Screenplay: Norman Houston

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Norman Houston. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Mexicali Rose

1929 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Erle C. Kenton

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Sam Hardy · William Janney · Louis Natheaux

Plot In this drama, set in a bordertown gambling saloon, the owner falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out...

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Battle of Broadway

1938 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction George Marshall

Cast Victor McLaglen · Brian Donlevy · Gypsy Rose Lee · Raymond Walburn

Plot Two American Legionnaires on convention in New York share adventures and rivalries in an around show biz.

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Border Treasure

1950 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction George Archainbaud

Cast Tim Holt · Jane Nigh · John Doucette · House Peters Jr.

Plot Anita Castro is raising money for Mexican earthquake victims. Transporting valuables across the border, she is attacked by Bat and his gang. When Ed and Chito drive them off, they...

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Frisco Waterfront

1935 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

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Indian Agent

1948 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Tim Holt · Noah Beery Jr. · Richard Martin · Nan Leslie

Plot Freighter Carter is cheating the Indians out of their food supply. Dave and Chito become involved when Turquoise leaves her baby at their ranch due to lack of food. When...

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West of the Pecos

1945 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Edward Killy

Cast Robert Mitchum · Barbara Hale · Richard Martin · Thurston Hall

Plot Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires the two and the...

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Texas Masquerade

1944 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

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Great God Gold

1935 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

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Thunder Mountain

1947 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lew Landers

Cast Tim Holt · Martha Hyer · Richard Martin · Steve Brodie

Plot Returning to his Arizona homestead, Marvin Hayden (Holt) lands in the middle of the age-old feud between the Haydens and the Jorths, both families accusing the other of murder. The...

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Guns of Hate

1948 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Tim Holt · Nan Leslie · Richard Martin · Steve Brodie

Plot Ben Jason has found a lost gold mine. When Morgan learns this from Wyatt, he and his henchman Rocky chase down Jason and kill him. Banning and sidekick Rafferty arrive...

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Wild Horse Mesa

1947 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Wallace Grissell

Cast Tim Holt · Nan Leslie · Richard Martin · Tom Keene

Plot Dave and Chito are working for Melburn who is looking for wild horses. Olmstead has his men looking for then also. When Dave finds them first, Olmstead buys them from...

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The Light of Western Stars

1940 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Victor Jory · Russell Hayden · Jo Ann Sayers · Morris Ankrum

Plot Easterner Madeline Hammond buys a ranch not knowing Hayworth is using it to smuggle ammunition across the border. When trouble starts, she brings back Gene Hammond, the ex-foreman who left...

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No Living Witness

1932 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction E. Mason Hopper

Cast Gilbert Roland · Noah Beery · Barbara Kent · Carmel Myers

Plot An assistant district attorney tries to stop his girlfriend's father from being swindled out of his money by a crooked lawyer in a racetrack scam.

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The Woman of the Town

1943 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction George Archainbaud

Cast Claire Trevor · Albert Dekker · Barry Sullivan · Henry Hull

Plot Bat Masterson's girl tries to get him to give up gunfighting and become a respectable journalist, but Bat has other problems - his rival is in town gunning for him.

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Pistol Harvest

1951 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Tim Holt · Joan Dixon · Robert Clarke · Mauritz Hugo

Plot Life is sweet for cowboy Tim as he plans to marry pretty Felice, ward to wealthy rancher Terry, who plans to buy up adjoining range land as a wedding present...

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Road Agent

1952 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Tim Holt · Noreen Nash · Mauritz Hugo · Dorothy Patrick

Plot Brand controls the only road to the cattle market and is charging exorbitant rates. When Tim and Chito rob Brand to recover only their overcharge, they accidently end up with...

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Heart of Arizona

1938 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast William Boyd · George 'Gabby' Hayes · Russell Hayden · Natalie Moorhead

Plot Belle Starr has returned from time in prison only to face a hail of bullets, along with rescue by Hoppy and the Bar 20 gang.

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Hopalong Rides Again

1937 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast William Boyd · George 'Gabby' Hayes · Russell Hayden · Nora Lane

Plot On a cattle drive Hoppy, camp cook Windy, companion Lucky, and young Artie Peters encounter an eccentric professor. The professor professes to be searching for the evolutionary missing link, but...

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Broadway Scandals

1929 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

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Knights of the Range

1940 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Lesley Selander

Cast Russell Hayden · Victor Jory · Jean Parker · Morris Ankrum

Plot Outlaw Frayne is a member of Gamecock's rustlers. When he saves Holly Ripple and Cappy from Heaver's gun, she gives him a job offer and a chance to go straight....

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