Movies directed by Lesley Selander

Mark of the Avenger (1938)

74 mins     Western      

Considering most b-movie westerns from the 30s were slim affairs I have to say that "Mark of the Avenger" which is also known as "The Mysterious Rider" has a bit more going on than normal. Not only do we have Ben returning ho...

Silver on the Sage (1939)

68 mins     Western      

I'm not entirely sure how many Hopalong Cassidy movies I have watched but it is a fair few and that I am sure is influential when I say what whilst "Silver on the Sage" is a good Hopalong western it does follow use a western ...

Cherokee Strip (1940)

86 mins     Western      

"Cherokee Strip" which also goes by the name of "Fighting Marshal" is a bit of a curious western as it screams b-movie with it s familiar cast of western stars. Yet beneath the b-movie facade is a genuinely interesting storyl...

Hidden Gold (1940)

60 mins     Western      

An attractive woman, outlaws, stage coach robbery and a good guy with his sidekicks, "Hidden Gold" is ultimately just a typical western from 1940. It takes a storyline which had been done before and reworked it a little to fi...

Santa Fe Marshal (1940)

68 mins     Western      

When ever you have a long running series of movies you will find that you get a wide variation in episodes. Take the Hopalong Cassidy movies; whilst many of the movies were just regular oaters some were a little more serious ...

Pirates on Horseback (1941)

69 mins     Western      

"Pirates on Horseback" starts with a bit of action; a crooked card player shooting the guy he swindled dead and then we get the chase scene as Ben is killed heading back to his hut. There is nothing special about this action ...

Riders of the Timberline (1941)

59 mins     Western      

Here is a lesson I have learned from watching old movies; if you have the chance of watching several movies in a franchise spread them out over a few weeks. The reason for this is simple because by the time you get to the fou...

Lumberjack (1944)

65 mins     Western      

I will jump right to the best thing about "Lumberjack" and that is a big brawl scene which comes half way as at times it feels like the supporting actors have been told to just let loose and there is chaos. The thing is other...

Panhandle (1948)

85 mins     Western      

Expectation can be a bad thing, it's your birthday and you have expectations over getting that present you really wanted only to be let down by getting another pack of socks. But expectation works in the other way and as I sa...

Guns of Hate (1948)

61 mins     Western      

I have watched a few of these Tim Holt/ Richard Martin westerns and whilst as a western fan they are enjoyable they are nothing special either. "Guns of Hate" is yet another of those nothing special ones as we have a routine ...

Rustlers (1949)

61 mins     Western      

So another Tim Holt and Richard Martin western from the 1940s and yet another one which sees are duo ending up in a jail cell accused of another crime which they didn't commit. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wal...

Stampede (1949)

76 mins     Western      

"Stampede" tells a familiar storyline as on one hand we have Mike McCall who built himself a cattle empire the hard way and is opposed to change when it comes to homesteaders not only moving in on the land he uses but also pu...

Dakota Lil (1950)

88 mins     Western      

"Well it passed 88 minutes of my day" is not the most flattering thing you can say about a movie but it is how I feel after spending 88 minutes watching "Dakota Lil" a quite ordinary western made back in 1950. From a secret s...

Law of the Badlands (1951)

59 mins     Western      

There are times when I wish I could have been in the producer's office back in the old days of westerns when they were a dime a dozen. I would love to have known what went through their heads when they found yet another scrip...

Gunplay (1951)

61 mins     Western      

For the most past "Gunplay" is typical of the western series which Tim Holt and Richard Martin starred in during the 40s and 50s with them ending up involved with a woman and a wrong doing to put right. There is the typical s...

Overland Telegraph (1951)

90 mins     Western      

"Overland Telegraph" is a generic, 100% typical Tim & Chito western with western director Lesley Selander comfortably delivering what young audiences would have wanted at the time. As such we have Tim & Chito ride in to Mesa ...

The Raiders (1952)

80 mins     Western      

"The Raiders" or "Riders of Vengeance" as it is also known can only be described as a stereotypical 50s western one of the mass made variety which does nothing to build on the cliches it employs. And as such it is basically e...

Desert Passage (1952)

92 mins     Western      

As westerns go "Desert Passage" is not that special, it has a reasonable storyline, it movies quite quickly and at just over 60 minutes it doesn't last that long. But for western fans it is watchable with simple but nice perf...

Fighter Attack (1953)

80 mins     War      

Where do I start? Well "Fighter Attack" is not the most original of movies be it the idea of a pilot flying one more mission before returning home to the fact he gets shot down and stuck in enemy territory. To make matters wo...

War Paint (1953)

89 mins     Western      

I have mentioned this before but director Lesley Selander made a lot of westerns and whilst they were never bad movies very few stuck out from the crowd. That is sadly the case of "War Paint" a movie which I am going to say w...