Search - Tom Tyler Double Feature: Orphans of the Pecos / Lost Ranch on DVD

Tom Tyler two-fer

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 07/31/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Tom Tyler's real name was Vincent Markowski. He had small (often uncredited) roles in "Stagecoach" (1939), "Gone With the Wind" (1939), "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), "Buck Privates" (1941), "The Three Musketeers" (1948), "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949) and Cecil B. DeMille's "Samson and Delilah" (1949). Mostly though, Tyler appeared in such quickie 'B' westerns as we have here. In the majority of these, his name was "Tom" (what else?)



In ORPHAN OF THE PECOS, Tom Rayburn is accused of a murder he didn't commit, and in LOST RANCH, Tom Wade searches for a rancher who's been kidnapped by smugglers.





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(5.5) Lost Ranch (1937) - Tom Tyler/Jeanne Martel/Howard Bryant/Slim Whitaker/Theodore Lorch/Forrest TaylorLafe McKee



(5.7) Orphan of the Pecos (1937) - Tom Tyler/Jeanne Martel/Howard Bryant/Slim Whitaker/Theodore Lorch/Lafe McKee"