz is suspected of crimes committed by local gangsters. "Shep" is instrumental in saving Ortiz from a lynching, and Larry, "Shep" and Ortiz all find a home with a couple they have befriended.
Mesa of Lost WomenMesa of Lost Women · 1953
Mesa of Lost Women
2.51953
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in Zarpa Mesa to create a race of superwomen by injecting spiders with human pituitary growth hormones. Women develop miraculous regenerative powers, but men mutate into disfigured dwarves. Spiders grow to human size and intelligence.
The Vanishing OutpostThe Vanishing Outpost · 1951
The Vanishing Outpost
7.01951
MovieWestern
Walker is an undercover Pinkerton Agent and gets Lash and Fuzzy involved in cleaning up the Taggert. A mash up of old Lash films and other movies and released as an original film.
The Dalton GangThe Dalton Gang · 1949
The Dalton Gang
5.31949
MovieWestern
Deputy Marshall Larry West goes undercover to find out who has been terrorizing the territory, Navajos or the Dalton Gang.

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