John English — Director (14)

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Riders in the Sky (1949) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Riders in the Sky
director: John English actor: Gene Autry / Champion …
other title: Gespensterreiter
When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle business with his pal Chuckawalla Jones but decides instead to help Anne Lawson clear her father, rancher Ralph Lawson, of a false murder charge. He looks for the three witnesses who can testify that Lawson shot only in self defense in killing a gambler, but the witnesses are terrorized by another gambler, town boss Rock McCleary, who shoots witness Pop Roberts Morgan. Fatally wounded, Pop gives Gene the information needed to clear Lawson, then dies crying the "Ghost Riders" are coming for him. Gene then heads for a showdown with McCleary.

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Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mysterious Doctor Satan
other title: Die Rache der kupfernen Schlange / Le Mysterieux docteur Satan …
A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots based on his prototype to conquer America. The only one standing in his way is Bob Wayne, who fights Satan as the enigmatic Copperhead. Mysterious Doctor Satan is a 1940 film serial named after its chief villain. Doctor Satan's main opponent is the masked mystery man, "The Copperhead", whose secret identity is Bob Wayne, a man searching for justice and revenge on Satan for the death of his step-father. The serial charts the conflict between the two as Bob Wayne pursues Doctor Satan, while the latter completes his plans for world domination.

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Arizona Days (1937) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Arizona Days
director: John English actor: Tex Ritter / Syd Saylor …
Tex and sidekick Grass join McGill's traveling show. When Price has McGill's wagons burned, Tex becomes the county tax collector to earn money. This leads to trouble as one of those owing money is Price who says he will not pay. Business doesn´t go as plan.

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The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Cowboy and the Indians
director: John English actor: Gene Autry / Champion …
Finding Indians stealing from his ranch, Gene learns they are suffering from malnutrition. Store owner Martin is cheating them and now he is after the Chief's valuable necklace. When the dying chief is found, having been attacked and robbed, Martin blames Lakhona who would become the new chief. When Gene helps Lakhona they soon find themselves fleeing from the law.

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Don't Fence Me In (1945) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Don't Fence Me In
director: John English actor: Roy Rogers / Trigger …
Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magazine who comes West to find out the true story of Kelly, of whom Gabby seems to have mysterious knowledge.

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Jungle Girl (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Jungle Girl
other title: La fille de la jungle / 女泰山 …
Dr. John Meredith has been driven from civilization by the criminal activities of his twin brother Bradley Meredith. With his infant daughter, he settles in the African jungle, where his ability to cure the native ills has resulted in his virtual control of the Masamba tribes, who possess vast diamond mines coveted by a gang of crooks.

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Rim of the Canyon (1949) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rim of the Canyon
director: John English actor: Gene Autry / Champion …
20 years ago, 3 men robbed a stage and hid $30,000. They were caught and sent to prison by Marshal Steve Autry. 20 years later, the men bust out of prison and return to the ghost town where they stashed their treasure searching. Steve's grandson picks up where Steve left off to foil the plans of the outlaws.

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Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Riders of the Whistling Pines
director: John English actor: Gene Autry / Champion …
other title: Männer mit eisernen Nerven
While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and Wright. In order to compensate the best he can, Gene sells his sportsman's camp and gives the money to Carter's daughter Helen . En route to Texas, Gene discovers the infestation and is assigned by the Forest Department to supervise the program of spraying the area with DDT from the air. After the first day of spraying, the DDT is blamed by furious stock men for the many animals found dead of poisoning.

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Drums of Fu Manchu (1940) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Drums of Fu Manchu
other title: 傅满洲之鼓 / Dr. Fu Manchu …
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesis, Dr. Nayland Smith, Qiwan.cc and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys.