Product Description

Crash Corrigan and his pals ride the range in search of danger in two thrilling cowboy classics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #114808 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-12-26
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Customer Reviews

RANGE BUSTERS DOUBLE FEATURE!
TRAIL OF THE SILVER SPURS is a pretty good B-Western involving some ghost town doings and an on-going gun fight between baddies George Chesebro and I. Stanford Jolley. The boys save the day (and the town) of course. Varying print quality seems to change from reel to reel.
I liked Tonto Basin Outlaws better as the boys are after horse rustlers back on Crash Corrigan's old home town turf. Here we find that as a kid Crash belonged to a secret club and was once known as Chipmunk Corrigan. His giving of the club's high-sign is a hoot! Tris Coffin plays his childhood pal who is really the top bad-guy behind everything. Ed Cobb is also on hand as a henchman. The print quality is better than ... SILVER SPURS making this one really enjoyable. So saddle up and ride with Crash, Dusty and Alibi, I'm glad I did!

"Range Busters Series ... Double B-Western (1941) ... Monogram"
Monogram Pictures presents "TRAIL OF SILVER SPURS/TONTO BASIN OUTLAWS" (1941) (90 mins/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- With the success of Republic's Three Mesquiteers, several forces came together around 1940 to develop a new 'trigger trio' for the screen --- The star was Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, a producer named George W. Weeks and Monogram Pictures --- With a character of his own name. Ray starred in 20 of the 24 films in this series between 1940 and 1943 --- The Range Busters was clearly a lower budget copy of the Mesquiteers --- Big, muscular Ray 'Crash' Corrigan was the lead, the second lead was John 'Dusty' King, a big band singer (Ben Bernie Orchestra) with a reasonably good baritone, who would vocalize a tune or two in each film --- And comic relief was in the hands of ventriloquist Max 'Alibi' Terhune (and his wise-cracking dummy Elmer --- Monogram would distribute the Range Busters but not be directly involved in the productions --- The deal gave Corrigan a substantial share of the film profits (in an interview years later, Ray said he received 50%).

The first film of this double feature - "TRAIL OF THE SILVER SPURS" (4 January 1941) (57 mins/B&W)

Under the production staff of:
Roy S. Luby - Director
George W. Weeks - Producer
John Rathmell - Screenwriter
Eddie Linden - Cinematographer
Roy Claire - Editor

Our story line and plot, Our heroes Ray "Crash" Corrigan (Himself), Dusty (John King) and Alibi (Max Terhune) members of the Range Busters travel to Bottleneck only to find it a ghost town --- But after Alibi salts the mine, Bottleneck quickly becomes a boom town --- The Busters are after Jingler (I. Stanford Jolley) and the gold taken from the Denver mint --- Dorothy Short, wife of actor-stuntman Dave O'Brien, is the heroine, while future singing cowboy star Eddie Dean shows up in a bit --- Both Corrigan and Terhune had been members of The Three Mesquiteers at Republic in the 30s --- Corrigan was a likable sort but was never a great actor. Terhune made an amiable sidekick and his scenes with "Elmer" were always entertaining --- John King had been a big band singer and had a good voice. He got to sing a couple of songs in this one.

the cast includes:
Ray Corrigan ... Crash Corrigan
John 'Dusty' King ... Dusty King
Max Terhune ... Alibi Terhune (as Max 'Alibi' Terhune)
I. Stanford Jolley ... The Jingler
Dorothy Short ... Nancy Nordick
Milburn Morante ... Dan Nordick (as Milt Morante)
George Chesebro ... The Gunman
Eddie Dean ... Stoner
Chuck Baldra ... Rider with Stoner
Frank Ellis ... Murder victim #2
Elmer ... Elmer - Alibi's dummy
Carl Mathews ... Murder victim #1
Tex Phelps ... Barfly

Second film of the this double feature - "TONTO BASIN OUTLAWS" (10 October 1941) (60 mins/B&W)

Under the production staff of:
Roy S. Luby - Director
George W. Weeks - Producer
John Vlahos - Screenwriter
Robert C. Cline - Cinematographer
John King - Songwriter
Frank Sanucci - Composer (Music Score)
Roy Claire - Editor
Earle Snell - Short Story Author

Our story line and plot, Our heroes Ray "Crash" Corrigan (Himself), Dusty (John King) and Alibi (Max Terhune) members of the Range Busters enlist in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders. They are no sooner in uniform when they are mustered out to deal with a situation in Wyoming where rustlers are stealing cattle meant for American troops --- This one takes place in 1898 during the Spanish-American War --- It turns out that they are sent to Crash's boyhood town --- Crash meets up with childhood friend Jeff Miller (Tristam Coffin) who gives him a job as a hotel manager to keep him out of the way after Miller's henchman Stark (Edmund Cobb) recognizes Crash as the one who jailed him earlier --- Meanwhile, reporter Jane Blanchard (Jan Wiley) is working undercover at Miller's lunch counter --- Crash manages to make a date with her just as Dusty enters the scene. Jane suspects that Crash is involved with the rustlers and that Dusty is a lawman. Later she believes the reverse --- All the while Crash and Dusty take turns at romancing Jane and Dusty even gets to croon her a song --- Alibi, after "talking" things over with his dummy Elmer learns that Miller is behind all the trouble.

the cast includes:
Ray Corrigan ... Crash Corrigan (as Ray 'Crash' Corrigan)
John 'Dusty' King ... 'Dusty' King
Max Terhune ... Alibi Terhune (as Max 'Alibi' Terhune)
Elmer ... Elmer, Alibi's Dummy
Jan Wiley ... Jane Blanchard
Tristram Coffin ... Jeff Miller
Edmund Cobb ... Jim Stark
Ted Mapes ... Henchman Ricks
Art Fowler ... Bill Brown (as Art 'Dustbowl' Fowler)
Carl Mathews ... Henchman Ed
Reed Howes ... Army Captain
Rex Lease ... Stanley, Jane's Editor
Edward Peil Sr. ... Photographer
Budd Buster ... Stage Driver
Hank Bell ... Townsman Slim & Cowhand Luke
Art Dillard ... Henchman
Bert Dillard ... Townsman
Frank Ellis ... Henchman

BIOS:
1. Ray 'Crash' Corrigan (aka: Raymond Benard)
Date of Birth: 14 February 1902 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Date of Death: 10 August 1976 - Brookings Harbor, Oregon

2. John 'Dusty' King (aka: Miller McLeod Everson)
Date of Birth: 11 July 1909 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Death: 11 November 1987 - San Diego, California

3. Max Terhune
Date of Birth: 12 February 1891 - Anderson, Indiana
Date of Death: 5 June 1973 - Los Angeles, California

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features --- Ask Amazon.Com to carry the volumes as they are not available on Amazon as of yet --- you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment

RANGE BUSTERS WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURE FROM VCI ENTERTAINMENT
VOL 1 -- WRANGLER'S ROOST & SADDLE MOUNTAIN ROUNDUP - (VCI #7243)
VOL.2 -- FUGITIVE VALLEY & THE KID'S LAST RIDE - (VCI #7349)

Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc) and Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") as they have rekindled my interest once again for B-Westerns and Serials --- If you're into the memories of B-Westerns with high drama, this is the one you've been anxiously waiting for --- please stand up and take a bow --- all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 90 min on VHS/DVD ~ Monogram Pictures ~ (12/26/2006)

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