Barton MacLane – MRQE

Backlash

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jim Slater’s father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who may be on a similar mission. Renewed Apache hostilities and an impending range war provide complications.

Red Light

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess… who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he’d written a clue “in the Bible.” Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess’s hotel room.

Let’s Dance

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Years after the death of her husband, Kitty McNeil takes her son and flees from the home of her wealthy and controlling mother-in-law. Alone and jobless in New York, she runs into an old flame, her USO partner Donald Elwood, who agrees to help her fight for custody of the child.

Naked Gun

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Don Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man puts a curse on the jewels until they are returned. Years later, an American insurance man promises to deliver the Salazar fortune to the rightful heir…

The Walking Dead

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge’s murder. After he’s convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.

Jailbreak

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.

Prison Break

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Story of a tuna fisherman who has been wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit. His exemplary behavior in prison ensures that he is up for early parole. He realizes, however, that his movements will be limited, and he will be unable to join and wed his beloved. The only solution is to escape and hunt down the real killer, himself.

You and Me

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his ’employed-prison-graduates’ are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.

Thunderbirds

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An Oklahoma National Guard unit, comprised mainly of Native Americans, is called up for duty at the start of World War II.

Stranded

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A Traveler’s Aid worker who delights in solving people’s problems gets mixed up with gangsters.