The Definitive Watchlist Seeking the Same Brilliance as The Last of His People: Cult Guide

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

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

Silent Jim Sutherland has a secret sorrow. At length a city financier, his daughter and her fiance all arrive to this Western town and engage Silent Jim as guide to look into some timber land. Silent Jim recognizes the girl's fiance as the man who killed his wife many years before and stole his gold. The truth is revealed in the same cabin that was once Silent Jim's home. An old Indian proves the statement and when the villain attempts to kidnap the girl, he meets his fate at the hands of the dog.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Sage-Brush Musketeers perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

A man returns after fifteen years of wandering and finds his daughter. A flash-back tells you the story of fifteen years ago and how the villain "Black Bart" attacked his wife, and how to escape him she jumped from a cliff and killed herself. The baby was kidnapped. "Black Bart" is still active and kills one of the sheriffs. For this crime the girl's lover is suspected, but the father sacrifices himself and goes to prison. "Black Bart" plots the girl's abduction, but a terrific storm takes place and the prison walls are struck by lightning, liberating the man, who rushes to the rescue of his daughter.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

The story deals, as its name implies, with the rigid law of the Northwest and with Jack Meadows' efforts to set free the girl's father, who is the sheriff. The man has been wounded by outlaws and found in a dying state by Jack and his pal. The two set out to bring the criminals to justice. The girl at first misjudges Jack and believes him responsible for her father's disappearance. When he proves the respected deputy is in reality the leader of a band of liquor smugglers and captures the culprits, she changes her mind. Jack's identity as a government ranger is established.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

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.