Clarence Upson Young

Movies

Showdown at Abilene
Story
Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend Dave Mosely is now engaged to Trask's former sweetheart and is one of the cattlemen increasingly feuding with the original farmers. Trask is persuaded to take up as sheriff again but there is something about the death of Mosely's brother in the Civil War that is haunting him.
Albuquerque
Screenplay
Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line, and whose goal is to eliminate a competing line run by Ted Wallace and his sister Celia. Cole tires of his uncle's heavy-handed tactics and switches over to the Wallace side. Lety Tyler, an agent hired by the uncle, also switches over by warning Cole and Ted of a trap set for them by the uncle and his henchman.
Riding the California Trail
Screenplay
Chasing women and staying one step ahead of the law, the Cisco Kid meets Raquel and then Dolores. He sees that Raole is the boy friend of Raquel but engaged to Dolores. Learning that all her money will got to her uncle Don Jose when she marries Raole, Cisco suspects a plot and sets out to unravel it.
Riding the California Trail
Story
Chasing women and staying one step ahead of the law, the Cisco Kid meets Raquel and then Dolores. He sees that Raole is the boy friend of Raquel but engaged to Dolores. Learning that all her money will got to her uncle Don Jose when she marries Raole, Cisco suspects a plot and sets out to unravel it.
The Black Parachute
Screenplay
A paratrooper drops behind enemy lines to rescue the deposed king of a mythical Balkan nation.
The Ghost That Walks Alone
Screenplay
Honeymooners find a dead radio producer in their suite.
Madame Spy
Screenplay
Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins keeping company with known Nazi functionaries, notably the sinister Mr. Peter. Suspecting that his own wife may be the elusive “Madame Spy” wanted by American authorities, Bannister is in for quite a few surprises.
Madame Spy
Original Story
Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins keeping company with known Nazi functionaries, notably the sinister Mr. Peter. Suspecting that his own wife may be the elusive “Madame Spy” wanted by American authorities, Bannister is in for quite a few surprises.
Night Monster
Writer
Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Screenplay
Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.
North to the Klondike
Writer
Based upon the novel by Jack London, two friends in the Klondike aid settlers being terrorized by outlaws.
Sea Raiders
Screenplay
A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
Sky Raiders
Screenplay
Captain Bob Dayton and Lieutenant Ed Carey are partners in a company called "Sky Raiders" which seeks US government contracts for its inventions. Enemy spies attempt to steal, sabotage and discredit the inventions and founders of the company.
The Devil's Pipeline
Screenplay
A secretary sends a coded plea for help in her monthly report; two detectives investigate and find out that men are jailed on phony charges, forced to work in oil fields and then murdered if they try to escape.
Son of Roaring Dan
Screenplay
In this exciting western, Roaring Dan is the meanest old cuss around. He and his "son" are constantly bickering. But things are not as they seem as the young man is only pretending to be Dan's son so they can find the killers of the young man's real father. Among the guilty are two women.
Black Diamonds
Writer
A reporter on a visit to his hometown hears of dangerous conditions at the local coal mine, and proceeds to investigate.
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Screenplay
In despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill him. However, he changes his mind when he falls in love with another woman--but he can't stop the man trying to kill him because he doesn't know who he is.
Hot Steel
Screenplay
Matt Morrison gets his old college chum Frank Stewart a job at the steel foundry where he works. Trouble quickly ensues.
Bad Lands
Story
A sheriff and his posse set out to catch a murderer, but their mission proves more dangerous than anyone suspected after they become stranded in the desert and attacked by Apaches.
Bad Lands
Screenplay
A sheriff and his posse set out to catch a murderer, but their mission proves more dangerous than anyone suspected after they become stranded in the desert and attacked by Apaches.
The Girl and the Gambler
Screenplay
An outlaw kidnaps a dancer and her lover in order to win a bet.
The Law West of Tombstone
Screenplay
A blustering gunfighter talks himself into the position of mayor in a small western town.
The Law West of Tombstone
Story
A blustering gunfighter talks himself into the position of mayor in a small western town.
The Plot Thickens
Screenplay
A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.