Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #107716 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-02-24
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 56 minutes

Customer Reviews

Good copy.
It's difficult to get good copies of B westerns since no major studio produced them in quantites. One is lucky to get a refurbished copy. Restored or remastered copies for this genre are few and rare indeed. This copy of a Tim McCoy western from Alpha is better than good. Picture quality is almost pristine with few noticeable scratches. This makes for easy viewing which is not often the case with other Alpha B western releases. Get this one for your collection.

"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Ghost Patrol (1936)"
VCI Entertainment and Puritan Pictures present "Ghost Patrol"(1936) (Dolby
digitally remastered)...relive those thrilling days from the early '30s and '40s
when drama took us down the dusty trails and the plains to exciting
adventures....some of the best B-Westerns ever to grace the Saturday Matinee
Screen......the Native Americans had no better ambassador than Tim McCoy, a
former Indian language translator in real life...as Tim McCoy speaks
passionately about this country's longtime abuse of its native population by
breaking treaty after treaty...just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and
suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss any of the Tim
McCoy features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his
B-Western adventures

Under director Sam Newfield, producer Sigmund Neufeld and Leslie Simmonds, screenplay by Wyndham Gittens, original short story by Joseph O'Donnell...the cast include Tim McCoy (Tim Caverly), Claudia Dell (Natalie Brent), Walter Miller (Dawson), Wheeler Oakman (Kincaid), Dick Curtis (Charlie), Lloyd Ingraham (Brent), Slim Whitaker (Frank), Art Dillard (Shorty), Fargo Bussey (Bill), James P. Burtis (Henry), Art Ortego (Ramon), Frank Ellis. . . . . . . . our story has Tim McCoy turned flyer and G-Man searching for an invention (ray gun) that can bring down planes...the villains involved are Walter Miller, Wheeler Oakman and Dick Curtis all favorite badmen of the B-Western...McCoy goes undercover after beening mistaken for a notorious outlaw and wanted...wonderful cast and a Grade A performance by McCoy, who must deal with the mob, sci-fi, writers of Poverty Row and still get the girl Claudia Dell in the final reel...looks like their enjoying their work.

Special footnote, actor Tim McCoy in real life was a sharpshooter and famed for
his fast draw...was an expert on the Old West also an authority on Indian
folklore could converse in Indian sign language...McCoy was inducted into the
"Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage
Museum" in 1973, also inducted into "The Cowboy Hall of Fame" in 1974.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Tim McCoy (aka: Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy)
Birth Date: 4/10/1891 - Saginaw, Michigan
Died: 1/29/1978 - Nogales, Arizona

Check out other Tim McCoy titles available on VHS & DVD from VCI:
1. ACES AND EIGHTS
2. ARIZONA BOUND
3. ARIZONA GANGBUSTERS
4. BELOW THE BORDER
5. BULLDOG COURAGE
6. CODE OF THE CACTUS
7. END OF THE TRAIL
8. FIGHTING RENEGADE
9. FORBIDDEN TRAILS
10.GHOST PATROL
11.GHOST TOWN LAW
12.GUN CODE
13.GUNMAN FROM BODIE
14.LIGHTNIN' BILL CARSON
15.LIGHTNING CARSON RIDES AGAIN
16.LION'S DEN
17.OUTLAW DEPUTY
18.PHANTOM RANGER
19.ROARIN' GUNS
20.SIX GUN TRAILS
21.STRAIGHT SHOOTER
22.TEXAS WILCATS
23.WEST OF THE LAW

Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above titles if they are not available as of
yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment.. why not
pick up other copies of Tim McCoy features.

In 1941 the "Rough Riders" series began with Buck as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim
McCoy was Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton was Marshal Sandy Hopkins for
Monogram Pictures:

1. ARIZONA BOUND (Monogram, 1941)
2. THE GUNMAN FROM BODIE (Monogram, 1941)
3. FORBIDDEN TRAILS (Monogram, 1941)
4. BELOW THE BORDER (Monogram, 1942)
5. GHOST TOWN LAW (Monogram, 1942)
6. DOWN TEXAS WAY (Monogram, 1942)
7. RIDERS OF THE WEST (Monogram, 1942)
8. WEST OF THE LAW (Monogram, 1942)

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Ghost Patrol" (1936), the
digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more
high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and
B-Westerns...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there
are plenty of copies available on DVD and VHS, stay tuned once again for top
notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just
the way we like 'em

Total Time: 57 min on DVD/VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #7297~ (1/29/1996)

WESTERN SCI-FI!!!!!
Entertaining sci-fi western. This an above average print from Alpha which looks pretty decent.