Writing

Edmond Kelso

Known for

Writing

Credits

24 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

King of the Zombies poster
5.2

During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily-frightened manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts.

King of the Zombies

1941

Sign of the Wolf poster
7.0

Two German shepherds and their mistress (Grace Bradley) crash-land in Canada by a fox breeder's (Michael Whalen) farm.

Sign of the Wolf

1941

Private Buckaroo poster
5.0

A rebellious young inductee has trouble toeing the line until he meets a retired officer's lovely daughter. James and his band are also drafted and decide to perk up their camp by putting on a big show.

Private Buckaroo

1942

Up in the Air poster
5.8

A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio. Radio page boy, Frankie Ryan, and his janitor pal, Jeff, solve the mystery for the none-too-sharp police.

Up in the Air

1940

Rollin' Plains poster
9.0

It's cattlemen versus sheepmen and Trigger Gargan appears to be the leader of the gang causing the trouble. But unknown to Ranger Tex Lawrence, the respected town citizen Barrow is the boss and is tipping off the gang as to the Ranger's activities.

Rollin' Plains

1938

The Gang's All Here poster
5.4

Two friends take jobs as truck drivers, unaware that the trucking company is being targeted by a gang of saboteurs who will stop at nothing, including murder, to stop them.

The Gang's All Here

1941

Revenge of the Zombies poster
5.4

When Dr. Von Altermann's wife Lila dies mysteriously at his spooky mansion her relations suspect murder. They also suspect the doctor is turning her into a zombie, to join the army of living dead he hopes to devote to the Nazi cause. However, Lila, though dead, has developed a will of her own.

Revenge of the Zombies

1943

There Goes Kelly poster
6.0

Two young men working as pages at a radio station try to get an audition for a girl they know who wants to be a singer. When the station's star singer is murdered, they decide to solve the crime themselves.

There Goes Kelly

1945

Lure of the Islands poster
6.7

Tana, a voluptuous half-caste girl of the South Seas, falls in love with FBI agent Wally and wishes to marry him and leave the island. Wally, with his pal Jinx, is there to investigate rumored Japanese spy activity. He agrees to marry her if she will help him in his investigations. Through the discovery of a contraband radio set tuned to Japanese reception, Wally learns that the local Commandant is in league with the enemy and is planning an invasion of the island.

Lure of the Islands

1942

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen poster
6.0

Tex is up against a group of hooded outlaws. When he shoots one, he uses the hood to infiltrate the gang. Almost caught by them, he escapes only to be arrested by the Sheriff who thinks he's one of the gang.

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen

1937

Top Sergeant Mulligan poster
6.5

Frank Faylen and Charlie Hall (a longtime Laurel & Hardy foil) star as Dolan and Doolittle, a pair of goofy druggists who join the army to escape the wrath of bill collector Mulligan

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941

The Oregon Trail poster
7.5

Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Oregon. Sam Morgan has sent his henchmen, under lead-henchman Bull Bragg, to stop the wagon trains in order to maintain control of the fur trade in the area.

The Oregon Trail

1939

Freckles Comes Home poster
5.8

Freckles Winslow comes home from college and the sheriff accuses him of murder, gangsters put him on the spot, and his girl friend, Jane, falls in love with a confidence man.

Freckles Comes Home

1942

So's Your Aunt Emma! poster
6.7

A dizzy old spinster gets involved in the boxing racket and gangland murders.

So's Your Aunt Emma!

1942

Swing Parade of 1946 poster
4.6

A struggling young singer falls for a nightclub owner whose father, a millionaire, is trying to shut it down.

Swing Parade of 1946

1946

Outlaws of Sonora poster
6.5

Outlaws of Sonora is a 1938 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman.

Outlaws of Sonora

1938

Let's Go Collegiate poster
5.4

Rawley University is about to receive a star athlete who could give it the first championship rowing team it's ever had. Unfortunately, he gets drafted into the army before he's able to join the team. Two of the team's members get the bright idea of passing off a burly truck driver as the "athlete". Complications ensue.

Let's Go Collegiate

1941

Frontier Town poster
6.3

Regan is passing off counterfeit money at rodeos betting on his man Denby. When Tex appears and wins all the events, Regan has him accused of murder. As Tex looks for the counterfeiters, his pals Stubby and Pee Wee keep the Sheriff off his trail.

Frontier Town

1938

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts poster
5.5

Tex is after the gang that robbed a train of a gold shipment. He suspects Dorman is the culprit and is hiding their gold at his mine. When Stubby sees Dorman's henchman Stark cash in some gold nuggets, Tex tricks Dorman into moving the gold. He hopes to round them up with the help of the posse and the local Boy Scout Troop.

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts

1937

Sundown on the Prairie poster
8.0

Tex and Ananias are sent by the government to capture some Santa Fe rustlers. Tex recognizes Hendricks as an outlaw, captures him and learns that Hendricks intends to meet a rustler named Dorgan. Tex goes instead and finds out that Dorgan plans to move rustled cattle through the ranch owned by Graham and his daughter Ruth. Dorgan has Graham Pass set to be dynamited to stop any pursuit.

Sundown on the Prairie

1939

You're Out of Luck poster
6.5

An elevator operator and a janitor team up to solve two murders that may be connected to an illegal gambling operation. Monogram.

You're Out of Luck

1941

Ridin' the Cherokee Trail poster
7.0

Singing cowboy Tex Ritter and his sidekick, Slim Andrews, star in this musical Western about a couple of Texas Rangers who defend the citizens of a small territory from power-hungry outlaws. Villain Bradley Craven (Forrest Taylor) is determined to stop the election process that would allow the region to join the Union. Tex and Slim join a rancher and his daughter to stop Craven, with fearless Tex going undercover to ensure that justice is served.

Ridin' the Cherokee Trail

1941

Roll Wagons Roll poster
5.5

The Army sends Tex Masters to find out who is supplying Indians with military guns.

Roll Wagons Roll

1940

Utah Trail poster
7.0

Tex and his sidekicks arrive to help out his friend Jeffers, a railroad owner, only to find that he has been killed. They quickly run into trouble with an outlaw gang in their attempt to find the mysterious ghost train that supposedly runs on Jeffer's line.

Utah Trail

1938