PRODUCERS RELEASING CORPORATION (PRC)

Predecessor: Producers Distributing Corporation
Founded: 1939
Defunct: 1947
Successors:

  • Eagle-Lion Films (1950)

  • United Artists (1955)

Headquarters: Poverty Row
Key People:

  • Sigmund Neufeld

  • Sam Newfield

  • George R. Batcheller, Jr.

  • Leon Fromkess

Owner:

  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

  • Amazon

Parent: United Artists Corporation


Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) was the smallest and least prestigious of the 11 Hollywood film companies of the 1940s. It was considered a prime example of "Poverty Row," a low-rent stretch of Gower Street in Hollywood where shoestring film producers based their operations. However, PRC was more substantial than the usual independent companies that made only a few low-budget movies and then disappeared. PRC was an actual Hollywood studio, albeit the smallest, with its own production facilities and distribution network. It even accepted imports from the UK. PRC lasted from 1939 to 1947, churning out low-budget B movies for the lower half of a double bill or the upper half of a neighborhood theater showing second-run films. The studio was originally located at 1440 N. Gower St. (on the lot that eventually became part of Columbia Pictures) from 1936 to 1943. PRC then occupied the former Grand National Pictures physical plant at 7324 Santa Monica Blvd. from 1943 to 1947. This address is now an apartment complex.


PRC produced 179 feature films and almost never spent more than $100,000 on any of them; most of its films actually cost considerably less. Only the 1944 musical Minstrel Man had enhanced production values; it showed such excellent progress during filming that its planned $80,000 budget was nearly tripled.


History
The company evolved from the earlier Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC), begun in 1939 by exhibitor Ben Judell (Benjamin Nathaniel Judell; 1890–1974), who hired producer Sigmund Neufeld and his brother, director Sam Newfield, to make the studio's films. After the collapse of PDC, Judell became an independent producer, and the company was reorganized as PRC under former Pathé executive O. Henry Briggs. Briggs was succeeded in January 1941 by George R. Batcheller Jr., son of former Chesterfield Pictures president George R. Batcheller. The studio relied on Sam Newfield to direct most of its early features; Newfield adopted two other names ("Peter Stewart" and "Sherman Scott") to create the illusion that PRC had an entire staff of directors.

Most of PRC's movies were made within the genres of other studios of the 1940s but on much lower budgets, and each generally took a week or less to shoot. They included westerns, action melodramas, and horror movies. A low-budget feature from a major studio would cost between $300,000 and $500,000 to produce, but a PRC feature of the early 1940s cost $70,000 or less; a PRC western cost $20,000 or less.


PRC president Batcheller followed the Chesterfield business model that had served his father successfully during the Depression years. Chesterfield had catered to small-town owners of neighborhood theaters, who couldn't afford the big studios' first-run movies. Chesterfield product was made on low budgets with actors who had been dropped from the rosters of larger studios but still had name value. A few then-current stars worked for PRC (Bela Lugosi, Buster Crabbe, Bob Steele, Frances Langford, Ralph Byrd, Edward Everett Horton), but generally, the company couldn't afford star salaries and had to make do with less expensive "name" talent. PRC cast its starring roles with featured players (J. Edward Bromberg, George Zucco, Neil Hamilton, Lyle Talbot, Gladys George, Mary Carlisle, Noel Madison, Douglas Fowley, Iris Adrian, Patsy Kelly, Virginia Vale, Frank Albertson, Wallace Ford, Ralph Morgan, Henry Armetta, Chick Chandler, Pauline Moore, Bruce Bennett, John Carradine, Frank Jenks, Eddie Dean); stars who were idle (Harry Langdon, Lee Tracy, Anna May Wong, Mary Brian, Glenda Farrell, Freddie Bartholomew, Fifi D'Orsay, El Brendel, Slim Summerville, Armida); or celebrities from other fields (burlesque queen Ann Corio, Broadway headliner Benny Fields, animal hunter Frank Buck, radio announcer Harry Von Zell, radio comedian Bert Gordon, Miss America (of 1941) Rosemary LaPlanche).


Some of PRC's hits were The Devil Bat with Bela Lugosi and a sequel, Devil Bat's Daughter; Misbehaving Husbands with silent-comedy star Harry Langdon; and Jungle Man and Nabonga, Buster Crabbe jungle thrillers with Julie London in the latter.


During World War II, PRC made several war films such as Corregidor, They Raid by Night, A Yank in Libya, a pair of films set in China — Bombs over Burma and Lady from Chungking, both starring Anna May Wong — and a patriotic musical, The Yanks Are Coming.


Author Don Miller, in his 1973 book B Movies, devotes two chapters to PRC. He usually comments on how cheap the studio's early productions were but does offer kind words for certain pictures: "Most of the remainder of the 1942 PRC product dealt with gangsters, crime, or whodunit puzzles, reliable standbys of the indie companies catering to action and grind theater houses. Baby Face Morgan played it for laughs, with Richard Cromwell as a rube posing as a tough racketeer. Robert Armstrong, Chick Chandler, and Mary Carlisle lent strong support, and while it never scaled any heights, it was a passable spoof of the genre."


Growth and Recognition
In 1943, Robert R. Young, a railroad magnate who also owned American Pathé's film processing laboratory, acquired the studio, and the films generally became more substantial. PRC grew in standing, with the company securing big-city exposure and critical praise for many of its features. The executive in charge of production was now Leon Fromkess.


The Benny Fields musical Minstrel Man was a watershed event: it was the first elaborately mounted PRC picture and the first to receive Academy Award nominations (Ferde Grofé and Leo Erdody for best musical score, and Harry Revel and Paul Francis Webster for best original song). Theater chains that formerly would not play PRC pictures were now showing Minstrel Man first-run across America, opening the door for PRC to book more of its features into first-run situations. The children's fantasy The Enchanted Forest, filmed in Cinecolor, was a surprise hit for the studio and led to several major studios filming their own movies in the process.


Austrian director Edgar G. Ulmer directed three film noir classics for PRC: Bluebeard (1944), Strange Illusion (1945), and Detour (1945). All three — especially Detour — have acquired reputations as artistic achievements.


PRC was purchased by Pathé Industries, and the films were now labeled "The New PRC Pictures." The company continued to flourish within its own element until after World War II. Two new detective series were launched: Hugh Beaumont as Michael Shayne (five entries) and William Wright or Alan Curtis as Philo Vance (three entries), as well as a comedy series, The Gas House Kids, an attempt to create its own version of The Bowery Boys (three entries).


PRC also engaged in transactions with other studios. Its 1944 exploitation film Hitler's Madman (1944), directed by Douglas Sirk, was topical enough to be picked up by MGM for distribution. The 1946 thriller The Brute Man had been filmed by Universal but two factors clouded its release: its star, acromegaly victim Rondo Hatton, had just died; and Universal was then undergoing a corporate shakeup and discontinuing all B-picture production. Universal, preferring not to publicize a deceased star and no longer bothering with low-budget films, sold The Brute Man to PRC.


Since PRC's inception, the studio had always produced inexpensive westerns, and there was a definite market for them. Among PRC's westerns were the Lone Rider series starring operatic and Broadway star turned singing cowboy George Houston; a Billy the Kid film series with the lead alternating between Buster Crabbe and Bob Steele; and The Frontier Marshals, similar to Republic Pictures' and Monogram Pictures' cowboy trio series. Buster Crabbe was PRC's leading western star until he quit in 1945, alarmed by the budgets sinking to new lows. He was succeeded by singing cowboy Eddie Dean in the first B-western series filmed in Cinecolor. Dean was sometimes co-starred with Lash LaRue, who went on to his own starring series. The PRC westerns were so popular that they actually outlasted the studio, which was absorbed by Eagle-Lion. Although the studio's feature films would now bear the Eagle-Lion trademark, the low-budget westerns continued to be marketed with the PRC logo into 1948.

Eagle-Lion took over the distribution arm of the company in 1946; the production arm (and with it, the entire company) followed suit shortly thereafter. PRC's final release was The Gas House Kids in Hollywood on August 23, 1947.


Legacy
Madison Pictures Inc. released PRC's products for both television showings and theatrical re-releases until 1955. Madison, formed in late December 1945, was headed by Armand Schenck, a former supervisor of PRC's branch operations and previously an executive with Commonwealth Film Corporation and later Pathé Laboratories, a subsidiary of Pathé Industries. Madison was bought by United Artists.


As early as 1950, the postwar Eagle-Lion Films and its subsidiaries, including PRC's television arm, were bought by Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin. The two revived United Artists, which acquired all of PRC's holdings, including film equipment.


Because so many of PRC's postwar films are public domain, they continue to be seen in independent syndication and on various specialty cable channels and remain available on home video. Some titles, such as Bluebeard, Detour, The Enchanted Forest, The Red House, and Strange Holiday, have entered the U.S. National Film Registry, being considered "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The Library of Congress has archived other titles, which continue to be screened and released for a new generation of film fans.


List of Producers Releasing Corporation films

This is a listing of films produced and/or distributed by film company Producers Releasing Corporation, or PRC for short.


Films

1939

  • Hitler – Beast of Berlin October 8, 1939 Sam Newfield

  • The Invisible Killer November 14, 1939 Sam Newfield

  • Mercy Plane December 4, 1939 Richard Harlan

1940's

  • Texas Renegades January 14, 1940 Sam Newfield

  • I Take This Oath May 20, 1940 Sam Newfield

  • Frontier Crusader June 15, 1940 Sam Newfield

  • Hold That Woman! June 28, 1940 Sam Newfield

  • Billy the Kid Outlawed July 20, 1940 Sam Newfield

  • Gun Code August 3, 1940 Sam Newfield

  • Marked Men August 28, 1940 Sam Newfield

  • Arizona Gang Busters September 16, 1940 Sam Newfield

  • Billy the Kid in Texas September 30, 1940 Sam Newfield

  • The Devil Bat November 11, 1940 Jean Yarbrough

  • Riders of Black Mountain November 11, 1940 Sam Newfield

  • Misbehaving Husbands December 20, 1940 William Beaudine

  • Billy the Kid's Gun Justice December 27, 1940 Sam Newfield

  • The Lone Rider Rides On January 10, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • Caught in the Act January 17, 1941 Jean Yarbrough

  • Billy the Kid's Range War January 24, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • Secret Evidence January 31, 1941 William Nigh

  • Outlaws of the Rio Grande February 26, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio February 28, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • Emergency Landing March 7, 1941 William Beaudine

  • Federal Fugitives March 29, 1941 William Beaudine

  • Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals April 18, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • South of Panama May 2, 1941 Jean Yarbrough

  • The Lone Rider in Ghost Town May 16, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • Paper Bullets June 13, 1941 Phil Rosen

  • Criminals Within June 27, 1941 Joseph H. Lewis

  • Double Cross June 27, 1941 Albert H. Kelley

  • Desperate Cargo July 4, 1941 William Beaudine

  • Billy the Kid in Santa Fe July 11, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • The Texas Marshal July 13, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • Gambling Daughters August 1, 1941 Max Nosseck

  • The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury August 8, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • The Lone Rider Ambushed August 29, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • Reg'lar Fellers September 5, 1941 Arthur Dreifuss

  • Dangerous Lady September 12, 1941 Bernard B. Ray

  • Jungle Man September 19, 1941 Harry L. Fraser

  • Billy the Kid Wanted October 4, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • Mr. Celebrity October 10, 1941 William Beaudine

  • Hard Guy October 17, 1941 Elmer Clifton

  • The Lone Rider Fights Back November 7, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • The Miracle Kid November 14, 1941 William Beaudine

  • Swamp Woman December 5, 1941 Elmer Clifton

  • Billy the Kid's Round-Up December 12, 1941 Sam Newfield

  • Law of the Timber December 19, 1941 Bernard B. Ray

  • Blonde Comet December 26, 1941 William Beaudine

  • Texas Man Hunt January 2, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Today I Hang January 9, 1942 Oliver Drake

  • The Lone Rider and the Bandit January 16, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Duke of the Navy January 23, 1942 William Beaudine

  • Broadway Big Shot February 6, 1942 William Beaudine

  • Raiders of the West February 20, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Billy the Kid Trapped February 27, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Too Many Women February 27, 1942 Bernard B. Ray

  • Girls' Town March 6, 1942 Victor Halperin

  • Rodeo Rhythm March 13, 1942 Fred C. Newmeyer

  • The Lone Rider in Cheyenne March 20, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • House of Errors March 26, 1942 Bernard B. Ray

  • The Dawn Express March 27, 1942 Albert Herman

  • East of Piccadilly April 3, 1942 Harold Huth Made in Britain; retitled The Strangler

  • Rolling Down the Great Divide April 24, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns May 1, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Inside the Law May 8, 1942 Hamilton MacFadden

  • The Mad Monster May 15, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Men of San Quentin May 15, 1942 William Beaudine

  • The Panther's Claw May 15, 1942 William Beaudine

  • Gallant Lady May 24, 1942 William Beaudine

  • Bombs Over Burma June 5, 1942 Joseph H. Lewis

  • The Lone Rider in Texas Justice June 5, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • They Raid by Night June 19, 1942 Spencer Gordon Bennet

  • Tumbleweed Trail July 10, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Prisoner of Japan July 22, 1942 Arthur Ripley

  • A Yank in Libya July 24, 1942 Albert Herman

  • Jungle Siren August 14, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Law and Order August 21, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Sheriff of Sage Valley September 2, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Prairie Pals September 4, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Baby Face Morgan September 15, 1942 Arthur Dreifuss

  • Border Roundup September 18, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Tomorrow We Live September 23, 1942 Edgar G. Ulmer

  • Along the Sundown Trail October 10, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Overland Stagecoach October 11, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • City of Silent Men October 12, 1942 William Nigh

  • Secrets of a Co-Ed October 26, 1942 Joseph H. Lewis

  • The Yanks Are Coming November 9, 1942 Alexis Thurn-Taxis

  • The Mysterious Rider November 20, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • Miss V from Moscow November 23, 1942 Albert Herman

  • Queen of Broadway November 24, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • The Payoff November 24, 1942 Arthur Dreifuss

  • Outlaws of Boulder Pass November 28, 1942 Sam Newfield

  • The Boss of Big Town December 7, 1942 Arthur Dreifuss

  • Lady from Chungking December 21, 1942 William Nigh

  • The Rangers Take Over December 25, 1942 Albert Herman

  • Man of Courage January 4, 1943 Alexis Thurn-Taxis

  • The Kid Rides Again January 27, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • A Night for Crime January 27, 1943 Alexis Thurn-Taxis

  • Dead Men Walk February 10, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • Wild Horse Rustlers February 12, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • Bad Men of Thunder Gap March 5, 1943 Albert Herman

  • Behind Prison Walls March 22, 1943 Steve Sekely

  • Corregidor March 29, 1943 William Nigh

  • Fugitive of the Plains April 1, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • My Son, the Hero April 5, 1943 Edgar G. Ulmer

  • Terror House April 19, 1943 Leslie Arliss Made in Britain as The Night Has Eyes

  • The Ghost and the Guest April 19, 1943 William Nigh

  • Death Rides the Plains May 7, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • West of Texas May 10, 1943 Oliver Drake

  • Western Cyclone May 14, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • Girls in Chains May 17, 1943 Edgar G. Ulmer

  • The Black Raven May 31, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • Hitler's Madman June 10, 1943 Douglas Sirk

  • Border Buckaroos June 15, 1943 Oliver Drake

  • Wolves of the Range June 21, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • Follies Girl June 26, 1943 William Rowland

  • Submarine Base July 20, 1943 Albert H. Kelley

  • Law of the Saddle July 28, 1943 Melville De Lay

  • Fighting Valley August 8, 1943 Oliver Drake

  • Isle of Forgotten Sins August 15, 1943 Edgar G. Ulmer

  • Cattle Stampede August 16, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • Danger! Women at Work August 23, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • The Renegade August 25, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • Blazing Frontier September 4, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • Trail of Terror September 7, 1943 Oliver Drake

  • Tiger Fangs September 10, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • Raiders of Red Gap September 30, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • The Girl from Monterrey October 4, 1943 Wallace Fox

  • The Underdog October 10, 1943 William Nigh

  • The Return of the Rangers October 26, 1943 Elmer Clifton

  • Devil Riders November 5, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • Boss of Rawhide November 20, 1943 Elmer Clifton

  • Harvest Melody November 22, 1943 Sam Newfield

  • Suspected Person November 29, 1943 Lawrence Huntington Made in Britain

  • Jive Junction December 16, 1943 Edgar G. Ulmer

  • Career Girl January 11, 1944 Wallace Fox

  • Nabonga January 25, 1944 Sam Newfield

  • Outlaw Roundup February 10, 1944 Harry L. Fraser

  • Men on Her Mind February 12, 1944 Wallace Fox

  • Frontier Outlaws March 4, 1944 Sam Newfield

  • Lady in the Death House March 15, 1944 Steve Sekely

  • Thundering Gun Slingers March 25, 1944 Sam Newfield

  • The Gang's All Here March 29, 1944 Thornton Freeland Made in Britain

  • Guns of the Law March 31, 1944 Elmer Clifton

  • The Monster Maker April 15, 1944 Sam Newfield

  • Shake Hands with Murder April 22, 1944 Albert Herman

  • The Pinto Bandit April 27, 1944 Elmer Clifton

  • Valley of Vengeance May 5, 1944 Sam Newfield

  • The Contender May 10, 1944 Sam Newfield

  • Spook Town June 3, 1944 Elmer Clifton

  • Waterfront June 10, 1944 Steve Sekely

  • The Drifter June 14, 1944 Sam Newfield

  • Fuzzy Settles Down June 25, 1944 Sam Newfield

  • Delinquent Daughters July 15, 1944 Albert Herman

  • Seven Doors to Death July 27, 1944 Elmer Clifton

  • Brand of the Devil July 30, 1944 Harry L. Fraser

  • Minstrel Man August 1, 1944 Joseph H. Lewis

  • Dixie Jamboree August 15, 1944 Christy Cabanne

  • Machine Gun Mama August 18, 1944 Harold Young

  • Gunsmoke Mesa September 1, 1944 Harry L. Fraser

  • Swing Hostess September 8, 1944 Sam Newfield

  • Gangsters of the Frontier September 22, 1944 Elmer Clifton

  • When the Lights Go On Again October 23, 1944 William K. Howard

  • Wild Horse Phantom October 28, 1944 Sam Newfield

  • I'm from Arkansas October 31, 1944 Lew Landers

  • I Accuse My Parents November 4, 1944 Sam Newfield

  • Dead or Alive November 9, 1944 Elmer Clifton

  • Bluebeard November 11, 1944 Edgar G. Ulmer

  • The Great Mike November 15, 1944 Wallace Fox

  • Rogues' Gallery December 6, 1944 Albert Herman

  • Oath of Vengeance December 9, 1944 Sam Newfield

  • The Town Went Wild December 15, 1944 Ralph Murphy

  • The Whispering Skull December 29, 1944 Elmer Clifton

  • His Brother's Ghost February 3, 1945 Sam Newfield

  • The Kid Sister February 6, 1945 Sam Newfield

  • Marked for Murder February 8, 1945 Elmer Clifton

  • Spellbound February 10, 1945 John Harlow Made in Britain

  • Fog Island February 15, 1945 Terry O. Morse

  • The Man Who Walked Alone March 15, 1945 Christy Cabanne

  • Strange Illusion March 31, 1945 Edgar G. Ulmer

  • Crime, Inc. April 15, 1945 Lew Landers

  • Shadows of Death April 19, 1945 Sam Newfield

  • Hollywood and Vine April 25, 1945 Alexis Thurn-Taxis

  • The Phantom of 42nd Street May 2, 1945 Albert Herman

  • Enemy of the Law May 7, 1945 Harry L. Fraser

  • The Lady Confesses May 16, 1945 Harry L. Fraser

  • The Missing Corpse June 1, 1945 Albert Herman

  • Gangster's Den June 14, 1945 Sam Newfield

  • The Silver Fleet July 1, 1945 Vernon Sewell Made in Britain

  • Three in the Saddle July 26, 1945 Harry L. Fraser

  • Secrets of a Sorority Girl August 14, 1945 Frank Wisbar

  • Stagecoach Outlaws August 17, 1945 Sam Newfield

  • Dangerous Intruder August 21, 1945 Vernon Keays

  • Frontier Fugitives September 1, 1945 Harry L. Fraser

  • Rustlers' Hideout September 2, 1945 Sam Newfield

  • Arson Squad September 11, 1945 Lew Landers

  • Apology for Murder September 27, 1945 Sam Newfield

  • Shadow of Terror October 5, 1945 Lew Landers

  • Why Girls Leave Home October 9, 1945 William Berke

  • Border Badmen October 10, 1945 Sam Newfield

  • White Pongo October 10, 1945 Sam Newfield

  • Song of Old Wyoming October 12, 1945 Robert Emmett Tansey

  • Flaming Bullets October 15, 1945 Harry L. Fraser

  • Strange Holiday October 19, 1945 Arch Oboler

  • Fighting Bill Carson October 31, 1945 Sam Newfield

  • Prairie Rustlers November 7, 1945 Sam Newfield

  • Detour November 16, 1945 Edgar G. Ulmer

  • Navajo Kid November 21, 1945 Harry L. Fraser

  • Club Havana November 23, 1945 Edgar G. Ulmer

  • The Enchanted Forest December 8, 1945 Lew Landers

  • How Doooo You Do!!! December 24, 1945 Ralph Murphy

  • Strangler of the Swamp January 2, 1946 Frank Wisbar

  • Lightning Raiders January 7, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Danny Boy January 8, 1946 Terry O. Morse

  • The Flying Serpent February 1, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Six Gun Man February 1, 1946 Harry L. Fraser

  • Ambush Trail February 17, 1946 Harry L. Fraser

  • I Ring Doorbells February 28, 1946 Frank R. Strayer

  • The Mask of Diijon March 7, 1946 Lew Landers

  • Murder Is My Business March 7, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Romance of the West March 20, 1946 Robert Emmett Tansey

  • Gentlemen with Guns March 27, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Thunder Town April 12, 1946 Harry L. Fraser

  • Devil Bat's Daughter April 15, 1946 Frank Wisbar

  • The Caravan Trail April 20, 1946 Robert Emmett Tansey

  • The Wife of Monte Cristo April 23, 1946 Edgar G. Ulmer

  • Terrors on Horseback May 1, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Larceny in Her Heart May 20, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Ghost of Hidden Valley June 5, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Blonde for a Day June 10, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Avalanche June 30, 1946 Irving Allen

  • Colorado Serenade June 30, 1946 Robert Emmett Tansey

  • Tumbleweed Trail July 10, 1946 Robert Emmett Tansey

  • Prairie Badmen July 17, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Queen of Burlesque July 24, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Down Missouri Way August 15, 1946 Josef Berne

  • Overland Riders August 21, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Outlaws of the Plains September 22, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Her Sister's Secret September 23, 1946 Edgar G. Ulmer

  • Accomplice September 29, 1946 Walter Colmes

  • The Brute Man October 1, 1946 Jean Yarbrough

  • Driftin' River October 1, 1946 Robert Emmett Tansey

  • Gas House Kids October 9, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Don Ricardo Returns November 5, 1946 Terry O. Morse

  • Stars Over Texas November 18, 1946 Robert Emmett Tansey

  • Lady Chaser November 25, 1946 Sam Newfield

  • Wild West December 1, 1946 Robert Emmett Tansey

  • Lighthouse January 10, 1947 Frank Wisbar

  • Born to Speed January 12, 1947 Edward L. Cahn

  • Wild Country January 17, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • The Devil on Wheels February 15, 1947 Crane Wilbur

  • Law of the Lash February 28, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • Range Beyond the Blue March 17, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • Untamed Fury March 22, 1947 Ewing Scott

  • Three on a Ticket April 4, 1947 Sam Newfield

  • Philo Vance's Gamble April 12, 1947 Basil Wrangell

  • West to Glory April 12, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • Philo Vance Returns April 14, 1947 William Beaudine

  • The Big Fix April 19, 1947 James Flood

  • Border Feud May 10, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • Too Many Winners May 24, 1947 William Beaudine

  • Killer at Large May 31, 1947 William Beaudine

  • Stepchild June 7, 1947 James Flood

  • Gas House Kids Go West June 12, 1947 William Beaudine

  • Heartaches June 28, 1947 Basil Wrangell

  • Pioneer Justice June 28, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • Ghost Town Renegades July 12, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • Gas House Kids in Hollywood August 23, 1947 Edward L. Cahn

  • Philo Vance's Secret Mission August 30, 1947 Reginald Le Borg

  • Stage to Mesa City September 13, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • Railroaded! September 25, 1947 Anthony Mann

  • Blonde Savage October 3, 1947 Steve Sekely

  • Return of the Lash October 11, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • Bury Me Dead October 18, 1947 Bernard Vorhaus

  • Black Hills October 27, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • The Fighting Vigilantes November 15, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • Shadow Valley November 29, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • Cheyenne Takes Over December 17, 1947 Ray Taylor

  • Check Your Guns January 24, 1948 Ray Taylor

  • Tornado Range February 21, 1948 Ray Taylor

  • The Westward Trail March 13, 1948 Ray Taylor

  • The Hawk of Powder River April 10, 1948 Ray Taylor

  • The Tioga Kid June 17, 1948 Ray Taylor