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Frontier Justice 50 Movie Pack

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When MCE's WESTERN 250 Movie Pack was issued in late '07, it contained 95 titles this manufacturer had never released before. All but two films in their FRONTIER JUSTICE 50 Movie Pack are drawn from this pool of 95 (the other two are from earlier box sets). The emphasis here is on hour-length cinematic series such as Billy the Kid, The Range Busters, The Rough Riders, Lightnin' Bill Carson, The Three Mesquiteers, The Cisco Kid and The Texas Rangers. Stars featured are Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Buster Crabbe, the Maynard brothers, Johnny Mack Brown, Hoot Gibson and Randolph Scott.

Several of the later Roy Rogers pictures in this collection were originally released in "Trucolor." The copies here are b&w-- probably dubbed from 16 mm prints once used on early broadcast TV. Despite this source material limitation, Frontier Justice is an excellent choice for fans of vintage westerns. It's also a fine introduction for newcomers to the fondly recalled bygone era of western movies series.

For more films of this type, check out MCE's WESTERN LEGENDS 50 Movie Pack.


Although no sign of restoration is apparent, transfer quality of MCE's public domain films is uniformly good. Their dual-side recorded discs usually contain two titles per side and are housed in gloss-coated heavy paper sleeves. Easy access storage boxes are sturdy and remarkably compact

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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.

(???) Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940) - Bob Steele
(5.6) Branded a Coward (1935) - Johnny Mack Brown
(6.3) The Cowboy and the Indians (1949) - Gene Autry
(4.0) Dead or Alive (1944) - (Texas Rangers)
(6.8) Devil Riders (1943) - Buster Crabbe
(6.1) Dynamite Ranch (1932) - Ken Maynard
(6.4) Eyes of Texas (1948) - Roy Rogers
(???) Fighting Mad (1939) - James Newill
(6.0) The Fighting Westerner ("Rocky Mountain Mystery") (1935) - Randolph Scott
(6.4) Frontier Pony Express (1939) - Roy Rogers
(5.7) Fugitive Valley (1941) - (Range Busters)
(4.7) The Gambling Terror (1937) - Johnny Mack Brown
(7.1) The Gay Amigo (1949) - Duncan Renaldo/Leo Carrillo
(7.8) Ghost-Town Gold (1936) - (Three Mesquiteers)
(5.3) Grand Canyon Trail (1948) - Roy Rogers
(6.8) The Gunman from Bodie (1941) - (Rough Riders)
(5.8) Heart of the Rockies (1951) - Roy Rogers
(6.2) His Brother's Ghost (1945) - Buster Crabbe
(6.4) Idaho (1943) - Roy Rogers
(5.9) Jesse James at Bay (1941) - Roy Rogers
(4.5) The Law of .45's (1935) - Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
(6.5) Law of Vengeance ("To the Last Man") (1933) - Randolph Scott
(???) Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936) - Tim McCoy
(6.0) Loaded Pistols (1948) - Gene Autry
(???) A Man's Land (1932) - Hoot Gibson
(5.2) Nevada City (1941) - Roy Rogers
(6.1) The Night Rider (1932) - Harry Carey
(5.1) The Old Barn Dance (1938) - Gene Autry
(???) On the Great White Trail (1938) - James Newill
(5.9) On the Old Spanish Trail (1947) - Roy Rogers
(???) Park Avenue Logger (1937) - George O'Brien
(6.6) The Proud Rebel (1958) - Alan Ladd/Olivia de Havilland/Dean Jagger/Harry Dean Stanton
(4.8) Red Blood of Courage (1935) - Kermit Maynard
(4.5) Ride, Ranger, Ride (1936) - Gene Autry
(6.0) Roarin' Lead (1936) - (Three Mesquiteers)
(5.8) Saga of Death Valley (1939) - Roy Rogers
(6.3) Song of Arizona (1946) - Roy Rogers
(6.4) Song of Nevada (1944) - Roy Rogers
(6.0) Springtime in the Sierras (1947) - Roy Rogers
(5.1) Stampede (1936) - Charles Starrett
(5.3) Sunset Serenade (1942) - Roy Rogers
(8.4) The Three Mesquiteers (1936) - (Three Mesquiteers)
(6.0) Under Western Stars (1938) - Roy Rogers
(5.8) Wagon Wheels (1934) - Randolph Scott
(5.6) Wall Street Cowboy (1939) - Roy Rogers
(4.5) Water Rustlers (1939) - Dorothy Page
(5.4) Wings Over Wyoming ("Hollywood Cowboy") (1937) - George O'Brien
(???) Wrangler's Roost (1941) - (Range Busters)
(5.4) Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937) - Gene Autry
(4.8) Young Buffalo Bill (1940) - Roy Rogers

Seems as if, because Roy made more movies than anyone else, Mill Creek figures we better see 'em all........ha!

I was searching for old Western DVD's that had Tim McCoy and Ken Maynard in it. This DVD pack was highlighted as having a majority of Tim McCoy and Ken Maynard movies in it. Yet when I receive the pack the majority of the movies, (4 to 1) were Roy Rogers followed by Gene Awtrey. There was only (1) Tim McCoy movie in the pack.

Frontier Justice 50 Movie Pack

This collection has fifty movies from the 1930s and 1940s on twelve DVDs. Most are in monochrome. This era was when these westerns were most popular, they defended people against the oppression from big landowners. The right to keep and bear arms was well-recognized when these films were made. The small movie studios were also threatened by big movie studios and their chains of theaters. Was it changing tastes or economics that caused their decline? This accompanied the change from property conflicts to personal conflicts. "High Noon" was an example of personal conflicts (with a hint of business conflicts). One movie noted how an increase in settlers disadvantaged cattle men since they could no longer graze their cattle on publicly owned range land. This was given to homesteaders, people who would own the land by working and developing it. One of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books went into more detail about homesteading.

These movies were popular around the time when big corporations began to put small owner-operated stores and farms out of business. One way was to cut off small business owners from distributors. If banks "red-lined" small businesses they could not get the loans necessary for running their business. Many of these films were produced by small studios who produced these movies on a low budget. Later they were shown on television during the 1950s to fill up their broadcast schedule, just as older TV shows were recycled in the 1970s and 1980s. These and similar dramas show life and culture as seen by Hollywood and accepted by their customers. Many of the films were edited for television by reducing their running times to about 53 minutes. You can notice the loss of scenes in some of these movies. These western films now have very little padding as there is more action than some longer big studio productions.

This collection has sixteen Roy Rogers' movies (the "King of the Cowboys"), the most popular and prolific star who acted in a wide range of roles. There are five Gene Autry movies, the best Singing Cowboy. There are three of the "Three Mesquiteers"; two of: Johnny Mack Brown, Buster Crabbe, James Newill, George O'Brien, the "Range Busters", "Rough Riders", and Randolph Scott. The formula of the "Three Mesquiteers" seems to have inspired copies. You may also be interested in "Cowboy Legends", "Western Classics", and "Western Legends"; all are 50 movie packs with varying casts but similar messages: those who do right win in the end.

DVD is great and was received just a couple of days past the first promised date but well within the projected dates.

i love old westerns this is a great collection of them takes me back to my child hood.i would recommend this set to any one.who likes old westerns
the moves are very clear and sound is very good well worth the price. i dont think any one could go wrong buying this set.

old old stuff most of which you will find that you already have on some other set. Some entering flicks are included but not as many as you would expect in a set of fifty. I find it irritating that the producers rename the same old tired films in these sets. It seems that every time I buy one of these 50 movie sets 40 of them were sold in another set that I already have. No matter what they called it and to made it worse they even rename some of the movies.

I doubt if there are very many of you out their who even know who Buster Crabbe or Gene Autry were. I am sure some of you know who Roy Rogers and Dale Evans were. Gabby Hayes and a few more appear in these movies.

Enjoy them!!!

Watching these is sort of nostalgic although I wasn't born during this time it reminds me of an era gone by when our Nation held honor, honesty, integrity, valor and truth in high esteem. Those things are not old fashioned and never go out of style.

A couple did not play correctly all the rest where ok and it bought back many memories of its cowboy stars