Deep Archive Finds Movies That Echo the Spirit of Perils of Thunder Mountain: Cult Guide

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

Hoodooed Dale Pemberton, reporter, fails on many jobs and locates on farm with Gregory family. Amos Gregory is accused of murdering three scheming bankers who have disappeared. Dale clears up the mystery after many thrilling experiences and marries Gregory's daughter.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Into the Light perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A simple country girl, brutally mistreated by her stepfather, awakens first the sympathy, then the love, of The Boy. The Spider, who lusts after The Girl, makes a bargain with the stepfather and takes her to the city where, kept prisoner, she is soon broken in health and spirit. Cast out and near death, she is taken in by The Boy. Following the demise of The Spider, The Boy takes her to church, where he prays, and after many hours she is restored to health.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

Jim Carvel takes a cabin in the woods and under the pretext of trapping wolves clears the town of the bad sheriff and his lieutenant. The girl's brother is the cashier of the bank, and after falling into debt to the bad men is forced to take the amount from the bank and place explosives in the vault. Jim watches him from the window and before the fuse is burnt runs in and steals the money from the vault. When he is surrounded in the girl's home he manages to get the drop on the mob and shows his badge revealing that he is the U. S. Deputy that the village judge had sent for. The sheriff and his aide are arrested and the girl forgives Jim.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Wolver perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Clem Martin is searching for his brother Bud Simpson in the desert when he comes upon a woman with a child who says she is Bud's wife. He left his family five months ago for the fast-paced town of Yucca. Clem finds him,but Bud is killed at a bar and Clem returns to the desert to raise the child and live with his brother's former wife.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Beyond the Trail perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

When Riley becomes engaged to Sal, the lady of the suds, upon one of his drunken sprees, he doesn't know how to get out of it. He fixes matters up with the gang to chase him and his partner Bob out of town. However, Bob takes along the cashbox to the post office and the chase becomes a real one. Sal saves him just in the nick of time, and he's glad to be back in her ample arms.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

Three men try to find the murderer of one of their pals.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Iron Test perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

While Tom, a wandering artist, is painting a portrait of his dead mother, a young girl chances along with her grandmother who is a very lovable type. A strong affection springs up between Tom and Granny and it is not long before he discovers that she is in a lot of trouble because her scapegrace son is trying to marry the girl and secure control of the property. The opportunity soon arrives when Grandmother is glad to take advantage of Tom's proffered assistance. In an encounter, he overcomes the villainous son and sets all of his schemes at naught, winning Grandmother's gratitude and the affection of the girl for whom he promises to return after she has grown up.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

Tom is a vagabond and crook, who ingratiates himself and two pals with a rich lumberman by means of a stolen letter of introduction. The atmosphere of clean living arouses a desire in him to go straight, so that instead of robbing the old man as they had planned, he tries to dissuade the other two. They, however, steal the payroll, and when Tom goes after them he is suspected. He brings back the money and marries the lumberman's daughter.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

When Red Hawk Dugan and his men attack a small wagon train, Colonel Merriwell is killed and the young girl Isobel taken and raised thinking Dugan is her father. Fifteen years later the Colonel's son Jack arrives looking for Dugan whom he learned killed his father. As he hunts for Dugan he meets and falls in love with Isobel only to then learn Dugan is her father.