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Irish Luck (1939) [Action] [Adventure] [Comedy]

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“Irish Luck” is anAmerican film directed by Howard Bretherton. The film is also known as “Amateur Detective” in the United Kingdom. Buzzy O’Brien is a bellhop in a hotel where a guest is murdered. The police blame Kitty Monahan and Buzzy succeeds in helping her escape and hides her at his home with his mother. Buzzy and his pal Jefferson manage to fumble their way to finding the real killer who was after the stolen bonds carried by the victim. Based on Charles Molyneaux Brown’s story “Death Hops the Bells.”

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Directed by Howard Bretherton, Scott R. Dunlap (supervising producer) and Grant Withers (associate producer), written by Charles M. Brown (story) and Mary McCarthy (screenplay), starring Frankie Darro as Buzzy O’Brien, Dick Purcell as Steve Lanahan, Lillian Elliott as Mrs. O’Brien, Dennis Moore as Jim Monahan, James Flavin as Hotel Detective Fluger, Sheila Darcy as Kitty Monahan, Mantan Moreland as Jefferson, Ralph Peters as Detective Jenkins, Tristram Coffin as Mr. Mace – Hotel Desk Clerk, Pat Gleason as Banning – Bond Robber, Gene O’Donnell as Bond Robber, Donald Kerr as Reporter, Howard M. Mitchell as Hotel Manager and Aloha Wray as Dancer.

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Source: “Irish Luck (1939 film)” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 11 May 2013. Web. 23 June 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Luck_(1939_film).

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The Bronze Buckaroo (1939) [Western] [Adventure]

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Cowboy Bob Blake receives a letter from his friend Joe Jackson, asking for help. Blake and his men travel to Jackson’s ranch, only to discover from Jackson’s sister Betty that Joe has been missing for three weeks. Meanwhile Jackson’s ranch hand (Slim Perkins) is learning to use ventriloquism to make the farm animals talk, and tries to convince the gullible Dusty to buy a talking mule.

Blake discovers that Jackson is being held by a local land grabbing rancher, Buck Thorne, who (with his partner Pete) has discovered gold on Jackson’s ranch. They killed Joe and Betty’s father, and are trying to force Joe to deed the land over to Thorne. Blake develops a plan to rescue Jackson from where he is being held above the saloon, but runs into trouble. Betty sends Blake’s men into the saloon as backup and is kidnapped by Thorne, who then threatens to kill Betty and Joe if they do not sign the deed. While Dusty rides for the sheriff, Blake and his men backtrack Betty’s horse (who arrived home riderless). A gun battle ensues, with the sheriff arriving in the nick of time. The villains are hauled off to jail, and Blake rides into the sunset with Betty.

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Directed by Richard C. Kahn, produced by Richard C. Kahn and Jed Buell, written by Richard C. Kahn, starring Herb Jeffries as Bob Blake, Artie Young as Betty Jackson, Rollie, Hardin as Joe Jackson, Clarence Brooks as Buck Thorne, F.E. Miller as Slim Perkins, Lucius Brooks as Dusty, Spencer Williams as Pete, Lee Calmes as Lee, Earle Morris as Bartender and The Four Tones as Singing Quartet.

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Source: “The Bronze Buckaroo” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 24 February 2013. Web. 31 March 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronze_Buckaroo.

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