Hang 'Em Higher! (Hangings in Western films)
Hangings, lynch mobs, etc.
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- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsHenry FondaDana AndrewsMary Beth HughesWhen a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men.
- DirectorMichael CaffeyStarsSteve ForrestDean JaggerWill GeerMiraculously still alive after his hanging, gunfighter James Devlin defends a young widow's farm from a vicious land grabber.
- DirectorDelmer DavesKarl MaldenVincent ShermanStarsGary CooperMaria SchellKarl MaldenUnusual western about a doctor with a dark past, whose life is complicated and ultimately redeemed by a young thief, and a pretty Swiss immigrant whom he nurses back to health.
- DirectorRobert EnricoStarsRoger JacquetAnne CornalyAnker-Spang LarsenIn 1862, during the American Civil War, a Southern civilian is about to be hanged for attempting to sabotage a railway bridge. When the execution takes place from the bridge, the rope breaks and he begins his escape toward home.
- 1959–196425mTV-PG8.3 (2.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert EnricoStarsRoger JacquetAnne CornalyAnker-Spang LarsenDuring the American Civil War in 1862, a condemned Confederate prisoner, Peyton Farquhar, is due to be hanged by Union troops.
- 1955–196230mTV-147.1 (565)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert StevensonStarsAlfred HitchcockRonald HowardJuano HernandezIn the Civil War, Union soldiers hang a Confederate farmer for sabotage. The rope breaks and he falls into a river. He swims to safety and begins walking home. Disoriented, he's glad to see plantation staff who guide his befogged travel.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsFred MacMurrayMargaret HayesRobert VaughnAfter claiming his daughter's childhood-sweetheart killed the marshal, one man finds himself in conflict with his daughter, his fiancée and many of the townsfolk.
- DirectorTed PostStarsClint EastwoodInger StevensPat HingleWhen an innocent man barely survives a lynching, he returns as a lawman determined to bring the vigilantes to justice.
- DirectorSergio GarroneStarsAnthony SteffenWilliam BergerNicoletta MachiavelliDjango and Santana are bounty hunters taking out bandits in a small Western town. An evil landowner smuggling illegal immigrants and the men that work for him have mighty fine prices on their heads. So it only makes sense that Django and Santana would come-a-callin' before long.
- DirectorJoe MazzucaStarsPeter BreckPaul CarrBrooke BundyA small but determined posse chases a disfigured madman who leaves rapes and murders in his wake.
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsDale RobertsonYvonne De CarloWilliam BendixHothead Pete Stone has been arrested for the murder of George.
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsFranco NeroEli WallachLynn RedgraveA self-proclaimed Russian prince, a Mexican bandit and a radical Irish female journalist team up during the Mexican Revolution to find fortune and notoriety.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
- DirectorRoy HugginsStarsRandolph ScottDonna ReedClaude Jarman Jr.A Confederate Major and his troops are falsely led to believe the Civil War is not over, and become wanted men after they attack a Union Army wagon train in Nevada.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodGene HackmanMorgan FreemanRetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."
- DirectorJohn HillcoatStarsRay WinstoneGuy PearceEmily WatsonA lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.
- DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsEmilio EstevezKiefer SutherlandLou Diamond PhillipsBilly the Kid and his band of outlaws are pursued across New Mexico territory by Sheriff Pat Garrett, whom the young gunslingers must face-off with if they are to reach the safety of the border.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsBurt LancasterKirk DouglasRhonda FlemingLawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsJames StewartJeff ChandlerDebra PagetTom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
- DirectorNicholas RayStarsJoan CrawfordSterling HaydenMercedes McCambridgeAfter helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsRonald ReaganDorothy MalonePreston FosterFrame Johnson already cleaned up Tombstone and hopes to settle down near Cottonwood. But a marshal's work is never done...
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsRichard WidmarkHenry FondaAnthony QuinnA famous gunman becomes the marshal of Warlock to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods.
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsWes BentleyPeter MullanRon AndersonA prospector who sold his wife and infant daughter in exchange for a mining claim, tries desperately to win them back as he helps to build the Pacific Railroad with a group of pioneer friends.
- DirectorNicholas RayStarsJames CagneyViveca LindforsJohn DerekMistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsAudie MurphyFaith DomergueStephen McNallyMarshal Tyrone and the Silver Kid form an uneasy alliance against a gang of claim jumpers.
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsJeff BridgesMatt DamonHailee SteinfeldA stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJohn WayneKim DarbyGlen CampbellA drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer in Indian Territory.
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsGary MerrillWanda HendrixJohn BromfieldDuring the American Civil War, Confederate spies aim to steal Union gold intended for the peace treaty with the Sioux and thus pit the Indians against the Union Forces.
- DirectorRobert ParrishIrving LernerStarsTelly SavalasRobert ShawStella StevensA group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsHenry FondaAnthony PerkinsBetsy PalmerA cynical former sheriff turned bounty hunter helps a young, recently appointed acting sheriff with his advice, his experience and his gun.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsHoward DuffGloria McGeheeDick ForanAfter penniless miner Jess Collins saves Sonny Grover from two men he calls claim jumpers, he heads for the town of Colton. There Grover's brother grub stakes him and he waits for his claim to be recorded. But except for the brother, he finds everyone against him, including the two alleged claim jumpers who now say he is the partner of the claim jumper Sonny. Eventually he learns everyone except the brother knows Sonny was no good and he finds himself on the wrong side.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsKurt RussellTim MathesonBrian KeithTwo brothers search the west for their sister, who was kidnapped as a child and is now living with a tribe of Indians.
- CreatorElise DoganieriBertram van MunsterStarsStephanie NurFlorence KasumbaDouglas TaitFantasy meets reality as 12 contestants engage in epic challenges in the world of "Everealm", and compete to avoid "banishment" in order to become the one true hero that will save the kingdom.
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsRandolph ScottBarbara BrittonDorothy HartGunfighter Brazos Kane takes a job on a ranch but he is unjustly accused of killing fellow cowhand Bob Tyrell and must clear himself by finding the real killer.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsGuy MadisonFelicia FarrKathryn GrantHalf-breed Frank Madden claims he's White, in order to own land, but violent racial clashes in town force him to abandon his neutrality and chose a side.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsKirk DouglasVirginia MayoJohn AgarA U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son.
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsRandolph ScottLex BarkerPhyllis KirkIn Post-Bellum Texas, an army captain tries to keep the peace between overtaxed, impoverished farmers and greedy carpetbaggers.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyHumphrey BogartRosemary LaneDuring the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.
- DirectorTim WhelanStarsRandolph ScottForrest TuckerMala PowersA special agent from Chicago is sent out west to bring in the notorious Reno brothers.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsAudie MurphyCharles DrakeJoan EvansWhen hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsJoel McCreaEllen DrewDean StockwellIn 1865, the small Southern town of Walsburg has become so dangerous that Parson Josiah Doziah Gray gives his sermons while holding a gun.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsGlenn FordJulie AdamsChill WillsDuring the Alamo siege, John Stroud is sent to Ox Bow to protect the townsfolk but, following a massacre, he infiltrates Jess Wade's gang of turncoat renegades supporting the Mexicans.
- DirectorWilliam C. McGannStarsJohn WayneBinnie BarnesAlbert DekkerDuring the California Gold Rush, Boston pharmacist Tom Craig sets up shop in Sacramento where he clashes with local town crook Britt Dawson.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsFrank LovejoyJames BestAbby DaltonNotorious outlaw Cole Younger is the only witness who can clear Kit Caswell of false murder charges leveled against him by jealous rival Jan Merlin who covets Caswell's girl, Abby Dalton.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsStuart WhitmanPercy HerbertRandy BooneCrown leads a posse after Ace Coffin's gang. The posse is endangered by one of its members known as "Screamer" who is only interested in the bounty on Coffin's head.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsBruce DernHelen ShaverMichael C. GwynneA charming but unscrupulous train robber courts capture and hanging when he falls in love with the daughter of a judge.
- DirectorChristian NybyStarsLorne GreenePernell RobertsDan BlockerLittle Joe and Adam join a posse bent on catching the murderers of Vannie Johnson. The longer they take to catch them, the more whipped into a lynching party they become, much to the liking of the grieving widower.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartRock HudsonArthur KennedyWhen a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.
- DirectorHarmon JonesStarsGuy MadisonRhonda FlemingJames GriffithIn order to avoid the hangman's noose, a cowboy agrees to marry a beautiful but fiery redhead.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsGregory PeckJoan CollinsStephen BoydA man is chasing four outlaws who killed his wife and finds them in a small town's jail, but they escape to Mexico.
- DirectorRobert BentonStarsJeff BridgesBarry BrownJim DavisA God-fearing Ohio boy dodging the Civil War draft arrives in St. Joseph, MO where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsBuster CrabbeBarton MacLaneRachel AmesA gunman receives a request for help from his brother, but arrives too late to save him from the lawless rancher who wanted him dead.
- DirectorBruce BilsonStarsJohn McIntireJack ElamJeanette NolanThree young women who posed as the daughters of an elderly homesteader find out that he has been falsely accused of murder, convicted, and sentenced to hang. They hatch a plot to smuggle him out of prison.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJohn WayneDean MartinMartha HyerRanch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother.
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsBill ElliottRichard FiskeLuana WaltersBill saves his friend Larry from hanging and then tries to get him to join him in becoming a rancher. But Larry joins up with outlaw Carew and when Bill goes after him he accidentally shoots and kills Larry. Planning to marry Ann, Bill now hangs up his guns. But when Carew comes looking for him he straps on Larry's gun and heads out to meet him.
- DirectorRobert HosseinStarsMichèle MercierRobert HosseinGuido LollobrigidaA melancholic gunfighter is drawn into a vengeful and tragic kidnapping plot by his widowed ex-lover.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsHenry FondaCharles BronsonClaudia CardinaleA mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsDana AndrewsDonna ReedDianne FosterFramed for murder, Jim Guthrie barely escapes lynching by the town mob, becomes a wanted fugitive for three years but returns to find the real killer.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottKaren SteelePernell RobertsA bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) escorts a killer (James Best) to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother (Lee Van Cleef) to catch up with them to have a showdown over a previous shocking murder.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsJohn PayneLizabeth ScottDan DuryeaIn the western town of Silver Lode, Dan Ballard is arrested for murder and theft by marshals, but he denies the charges and searches for the real culprit as the townsfolk gradually turn against him.
- StarsEdgar BuchananJack BuetelJackie LougheryWestern set in the Texas town of Langtry, named after Lillie Langtry. When storekeeper Roy Bean becomes fed up with the lawlessness in the town, he establishes himself as a judge and introduces a system of law and order.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsPaul NewmanAva GardnerRoy JensonIn Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit.
- DirectorWilliam WiardStarsSteve McQueenLinda EvansRichard FarnsworthAn ex-army scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he's suspected of killing a boy.
- DirectorRay MillandStarsRay MillandMary MurphyWard BondA gunfighter's main hope lies in the trust of a beautiful woman who hides him out when he is wrongly suspected of a stagecoach massacre.
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsRandolph ScottWayne MorrisJoan WeldonWhen a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gang
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsForrest TuckerMara CordayJim DavisSheriff Carl Brandon must uphold the law and prevent a lynching when his best friend is accused of murder and immorality by the townsfolk.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsVictor MatureColeen GrayGlenn LanganTwo sons of a general try to prove that he did not give an order that resulted in the Indian massacre of a wagon train and army fort.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsBarbara StanwyckFred MacMurrayWard BondA cattle herder turned rustler runs from a lynch mob and falls, again, for an ex-lover.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsDana AndrewsJane RussellLon Chaney Jr.The townsfolk are set on lynching an accused killer held in the town lockup. But US Marshal Johnny Reno stands in their way.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsJohn WayneRay CorriganMax TerhuneThe Mesquiteers capture a horse thief who escapes justice through a crooked judge. They gather signatures urging the governor to investigate but a friend with the petition is murdered. Stony is accused.
- DirectorSergio GarroneStarsCraig HillIda GalliGiovanni CianfrigliaJerry, Reno and Paco are in prison, where they meet a young Mexican man who claims he has been convicted for a crime he hasn't committed. Mysteriously, the three men are released of prison and proceed to prove the Mexican man's innocence.
- DirectorAlbert HermanStarsKermit MaynardHarley WoodJohn MertonA cowboy finds himself in jail for rustling cattle. His buddy gets the idea to form a lynch mob in the hopes of arranging his escape once the mob takes him out of jail. However, things don't quite work out the way he planned.
- DirectorChuck WalkerStarsLorenzo LamasJohn CastellanosJ. Eddie PeckAfter the brazen escape from his sentence to be hanged, infamous outlaw Jack Barnett cons a crooked judge, local saloon gal and an old partner into partaking in the heist of a lifetime. Havoc breaks loose when a small town Sheriff stands for justice and although both sides stick to their guns, only one will prevail.
- DirectorAlbert C. GannawayStarsJim DavisArleen WhelanCarl SmithA pseudo-marshal, a local doctor and the town sheriff must join forces to battle a greedy cattle-baron whose herd, locally sold, is contaminated with a contagious disease.
- DirectorHarry S. WebbStarsTom TylerJeanne MartelRichard CramerWhen Crenshaw kills a bushwhacker he takes his letter of introduction. This letter saves him from hanging when Stanton thinks he is the outlaw he has hired. But Crenshaw is in more trouble when Denton arrives and exposes him as a fake.
- StarsSteve McQueenWright KingOlan SouleA Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.Episode: Estralita (1959).
- 1998–20001h 30mTV-147.3 (128)TV EpisodeDirectorGeoff MurphyStarsMichael BiehnEric CloseAndrew KavovitA Seminole tribe under attack by ragtag Confederates hire seven gunfighters to defend their village.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.9 (42)TV EpisodeDirectorRoy RowlandStarsHugh O'BrianDouglas FowleyMorgan WoodwardAfter a warning by Earp Marshal Fred White tries to take the pistol from a drunk Curly Bill Brocius. White's actions cause the gun to fire mortally wounding him. Earp a witness is forced to protect Brocius from a city lynch mob.
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsSteve McQueenDarryl HickmanRichard ArlenJosh is knocked out by a posse who wants his prisoner who is wanted for killing his step-daughter. When he goes to recover his reward, he finds he has been paid but he still wants justice and soon finds the prisoner may be innocent.
- 1965–19691hTV-PG7.6 (163)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael CaffeyStarsRobert ConradRoss MartinJohn AbbottJim and Arte uncover a secret revenge plot involving inhuman medical experiments.
- DirectorNicholas RayStarsJoan CrawfordSterling HaydenMercedes McCambridgeAfter helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsGeorge KennedyJames WhitmoreMonte MarkhamGunslinger Chris Adams is hired by a Mexican revolutionary to organize the rescue of his cause's leader from a brutal Army prison.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsYul BrynnerRobert FullerJulián MateosTwo survivors of the original Magnificent Seven, Chris and Vin, recruit four new members to re-form the outfit and defend several Mexican villages from vicious bandits.
- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsCliff RobertsonRobert DuvallLuke AskewThe gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces for a bungled robbery of the bank in Northfield, Minnesota.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsJohn CusackJohn GoodmanL.Q. JonesAfter being wrongfully denied justice, a horse trader seeks his own justice on a treacherous rancher.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGary CooperWalter BrennanDoris DavenportJudge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandAnn SheridanA Texas cattle agent witnesses first hand, the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up.
- DirectorPasquale SquitieriStarsGeorge ArdissonTony KendallJosé TorresFramed for a bank robbery, bounty killer Django's brother, Steve is lynched. Django hunts down Sartana, Steve's supposed accomplice, but finds him innocent also. The two men seek out the real robbers.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsKirk DouglasHenry FondaHume CronynA charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.