Forget "Cowboys and Aliens"

Let's go back to 1936 for "Ghost Patrol"  from Excelsior Pictures (distributed by Puritan Pictures).  Tim McCoy stars as an undercover agent who's sent to investigate plane crashes caused by a mysterious ray gun.

Yes folks, this is a science-fiction Western.

Joining Tim in the cast are Claudia Dell, Walter Miller, Wheeler Oakman, Jimmy Burtis, Lloyd Ingraham, and Dick Curtis.

With story by Wyndham Gittens (a veteran of motion picture serials), this film was produced by Sigmund Newfeld and Leslie Simmonds and directed by Sam Newfield.

Time For Another Movie, Boys and Girls!

Here's a 1936 movie.  Produced by Excelsior Productions and released by Puritan Pictures, we bring you Tim McCoy starring in "Aces and Eights."  Tim's joined in the cast by Luana Walters, Rex Lease, Wheeler Oakland, Frank Glendon, Charles Stevens, Earl Hodgins, Jimmy Aubrey, and Joseph Girard.  With original story and continuity by Arthur Durlam, this flick was produced by Sigmund Neufeld and Leslie Simmonds and directed by Sam Newfield.

Time For A Tim McCoy Western

From Sam Katzman's Victory Pictures in 1939, here's Tim McCoy starring in the dual role of "Lightining Bill" Carson, who tries to stop cattle rustlers by posing as Miguel, the Mexican, in "Code of the Cactus."  With story and screenplay by Edward Halperin, this film was directed by Sam Newfield. Joining Tim in the cast are Ben Corbett, Dorothy Short, Ted Adams, Alden Chase, Dave O'Brien, and Forrest Taylor.

Here's Another Quickie Western

Here's Tim McCoy starring in the 1936 motion picture "Border Caballero."  After his friend is murdered, an FBI sharpshooter takes his place in trying to capture a band of bank robbers.  With original story by Norman S. Hall and continuity by Joseph O'Donnell, this film, produced for Puritan Pictures  (under the Excelsior Pictures banner) by Sig Neufeld and Lesile Simmons and directed by Sam Newfield.  Joining Tim in the cast are Lois January, the movies'---and television's----future Dick Tracy himself, Ralph Byrd, Frank Glendon, Ted Adams, John Merton, and Earl Hodgins.

Another flick from a short-lived Poverty Row studio.

Enjoy!