The best Buster Crabbe’s movies

Buster Crabbe

Buster Crabbe

07/02/1908- 23/04/1983
We present our ranking of the best Buster Crabbe’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Buster Crabbe.
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Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon
7/10
Three earthlings visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless.

Arizona Raiders

Arizona Raiders
5.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/08/1965
  • Character: Capt. Tom Andrews
Murphy plays an ex-Quantrill's Raider who's released from jail with buddy Cooper to be deputized as Arizona Rangers in order to hunt down the remnant of the gang, rumored to he hiding out in a town "neer dee border" in the words of the loose-lipped saloon dancer. The goons are found hiding in an Indian mission. Murphy and Cooper pretend to want to rejoin the gang, but the bad guys catch on and brutally beat Cooper, who protects Murphy's true sentiments to the death.

The Alien Dead

The Alien Dead
2.8/10
A meteor strikes a houseboat in the swamps near a southern town populated by Yankees with fake accents. The people on the houseboat become zombies who feed on the alligators in the swamp. Once they run out of alligators, they start going for the citizens. A local scientist tries to figure out what's happening to people once they start disappearing.

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
6.6/10
A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov, this time with ready-made allies waiting: Prince Barin of Arboria and Queen Fria of the frozen northern land of Frigia; where, it so happens, is found polarite, antidote to the plague. But Ming will use all his forces to keep our heroes from thwarting his plans of conquest.

Gunfighters of Abilene

Gunfighters of Abilene
5.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/01/1960
  • Character: Kip
A gunman receives a request for help from his brother, but arrives too late to save him from the lawless rancher who wanted him dead.

Swamp Fire

Swamp Fire
5.4/10
Highlights in this one include a fist-fight between Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe (I won't give away the winner, but check the cast order); a cat-fight between Virginia Grey and Carol Thurston that the male cast of Sienfeld would pay to see and, just to keep things moving, Weissmuller wrestles an alligator, and there are two mid-water collisions between small-craft boats, a big ship wreck and a blazing swamp fire finale. Toss in a plot that has Weissmuller as a psycho-neurotic war veteran who, because he piled up his Navy destroyer on the rocks, now dreads returning to his pre-war occupation of a pilot guiding ships through the channels at the mouth of the Mississippi. Throw in icy Virginia Grey as a spoiled heiress out to take Johnny away from his job, his friends and the girl he loves (who knows why), and you have enough plot and action for two Pine-Thomas jewels.

The Contender

The Contender
5.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/05/1944
  • Character: Gary Farrel
A truck driver turns to prizefighting with hopes of earning enough cash to send his son to military school. 1944.

Man of the Forest

Man of the Forest
5.6/10
Beasley, who is after Gayner's land, plans to kidnap his daughter. But Dale overhears their plan and kidnaps her himself. When Gayner arrives to retrieve his daughter, Beasley kills him and makes the Sheriff arrest Dale for the murder.

The Bounty Killer

The Bounty Killer
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 30/07/1965
  • Character: Mike Clayman
Willie Duggans, a tenderfoot from the east, arrives in the wild west and soon experiences its violence. Willie discovers the easy money in bounty killing and must choose between that violent lifestyle and the love of a beautiful saloon singer.

Last of the Redmen

Last of the Redmen
5.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/08/1947
  • Character: Magua
A family-oriented adaption of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." As the French-Indian War rages across the untamed territory of the Great Northwest, the embattled wilderness gives birth to a legend -- the proud legend of "The Last of the Red Men." August, 1757, General Montcalm and his Iroquois alalies are on the war path -- and General Munro fears for the lives of his children as they travel to join him at Fort William Henry. Although Munro dispatches a letter urging them to take refuge at Fort Edward until the road is safe, an Iroquois scout intercepts the warning. So Major Duncan Hayward, handsomely portrayed by Jon Hall, is unaware of the danger as he escorts Alice Munro (Evelyn Ankers), her sister Cora (Julie Bishop), and her young brother Davy (Buzz Henry) from the sanctuary of the fort. When their guide Magua, a vengeful Iroquois played by Buster Crabbe, betrays them, only one man can save the travelers from his savage trap. Starring Jon Hall and Michael O'Shea.

We're Rich Again

We're Rich Again
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 13/07/1934
  • Character: Erasmus Rockwell 'Erp' Pennington (as Larry 'Buster' Crabbe)
A polo-playing grandmother (Edna May Oliver) and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.

Planet Outlaws

Planet Outlaws
3.9/10
A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane. Feature version of the film serial Buck Rogers by Universal Pictures, 1940.

To the Last Man

To the Last Man
6.3/10
In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Nevada and when Colby gets out of prison he heads there also seeking revenge. The head of the Hayden family tries to avoid more killing but the inevitable showdown has to occur, complicated by Lynn Hayden and Ellen Colby's plans to marry.

Good News

Good News
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 22/08/1930
  • Character: Student
A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.

The Comeback Trail

The Comeback Trail
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/03/1982
  • Character: Duke Montana
Sketchy producers hire an ailing movie star, hoping to cash in on the insurance when he dies.

The Thundering Herd

The Thundering Herd
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/03/1933
  • Character: Bill Hatch
A buffalo hunter tries to stop a thief and his minions from stealing hides.

Queen of Broadway

Queen of Broadway
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 24/11/1942
  • Character: Ricky Sloane
There are no queens and very little Broadway (except for an opening establishing shot) in Queen of Broadway. Instead, this sentimental B-picture is the story of a gambler (Rochelle Hudson), who tries to clean up her act and adopt an orphan (Donald Mayo).

Desert Gold

Desert Gold
5.6/10
Chet Kasedon is after the Indians hidden gold mine but Chief Moya will not reveal it's location. He has also hired mining engineers Gale and Mortimer to locate the mine. When Gale sees Kasedon's cruelty to Moya, he switches sides.

The Lawless Eighties

The Lawless Eighties
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 31/05/1957
  • Character: Linc Prescott
After deceitful Indian agent Grat Bandas has his men shoot Brother Van, gunfighter Linc Prescott saves the peaceful circuit rider and agrees to help him put a stop to Bandas's plans to start an Indian war and grab their land for himself. Meanwhile, Prescott takes a shine to the daughter of a local rancher.

Gun Brothers

Gun Brothers
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/09/1956
  • Character: Chad Santee
Recently discharged cavalry sergeant Chad Santee (Buster Crabbe) joins his brother, Jubal (Neville Brand), and discovers that Jubal is a wanted outlaw. On the way he meets Rose Fargo and rescues her from the unwanted advances of a gambler, "Blackjack". When Chad and Rose arrive they find that Jubal and his partner, Shawnee, are really rustlers and outlaws. Jubal tries to get Chad to join them but he refuses, and leaves to set up his own homestead with Rose at his side. Later, the repentant Jubal comes to join him. Shawnee, angry at what he considers a double-cross, attacks the brothers with his gang.

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