Smiley Burnette
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was a popular American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry and other B-movie cowboys. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who could play as many as 100 musical instruments, some simultaneously. His career, beginning in 1934, spanned four decades, including a regular role on CBS-TV's Petticoat Junction in the 1960s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Smiley Burnette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sharad of Atlantis
as Briny DeepCrash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor...
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Idaho
as Frog MillhouseA deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed...
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Under Western Stars
as FrogIn his starring debut, Roy gets elected to Congress in order to bring water to the ranchers in...
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
as Frog - Accordian PlayerIn this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers...
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Oh, Susanna
as Frog MillhouseOh, Susanna! is a 1936 American Western musical film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene...
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Silver Spurs
as Frog MillhouseJerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is...
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Prairie Roundup
as Smiley BurnetteIn Prairie Roundup, Fred F. Sears' direction brings a welcome jolt of vitality to Columbia's...
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King of the Cowboys
as Frog MillhouseRoy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor...
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In Old Monterey
as FrogThe U.S. Army takes over a large area of land, over the objection of citizens and corporations...
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The Old Corral
as Deputy FrogAs the sheriff of a small western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a...
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Git Along Little Dogies
as Frog MillhouseWhen war breaks out between oilmen and cattle ranchers, Gene sides with the ranchers until he...
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Call of the Canyon
as Frog MillhouseA radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.
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Guns and Guitars
as Frog MillhouseA wrongfully-imprisoned man becomes determined to find who was responsible for the death of a...
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The Phantom Empire
as Oscar (as Lester 'Smiley' Burnett)When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in...
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It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
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Billy The Kid Returns
as Frog MillhouseAfter Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for...
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Blue Montana Skies
as Frog MillhouseGene Autry follows a clue written on a rock by his murdered partner and discovers a fur...
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Melody Trail
as Frog MillhouseGene goes after the badguys after they kidnap the baby he should have been babysitting.
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Waterfront Lady
as MusicianWhen a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business,...
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Tumbling Tumbleweeds
as SmileyTraveling with Doc Parker's medicine show, Gene finds his old friend Harry Brooks wounded and...
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S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Voice of Felix the DummyA news reporter-commentator at a combined radio-television broadcasting station gives up his...
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Prairie Moon
as Frog MillhouseGene takes care of three tough kids sent west from Chicago after their father died and left them...
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Rovin' Tumbleweeds
as Frog MillhouseRancher Autry takes a job singing on the radio to aid farmers and ranchers whose lands were...
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Boots and Saddles
as FrogYoung Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real...
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Western Jamboree
as Frog MillhouseKnowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the...
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Heart of the Golden West
as FrogLambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides...
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Saginaw Trail
as SmileyHamilton's Rangers, led by our hero Gene, must keep the Indians in the northern Michigan...
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Hollywood Stadium Mystery
as Smiley BurnetteA boxer is killed in the ring, and the only clue is a tune that a man was whistling.
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The Old Barn Dance
as Frog MillhouseAutry and his buddies have a horse selling business which is threatened by a tractor company...
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Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
as Colonel MillhouseThe old west range war story transported to Georgia, with Autry as the hero.
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Sierra Sue
as Frog MillhouseTo fight a poisonous weed, ranchers are burning their land. Gene is the Inspector brought in and...
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Larceny on the Air
as JimmyA doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose...
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Roaring Rangers
as Smiley BurnetteWhen Sheriff Jeff Connor of Powder River cannot stop the crime wave, his young son, Larry,...
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Man from Music Mountain
as Frog MillhouseScanlon is pulling off a land swindle by selling lots in a ghost town claiming the power company...
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Mystery Mountain
as Lake Teamster (ch's 6-7) (uncredited)Ken Williams is determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Rattler, who preys upon...
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Rancho Grande
as Frog MillhouseA ranch foreman (Gene Autry) helps three youngsters protect their inheritance from foreclosure.
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Gold Mine in the Sky
as FrogAs executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress...
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Public Cowboy No. 1
as Helen MorganDeputies Gene Autry and Frog go up against modern cattle rustlers. These rustlers use technology...
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Texas Dynamo
as Smiley BurnetteCharles Starrett plays The Durango Kid in the 1950 Columbia western Texas Dynamo. As a novelty,...
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Down Mexico Way
as FrogLike 1940's Melody Ranch, the 1941 Gene Autry vehicle Down Mexico Way was designed as a...
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Heart of the Rio Grande
as Frog MillhouseAs foreman of a dude ranch, Gene has two problems. One is a guest, the spoiled daughter of a...
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In Old Santa Fe
as Accordionist-Singer (uncredited)Gangster Chandler and his accomplice Tracy arrive at a dude ranch. Cowboy Kentucky arrives at...
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The Big Show
as FrogAt the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt...
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Whirlwind
as Smiley BurnetteA singing postal inspector (Gene Autry) and his partner (Smiley Burnette) save a woman's (Gail...
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Rhythm of the Saddle
as Frog MillhouseGene is the foreman at the ranch owned by wealthy rodeo owner Maureen. She will lose her rodeo...
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Whirlwind Raiders
as Smiley BurnetteIt's 1873 and the disbanded Texas Rangers have been replaced by the corrupt Texas State Police....
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The Laramie Trail
as FrogA cowbody acquires a ranch whose previous owner is believed to be dead.
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Laramie Mountains
as Smiley BurnetteMarkham and his men have found gold on the Indian reservation and are trying to get rid of them...
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Bonanza Town
as Smiley BurnetteUsing marked bills, Steve is looking for the supposedly dead Henry Hardison. Coming to Bonanza...
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The Kid from Broken Gun
as Smiley BurnetteCharles Starrett makes his final appearance as The Durango Kid, this time as Steve Reynolds, a...
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Gaucho Serenade
as Frog MillhouseGene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for...
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Ridin' on a Rainbow
as FrogWhen the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their...
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Winning of the West
as SmileyA singing territorial ranger (Gene Autry) spots his younger brother in an outlaw gang.
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Snake River Desperadoes
as Smiley BurnetteStarrett tries to prevent a range war between settlers and the Native Americans. Blue and his...
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South of Death Valley
as SelfWhen Steve Downey arrives to reopen his brother-in-law's gold mine, he finds a war between the...
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Outcasts of Black Mesa
as SmileyOur Hero is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Once again, he breaks jail to find the real...
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Cyclone Fury
as Smiley BurnetteA late entry in Columbia's seemingly endless Durango Kid Western series, Cyclone Fury was...
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Home in Wyomin'
as Frog MillhouseRadio star Gene Autry returns to his home town of Gold Ridge at the request of his old friend...
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Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its...
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Dick Tracy
as Mike McGurkDick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The...
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Desert Vigilante
as Smiley BurnetteSilver is being smuggled across the border and the secret passage goes through Betty Long's...
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Mexicali Rose
as Frog MillhouseGene Autry and his sidekick Frog look into a phony oil scam being perpetrated on a mission...
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Men with Steel Faces
as Oscar (archive footage)Re-edited feature version of serial The Phantom Empire (1935). Singer Gene Autry discovers a...
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Cowboy Serenade
as FrogGene Autry heads a cattlemen's association and calls on the inexperienced Jim Agnew to negotiate...
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Ride, Ranger, Ride
as Frog MillhouseIt is the story of Gene's, a Cavalry scout, who manages to quell an Indian uprising.
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Call of the Rockies
as Frog MillhouseCowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City....
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Mountain Rhythm
as Frog MilhouseCavanaugh and McCauley are after the ranchers land. When the Government announces the land will...
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Hearts in Bondage
as RammerBest friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged...
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A Man Betrayed
as HillbillyA businessman during the Great Depression discovers that his partners are crooked con-men, and...
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Carolina Moon
as Frog MillhouseA singing cowboy and his sidekick encounter misunderstandings and rodeo havoc as they try and...
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Harmony Lane
as Singer (uncredited)The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline,...
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Law of the Canyon
as Smiley BurnetteFreight wagons are being stolen and ransomed back to their owners. Government agent Steve...
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Round-Up Time in Texas
as Frog MillhouseGene and Frog arrive with a herd of horses for Gene'e brother, a diamond prospector whose work...
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.
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The Sagebrush Troubadour
as Frog MillhouseBefore he was murdered Grandpa Martin found a gold mine. He failed to record it and now everyone...
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Frontier Outpost
as Smiley BurnetteFederal agent Steve Lawton works undercover with his assistant, Smiley Burnette, to track down...
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Beyond the Last Frontier
as Frog MillhouseBeyond the Last Frontier was the first entry in Republic's "John Paul Revere" western series....
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Galloping Thunder
as Smiley BurnetteThe cattle herds of some Arizona ranchers are being stampeded and stolen, so the Arizona...
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The Fighting Frontiersman
as Smiley BurnetteCimarron has found a lost treasure and the outlaw gang knows about it. They have made him a...
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El Dorado Pass
as SmileyCharles Starrett returns as The Durango Kid in Columbia's El Dorado Pass. It all begins when...
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Back in the Saddle
as Frog MilhouseGene returns from the East with new ranch owner Tom Bennett to find everyone's cattle dying....
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Trail of the Rustlers
as Smiley BurnetteCharles Starrett goes up against an entire family of criminals posing as respectable citizens in...
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Smoky Canyon
as Smiley BurnetteMahoney is a sheep man who's framed for the murder of a rancher. It's all part of a scheme by a...
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Heading West
as Smiley BurnetteDakota Indian Agent Steve Reynolds receives a copy of the Bonanza City Nuggett from Jim Mallory...
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Laramie
as Smiley BurnetteA major Indian uprising is expected and Wyoming military posts are alerted. Colonel Dennison is...
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Springtime in the Rockies
as Frog MillhouseRanch owner Sandra, fresh from animal husbandry school, brings a flock of sheep into cattle...
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Arizona Bad Man
as Credits SingerThe daughter of a notorious cattle thief falls for a stranger at a dance. The stranger is really...
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Bordertown Trail
as Frog MillhouseThe election to determine if Texas will become a state is near and men opposed are running...
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On Top of Old Smoky
as SmileyPoachers are harassing toll road owner Jen Larrabee. They want her land because it holds...
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Bandits of El Dorado
as Smiley BurnetteWanted outlaws have mysteriously disappeared. Ranger Captain Henley and Steve have a plan to...
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Quick on the Trigger
as SmileyQuick on the Trigger was Charles Starrett's second "Durango Kid" picture for 1949. It all begins...
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West of Sonora
as Smiley BurnetteWestern star Charles Starrett was amazing; he kept making the same film over and over, but...
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Pecos River
as Smiley BurnetteSteve is a Government Agent looking for the gang that stole the U.S. Mail. He goes undercover...
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Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
as Frog MillhouseGene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival...
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The Singing Vagabond
as FrogTex rides to the rescue when badguys led by LaCrosse and Utah Joe kidnap Lettie.
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Lightning Guns
as Smiley BurnetteThe Durango Kid rides again in Lightning Guns. As ever, the masked Durango (alias Steve Brandon)...
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Phantom Valley
as Smiley BurnetteThe Durango Kid, along with assistance from sidekick Smiley Burnett, investigates a pair of...
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The Stranger From Ponca City
as Smiley BurnetteA saddle-weary Steve Larkin, also the Duranko Kid, rides into Red Mound, a town filled with...
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The Hawk of Wild River
as Smiley BurnetteSteve Martin is sent to Wild River to recover stolen gold and finds the town is being terrorized...
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Meet the Boy Friend
as Band LeaderA heartthrob singer, Tony Paige, also known as "America's Boyfriend" decides to wed a Swedish...
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South of the Border
as FrogA federal agent and his partner hang out in Mexico to check a revolution.
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Doughnuts and Society
as Mover #2Kate Flannagan and Belle Dugan operate a downtown coffee shop and, while dispensing their...
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Comin' 'Round the Mountain
as FrogHis horse Champion steals the show from Gene when what's at stake is a horse race and a bull fight.
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South of the Chisholm Trail
as Smiley BurnetteWhen the ranchers of Bearcat are plagued by rustlers, Big Jim Grady offers to buy their herds...
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Junction City
as SmileyDurango, aka Steve Rollins rides into town with saddle pal Smiley Burnette. The boys go to the...
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Pack Train
as Smiley BurnetteGene Autry is assigned to safely transport supplies to a band of settlers. The villains, headed...
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Colorado Sunset
as Frog MillhouseWhen his well-meaning sidekick (Smiley Burnette) buys a cow farm instead of a cattle ranch,...
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Trail to Laredo
as Smiley BurnetteFilmed at the Providencia Ranch (today's Forrest Lawn in Burbank, CA), this typical "Durango...
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Red River Valley
as Frog MillhouseGene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.
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Challenge of the Range
as Smiley BurnetteCharles Starrett once more dons the mask of mysterious do-gooder "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's...
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Blazing Across the Pecos
as Marshal Smiley BurnetteThis time the Durango Kid confronts an expert gambler.
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Landrush
as Smiley BurnetteThe Durango Kid rides again in Columbia's Landrush. As ever, the masked do-gooder, alias Steve...
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Bells of Capistrano
as FrogAmerica's favorite singing cowboy Gene Autry stars in this vintage tale as an up-and-coming...
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Streets of Ghost Town
as Smiley BurnetteThe Durango Kid and his sidekick look for stolen gold with a history.
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The Lone Hand Texan
as Smiley BurnetteSteve Driscoll arrives to help a friend who is trying to bring in an oil well. He finds that the...
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Under Fiesta Stars
as FrogRodeo champ Gene Autry inherits half interest in both a ranch and a mine that provides steady...
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Six-Gun Law
as SmileyIn this western, an entry in the "Durango Kid" series of westerns, a corrupt, prominent citizen...
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Fort Savage Raiders
as SmileyFort Savage Raiders is another entry in Charles Starrett's "Durango Kid" western series....
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The Blazing Trail
as Smiley BurnetteOld Mike Brady built Brady Town and was a leader, but a bullet from an unknown assailant has...
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Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm
as Frog MilhouseGene and Frog, out to stop a bunch of cattle rustlers, assume the identities of what they...
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Prairie Raiders
as Smiley BurnetteGovernment Agent Steve leases land to Masters so he can bring in horses for the Army. Henley has...
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The Rough, Tough West
as Smiley BurnetteCharles Starrett returns as the Durango Kid in Columbia's Rough, Tough, West. For most of the...
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The Border Patrolman
as Chuck OwensWhen a border patrolman catches their spoiled daughter smoking in a no-smoking area, parents...
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Terror Trail
as Smiley BurnetteThe Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) returns to Ret Butte intending to sell his cattle ranch....
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Goldtown Ghost Riders
as Smiley BurnetteA singing frontier judge (Gene Autry) dismisses a case of double jeopardy.
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The Singing Hill
as FrogIf a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land.
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The Kid from Amarillo
as Smiley BurnetteCharles "Durango" Starrett and his pal Smiley Burnette go after smugglers. Our heroes travel...
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Firebrands of Arizona
as Frog / Beefsteak DiscoeThe sheriff camps outside of town and tries to arrest Froggy and Sunset, but a gang of outlaws...
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The Desert Horseman
as Smiley BurnetteThe Durango Kid sets out to clear his name after being falsely accused of a payroll robbery.
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Horsemen of the Sierras
as Sheriff Smiley BurnetteWhen Robin Grant inherits a valuable range, certain evil interests try their best to kill off...
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Two-Fisted Stranger
as Smiley BurnetteArriving to become the new Deputy, Steve Gordon takes over as Sheriff instead when he finds the...
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The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
as JensenA 12 episode serial starring Rex, the King of the Wild Horses and Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr. Rex is...
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Gunning for Vengeance
as Smiley BurnetteSteve Landry arrives as the new Marshal of a town that is having trouble with outlaws. When an...
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Renegades of the Sage
as SmileyThe plot finds Steve/Durango attempting to capture ex-Civil War guerilla fighter Miller who may...
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Last Days of Boot Hill
as Smiley BurnetteTreasury Department Steve Waring, and also, unknown to others, the Durango Kid, comes to Sunset...
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Home on the Prairie
as Frog MillhouseWhen shifty cattlemen Belknap (Walter Miller) and H.R. Shelby (Gordon Hart) are caught shipping...
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Stardust on the Sage
as FrogA singing cowboy (Gene Autry) and his partner (Bill Henry) thwart a foreman who wants their mine.
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Code of the Prairie
as FrogJust after the Oklahoma Panhandle was annexed into the united states an ex-lawman turned...
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Raiders of Tomahawk Creek
as SmileyCharles Starrett, aka "The Durango Kid", is back in Raiders of Tomahawk Creek. Starrett plays...
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West of Dodge City
as Smiley BurnetteCharles Starrett once again dons the disguise of the "Durango Kid" to restore law and order in...
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The Singing Cowboy
as Frog MillhouseA rodeo singer funds a little girl's operation with a show, on television.
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Sunset in Wyoming
as Frog MillhouseBy stripping all the timber from the land, a lumber baron threatens everyone with flooding. Gene...
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The Kids in the Shoe
as Singing little boyThe old lady who lives in a shoe has a bit of trouble with her gaggle of children. They won't...
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Beneath Western Skies
as Sheriff Frog MillhouseTo combat the lawlessness in her town, school teacher Carrie Stokes writes to her former...
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Raiders of Sunset Pass
as Frog MillhouseWorld War II is raging and the manpower shortage has hit the range since every able-bodied...
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Across the Badlands
as SmileyCharles Starrett once more hits the trail as "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's Across the...
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Buckaroo from Powder River
as Smiley BurnetteSteve arrives looking for the person printing counterfeit bonds. He finds his man in Pop Ryland...
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Pride of the Plains
as Frog MillhouseDan Hurley wants to sell wild horses and is trying to get the Wild Game Laws that protect them...
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Riders of the Lone Star
as Smiley BurnetteAn outlaw gang is trying to stop the reopening of a mine as they look for the money left there...
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Ridin' the Outlaw Trail
as Smiley BurnetteCharles Starrett plays lawman Steve Forsythe in Ridin' the Outlaw Trail. Somewhere along the...
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Petticoat Junction
as Charley PrattThe Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...
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Green Acres
as Charley PrattGreen Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from...
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Western von gestern
as Frog MillhouseWestern von gestern is a German television series.
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Dick Tracy
as uncreditedDick Tracy is an American TV series based on the detective comic strip Dick Tracy. The show...
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