Boothill

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Miracle Pictures pesents Boot Hill**Color/73 minutes, 1969, Western/Comedy/Action**Where nobody dies of natural causes!!! Victims of an oppressive town boss are offered help by a usual alliance of gunmen and circus performers. A decidely tongue-in-cheek spagetti western finds the Trinity boys back in the saddle.

Boothill Brigade (1937) / Lawless Land (1937)

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"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Boothill Brigade (1937)"

Boothill Brigade (1937) / Lawless Land (1937)
Starring: Boothill Brigade , and Lawless Land
Manufacturer: Alpha Home Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Westerns | Genres | DVD | Video

( B ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B000HEVZGW
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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Two action-filled Westerns starring Johnny Mack Brown.

Customer Reviews:

"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Boothill Brigade (1937)".......2006-09-14

VCI Entertainment present "Johnny Mack Brown Double Feature Vol. 8" (Crooked Trail (1936)/Boot Hill Brigade (1937) (Dolby digitally remastered)...relive those thrilling days from the early '30s and '40s when Johnny Mack Brown took us down the dusty trails with some of the best B-Westerns ever to grace the Saturday Matinee Screen...just remember double the thrills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss any of the Johnny Mack Brown features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures.

First up of this double feature VCI Entertainment and Supremel Pictures present "CROOKED TRAIL" (1936) (58 mins/B&W) ... Under Roy S. Luby (Director), A.W. Hackel - Producer), George Plympton (Screenwriter) ... the cast include Johnny Mack Brown (Jim Blake), Lucile Browne (Helen Carter), John Merton (Harve Tarlton), Charles King (Lanning), Ted Adams (Estaban Salano), John Van Pelt (Tex), Ed Cassidy (Grimby), Horace Murphy (Carter), Dick Curtis (Kirk/a Miner ), earl Dwire (Miner), Artie Ortego (Card Player), Hal Price (miner) . . . . . long running Johnny Mack Brown series turned out in the early '40s...the story line has two of the cast Johnny Mack Brown and John Merton finding a goldmine and becoming partners...Merton's background is a shakey one of the outlaws life...Brown wants to give Merton every break he can and change his evil ways...Lucile Browne has a plan to open Johnny Macks eyes, will he see Merton for what he is...can it be that Lucile will run off with Merton, thus stopping a bullet meant for our hero Brown...there's an exciting fistfight between Johnny Mack and Charles King that is well worth the price of a ticket...will the final showdown live up to all we expect from the Johnny Mack Brown Supreme films series...the screenplay by George Plympton is over the top and gives the B-Western fans all the excitement and drama we long for ... a particular favorite of mine . . . . . special footnote, actor Charles King was among the top five "Best of the Badmen" (according to a new book by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland)...King was a big man, but as agile as a cat during his fight scenes with Johnny Mack Brown, Buster Crabbe, Tex Ritter, The Rough Riders and Bob Steele...King appeared in 400 films and 350 were in sound including many cliffhangers...he was the heavy we loved to hate.........meanwhile back to another great Johnny Mack B-Western provided by Supreme Pictures during their heyday of the early '30s.

The second feature is from Republic Pictures "BOOT HILL BRIGADE" (1937) (56 min/B&W) ... Under Sam Newfield (Director), A.W. Hackel (Producer), Harry F. Olmstead (Short Story Author), George Plympton (Screenwriter), Bert Longenecker (Cinematographer), Roy S. Luby (Editor) ... the cast include Johnny Mack Brown (Lon Cardigan), Claire Rochelle (Bobbie Reynolds), Dick Curtis (Bull Berke), Horace Murphy (Calico Haynes), Frank LaRue (Jeff Reynolds), Edward Cassidy (John Porter), Bobby Nelson (Tug Murdock), Frank Ball (Murdock), Steve Clark (Holbrook), Frank Ellis (Brown) . . . . . the story line is excellent with outstanding productions values as Johnny Mack Brown and Dick Curtis are once again on the opposite side of the fence...is there a plot to hire gunfighters and make widows out of the ranchers wives...the real culprit is Ed Cassidy who is behind all of the scullduggery, in a land grabbing scheme...can the homesteaders rely on Johnny Mack to bring all the polecats to justice...watch the final few minutes in a big knockdown drag out fight between our hero and one of the best fistfights...well it's not over yet until Johnny Mack Brown gives the heavy his walking papers. ... the scenery in this oater is outstanding and cinematographer Bert Longenecker is the reason . . . . . special footnote, tall in the saddle actor Dick Curtis was Columbia Pictures main villain in just about every Charles Starrett and Johnny Mack Brown B-Westerns, Curtis also appeared in a few "Three Stooges" comedy films, down the road built "Pioneertown" in partnership with cowboy star Russell Hayden for B-Western locations . . . . . another footnote, actor Edward Cassidy appeared in more than some 218 films, mainly serials and B-Westerns as a judge, sheriff and sometimes on the wrong side of the law . . . . . another great B-Western for Johnny Mack Brown under the Republic Pictures banner, proves to be one of his most exciting performances.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Johnny Mack Brown
Birth Date: 9/01/1904 - Dothan, Alabama
Died: 11/14/1974 - Woodland Hills, California (cardiac condition)
2. Charles King
Birth Date: 2/21/1895 - Hillsboro, Texas
Died: 5/07/1957 - Hollywood, California (cirrhosis of liver)
3. John Merton (aka: John Myrtland La Varre)
Birth Date: 2/18/1901 - Washington
Died: 9/19/1959 - Los Angeles, California (heart attack)
4. Claire Rochelle
Birth Date: 8/22/1908 - Nevada, Missouri
Died: 5/23/1981 - La Jolla, California
5. Ed Cassidy
Birth Date: 3/21/1893 - Illinois, USA
Died: 1/19/1968 - Woodland Hills, California
6. Dick Curtis (aka- Richard Dye)
Birth Date: 5/11/1902 - Newport, Kentucky
Died: 1/03/1952 - Hollywood, California (pneumonia)
7. S. Roy Luby (Director)
Date of birth: 8 August 1904 - New York, New York
Date of death: 19 August 1976 - Los Angeles, California
8. Sam Newfield (aka: Samuel Neufeld) (Director)
Date of birth: 6 December 1899 - New York, New York
Date of death: 10 November 1964 - Los Angeles, California

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features by Johnny Mack Brown:

JOHNNY MACK BROWN WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
Vol. 1 Bad Man from Red Butte/Rawhide Ramgers (VCI#8348
Vol. 2 Raiders of San Joaquin/Law of the Range (VCI #7226)
Vol. 3 Pony Post/Ragtime Cowboy Joe (VCI #7238)
Vol. 4 Branded A Coward/Rogue of the Range (VCI #7244)
Vol. 5 Guns in the Dark/Partner of the Trail (VCI #7260)
Vol. 6 Bar Z Bad Men/Between Men (VCI #7282)
Vol. 7 Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie/Lone Star Trail (VCI#7308)
Vol. 8 Crooked Trail/Boot Hill Brigade (VCI#7309)

Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above 8 volumes as they are not available on Amazon as of yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment.

Bobby J. Copeland's book on "Johnny Mack Brown: Up Close & Personal" is chuck full of answers to all the questions his fans had from early on...when you went to see him on the big screen, you got exactly what the marquee said...plenty of thrills, adventure and loaded with action...Johnny Mack was a natural for the western, his riding abilities and fight scenes were of the the same caliber as Buck Jones and Bob Steele...Johnny Mack sets the saddle better than Duke Wayne...seems Johnny got better with the more films he made and the scripts were always top notch...he was one of the best-liked people in films, what you saw on the screen is what he really was, a great human being...pickup your copy from Amazon or Empire Publishing both have this in stock.

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Johnny Mack Brown Double Feature Vol. 8" (Crooked Trail (1936)/Boot Hill Brigade (1937), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on DVD and VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just the way we like 'em

Total Time: 115 on DVD ~ VCI Home Video #7309 ~ (9/12/2006)

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