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 Singing Cowboy (1936)
6.3/10
Director: Mack V Wright
Starring: Gene Autry
Gene heads for the big city to convince a coffee company to sponsor a radio broadcast so he can raise the money for an operation which will save a gir... Read more
Shooting High (1940)
6.4/10
Director: Alfred E Green
Starring: Gene Autry
A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead. The grandson's friend scares the actor out of town... Read more
The Last Round-up (1947)
6.3/10
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
Bells Of Capistrano (1942)
6.1/10
Director: William Morgan
Starring: Gene Autry
When her competitor gets too rough rodeo owner Jennifer gets help from Gene. Shag Johnson, owner of the Johnson Brothers Rodeo, has been trying for... Read more
The Old West (1952)
6.5/10
Starring: Gene Autry
Doc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the stagecoach line. Parson Brooks joins Autry in an effort... Read more
Whirlwind (1951)
6.6/10
Director: John English
Starring: Gene Autry
Big Jim Lassiter is trying to put together a western crime syndicate, but postal inspector Gene, with the help of agent Burnette (posing as a horse do... Read more
Gold Mine in the Sky (1938)
6.6/10
Director: William Morgan
Starring: Gene Autry
As executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress doesn't marry without his approval. Read more
Melody Ranch (1940)
6.6/10
Starring: Gene Autry
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration. Read more
Rancho Grande (1940)
6.6/10
Director: Frank McDonald
Starring: Gene Autry
Kay and her eastern clan go out West to run the ranch left her by her grandfather. Badguys are out to ruin the ranch's irrigation system, so Autry len... Read more
Heart Of The Rio Grande (1942)
6.2/10
Director: William Morgan
Starring: Gene Autry
As foreman of a dude ranch, Gene has two problems. One is a guest, the spoiled daughter of a millioniare, and the other is the disgruntled ex-foreman... Read more