The best Frank Ball’s movies

Frank Ball

Frank Ball

25/05/1876- 01/03/1968
Today we present the best Frank Ball’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Frank Ball’s movies.
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Border Phantom

Border Phantom
5.2/10
Cowboy Larry O'Day and his sidekick Lucky Smith happen upon a distraught Barbara Hartwell, who is about to be arrested for the murder of her uncle. With Barbara behind bars, Larry is determined to find the real killer and soon finds himself in the middle of a mystery involving crazed German entomologists and a smuggling ring bringing Chinese "picture girls" across the Mexican border for sale to wealthy Chinese bachelors.

Boothill Brigade

Boothill Brigade
5.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 02/08/1937
  • Character: Murdock
Rancher Reynolds has fired his men and hired killers and is now using a crooked land deal to put the other ranchers off their land. Calico finds the reason why when he runs into his old nemesis Porter.

The New Frontier

The New Frontier
5.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 25/10/1935
  • Character: Ted
In 1889 pioneers race ahead of the law to claim free land in Oklahoma, forming wide-open towns. In one such, citizens elect Milt Dawson to challenge the self-appointed rule of gambler Ace Holmes, only to have him shot in the back. But leading the next batch of settlers is Milt's quick-on-the-draw son John, who gets help from friendly outlaws.

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Nick Carter, Master Detective
6.1/10
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.

Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin

Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 18/05/1937
  • Character: Hub Stockton
Lawyer Bowdre has started a war between the ranchers and the homesteaders planning to take over the homesteaders land when they are wiped out. Rancher Dan Stockton, having just married homesteader Gail Dawson, is caught in the middle. He suspects Bowdre is behind the war and it's not long before he gets a chance to prove it.

Rainbow Valley

Rainbow Valley
5.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/03/1935
  • Character: Powell
John Martin is a government agent working under cover. Leading citizen Morgan calls in gunman Galt who blows Martin's cover.

Ranger's Code

Ranger's Code
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 14/08/1933
  • Character: Rancher
When his Ranger father is shot down and seriously wounded by rustlers, young Bob Baxter is given a Ranger's badge and a delivery to town of the rustlers.

The Red Rope

The Red Rope
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 19/07/1937
  • Character: John 'Pop' Duncan
Brade has hired Rattler Haynes to kill Tom Shaw. But when Shaw intercepts a message between the two, he alters it hoping it will cause the two outlaws to fight each other.

Paroled - To Die

Paroled - To Die
5.3/10
Meline is taking money from his own bank to drill an oil well. When he finds Doug Redfern's bandana, he has his gang rob his bank and uses the bandana to frame Doug. When Doug is convicted but immediately paroled, Meline has another plan that he thinks will put him away permanently.

Galloping Romeo

Galloping Romeo
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 04/08/1933
  • Character: Sheriff Jerry
Money is mysteriously disappearing from a locked trunk atop the stage even though the trunk arrives still locked. When pals Bob Rivers and Grizzly get the jop driving the stage, the same thing happens.

Honeymoon Limited

Honeymoon Limited
5.5/10
A publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a walking trip from New York to San Francisco.

The Courageous Avenger

The Courageous Avenger
5.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 12/12/1935
  • Character: M. H. Davis
Kirk Baxter has been sent to investigate murder and robbery involving gold shipments. Identifying a gang member by his bullets, he uses that man's horse to locate and join the gang. He learns the gang is tipped off to the shipments by a mine employee using carrier pigeons. But the next message reveals his true identity and he is made a prisoner.

When a Man Rides Alone

When a Man Rides Alone
5.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 14/01/1933
  • Character: Dad Davis
The Llano Kid is robbing stages but only taking money from Montana Slade's Cottonwood Mine. He then gives the money to those cheated by Slade. The Sheriff is after him and eventually obtains a picture and displays wanted posters and is soon after him.

The Trusted Outlaw

The Trusted Outlaw
5.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 04/05/1937
  • Character: Sheriff Bob Larimer
Dan Ward, reformed and last member of an outlaw family, meets Molly Clark in a rocky draw near town. Ted Wells, a henchman for Dan's enemy Jim Swain, attempts to shoot Dan but is outdrawn and killed by the latter. Molly disappears and Dan learns that she and Wells had ridden there together. Sheriff Bob Larimer tells Dan that Molly is in love with Bert Gilmore and tried to have him ambushed. Dan takes a risky job with mine owner Pember of getting the $10,000 payroll through to the mine. Swain suspects that Dan is carrying the payroll, but his gang is unable to stop Dan. Betty Pember disregards Dan's warning that the hills are filled with Swain's men and she starts for town. She is kidnapped by Gilmore and Molly and Dan ride to her rescue.

Brand of the Outlaws

Brand of the Outlaws
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/08/1936
  • Character: The Doctor
Gary Gray arrives only to be caught up in the rustling activities of Ben Holt and his gang. First Holt brands him for rustling and then frames him for murder. Proven innocent, Gary foils the gang's stage holdup and then heads after Holt whom he now knows to be the real killer. But Holt knows he is coming and waits unseen in ambush. Written by Maurice VanAuken

Arizona Trails

Arizona Trails
3.6/10
  • Release: 31/07/1935
  • Character: Dad Randolph
Young Henry Randolph has run up gambling debts to Slade and Slade has arrived to collect the money. When Slade tells Henry he will inform his father, Henry threatens him. When Slade is later found murdered, the posse heads out after Henry. Henry claims he is innocent but flees anyway when the posse approaches.

The Fugitive Sheriff

The Fugitive Sheriff
7.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 19/10/1936
  • Character: Prospector
Hoping to rid a small western community of its corrupt political machine, Ken Marshall (Ken Maynard) runs for sheriff against the bad guys' candidate and wins the election. Dissatisfied with this, the villains contrive to frame Ken on a murder charge. He breaks out of jail and tracks down the genuine culprit,

Between Men

Between Men
5.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/10/1935
  • Character: Gentry, aka Winters
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 Scarlet Brand

The Scarlet Brand
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 10/04/1932
  • Character: John Walker
Silent-screen cowboy Bob Custer rides his way into talkies with these two vintage Westerns from director J.P. McGowan. In The Scarlet Brand, Custer plays a young cowpoke tricked into rustling cattle and hell-bent on getting revenge against the poacher (Robert Walker) who set him up.

The Gambling Terror

The Gambling Terror
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/02/1937
  • Character: Garret - Weekly Star Editor
Brett runs a protection racket for an unknown boss. When Jeff Hayes arrives and opens a gambling den, they try to shut him down. Unlike the others who have given in, he plans to fight back.

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