Writing

Russell S. Hughes

Born — Died

1910-01-15 — 1958-04-16

Place of birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Jubal poster
6.9

Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly makes an enemy in foreman Pinky, a cattleman who accuses Jubal of carrying the smell of sheep.

Jubal

1956

Sugarfoot poster
5.3

The lawless west had never met a gun-throwing gent like...

Sugarfoot

1951

The Last Frontier poster
6.1

Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain who loses his fort to a hated colonel.

The Last Frontier

1955

Thunder Over the Plains poster
5.6

Set in 1869, after the Civil War, Texas had not yet been readmitted to the Union and carpetbaggers, hiding behind the legal protection of the Union Army of occupation, had taken over the state. Federal Captain Porter, a Texan, has to carry out orders against his own people. He brings in the rebel leader Ben Westman whom he knows is innocent of a murder that he is accused of. In trying to prove his innocence, Porter himself becomes a wanted man.

Thunder Over the Plains

1953

This Side of the Law poster
4.8

A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment. Told in flashback, we witness his chance encounter with a nefarious lawyer who persuades him to impersonate a wealthy man who went missing 7 years ago.

This Side of the Law

1950

The Command poster
6.4

Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor.

The Command

1954

The Yellow Mountain poster
5.4

A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by his old friend Andy Martin. Crooked mine-owner Bannon wants to merge their interests so they can create a monopoly but is turned down. Pete is interested in "Nevada" Wray, daughter of mine-owner "Jackpot" Wray, but she has eyes only for Andy. The rejected Pete joins forces with Bannon and they learn that, because of location, "Jackpot" Wray may be the owner of all the gold in the respective veins. Bannon and his men try to get rid of Andy.

The Yellow Mountain

1954

The House Across the Street poster
4.8

Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses to desist in printing stories linking a gangster, Matthew Keever, to a murder. But Joslin, aided by Kit Williams, a newspaper woman with whom he is in love, investigate the murder case on their own time.

The House Across the Street

1949

Customs Agent poster
10.0

An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.

Customs Agent

1950

Fremont: The Trailblazer poster
NR

Fremont: The Trailblazer was a television pilot episode that never aired.

Fremont: The Trailblazer

1956