Morton Grant

Nacimiento : 1903-10-24, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA

Muerte : 1980-01-25

Películas

Holiday in Havana
Story
While working as a hotel busboy, aspiring bandleader Carlos Estrada tries to persuade singer Lolita Valdez to join him in a rhumba contest in Havana.
The Younger Brothers
Story
Brothers who rode with a notorious outlaw gang led by Frank and Jesse James decide to go straight and try to get pardons so they can return to a law-abiding life.
The Big Cat
Story
Durante los más oscuros días de la Gran Depresión, Danny, un joven impetuoso (Lon McCallister), decide abandonar su hogar para establecerse en el pueblo natal de su madre, en el lejano estado de Utah, donde conocerá de primera mano, lo dura que puede ser la vida en el campo.
The Big Cat
Screenplay
Durante los más oscuros días de la Gran Depresión, Danny, un joven impetuoso (Lon McCallister), decide abandonar su hogar para establecerse en el pueblo natal de su madre, en el lejano estado de Utah, donde conocerá de primera mano, lo dura que puede ser la vida en el campo.
The Gallant Blade
Screenplay
Larry Parks in a Cinecolor swashbuckler.
Canción del Sur
Screenplay
El tío Remus aprovecha sus cuentos sobre el conejo Brer para ayudar al pequeño Johnny a superar su confusión tras la separación de sus padres así como a acostumbrarse a su nueva vida en la plantación.
Ten Cents a Dance
Screenplay
Two privates on a 36 hour pass meet two dance hall dames, complications ensue!
Swing in the Saddle
Screenplay
In this tuneful western, two curious actresses head West to find out the name of their secret admirer. Songs include: "Amor," (Sunny Skylar, Gabriel Ruiz), "Hey Mabel" (Fred Stryker), "By the River Sainte Marie" (Edgar Leslie, Harry Warren), "She Broke My Heart in Three Places" (Oliver Drake), "When It's Harvest Time in Peaceful Valley" (Robert Martin, Raymond McKee), and "There'll Be a Jubilee" (Phil Moore).
The Falcon Out West
Screenplay
When a Texas playboy is murdered in a New York City nightclub the Falcon investigates. When he learns that the victim was slipped rattlesnake venom, the trail leads to Texas, his own kidnapping and near death.
Bar 20
Screenplay
La diligencia en la que viaja Marie Stevens con su madre y su padrino de boda, es asaltada, y a Marie le roban las joyas que le diera su prometido Richard Adams. Hopalong Cassidy y su par de colaboradores les rescatan de los bandidos, pero ciertos hechos harán que se conviertan en sospechosos de estar aliados con quien cometieron este robo.
Beyond the Last Frontier
Screenplay
Beyond the Last Frontier was the first entry in Republic's "John Paul Revere" western series. Journeyman actor Eddie Dew stars as Revere, a Texas Ranger who goes undercover to smash an outlaw gang. Meanwhile, the villains install an informer amongst the Rangers, meaning that Revere will have to take care of this guy before he can complete his assignment. While Eddie Dew was OK in the lead, his thunder was stolen by the young actor cast as "Trigger Dolan"-future superstar Robert Mitchum. The plot was a bit too complicated for a film of this nature, thus future John Paul Revere installments were a bit easier to follow.
The Avenging Rider
Screenplay
Wrongfully arrested, Tim must escape and find the men who murdered his partner and stole the gold.
Santa Fe Scouts
Writer
This late entry in Republic's long-running "Three Mesquiteers" series stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmy Dodd as, respectively, Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Johnson. This time out, the Mesquiteers try to help young Tim Clay (John James), who's been framed for murder by villains who want to gain possession of Clay's ranch property.
Valley of Hunted Men
Screenplay
Fugitive Nazis threaten to take over the Wyoming range in this Three Mesqueteers outing, which also warns about the danger of blithely assuming that every German-American is a fifth columnist. Which is exactly what rancher Clem Parker (Hal Price) does when learning that a couple of escaped Axis war criminals may be heading towards the local valley.
Bandit Ranger
Screenplay
Rancher Clay Travers finds and brings in the body of ranger Frank Mattison, murdered on the road to Trail City, where he had been sent to deal with an outbreak of cattle rustling. Businessman Art Kenyon, who has hired gunman Ed Martin to impersonate Mattison to further his rustling schemes, quickly changes Martin's story and has Travers framed for the ranger's murder. Managing to escape, Travers must come up with proof to clear his name and bring the true killers to justice.
Westward Ho
Writer
The all-purpose title Westward Ho was applied in 1942 to this "Three Mesquiteers" western. This time, the Mesquiteers are Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Joslin, here played respectively by Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rufe Davis. Our heroes converge on a small town to solve a series of mysterious bank robberies.
Land of the Open Range
Screenplay
A land owner's will leaves his ranch to anyone who has served at least two years in prison.
Riding the Wind
Screenplay
It's the ranchers whose cattle are dying of thirst versus Henry Dodge whose dam holds all the water. When windmills are built and they start pumping water, Dodge has them blown up. When a court order forces him to release the water, he decides to blow up the dam and flood the valley.
Dude Cowboy
Story
A Nevada rancher goes undercover for the U. S. Secret Service to help capture a gang of counterfeiters. Director David Howard's 1941 B-western stars Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Lee White, Eddie Kane, Ray Whitley, Helen Holmes, Glenn Strange, Byron Foulger, Eddie Dew, Tom London and Hank Worden.
Dude Cowboy
Screenplay
A Nevada rancher goes undercover for the U. S. Secret Service to help capture a gang of counterfeiters. Director David Howard's 1941 B-western stars Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Lee White, Eddie Kane, Ray Whitley, Helen Holmes, Glenn Strange, Byron Foulger, Eddie Dew, Tom London and Hank Worden.
Melody Lane
Screenplay
In this musical, four entertaining farmboys from Iowa head for the Big Apple to find fame and fortune but find themselves in trouble when a radio sponsor finds himself accused of kidnapping a girl. Songs include: "Septimus Winner," "Peaceful Ends the Day," "Cherokee Charlie," "Let's Go to Calicabu," "Swing-a-Bye My Baby," "Changeable Heart," "If It's a Dream Don't Wake Me," "Since the Farmer in the Dell," "Caliacau," and "Listen to the Mockingbird."
Moonlight in Hawaii
Screenplay
Deciding to quit his singing act and become a tourist guide, Pete Fleming escorts wealthy Mrs. Floto and her three nieces to Hawaii for a vacation. Behind his back, Pete's three bandmates stowaway and tag along.
Robbers of the Range
Screenplay
Railroad agents frame a landowner who wont sell out to them.
Along the Rio Grande
Screenplay
A trio of cowboys infiltrate a cattle rustler's gang to seek vengeance for one of their fathers' murder.
The Fargo Kid
Screenplay
The Fargo Kid is mistaken for a killer and is hired to kill another man...
Wagon Train
Screenplay
In his first starring Western for RKO, young Tim Holt must not only carry on his father's freight business but also hunt down his murderer. A certain Matt Gardner wants to corner the freight business to Pecos and persuades young Zack Sibley's wagon master to switch sides. Zack also earns the enmity of Gardner's son Coe, who takes umbrage to the youngster's flirtation with pretty Helen Lee. It all comes to a head during a food shortage in Pecos, a near-disaster that persuades the wagon master to switch sides once again. When the dust settles, Zack learns that old man Gardner is actually Carl Anderson, the man who murdered his father.
Triple Justice
Screenplay
Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill a teller. Charged for the crime and jailed, Brad realizes he must escape and track down the real killers since the only one who can prove his innocence is his friend, Sheriff Bill Gregory, who has been shot and will not soon regain consciousness. Chasing down the robbers one by one, he eventually discovers the identity of the gang's ringleader.
Stage to Chino
Screenplay
To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.
Timber Stampede
Screenplay
Cattlemen fight corrupt railroad men out to destroy the forest.
The Rookie Cop
Screenplay
A rookie cop tries to prove his friend is innocent of a robbery, despite the police commissioner's objection to his use of a trained German Shepherd dog named Ace.
His Exciting Night
Writer
A milquetoast clerk is betrothed to the socialite whose aunt holds a big account with his company.
Accidents Will Happen
Screenplay
A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retaliate by targeting his wife.
She Loved a Fireman
Screenplay
A young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman.
Love Is on the Air
Screenplay
A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.