The Range Busters

The Range Busters

Range Busters...blasting a lawless ranch refuge...!

1940 · 56 min · ★ 5.8 · Western

A phantom-like gunman is murdering the hands at the Circle T Ranch and the Range Busters are recruited by its owner to stop the "phantom". Only, the ranch owner is killed before they can arrive. First film in the Range Buster series.

Directed by S. Roy Luby · Written by John Rathmell

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Trailing Double TroubleTrailing Double Trouble · 1940
Trailing Double Trouble
7.51940
MovieWesternComedy
When Moreland's henchman attack Bob Horner the Range Busters break it up. Horner dies but they get the baby Moreland was after. He must have it to become it's guardian and take control of the Horner ranch. When the henchmen catch up with Alibi, they take the baby cradle not realizing Alibi has substituted his dummy Elmer. Crash having evidence Moreland is the one they want, now has a plan to expose him.
West of Pinto BasinWest of Pinto Basin · 1940
West of Pinto Basin
5.31940
MovieWestern
The Range Busters head for Pinto Basin where a series of stage robberies have occurred. To try and find the gang's boss, Crash sends out a empty money box. The plan backfires when the boss has the Range Busters identified as the robbers. Thinking it is now safe, the bank sends out a big money shipment. Needing to rob the stage, the boss gets the boys out of jail so they can be blamed. But this is just the chance they need to catch the robbers.
The Kid's Last RideThe Kid's Last Ride · 1941
The Kid's Last Ride
4.81941
MovieWestern
The fifth film in the 24-film Range Busters series finds "Crash", "Dusty" and Alibi, on their way to Gopher City to become the town's peace officers. In the saloon, young Jimmy Rowell is losing money in a crooked poker game to saloon owner Bob Harmon. Harmon and his henchman Bart Gill are in reality wanted-outlaw brothers Jim and Ike Breedon seeking revenge against Jimmy and his school-teaching sister Sally as their father, a circuit judge in Nebraska, had sentenced their brother Bud to be hanged. Harmon involves Jimmy, because of his gambling debts, in a robbery of a rancher known to keep large amounts of money at his ranch. The Range Busters break up the robbery, Bart is killed, as is Rancher Fleming, and Jimmy is wounded but escapes. Harmon, setting a trap for Crash, tricks Sally and Jimmy to his hideout, and Crash follows them.
Wrangler's RoostWrangler's Roost · 1941
Wrangler's Roost
7.01941
MovieWestern
The notorious outlaw Black Bart has reappeared and the Range Busters are sent to investigate. When they find that Black Bart is now a respectable citizen and that someone is impersonating him, they set a trap for the robber.
Fugitive ValleyFugitive Valley · 1941
Fugitive Valley
6.01941
MovieWestern
The Range Busters have a plan to get into the outlaw's hideout in Fugitive Valley.
Saddle Mountain RoundupSaddle Mountain Roundup · 1941
Saddle Mountain Roundup
6.31941
MovieWestern
Someone wants to kill Magpie Harper. Crash and Dusty arrive too late, Magpie Harper is allready dead.
The Trail of the Silver SpursThe Trail of the Silver Spurs · 1941
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
6.01941
MovieWestern
The Range Busters are investigating a gold robbery from the Denver Mint in a supposedly deserted ghost town, but they soon find they're not the only town resident with a nose for gold.
Tumbledown Ranch In ArizonaTumbledown Ranch In Arizona · 1941
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10.01941
MovieWestern
Rodeo contestants Johnny King and Corrigan meet, their fathers having been members of the Range Busters. When Johnny is knocked unconscious, time reverts to their father's era and the Range Busters are soon involved in the scheme to get Railroad right-of-way across Mother Slocum's ranch. When she is tricked into signing a release, the Range Busters find their job more difficult as the Sheriff is in with the crooks.
Tonto Basin OutlawsTonto Basin Outlaws · 1941
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10.01941
MovieWestern
Number 10 in Monogram's series of 24 "Range Busters" westerns, Crash Corrigan, Dusty King and Alibi Terhune, the Range Busters,enlist in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, but are mustered out and sent to Wyoming to clean up a cattle-rustling situation that is affecting the Army's meat supply. Arriving in North Butte, Crash's home town, they all get separate jobs. Jane Blanchard, a reporter from the Denver Daily, also arrives in town in search of a story, and is posing as a waitress. They learn that Jeff Miller is behind the huge combine of rustlers, but Miller also learns that they are the Range Busters and are on his trail. He and his henchmen engage the out-numbered Crash and Alibi in a fight, but Dusty stampedes a large herd of Miller's stolen cattle into the midst of the fray.
Underground RustlersUnderground Rustlers · 1941
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MovieWestern
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Thunder River FeudThunder River Feud · 1942
Thunder River Feud
6.01942
MovieWestern
Attracted by a picture of Maybelle Pembroke, the Range Busters, bantering between themselves, head for the Pembroke ranch separetely. Crash arrives posing as a dude while Dusty arrives posing as Crash, a mixup having put his picture in the paper identified as Crash. Later Alibi arrives and the three go to work when outlaws trick the Pembroke ranch and it's neighbor into a gunfight with each other.
Trail RidersTrail Riders · 1942
Trail Riders
8.01942
MovieWesternAction
In the 18th entry of Monogram's 24 "Range Buster" films, the bank of Gila Springs is robbed by Ace Alton and his gang, and Sheriff Frank Hammond, son of Marshal Jim Hammond, is killed. The Marshal sends for the Range Busters, Dusty King, Davy Sharpe and Alibi Terhune, to come and restore order to the town. Ed Cole, head of the local vigilantes, and secretly the head of the outlaws, promptly orders the trio out of town. They visit an old friend, Rancher Mike Rand and his daughter Mary. Mary's brother Jeff has unwittingly become a gang member, and carries out Cole's orders by taking a shot at Davy, but the latter makes him a prisoner during a subsequent fight in the town café. Jeff confesses to Cole's involvement, and the Range Busters, with the help of town banker Harrison, set a trap for Cole and his outlaw vigilantes.
Rock River RenegadesRock River Renegades · 1942
Rock River Renegades
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In Old Wyoming, a gang is plundering stagecoaches of shipped currency and a crusading newspaper editor is trying to get the local marshal replaced, because of his apparent failure to catch the gang, which seems to disappear into thin air after every robbery. The situation escalates when one of the stage drivers is mortally wounded; so the marshal sends for his friends, the Range Busters, to help him catch the criminals. Meanwhile, even the marshal's fiancee, the editor's daughter, turns against him in favor of an aggressive agitator for law and order - who secretly is leading the robber gang.
Boot Hill BanditsBoot Hill Bandits · 1942
Boot Hill Bandits
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MovieWestern
Bolton's men blow up the wagon carrying the mine payroll and Marshal Crash Corrigan is supposedly killed in the explosion. A man finds his badge and gives it to Bolton. Thinking Crash dead, Bolton gives the badge away and it ends up with the Sheriff. Crash is OK and the Range Busters know Bolton is the head of the gang but that he gets his orders from someone else and that is the man they want.
Texas Trouble ShootersTexas Trouble Shooters · 1942
Texas Trouble Shooters
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MovieWestern
The Range Busters are together again to try and stop a swindle.
Arizona Stage CoachArizona Stage Coach · 1942
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In the midst of some friendly horseplay on their "Flying R" ranch, the Range Busters, Crash Corrigan, Dusty King and Alibi Terhune, are sobered by the arrival of a buckboard bearing their old friend Larry Meadows and his niece Dorrie Willard. Meadows seeks their aid against a gang of outlaws terrorizing his town. Ernie Willard, Dorrie's brother, has been taken in by Tex Laughlin who is using the Willard ranch as an undercover for his real occupation as a member of a gang of outlaws led by Tim Douglas, a supposed friend of the Willards.
Texas to BataanTexas to Bataan · 1942
Texas to Bataan
5.71942
MovieWestern
As war looms in the Pacific, even cowboys are called on to fight the enemy. Horses are desperately needed by U.S forces stationed in the Philippines, and the Range Busters - Crash Corrigan, Alibi Terhune, and their newest partner, Davy Sharpe - are hired to accompany a herd to the islands. But first they must battle Axis spies right in Texas, as they foil a plot to steal the very horses destined for shipment.
Haunted RanchHaunted Ranch · 1943
Haunted Ranch
8.01943
MovieMysteryWestern
Both the Range Buster and Rance and his outlaw gang are looking for stolen gold bullion. To scare people away from the ranch where the gold is hidden, Rance has his man imitating ghosts. The gold is in a steel cased organ but a certain combination of organ stops need to be pulled to obtain the gold.
Two Fisted JusticeTwo Fisted Justice · 1943
Two Fisted Justice
7.01943
MovieWestern
Wells Fargo hires three cowboys to clean up a lawless town.
Land of Hunted MenLand of Hunted Men · 1943
Land of Hunted Men
9.01943
MovieWestern
When a gang of outlaws led by Faro Wilson starts swiping payrolls and terrorizing the residents of a small Western town, courageous Range Busters Crash, Denny and Alibi gallop onto the scene to set things straight.
Cowboy CommandosCowboy Commandos · 1943
Cowboy Commandos
9.01943
MovieWestern
The Range Busters investigate sabotage at a mining community and uncover a gang of Nazi spies.
Black Market RustlersBlack Market Rustlers · 1943
Black Market Rustlers
10.01943
MovieWestern
In this WW II film meant to discourage the purchase of black market beef, the Range Busters are called on to fight cattle rustlers. This time they're up against a gang that strikes fast by hauling the beef away in trucks.
Bullets and SaddlesBullets and Saddles · 1943
Bullets and Saddles
6.31943
MovieWestern
Hammond is after the Craig ranch and has framed Charlie Craig for murder. Mother Craig brings in the Range Busters. They capture one of Hammond's men and Alibi plans to trick him into a confession as to who the real murderer is. Meanwhile, Denny has overheard Hammond's plans for his next move and he and Crash set out to round up the gang.

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10.01935
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Reb Russell (Reb Russell), undercover agent for the Cattleman's Protective Association, goes into the stronghold hideout of rustler chief Bull Thompson (Fred Kohler) posing as an outlaw. He falls in love with Marion, Bull's step-daughter. Juan (Dick Botiller), a gang member once jailed by Reb, reveals Reb's true identity, but he will be given his and Marion's freedom to leavy the valley if he can beat Thompson in a fight. He does, but Butch Greer (Jack Rockwell), a gang member trying to take over from Thompson leads the gang after the pair, after first revealing to Thompson that Reb is Thompson's own son, whom he last saw as a baby when Thompson, then known as Big Bill Russell,was forced to flee the law. Thompson and loyal gang member Blackie (Edmund Cobb), who was once helped by Reb, go after the gang in an effort to help Reb and Marion escape.
Black Market RustlersBlack Market Rustlers · 1943
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In this WW II film meant to discourage the purchase of black market beef, the Range Busters are called on to fight cattle rustlers. This time they're up against a gang that strikes fast by hauling the beef away in trucks.
Reaching from HeavenReaching from Heaven · 1948
Reaching from Heaven
8.01948
MovieRomanceDrama
Just as church services are letting out, a shabbily-dressed stranger is run over by an automobile in front of the church. The stranger is helped mentally and physically by the minister and congregation members, who help him regain his self-confidence and also to accept the death of his wife as she was about to embark from Europe, as a displaced person, to join him in America.
Desert PhantomDesert Phantom · 1936
Desert Phantom
8.01936
MovieWestern
Billy Donovan arrives looking for his sister's killer. When he hires on at the Halloran ranch where the mysterious Phantom has killed all the hands, it's not long before the Phantom shoots him.
Texas Trouble ShootersTexas Trouble Shooters · 1942
Texas Trouble Shooters
7.71942
MovieWestern
The Range Busters are together again to try and stop a swindle.
The Sickle or the CrossThe Sickle or the Cross · 1949
The Sickle or the Cross
7.01949
MovieDramaWar
Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty years to take up the fight against Communism. The Reds imprison him and send in his place a spy who is his double, but who is instructed to come out for Communism. The spy is accepted in Burnside's home town, and he reports to local Communist headquarters, where James John, prominent local businessman but in reality a Red agent, has instructions to assist him in all details of his mission. He does a series of personal appearances and radio interviews and talk shows, using an anti-Communist approach.
GoldGold · 1932
Gold
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MovieWestern
A cowboy turned gold miner fights a gang that buys miner's claims and then murders them.
Feud of the RangeFeud of the Range · 1939
Feud of the Range
6.71939
MovieActionAdventure
In an attempt to drive out settlers of the Los Trancos valley, through which the railroad proposes to run a line, railroad representative Clyde Barton conspires with Dirk to cause a range war between the two largest ranchers, Tom Gray and Harvey Allen.
Underground RustlersUnderground Rustlers · 1941
Underground Rustlers
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MovieWestern
Gold stages are being held up in the far west at a time when the U.S. government needs bullion, just before the famed "Black Friday" attempt to corner the gold market.
Race SuicideRace Suicide · 1938
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6.51938
MovieDrama
A District Attorney decides to go after a doctor who is targeting young women and talking them into having illegal abortions.
Tough to HandleTough to Handle · 1937
Tough to Handle
6.31937
MovieCrime
A young reporter's grandfather wins a sweepstakes, but it turns out that his ticket is phony. The reporter finds out that the police are looking for the criminal ring responsible for the phony-sweepstakes racket, so he and his young brother set out to track down the gang responsible and expose them.
Saddle Mountain RoundupSaddle Mountain Roundup · 1941
Saddle Mountain Roundup
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Someone wants to kill Magpie Harper. Crash and Dusty arrive too late, Magpie Harper is allready dead.
Between MenBetween Men · 1935
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6.31935
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When his young son is shot, John Wellington kills the culprit and flees. But his son Johnny recovers and is raised by Sir George. Some twenty years later Johnny sets out to find Sir George's missing granddaughter.
The Trail of the Silver SpursThe Trail of the Silver Spurs · 1941
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The Range Busters are investigating a gold robbery from the Denver Mint in a supposedly deserted ghost town, but they soon find they're not the only town resident with a nose for gold.
Kid CourageousKid Courageous · 1935
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6.01935
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Bulldog CourageBulldog Courage · 1935
Bulldog Courage
6.01935
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A miner who was swindled out of his mine by a banker turns to robbing stagecoaches. Several years after he is tracked down and killed, his son comes to town to tangle with the banker.

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