Writing

D.D. Beauchamp

Born — Died

1908-08-25 — 1969-03-20

Known for

Writing

Credits

27 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Man Without a Star poster
6.4

A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

Man Without a Star

1955

The Man from the Alamo poster
6.6

During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission, and is branded a coward. Unable to expose a gang of turncoats, he infiltrates them instead.

The Man from the Alamo

1953

Destry poster
6.1

Western remake of "Destry Rides Again", starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Thomas Mitchell, Lori Nelson and Lyle Bettger.

Destry

1954

Law and Order poster
5.7

Wild West lawman Frame Johnson arrests a notorious outlaw, but, after the locals threaten to break into the prison and hang the crook without a trial, Johnson gets fed up with injustice. He decides to put his days of gunslinging behind him in favor of a simple domestic life with his lover, Jeannie. The couple move to the supposedly idyllic Cottonwood — only to find that their new home has been overrun by a rogue rancher who has unfinished business with Frame.

Law and Order

1953

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars poster
5.5

Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a civilization made up entirely of women, men having been banished.

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953

Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend poster
6.0

In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the region.

Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend

1957

The San Francisco Story poster
4.9

After five years of being away, Rick Nelson returns to San Francisco to find it filled with corruption - and crooked politicians. It isn't until he meets a beautiful San Franciscan, that Nelson decides to get involved with bringing law-and-order to the city by the bay!

The San Francisco Story

1952

Tennessee's Partner poster
6.5

A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with Duchess, madam of a thinly-disguised bordello, and no other friends at all. But he's saved from murder by a lonesome cowpoke ('My friends call me Cowpoke'), in town to meet his fiancée Goldie on the steamboat. When she arrives, there's a mysterious undercurrent between Goldie and Tennessee, whose newfound friendship with Cowpoke is destined to be severely tried...

Tennessee's Partner

1955

She Couldn't Say No poster
5.7

An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.

She Couldn't Say No

1954

Rails Into Laramie poster
6.5

A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track.

Rails Into Laramie

1954

Son of Belle Starr poster
7.0

The son of the notorious female bandit Belle Starr wants to live an honest life, but finds himself getting drawn into his mother's old profession.

Son of Belle Starr

1953

Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider poster
5.0

Daniel Boone leads a party of settlers into Kentucky to found the town of Boonesborough. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with a lovely, red-haired servant named Rebecca and must vie with the gambler, Jim Santee for her affection.

Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider

1966

River Lady poster
5.8

In the 1850s, in a logging town on the Mississippi River, a conflict between the people of a mill town and the lumberjacks who work downriver. Romance and deceit are catalyzed by the arrival of the gambling river boat, River Lady, owned by the beautiful Sequin. Bauvais, a representative of the local lumber syndicate and Sequin's business partner, is trying to convince H.L. Morrison, the mill owner, to sell his business.

River Lady

1948

The Bull of the West poster
5.7

Two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together: "Duel at Shiloh" (2 Jan. 1963) and "Nobility of Kings" (10 Nov. 1965).

The Bull of the West

1972

Father's Wild Game poster
8.0

The fourth entry in Monogram's "Father" series. Henry Latham decides he'll save money by hunting for his meat rather than buying it from the store.

Father's Wild Game

1950

A Man Called Gannon poster
4.9

A seasoned cowboy takes a young tender-foot under his wing. They become embroiled in a range war, and end up on opposite sides.

A Man Called Gannon

1968

The All American poster
6.0

A family tragedy causes a college football quarterback to re-think his goals in life.

The All American

1953

Gunsmoke poster
6.6

Reb Kittridge is hired by the villans but turns to defend the rancher Saxon after learning the true situation. Kittrige wins Saxon's ranch with a cut of the cards but Saxon has other reasons for loosing the gamble. Telford and Lake try everything from bushwacking to wildfire starting to stop the Saxon/Kittridge herd of cattle from reaching the railhead.

Gunsmoke

1953

Natchez Trace poster
7.5

Bank clerk Virgil Stewart infiltrates a band of land pirates on the Natchez Trace, and learns bandit leader John Morrow's ambitious plans will lead to bloody revolution between slaveholders and slaves if they aren't stopped.

Natchez Trace

1960

Leave It to Henry poster
7.5

Henry Latham and town Mayor Colton continue their misadventures in Smalltown, America. This time, twelve-year-old David Latham is testifying at the trial of his father, Henry, who is accused of burning down the McCluskey bridge.

Leave It to Henry

1949

For the Love of Mike poster
6.0

An orphan trains a racehorse so he can win the money to build a new church.

For the Love of Mike

1960

Father Takes the Air poster
6.5

In the fifth and final movie in Monogram's "Father" series, Henry Latham and Mayor Colton dream of reliving their WWI flying careers, leading to an increasingly antagonistic competition.

Father Takes the Air

1951

Father Makes Good poster
6.3

In the third movie in Monogram's "Father" series, patriarch Henry Latham buys a cow in order to bypass the town's milk tax.

Father Makes Good

1950

Yaqui Drums poster
9.0

In this western, a Mexican bandit and an angry rancher team up and take on a crooked saloon keeper.

Yaqui Drums

1956

Jesse James' Women poster
4.5

Jesse James leaves Missouri for Mississippi, and immediately charms all the women in Mississippi out of their bloomers and garters. His first conquest is the banker's daughter who helps him loot the bank in exchange for a promise of marriage; he wanders over to the saloon and runs the crooked partner of the proprietress out of town, takes all of his-and-her money and leaves her, between kisses, hounding him for her share; the third one, the saloon singer, actually makes a mark out of him as she cons him into a boxing match against a professional fighter and he loses the fight and his money, but he holds the singer and the fighter up as they leave town and gets his money back; and then he romances and swindles Cattle Kate, a replay of what he had done somewhere before to Kate.

Jesse James' Women

1954

Massacre poster
5.4

Lawmen and their captured gunrunners take refuge at a deserted mission to fend off attacking Indians. Western.

Massacre

1956

Belle Le Grand poster
5.3

Upon her release from prison for a murder she didn't commit, a woman finds that her younger sister has been placed in an orphanage. Determined to do whatever it takes to get her out, she eventually becomes the proprietor of a notorious gambling establishment.

Belle Le Grand

1951