The best Hal Taliaferro’s action movies

Hal Taliaferro

Hal Taliaferro

13/11/1895- 10/02/1980
We present our ranking of the best Hal Taliaferro’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 Hal Taliaferro.
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The Fighting Seabees

The Fighting Seabees
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 27/01/1944
  • Character: Lt. Cmdr. Hood (uncredited)
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.

West of the Divide

West of the Divide
5.3/10
Ted Hayden impersonates a wanted man and joins Gentry's gang only to learn later that Gentry was the one who killed his father.

Colt Comrades

Colt Comrades
6.4/10
While oil drilling, Hoppy and California discover an underground well - a potential threat to Jebb Hardin's monopoly on water in the region.

Red River Valley

Red River Valley
6.5/10
To bring water to their valley, ranchers have raised money to build a dam. When that money is stolen, Allison suggests the ranchers sell their stock to a friend of his thereby getting the money needed to complete the dam. Roy has a clue that Allison was involved in the robbery and is out to get control of the valley. So Roy and the boys try to delay the sale of the stock while they look for proof against Allison.

In Old Cheyenne

In Old Cheyenne
6.1/10
Roy is a newspaper reporter. He goes to Cheyenne to cover the activities of supposed bad guy Arapahoe Brown. Roy, of course, discovers who the real bad guy is.

Colorado

Colorado
5.9/10
Trouble in Colorado is tying up Union troops needed back east during the Civil War and Lieut. Burke is sent to investigate. Macklin and his gang are causing the problems and Capt. Mason joins them. When Burke catches up with them he also finds Mason, his brother.

Zorro's Black Whip

Zorro's Black Whip
6.2/10
Pretty Girl Barbara Mededith takes over her murdered brother's crusading newspaper. She also assumes the dead sibling's identity as "The Black Whip," righting the wrongs of Crescent City very much in the manner of her famous ancestor, Zorro.

Bad Man of Deadwood

Bad Man of Deadwood
5.7/10
Roy and Gabby fight bad guys to save the town of Deadwood.

Adventures of Red Ryder

Adventures of Red Ryder
7.2/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 28/06/1940
  • Character: Cherokee Sims
Calvin Drake employs a group of low-lifes to drive away land owners along the path of a new railroad; Red Ryder opposes this strategy.

The Phantom Rider

The Phantom Rider
6.8/10
The Phantom Rider helps Mary Grayson thwart a plot to steal her land.

The Yellow Rose of Texas

The Yellow Rose of Texas
5.5/10
Insurance Investigator Roy is looking for Weston and the missing money he supposedly obtained in a robbery. When he catches him and listens to his story, he changes his mind about him. A freak accident locates the missing money box and they find the seal unbroken. Roy then announces the box will be opened at the showboat that evening.

The Carson City Kid

The Carson City Kid
6/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/07/1940
  • Character: Rick Harmon
The Carson City Kid and partner Laramie are outlaws. When his partner is caught the Kid, his identity being unknown, takes a job in Jessup's saloon. Here he see Jessup cheat Waren out of his money. Warren then robs Jessup posing as the Kid but gets caught. To gain his freedom, Laramie identifies Warren as the Kid. Realizing Jessup is the man that killed his brother, the Kid must find a way to clear Warren and get Jessup.

Song of Texas

Song of Texas
6/10
A man of no worth brags to his daughter back East that he is rich and owns a big ranch. When she decides to pay a visit to her father, Roy and his buddies agree to pretend that the poor man is the owner of the ranch.

Federal Operator 99

Federal Operator 99
7.4/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 07/07/1945
  • Character: Matt Farrell
Jerry Blake (aka Federal Operator 99) teams-up with Joyce Kingston to thwart the plans of escaped crime boss Jim Belmont.

Hoppy Serves a Writ

Hoppy Serves a Writ
6.3/10
Posing as a cattle buyer, Hoppy crosses over into Oklahoma where the Jordan brother's and their outlaw gang operate outside the law. After receiving an unfriendly reception when he finds them, he, California, and Johnny rustle their cattle and drive across the river into Texas. He hopes they will cross over to retrieve their cattle and then he can arrest them.

The Border Legion

The Border Legion
6.1/10
Wanted by the law in New York, Dr. Steve Kells heads west and arrives in an area controlled by an outlaw gang known as the Border Legion. When the gang's boss is wounded, they kidnap Kells and force him to remove the bullet. Not allowed to leave and being a wanted man, he joins the gang. Now wanted as a gang member also, he nevertheless plans a raid that will lead the entire gang into a trap.

Sheriff of Tombstone

Sheriff of Tombstone
5.8/10
The mayor has sent for a gunslinger who, though appearing to clean up the town, is really to be the mayor's means of taking the town over. When Roy and Gabby arrive in Tombstone, Roy is mistaken for the gunslinger. Just as Roy is ready to expose the mayor, the real gunslinger shows up.

Young Bill Hickok

Young Bill Hickok
5.7/10
Bill Hickok, assisted by Calamity Jane, is after a foreign agent and his guerrilla band who are trying to take over some western territory just as the Civil War is coming to a close.

Rustlers of Red Dog

Rustlers of Red Dog
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/01/1935
  • Character: Henchman (as Wally Wales) [Chs. 1, 6-9, 11-12]
A movie serial in 12 chapters: After gold is discovered in the town of Nugget, the titular band of thieves and cutthroats inundates the frontier settlement. A group of three compatriots -- upstanding ex-sheriff Jack Woods, his harmonica-playing friend Laramie and tricky, smooth-talking gambler Deacon -- combine their respective skills in a fateful struggle to deceive and disarm the gang.

Ridin' Down the Canyon

Ridin' Down the Canyon
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 30/12/1942
  • Character: Henchman Pete
Roy Rogers takes on crooked wartime profiteers in the musical western Ridin' Down the Canyon. Posing as solid citizens, the crooks spend their evening hours stealing horses from local ranchers, then selling the steeds to the government at exorbitant prices. The head of the bad guys runs a dude ranch where Rogers and his pals (The Sons of the Pioneers) are employed.

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