The best Kenneth MacDonald’s action movies

Kenneth MacDonald

Kenneth MacDonald

08/09/1901- 05/05/1972
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Back to Bataan

Back to Bataan
6.6/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 30/05/1945
  • Character: Maj. McKinley (uncredited)
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.

The Phantom

The Phantom
7/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 24/12/1943
  • Character: Dr. Bremmer
Two expeditions are trying to reach the Lost City of Zoloz -- one headed by Professor Davidson, a scientist who wants to establish an archaeological site, and the other by a greedy treasure hunter who wants to keep the fabled treasures of the city for himself. An agent of a foreign power also wants to establish a secret airbase there, so he stirs up the natives against The Phantom, who has been able to get them to stay peaceful so far. When The Phantom is murdered, his son takes his place and sets out to restore peace to the jungle and stop the agents' and the treasure hunters' nefarious plans.

Frontier Vengeance

Frontier Vengeance
5.8/10
Jim Sanders (Don 'Red' Barry), young cowboy, returns to his hometown for a reunion with his boyhood friend Clay Blackburn (George Offerman Jr.). Once there he learns that Clay's father, Frank Blackburn (Ivan Miller), is the unscrupulous proprietor of a stagecoach line and is out to bankrupt the line run by Joel Hunter (Griff Barnett' ), the father of Jim's sweetheart Ruth Hunter (Betty Moran). Jim is forced to lead the fight against his best friend.

Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake the Magician
6.3/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 06/05/1939
  • Character: James Webster
Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.

The Monster and the Ape

The Monster and the Ape
5.5/10
A famous scientist invents a humanoid robot (the titular "monster"), so a greedy rival scientist plans to steal it for use in his criminal plans. His henchmen often kidnap a trained gorilla (the titular "ape") from the zoo, to aid in the schemes.

The Desert Hawk

The Desert Hawk
6.5/10
Evil Hassan slips back into his native land of Ahad and plots to overthrow his twin bother, Kasim, who has just been crowned the Caliph. Hassan enlists the aid of the chief Chamberlain, Faud and they send several henchmen into the royal palace, who then knock Kasim unconscious. Faud and Hassan dispatch a couple of different hirelings to take Kasim into another part of the town and murder him.Kasin comes to and gets away, but has been wounded. Omar, a beggar, takes Kasim to his home and nurses him back to health. But, it takes a few weeks for Kasin to get healthy and, by that time, Hassan has a firm grip on the duties of a Caliph. In a storeroom, Kasim finds a coat of mail with a great hawk emblazoned across the chest and promptly decides this is the costume he will wear while fighting to get his old job back. Meanwhile, the Emir of Telif shows up with his daughter, Princess Azala, with the intent of marrying her off to the local Caliph.

The Mysterious Desperado

The Mysterious Desperado
6.4/10
A cowboy is accused of his father's murder.

Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake the Magician
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 01/01/1940
  • Character: James Webster
Feature version of the American serial film, produced for export only, never exhibited in the USA, and believed to be a lost film.

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