Howard Bretherton

Howard Bretherton Trailers

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Howard Bretherton (13 February 1890, in Tacoma, Washington – 12 April 1969, in San Diego, California) was an American film director, film editor, and the father of film editor David Bretherton.

Most Popular Howard Bretherton Trailers

Total trailers found: 123

The Famous Ferguson Case Trailer (1932)

19 April 1932

A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed.

Sky Patrol Trailer (1939)

11 September 1939

"Tailspin Tommy" Tompkins and "Skeeter" Milligan are training young U. S. Army fliers for the newly-formed 'Sky Patrol,'a branch of the Army Reserves which operates along the borders and coast-lines, on the lookout for smugglers.

Hidden Enemy Trailer (1940)

20 January 1940

Reporter vs. German spies and their new metal.

Bar 20 Rides Again Trailer (1935)

06 December 1935

Cattle rustler Nevada dreams of living like an emperor in the West. Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys aim to put an end to his dream.

Riders of the West Trailer (1942)

21 August 1942

Ma Turner of Red Bluff sends for U.S.Marshal Buck Roberts to investigate a series of wide-spread rustling in the area.

Law of the Valley Trailer (1944)

04 November 1944

Dan Stanton and Condon are foreclosing on a group of ranchers in order to gain a land-monopoly. They have one of the ranchers, whose property supplies the others with water, killed.

Identity Unknown Trailer (1945)

02 April 1945

A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he discovers he has amnesia, and since his companions' bodies were burned beyond recognition, the army doesn't know which one of the four he is.

County Fair Trailer (1937)

24 November 1937

Racetrack drama about a young jockey accused of drugging his horse.

Outlaws of Santa Fe Trailer (1944)

04 April 1944

After bank robber Bob Hackett (Don "Red" Barry) learns that his real father was a marshal, he reforms and travels with his pal Buckshot (Wally Vernon) to Santa Fe, where his father was killed.

You're Out of Luck Trailer (1941)

20 January 1941

An elevator operator and a janitor team up to solve two murders that may be connected to an illegal gambling operation.

Ridin' Down the Trail Trailer (1947)

03 October 1947

Jimmy finds a dying Ranger Braden who asks him to give his money belt to his sister. When he rides into town he finds another man claiming to be Ranger Braden.

Bordertown Gun Fighters Trailer (1943)

08 July 1943

Cameo Shelby is running a crooked lottery out of El Paso and treasury agent Bill Elliott has been sent to break it up.

Wanted by the Police Trailer (1938)

21 September 1938

A young man, Danny, decides to get a job in order to support his mother. He's hired to work in a garage, but soon finds himself being implicated in a stolen-car racket.

Call of the Prairie Trailer (1936)

06 March 1936

Hoppy returns to find Johnny in trouble. Buck Peters has been shot by Porter who made it look like Johnny did it.

Riders of the Badlands Trailer (1941)

18 December 1941

Officially a Charles Starrett western, Riders of the Badlands divides its running time fairly evenly between Starrett and second-billed Russell Hayden.

Undercover Agent Trailer (1939)

19 April 1939

A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.

Footloose Widows Trailer (1926)

19 June 1926

Department-store models Flo and Marian set their sights on wealthy young soft-drink magnate J. A. Smith.

The Chorus Kid Trailer (1928)

09 April 1928

Having been in show biz since infancy, Broadway chorus girl Beatrice regrets her lack of formal education, so when she unexpectedly falls heir to a huge sum of money, Beatrice decides to make up for lost time.

The Redeeming Sin Trailer (1929)

16 February 1929

The Redeeming Sin (1929) is a crime drama part-talking silent film with Vitaphone music and sound effects.

Dawn on the Great Divide Trailer (1942)

18 December 1942

Buck Roberts is leading a wagon train of railroad supplies and Jim Corkle and his henchman Loder are out to stop them by using white men dressed as Indians for the attacks.

Ghost Town Law Trailer (1942)

27 March 1942

When two of their Marshal friends are killed, the Rough Riders are sent to investigate. They have to find the killers in a ghost town where the houses and an old mine are interconnected by secret passages and tunnels.

The Bush Leaguer Trailer (1927)

20 August 1927

"Specs" White owns a garage in town and is the local baseball team's #1 pitcher--but he's more interested in working on his latest invention, a new and improved gas pump, than pitching on the team.

Carson City Cyclone Trailer (1943)

03 March 1943

When the night watchman at the bank is gunned down during a robbery, he fingers Barton as the trigger man.

Chasing Trouble Trailer (1940)

30 January 1940

A delivery boy for a flower shop, who thinks of himself as an amateur detective, finds out that his boss is mixed up with a foreign espionage ring.

Triggerman Trailer (1948)

19 June 1948

Johnny Mack (Johnny Mack Brown ) is hired by Lois Benton (Virginia Carroll) as a hand on her ranch, formerly run by Daley, who is in jail on a payroll theft charge.

Boys' Reformatory Trailer (1939)

01 May 1939

A tough street kid takes the rap for a burglary committed by the son of his foster family and is sent to a boys reformatory, where the inmates are under the thumb of corrupt guards and a brutal prison doctor.

Star Reporter Trailer (1939)

22 February 1939

An idealistic young newspaper reporter crusades against organized crime.

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.

The Girl from Mandalay Trailer (1936)

19 April 1936

John Foster and Kenneth Grainger are a couple of Englishmen stationed at a teak wood post. When Foster's fiancée, Mary Trevor, writes him that their engagement is off, he goes off to Mandalay.

Western Gold Trailer (1937)

27 August 1937

President Lincoln personally sends Bill Gibson west to see if he can stop the holdups of the needed shipments of gold.

Secret Valley Trailer (1937)

15 January 1937

Rancher entertains girl in Nevada to get a divorce. Then her gangster husband shows up.

Irish Luck Trailer (1939)

22 August 1939

A spunky young bellhop investigates the murder of a hotel guest.

Hidden Valley Outlaws Trailer (1944)

01 April 1944

Lawyer Leland is using land rights to kick the ranchers off their land. When Wild Bill and Gabby arrive to help the ranchers, he has actor Percel frame them for murder and then incites the townsmen to lynch them.

Crooner Trailer (1932)

20 August 1932

Fame goes to a priggish singer's head and almost costs him his girlfriend.

On the Spot Trailer (1940)

11 June 1940

Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence.

The Girl Who Dared Trailer (1944)

05 August 1944

A group of people are invited to a party at a creepy mansion where legend has it a ghost appears once a year.

Up in the Air Trailer (1940)

09 September 1940

A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio.

Below the Border Trailer (1942)

30 January 1942

Scully has forced Joe Collins who works on the Garcia ranch to give him information so his men can steal the family jewels.

Wild Brian Kent Trailer (1936)

06 November 1936

Polo player Brian stops in a Kansas town and find a girl and her aunt needing money to keep their ranch.

The Showdown Trailer (1940)

08 March 1940

European bad guy Baron Bendor leads some local townsmen in a plot to obtain horses through theft. Hoppy and his sidekicks Lucky and Speedy must find and expose the horse thieves.

Three on the Trail Trailer (1936)

14 April 1936

An evil gang is involved in both cattle rustling and the robbing of stagecoaches. Hoppy must stop them without help from the sheriff who turns out be a major outlaw himself.

Santa Fe Scouts Trailer (1943)

15 April 1943

This late entry in Republic's long-running "Three Mesquiteers" series stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmy Dodd as, respectively, Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Johnson.

Trail of the Mounties Trailer (1947)

20 December 1947

A Canadian mountie is framed for committing crimes, while investigating a gang of criminals.

Midnight Limited Trailer (1940)

20 March 1940

The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train "The Midnight Limited" and Val Lennon and his pretty assistant, Joan Marshall, are on his trail.

Riders of the Rio Grande Trailer (1943)

21 May 1943

A banker struggles to keep his bank solvent and his town from going bankrupt after the bank is robbed and all its money taken.

Whispering Footsteps Trailer (1943)

30 December 1943

An Ohio bank clerk's life becomes a nightmare when his descriptions is a fit of a maniac killer.

San Antonio Kid Trailer (1944)

16 August 1944

A geologist has found oil on the neighboring ranches and teams up with Ace who has his gang create a reign of terror to get the ranchers to sell out.

A Successful Calamity Trailer (1932)

17 September 1932

Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie.

It Happened Out West Trailer (1937)

02 May 1937

Bank employee assigned to tell Arizona rancher her property is no good gets suspicious when her foreman agrees.

Easy to Get Trailer (1931)

07 December 1931

In the third of Pathe's Gay Girls comedy series, Harry Myers is a married man who strings one of them along until his wife Isabel Withers, comes along.

Heat Lightning Trailer (1934)

01 March 1934

Olga runs an isolated gas station and restaurant in the stifling hot American desert with her discontented younger sister Myra.

Wagon Tracks West Trailer (1943)

18 August 1943

Cowboys side with an Indian doctor against crooks and bad water.

The Argyle Case Trailer (1929)

17 August 1929

A multimillionaire is murdered, and his will leaves all his money to a beautiful young blonde. The murdered man's son thinks something is fishy, and a homicide cop sets out to find out who was behind the man's death.

Because of Eve Trailer (1948)

01 January 1948

A doctor uses films about venereal disease and the human reproductive system to educate a young married couple.

Baby Face Trailer (1933)

13 July 1933

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

Outlaws of the Desert Trailer (1941)

01 November 1941

Hoppy, Johnny and California go to Arabia to buy some horses. There they get involved with a sheik and a harem and a kidnapping plot.

Navy Secrets Trailer (1939)

08 February 1939

After a stamp-collecting Navy chief petty officer is jailed following FBI and Naval Justice investigation, his fiancee meets one of his fellow officers, becomes romantically interested in him, and joins him in trying to get an envelope, believed to contain rare stamps, to its intended recipient, only to end up in a web of intrigue involving foreign-accented men who are unusually interested in that simple envelope.

Dinky Trailer (1935)

11 May 1935

A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.

The Man from the Rio Grande Trailer (1943)

18 October 1943

The suspicious death of Henry King during a hunting trip with his brother John leaves the inheritance of the rich Santa Rita Ranch to be shared with John, Henry's daughter Doris and a young girl from New York, Twinkle Watts.

West of the Law Trailer (1942)

02 October 1942

The Rough Riders arrive to fight Rand, Ludlow and their gang. Buck poses as a preacher, Tim as a preacher, and Sandy as an undertaker.