Movies starring Dave O'Brien

Reefer Madness (1936)

66 mins     Drama      

Whilst I watch a lot of movies, more than many, I would never call myself a movie buff. I mention this ahead of my review of "Reefer Madness", a propaganda movie from the mid 1930's and originally called "Tell Your Children" ...

Water Rustlers (1939)

54 mins     Western      

Whilst I have watched more early westerns than your average movie fan I am no expert but "Water Rustlers" is the first of these western quickie's I have watched where the hero of the movie is a cowgirl. "Water Rustlers" is al...

Outlaws' Paradise (1939)

55 mins     Western      

I tend to have low expectations when I watch these old 1930s westerns as they haven't aged well with all sorts of issues cropping up from over acting to overly large hats and fake smiles. But whilst many of these movies end u...

The Fighting Renegade (1939)

58 mins     Western      

Well trust me when I say they wouldn't get away with making "The Fighting Renegade" now or at least not one where you have an actor pretending to be Mexican and having one of the worst accents going. Tim McCoy's Mexican accen...

The Cowboy from Sundown (1940)

57 mins     Western      

Different cast but familiar characters is how many of these old oaters come across and you sort of find yourself wondering how they got away with. Take "The Cowboy from Sundown" which saw Tex Ritter in the hero cowboy role, a...

Smoking Guns (1942)

58 mins     Western      

"Smoking Guns" or to afford it its full title "Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns" is two things. Firstly it is one of a whole series of westerns which saw Buster Crabbe playing the legendary Billy the Kid, although this Billy the ...

Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)

57 mins     Western      

The minute you discover that in "Sheriff of Sage Valley" movie star Buster Crabbe not only plays Billy the Kid again but also a second character called Kansas Ed you can guess how the story will end up playing out. Yet the pr...

Brand of the Devil (1944)

57 mins     Western      

A quick run down of things you can find in many an hour long western from the 1940s. There will be the old rancher dealing with local trouble; the old rancher usually has an attractive daughter, grand daughter or niece. Then ...

Marked for Murder (1945)

58 mins     Western      

I should start by saying prior to watching "Masked for Murder" I had been on a bit of an old western binge, watching and reviewing at least one a day for 3 weeks. In those 3 weeks I watched 3 other 1 hour westerns which used ...