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1. Racing Blood (1954)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A racing horse gives birth to two colts, one of which has a split hoof and is about to be destroyed. A young stable boy saves the horse and raises it to be a champion racer. One day the boy... See full summary »
Director: Wesley Barry | Stars: Bill Williams, Jean Porter, Jimmy Boyd, George Cleveland
Votes: 19
2. Shadows of the West (1949)
Approved | 59 min | Western
U.S. Marshal Whip Wilson (Whip Wilson) decides to take a vacation and visit his old friend Winks Grayson (Andy Clyde), the ex-sheriff. Upon his arrival Whip learns of Winks' suspicions ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Riley Hill, Reno Browne
Votes: 13
3. Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Maggie is resentful of being pointed out and laughed at in public because she resembles the cartoon character in the George McManus comic strip "Bringing Up Father." She visits McManus in ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Joe Yule, Renie Riano, George McManus, June Harrison
Votes: 23
4. Drifting Along (1946)
Passed | 60 min | Western
A pair of U.S. Marshals come to the aid of a woman who is fighting to keep her ranch from a gang of murderous cattle rustlers who want to get their hands on it.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Lynne Carver, Raymond Hatton, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 17
5. Valley of Fear (1947)
Passed | 54 min | Drama, Western
Johnny Williams (Johnny Mack Brown) returns to his home town of Beaufort, and finds himself being chased by banker Henry Stevens (Tristram Coffin), Grangers Association head Les Travers (Ed... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine McIntyre, Tristram Coffin
Votes: 26
6. Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
Maggie attempts to crash into Manhattan's high society, while Jiggs still hangs with his working class bar buddies. Van De Graft notifies Maggie that her family has upper class history, and she uses this knowledge to attend society events.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Joe Yule, Renie Riano, Tim Ryan, Wanda McKay
Votes: 16
7. Henry, the Rainmaker (1949)
64 min | Comedy
Small town family man Henry Latham decides to run for mayor on the issue of trash disposal. Incumbent Mayor Colton solved the problem so Henry develops a rain making device with disastrous results.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett, William Tracy, Mary Stuart
Votes: 15
8. Haunted Trails (1949)
Approved | 58 min | Western
When his brother is murdered, Whip Wilson (Whip Wilson), posing as Chris Graham, trails an old saddle bum, Trigger Winks (Andy Clyde), who leads him to the other gang members Phil (Dennis ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Reno Browne, Dennis Moore
Votes: 16
9. Colorado Ambush (1951)
Approved | 52 min | Western
When three pinto-riding Wells Fargo messengers are killed, Ranger Johnny is sent, incognito, to Booneville to investigate. He is welcomed by Sheriff Ed Lowery, Wells Fargo agent Ben ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Myron Healey, Lois Hall, Tommy Farrell
Votes: 31
10. Rhythm Inn (1951)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop clerk--an aspiring songwriter--that he'll let the band's female singer do the clerk's songs at a ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Jane Frazee, Kirby Grant, Charles Smith, Lois Collier
Votes: 15
11. Trail Blazers (1953)
Approved | 63 min | Action, Drama
Cednter City, California is besieged by juvenile delinquents bent upon destructive pranks. Believing the youngster's energies should be channeled into worthwhile pursuits,Roger Stone ... See full summary »
Director: Wesley Barry | Stars: Alan Hale Jr., Richard Tyler, Barney McCormack, Jim Flowers
Votes: 9
12. The Gentleman from Texas (1946)
Passed | 55 min | Western
Wells Fargo sends Johnny Macklin (Johnny Mack Brown) to Rimrock to investigate stage hold-ups and general lawlessness which, according to local agent Tom Jamison (Steve Clark) is caused by ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Claudia Drake, Raymond Hatton, Reno Browne
Votes: 34
13. Smart Guy (1943)
Approved | 63 min | Drama
A gambler is about to stand trial for a crime he actually didn't commit. In order to brush up his "image", he adopts an orphaned newsboy.
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Rick Vallin, Veda Ann Borg, Bobby Larson, Wanda McKay
Votes: 31
14. Under Arizona Skies (1946)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Music, Western
Dusty Smith arrives and takes a job on a ranch that is losing cattle to rustlers. When the rustlers strike again the cattle cannot be found but Dusty shoots one of the rustlers. Arrested ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Reno Browne, Raymond Hatton, Riley Hill
Votes: 21
15. Forgotten Women (1949)
65 min | Drama
A tale of three women who hang out in a bar and bend the ear of Harry the bartender. Kate Allison drinks to forget playboy Andy Emerson, whom she might have married if her husband, John ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Elyse Knox, Edward Norris, Robert Shayne, Theodora Lynch
Votes: 13
16. Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
With Maggie laid low with sneezing fits, Jiggs spends his time listening to radio trivia contests. Maggie, an inveterate social climber, wants to join the prestigious Northchester Hunt Club... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Joe Yule, Renie Riano, George McManus, Tim Ryan
Votes: 20
17. The Law Comes to Gunsight (1947)
Passed | 56 min | Western
Mayor Jim Blaine sends for Pecos, a notorious two-gun killer, to run Brad Foster and his henchmen out of Gunsight, after Brad lowers the "cut" he gives the mayor from his gambling place. On... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Reno Browne, Lanny Rees
Votes: 21
18. Trails End (1949)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Western
Cowhand Drake discovers gold on the ranch of his boss, Joe Stuart and makes a deal with crooked lawyer Mel Porter to induce Stuart to sell. The latter refuses, and also orders Bill Cameron ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Kay Morley, Douglas Evans
Votes: 18
19. This Is Your Life (1950–1987)
30 min | Biography, Family, Reality-TV
Each week, an unsuspecting celebrity would be lured by some ruse to a location near the studio. The celebrity would then be surprised with the news that they are to be the featured guest. ... See full summary »
Stars: Ralph Edwards, Bob Warren, Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope
Votes: 314
20. French Leave (1948)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Romance
Merchant seaman Skitch Kilroy (Jackie Cooper) and "Pappy" Reagan (Jackie Coogan)arrive in Marseilles, eager to resume their combative rivalry for Mimi. But they are ordered by their skipper... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Jackie Coogan, Renee Godfrey, Ralph Sanford
Votes: 15
21. Music Man (1948)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
In New York City, Italian American songwriting brothers Phil and Freddie Russo turn out one successful song after another for their publisher, Sanders. One day, Freddie and Phil accept an ... See full synopsis »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Jimmy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra, Freddie Stewart, Phil Brito
Votes: 78
22. Tuna Clipper (1949)
77 min | Drama
A young law student takes a tuna-fishing job so that he may pay a debt and gain the respect of his family.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Elena Verdugo, Roland Winters, Peter Mamakos
Votes: 35
23. Western Renegades (1949)
59 min | Drama, Western
Near Gordontown, Joe Gordon and his sister Judy, whose father Paul Gordon is a wealthy banker and rancher who owns most of the town, are shot at by two outlaws, but are rescued by U.S. ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Jane Adams, Hugh Prosser
Votes: 15
24. Gunning for Justice (1948)
Approved | 55 min | Western
After Johnny breaks up a gunfight, the dying man gives him a map of the location of hidden gold bullion and tells him to give it to Ed. The outlaws know of the gold and try to get the map ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Max Terhune, Evelyn Finley
Votes: 25
25. Louisiana (1947)
Approved | 85 min | Drama
Fourteen-year-old James Houston Davis, the music-loving son of a poor sharecropper, is determined to get a good education and help improve life in his beloved state of Louisiana. With the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Jimmie Davis, Margaret Lindsay, John Gallaudet, Freddie Stewart
Votes: 28
26. Song of the Wasteland (1947)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
Ranger Jimmy Wakely joins a medicine show heading for Buffalo Flats. The vigilantes there have been evicting innocent ranchers and he has been sent to investigate. The evicted ranchers ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Jimmy Wakely, Lee 'Lasses' White, Marshall Reed, Mike Ragan
Votes: 13
27. Riders of the West (1942)
Approved | 58 min | Western
Corrupt businessman Mason and larcenous banker Miller combine to rustle the cattle and foreclose on the mortgages of local ranchers to gain control of the valley. but the undercover Riders thwart their plans.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Sarah Padden
Votes: 85
28. Federal Agent (1936)
Approved | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A federal agent sets out to track down his partner's killers.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: William Boyd, Irene Ware, Don Alvarado, Lenita Lane
Votes: 36
29. Decoy (1946)
Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A mortally wounded female gangster recounts how she and her gang revived an executed killer from the gas chamber, to try and find out where he buried a fortune in cash.
Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley
Votes: 2,194
30. Short Grass (1950)
Passed | 82 min | Western
After accidentally happening upon some loot money, a New Mexico drifter starts a ranching business with a partner but runs into a ruthless land-grabbing clan of neighboring cattlemen.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 115
31. The Dude Goes West (1948)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Western
Eastern gunsmith Daniel Bone goes out west to ply his trade, encounters a girl searching for the murderer of her father.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Eddie Albert, Gale Storm, James Gleason, Gilbert Roland
Votes: 286
32. West of the Law (1942)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
The Rough Riders arrive to fight Rand, Ludlow and their gang. Buck poses as a preacher, Tim as a preacher, and Sandy as an undertaker. Buck not only wants the outlaws, but also their unknown boss.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Cook
Votes: 86
33. Outlaws of Texas (1950)
Passed | 56 min | Western
While robbing the stage with Jeff Johnson (Tommy Farrell), outlaws Jordan (Terry Frost) and Wilkins (Zon Murray) kill the stage guard and leave Jeff unconscious on the trail, to be picked ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Phyllis Coates, Terry Frost
Votes: 29
34. Sheriff of Medicine Bow (1948)
Approved | 55 min | Western
Banty Prentiss returns to Medicine Bow after his parole on the recommendation of his friend Sheriff Johnny Mack Brown, who had arrested him for bank thefts. Outlaws, led by Buckeye, fail in... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Max Terhune, Evelyn Finley
Votes: 38
35. Cherokee Uprising (1950)
Approved | 57 min | Western
White men are getting some Indians to attack arriving wagon trains. In exchange for the wagon train valuables, they give the Indians whiskey which they distill themselves. Two Marshals ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Lois Hall, Sam Flint
Votes: 28
36. Land of the Lawless (1947)
Approved | 54 min | Western
Rambling cowhand Johnny Mack learns that his friend Henry Blake has been killed, and he agrees to help law-abiding citizens clean up Medicine Flats. This is after he has thwarted an attempt... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine McIntyre, Tristram Coffin
Votes: 25
37. Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)
Approved | 243 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Chapter 1 finds Daily Flash newspaper reporter Brenda Starr (Joan Woodbury), and her photographer, Chuck Allen (Syd Saylor), assigned to cover a fire in an old house where they discover the... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Joan Woodbury, Kane Richmond, Ernie Adams, William 'Billy' Benedict
Votes: 91
38. A Modern Marriage (1950)
Approved | 66 min | Drama
"A Modern Marriage" was a 1960 drama about a newly woman.
Directors: Paul Landres, Ben Parker | Stars: Reed Hadley, Margaret Field, Robert Clarke, Nana Bryant
Votes: 15
39. Smart Politics (1948)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The growth of juvenile crime in a small town starts a movement for the building of a youth center. The project leaders discuss with the town mayor Phineas Wharton Sr. about buying an old ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Frankie Darro, Warren Mills
Votes: 31
40. Port of Hell (1954)
80 min | Drama
The new warden of a large American harbor raises the hackles of sailors and fishermen by his strict enforcement of all the safety rules. He takes the time, though, to romance the sister of his biggest rival.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Dane Clark, Carole Mathews, Wayne Morris, Marshall Thompson
Votes: 38
41. Rocky (1948)
Approved | 76 min | Drama
Out fishing one day, painter John Hammond and his son Chris come across Bert Hillman, the foreman of a local ranch. He and his ranch hand are searching for a wild dog that killed one of ... See full summary »
Directors: Phil Karlson, William Beaudine | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Nita Hunter, Gale Sherwood
Votes: 53
42. Law of the West (1949)
Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western
With the railroad coming, Nixon is after the ranchers land. Using a stooge land agent, his method is to claim the person they bought their ranches from never had title to the land and their... See full summary »
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Max Terhune, Bill Kennedy, Jack Ingram
Votes: 12
43. Roaring Westward (1949)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Cowhand Jimmy Wakely gives a stallion, "Spooky," to 16-year-old Perry, vacationing with rancher Aunt Jesica, who has taken the boy from the Sheriff's Association School. Prospector "Mossy" ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Drake | Stars: Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Dennis Moore, Lois Hall
Votes: 25
44. Gun Talk (1947)
Passed | 57 min | Western
June Forbes unexpectedly visits her older sister Daisy Forbes in the town of Silverforks, not aware that the latter is a poker dealer in the Half-Way House gambling saloon owned by Rod ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine McIntyre, Douglas Evans
Votes: 15
45. Shadows on the Range (1946)
Approved | 57 min | Western
Cattleman Agent Mason arrives to help find rustlers. A letter to the Sheriff and a fake scar gets him identified as a wanted murderer and attracts the attention of the gang leader. But when... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jan Bryant, Jack Perrin
Votes: 30
46. Mississippi Rhythm (1949)
Passed | 68 min | Action, Music
On board a riverboat bound for Creek City, singer Jimmie Davis, who is going to become half-owner of a land development company willed to him by his uncle, shares a cabin with traveling ... See full synopsis »
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Jimmie Davis, Veda Ann Borg, Lee 'Lasses' White, Sue England
Votes: 23
47. Kilroy Was Here (1947)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy
"Kilroy Was Here" was a popular expression during World War II, but it's not much fun to John J. Kilroy, who has to try to live with all the jokes and wisecracks regarding his name.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Jackie Coogan, Wanda McKay, Frank Jenks
Votes: 55
48. Rhythm Parade (1942)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A nightclub performer, jealous about the talents of an aspiring singer, tries to sabotage her chances at a professional career.
Directors: Howard Bretherton, Dave Gould | Stars: Nils T. Granlund, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Margaret Dumont
Votes: 30
49. Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh (Leon Errol), the manager of Joe Palooka (Joe Kirkkwood), trying to talk his way ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Morris Carnovsky, Elyse Knox
Votes: 28
50. Incident (1948)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Stockbroker Joe Downey(Warren Douglas), mistaken in the dark for gangster "Slats" Slattery (Robert Osterloh), is brutally beaten by a rival gangster, "Knuckles" Morgan (Meyer Grace), and ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Warren Douglas, Jane Frazee, Robert Osterloh, Joyce Compton
Votes: 112