Hal Taliaferro

A cowboy comes to the aid of rancher Madge Holt who’s being threatened by Mexican bandits that believe there is a treasure buried on her land.

John Wayne stars as a man in prison, framed for a murder he didn’t commit, who escapes and heads to Sagebrush to find the true killer on the loose.

A gang, led by banker Calvin Drake, plans to drive off ranchers from their land to profit from a railroad. However, on one of these ranches, the Circle R, lives the Ryder family who resist the gang. After his father, Tom, is killed by One Eye Chapin, Red Ryder swears revenge and sets out to defeat the gang once and for all.

An insurance agent goes undercover as a showboat singer to try to recover stolen money from an alleged bank robber, but soon has a change of heart.

In this first live depiction of the Lone Ranger serial, a Confederate Army captain leads a ragtag band of deserters to conquer and rule Texas.