Maurice Tombragel

Movies

Running Wild
Writer
A photographer travels to the stunning vistas of Colorado and becomes involved in an effort to save a herd of wild horses.
Monkeys, Go Home!
Screenplay
Henry Dussard, a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational again despite cautionary advice from the local priest and a pretty villager. Desperate for laborers, the inventive Dussard turns to the zaniest crew of olive pickers ever recruited - four mischievous monkeys! As former members of an Air Force space team, these intelligent chimps quickly pick up on their new responsibilities - but prove to have a turbulent effect on the local townspeople.
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Writer
The young copyboy helps the town’s first female newspaper reporter, who is writing a series on confidence men. The swindlers are caught up in a sting, but they catch on and the reporter and Gallegher have to subdue them in order to escape and write their article.
The Waltz King
Writer
A look at the life of Johann Strauss, Jr., beginning when, as a boy, he earns his famous father’s displeasure when he tries his hand at composing. But he eventually proves to his father and the world that he is a fine musician.
The Adventures of Gallegher
Writer
An energetic newspaper copyboy in 1889 wants to become a reporter, and he is soon more deeply involved in his stories than he had expected. When he discovers a bank robbery, he helps the reporter, Brownie, to apprehend the four-fingered culprit. Later he helps the police chief who has been framed, and tries to convince the authorities that he has discovered a wanted felon in town.
Six Gun Law
Writer
Re-edited version of two episodes from the Disney series "The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca" starring Robert Loggia as a lawyer trying to save a friend from being framed for robbery.
Moon Pilot
Screenplay
An Air Force captain inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon. He immediately falls under the watchful protection of various security agencies, but despite all their precautions, a young woman who may be an enemy spy succeeds in making contact with the captain. The captain eventually discovers that this woman is not an enemy but rather a friend from a very unusual source.
Escapade in Florence
Writer
American students, Tommy and Annette, find themselves in a heap of trouble when they accidentally discover an art forgery ring in Florence, Italy.
Gundown at Sandoval
Writer
In this exciting western, cowpoke Texas John Slaughter rides out for revenge against the man who killed his friend. He heads for Sandoval, a notorious outlaw lair. Horses gallop, guns blaze, and mayhem ensues.
Fort Bowie
Screenplay
Fort Bowie commander Colonel Garrett, suspecting that his wife Alison is having an affair with good-looking Captain Thompson, sends him on a dangerous mission to try to persuade renegade Indian leader Victorio to cease his attacks against white settlers and soldiers.
The Dalton Girls
Screenstory
Female relatives of the infamous Dalton gang carry on the family tradition.
The Dalton Girls
Screenplay
Female relatives of the infamous Dalton gang carry on the family tradition.
The Tilted Tenderfoot
Writer
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
The Matchmaking Marshal
Writer
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
Phantom Trails
Screenplay
A short feature western comprised of two episodes of the TV series 'Wild Bill Hickok': "A Close Shave for the Marshal" (6/16/1952) and "Ghost Rider" (4/7/1952).
Marshals in Disguise
Writer
Another of the series of "movies" created by stitching two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series together, U. S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles P. Jones are working to solve the mystery of a number of gold robberies from a stage line and expose the plot of a bank manager to buy the bank with funds stolen from it. Wrapping that one up tightly in less than thirty minutes, they move on up the road to round up another gang that has been holding up Wells Fargo offices, with Jingles posing as a medicine show magician.
The Two Gun Teacher
Writer
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
Trouble on the Trail
Writer
"Trouble on the Trail" is two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" television series edited together and released as a feature film by Allied Artists.
Two Gun Marshal
Screenplay
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature film.
Behind Southern Lines
Screenplay
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
The Yellow Haired Kid
Writer
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok", The Yellow Haired Kid and Johnny Deuce, edited together and released as a feature.
Trail of the Arrow
Writer
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon
Screenplay
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
Night Raiders
Screenplay
Whip arrives to investigate why night raiders are ransacking cabins but taking nothing....
The Frontier Phantom
Screenplay
Lash Larue seeks to arrest his twin brother, known as the Frontier Phantom
Lawless Cowboys
Screenplay
Monogram's Whip Wilson western series was in its final year of existence when Lawless Cowboys hit the screen. Set in the contemporary West, the film casts Wilson as a Texas Ranger on the trail of a crooked gambling ring.
Kentucky Jubilee
Writer
A film director travels to Kentucky to seek out local talent for a hillbilly musical film. There, he gets kidnapped.
Man from Sonora
Screenplay
Someone stole Johnny Mack Brown's horse. If he can locate his missing horse, then he can prove they are also robbing the stagecoach.
Fast on the Draw
Screenplay
As a boy, Shamrock's parents were killed. He took possession of a pistol belonging to his father, a famous marshal. Now that he is grown, he takes the job of marshal and uses the same gun, but he still has to solve the mystery of what happened to his parents.
Crooked River
Screenplay
Ellison is the star searching for the killer of his parents while Hayden's a not-too-bad bandit leader.
West of the Brazos
Writer
An outlaw impersonates Shamrock in order to lease his land to an oil company for $75,000.
Motor Patrol
Screenplay
A cop poses as a member of a stolen-car ring to capture the men responsible for the murder of his fiancee's brother.
Motor Patrol
Story
A cop poses as a member of a stolen-car ring to capture the men responsible for the murder of his fiancee's brother.
Colorado Ranger
Screenplay
The Shamrock Kid, Lucky, and The Colonel get caught in a feud between outlaws and homesteaders.
Marshal of Heldorado
Writer
Shamrock and Lucky team up to drive the Tulliver Brothers out of Heldorado.
Hostile Country
Writer
In this remake of No Man's Range (1935), Shamrock travels to the ranch of his stepfather who he has never met and finds himself caught in the middle of a range war.
The Daltons' Women
Writer
The Dalton gang has moved west taking new identities and Marshals Lash and Fuzzy are after them. They receive help from Pinkerton agent Joan Talbot as they try to sort out who the bad guys really are.
Sky Liner
Screenplay
Travellers board a flight, unaware that other passengers might be spies and counterspies, complete with secret documents, poison and elaborate plans to engage in international espionage!
Arson, Inc.
Screenplay
An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the insurance.
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Screenplay
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Story
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.
Highway 13
Screenplay
Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial straits. He is in love with Doris Lacy, a waitress at the truck-stop where the company has its truck fleet serviced. Frequent accidents near the place leads the company to hire a private detective to investigate, and when the detective is murdered Hank is arrested as a suspect. The insurance company that covers the fleet has him released and he is sent back to work with instructions to investigate the accidents on his own. The trail leads to the uncle of Doris, and one of the part-owners of the company.
Thunder in the Pines
Screenplay
Loggers Jeff Collins and Boomer Benson compete for a mail-order bride by means of a timber-cutting contest.
The Creeper
Writer
Dr. Morgan (Onslow Stevens) and Dr. Cavigny (Ralph Morgan) star as a brace of scientists who return from the West Indies with a potent, phosphorescent serum that allegedly changes human beings into cats.
Trapped by Boston Blackie
Screenplay
Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.
The Return of the Whistler
Writer
When a woman goes missing on the eve of her wedding, her fiancee hires a detective to track her down
The Prince Of Thieves
Writer
After fighting in the Crusades alongside Richard I of England Sir Allan Claire is returning home to marry his betrothed Lady Christable. Accompanied by his sister Lady Marian Claire, the two are intercepted by Robin Hood and his band of Merrie Men. Recognising a friend of King Richard, Robin informs them that Lady Christabel is the be married to another against her well in the interest of politics and her father's fortune. The three team up to rescue the fair lady.
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
Screenplay
In this entry in the enduring series, the suave jewel thief finds himself helping the police break up a ring of diamond smugglers. Along the way, he winds up accused of both robbery and murder.
Mystery of the Riverboat
Screenplay
A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it.
Music in Manhattan
Story
Frankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performers. Both try to make it to the big-time after winning an amateur talent contest. Though this leads them to a few professional gigs, something is missing from their act and they are not popular. Believing a little cash will boost their career, Frankie heads for Washington, D.C. to see if her wealthy father will help them. En route Frankie is mistaken for the wife of the well-known pilot Johnny Pearson and ends up in his suite having to pretend she is his spouse. When the pilot meets her, romantic sparks fly.
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Screenplay
The obsessive scientist Dr. Miller is working on a matter-transmitter invention called the Paratron; a conspiratorial team of spies and no-goods pursue him to Alaska, trying to steal the device.
Two Señoritas from Chicago
Screenplay
The Two Senoritas from Chicago are Gloria and Maria. When their goofy pal Daisy Baker passes off a discarded Portuguese play manuscript as her own, producer Rupert Shannon agrees to bankroll the production. With stars in their eyes, Gloria and Maria pretend to be a pair of Portuguese musical comedy stars, thereby winning parts in the new production. The fun begins when the play's original authors sell the same manuscript to a rival producer.
Stand By All Networks
Story
An intrepid radio reporter sets out to track down and expose Nazi agents.
Stand By All Networks
Screenplay
An intrepid radio reporter sets out to track down and expose Nazi agents.
Danger in the Pacific
Screenplay
Scientist-explorer David Lynd leaves wealthy bride-to-be June Claymore at the altar to join photographer Andy Parker and British secret service agent Leo Marzeli in search of rare minerals. They soon run afoul of crooked trader Tagani, who's been busily stockpiling weapons in the hills on behalf of his Nazi partners.
Road Agent
Screenplay
Summarily accused of murder, drifters Duke (Foran), Pancho (Carrillo) and Andy (Devine) are tossed into the hoosegow, only to be released when their alibi checks out. Far from offended by his ill treatment, Duke agrees to take the job of sheriff, retaining Pancho and Andy as his deputies. The gruesome threesome then sets about to solve a series of mysterious Wells Fargo robberies
Raiders of the Desert
Writer
Two American leave a ship where they had stowed away, in a Middle Eastern port and wind up in the fighting in a brutal civil war
Men of the Timberland
Screenplay
Tim MacGregor, unscrupulous lumber operator, obtains by bribery a contract to cut a vast quantity of timber from land owned by Kay Handley, rich débutante. When Dick O'Hara, forestry inspector, demands a postponement, MacGrgeor refuses and sends his henchman, Jean Collet, to obtain the services of the famous "bull-of-the-woods" Andy Jensen and his partner "Lucky." Kay arrives and gives her permission to cut the timber, defying Dick. Dick, with his two assistants, Withers and "Tex," begins a survey of the timber stand. When Dick and Tex finally reveal MacGrgeor as a crook, Collet is sent to kill "Tex" and obtain the reports. A fight ensues and "Lucky" is killed by one of Collet's flying knives. Kay then admits that Dick is right and helps him trap Collet. Dick and Andy force a confession from Collet and MacGregor is exposed.
Mutiny in the Arctic
Screenplay
A pair head to the frozen wastes with an expedition in search of radium deposits. Certain members of the group succumb to greed, plotting to bump off the others and claim the radium for themselves.
Horror Island
Screenplay
A down-on-his luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.
Hot Steel
Story
Matt Morrison gets his old college chum Frank Stewart a job at the steel foundry where he works. Trouble quickly ensues.
Zanzibar
Story
A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worshiped by the locals.
Zanzibar
Screenplay
A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worshiped by the locals.
Danger On Wheels
Writer
During a test, a race car using an experimental oil fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Lucky Taylor, a stunt driver, is initially blamed for the accident, but is later cleared. He thinks the engine design has a real chance to win races, but the racing association has banned it since the accident. He devises a scheme to have a car equipped with the engine entered into a race, without race officials-- or the engine designer's sassy daughter -- finding out about it.
Legion of Lost Flyers
Screenplay
A group of pilots, because of unsavory or unearned reputations, establish an outpost squadron of their own, led by "Loop" Gillian, running charter-flights and hauling supplies in the frozen wastelands of Alaska. The operation does not go without misadventures, foul-ups, and a bit of treachery tossed in.
Tropic Fury
Story
An investigator checks into the rumors of harsh working conditions on an Amazon rubber plantation.