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1. History Is Made at Night (1937)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Colin Clive
Votes: 2,518
2. Spooks Run Wild (1941)
Approved | 65 min | Horror, Comedy
The boys are stranded in a small rural town, they hear about a "monster killer" roaming the countryside. At night, they sneak out. Peewee is shot by a grave-digger, and they are forced to seek aid at an old mansion.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall
Votes: 1,831
3. Operator 13 (1934)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, History, Musical
Union spy Gail Loveless impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Marion Davies, Gary Cooper, Jean Parker, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 1,505
4. 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: 1,325
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. 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
7. Lawless Range (1935)
Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western
John Middleton is investigating cattle rustling when he is captured and tossed into a cave with Emmett, a rancher who disappeared earlier. They help each other escape and learn that a local... See full summary »
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Frank McGlynn Jr., Jack Curtis
Votes: 552
8. 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
9. The Vanishing American (1925)
110 min | Drama, Western
History, as portrayed in this film, has been a succession of conquests of stronger races over weaker ones. As played out on the stage of Monument Valley, long ago, tribes of Indians ... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Malcolm McGregor
Votes: 368 | Gross: $0.29M
10. The Headless Horseman (1922)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
The village of Sleepy Hollow is getting ready to greet the new schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, who is coming from New York City. Crane has already heard of the village's legendary ghost, a ... See full summary »
Director: Edward D. Venturini | Stars: Will Rogers, Lois Meredith, Ben Hendricks Jr., Charles E. Graham
Votes: 361
11. East Side Kids (1940)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being falsely accused of a murder, a group of kids have to find the real killer in order to clear their name.
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Leon Ames, Dennis Moore, Joyce Bryant, Hal E. Chester
Votes: 297
12. Custer's Last Stand (I) (1936)
Passed | 328 min | War, Western
When some men are attacked by Indians, a survivor obtains an Indian medicine arrow. An Indian tells Blade he has found gold but will not tell him where until he has that arrow. So Blade ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Rex Lease, Lona Andre, William Farnum, Ruth Mix
Votes: 251
13. Pony Express Days (1940)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Drama, Western
A youthful Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot in an Indian attack.
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: George Reeves, David Bruce, Frank Wilcox, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 213
14. Silver on the Sage (1939)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Western
Hoppy goes undercover as an Eastern gambler to rein in the fraternal perpetrators of a cattle-rustling scheme.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Ruth Rogers
Votes: 206
15. 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
16. 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
17. Phantom Rancher (1940)
Passed | 61 min | Western
Cowboy puts on a black mask and a black outfit to fight a gang of land-grabbing crooks.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Dorothy Short, Harry Harvey
Votes: 164
18. Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
Approved | 205 min | Western
Chapter One MURDER ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL - Mesquite banker Calvin Drake (Harry Worth) plans to profit from the Santa Fe Railroad's acquisition of right-of-way by gaining control of the land... See full summary »
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Noah Beery, Tommy Cook, Maude Allen
Votes: 162
19. Six-Shootin' Sheriff (1938)
Approved | 59 min | Western
Just out of prison, Trigger Morton gets revenge from Kendal, the man who framed him. Then he disposes of Holman and his gang.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Marjorie Reynolds, Lafe McKee
Votes: 141
20. 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
21. Branded a Coward (1935)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
Johnny Hume witnesses the slaughter of his family at age six. When he grows into manhood, will he be able to seek his vengeance?
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Billie Seward, Syd Saylor, Lloyd Ingraham
Votes: 133
22. 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
23. Between Men (1935)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
When his young son is shot, John Wellington kills the culprit and flees. But his son Johnny recovers and is raised by Sir George. Some twenty years later Johnny sets out to find Sir ... See full summary »
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Beth Marion, William Farnum, Earl Dwire
Votes: 131
24. Trailin' West (1936)
Passed | 56 min | Western
Sent by President Lincoln to prevent an outlaw band from hampering the war effort, secret agent Red Colton is ambushed and his identity papers stolen, setting him up to be accused by the ... See full summary »
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Dick Foran, Smoke, Paula Stone, Bill Elliott
Votes: 128
25. Paroled - To Die (1938)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Western
Meline is taking money from his own bank to drill an oil well. When he finds Doug Redfern's bandana, he has his gang rob his bank and uses the bandana to frame Doug. When Doug is convicted ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Bob Steele, Kathleen Eliot, Karl Hackett, Horace Murphy
Votes: 119
26. 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
27. 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: 116
28. Red Barry (1938)
Passed | 256 min | Drama
A famous detective sets out to discover who stole $2 million in bonds.
Directors: Ford Beebe, Alan James | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Frances Robinson, Edna Sedgewick, Cyril Delevanti
Votes: 114
29. Code of the Cactus (1939)
Approved | 56 min | Western
When Blackton outbids Bill Carson. Bill suspects he will have to rustle cattle to fulfill the contract. So Bill arrives posing as an Mexican. When he rustles the cattle from the rustlers, ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Dorothy Short, Ben Corbett, Ted Adams
Votes: 111
30. 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
31. The Feud Maker (1938)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western
When Tex is brought in to fight in a range war between the cowmen and the nesters, he meets his old outlaw boss Lassiter.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Bob Steele, Marion Weldon, Karl Hackett, Frank Ball
Votes: 103
32. A Lawman Is Born (1937)
Passed | 58 min | Western
An outlaw falsely accused of murder realizes the only way to clear himself is to become a lawman.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith, Warner Richmond, Mary MacLaren
Votes: 103
33. Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
Storm is out to wreck Ace's stage line. When Tex arrives to help Ace, Storm brings in hired killer Mule Bates. But Tex and Bates know each other and the two devise a plan to fool Storm.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett, White Flash, Bob Wills
Votes: 103
34. Wild West Days (1937)
Approved | 268 min | Western
Kentucky Wade and his pals keep busy fighting their way across the plains and mountains to battle an Indian tribe led by Red Hatchet. They also contend with false reports of a strike, which starts a gold rush and hot hair-trigger action.
Directors: Ford Beebe, Clifford Smith | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, George Shelley, Lynn Gilbert, Frank Yaconelli
Votes: 100
35. Arizona Gunfighter (1937)
Passed | 58 min | Western
When Colt kills the men that murdered his father, he escapes his pursuers and joins Wolf and his outlaw gang. After two years Wolf breaks up the gang, deeds his ranch to Colt, and turns ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Bob Steele, Jean Carmen, Ted Adams, Ernie Adams
Votes: 99
36. The Silver Trail (1937)
Approved | 58 min | Western
A wandering cowboy attempts to locate a pal who has struck it rich in mining. When he gets to town, no one seems to have heard of the friend. Our hero learns the truth with the aid of a female bandit.
Director: Bernard B. Ray | Stars: Rex Lease, Mary Russell, Ed Cassidy, Roger Williams
Votes: 97
37. Guns and Guitars (1936)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
After being framed for murdering the sheriff, Gene proves his innocence, then gets elected sheriff to go after the baddie who framed him.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Dorothy Dix, Earle Hodgins
Votes: 97
38. Boothill Brigade (1937)
Passed | 56 min | Western
Rancher Reynolds has fired his men and hired killers and is now using a crooked land deal to put the other ranchers off their land. Calico finds the reason why when he runs into his old nemesis Porter.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Claire Rochelle, Dick Curtis, Horace Murphy
Votes: 96
39. Billy the Kid's Range War (1941)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Western
Williams is out to stop Ellen Goreham from completing her road that is under construction and is using a man to impersonate Billy the Kid. When Billy sees the wanted posters and learns of ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Bob Steele, Al St. John, Joan Barclay, Carleton Young
Votes: 95
40. Six-Gun Trail (1938)
Passed | 59 min | Western
Chasing jewel thieves, Captain Carson and Magpie head for the border where Carson, posing as a Chinaman, opens a store that buys jewelry. To flush the thieves into the open, Carson wins all... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, Ben Corbett, Stephen Chase
Votes: 95
41. The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941)
Approved | 64 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tom and Fuzzy investigate a ghost town which, in this case, is supposedly haunted by real ghosts. The town is an outlaw gang's hideout, and they scare folks away to protect their mine.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: George Houston, Al St. John, Rebel Randall, Budd Buster
Votes: 92
42. Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)
Passed | 52 min | Drama, Western
Arriving in a lawless Texas town, Billy finds his old friend Fuzzy. When Billy stands up to Flash and his gang, he is made Sheriff. He and Fuzzy then set out to retrieve the money stolen by... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Bob Steele, Terry Walker, Al St. John, Carleton Young
Votes: 90
43. Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Lightning Carson's nephew has been falsely accused of murder. To get in with the gang, Lightning poses as a Mexican. He also appears as himself making his costume changes at his sister's ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Joan Barclay, Ted Adams, Bob Terry
Votes: 90
44. The Gambling Terror (1937)
Passed | 53 min | Drama, Western
Brett runs a protection racket for an unknown boss. When Jeff Hayes arrives and opens a gambling den, they try to shut him down. Unlike the others who have given in, he plans to fight back.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith, Charles King, Dick Curtis
Votes: 90
45. Border Caballero (1936)
Approved | 59 min | Western
Tex Weaver is working under cover to bring in a gang of bank robbers. When he is killed, Tim Ross, a marksman with Doc Shaw's traveling show, takes over. Posing as a Mexican he lays a trap for the gang.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Lois January, Ralph Byrd, J. Frank Glendon
Votes: 89
46. Boot Hill Bandits (1942)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Shady town businessman Bolton seems to be the leader of the gang but even he takes his order from a higher authority who may have tried to take Marshal Corrigan's life.
Director: S. Roy Luby | Stars: Ray Corrigan, John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune, Elmer
Votes: 88
47. Santa Fe Bound (1936)
Passed | 58 min | Western
When 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.
Director: Harry S. Webb | Stars: Tom Tyler, Jeanne Martel, Richard Cramer, Slim Whitaker
Votes: 88
48. The Phantom Cowboy (1935)
Approved | 50 min | Western
Bill Collins meets up with his look-alike the Phantom and is soon involved in his fight with Buck Houston. Houston has a big robbery planned but the Phantom beats him to it. Bill fights off... See full summary »
Director: Robert J. Horner | Stars: Ted Wells, Doris Brook, George Chesebro, Jimmy Aubrey
Votes: 87
49. Heroes of the Alamo (1937)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, History, War
In early spring of 1833, the smoldering resentment of American settlers in Texas against their oppression by Mexico dictator General Santa Anna/Ana coming to a head. When a decree is issued... See full summary »
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Earle Hodgins, Lane Chandler, Roger Williams, Rex Lease
Votes: 86
50. 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