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Price $7.98
Starring:
Tim McCoy,
Luana Walters,
Rex Lease,
Wheeler Oakman,
J. Frank Glendon,
Directed By:
Sam Newfield,
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 1936-06-06
Studio: Alpha Video
Format:
Black & White,
Closed-captioned,
Dolby,
DVD-Video,
NTSC,
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Customer Reviews for
Aces and Eights
"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Aces and Eights (1936)"
VCI Entertainment and Puritan Pictures present "Aces and Eights"(1936) (Dolby
digitally remastered)...relive those thrilling days from the early '30s and '40s
when drama took us down the dusty trails and the plains to exciting
adventures....some of the best B-Westerns ever to grace the Saturday Matinee
Screen......the Native Americans had no better ambassador than Tim McCoy, a
former Indian language translator in real life...as Tim McCoy speaks
passionately about this country's longtime abuse of its native population by
breaking treaty after treaty...just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and
suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss any of the Tim
McCoy features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his
B-Western adventures
Under director Sam Newfield, producers Sigmund Neufeld & Leslie Simmonds, original story by Arthur G. Durlam, screenplay Joseph O'Donnell...the cast include Tim McCoy (Gentleman Tim Madigan), Luana Walters (Juanita Hernandez), Rex Lease (Jose Hernandez), Wheeler Oakman (Ace Morgan), Earle Hodgins (Marshal Tom Barstow), John Merton (Gambler), J. Frank Glendon (Amos Harden), Charles Stevens (Rurale Capt. Felipe de Lopez), Jimmy Aubrey (Lucky), Joseph W. Girard (Don Julio Hernandez). . . . . . . . our story line deals with taking over Joseph W. Girard's (Hernandez) rancho, and the two villains involved are Wheeler Oakman and J. Frank Glendon very bad customers...Tim McCoy our famous gambler Gentleman Tim Madigan is accused of the murder of John Merton, but who really killed Merton...is there a crooked poker game in the works, can McCoy save the day and clear young Rex Lease (who thinks he too killed Merton)...take note that Charles Stevens appears as a rurale that is working with Marsal Earle Hodgins to catch the murdered...McCoy's sidekick Jimmy Aubrey always checks the throw of the dice for luck...well, the dice worked this oater is a real winner..another great B-Western for Tim McCoy under the Puritan Pictures banner for Poverty Row, proves to be one of his finest performances.
Special footnote, actor Tim McCoy in real life was a sharpshooter and famed for
his fast draw...was an expert on the Old West also an authority on Indian
folklore could converse in Indian sign language...McCoy was inducted into the
"Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage
Museum" in 1973, also inducted into "The Cowboy Hall of Fame" in 1974.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Tim McCoy (aka: Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy)
Birth Date: 4/10/1891 - Saginaw, Michigan
Died: 1/29/1978 - Nogales, Arizona
Check out other Tim McCoy titles available on VHS & DVD from VCI:
1. ACES AND EIGHTS
2. ARIZONA BOUND
3. ARIZONA GANGBUSTERS
4. BELOW THE BORDER
5. BULLDOG COURAGE
6. CODE OF THE CACTUS
7. END OF THE TRAIL
8. FIGHTING RENEGADE
9. FORBIDDEN TRAILS
10.GHOST PATROL
11.GHOST TOWN LAW
12.GUN CODE
13.GUNMAN FROM BODIE
14.LIGHTNIN' BILL CARSON
15.LIGHTNING CARSON RIDES AGAIN
16.LION'S DEN
17.OUTLAW DEPUTY
18.PHANTOM RANGER
19.ROARIN' GUNS
20.SIX GUN TRAILS
21.STRAIGHT SHOOTER
22.TEXAS WILCATS
23.WEST OF THE LAW
Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above titles if they are not available as of
yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment.. why not
pick up other copies of Tim McCoy features.
In 1941 the "Rough Riders" series began with Buck as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim
McCoy was Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton was Marshal Sandy Hopkins for
Monogram Pictures:
1. ARIZONA BOUND (Monogram, 1941)
2. THE GUNMAN FROM BODIE (Monogram, 1941)
3. FORBIDDEN TRAILS (Monogram, 1941)
4. BELOW THE BORDER (Monogram, 1942)
5. GHOST TOWN LAW (Monogram, 1942)
6. DOWN TEXAS WAY (Monogram, 1942)
7. RIDERS OF THE WEST (Monogram, 1942)
8. WEST OF THE LAW (Monogram, 1942)
Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Aces and Eights" (1936), the
digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more
high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and
B-Westerns...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there
are plenty of copies available on DVD and VHS, stay tuned once again for top
notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just
the way we like 'em
Total Time: 62 min on DVD/VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #1928 ~ (11/08/2000)Aces and Eights
TIM MCCOY KEEPS PEACE HIS WAY.
The title refers to the "dead man's hand" held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was gunned down during a poker game, and which plays an important part in this limply directed Western that fortunately stars the always poised Tim McCoy, whose piercing glances enfeeble his rivals in his portrayal of "Gentleman" Tim Madigan, an unethical gambler whose finer instincts cause him to assist a beleaguered Mexican family near the California/Nevada border. Madigan survives by his wits as he carries no gun and is given some clever lines from the uneven screenplay, that McCoy delivers with aplomb, stealing the acting honors with ease in this rather subdued example of the genre, wherein recovery is the keyword: of pride, honor and property.
Aces and Eights
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