Writing

George Arthur Durlam

Known for

Writing

Credits

26 titles

Known for

The Man from Death Valley poster
4.5

Dave and Hank ride out of Death Valley, heading for the town of Mesa, but stop to rest in Alkali Springs, twenty miles from Mesa. Walking along the saloon porch, they overhear through an open window, two unseen men plotting to rob the Mesa bank that afternoon. One is a Spanish voice and the other American. Dave and Hank head for Mesa to get there before the hold-up and, there, they see the men whose voices they had heard; Sheriff Jeffries and Ortego.

The Man from Death Valley

1931

Swamp Woman poster
5.0

Famed striptease artist Ann Corio stars as Annabelle, a cabaret dancer who returns to the Florida bayous whence she came.

Swamp Woman

1941

Custer's Last Stand poster
5.3

Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous historical incident.

Custer's Last Stand

1936

The Code of Honor poster
10.0

Cardsharp Jack Cardigan decides to go straight when he meets Doris Bradfield, but is forced to use his talents on behalf of her dad, whose land-grant title has fallen into the hands of Jed Harden through the gambling weakness of Bradfield's son Tom.

The Code of Honor

1930

The Call of the Desert poster
9.0

Tod Walker takes Rex Carson's map to a gold mine and leaves him in the desert. Carson recuperates at Jean Walker's ranch and she takes a liking to him. But when her uncle Tod arrives, he claims Carson tried to jump his claim. She sides with her uncle and Carson, banished from the Walker ranch, sets out to get his claim back.

The Call of the Desert

1930

Under Texas Skies poster
6.5

Three cowboys try to stop a crook from defrauding an orphan girl out of her money.

Under Texas Skies

1930

Behind the camera

The Man from Death Valley poster
4.5

Dave and Hank ride out of Death Valley, heading for the town of Mesa, but stop to rest in Alkali Springs, twenty miles from Mesa. Walking along the saloon porch, they overhear through an open window, two unseen men plotting to rob the Mesa bank that afternoon. One is a Spanish voice and the other American. Dave and Hank head for Mesa to get there before the hold-up and, there, they see the men whose voices they had heard; Sheriff Jeffries and Ortego.

The Man from Death Valley

1931

Swamp Woman poster
5.0

Famed striptease artist Ann Corio stars as Annabelle, a cabaret dancer who returns to the Florida bayous whence she came.

Swamp Woman

1941

Custer's Last Stand poster
5.3

Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous historical incident.

Custer's Last Stand

1936

The Code of Honor poster
10.0

Cardsharp Jack Cardigan decides to go straight when he meets Doris Bradfield, but is forced to use his talents on behalf of her dad, whose land-grant title has fallen into the hands of Jed Harden through the gambling weakness of Bradfield's son Tom.

The Code of Honor

1930

The Call of the Desert poster
9.0

Tod Walker takes Rex Carson's map to a gold mine and leaves him in the desert. Carson recuperates at Jean Walker's ranch and she takes a liking to him. But when her uncle Tod arrives, he claims Carson tried to jump his claim. She sides with her uncle and Carson, banished from the Walker ranch, sets out to get his claim back.

The Call of the Desert

1930

Under Texas Skies poster
6.5

Three cowboys try to stop a crook from defrauding an orphan girl out of her money.

Under Texas Skies

1930

Under Texas Skies poster
6.5

Three cowboys try to stop a crook from defrauding an orphan girl out of her money.

Under Texas Skies

1930

Red Blood poster
3.0

Donald Custer loses in a poker game to 'Ace High' having forged his father's name to a check. Knowing the game was crooked, Buck returns to retrieve the check only to find Donald already there and Carlotta dead. When Buck sends Donald away, things look bad when 'Ace High' finds him with the body.

Red Blood

1925

Boot Hill Bandits poster
5.8

Bolton's men blow up the wagon carrying the mine payroll and Marshal Crash Corrigan is supposedly killed in the explosion. A man finds his badge and gives it to Bolton. Thinking Crash dead, Bolton gives the badge away and it ends up with the Sheriff. Crash is OK and the Range Busters know Bolton is the head of the gang but that he gets his orders from someone else and that is the man they want.

Boot Hill Bandits

1942

Near the Trail's End poster
5.8

Bart Morgan controls the town of Cactus City and is keeping all men away from Jane Rankin. When Johnny Day arrives and takes an interest in Jane, Morgan tries to kick him out. Johnny refuses to go and the stage is set for a showdown.

Near the Trail's End

1931

The Ridin' Kid poster
10.0

An undercover marshal battles a power-mad cattle baron.

The Ridin' Kid

1931

Custer's Last Stand poster
8.0

The feature length version of the serial by the same name. A mystical medicine arrow, the key to a lost gold treasure, is lost in one of many Indian attacks. It is recovered by the only two survivors, a Major and his daughter, who become the targets of those who wish to possess it. General George Armstrong Custer and army scout Kid Cardigan attempt to stop the ensuing war over the arrow, but fail in their efforts, which becomes the historic Custer's Last Stand.

Custer's Last Stand

1936

South of Santa Fe poster
5.5

Stone kills Thorton but only gets one half of the map to Thorton's gold mine. Tom arrives and, trying to help Thorton's daughter Beth, sets out after Stone and the half of the map.

South of Santa Fe

1932

Beyond the Law poster
10.0

A saloon on the border between California and Nevada becomes the hideout for "Texas" Jack Slade's gang of rustlers. When the crooks start harassing the nearby ranchers, the town council calls the U.S. Cavalry for help. Two of their best men, Dan Wright and "Jack-Knife" Chandler are sent to wrangle the rustlers. But when they discover that Slade has assembled an army of thugs, Wright and Chandler must call in their fellow cavalrymen for an all-out war.

Beyond the Law

1930

Beyond the Law poster
10.0

A saloon on the border between California and Nevada becomes the hideout for "Texas" Jack Slade's gang of rustlers. When the crooks start harassing the nearby ranchers, the town council calls the U.S. Cavalry for help. Two of their best men, Dan Wright and "Jack-Knife" Chandler are sent to wrangle the rustlers. But when they discover that Slade has assembled an army of thugs, Wright and Chandler must call in their fellow cavalrymen for an all-out war.

Beyond the Law

1930

Code of the West poster
9.0

Leary is using the Express Agent's liking for alcohol to enable his men to steal insured packages. Then he claims the insurance. Railroad Agent Hartley is sent to investigate and suspecting Leary, he and the Sheriff plan to trap them the next time they try their scheme.

Code of the West

1929

Partners of the Trail poster
3.7

A playboy travels west after having killed his wife's lover. By chance, he happens to run into the man who has been falsely accused of the crime, who is himself on the run.

Partners of the Trail

1931

Riders of the North poster
7.0

In a trapper's cabin, Sergeant Stone finds a fellow Mountie murdered and is given the assignment of locating the killer.

Riders of the North

1931

Riders of the North poster
7.0

In a trapper's cabin, Sergeant Stone finds a fellow Mountie murdered and is given the assignment of locating the killer.

Riders of the North

1931

In Line of Duty poster
7.0

A Canadian Mountie officer pursuing a fugitive from the law, is left in a moral conundrum when the fugitive saves his life.

In Line of Duty

1931

The Lonesome Trail poster
8.0

Mysterious bandit has been holding up express shipments from the ranches. The girl's father has a partner who is really the villain, saving the hero who of course is suspected of being the bandit.

The Lonesome Trail

1930

The Lonesome Trail poster
8.0

Mysterious bandit has been holding up express shipments from the ranches. The girl's father has a partner who is really the villain, saving the hero who of course is suspected of being the bandit.

The Lonesome Trail

1930

The Montana Kid poster
7.5

A cowboy whose friend has been swindled out of his ranch and then murdered must take care of the man's son, then he goes after the killers.

The Montana Kid

1931

Oklahoma Jim poster
9.0

A gambler sets out to help a pretty young woman save her trading post.

Oklahoma Jim

1931

Two Fisted Justice poster
9.0

It's good guy Carson and the Poncho Riders against bad guy Slavin and his gang.

Two Fisted Justice

1931

Two Fisted Justice poster
9.0

It's good guy Carson and the Poncho Riders against bad guy Slavin and his gang.

Two Fisted Justice

1931