Writing

Morton Grant

Born — Died

1903-10-24 — 1980-01-25

Place of birth

Hennepin, Minnesota, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

30 titles

Known for

Song of the South poster
6.5

Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.

Song of the South

1946

Beyond the Last Frontier poster
9.0

Beyond the Last Frontier was the first entry in Republic's "John Paul Revere" western series. Journeyman actor Eddie Dew stars as Revere, a Texas Ranger who goes undercover to smash an outlaw gang. Meanwhile, the villains install an informer amongst the Rangers, meaning that Revere will have to take care of this guy before he can complete his assignment. While Eddie Dew was OK in the lead, his thunder was stolen by the young actor cast as "Trigger Dolan"-future superstar Robert Mitchum. The plot was a bit too complicated for a film of this nature, thus future John Paul Revere installments were a bit easier to follow.

Beyond the Last Frontier

1943

Dude Cowboy poster
6.0

A Nevada rancher goes undercover for the U. S. Secret Service to help capture a gang of counterfeiters. Director David Howard's 1941 B-western stars Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Lee White, Eddie Kane, Ray Whitley, Helen Holmes, Glenn Strange, Byron Foulger, Eddie Dew, Tom London and Hank Worden.

Dude Cowboy

1941

Swing in the Saddle poster
9.0

In this tuneful western, two curious actresses head West to find out the name of their secret admirer. Songs include: "Amor", "Hey Mabel", "By the River Sainte Marie", "She Broke My Heart in Three Places", "When It's Harvest Time in Peaceful Valley" and "There'll Be a Jubilee".

Swing in the Saddle

1944

Ten Cents a Dance poster
6.0

Two privates on a 36 hour pass meet two dance hall dames, complications ensue!

Ten Cents a Dance

1945

Along the Rio Grande poster
7.0

A trio of cowboys infiltrate a cattle rustler's gang to seek vengeance for one of their fathers' murder.

Along the Rio Grande

1941

Behind the camera

Song of the South poster
6.5

Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.

Song of the South

1946

Beyond the Last Frontier poster
9.0

Beyond the Last Frontier was the first entry in Republic's "John Paul Revere" western series. Journeyman actor Eddie Dew stars as Revere, a Texas Ranger who goes undercover to smash an outlaw gang. Meanwhile, the villains install an informer amongst the Rangers, meaning that Revere will have to take care of this guy before he can complete his assignment. While Eddie Dew was OK in the lead, his thunder was stolen by the young actor cast as "Trigger Dolan"-future superstar Robert Mitchum. The plot was a bit too complicated for a film of this nature, thus future John Paul Revere installments were a bit easier to follow.

Beyond the Last Frontier

1943

Dude Cowboy poster
6.0

A Nevada rancher goes undercover for the U. S. Secret Service to help capture a gang of counterfeiters. Director David Howard's 1941 B-western stars Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Lee White, Eddie Kane, Ray Whitley, Helen Holmes, Glenn Strange, Byron Foulger, Eddie Dew, Tom London and Hank Worden.

Dude Cowboy

1941

Swing in the Saddle poster
9.0

In this tuneful western, two curious actresses head West to find out the name of their secret admirer. Songs include: "Amor", "Hey Mabel", "By the River Sainte Marie", "She Broke My Heart in Three Places", "When It's Harvest Time in Peaceful Valley" and "There'll Be a Jubilee".

Swing in the Saddle

1944

Ten Cents a Dance poster
6.0

Two privates on a 36 hour pass meet two dance hall dames, complications ensue!

Ten Cents a Dance

1945

Along the Rio Grande poster
7.0

A trio of cowboys infiltrate a cattle rustler's gang to seek vengeance for one of their fathers' murder.

Along the Rio Grande

1941

Love Is on the Air poster
6.2

A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.

Love Is on the Air

1937

Accidents Will Happen poster
6.2

A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retaliate by targeting his wife.

Accidents Will Happen

1938

The Falcon Out West poster
5.4

When a Texas playboy is murdered in a New York City nightclub the Falcon investigates. When he learns that the victim was slipped rattlesnake venom, the trail leads to Texas, his own kidnapping and near death.

The Falcon Out West

1944

She Loved a Fireman poster
7.5

A young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman.

She Loved a Fireman

1937

The Rookie Cop poster
5.8

A rookie cop tries to prove his friend is innocent of a robbery, despite the police commissioner's objection to his use of a trained German Shepherd dog named Ace.

The Rookie Cop

1939

Wagon Train poster
6.3

In his first starring Western for RKO, young Tim Holt must not only carry on his father's freight business but also hunt down his murderer. A certain Matt Gardner wants to corner the freight business to Pecos and persuades young Zack Sibley's wagon master to switch sides. Zack also earns the enmity of Gardner's son Coe, who takes umbrage to the youngster's flirtation with pretty Helen Lee. It all comes to a head during a food shortage in Pecos, a near-disaster that persuades the wagon master to switch sides once again. When the dust settles, Zack learns that old man Gardner is actually Carl Anderson, the man who murdered his father.

Wagon Train

1940

The Gallant Blade poster
6.8

Larry Parks in a Cinecolor swashbuckler.

The Gallant Blade

1948

Valley of Hunted Men poster
7.0

Fugitive Nazis threaten to take over the Wyoming range in this Three Mesqueteers outing, which also warns about the danger of blithely assuming that every German-American is a fifth columnist. Which is exactly what rancher Clem Parker (Hal Price) does when learning that a couple of escaped Axis war criminals may be heading towards the local valley.

Valley of Hunted Men

1942

The Fargo Kid poster
7.1

The Fargo Kid is mistaken for a killer and is hired to kill another man...

The Fargo Kid

1940

The Big Cat poster
4.0

A city boy arrives in his late mother's birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by a cougar.

The Big Cat

1949

Robbers of the Range poster
7.7

Railroad agents frame a landowner who wont sell out to them.

Robbers of the Range

1941

Bandit Ranger poster
4.7

Rancher Clay Travers finds and brings in the body of ranger Frank Mattison, murdered on the road to Trail City, where he had been sent to deal with an outbreak of cattle rustling. Businessman Art Kenyon, who has hired gunman Ed Martin to impersonate Mattison to further his rustling schemes, quickly changes Martin's story and has Travers framed for the ranger's murder. Managing to escape, Travers must come up with proof to clear his name and bring the true killers to justice.

Bandit Ranger

1942

Land of the Open Range poster
10.0

A land owner's will leaves his ranch to anyone who has served at least two years in prison.

Land of the Open Range

1942

Riding the Wind poster
7.0

It's the ranchers whose cattle are dying of thirst versus Henry Dodge whose dam holds all the water. When windmills are built and they start pumping water, Dodge has them blown up. When a court order forces him to release the water, he decides to blow up the dam and flood the valley.

Riding the Wind

1942

Triple Justice poster
7.5

Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill a teller. Charged for the crime and jailed, Brad realizes he must escape and track down the real killers since the only one who can prove his innocence is his friend, Sheriff Bill Gregory, who has been shot and will not soon regain consciousness. Chasing down the robbers one by one, he eventually discovers the identity of the gang's ringleader.

Triple Justice

1940

Stage to Chino poster
5.9

To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.

Stage to Chino

1940

No artwork available
4.5

Deciding to quit his singing act and become a tourist guide, Pete Fleming escorts wealthy Mrs. Floto and her three nieces to Hawaii for a vacation. Behind his back, Pete's three bandmates stowaway and tag along.

Moonlight in Hawaii

1941

Melody Lane poster
10.0

In this musical, four entertaining farmboys from Iowa head for the Big Apple to find fame and fortune but find themselves in trouble when a radio sponsor finds himself accused of kidnapping a girl. Songs include: "Septimus Winner," "Peaceful Ends the Day," "Cherokee Charlie," "Let's Go to Calicabu," "Swing-a-Bye My Baby," "Changeable Heart," "If It's a Dream Don't Wake Me," "Since the Farmer in the Dell," "Caliacau," and "Listen to the Mockingbird."

Melody Lane

1941

The Avenging Rider poster
10.0

Wrongfully arrested, Tim must escape and find the men who murdered his partner and stole the gold.

The Avenging Rider

1943

Bar 20 poster
4.9

Stagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and Lin go after them.

Bar 20

1943

Timber Stampede poster
9.0

Cattlemen fight corrupt railroad men out to destroy the forest.

Timber Stampede

1939

No artwork available
4.3

A milquetoast clerk is betrothed to the socialite whose aunt holds a big account with his company.

His Exciting Night

1938

Westward Ho poster
4.7

The all-purpose title Westward Ho was applied in 1942 to this "Three Mesquiteers" western. This time, the Mesquiteers are Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Joslin, here played respectively by Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rufe Davis. Our heroes converge on a small town to solve a series of mysterious bank robberies.

Westward Ho

1942

Santa Fe Scouts poster
9.0

This late entry in Republic's long-running "Three Mesquiteers" series stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmy Dodd as, respectively, Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Johnson. This time out, the Mesquiteers try to help young Tim Clay (John James), who's been framed for murder by villains who want to gain possession of Clay's ranch property.

Santa Fe Scouts

1943