Classic Adventure
Remember those moments where the main character finds himself in a difficult or precarious dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation, those thrill-a-minute extravaganzas, those rip-roaring spectacles, swashbuckling and derring-do action, cliff-hanger endings .... that was what Saturday Matinees were made of.
Below is a compilation of the 'essence' of this wonderful genre. See also 'Cliff-Hanger Serials'
The Three Musketeers Volume 1 (1-6) (1933)
5.6/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: John Wayne
Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he trie... Read more
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
7/10
Director: Albert Lewin
Starring: James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick
A seductive woman falls in love with a mysterious ship's captain. Read more
The Magic Carpet (1951)
5.3/10
Director: Lew Landers
Starring: Lucille Ball, John Agar, Patricia Medina
Using a magic flying carpet and a handful of friends, the son of a murdered Caliph must fight the usurper in order to win the throne of the Caliphate. Read more
Blue Canadian Rockies (1952)
6.7/10
Starring: Gene Autry
Montana ranch owner Cyrus Bigbee sends his foreman, Gene Autry, and Rawhide Buttram to his Canadian timber land to stop the marriage of his daughter S... Read more
Wagon Team (1952)
7.6/10
Starring: Gene Autry
Special investigator Gene Autry (Gene Autry) has himself jailed so he can work on then conscience of Dave Weldon (Dick Jones), suspected of the theft... Read more
Beyond The Purple Hills (1950)
6.7/10
Director: John English
Starring: Gene Autry
Hick town sheriff Gene must arrest Jack Beaumont even though he believe Jack innocent of his father's murder. Which, of course, he sets out to prove. Read more
The Lost Jungle: Volume 1 (1934)
4.8/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: Clyde Beatty
Animal trainer Clyde Beatty heads a rescue party in search of his girl, Ruth, and her father who get lost looking for an uncharted island. His dirigib... Read more
The Lost Jungle: Volume 2 (1934)
7.7/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: Clyde Beatty
Animal trainer Clyde Beatty heads a rescue party in search of his girl, Ruth, and her father who get lost looking for an uncharted island. His dirigib... Read more
Cow Town (1950)
6/10
Director: John English
Starring: Gene Autry
Gene responds to cattle rustling by stringing barbed wire all around his range. In order to end the cattle rustling, Gene Autry becomes one of the... Read more
Robin Hood Of Texas (1947)
6.1/10
Director: Lesley Selander
Starring: Gene Autry
A gang of bank robbers arrive at Gene's ranch. Gene winds up chasing them around the west. When the bank is robbed, Gene and the boys are singing ne... Read more