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'
Down Mexico Way (1941)
6.7/10
Starring: Gene Autry
After the bad guys swindle the good folk of Sage City, Gene and Frog chase them to Mexico where they are now trying to rob a rich Mexican ranchero. Read more
Twilight On The Rio Grande (1947)
6.4/10
Director: Frank McDonald
Starring: Gene Autry
In yet another version of probably Republic's most-used single plot---the basis for "The Leathernecks Have Landed"-"Rough Riders Round-Up", "Guns in t... Read more
Back In The Saddle (1941)
5.6/10
Director: Lew Landers
Starring: Gene Autry
Gene returns from the East with new ranch owner Tom Bennett to find everyone's cattle dying. Blaine has reopened the copper mine and the waste is pois... Read more
Ride Tenderfoot Ride (1940)
6.4/10
Director: Frank McDonald
Starring: Gene Autry
Gene Autry inherits and runs a meat packing company. To get Gene to sell, the lady owner of a rival company starts a feud to derail Gene, who tries to... Read more
South Of The Border (1939)
7/10
Director: George Sherman
Starring: Gene Autry
Gene Autry inherits and runs a meat packing company. To get Gene to sell, the lady owner of a rival company starts a feud to derail Gene, who tries to... Read more
The Sagebrush Troubadour (1935)
7/10
Director: George Sherman
Starring: Gene Autry
Before he was murdered Grandpa Martin found a gold mine. He failed to record it and now everyone is looking for Martin's old horse that can lead them... Read more
Ridin On A Rainbow (1941)
7.7/10
Director: Lew Landers
Starring: Gene Autry
Gene's investigation of a bank robbery takes him to a showboat. There he finds that teenage singer Patsy's father has been working with the robbers to... Read more
Last Of The Pony Riders (1953)
7.6/10
Starring: Gene Autry
Ex-Pony Express rider Autry ties to protect his US mail franchise as the Pony Express gives way to stage coach mail and the telegraph. Read more
Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939)
6.6/10
Director: George Sherman
Starring: Gene Autry
A flood has wiped out the ranchers. Congressman Fuller was against the Flood Control bill so Gene runs against him in the next election and wins. Gene... Read more
Indian Territory (1950)
6.8/10
Director: John English
Starring: Gene Autry
Immediately following the Civil War, former Confederate cavalry captain Gene Autry, now a sergeant in the Union Army, is assigned to help break up Ind... Read more