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1.
The Gene Autry Show (1950–1955)
Episode:
Gypsy Wagon
(1953)
30 min | Western
When an elderly gypsy and his lovely daughter surprise outlaws holding up a stagecoach, the thieves try to kill the witnesses before they can be identified.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Gloria Talbott, Myron Healey
Votes: 11
2.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
Courage Is a Gun
(1956)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Johnny Adler comes to town. He is fast with a gun and loves to be feared. He accepts an offer to kill the town sheriff, but first he wants to take care of an infection in his finger.
Director: John English | Stars: Dick Powell, Beverly Garland, Robert Vaughn, James Westerfield
Votes: 42
3. The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon
Votes: 5,630
4. Crossroads (1955–1957)
30 min | Drama
The anthology series dramatized the lives of clergymen of all faiths and the problems they faced in both their professional and personal lives.
Stars: Ray Teal, Robert Carson, Frank J. Scannell, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 93
5. Heroes of the Saddle (1940)
Passed | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Montana Bill Bell, a friend of the Three Mesquiteers, Stony Brooke, Rusty Joslin and Rico Renaldo, is killed in a rodeo accident and the trio reluctantly places his young daughter Peggy in ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Patsy Parsons
Votes: 22
6. Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
An anthology based (earlier more so than later) on the novels and stories of Zane Grey. Dick Powell was often the star, as well as the host.
Stars: Dick Powell, Walter Sande, Denver Pyle, Bill Erwin
Votes: 585
7. The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
30 min | Drama
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Stars: Philip Carey, Laraine Day, Willis Bouchey, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 276
8.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
Three Graves
(1957)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Cass Kendall is looking for the easy life. He is fast with a gun but not fastest. He moves to a town that doesn't allow guns. He immediately starts scheming to become top man in town.
Director: John English | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Nan Leslie, Frank Ferguson, James Best
Votes: 31
9. Hangover Square (1945)
Passed | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Glenn Langan
Votes: 4,145
10. The Fighting Chance (1955)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A horse trainer and his friend, a jockey, fall in love with the same girl. Complications ensue.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Rod Cameron, Julie London, Ben Cooper, Taylor Holmes
Votes: 43
11. Goofs and Saddles (1937)
Not Rated | 19 min | Comedy, Western, Short
Set in the old west, the stooges are spies for US Cavalry; "Buffalo Bilious", "Wild Bill Hiccup" and "Just Plain Bill". Sent by General "Muster" to catch a gang of cattle rustlers, they ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Hank Bell
Votes: 566
12. The Lawless Rider (1954)
Approved | 62 min | Western
U.S. Marshal Johnny Carpenter turns in his badge in order to return to his ranch where cattle thieves have been operating. Reno Frost is the brains behind the rustling gang, and his main ... See full summary »
Director: Yakima Canutt | Stars: Johnny Carpenter, Rose Bascom, Frankie Darro, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 86
13. Call of the Rockies (1944)
Passed | 56 min | Western
Sunset Carson's first western and, despite the misleading video box that indicates otherwise, he was billed as Sonny Carson and was billed 2nd behind Smiley Burnette. Republic dropped the "... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson, Harry Woods, Kirk Alyn
Votes: 110
14. The Fugitive Sheriff (1936)
Approved | 58 min | Western
Just after his man Louder loses the Sheriff's election to Ken, Flamer finds Ken's rowel. Then he and his men rob the train as he poses as Ken and leaves the rowel. The train crew's ... See full summary »
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Ken Maynard, Beth Marion, Walter Miller, Hal Price
Votes: 11
15. Gauchos of El Dorado (1941)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Gaucho escapes from Braden's gang only to be shot by them. The Mesquiteers drive away the outlaws and take his money on to his mother. But Isabella thinks Tucson is her long lost son and they don't have the heart to tell her he is dead.
Director: Lester Orlebeck | Stars: Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Rufe Davis, Lois Collier
Votes: 26
16.
Stories of the Century (1954–1955)
Episode:
Sam Bass
(1954)
Approved | Western
After the Sam Bass gang steals sixty thousand dollar of gold coin from a train on which Frankie rides, Frankie pretends to be a waitress romantically interested in captured henchman Hayes to get Hayes to reveal Bass' location.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Don Haggerty, James Anderson
Votes: 27
17. Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Passed | 137 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer
Votes: 7,756
18. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 12,041
19. King of the Texas Rangers (1941)
Approved | 215 min | Drama, Western
When Captain King of the Texas Rangers is murdered by saboteurs, his son, Tom ("Slingin' Sammy Baugh"), a famous football star, leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers himself. Shortly ... See full summary »
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Sammy Baugh, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Moore, Duncan Renaldo
Votes: 90
20. Stagecoach Days (1938)
Approved | 56 min | Western
When Tom Larkin is killed his stage line goes equally to cousins Breezy and Mary Larkin. Ringo is after the line but Breezy intercepts his impersonator Virg and reports to Ringo as Virg. ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Levering | Stars: Jack Luden, Eleanor Stewart, Harry Woods, Hal Taliaferro
Votes: 16
21. Blind Chance (1920)
20 min | Short, Western
The hero assumes the blame for a murder in order to shield a woman's name. The woman's son grows up and seeks revenge upon the hero, but the mother finally speaks.
Director: Edward A. Kull | Stars: Bob Burns, Peggy O'Day, Charles Dorian, Natalie Warfield
Votes: 16
22. The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Approved | 74 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer, Paul Cavanagh
Votes: 5,853
23. The Gene Autry Show (1950–1955)
30 min | Western
The already legendary singing cowboy rode with his comic pal Pat from town to town bringing justice, song and his horse Champion to the old Southwest.
Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Pat Buttram, Bob Woodward
Votes: 267
24. Deadwood Dick (1940)
Approved | 285 min | Western
Deadwood Dick, a masked and mysterious hero, is in reality Dick Stanley, editor of the Dakota Pioneer Press and a leading member of Statehood For Dakota. He is on the trail of a masked ... See full summary »
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Donald Douglas, Lorna Gray, Harry Harvey, Marin Sais
Votes: 65
25. The Wild Frontier (1947)
Passed | 59 min | Western
Outlaws are in control of the land so the town of Clayton City writes the governor for an honest marshal. That marshal is Frank Lane, who brings his son Rocky with him. They are attacked on... See full summary »
Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Allan Lane, Black Jack, Jack Holt, Eddy Waller
Votes: 28
26. Sheriff of Cimarron (1945)
Passed | 56 min | Western
Cimarron is a wild town overrun by outlaws. Sunset, who was framed as a cattle rustler, has just been released from prison after 3 years when he winds up in Cimarron. On his first day there... See full summary »
Director: Yakima Canutt | Stars: Sunset Carson, Linda Stirling, Olin Howland, Riley Hill
Votes: 110
27. Wild Horse Rodeo (1937)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
A champion rodeo rider returns home to track down a legendary wild horse called "Cyclone."
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, June Martel
Votes: 48
28. The Fiddlin' Buckaroo (1933)
Passed | 65 min | Action, Romance, Western
Government man Fiddlin' has joined Wolf's gang and Banty has become his friend. When Fiddlin' objects to Wolf's kidnapping of Ann, he is left in a burning building. Rescued by his horse Tarzan, he convinces Banty to help bring in the gang.
Director: Ken Maynard | Stars: Ken Maynard, Gloria Shea, Fred Kohler, Frank Rice
Votes: 8
29. Wagon Tracks West (1943)
Approved | 55 min | Western
Fleetwing has gone east to become a doctor and the first patient that he gets is Gabby. Gabby swallowed bad water escaping from Indians and has Indian fever. Fleetwing and Elliott know that... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Bill Elliott, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Tom Tyler, Anne Jeffreys
Votes: 28
30. Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941)
Passed | 56 min | Western
The Cherokee Strip is off limits to the Rangers, so that is where badman Lemar operates from. When the Rangers capture his brother and the jury sentences him to hang, Lemar starts killing ... See full summary »
Director: Lester Orlebeck | Stars: Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Rufe Davis, Lois Collier
Votes: 28
31.
Stories of the Century (1954–1955)
Episode:
L.H. Musgrove
(1955)
Approved | Western
Matt and Margaret head to Denver in the late 1860's after the killing of a railroad telegraph operator. Bail jumper L H Musgrove, a known horse thief is their chief suspect. Musgrove and his pal end up facing vigilante justice.
Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Jim Davis, Kristine Miller, John Archer, James Craven
Votes: 16
32. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Approved | 130 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,361
33. 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: 163
34. Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Western
A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of marshal in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners.
Director: Nate Watt | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Gail Sheridan, Evelyn Brent
Votes: 290
35. Night Train to Memphis (1946)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Drama, Music
On a train heading into the small mountain town of Tranquility, Danny Acuff kisses a beautiful woman before hopping off a still-moving car. At the Tranquility station, the woman, whose name... See full synopsis »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Roy Acuff, Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, Allan Lane, Adele Mara
Votes: 40
36. Topeka (1953)
Passed | 69 min | Western
After a series of bank robberies, Jim Levering (Bill Elliott) as Wild Bill Elliott) and his gang decide to hide out for awhile in Deer Creek where bard-and-casino owner Mack Wilson (Harry ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Bill Elliott, Phyllis Coates, Rick Vallin, Fuzzy Knight
Votes: 56
37. Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
Approved | 231 min | Drama, Western
Three friends make a journey across the West and come up against rustlers, Indian attacks and outlaw gangs.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Joyce Compton, Raymond Hatton, Walter Miller
Votes: 51
38. Lawless Riders (1935)
Passed | 58 min | Western
When Edith overhears Bart's plan to rob the bank she informs Ken. But she is also overheard and when Ken goes to investigate, Bart's Henchman Prod frames him for the robbery. Thrown in jail... See full summary »
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Ken Maynard, Geneva Mitchell, Harry Woods, Frank Yaconelli
Votes: 64
39. Rough Riders of Durango (1951)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
Marshal "Rocky" Lane (Allan Lane) comes to the aid of Sheriff Bill Walters (Ross Ford) who is having a hard time trying to save the local farmers and ranchers from raids and hi-jackings. ... See full summary »
Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Allan Lane, Black Jack, Walter Baldwin, Aline Towne
Votes: 49
40. House by the River (1950)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, causing unexpected problems for both of them.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt, Dorothy Patrick
Votes: 4,177
41. Stories of the Century (1954–1955)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Railroad detective Matt Clark roams the west, tracking down outlaws and bandits who are preying on the railroad.
Stars: Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Kristine Miller, Pat Hogan
Votes: 203
42. Back Street (1932)
Passed | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Irene Dunne, John Boles, George Meeker, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 1,076 | Gross: $1.96M
43. The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)
Approved | Western
A short plot summary finds Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott), the U.S. Marshal in Abilene, Kansas, opposing the Phantom Raiders, a gang of renegades raiding the cattle drives over the ... See full summary »
Directors: Sam Nelson, Mack V. Wright | Stars: Bill Elliott, Monte Blue, Carole Wayne, Frankie Darro
Votes: 56
44. Old Los Angeles (1948)
Approved | 88 min | Western
Old Los Angeles finds Bill Stockton leaving Missouri to join his brother Larry, and prospect for gold in California. Bill and his pal, Sam Bowie, arrive in the picturesque town of old Los ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Bill Elliott, John Carroll, Catherine McLeod, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 102
45. The Good Fellows (1943)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim "Pop" Helton so involved and distracted that he forgets to pay the family's bills, nearly ... See full summary »
Director: Jo Graham | Stars: Cecil Kellaway, Helen Walker, Mabel Paige, James Brown
Votes: 41
46. Code of the Outlaw (1942)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Western
After a payroll robbery the Mesquiteers catch up with the gang. But the members escape, the gang leader is killed, and they end up with only the leader's young son, who is quickly sent to a... See full summary »
Director: John English | Stars: Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Rufe Davis, Weldon Heyburn
Votes: 29
47. Canyon City (1943)
Passed | 57 min | Western
Craig Morton, fronting for an eastern electric concern, and town banker Emerson Wheeler are scheming to gain control of a water-supply dam owned by local ranchers. The bank is to foreclose ... See full summary »
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Wally Vernon, Helen Talbot, Twinkle Watts
Votes: 12
48. Rio Grande Raiders (1946)
Approved | 56 min | Western
Sunset Carson, ace driver for the Harding Stagecoach Line, persuades his boss Frank Harding (Edmund Cobb) to hire his brother Jeff (Bob Steele), recently released from the penitentiary. ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Sunset Carson, Linda Stirling, Bob Steele, Tom London
Votes: 46
49. Under Texas Skies (1940)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Western
Stony Brooke returns to his home town only the learn that his father, Sheriff Brooke, has been murdered and that his boyhood friend, Tucson Smith has been convicted and is to hang for the ... See full summary »
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Rufe Davis, Lois Ranson
Votes: 87
50. Pioneers of the West (1940)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Western
This entry in Republic's "Three Mesquiteer" series, that skipped back forth in time much like Brick Bradford in his "Time Top" machine, finds the Mesquiteers, Stony Brooke, Rusty Joslin and... See full summary »
Director: Lester Orlebeck | Stars: Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Noah Beery
Votes: 34