Ken Maynard

Ken Maynard

Total Credits at Criticker: 60 (Actor), 1 (Director), 3 (Writer)

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    Boots of Destiny
    Both Harmon and his men and a Mexican gang are after a treasure hidden on the Wilson ranch. Acey learns of their raid and goes to get Ken only to find him in jail for a murder he did not commit. (imdb)
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    North Star
    Melodrama about a man who heads into the Northwest after he mistakenly believes he has killed another man and is followed there by his sister. (imdb)
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    Arizona Whirlwind
    US marshals Ken, Hoot and Bob stop a gang dressed as Indians from robbing the stage. After getting repairs at the relay station, but before they get to town, another trap is set, but they get away. In town, they search the stage and find nothing. But hidden in the axle grease can are diamonds. Polini wants them cut into smaller diamonds so that he can easily dispose of them. (imdb)
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    Avenging Waters
    Mortimer build a fence for the cattle brought by Ken Morley. To retaliate, Slater who wants access to the land, builds a dam cutting off Mortimer's water supply. When Ken confronts Slater, he is captured. Then lightning destroys the dam and Ken, imprisoned in a shack, is in the path of the oncoming surge of water. (imdb)
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    Blazing Guns
    The Governor sends Ken and Hoot to clean up the town of Willow Springs. Finding themselves outnumbered by Duke Wade and his gang, Hoot gets the Governor to release some prisoners into their custody. They now have the men they need but one of the prisoners is a double-crosser secretly working for Wade. (imdb)
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    $50,000 Reward
    Tex Sherwood has just come into possession of a valuable piece of land that will be irrigated by a new dam. Banker Holman knowing the deed must be registered the next day, offers a $50,000 reward for Tex's capture. (imdb)
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    Alias: The Bad Man
    A ranger joins the outlaw gang whose boss he believes is a murderer. (imdb)
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    The Arizona Terror
    Captain Porter's scheme is to buy livestock and then have his men show up later to kill the buyer and retrieve the money. When his men kill the next victim, he frames the Arizonian for the murder. The Arizonian escapes the law and joins up with the outlaw Vasquez. Knowing Porter's scheme, he plans to trap him by using Vasquez as the next buyer. (imdb)
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    Between Fighting Men
    Ken not only has to fight with his brother Wally over the girls, he has to try and stop the conflict between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. It gets worse when Butch kills Judy's father. (imdb)
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    Branded Men
    When Rod, Ramrod, and Half-A-Rod ride into Steep Gulch, they immediately become Sheriffs. The previous Sheriffs have been killed by Mace and his gang who don't wait long before they make an attempt on the new trio. (imdb)
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    The Cattle Thief
    Ken, sent to investigate cattle rustlers, poses as a peddler during the day but the Masked Rider at night. (imdb)
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    Come On, Tarzan
    Frazier and his gang are rustling horses. When the wild horse Tarzan frees Frazier's horses. Frazier gets the Sheriff to declare Tarzan an outlaw and have him shot. But Tarzan is Ken's favorite and he now tries to protect him. (imdb)
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    Death Rides the Range
    Unknown to the Morgan's, a secret mine on their ranch contains helium. Larkin knows of the helium and is after the ranch so he can sell the helium to foreign agent Strakoff. Ken finds the mine and the helium and sets out to help the Morgans. (imdb)
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    Death Valley Rangers
    After losing several gold shipments to stagecoach robbers, a local businessman calls in the Trail Blazers (Ken, Hoot and Bob) to halt the robberies and find out how the perpetrators have gotten the stolen gold out of town without a trace. (imdb)
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    Drum Taps
    Skinner and his gang are grabbing land from the ranchers. When they go after Kerry's ranch Ken stops them. Skinner frames Ken for rustling but the Sheriff is on Ken's side, and with the help of his brother Earl's Boy Scout troup they go after the gang. (imdb)
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    Dynamite Ranch
    Howell breaks up a train robbery only to find that it's a fake. However the money is missing and he is blamed. He escapes and sets out to find the real thieves. He must also avoid being caught visiting the Collins ranch to see Doris. (imdb)
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    Fargo Express
    When Mort loses his and Ken's money at poker, Goss gets him to rob the stage. He is captured, identified by his palomino horse. Ken tries to clear him by robbing a stage while riding a palomino, but he also gets caught. (imdb)
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    The Fiddlin\
    Government man Fiddlin' has joined Wolf's gang and Banty has become his friend. When Fiddlin' objects to Wolf's kidnapping of Ann, he is left in a burning building. Rescued by his horse Tarzan, he convinces Banty to help bring in the gang. (imdb)
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    The Fighting Legion
    After being shot, a dying Marshal Dawson gives Dave Hayes his badge and asks him to finish his job. Dave becomes Marshal but when Bowie, the man that shot Dawson appears, he exposes Dave as an imposter. Dave is then in trouble when Edwards incites the mob to lynch him. (imdb)
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    Fighting Thru
    Dan and Tennessee are successful gold miners. Ace Brady learns of their success and sends Fox to rob them. During the robbery Fox shoots Tennessee and Ace arrives to arrest Dan for the murder. Dan escapes but is now a wanted man. (imdb)
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    Flaming Lead
    Creely is rustling Berke's horses so he can't fulfill his Army contract. When they kill Berke, his daughter sends for part owner Gordon. When the always drunk Gordon arrives he passes off his friend Ken as himself. Now posing as Gordon, Ken soon finds himself the new target of Creely's outlaw gang. (imdb)
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    The Fugitive Sheriff
    Just after his man Louder loses the Sheriff's election to Ken, Flamer finds Ken's rowel. Then he and his men rob the train as he poses as Ken and leaves the rowel. The train crew's identification plus the rowel convicts Ken. Ken escapes but must now prove his innocence as a fugitive. (imdb)
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    The Grey Vulture
    Bart Miller, born 300 years too late, is a cowhand daydreaming of being a knight and saving damsels in distress. He gets his chance when a girl is aboard a runaway stage. When that girl later overhears a plot to rustle her father's cattle she is kidnapped and Bart now gets to perform the rescue of his earlier daydream. (imdb)
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    Gun Justice
    Wanting the Lance ranch, Burkett kills Lance and brings in an imposter to pose as the heir Ken Lance. Ken learns of the plan, captures the imposter, and arrives posing as himself. In an ensuing gunfight a man is killed and Ken is in trouble when not only is he accused of the murder, but the imposter escapes and convinces the Sheriff he's the real Ken Lance. (imdb)
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    Harmony Trail
    Sent to investigate a payroll robbery, Marshall Rocky meets his old friends Ken, Eddie, and Max. He has the serial numbers and when Pop puts on his medicine show they get one of the bills. This enables Ken to see through Sorrell's scheme that threw the blame on an innocent rancher and he sets out to prove it. (imdb)
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    Heir to Trouble
    Cowboy fights to keep his land after oil is discovered on it. (imdb)
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    Hell-Fire Austin
    Heading west, Ken and Bouncer end up at the Brooks ranch where Ken is to ride Tarzan in the big race. But both the Sheriff and Edmonds are after him and he must hide both himself and the horse until race time. (imdb)
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    Heroes of the Range
    Bull is after the money in the express office. Posing as a notorious outlaw, Ken joins Bull's gang. With the big raid planned, Ken tries to get a note to the Sheriff. But the note is intercepted, the money taken from the safe, and Ken now known to be on the side of the law left for dead. (imdb)
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    Honor of the Range
    After Sheriff Ken puts money in the safe, his brother Clem gives Rawhide the combination. With the money gone the disgruntled townsmen make Boots Sheriff and lock up Ken. Clem, now a prisoner of Rawhide, has a change of heart and sends Ken a message with the outlaw's location. Ken escapes by impersonating the saloon entertainer and rides for the hangout. (imdb)
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    In Old Santa Fe
    Gangster Chandler and his accomplice Tracy arrive at a dude ranch. Cowboy Kentucky arrives at the same time. When Tracy double-crosses his boss and has the stage robbed, Kentucky finds the outlaws and brings them in. Tracy frames him for the murder of the driver but his pal Cactus gets him out of jail. He returns just as Chandler shoots Tracy and Kentucky finds himself arrested for another murder. (imdb)
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    The Two Gun Man
    Hired guns threaten ranchers. (imdb)
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    Whistlin\
    A cowboy and sidekick infiltrate a rustler gang to avenge the murder of their pal. (imdb)
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    Tombstone Canyon
    Maynard hears the cry of the weird masked "phantom" of Tombstone Canyon. The plot thickens when Maynard discovers a man with a key to his past has been murdered by the phantom. (imdb)
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    Phantom Thunderbolt
    A cowboy called The Thunderbolt Kid comes to the aid of a town that is being threatened by outlaws who don't want a railroad to go through the town. (imdb)
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    Mystery Mountain
    Ken Williams is determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Rattler, who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like that owned by Jane Corwin. The Rattler is especially difficult to catch because of his skill at disguising himself as other people. (imdb)
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    The Pocatello Kid
    Just after Pocatello's brother is killed, a wounded Pocatello arrives being chased by the Sheriff. Larkin switches the identity of the two brothers and then expects Pocatello to assume his brother's role in the outlaw gang. (imdb)
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    False Faces
    Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital, primarily for a lack of ethics, and goes to Chicago and sets himself up as a plastic surgeon (unqualified) and seducer of women; his quack methods lead to an operating-room failure that leads to tragedy for many others. (imdb)
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    The Phantom City
    A weird letter tells our heroes to go to a ghost town which has an abandoned mine. There they contend with bad guys looking for hidden gold. They are aided by a mysterious Phantom.
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    King of the Arena
    Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but when he realizes that Bargoff is involved, Bargoff has fled and taken Mary Hiller as a hostage. The trail leads to Baron Petroff who concocted the deadly chemical and Ken quickly finds himself the Baron's prisoner. (imdb)
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    The Law Rides Again
    US government agents Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson, aka "The Trail Blazers", make a deal with captured outlaw Duke Dillon to catch crooked Indian agent John Hampton, who has been using his authority to steal from the local tribe. Dillon double-crosses the inept and lethargic heroes, making it difficult for them to carry out their mission. (imdb)
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    Lawless Riders
    When Edith overhears Bart's plan to rob the bank she informs Ken. But she is also overheard and when Ken goes to investigate, Bart's Henchman Prod frames him for the robbery. Thrown in jail, Ken's pal Pedro arrives with a plan to get him out. (allmovie.com)
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    Lightning Strikes West
    When Butch Taggart escapes prison, the Marshal sends Lightning Morgan to find him and his hidden gold. He finds the map to the gold on Taggart's boot. Joe Laikon and his men are also after the gold and they overpower Morgan, get the map, and head for the treasure. But Morgan and Tod Grant are soon on their trail. (imdb)
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    The Lone Avenger
    A prominent banker commits suicide. His son thinks otherwise and sets out to prove it. (imdb)
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    Lucky Larkin
    Ken Maynard's fourth film under his 1929 contract with Universal came complete with a music score and sound effects, but no dialogue scenes. Maynard played the title role, a cowboy who, to save the spread of beleaguered homesteader Colonel Lee (Charles Clary), rides the magnificent horse Tarzan to win the Big Race. (allmovie.com)
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    Whirlwind Horseman
    Ken and Happy, looking for their friend Cherokee, run into an outlaw gang led by Ritter who have been terrorizing the ranchers. Ken figures that one of the prominent citizens is the real boss and sets a trap to find him. (imdb)
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    Six-Shootin\
    Just out of prison, Trigger Morton gets revenge from Kendal, the man who framed him. Then he disposes of Holman and his gang. His last challenge is his old friend Chuck, the man who proved he was framed, who arrives with a plan to rob the express office. (imdb)
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    Western Frontier
    Ken and his sister are separated while young when the Indians attack their wagon train. Ken, now grown, is sent after the outlaw known as the Golden hair Girl only to find that she's his long lost sister. (imdb)
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    Phantom Rancher
    Cowboy puts on a black mask and a black outfit to fight a gang of land-grabbing crooks. (imdb)
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    Trailin\
    Maynard is an easy going cowhand mistaken for a ruthless killer. Using this reputation, he is hired as a ranch foreman where he settles a major dispute over open rangeland and water rights. (imdb)
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    Smoking Guns
    Accused of a murder he did not commit, Ken leaves the country. Three years later Evans finds him in the jungle. When Evans dies, Ken seeing the resemblance, assumes his identity and returns to clear his name. (imdb)
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    Wild Horse Stampede
    "Trail blazers" Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson help out inexperienced sheriff Bob Tyler as smarmy town boss Carson and his gang try to prevent a vitally needed herd of horses from being sold to the army, which has been called in to protect a new railroad line from attacks by Indians and renegade whites. (imdb)
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    Texas Gun Fighter
    Bill Dane and Banty quit Kell's outlaw gang. When Dane prevents Kell and his men from getting a bullion shipment, he is made Sheriff. Learning Dane is Sheriff, Kell and gang return, force Dane to give them the bullion, and make Dane a prisoner. Escaping, Dane trails the gang and engages them in a gunfight while his horse Tarzan goes for help.
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    The Marshal of Windy Hollow
    The Texas Rangers are called in to investigate a string of attacks on wagon trains.
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    Westward Bound
    Learning that Montana is about to become a state and that property values will rise rapidly, Caldwell is using his outlaw gang to force the ranchers off their land. To fight back Tuttle sends for the Trail Blazers and unaware of Maynard's identity, Caldwell appoints him Marshal.
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    The Red Raiders
    Lone wolf, who is stirring up the Indians against the wishes of his elders, gets the job of scout at the fort. When he hears of the approval of the new reservation, he sends his men to trap Scott and his troop before they can deliver the information.
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    Strawberry Roan
    The mares Jim Edwards are losing is being blamed on a wild horse when it is actually his foreman Hawkins. Colonel Bownlee offers his ranch to anyone who can ride this wild palomino. Ken takes up the challenge and also seeks the real thief.
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    Range Law
    Having escaped from prison, a cowboy looks for the man that framed him.
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    Western Courage
    Wealthy Henry Hanley takes his family to a dude ranch. But his daughter Gloria's boyfriend Eric is waiting and he is after Hanley's money. Ken overhears Eric's plan and abducts Gloria to stop the elopement. The outlaw Lacrosse and his henchman then catch Ken without his guns, take off with Gloria, and leave a tied up Ken in a burning shack.
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    Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
    Hollywood on Parade installment that stars Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Ken Maynard & Roland Young.
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    Wheels of Destiny
    Bill, who is about to lead a wagon train to California, has a map to a valuable gold field and Rocky is after the map. When Rocky and his men attack, Ken Manning breaks it up and later identifies Rocky and his men as the attackers. Expelled from the wagon train, they stampede a buffalo herd puting the Indians on the warpath. After the Indians attack the wagon train, Rocky thinks he can get the map.
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