Direction: Ray Taylor

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ray Taylor. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Dick Tracy (TV Series)

1937 · Series · 73 min. · United States

Direction Alan James · Ray Taylor

Cast Ralph Byrd · Kay Hughes · Smiley Burnette · Lee Van Atta

Synopsis A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick.

4.9

35 votes

4.9

35 votes

Direction Ford Beebe · Ray Taylor

Cast Buster Crabbe · Carol Hughes · Charles Middleton · Anne Gwynne

Synopsis On Earth, people are suddenly being killed by the Purple Death, a mysterious deadly infection so named because it leaves a purple spot on victims’ foreheads. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr Zarkov discover that this is being caused by...

4.8

140 votes

4.8

140 votes

Direction Lewis D. Collins · Ray Taylor

Cast Tom Brown · Rose Hobart · Edgar Barrier · Marjorie Lord

Synopsis Just before World War II, the Chinese and American governments mount a joint operation to prevent the Germans and Japanese from taking over the strategic island of Mandon.

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The Vigilantes Return

1947 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Ray Taylor

Cast Jon Hall · Margaret Lindsay · Andy Devine · Paula Drew

Synopsis A marshal is sent to a frontier town to investigate a rash of murders, and gets caught up in a murder himself.

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Son of Billy the Kid

1949 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Ray Taylor

Cast Lash La Rue · Al St. John · June Carr · John James

Synopsis It's twenty years after Pat Garrett supposedly killed Billy the Kid. In this version Billy survived and is now a respected banker. Outlaws are after the money in his bank but a whip carrying man dressed in black arrives to...

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Secret Agent X-9

1945 · Movie · 246 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins · Ray Taylor

Cast Lloyd Bridges · Keye Luke · Jan Wiley · Victoria Horne

Synopsis American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel.

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Fighting Bill Fargo

1941 · Movie · 57 min. · United States

Direction Ray Taylor

Cast Johnny Mack Brown · Fuzzy Knight · Jean Brooks · Kenneth Harlan

Synopsis Returning to his home town, Bill Fargo (Johnny Mack Brown) helps his sister to run their late father's newspaper. He quickly gets swept up in political intrigue fomented by political boss Hackett (Kenneth Harlan), who has a habit of rubbing...

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The Painted Stallion

1937 · Movie · 212 min. · United States

Direction Alan James · Ray Taylor · William Witney

Cast Ray Corrigan · Hoot Gibson · LeRoy Mason · Duncan Renaldo

Synopsis The period is the 1820's and the first wagon train leaves Independence heading west to Santa Fe. In order to maintain his power, the ruthless Official at Santa Fe must not let them arrive and he sends out his men...

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The Return of Wildfire

1948 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Ray Taylor · Paul Landres

Cast Richard Arlen · Patricia Morison · Mary Beth Hughes · James Millican

Synopsis A rancher is killed after refusing to sell his stock of horses to a villain trying to corner the market in the valley.

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Law of the Lash

1947 · Movie · 53 min. · United States

Direction Ray Taylor

Cast Lash La Rue · Al St. John · Lee Roberts · Mary Scott

Synopsis U.S. marshal goes undercover to clean up a town run by bandits.

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Direction Ford Beebe · Ray Taylor

Cast Gordon Jones · Keye Luke · Wade Boteler · Anne Nagel

Synopsis A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.

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The Return of Chandu

1934 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Ray Taylor

Cast Bela Lugosi · Maria Casajuana · Lucien Prival · Clara Kimball Young

Synopsis Master White magician Chandu (Bela Lugosi) delves into his bag-of-tricks to save the imperiled Egyptian princess Nadji from being sacrificed by a clan of cat worshipers upon the mysterious island of Lemuria.

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Spaceship to the Unknown (TV)

1966 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Frederick Stephani · Ray Taylor

Cast Buster Crabbe · Jean Rogers · Frank Shannon · Charles Middleton

Synopsis Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Alexis Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth.

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Peril from the Planet Mongo (TV)

1966 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Ford Beebe · Ray Taylor

Cast Buster Crabbe · Carol Hughes · Charles Middleton · Anne Gwynne

Synopsis Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov return to the planet Mongo for an antidote to the Purple Death, which wreaking destruction on Earth. However, Ming the Merciless has other plans for them.

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The Tioga Kid

1948 · Movie · 54 min. · United States

Direction Ray Taylor

Cast Eddie Dean · Roscoe Ates · Jennifer Holt · Dennis Moore

Synopsis "The Tioga Kid" is a remake of 1946's "Driftin' River" with only slight plot changes - hero Eddie Dean now has an identical twin brother working with the outlaws of stock from the original, all of the songs are recycled,...

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Chandu on the Magic Island

1935 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Ray Taylor

Cast Bela Lugosi · Maria Casajuana · Clara Kimball Young · Dean Benton

Synopsis On the mystic island of Lemuria, the cult of Ubasti seek the Egyptian Princess Nadji to sacrifice so that their goddess Ossana, whose soul resides in Nadji's body, may be resurrected by Black Magic

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The Scarlet Horseman

1946 · Movie · 248 min. · United States

Direction Lewis D. Collins · Ray Taylor

Cast Peter Cookson · Janet Shaw · Paul Guilfoyle · Virginia Christine

Synopsis Comanches are buying unscrupulous arms smuggler rifles in preparation for a major uprising against settlers in Texas. Two undercover Texas Rangers discover the plot and prepare to stop it.

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The Three Mesquiteers (TV Series)

1936 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Ray Taylor · Joseph Kane · Sam Newfield · Mack V. Wright

Cast Robert Livingston · John Wayne · Ralph Byrd · Tom Tyler

Synopsis The Three Mesquiteers is the umbrella title for a series of 51 B-Western movies released between 1936 and 1943. The name was a play on The Three Musketeers, and each film featured a trio of stars. The series was based...

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