Frank McDonald Movies

A country orphanage puts on a show with some musicians to save their 4H club from being shut down by greedy politicians.

Gabby’s ranch for wayward boys is in financial trouble. One of his boys, Chip is hiding stolen money sent by his father the outlaw leader King Blaine. After Blaine is…

Angry that police detective Steve McBride is giving preferential treatment to his fiancée, reporter Torchy Blane, reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy’s…

Cattle ranchers “Chalk” Reynolds and Walt Payne have driven most of the small ranchers from the government range in the Ruby Hills country, and are fighting between them to get…

Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of strangers. They use him in a robbery, then when the dead-or-alive reward is high…

The first of three Pine-Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wise-cracking private detective Humphrey Campbell who impresses his boss, Oscar Flack, no end by not only finding a…

Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the Government has the West Coast’s…

Sandwiched in between the numerous musical numbers, the Gabby Whittaker and Madden rodeo’s are competing for bookings. When Gabby gets a date in Albuquerque, Madden has his man destroy his…

Returning to his hometown after a long absence, oil-well digger William Eythe discovers that his sweetheart has gotten engaged to an older suitor. In an attempt to win back his…

Gene is hired to be foreman of the Big Sombrero ranch by Jim Garland, who is handling all the business affairs of the owner, Estrellita Estrada, who is more interested…

The story of the infamous Purple Gang, a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920s’ Detroit.

An engineer, a psychologist and several other disparate types take part in an experiment to see if people can live for extended periods of time in a city built under…

Gabby refuses to breed his horse the Golden Sovereign with Roy’s. When the Sovereign and Roy’s horse escape, Skoville shoots the Sovereign by mistake but Roy is blamed and jailed….

Rodeo star Roy Rogers (Roy Rogers), returning with his horse “Trigger” to his home town, finds old Tom Craig (Leyland Hodgson) murdered and offers his aid to “acting sheriff” Gabby…

The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York. Hadley’s main antagonist is his childhood friend Mike McGlennon. McGlennon, now…

Insurance salesman Albert Tuttle arrives at the Cyrus J. Rutherford estate to sell the millionaire some life insurance. Rutherford is already dead and his heirs have gathered at the mansion…

Wildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal, Chicopee Nevins are speeding toward Antril Bend, a small town in the oil region, that has offered $25,000 to the person bringing in the…

Follows a crew as they work under a deadline set by their boss to complete the demolition of a building. Touches on the lives of several of the crew in…

Pop Ormsby wins the contract from the Army Engineer Corps for the construction of the Alaska Highway connecting Alaska to Canada. The elder of his two sons, Woody Ormseby, decides…

The jumpy chess editor at a newspaper accidentally gets involved in some murders at a sleazy tavern run by a pair of bizarre brothers.