Movies by Harry L. Fraser
As a director:
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Chained for Life (1951)
Cast: Allen Jenkins, Violet Hilton, Daisy Hilton …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
When conjoined twin Vivian kills her sister Dotty's husband in cold blood after discovering his aspirations to have the siblings separated, the courts are forced to decide if they should…
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Thunder Town / Driftin' River (1946)
Cast: Bob Steele, Roscoe Ates, Syd Saylor …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser, Robert Emmett Tansey
Falsely accused of robbing a bank, Jim Brandon (Bob Steele) uses the newfangled science of ballistics to try and prove his innocence in "Thunder Town." In "Driftin' River," cowpoke Eddie…
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Ambush Trail / The Red Rope (1946)
Cast: Bob Steele, Forrest Taylor, Karl Hackett …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser, S. Roy Luby
Prolific B-movie Western star Bob Steele saves the day in two classic cowboy adventures. In Ambush Trail, cowpoke Curley Thompson (Steele) enlists a local rancher in tracking down a missing…
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Thunder Town (1946)
Cast: Bob Steele, Steve Clark, Edward Howard …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
Recent parolee Jim (Bob Steele), who was framed for robbery, returns to his hometown determined to prove his innocence. Regularly harassed by nasty locals, Jim must keep his cool while…
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Ambush Trail (1946)
Cast: Bob Steele, Syd Saylor, I. Stanford Jolley …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
New ranch owner Curley (Bob Steele) learns that outlaws have been raiding incoming supply shipments, forcing fellow ranchers out of business. After getting framed for murder, Curley must…
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Enemy of the Law (1945)
Cast: Guy Wilkerson, Tex Ritter, Kermit Maynard …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
Cowboy Tex Haines (Tex Ritter) puts his justice-seeking skills to use when a Texas Rangers field station calls upon him to find a cache of gold coins valued at a million dollars that were…
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The White Gorilla (1945)
Cast: Ray Corrigan, George J. Lewis, Budd Buster …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
Created by splicing footage from the black-and-white silent classic Perils of the Jungle (1927) with film shot in the 1940s, this jungle adventure centers on a small African village…
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Flaming Bullets (1945)
Cast: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
In this 1945 Western, Texas Rangers Dave (Dave O'Brien), Panhandle (Guy Wilkerson) and Tex (Tex Ritter) go after a ruthless gang that's busting convicts out of jail, only to kill…
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Frontier Fugitives (1945)
Cast: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
When Indians are suspected of murdering a fur trader, Texas Rangers Panhandle (Guy Wilkerson), Tex (Tex Ritter) and Dave (Dave O'Brien) must find the trader's cache of furs before…
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The Navajo Kid (1945)
Cast: Bob Steele, Syd Saylor, Ed Cassidy …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
When Tom Kirk -- aka the Navajo Kid (Bob Steele) -- goes after Matt Crandall (Stanley Blystone) and the guys who murdered and robbed his foster father (George Morrell), he ends up in Canyon…
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Jungle Man (1941)
Cast: Charles Middleton, Buster Crabbe, Sheila Darcy …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
Dr. Robert Hammond (Buster Crabbe) and his girlfriend, Betty (Sheila Darcy), wind up marooned in Africa when their ship sinks in this classic adventure flick. Soon, Hammond finds himself…
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Lightning Strikes West (1940)
Cast: Ken Maynard
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
When ex-convict Butch Taggart (Michael Vallon) lifts a shipment of cash intended to build a state-funded aqueduct, he leaves an entire town full of farmers high and dry. Desperate for outside…
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Phantom Rancher (1938)
Cast: Ken Maynard, Ted Adams, Dorothy Short …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
After inheriting his late uncle's ranch -- and the sullied reputation that goes with his land-grabbing uncle's name -- Ken Mitchell (Ken Maynard) dons a mask, straps on his guns and…
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Spirit of Youth / Lucky Ghost (1938)
Cast: Joe Louis, Mantan Moreland, Edna M. Harris …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser, William X. Crowley
African American funnyman Mantan Moreland is the connecting thread in this double feature of early comedies, starring opposite boxing great Joe Louis and frequent collaborator F.E. Miller. In…
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Fury Below (1938)
Cast: John Merton, Rex Lease, Russell Gleason …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
Recent college grad Jim Cole III (Russell Gleason) inherits his grandfather's accident-riddled mining company, much to the chagrin of the macho miners under his command. Cole grows up…
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Code of the Fearless / Songs and Saddles (1938)
Cast: Fred Scott, John Merton, Walter McGrail …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser, Bernard B. Ray
In Code of the Fearless, a Texas Ranger framed for bank robbery goes undercover in an outlaw gang to nab the real thieves, and in Songs and Saddles, a croonin' cowpoke fights a greedy…
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Six Shootin' Sheriff (1938)
Cast: Ken Maynard, Glenn Strange, Marjorie Reynolds …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
Cowboy star Ken Maynard is Jim "Trigger" Morton, in town undercover while pursuing the man who framed him for robbery. But a well-placed shot tames a band of scofflaws and gains Morton the…
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Heroes of the Alamo (1937)
Cast: Earle Hodgins, Bruce Warren, Ruth Findlay …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
You'll remember the Alamo with this 1930s film that recounts the pivotal battle. The movie is more intimate than most and focuses on such individuals as Davy Crockett, William B. Travis…
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Galloping Dynamite (1937)
Cast: Kermit Maynard, Ariane Allen, John Merton …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
After learning that an outlaw gang searching for a cache of hidden gold is responsible for his brother's brutal murder, Texas Ranger Jim Dillon (Kermit Maynard) vows revenge in director…
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Underworld / Dark Manhattan (1937)
Cast: Bee Freeman, Slick Chester, Ethel Moses …
Directed by: Oscar Micheaux, Harry L. Fraser
In the seedy Chicago "Underworld," a high-priced prostitute, rebuffed by a college graduate, frames him for the murder of her lover. In the "Dark Manhattan" alleys of Harlem, an ambitious…
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Gun Grit / Hair-Trigger Casey (1936)
Cast: Jack Perrin, Ethel Beck, David Sharpe …
Directed by: William Berke, Harry L. Fraser
Get a double dose of the Old West with these two classic cowboy adventures starring Jack Perrin as the hero who always takes down the bad guys -- including some misplaced New York mobsters up…
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Saddle Aces / Men of the Plains (1935)
Cast: Rex Bell, Ruth Mix, Joan Barclay …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser, Robert F. Hill
In Saddle Aces, two escaped, wrongly convicted prisoners help prevent a greedy land baron from taking over a lovely lady's ranch; then, in Men of the Plains, government agents…
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Lawless Frontier / Randy Rides Alone (1934)
Cast: John Wayne, Sheila Terry, George "Gabby" Hayes …
Directed by: Robert N. Bradbury, Harry L. Fraser
Lawless Frontier finds John Tobin (John Wayne) searching for Pandro Zanti (Earl Dwire), the outlaw who murdered his father and tried to kidnap his girl. In Randy Rides Alone, Randy Bowers…
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Randy Rides Alone (1934)
Cast: John Wayne, Alberta Vaughn, George "Gabby" Hayes …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
Wrongly tossed in jail for a murder he didn't commit, Randy Bowers (John Wayne) escapes from the clink and, with the help of lovely Sally Rogers (Alberta Vaughn), locates the real…
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'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
Cast: John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Shirley Jean Rickert …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
In this action-packed oater (based on B.R. Tuttle's short story "Gun Glory"), guardian Chris Morrell (John Wayne) helps his half-Indian charge (Shirley Jean Rickert) search for her white…
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Rainbow Ranch / The Tonto Kid (1933)
Cast: Rex Bell, Cecilia Parker, Bob Kortman …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
Harry L. Fraser directs these two vintage 1930s oaters starring Rex Bell as a cowboy hero. In Rainbow Ranch, Bell plays a nephew who returns home to stop a greedy villain from taking his Aunt…
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The Savage Girl (1932)
Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Walter Byron, Adolph Milar …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser
Cruising the jungle on an African safari, a European hunter goes in for game but ends up leaving with a rare human specimen -- a beautiful, "savage" white woman who's been raised by…
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Lure of the Wasteland / Call of the Rockies (1931)
Cast: Grant Withers, LeRoy Mason, Marion Arnold …
Directed by: Harry L. Fraser, Bernard B. Ray
Get a double dose of the Old West with this pair of classic flicks. In Lure of the Wasteland, a federal agent poses as a convict to nab a gang leader, while in Call of the Rockies, outlaws…