Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson
aka as Flash Gordon, Tarzan
Classic
TV Commercials Of The Fifties And Sixties, Vol. II VHS
Sure,
Bromo Seltzer tasted better than Fizzies, but which had the bubbliest bubbles?
Settle this and other great debates with classic ads including the Old
Gold dancing cigarettes, ``The Dick Van Dyke Show'' cast for Kent, Buster
Crabbe for Heinz products, Screaming Yellow Zonkers and much more! 60 min.
The
Gabby Hayes Show, Vol. 1 VHS
With
guest stars Lash LaRue, Fuzzy St. John and Buster Crabbe.
The
Gabby Hayes Show, Vol. 4 VHS
Includes
guest stars Eddie Dean, Fuzzy St. John and Buster Crabbe.
The
Gabby Hayes Show, Vol. 6 VHS
Eddie
Dean, Fuzzy St. John and Buster Crabbe are shown in action.
The
Gabby Hayes Show, Vol. 8 VHS
Fuzzy
St. John, Bob Steele and Buster Crabbe are featured here.
The
Gabby Hayes Show, Vol. 9 VHS
Saddle
up with Fuzzy St. John, Bob Steele and Buster Crabbe.
The
Gabby Hayes Show, Vol. 10 VHS
Features
Hoot Gibson, Fuzzy St. John and Buster Crabbe.
To
The Last Man(1933) VHS
Early
Western drama from director Henry Hathaway, based on a Zane Grey novel,
regarding an ancient feud between two frontier families that is fanned
when one clan takes up cattle rustling. Randolph Scott, Noah Beery, Sr.,
Buster Crabbe, Esther Ralston star; look for a five-year-old Shirley Temple
in her second feature film. AKA: "Law of Vengeance." 60 min.
Buffalo
Stampede(1934) VHS
Buffalo
hunter Randolph Scott goes up against villain Noah Beery, Sr., who has
contrived a feud between settlers and Indians to grab a fortune in hides.
Directed by Henry Hathaway; with Buster Crabbe, Judith Allen. AKA: "In
the Days of the Thundering Herd," "The Thundering Herd." 57 min.
Desert
Gold(1936) VHS
Fine
rendition of the Zane Grey classic stars Buster Crabbe as the chief of
an Indian tribe that zealously guards the ore rich deposits beneath their
land. Frontier adventure with Robert Cummings, Marsha Hunt, Tom Keene.
59 min.
Arizona
Thunderbolt(1936) VHS
A
circus performer and his piano-playing sidekick team up to stop a gang
of rustlers terrorizing the big top in this sagebrusher. Joe Cook, Robert
Cummings, Buster Crabbe, June Martel star. AKA: "Arizona Mahoney." 60 min.
Drift
Fence(1936) VHS
Inspired
by a Zane Grey story, this exciting oater stars Buster Crabbe and Tom Keene
in a tale of a man who infiltrates a group of cattle rustlers in order
to find the murderer of his friend. Katherine DeMille and Glenn Erikson
also star.
Forlorn
River(1937) VHS
Rip-roarin'
rendition of the Zane Grey standard stars Buster Crabbe as the canny cowpoke
who wrests a sleepy Nevada town from the grip of an outlaw gang. Also stars
Syd Saylor, June Martel, Chester Conklin. 62 min.
Colorado
Sunset(1939) VHS
Gene
Autry and his cow-punching pals swallow their pride when Smiley Burnette
spends their land stake on a sissy dairy ranch, but it's a man's job after
all when racketeers demand a payoff from them. With screen Tarzans Buster
Crabbe and Elmo Lincoln. 58 min.
Blazing
Frontier(1941) VHS
Has
Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) jumped back to the side of the outlaws when
he and compradre Fuzzy (Al St. John) join forces with some crooked railroad
officials? Don't worry, fans, it's just a plot by the Kid to bring the
land-swindling lawbreakers to justice. With Marjorie Manners, Kermit Maynard.
Wildcat(1942)
VHS
Richard
Arlen is Johnny Maverick, a cowpoke whose last penny goes to a land deal
in which he takes on a partner. When that partner dies, Maverick fights
a sabotage effort from an outlaw while waiting to see if his new land has
oil on it. William Frawley, Arline Judge and Buster Crabbe co-star. 71
min.
Sheriff
Of Sage Valley(1942) VHS
Larry
"Buster" Crabbe plays two roles in this thrilling western yarn. He's Billy
the Kid, the famous outlaw, who is mistakenly appointed mayor of a Western
town and promises to keep it clean. Soon, however, he's confronted by his
oily twin brother, gambler Kansas Ed. Al St. John, Tex "Dave" O'Brien also
star.
Law
And Order(1942) VHS
Billy'd
do his poor ma proud...he winds up doubling for a U.S. Cavalry officer!
Sound the charge with this fun series entry starring Buster Crabbe and
Fuzzy St. John. 60 min.
Fugitive
Of The Plains(1943) VHS
When
outlaws turn a young woman into a criminal, Billy the Kid saves the day.
Buster Crabbe stars as the western legend; with Karl Hackett, Jack Ingram.
56 min.
Cattle
Stampede(1943) VHS
Billy
the Kid (Buster Crabbe) and sidekick Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) go head-to-head
against a rustler who schemes to purchase cattle at reduced prices. Frances
Gladwin and Charles King also star in this action-packed western. 58 min.
The
Kid Rides Again(1943) VHS
Things
aren't going swimmingly for Buster Crabbe as he is once more forced to
dodge a posse of a corrupt sheriff with whom "he just can't get along."
Al St. John is once more at Buster's side. AKA: "Billy the Kid Rides Again."
60 min.
Western
Cyclone(1943) VHS
A
gang of ornery outlaws frames Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) for murder
and the kidnapping of a young girl. Crabbe has to clear his name by finding
the girl, then joins forces with pardner Al St. John to lasso the creeps.
With Marjorie Manners, Charlie King.
Renegades(1943)
VHS
A
mining town's crooked mayor is trying to buy out a bankrupt group of ranchers
who don't know that their land is full of oil. It's up to Billy the Kid
(Buster Crabbe) and his sidekick Fuzzy come to town and save the day. Al
St. John co-stars. AKA: "The Renegade." 56 min.
Panhandle
Trail(1944) VHS
When
a con artist tries to swindle two children out of their inherited mine,
Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) trots to the rescue. Al St. John, John Merton
also star in this superior sagebrusher. 52 min.
The
Contender(1944) VHS
Widowed
truck driver Buster Crabbe laces up the leather gloves to earn money as
a prizefighter so he can send his beloved son to a swanky military academy.
But will a series of pitfalls, including a gold-digging girlfriend and
an addiction to the bottle, sway him from his lofty mission? Co-stars Arline
Judge, Julie Gibson; directed by Sam Newfield ("The Terror of Tiny Town").
65 min.
Valley
Of Vengeance(1944) VHS
Twenty
years after a massacre wiped out members of their family, Billy Carson
(Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy (Al St. John) have tracked down the owlhoot responsible
for the killings in a small town. Find out how they flush out the crook
and get their vengeance in this stirring sagebrusher. Evelyn Finley, Jack
Ingram also star. 56 min.
Thundering
Gun Slingers(1944) VHS
In
a trail of dust, buckaroo Billy Carson (Buster Crabbe) rides out on the
trail of a gang of black hats who've bamboozled his uncle out of his land.
Co-stars Fuzzy St. John and Kermit Maynard. 59 min.
Rustlers'
Hideout(1944) VHS
Buster
Crabbe stars in this rousing sagebrush saga in which cowboy Billy Carson
faces rustlers, card sharks and business frauds. With Al St. John, Lane
Chandler. 60 min.
Wild
Horse Phantom(1944) VHS
Exciting
western yarn starring Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson, who battles some ornery
landsnatchers out to dupe a group of honest ranchers. Al St. John and Elaine
Morey co-star. 56 min.
Devil
Riders(1944) VHS
Billy
Carson has a devil of a time convincing the townsfolk that he isn't an
outlaw, but just a guy interested in delivering frontier justice to a crooked
lawyer. Buster Crabbe, Al St. John star. 60 min.
Fuzzy
Settles Down(1944) VHS
The
Kid's grizzled sidekick has had it with life on the run and just wants
to settle down, but Billy is more than determined to show him the error
of his ways. Buster Crabbe, Al St. John. 60 min.
Frontier
Outlaws(1944) VHS
Even
"Billy the Kid" had to grow up someday, and in this first entry in the
retitled "Billy Carson" series, Buster Crabbe is once more put in the position
of producing the real varmint or being guest of honor at a "necktie party."
With the irrepressible Fuzzy St. John. 60 min.
Oath
Of Vengeance(1944) VHS
Cowpoke
Billy Carson (Buster Crabbe) isn't the swearing type, but he does vow to
help a fellow cowboy who's been accused of murder in this series entry.
Fuzzy St. John and Mady Lawrence co-star.
The
Drifter(1944) VHS
That's
"Drifter" as in "Drifter Davis," a bank robber who uses his uncanny resemblance
to Billy Carson (yes, Buster Crabbe plays both roles) to make himself rich
while making things hot for the outlaw-turned-do-gooder. With Al "Fuzzy"
St. John, Kermit Maynard.
His
Brother's Ghost(1945) VHS
In
this "Billy Carson" actioner, Fuzzy St. John's lookalike brother is ambushed
and slain by outlaws...and Fuzzy has them convinced he's returned from
the dead as he and Billy (Buster Crabbe) bring them to frontier justice.
Charles King, Archie Hall. 54 min.
Lightning
Raiders(1945) VHS
When
an ornery pack of mail rustlers (come to think of it, have you ever seen
any female rustlers?) swipes an important letter for Fuzzy, it's up to
Billy Carson to track down the missing missive and the postal pilferers!
Buster Crabbe, Al St. John star. 61 min.
Shadows
Of Death(1945) VHS
Power-packed
chapter in the Billy Carson series starring Buster Crabbe and Al ``Fuzzy''
St. John, about outlaws who murder to learn the route of the new railroad
so they can cash in on the land boom. 60 min.
Border
Badmen(1945) VHS
Oh,
they're bad, bad, border badmen...meanest men on the whole border. Badder
than ol' King Kong, meaner than a junkyard dog. Only Buster Crabbe and
Fuzzy Knight can stop them from closing on cattle barons. 58 min.
Gangster's
Den(1945) VHS
One
of Buster Crabbe's final turns as Billy, this episode is regarded as one
of the series' finest entries. Billy once again proves that to live outside
the law, you still must be honest. With Al St. John. 60 min.
Prairie
Bad Men(1946) VHS
The
proprietor of a travelling medicine show is troubled by bad men seeking
a special treasure map. Buster Crabbe's Billy Carson and Fuzzy St. John's
Fuzzy Jones come to his rescue in this sagebrusher with comedy. Patricia
Knox also stars. 55 min.
Overland
Riders(1946) VHS
When
Billy the Kid begins causing trouble, Billy Carson (Buster Crabbe) and
Fuzzy Jones (Fuzzy Knight) ride in to save the day (But wasn't Billy Carson
really Billy the Kid? Don't ask us to explain it!) in this great "B" western.
With Patti McCarty, Slim Whitaker. 53 min.
Swamp
Fire(1946) VHS
Screen
Tarzans Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe find themselves on opposite
sides of the law and rivals for Virginia Grey in this rarely seen actioner
set in the Louisiana bayou. Look for a young David Janssen among the alligators.
69 min.
Prairie
Rustlers(1947) VHS
"They're
cousins...identical cousins," and one of them is Billy Carson (Buster Crabbe),
accused of a murder committed by his doppelganger. Billy has to track down
the rascally relative and bring him to justice. With Al St. John, Kermit
Maynard. 55 min.
Caged
Fury(1948) VHS
A
circus thriller starring Buster Crabbe as a lion-tamer who murders his
assistant in order to tame a new gal under the big top. After a rival performer
suspects the animal trainer is responsible for the deed, the excitement
starts. Richard Denning, Sheila Ryan also star. 60 min.
The
Bounty Killer(1965) VHS
After
he's forced to kill a band of ruthless outlaws, gunslinger Dan Duryea gets
himself into the manhunting business. Ultimately, he finds that his job
leads to tragedy and death in this offbeat and downbeat Hollywood western
that features a supporting cast of old-time sagebrush stars: Johnny Mack
Brown, Buster Crabbe, Fuzzy Knight and Bob Steele. 93 min.