Ghost Patrol (1936)

★★★★ · A Good Movie · Travisab1 · 2005-06-14

Well... I suppose the leading guy with the white hat had low powered powder in his bullets. It seems as though the bullets wouldn't come out of the end of his pistol without him slinging his gun really, really hard. I now see where the word, "Gunslinger" came from. Why is it that the daughter who is looking for her dad always looks like fruit of the godÂs??? Here she is with a skirt, blouse and matching jacket with high heels and a footin it all over the country side? WhereÂd the ugly daughterÂs go? Can you imagine that all the felonÂs could think of doin with her is lockin her in a…

★★ · But where is the Frankenstein monster? · Hans Wollstein · 2005-04-13

Remember the noisy electrical gadgetry in the original Frankenstein (1931)? Well, that was the work of hobbyist Kenneth Strickfaden who would rent the stuff out to film producers both high and low. The buzzing gadgets eventually found their way into this unusual Tim McCoy western, the ninth of ten he would make for release by Puritan Pictures Corp. Directed by the prolific Sam Newfield and produced by brother Sig Neufeld, "Ghost Patrol" was put together in a matter of days for around $11,000, of which $4000 were earmarked for McCoy's salary. Because of the Neufeld brothers' stinginess, the…

★★ · The Real McCoy! · Spuzz · 2006-01-16

When a woman finds out that a plane which has crashed in the forests in Shiloh, she immediately pulls out another clipping about her father inventing a new ray (but not a new Bob) and immediately, not really too sure how, puts the two together that theyre related. And shes right! Bag guys have kidnapped her father so that the ray machine (which makes a LOT of noise) can bring planes carrying loot down from the sky (you know this is happening when the plane sound effects go off and on). FORTUNATELY, Tim Mccoy, still wearing the biggest cowboy hat ever known to man, is also going to Shiloh to…