Charles Starrett Movie Trailers

The Royal Mounted Patrol Trailer (1941)

13 November 1941

Western star Charles Starrett makes one of his periodic forays into the Great White North in Columbia's Royal Mounted Patrol.

The Fighting Buckaroo Trailer (1943)

01 February 1943

In this western, a lonesome cowpoke trots into a town and helps clear his pardner's name. The trouble began when the friend was framed by the leader of the Cattlemen's association who made it seem like he was a rustler.

Renegades of the Sage Trailer (1949)

24 November 1949

The plot finds Steve/Durango attempting to capture ex-Civil War guerilla fighter Miller who may be the man who's been going around knocking down telegraph wires.

This Man Is Mine Trailer (1934)

13 April 1934

The seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative, seductive former fiancee visits.

West of Sonora Trailer (1948)

25 March 1948

Western star Charles Starrett was amazing; he kept making the same film over and over, but always made it seem as if it was for the first time.

Bullets for Rustlers Trailer (1940)

05 March 1940

Steve Beaumont, an operative for the Cattleman's Protective Association, is assigned the difficult task of breaking up a murderous gang of rustlers led by Ed Brock and Strang.

Outlaws of the Prairie Trailer (1937)

01 December 1937

Charles Starrett plays two-fisted frontiersman Dart Collins in this slick Columbia "B" western. Collins wants to find out who's behind a series of gold-shipment robberies.

Six-Gun Law Trailer (1948)

09 January 1948

In this western, an entry in the "Durango Kid" series of westerns, a corrupt, prominent citizen owns a small western town.

West of Tombstone Trailer (1942)

15 January 1942

In this western, a community revives the legend of Billy the Kid after robbers attack a stage coach. The deputy marshal believes the Kid is dead and even goes to the cemetery to exhume his body.

A Shot in the Dark Trailer (1935)

31 January 1935

An amateur sleuth solves three murders at his son's New England college.

Phantom Valley Trailer (1948)

19 February 1948

The Durango Kid, along with assistance from sidekick Smiley Burnett, investigates a pair of murders that threaten to fuel a range war.

Two Gun Law Trailer (1937)

06 April 1937

Hero Bob Larson takes on an impressive triumvirate of villains.

The Hawk of Wild River Trailer (1952)

28 February 1952

Steve Martin is sent to Wild River to recover stolen gold and finds the town is being terrorized by The Hawk and his outlaw gang.

El Dorado Pass Trailer (1948)

13 October 1948

Charles Starrett returns as The Durango Kid in Columbia's El Dorado Pass. It all begins when Durango, in his everyday guise of Steve Clanton, is falsely accused of robbing a stagecoach.

Undercover Men Trailer (1934)

01 December 1934

For showing cowardice during a holdup, bank teller Bob Hunter is fired. He joins the Mounties and is assigned to look for those robbers.

Cyclone Fury Trailer (1951)

14 August 1951

A late entry in Columbia's seemingly endless Durango Kid Western series, Cyclone Fury was augmented with a hefty dose of stock footage from an earlier Durango effort, Galloping Thunder (1946), footage that included sidekick Smiley Burnette warbling "Hear the Wind (Singing a Cowboy Song)" accompanied by Merle Travis and his Bronco Busters.

West of Abilene Trailer (1940)

20 October 1940

Frontiersman Tom Garfield and his pals endeavor to save their land from the clutches of slimy easterner Forsyth.

Last Days of Boot Hill Trailer (1947)

20 November 1947

Treasury Department Steve Waring, and also, unknown to others, the Durango Kid, comes to Sunset Pass in search of $1000,000 in gold coins, stolen from the government by the late Forrest Brent.

Cattle Raiders Trailer (1938)

12 February 1938

Tom Reynolds returns to find he is wanted for murder, his gun having been found at the scene. Tom suspects Munro and stages a fight to get a bullet from Monro's gun which he then sees matches the murder bullet.

Streets of Ghost Town Trailer (1950)

03 August 1950

The Durango Kid and his sidekick look for stolen gold with a history.

Blazing Six Shooters Trailer (1940)

10 April 1940

The story revolves around a valuable silver deposit, located between two ranches. Villain Lash Bender cooks up a scheme to gain control of both ranches so that he may have a clear field to the silver lode.

Outcasts of Black Mesa Trailer (1950)

13 April 1950

Our Hero is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Once again, he breaks jail to find the real culprits.

Bonanza Town Trailer (1951)

26 July 1951

Using marked bills, Steve is looking for the supposedly dead Henry Hardison. Coming to Bonanza Town he gets a job with the town boss Crag Bozeman and gets paid with marked bills.

What Price Crime Trailer (1935)

27 May 1935

Thieves break into a warehouse that stores guns, steal them and kill the night watchman. An undercover agent assigned to the case happens to get into a traffic accident with the sister of the man the police suspect is head of the burglary ring, and in order to work his way into the gang, he romances the boss' sister.

Fort Savage Raiders Trailer (1951)

14 March 1951

Fort Savage Raiders is another entry in Charles Starrett's "Durango Kid" western series. Starrett once again does double duty as a peacekeeper named Steve (this time his last name is Drake) and as masked avenger Durango.

The Kid from Broken Gun Trailer (1952)

19 August 1952

Charles Starrett makes his final appearance as The Durango Kid, this time as Steve Reynolds, a postal inspector who has gone underground to catch the bad guys.

Prairie Roundup Trailer (1951)

15 January 1951

In Prairie Roundup, Fred F. Sears' direction brings a welcome jolt of vitality to Columbia's aging "Durango Kid" western series.

Gentlemen Are Born Trailer (1934)

17 November 1934

A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn that the piece of paper the diploma is written on is worth about eighteen-dollars-a-week in the job-market.

Snake River Desperadoes Trailer (1951)

30 May 1951

Starrett tries to prevent a range war between settlers and the Native Americans. Blue and his fellow scoundrels think they can profit from the bloodshed,but the Durango Kid along with a couple of precocious youngsters put an end to Blue's terrorism.

Texas Dynamo Trailer (1950)

01 June 1950

Charles Starrett plays The Durango Kid in the 1950 Columbia western Texas Dynamo. As a novelty, Starrett not only plays Durango and his "alter ego" Steve Drake, but also takes on a third identity, that of a hired gun in the employ of the film's bad guys.

Frontier Gunlaw Trailer (1946)

31 January 1946

Jim Stewart comes to Mesa City and buys a ranch from publisher Matt Edwards, who is confined to a wheelchair.

Damaged Love Trailer (1931)

24 January 1931

Determined to land Jim as her husband, footloose Nita contrives to get herself pregnant by him. This film is lost.

Gunning for Vengeance Trailer (1946)

21 March 1946

Steve Landry arrives as the new Marshal of a town that is having trouble with outlaws. When an outlaw escapes over the State line out of his jurisdiction, the Durango Kid brings him in.

Laramie Trailer (1949)

19 May 1949

A major Indian uprising is expected and Wyoming military posts are alerted. Colonel Dennison is meeting with Chief Eagle and his son Running Wolf when Chief Eagle is mysteriously shot.

Horsemen of the Sierras Trailer (1949)

22 November 1949

When Robin Grant inherits a valuable range, certain evil interests try their best to kill off Robin and claim the land for themselves.

Buckaroo from Powder River Trailer (1947)

13 October 1947

Steve arrives looking for the person printing counterfeit bonds. He finds his man in Pop Ryland who has two sons and a stepson.

Junction City Trailer (1952)

12 July 1952

Durango, aka Steve Rollins rides into town with saddle pal Smiley Burnette. The boys go to the rescue of pretty Kathleen Case, who is being victimized by greedy relatives.

Law of the Canyon Trailer (1947)

23 April 1947

Freight wagons are being stolen and ransomed back to their owners. Government agent Steve Langtry (and his alter ego the Durango Kid) is sent break up the Hood Gang that's behind the robberies.

Quick on the Trigger Trailer (1948)

02 December 1948

Quick on the Trigger was Charles Starrett's second "Durango Kid" picture for 1949. It all begins when ousted sheriff Steve Warren (Starrett) is put on trial for the murder of heroine Nora Reed's (Helen Parrish) brother.

The Man from Sundown Trailer (1939)

14 July 1939

The hero, Texas Ranger Larry Whalen (Charles Starrett), is on the trail of a mysterious outlaw leader.

Two-Fisted Stranger Trailer (1946)

30 May 1946

Arriving to become the new Deputy, Steve Gordon takes over as Sheriff instead when he finds the Sheriff has been killed.

Call It Luck Trailer (1934)

09 July 1934

A London taxicab driver cashes in on a big sweepstakes ticket and becomes the prey of a confidence-gang that sells him a nag of a cavalry horse on the claim that it is a brother to a current Derby winner.

The Stranger From Ponca City Trailer (1947)

03 July 1947

A saddle-weary Steve Larkin, also the Duranko Kid, rides into Red Mound, a town filled with cattle rustlers.

The Lone Hand Texan Trailer (1947)

06 March 1947

Steve Driscoll arrives to help a friend who is trying to bring in an oil well. He finds that the well has been blown up and the workers have quit.

Silence Trailer (1931)

29 August 1931

A gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain beginning twenty years earlier when he was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.

The Cowboy Star Trailer (1936)

20 November 1936

Tired of being a cowboy movie star, Yorke quits the movies and buys a ranch so he can be a real cowboy.

Blazing Across the Pecos Trailer (1948)

01 July 1948

This time the Durango Kid confronts an expert gambler.

Down Rio Grande Way Trailer (1942)

23 April 1942

Slightly more elaborate than most Charles Starrett westerns, Down Rio Grande Way is set in the mid-19th century, when the Republic of Texas was poised to join the Union.

Pardon My Gun Trailer (1942)

01 December 1942

In this western, a rancher is ambushed, killed, and robbed, but for some reason the killers through his money pouch in the bushes without opening it.

Smoky Canyon Trailer (1952)

31 January 1952

Mahoney is a sheep man who's framed for the murder of a rancher. It's all part of a scheme by a dishonest cattleman who hopes to extenuate a range war for his own profit.

Thunder Over the Prairie Trailer (1941)

29 July 1941

An evil land baron uses the local Indians as laborers and then finds legal methods to cheat them of their pay.

The Royal Family of Broadway Trailer (1930)

22 December 1930

Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting.

Saddle Leather Law Trailer (1944)

21 December 1944

A posse, hunting the assailant of Denton's Partner, captures Steve Carlisle (Charles Starrett), who identifies himself as a mineralogist sent to check the area for quartz for radio parts.

One New York Night Trailer (1935)

08 March 1935

Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room next to his.

The Quarterback Trailer (1926)

11 October 1926

Elmer Stone, quarterback of the 1899 Colton College football team vows to remain a student until Colton beats its biggest rival, State University.

North of the Yukon Trailer (1939)

29 March 1939

In this North western, a brave Canadian Mountie pursuing a gang of fur thieves finds himself drummed out of the RCMP and forced to run a gauntlet of Mountie whips.

Heading West Trailer (1946)

14 August 1946

Dakota Indian Agent Steve Reynolds receives a copy of the Bonanza City Nuggett from Jim Mallory and reads a story blaming the Durango Kid for recent gold mine raids.

The Mask of Fu Manchu Trailer (1932)

04 November 1932

The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.

South of the Chisholm Trail Trailer (1947)

30 January 1947

When the ranchers of Bearcat are plagued by rustlers, Big Jim Grady offers to buy their herds from them at low-ball prices.

Roaring Rangers Trailer (1946)

14 February 1946

When Sheriff Jeff Connor of Powder River cannot stop the crime wave, his young son, Larry, writes to the Durango Kid for aid.