Song of the Wasteland

May 30, 1947

0h 58m

★ 0.0

A Song on His Lips...A Gun in His Grip!

Overview

In Song of the Wasteland, Jimmy tries to uphold law and order in a tough frontier town.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

Song of the Wasteland Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Jimmy Wakely

Doc Henderson

Lee 'Lasses' White

Lance Bennett

John James

Tex - Ranger (as Holly Bane)

Mike Ragan

Drake - Henchman

Marshall Reed

Steve Crane

Henry Hall

Sandra Crane

Dottye Brown

Luke Forbes

Ted Adams

The Jailer

Chester Conklin

Forrester - Rancher

Pierce Lyden

Potter - Henchman

Gary Garrett

Fred Brooks

George Chesebro

Jimmy Wakely and Dusty, traveling with the medicine show owned by "Lasses" White, stop at the Ferguson ranch and find the rancher and his wife killed. They take the Ferguson baby to their camp, where outlaws Joe, Slick and Pete attempt to kidnap the baby, while Dusty is reporting the murders to Sheriff Beasley and town mayor Melinda Pringle. Wakely and his singers hide the baby from its legal guardian, Doc Judd Thomas, as they suspect him of being connected with the Ferguson murders.

0.0

Riders of the Purple Sage

Oct 9, 1941

Lassiter discovers the judge who cheated his neice of her inheritance leads a gang of bad guys posing as vigilantes. This 1941 Fox production stars a young George Kennedy as Lassiter.

9.0

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

May 1, 1976

A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.

6.2

Ride in the Whirlwind

Oct 23, 1966

Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.

4.4

Bad Man of Deadwood

Sep 5, 1941

Roy and Gabby fight bad guys to save the town of Deadwood.

6.0

Santa Fe Marshal

Jan 26, 1940

U.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overun with bad guys. Disguised as a member of a medicine show, Hoppy discovers that the ringleader is none other than sweet li'l ol' Ma Burton.

0.0

The Return of Wild Bill

Jun 26, 1940

When Matt Kilgore and his men frame and then hang an innocent man, Lige Saunders sends for his son Wild Bill Saunders who arrives to find his father shot by Matt's brother. When the brother is killed in his fight with Bill, Matt sends two fake Deputies to arrest Bill whom he then plans to hang. But Matt's sister, attracted to Bill, overhears the plan and rides for help.

5.3

Westward Ho

Aug 19, 1935

Ballard's trail jumpers attack the Wyatt Company wagon train, killing young John's parents and kidnaping his brother, Jim. In post-Civil War California, John Wyatt, now a man, pulls together a vigilante posse, The Singing Riders, who all ride white horses, dress alike, and ride the trails singing and rounding up outlaw gangs. Meanwhile, John is ever on the lookout for the gang that murdered his parents As a youngster John Wyatt saw his parents killed and his brother kidnapped. On a wagon train heading West he meets his brother who is now a spy for the gang which originally did the dirty work. He and his brother both fall for Mary Gordon When Ballard and his men attack the Wyatt wagon train, they kill all except two young brothers. Twelve years later one brother John has organized a vigilante group. The other brother Jim is now part of Ballard's gang and the two are destined to meet again

6.7

Wagon Master

Apr 22, 1950

Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

0.0

The Drifter

Jun 14, 1944

A Robin Hood-type outlaw rides the range and helps others. Another outlaw who looks just like him tries to cash in on the other outlaw's reputation.

0.0

The Ballyhoo Buster

Jan 8, 1928

Bob Warner sells some cattle to two men who later drug him and rob him of the sale money. He takes a job with a medicine show as a barker, offering a reward to any spectator to last three rounds in fighting him. While in the ring, he notices in the audience the two men who stole his money. He knocks out his contestant, pursues the crooks, and recovers the money.

3.0

Guns Along The Trail

Oct 6, 1935

A government agent goes undercover in a traveling medicine show to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters. A John Wayne classic in Vibrant Color! *Colorized and re-titled version of "Paradise Canyon" by Legend Films in 2007.

4.5

Prairie Badmen

Jul 16, 1946

Medicine show proprietor Doc Lattimer has in his possession a map showing the location of a cache of stolen gold. His son Don favors keeping the gold rather than returning it to the express company to which it rightfully belongs, and steals the map, only to find himself menaced by outlaw leader Cal and his gang.

0.0

Terror Trail

Feb 2, 1933

A gang of horse thieves are able to operate because the crooked local sheriff is in cahoots with them. When Tom Mix's beloved horse Tony Jr. is stolen, he steps in to break up the gang.

2.0

Riders of Pasco Basin

Apr 4, 1940

Kirby and Evans are pulling off an irrigation project swindle and newspaper editor Scott realizes it and sends for Lee. Lee agrees with Scott and forms a vigilante group to fight the Sheriff and his deputies brought in by Kirby. But a dying Uncle Dan sets the Sheriff straight and this brings the two sides together for the big shootout.

6.0

Song of Nevada

Aug 5, 1944

When John Barrabbee's plane makes an emergency landing, he wanders off and joins Roy's cattle drive. Later he learns he was killed when his plane resumed its flight and crashed. He also learns his daughter is going to sell his ranch and marry a man he dislikes. So he gives Roy a job on the ranch and sends him off to see if he can prevent both of these events while he remains in hiding. Written by Maurice VanAuken Western girl moves east and influenced badly by her snobby fiance. She returns to sell her deceased father's ranch. The father isn't really dead, though; he's hoping that his friend Roy can restore the girl's western values. Songs include "New Moon Over Nevada," "A Cowboy has to Yodel in the Morning," and "The Harum Scarum Baron of the Harmonium." Written by Ed Stephan

0.0

Fighting Frontier

Jan 29, 1943

An agent (Tim Holt) goes undercover as an outlaw and almost gets lynched.

6.0

Trail Riders

Dec 4, 1942

In the 18th entry of Monogram's 24 "Range Buster" films, the bank of Gila Springs is robbed by Ace Alton and his gang, and Sheriff Frank Hammond, son of Marshal Jim Hammond, is killed. The Marshal sends for the Range Busters, Dusty King, Davy Sharpe and Alibi Terhune, to come and restore order to the town. Ed Cole, head of the local vigilantes, and secretly the head of the outlaws, promptly orders the trio out of town. They visit an old friend, Rancher Mike Rand and his daughter Mary. Mary's brother Jeff has unwittingly become a gang member, and carries out Cole's orders by taking a shot at Davy, but the latter makes him a prisoner during a subsequent fight in the town café. Jeff confesses to Cole's involvement, and the Range Busters, with the help of town banker Harrison, set a trap for Cole and his outlaw vigilantes.

2.0

Dangerous Nan McGrew

Jun 22, 1930

Dangerous Nan McGrew is the sharp-shooting expert of a traveling medicine show that is stranded in the Canadian northwest at the snowbound hunting lodge of wealthy Mrs. Benson. Nan is invited to put on a show for the benefit of Mrs. Benson's Christmas-Eve guests. While performing her boop-a-doop songs, Eustace Macy, the saxophone-tooting nephew of Mrs. Benson falls in love with Nan. And, then, the villain, the bank-robbing Doc Foster, makes his entrance. Can Dawes of the Royal Mounted be seen slushing in pursuit behind the gangster? Could Be.

0.0

The Lone Rider

Jul 13, 1930

Lanning heads a vigilante group till Farrell digs up some dirt which turns the vigilantes on him. To save his own reputation, Lanning must bring Farrell to trial.