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1. Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948)
Not Rated | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A doctor hunts a vicious, man-eating tiger that terrorizes a native jungle village. In time the doctor experiences a personal change when he accepts their native customs and beliefs.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Sabu, Wendell Corey, Joy Page, Morris Carnovsky
Votes: 152
2. Westward Ho (1935)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Western
As a youngster John Wyatt saw his parents killed and his brother kidnapped. On a wagon train heading West he meets his brother who is now a spy for the gang which originally did the dirty work. He and his brother both fall for Mary Gordon.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Frank McGlynn Jr., Jim Farley
Votes: 638 | Gross: $0.50M
3. The Oregon Trail (1936)
Approved | 59 min | Drama, Western
U.S. Army Captain John Delmont takes a leave of absence to find out what happened to his missing father. Later he leads a wagon train to California and goes after the bad guys involved in his father's disappearance.
Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Joseph W. Girard, Yakima Canutt
4. Arizona Days (1937)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tex and sidekick Grass join McGill's traveling show. When Price has McGill's wagons burned, Tex becomes the county tax collector to earn money. This leads to trouble as one of those owing money is Price who says he will not pay.
Director: John English | Stars: Tex Ritter, Syd Saylor, White Flash, Ethelind Terry
Votes: 182
5. 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: 1,028
6. Arizona Whirlwind (1944)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Western
Hoot Gibson and the Trailblazers take jobs as telephone linemen to get the goods on a local banker who is the chief of a band of counterfeiters.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Ian Keith
Votes: 156
7. Blazing Guns (1943)
Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western
The Governor sends Ken and Hoot to clean up the town of Willow Springs. Finding themselves outnumbered by Duke Wade and his gang, Hoot gets the Governor to release some prisoners into their... See full summary »
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, LeRoy Mason, Emmett Lynn
Votes: 104
8. Haunted Ranch (1943)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
Both the Range Busters and Rance and his outlaw gang are looking for stolen gold bullion. To scare people away from the ranch where the gold is hidden, Rance has his man imitating ghosts. ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: John 'Dusty' King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Elmer
Votes: 121
9. Trouble in Texas (1937)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Music, Western
Rodeo stars are being killed with poisoned needles, and Tex Ritter is next on the list.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Tex Ritter, Rita Hayworth, White Flash, Earl Dwire
Votes: 301
10. Death Valley Rangers (1943)
Approved | 59 min | Drama, Western
A succession of stagecoach robberies prompts the citizens of a Death Valley outpost to send for the Trail Blazers, a trio of law-enforcing plainsmen.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Weldon Heyburn
Votes: 172
11. Man's Country (1938)
Approved | 53 min | Drama, Western
Ranger Jack Haile is called upon to bring in Lex Crane and his men who are supposedly terrorizing the countryside. Helping an injured Madge Carter gets him into Lex's hideaway and he able ... See full summary »
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Jack Randall, Marjorie Reynolds, Walter Long, Ralph Peters
Votes: 15
12. Sing, Cowboy, Sing (1937)
Passed | 59 min | Western
Kalmus is after the freight contract held by Summers. When his gang kill Summers, Tex and Duke step in to help Madge keep the freight line going. When they foil the gang's further attempts, Kalmus gets the Judge to jail the two.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett, White Flash, Louise Stanley
Votes: 189
13. Gun Packer (1938)
Approved | 51 min | Western
Jack has been called in to investigate stage robberies where the stolen gold bullion mysteriously disappears, He finds the Professor, an elderly ex-con, and convincing him they used to work... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Charles King, Barlowe Borland
Votes: 24
14. The New Frontier (1935)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1889, pioneers race ahead of the law to claim free land in Oklahoma, forming wide-open towns. In one such, citizens elect Milt Dawson to challenge the self-appointed rule of gambler Ace ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Pierson | Stars: John Wayne, Muriel Evans, Warner Richmond, Al Bridge
Votes: 350
15. The Law Rides Again (1943)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
US government agents Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson, aka "The Trail Blazers", make a deal with captured outlaw Duke Dillon to catch crooked Indian agent John Hampton, who has been using his ... See full summary »
Director: Alan James | Stars: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Jack La Rue, Betty Miles
Votes: 133
16. Badman's Gold (1951)
Approved | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Unable to cope with a series of raids on stagecoaches hauling gold to the U. S. Mint, Sheriff Masters appeals to the U. S. Marshal's office for help. The Marshal assigns his best man, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Johnny Carpenter, Alyn Lockwood, Clarke Stevens, Kenne Duncan
Votes: 32
17. Alias John Law (1935)
Passed | 59 min | Western
John Clark (Bob Steele) and his deaf pal, Bootch Collum (Buck Connors), are trailed by U. S. Marshal Lamar Bly (Jack Rockwell), who thinks they are part of The Kootney Kid's (Earl Dwire) ... See full summary »
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Bob Steele, Roberta Gale, Buck Connors, Earl Dwire
Votes: 116
18. The Lawless Nineties (1936)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Western
Federal agent John Tipton heads for Wyoming to supervise the vote on whether to join the Union. One group of locals is using dynamite to terrorize the populace and a local newspaper editor is killed.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Harry Woods, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 409
19. Outlaw Trail (1944)
Passed | 54 min | Western
The Trail Blazers go to the aid of ranchers who are being oppressed by a town boss and his henchmen.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Chief Thundercloud, Gene Alsace
Votes: 82
20. Silver Stallion (1941)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Western
The Kid and his pals are horse thieves wanted by the law. As he takes a horse from Jan Walton she makes him promise to bring it back. This makes him go straight and when his pals steal ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Finney | Stars: David Sharpe, LeRoy Mason, Chief Thundercloud, Thornton Edwards
Votes: 44
21. Heave-Ho (1928)
24 min | Short
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Sidney Smith, Teddy Reavis
22. The Way of the West (1934)
Passed | 50 min | Western
Government agent Gordon, working undercover, is investigating a cattleman sheepman war. The Culprit is Horton and when Horton kills Parker he frames Gordon. His identity revealed, the Sheriff lets Gordon escape to go after the real killer.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Hal Taliaferro, Bobby Nelson, Myrla Bratton, Fred Parker
Votes: 86
23. The Law of the 45's (1935)
Passed | 57 min | Western
Lawyer Rontel has made Geologist Sheffield his prisoner and by power of attorney is using his money to buy the ranches of those driven off by his hired men. But when he goes after Hayden, ... See full summary »
Director: John P. McCarthy | Stars: Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Molly O'Day, Al St. John, Ted Adams
Votes: 134
24. Mike, the Miser (1911)
Drama, Short
Mike, the Miser, is a little district telegraph messenger boy who has won the sobriquet by his closeness, and the story deals with the reasons for his closeness and also with the trials ... See full summary »
Director: Bannister Merwin | Stars: Charles Ogle, Robert Emmett Tansey
25. Song of the Gringo (1936)
Passed | 62 min | Western
Tex is sent to investigate miners being killed and their mines confiscated. The culprit is Evans and after Tex joins the gang, he is sent to kill two more miners. When Estaban is killed, Tex is put on trial for all three murders.
Director: John P. McCarthy | Stars: Tex Ritter, Ted Adams, White Flash, Joan Woodbury
Votes: 182
26. Hittin' the Trail (1937)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
This was one of the earlier uses of Robert Tansey's favorite plot (only the 3rd time he had trotted it out of the stable, but he got six more films out of it in later years) in which a ... See full summary »
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Tex Ritter, Earl Dwire, White Flash, Jerry Bergh
Votes: 131
27. Badge of Honor (1934)
PG | 68 min | Drama
Bob Gordon comes from a rich background but wants make it on his own. He dreams of becoming a newspaper reporter and he eventually gets his chance.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Ruth Hall, Ralph Lewis, Betty Blythe
Votes: 55
28. Kimbar of the Jungle (1949 TV Short)
12 min | Short, Adventure
A beautiful young girl travels to Africa to find her father, who had discovered uranium deposits. She finds out that the local villagers are being menaced by a group of "Lion Men" and the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Steve Reeves, Virginia Hewitt, James Craven, Chester Clute
Votes: 8
29. The Mexicali Kid (1938)
Approved | 51 min | Drama, Western
Looking for the killer of his brother, Jack saves the outlaw known as the Mexicali Kid who had collapsed on the desert. Jack joins up with the Kid who leads him to Gorson. Gorson is after a... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Jack Randall, Rusty the Horse, Wesley Barry, Eleanor Stewart
Votes: 44
30. Across the Plains (1939)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Western
Two brothers separated when young meet as adults, one good and one bad.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Jack Randall, Rusty the Horse, Frank Yaconelli, Joyce Bryant
Votes: 110
31. Two Fisted Justice (1943)
Approved | 54 min | Western
Wells Fargo hires three cowboys to clean up a lawless town.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: John 'Dusty' King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Elmer
Votes: 30
32. Rainbow Over the Range (1940)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western
A U.S. marshal is sent to investigate a gang that is stealing horses from the cavalry.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay, Slim Andrews, Gene Alsace
Votes: 33
33. Pride of the Bowery (1940)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Drama
New York City street principles get an East Side kid in trouble at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Kenneth Howell, Mary Ainslee
Votes: 628
34. 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
35. The Painted Trail (1938)
Passed | 51 min | Drama, Western
Tom Gray is sent to bring in a gang smuggling goods across the border. Posing as the wanted outlaw the Pecos Kid, he joins Prescott's gang. But his true identity becomes known when the real Pecos Kid shows up.
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Tom Keene, Eleanor Stewart, LeRoy Mason, Walter Long
Votes: 41
36. Westbound Stage (1939)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
A wagon train crossing the plains comes across the remains of other wagon trains that have been attacked by looters. Soon they too are attacked.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Tex Ritter, Nelson McDowell, Muriel Evans, Nolan Willis
Votes: 50
37. Rhythm of the Rio Grande (1940)
Passed | 53 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tex Regan (Tex Ritter) arrives at the Crane ranch just as Blackie (Earl Douglas) and Pete (Chick Hannon) are preparing to burn it. He drives them off, but is accused by Ruth Crane (Suzan ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Suzan Dale, Warner Richmond
Votes: 31
38. Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938)
Approved | 65 min | Action, Drama, Music
A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.
Director: Richard C. Kahn | Stars: Herb Jeffries, Marguerite Whitten, Clarence Brooks, Mantan Moreland
Votes: 164
39. Forbidden Jungle (1950)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A hunter is hired to take an expedition deep into the African jungle to search for a white boy lost in a plane crash years before, and who has been rumored to be living among the wild animals.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Don C. Harvey, Forrest Taylor, Alyce Louis, Robert Cabal
Votes: 129
40. Western Mail (1942)
Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western
Working undercover, Allen and sidekick Mendoza are out to stop the mail train robberies. Rivers and his gang are the culprits and by joining up with them, they hope to get the evidence they need.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, LeRoy Mason, Jean Trent
Votes: 106
41. Sonora Stagecoach (1944)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Western
The Trail Blazers are bringing in a prisoner to stand trial for bank robbery, when several attempts are made to kill him; convinced of the man's innocence, they arrange a trap for the real thieves.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Chief Thundercloud, Gene Alsace
Votes: 91
42. Westward Bound (1944)
Passed | 54 min | Drama, Western
Learning that Montana is about to become a state and that property values will rise rapidly, Caldwell is using his outlaw gang to force the ranchers off their land. To fight back Tuttle ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Betty Miles
Votes: 84
43. Song of Old Wyoming (1945)
Approved | 65 min | Western
Ma Conway, owner of a cattle ranch and publisher of the Laramie Bulletin, wages an up-hill battle to have Wyoming join the Union. She refuses to be intimidated by corrupt politician Lee ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Eddie Dean, Jennifer Holt, Sarah Padden, Lash La Rue
Votes: 99
44. Riders of the Dawn (1937)
Approved | 55 min | Western
Marshal Preston heads for lawless Green Valley. Danti sends his men to kill him but they get the wrong man. Preston pins his badge on the dead man and tells the killers he is the outlaw ... See full summary »
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Jack Randall, Kathryn Keys, Warner Richmond, George Cooper
Votes: 30
45. Wild Horse Stampede (1943)
Approved | 59 min | Drama, Western
"Trail blazers" Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson help out inexperienced sheriff Bob Tyler as smarmy town boss Carson and his gang try to prevent a vitally needed herd of horses from being sold ... See full summary »
Director: Alan James | Stars: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Betty Miles, Bob Baker
Votes: 83
46. Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (1937)
Passed | 66 min | Drama, Music, Western
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Tex Ritter, Forrest Taylor, White Flash, Marjorie Reynolds
Votes: 99
47. Texas to Bataan (1942)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, War, Western
In the 17th of the 24 films in Monogram's "Range Buster" series, Texas ranch owner Conroy returns from Washington with an order for horses to be shipped to the Philippines. The Range ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: John 'Dusty' King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Elmer
Votes: 110
48. God's Country (1946)
Approved | 64 min | Western
Lee Preston, aka Leland Bruce (Robert Lowery), kills a man in self defense but flees to the redwood country when the law makes it a murder charge. There he meets Lynn O'Malley (Helen Gilbert... See full summary »
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Robert Lowery, Helen Gilbert, William Farnum, Buster Keaton
Votes: 50
49. Riders of the Rockies (1937)
Approved | 56 min | Western
Tex and his pals join the Rangers to fight rustlers along the border. When Doc and Pee Wee get framed for rustling and then jailed, Tex deserts the Rangers, crosses the border, and joins up... See full summary »
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Louise Stanley, Horace Murphy
Votes: 87
50. Overland Mail (1939)
Passed | 51 min | Drama, Western
Overland mail riders Jack Mason and his pal, Porchy, learn that an Indian uprising is imminent because one of the tribe has been murdered by a gang of outlaws. The primary town of the mail ... See full summary »
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Jack Randall, Vince Barnett, Jean Joyce, Tristram Coffin
Votes: 37