Westerns on Paramount Plus that are also in the public domain
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1. Abilene Town (1946)
Approved | 89 min | Western
A sheriff tries to stop homesteader conflicts in the West after the Civil War.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming
Votes: 1,308
2. Angel and the Badman (1947)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Quirt Evans, an all round bad guy, is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth, a Quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose between his world and the world Penelope lives in.
Director: James Edward Grant | Stars: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 6,668
3. Bells of San Angelo (1947)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Music, Western
Along the Mexican border, Roy joins Western novelist Dale in a search for smugglers. They discover a silver mine.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Andy Devine
Votes: 410
4. Billy the Kid Returns (1938)
Passed | 53 min | Western
Rogers plays a lookalike to the dead Billy The Kid and restores the tranquility of Lincoln County after subduing the criminal element.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Lynne Roberts, Morgan Wallace
Votes: 311
5. Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
Approved | 59 min | Western
Stanton breaks Billy and his two friends Fuzzy and Jeff out of jail. He wants them free so three of his men can impersonate them for the robberies and murders he has planned.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart, Anne Jeffreys
Votes: 219
6. Blue Steel (1934)
Passed | 52 min | Drama, Western
U.S. marshal John Carruthers observes a robbery and Sheriff Jake thinks he may be the culprit. Meanwhile the town's leading citizen is planning to rob everybody blind.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Edward Peil Sr.
Votes: 1,759
7. Brand of the Devil (1944)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Western
Jolley is the leader of the Devil's Brand gang of rustlers. When Molly Dawson sends for the Texas Rangers, Tex, Jim, and Panhandle arrive pretending not to know each other. But eventually ... See full summary »
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Ellen Hall
Votes: 106
8. Brothers of the West (1937)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Tom Wade is a range detective whose brother stands accused of robbing a bank and murdering the bank president. To prove him innocent, Wade must decipher his only clue, an unusual set of tire tracks.
Director: Sam Katzman | Stars: Tom Tyler, Lois Wilde, Dorothy Short, Bob Terry
Votes: 88
9. Bulldog Courage (1935)
Approved | 60 min | Western
A miner who was swindled out of his mine by a banker turns to robbing stagecoaches. Several years after he is tracked down and killed, his son comes to town to tangle with the banker.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury, Karl Hackett, John Cowell
Votes: 138
10. The Capture (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Western
A badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, Victor Jory, Jacqueline White
Votes: 659
11. Cattle Stampede (1943)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
Two men (Buster Crabbe, Al St. John) battle a rustler who stampedes herds, then buys what's left at a discount.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Frances Gladwin, Charles King
Votes: 113
12. Cheyenne Rides Again (1937)
Passed | 56 min | Western
A lawman poses as an outlaw, steals $10,000 from a cattle thief, then promises to return the money if he can join the gang--while finding a way to expose them.
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Tom Tyler, Lucile Browne, Carmen Laroux, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 74
13. Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
Passed | 78 min | Western
Bad guy Craig Allen, gambler and town boss, tries to take a gold mine inherited by innocent Chip Williams on her seventeenth birthday. Roy and his pal 'Teddy' Bear ride to help the girl and her cousin.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Mary Lee, Dale Evans
Votes: 322
14. Daniel Boone (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Biography, Drama, Family
In 1775, Daniel Boone settles Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Heather Angel, John Carradine, Ralph Forbes
Votes: 323
15. The Dawn Rider (1935)
Approved | 53 min | Drama, Western
Just as John travels to visit his father, he witnesses his death and suffers a gun wound - a beautiful woman is kind enough to help him bring the killers to justice, but jealousy from another man may cause problems.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: John Wayne, Marion Burns, Dennis Moore, Reed Howes
Votes: 1,323
16. Days of Jesse James (1939)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Music, Western
A bank robbery pulled off by the bank officials, not the usual James gang.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Don 'Red' Barry, Pauline Moore
Votes: 290
17. The Deadly Companions (1961)
Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Western
An ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran, Chill Wills
Votes: 2,801
18. Desert Gold (1936)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Chet Kasedon is after the Indians hidden gold mine but Chief Moya will not reveal it's location. He has also hired mining engineers Gale and Mortimer to locate the mine. When Gale sees Kasedon's cruelty to Moya, he switches sides.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Monte Blue, Leif Erickson, Frank Mayo
Votes: 170
19. The Desert Trail (1935)
Approved | 54 min | Western
Rodeo star John Scott and his gambler friend Kansas Charlie are wrongly accused of armed robbery. They leave town as fast as they can to go looking for their own suspects in Poker City.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: John Wayne, Mary Kornman, Paul Fix, Eddy Chandler
Votes: 1,030
20. Devil Riders (1943)
Passed | 56 min | Western
A crooked lawyer and his gang are trying to steal some government land meant for a stagecoach company. The company hires a cowboy to stop them.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Falcon, Al St. John, Patti McCarty
Votes: 127
21. Down Texas Way (1942)
Approved | 57 min | Western
The sixth film of Monogram's eight-film series, "The Rough Riders," has U. S. Marshals Buck Roberts (Buck Jones) and Tim McCall (Tim McCoy) coming to a Texas town to visit their friend, U. ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Luana Walters
Votes: 103
22. The Drifter (1932)
Passed | 71 min | Drama
A man known as The Drifter returns home to his cabin in the woods and winds up getting involved with an escaped convict, a gunfighter, lumber company rivals, mysterious family ties and murder.
Director: William A. O'Connor | Stars: William Farnum, Noah Beery, Phyllis Barrington, Charles Sellon
Votes: 84
23. Enemy of the Law (1945)
Passed | 59 min | Western
To get the money hidden by Gray before he was caught, the Rangers send Perkins to prison to become his friend. When the two get out, Perkins is unaware that Gray has printed the map to the loot on the bottom of his foot.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Kay Hughes
Votes: 106
24. Fighting Caravans (1931)
Passed | 92 min | Western
A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.
Directors: Otto Brower, David Burton | Stars: Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall
Votes: 721
25. Fighting Fury (1924)
Passed | 61 min | Western
A Spanish-American boy raised by his Mexican servant, Clay Hill, Jr. vows vengeance on the three ranchers who murdered his parents.
Director: Clifford Smith | Stars: Jack Hoxie, Helen Holmes, Fred Kohler, Duke R. Lee
Votes: 18
26. The Fighting Renegade (1939)
Approved | 58 min | Western
A government agent falsely accused of murdering a professor takes the identity of "The Puma", a Mexican vigilante leader, to hide his real identity and find the actual killers.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Joyce Bryant, Ben Corbett, Ted Adams
Votes: 93
27. Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Western
Billy joins an outlaw band led by a woman to clear his name of their crimes, which are being blamed on him.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Maxine Leslie, Jack Ingram
Votes: 105
28. Ghost Patrol (1936)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
A professor invents a radium tube that makes internal combustion engines stop running. He and his invention are captured by a gang of robbers. A federal agent is sent to rescue him.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Claudia Dell, Walter Miller, Wheeler Oakman
Votes: 241
29. Ghost Town (1936)
Passed | 56 min | Western
An old miner is ambushed by outlaws trying to steal the $10,000 he is carrying to start up a new mine. A passing cowboy comes to the miner's aid, but winds up getting blamed for the attack.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Harry Carey, David Sharpe, Ruth Findlay, Jane Novak
Votes: 88
30. Gunsmoke Ranch (1937)
Approved | 53 min | Western
Flagg is relocating flood victims to Gunsmoke Ranch. The Three Mesquiteers know Flagg to be a crook and try to warn them. They ignore the warning and improve the land only to find that it has been condemned for a new dam.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Kenneth Harlan
Votes: 162
31. Heart of the Golden West (1942)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Music, Western
Lambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides to ship the cattle on the River Boat. When Lambert and his men are unable to stop the boat, they rustle the cattle.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Bob Nolan
Votes: 126
32. Born to the West (1937)
Approved | 49 min | Drama, Western
Can Dare Rudd prove he is responsible enough to win the heart of Judy and also outwit the crooked saloon owner?
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: John Wayne, Marsha Hunt, Johnny Mack Brown, John Patterson
Votes: 1,030
33. Hidden Gold (1940)
Passed | 60 min | Western
Hoppy and Lucky confront a gang of outlaws which has been ravaging stagecoaches and gold mines. The final gunfight is at Ed Colby's mine.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Minor Watson, Ruth Rogers
Votes: 225
34. High Lonesome (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Western
When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in Texas Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a young drifter who just moved to the area.
Director: Alan Le May | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Chill Wills, John Archer, Lois Butler
Votes: 330
35. Hop-a-Long Cassidy (1935)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
An evil ranch foreman tries to provoke a range war by playing two cattlemen against each other while helping a gang to rustle the cattle.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, Paula Stone, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 399
36. Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943)
Approved | 67 min | Western
Sheriff Hoppy has to find a way to bring the bad guys, headed by Tom Jordan, to justice in the Lone Star state. The problem is that they are hiding out beyond his jurisdiction, in Oklahoma.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Victor Jory
Votes: 275
37. In Old Caliente (1939)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
Americans come West to California in the hope of peaceful settlement.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Jack La Rue
Votes: 261
38. The Kansan (1943)
Passed | 79 min | Western
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 426
39. Kansas Pacific (1953)
Approved | 73 min | Western
With the Civil War about to begin, Southern saboteurs attack frontier railroad construction.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon
Votes: 802
40. Kentucky Rifle (1955)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Western
While the wagon train forges ahead, a few people stay behind to repair a disabled rifle-filled wagon but they have to contend with one another's ego and with aggressive Comanches who demand the rifles as payment for safe passage.
Director: Carl K. Hittleman | Stars: Chill Wills, Lance Fuller, Cathy Downs, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 288
41. The Kid Ranger (1936)
Passed | 57 min | Western
Ranger Ray plans to marry stage driver Bill Mason's daughter Mary. Unknown to Mary, twenty years earlier when he was Sheriff Mason had to kill her father.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Bob Steele, William Farnum, Joan Barclay, Earl Dwire
Votes: 73
42. The Last of the Clintons (1935)
Passed | 59 min | Western
Cowboy infiltrates an outlaw gang to expose their rackets, but after he's ordered to kidnap a young girl, the gang finds out who he really is.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Harry Carey, Betty Mack, Del Gordon, Victor Potel
Votes: 104
43. Law of the North (1932)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western
Hanley shoots a man and then frames Bill Roberts. Being the Judge he then holds court planning to hang Bill but Bill's friends effect his escape. Andy tries to lead Hanley astray by misleading him as to Bill's location.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Bill Cody, Andy Shuford, Nadine Dore, William L. Thorne
Votes: 52
44. Law of the Pampas (1939)
Passed | 72 min | Western
Hoppy and Lucky are headed to South America to deliver a herd of cattle. Bad guy Ralph Merritt gets in their way. For a while.
Director: Nate Watt | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Sidney Toler, Steffi Duna
Votes: 197
45. Lawless Land (1936)
Passed | 60 min | Western
Jeff arrives in town to see the Sheriff only to find him just killed. The culprit is Clay Wheeler. When Jeff becomes friendly with Letty, Clay sends his man Ortega to kill him.
Director: Albert Ray | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Louise Stanley, Ted Adams, Julian Rivero
Votes: 94
46. Leather Burners (1943)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Bar 20 ranch hand Johnny Travers sends for old friends Hopalong Cassidy and California Carlson.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Victor Jory
Votes: 233
47. The Light of Western Stars (1930)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick swears he will marry the first ... See full summary »
Directors: Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf | Stars: Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Harry Green, Regis Toomey
Votes: 175
48. Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Music, Western
Rival rodeos are operated by good guy Gabby and bad guy Richard Powers. Dale is trying to choose between them, aided ultimately by Roy and the Sons of the Pioneers (who are radio singers).
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 246
49. Loaded Pistols (1948)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Music, Western
Gene protects young Larry Evans, wrongly accused of murder, while trying to find the real badguys.
Director: John English | Stars: Gene Autry, Barbara Britton, Chill Wills, Jack Holt
Votes: 165
50. Lost Canyon (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Western
Johnny is accused of robbing and bank and runs off into the hills. Hoppy tries to prove his innocence and get the real bad guys.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Lola Lane
Votes: 174
51. Luck of Roaring Camp (1937)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
When the miners of Roaring Camp become Godfathers to a motherless baby, they name the boy Luck and promise to set aside money for him from their diggings. But when they strike it rich the money is gambled away instead.
Director: Irvin Willat | Stars: Owen Davis Jr., Charles Brokaw, Joan Woodbury, Sheila Bromley
Votes: 67
52. Lucky Terror (1936)
Passed | 61 min | Western
A sharpshooter in a traveling sideshow is falsely accused of murdering a local miner.
Director: Alan James | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Charles Hill, Lona Andre, George Chesebro
Votes: 81
53. The Lucky Texan (1934)
Passed | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Jerry Mason, a young Texan, and Jake Benson, an old rancher, become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives complicated by bad guys and a woman.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: John Wayne, Barbara Sheldon, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Lloyd Whitlock
Votes: 1,370
54. Lumberjack (1944)
Approved | 65 min | Western
Hoppy and his pals ride to the rescue when hornswogglers threaten a widow's forestland.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 201
55. Man from Music Mountain (1943)
Approved | 71 min | Western
Roy returns to his hometown to make a radio appearance as a singing cowboy. There he finds himself in the middle of a war between sheep raisers and cattlemen.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers
Votes: 83
56. The Man from Utah (1934)
Passed | 51 min | Drama, Western
In a horse-riding rodeo contest bad guys want John Weston to lose. When he doesn't go along they add some insurance: a poisoned needle just under his saddle.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: John Wayne, Polly Ann Young, Anita Campillo, Edward Peil Sr.
Votes: 1,252
57. Red River Valley (1936)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Music, Western
Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Frances Grant, Boothe Howard
Votes: 252 | Gross: $0.23M
58. Marshal of Cedar Rock (1953)
Passed | 54 min | Drama, Western
Rocky Lane takes on Henry Mason, a crooked railroad agent, who is swindling local landowners out of their property.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Allan Lane, Black Jack, Eddy Waller, Phyllis Coates
Votes: 130
59. Mason of the Mounted (1932)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
Canadian Mountie Mason is sent south of the border to look for a horse thief with only a watch chain for evidence. He befriends young Andy and when Calhoun hits Andy, Mason and Calhoun ... See full summary »
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Bill Cody, Andy Shuford, Nancy Drexel, LeRoy Mason
Votes: 85
60. Men of the Plains (1936)
Approved | 62 min | Western
The Government sends Dean, Baxter, and Gordon to investigate a series of train holdups. Travis is behind the robberies and they are soon on his trail.
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Rex Bell, Joan Barclay, George Ball, Charles King
Votes: 52
61. My Outlaw Brother (1951)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Western
A young man travels to Mexico in search of his brother, who has become involved with a dangerous gang.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix, Robert Preston, Robert Stack
Votes: 332
62. My Pal Trigger (1946)
Approved | 79 min | Western
Roy is unjustly accused of killing the stallion that mated with his mare who gives birth to - Trigger!
Directors: Frank McDonald, Yakima Canutt | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 541
63. The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western
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.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Iris Meredith, Horace Murphy
Votes: 178
64. The Naked Hills (1956)
Approved | 72 min | Western
In 1849, an Indiana farmer develops a life-long gold fever and an obsession with finding the 'mother lode' in the Californian hills.
Director: Josef Shaftel | Stars: David Wayne, Keenan Wynn, James Barton, Marcia Henderson
Votes: 241
65. 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
Approved | 52 min | Drama, Western
A cowboy escorts a little girl, whose mother made her the heir of a cash-able oil company, and must protect her from an outlaw as they search for the girl's father.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Shirley Jean Rickert, Jack Rockwell
Votes: 1,136
66. 'Neath Canadian Skies (1946)
Not Rated | 41 min | Short, Western
The Mounties are called in to fight against claim jumpers.
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Russell Hayden, Inez Cooper, Douglas Fowley, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 75
67. No Man's Law (1927)
Passed | 54 min | Western
Two thugs plot to kill an old miner to get his claim, but one of them lusts after his beautiful daughter and wants her first.
Director: Fred Jackman | Stars: Rex, Barbara Kent, James Finlayson, Oliver Hardy
Votes: 94
68. North of the Border (1946)
Passed | 45 min | Western
Rancher "Utah" Neyes crosses the border into Canada to meet his partner, only to find that the latter has been murdered by a gang led by "Nails" Nelson. "Utah", with the aid of RCMP Jack ... See full summary »
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Russell Hayden, Inez Cooper, Douglas Fowley, Lyle Talbot
Votes: 65
69. Oath of Vengeance (1944)
Passed | 57 min | Western
Fuzzy opens a store only to find that everyone buys on credit. The absence of cash is due to the range war between the cattlemen and the farmers started by Kinney. The Sheriff being worthless, Billy is quickly drawn into the conflict.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Falcon, Al St. John, Mady Lawrence
Votes: 184
70. The Oklahoma Cyclone (1930)
Approved | 66 min | Western
A cowboy looking for his missing father, poses as an outlaw and joins the gang he thinks is responsible.
Director: John P. McCarthy | Stars: Bob Steele, Rita Rey, Al St. John, Charles King
Votes: 172
71. The Old Barn Dance (1938)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western
Autry and his buddies have a horse selling business which is threatened by a tractor company which claims horses are out of date.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Joan Valerie, Sammy McKim
Votes: 184
72. The Old Corral (1936)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
As the sheriff of a small Western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed a murder.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Irene Manning, Sons of the Pioneers
Votes: 281
73. Outlaw Express (1938)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Bradley and sidekick Sharpe are sent west to investigate the murders of pony express riders who are being killed to prevent the Spanish Land Grant papers going to Washington for registration.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Bob Baker, Cecilia Callejo, Don Barclay, LeRoy Mason
Votes: 50
74. Outlaws of Sonora (1938)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western
Dude's gang captures Stony and seeing the resemblance, Dude poses as Stony. Wanted for the robberies and murder committed by Dude, a wounded Stony escapes. After Doc Martin fixes him up, ... See full summary »
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Jack Mulhall
Votes: 81
75. Outlaws of the Desert (1941)
Passed | 66 min | Drama, Western
Hoppy, Johnny and California go to Arabia to buy some horses. There they get involved with a sheik and a harem and a kidnapping plot.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Brad King, Duncan Renaldo
Votes: 168
76. The Painted Desert (1931)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, Western
Two men find an abandoned baby and fight over the ownership of the child, resulting in lifelong rivalry.
Directors: Howard Higgin, Tom Buckingham | Stars: William Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees, William Farnum, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 826
77. Paradise Canyon (1935)
Approved | 52 min | Action, Drama, Western
An undercover agent for the government is sent to round up a gang of counterfeiters operating near the Mexican border.
Director: Carl Pierson | Stars: John Wayne, Marion Burns, Reed Howes, Earle Hodgins
Votes: 1,027
78. Partners of the Plains (1938)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Western
Lorna Drake has inherited a ranch. Hoppy teaches her a bit about ranching and handles Scar Lewis, the bad guy, in the process.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Harvey Clark, Gwen Gaze
Votes: 198
79. Phantom Ranger (1938)
Approved | 53 min | Western
A Treasury Department engraver is being held captive by a counterfeiting gang that wants him to make counterfeit plates for them. A lawman is sent to rescue him.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Suzanne Kaaren, Karl Hackett, John St. Polis
Votes: 115
80. Pinto Rustlers (1936)
Approved | 56 min | Western
Tom Evans is a young cowboy orphaned by a band of rustlers. Seeking revenge, Tom pretends to be a notorious ex-con and manages to worm his way into the gang in order to get the goods on the bunch.
Director: Harry S. Webb | Stars: Tom Tyler, George Walsh, Al St. John, Marie Burton
Votes: 30
81. Pirates on Horseback (1941)
Passed | 69 min | Western
Hoppy, Lucky and California search for a mine owned by Trudy Pendleton after it was taken from her by the swindling gambler Ace Gibson. They find the mine and Hoppy fights Gibson over it.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Eleanor Stewart
Votes: 193
82. Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Music, Western
Rustlers using modern technology (airplanes, shortwave radios, refrigerated trucks) are Gene's target.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ann Rutherford, William Farnum
Votes: 178
83. Queen of the Yukon (1940)
Passed | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Sadie owns a riverboat that gold-miners are using to travel to their claims, while gambling and drinking on the way. The Yukon Mining Company sends Thorne to take over Sadie's boat and then cheat the miners out of their claims.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Charles Bickford, Irene Rich, June Carlson, Dave O'Brien
Votes: 94
84. Raiders of Old California (1957)
Approved | 72 min | Western
At the end of the Mexican-American War, a crooked U.S. Cavalry Captain and his men force a captive Mexican officer to sign the deeds to his vast lands and large hacienda over to the Captain.
Director: Albert C. Gannaway | Stars: Jim Davis, Arleen Whelan, Faron Young, Marty Robbins
Votes: 264
85. Raiders of the Border (1944)
Approved | 58 min | Western
Working undercover, Marshals Nevada and Sandy are looking for jewel smugglers along the border.
Director: John P. McCarthy | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Craig Woods, Ellen Hall
Votes: 49
86. Rainbow Ranch (1933)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western
An emergency at his aunt's ranch gets Ed Randall leave from the Navy. He returns to find the water cut off and her note due the next day.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Rex Bell, Cecilia Parker, Bob Kortman, Harry Bowen
Votes: 45
87. Randy Rides Alone (1934)
Approved | 52 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Jailed for murders he didn't commit, Randy escapes only to stumble into the den of the real murderers.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: John Wayne, Alberta Vaughn, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Yakima Canutt
Votes: 1,179
88. The Range Busters (1940)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
After the owner of the Circle T Ranch is murdered by a ghostly serial killer, owner Carol Thorp resists offers to buy the ranch and is helped defend her property by the Range Busters.
Director: S. Roy Luby | Stars: Ray Corrigan, John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune, Elmer
Votes: 106
89. Range Defenders (1937)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Western
Stony's brother George has been accused of murder and the Mesquiteers have returned to prove his innocence. But they find that Harvey rules the town along with his stooge Sheriff Gray and that George won't get a fair trial.
Director: Mack V. Wright | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Eleanor Stewart
Votes: 107
90. Rawhide (1938)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
Baseball superstar Gehrig is one of several ranchers being coerced by a bunch of bandits. His sister and her lawyer/lover organize the ranchers.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Smith Ballew, Lou Gehrig, Evalyn Knapp, Arthur Loft
Votes: 190
91. The Red Blood of Courage (1935)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western
A man posing as Mark Henry is after Henry's oil land but Henry's niece is part owner and he needs to marry her off to his henchman Slager. Mountie Jim Sullivan arives posing as a wanted man... See full summary »
Director: John English | Stars: Kermit Maynard, Ann Sheridan, Reginald Barlow, Ben Hendricks Jr.
Votes: 120
92. The Red Rope (1937)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Western
Brade has hired Rattler Haynes to kill Tom Shaw. But when Shaw intercepts a message between the two, he alters it hoping it will cause the two outlaws to fight each other.
Director: S. Roy Luby | Stars: Bob Steele, Lois January, Forrest Taylor, Charles King
Votes: 77
93. The Devil Horse (1926)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Western
A boy's family is wiped out in an Indian massacre of a wagon train and he is captured. He befriends a wild colt. Years later, following his escape, he is recaptured by Indians who force him... See full summary »
Director: Fred Jackman | Stars: Rex, Yakima Canutt, Gladys McConnell, Bob Kortman
Votes: 64
94. Riders of Destiny (1933)
Passed | 53 min | Music, Romance, Western
Loner rider Singin' Sandy Saunders rides into town to discover local ranchers are being victimized by a land-grabbing villain who controls the water supply and wants their land.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: John Wayne, Cecilia Parker, Forrest Taylor, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 1,198
95. Riders of the Deadline (1943)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Western
When Hoppy's falsely accused young friend is killed while supposedly trying to escape from jail, an embittered Hoppy is blamed and drummed out of the Texas Rangers.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Frances Woodward
Votes: 236
96. Riders of the Desert (1932)
Passed | 59 min | Western
The Rangers in New Mexico are being disbanded but Bob Houston gets them to make one more ride. They go after the outlaw gang led by Hashknife.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Bob Steele, Gertrude Messinger, Al St. John, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 67
97. Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949)
Passed | 70 min | Western
Badguys Henry, Bill and Pete head a gang of outlaws who are destroying the timberland. When Gene butts in they frame him on a cattle-poisoning charge and set him up for murder.
Director: John English | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Patricia Barry, Jimmy Lloyd
Votes: 234
98. Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937)
Approved | 58 min | Drama, Western
A supernatural western! The Three Mesquiteers accompany an archeological expedition to a lost Indian city of gold called Lukachuke.
Director: Mack V. Wright | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Mary Russell
Votes: 240
99. Ridin' On (1936)
Approved | 56 min | Western
Bolton has organized a feud between the Rork's and the O'Neil's. He has rustled cattle and killed a man putting the blame on Danny O'Neil. Tom Rork has found a bullet with markings on it that he hopes will clear Danny.
Director: Ira Webb | Stars: Tom Tyler, Joan Barclay, Rex Lease, John Elliott
Votes: 36
100. Riding for Life (1925)
Passed | 60 min | Western
Hearing his brother the Express Clerk is in trouble, Bob Williams rides to the Express Office only to find the safe open, his brother and the money missing, and himself accused of the robbery.
Director: Mack V. Wright | Stars: Bob Reeves, Aline Goodwin, Hal Walters, Bob Fleming
Votes: 26
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