Gerald Drayson Adams

Writing

Gerald Drayson Adams

Born — Died

1900-06-25 — 1988-08-23

Place of birth

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Known for

Writing

Credits

33 titles

Known for

Flaming Feather poster
6.2

A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When rancher Tex McCloud has his place burned out, he vows to find and kill the Sidewinder.

Flaming Feather

1952

The Prince Who Was a Thief poster
5.7

An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evil uncle in this colorful costume adventure.

The Prince Who Was a Thief

1951

Kissin' Cousins poster
4.6

Army officer Josh Morgan returns to the Smoky Mountains and tries to convince his kinfolk to allow a missile site to be built on their land. Once he arrives, he discovers he has a lookalike cousin.

Kissin' Cousins

1964

Chief Crazy Horse poster
5.6

When young Crazy Horse, of whom great things were predicted, wins his bride, rival Little Big Man goes to villainous traders with evidence of gold in the sacred Lakota burial ground. Of course, a new gold rush starts despite all treaties, and Crazy Horse becomes military leader of his people. Initial Indian victories lead to the inevitable result. Uniquely, all is told from the Indian perspective.

Chief Crazy Horse

1955

Son of Ali Baba poster
5.6

In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a party goer by night. He falls for a girl who he later finds is an escaped slave girl belonging to the wicked Caliph. They flee to his father's palace. But alas, there's more to her than meets the eye. Will the evil schemers succeed? The sons of the Forty Thieves to the rescue!

Son of Ali Baba

1952

The Duel at Silver Creek poster
7.0

When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.

The Duel at Silver Creek

1952

Behind the camera

Flaming Feather poster
6.2

A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When rancher Tex McCloud has his place burned out, he vows to find and kill the Sidewinder.

Flaming Feather

1952

The Prince Who Was a Thief poster
5.7

An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evil uncle in this colorful costume adventure.

The Prince Who Was a Thief

1951

Kissin' Cousins poster
4.6

Army officer Josh Morgan returns to the Smoky Mountains and tries to convince his kinfolk to allow a missile site to be built on their land. Once he arrives, he discovers he has a lookalike cousin.

Kissin' Cousins

1964

Chief Crazy Horse poster
5.6

When young Crazy Horse, of whom great things were predicted, wins his bride, rival Little Big Man goes to villainous traders with evidence of gold in the sacred Lakota burial ground. Of course, a new gold rush starts despite all treaties, and Crazy Horse becomes military leader of his people. Initial Indian victories lead to the inevitable result. Uniquely, all is told from the Indian perspective.

Chief Crazy Horse

1955

Son of Ali Baba poster
5.6

In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a party goer by night. He falls for a girl who he later finds is an escaped slave girl belonging to the wicked Caliph. They flee to his father's palace. But alas, there's more to her than meets the eye. Will the evil schemers succeed? The sons of the Forty Thieves to the rescue!

Son of Ali Baba

1952

The Duel at Silver Creek poster
7.0

When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.

The Duel at Silver Creek

1952

The Plunderers poster
6.6

Hero Rod Cameron kills Sheriff Sam Borden at point-blank range and in front of several witnesses in the opening of this Republic Pictures Western, released in the company's patented Trucolor system. The "killing," however, is merely a ruse set up to allow army agent Johnny Drum to infiltrate a gang of highway robbers.

The Plunderers

1948

The Battle at Apache Pass poster
6.6

Major Jim Colton is a sympathetic leader who has a working relationship with Apache leader Cochise. Colton is undermined by corrupt and politically ambitious Indian agent Neil Baylor who sets up a false attack, and the abduction of a local farmer's son. While Colton is away investigating the matter, Baylor convinces Lieutenant Bascom that Cochise's band is to blame, and incites him to lead an expedition against the Apache band to return the boy.

The Battle at Apache Pass

1952

Harum Scarum poster
4.8

Johnny Tyronne, action movie star and ladies' man, is traveling through the Middle East on a goodwill tour to promote his latest film. Upon arrival, however, he's kidnapped by a gang of assassins so impressed with his cinematic adventures that they want him to carry out an assassination for them.

Harum Scarum

1965

The Desert Hawk poster
5.4

A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.

The Desert Hawk

1950

Princess of the Nile poster
7.3

Shalimar, an Egyptian princess, striving to rid her country of its Bedouin conquerors, forms an alliance with Prince Haidi, son of the Caliph of Bagdad. She practices her intrigues both at the court and, disguised as a dancing girl, in the market place.

Princess of the Nile

1954

The Big Steal poster
6.6

Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.

The Big Steal

1949

Frontier Rangers poster
4.0

A pastiche of three episodes from the 1958 TV series Northwest Passage, stitched together as a feature and released theatrically in Europe.

Frontier Rangers

1959

Duel on the Mississippi poster
6.8

In bustling era of 19th-century Louisiana, sugar is as valuable as gold, and pirates like Lili Scarlet will do anything to get it. After robbing Jules Tulane’s estate of his crop, Scarlet takes over Tulane’s land debt and forces him to pay or go to prison. In exchange for postponing his debt, Scarlet allows Tulane’s son, André, to work as her servant. When André and Scarlet fall in love, it leads to jealous rage from Scarlet’s former paramour, expert swordsman Hugo — and when Hugo looks to raid the Tulane estate again, it is up to André and Scarlet to take him down and save the estate.

Duel on the Mississippi

1955

The Golden Horde poster
5.2

The Princess of Samarkand and an English knight confront the armies of Genghis Khan.

The Golden Horde

1951

The Gambler from Natchez poster
7.2

A discharged army Captain returns home to New Orleans to take revenge on the men who murdered his father.

The Gambler from Natchez

1954

Steel Town poster
7.0

Steve Kostain, nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from the bottom up. He rooms with a steel working family, the McNamaras, and falls for the daughter, "Red", who is already involved with another steelworker. Although he is at first has a hard time with his co-workers, he eventually wins them over, and also wins the girl.

Steel Town

1952

The Sea Hornet poster
6.0

"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later when his buddy is killed, attempting to blow up the sunken ship, on the orders of Suntan Radford and Tony Sullivan, deep-sea diver "Gunner" McNeil has his suspicions aroused... especially since Suntan is the daughter of the ship's captain that died when the ship sunk, and Sullivan was a crew member. Plus the fact the ship had over a million dollars in cash on board. During the course of his investigation, he becomes romantically involved with Ginger Sullivan

The Sea Hornet

1951

Old Los Angeles poster
6.0

Also known as California Outpost, Old Los Angeles stars Bill Elliot in one of his expanded-budget Republic "specials." The film is set during the early statehood days of California, with Elliot keeping the peace and warding off plunderers and marauders. As always, Elliot is a "peaceable man"--until he beats the tar out of those who rile him. The problem with Elliot's more expensive Republic vehicles is that action invariably took a back seat to plot, romance, costumes and decor. Within a year of Old Los Angeles, Elliot started a more austere, less prettified and far superior western series.

Old Los Angeles

1948

Armored Car Robbery poster
6.5

While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.

Armored Car Robbery

1950

Flame of Araby poster
6.2

An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to oppose the Corsair Lords.

Flame of Araby

1951

Gun Fight poster
5.3

Action Western directed by Edward L. Cahn . After courageously protecting a pretty dance hall girl (Joan Staley) from peril, former cavalry soldier Wayne (James Brown) refuses to join his brother Brad's (Gregg Palmer) unlawful cattle rustling gang, which leads to heated disagreements, bitter betrayals and life-threatening danger.

Gun Fight

1961

Duke of the Navy poster
5.8

A fake general sends two sailors on a wild-goose chase for buried treasure.

Duke of the Navy

1942

War Drums poster
5.8

The friendship between a white man & an Apache chief is tested when they fall in love with the same woman

War Drums

1957

Gun Brothers poster
5.8

Recently discharged cavalry sergeant Chad Santee joins his brother, Jubal, and discovers that Jubal is a wanted outlaw. On the way he meets Rose Fargo and rescues her from the unwanted advances of a gambler, "Blackjack". When Chad and Rose arrive they find that Jubal and his partner, Shawnee, are really rustlers and outlaws. Jubal tries to get Chad to join them but he refuses, and leaves to set up his own homestead with Rose at his side. Later, the repentant Jubal comes to join him. Shawnee, angry at what he considers a double-cross, attacks the brothers with his gang.

Gun Brothers

1956

Untamed Frontier poster
7.3

The Denbow family denies access across their land to homesteaders. To evade a murder charge, Glenn Denbow marries Jane, the only witness who's in love with him. But the woman favors the settlers...

Untamed Frontier

1952

Three Young Texans poster
5.6

A Texan robs a train in an effort to prevent his father from committing the crime. A young girl attempts to help him after learning about the theft. A cowboy friend demands a share of the money.

Three Young Texans

1954

The Gallant Legion poster
7.2

When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Conway and the Texas Rangers must step in to thwart their chicanery.

The Gallant Legion

1948

The Lady from Texas poster
10.0

An eccentric Civil War widow is accused of being insane.

The Lady from Texas

1951

Three Bad Sisters poster
4.3

Following the death of a wealthy man, his three daughters squabble about who should be the principal heiress.

Three Bad Sisters

1956

The Wild Westerners poster
7.2

Sheriff Plummer and his men are using their badges to easily rob gold shipments and kill the drivers. Marshal McDowell and his men are looking for the killers. They catch one who is murdered to keep from talking but his killer is identified as Plummer's Deputy. Plummer is still not suspected when McDowell's wife is kidnaped and the outlaws demand the big gold shipment be sent unguarded. So McDowell heads out alone to face the gang with a load of gunpowder instead of gold and only a few trusted Deputies nearby.

The Wild Westerners

1962

Fury River poster
6.2

Rogers Rangers fight the French & Indians in Canada while searching for a waterway which will lead to this ocean.

Fury River

1961

The Miracle Kid poster
5.5

A young boxer finds his life turned upside down when he meets with sudden success in the ring.

The Miracle Kid

1941