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1.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
The Brothers
(1958)
30 min | Western
Hoby tracks down Mal Cody after his twin brother Wes steals Hoby's badge, identification, gun, money and horse and poses as Hoby to break Mal out of jail.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Robert Culp, Steve McQueen, Rebecca Welles, Richard Devon
Votes: 42
2. Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Approved | 25 min | Western
The adventures of a gentlemanly gunfighter-for-hire.
Stars: Richard Boone, Kam Tong, Hal Needham, Stewart East
Votes: 3,328
3. Union Pacific (1958–1959)
30 min | Western
Bart McClelland supervises rail construction for Union Pacific west of Omaha dealing with everything from marauders to land issues. He's aided by surveyor Billy Kincaid and Georgia who runs the mobile Golden Nugget saloon.
Stars: Jeff Morrow, Judson Pratt, Susan Cummings, J.M. Kerrigan
Votes: 64
4.
The Rebel (1959–1961)
Episode:
Johnny Yuma
(1959)
Approved | 25 min | Western
Johnny Yuma returns home one year after the war's end to find a gang of thugs have extorted a local mine and murdered his father while his father's deputy and the rest of the town live in fear and despair.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Nick Adams, John Carradine, Richard Bakalyan, Jeanette Nolan
Votes: 117
5. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 8,738
6. White Heat (1949)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly
Votes: 35,726
7. Medic (1954–1956)
30 min | Drama
Highlights the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors and surgeons headed by Dr. Konrad Styner. One of the first medical shows on TV that paid strict attention to detail, and... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Boone, Mary Stewart, Robert Stevenson, Robert Bray
Votes: 181
8.
The Rebel (1959–1961)
Episode:
Angry Town
(1960)
Approved | 25 min | Western
Yuma kills a man appointed sheriff by his gang leader brother who seeks revenge by intimidating the fearful townspeople into not transacting any business with him.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Nick Adams, Jack Elam, Ron Soble, Ian MacDonald
Votes: 45
9.
Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Little Man
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Western
Jim Hardie is in Clay City when the stage comes in driven by two passengers with the driver and shotgun dead and the cash stolen. They say two men held it up but Hardie suspects the two passengers but one of them would seem incapable.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Dale Robertson, Read Morgan, Walter Burke, Steve Mitchell
Votes: 50
10.
Trackdown (1957–1959)
Episode:
Alpine, Texas
(1957)
30 min | Western
Hoby rides into Alpine, Texas looking for a friend. He finds instead a hatred for the Texas Rangers-- and the entire town sides against him to drive him out.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Robert Culp, Ian MacDonald, Virginia Christine, Robert Griffin
Votes: 30
11. High Noon (1952)
PG | 85 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 110,133 | Gross: $9.45M
12.
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963)
Episode:
Hunt the Man Down
(1959)
Not Rated | 26 min | Western
Neither side has a clean path to victory in the case of two brothers at each other's throats over a woman, a whip, and a wire fence.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Richard Boone, Robert J. Wilke, James Drury, Madlyn Rhue
Votes: 101
13.
Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961)
Episode:
Stage for Tucson
(1956)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
A Tucson-bound stagecoach stops for a half-hour rest at an isolated depot. The local sheriff is waiting to identify one of the travelers as a bank robber.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Eddie Albert, Mona Freeman, John Ericson, Rusty Lane
Votes: 53
14. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Western
Agent Jim Hardie splits his life between being an agent helping Wells Fargo cope with bad guys, and owning a ranch near San Francisco, California.
Stars: Dale Robertson, Art Felix, Kit Carson, William Demarest
Votes: 1,232
15. Trackdown (1957–1959)
30 min | Western
Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman travels the Old West tracking down assorted killers, bank robbers, horse thieves, and other evil-doers.
Stars: Robert Culp, Norman Leavitt, Ellen Corby, Peter Leeds
Votes: 336
16. The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series with episodes split between comedies and drama. Anita Colby and Arlene Dahl shared hosting duties the first season that was originally filmed live but switched to film. ... See full summary »
Stars: Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, Dorothy Green
Votes: 65
17. The Rebel (1959–1961)
Approved | 30 min | Western
After the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Army private roams the Wild West, and, as a rogue drifter, gets involved in helping out various settlers threatened by various bad guys.
Stars: Nick Adams, Chuck Hamilton, Sid Troy, Ross Sturlin
Votes: 652
18. State Trooper (1956–1959)
30 min | Drama
Rod Blake, a State Trooper is an officer of the Nevada Department of Public Safety. The setting is in the 1950s American West.
Stars: Rod Cameron, Robert Armstrong, Don Haggerty, Paul Stader
Votes: 121
19.
The Lone Ranger (1949–1957)
Episode:
Stage to Estacado
(1953)
TV-G | 23 min | Western
The Lone Ranger and Tonto head for Estacado when a gold strike in the area attracts a confidence man Dan Gerber
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: John Hart, Jay Silverheels, Ian MacDonald, Lee Van Cleef
Votes: 47
20.
TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956)
Episode:
France's Greatest Detective
(1955)
30 min | Drama
The story of Alphonse Bertillion, a low level employee of the French police, who developed a theory of identifying suspects by their unique physical measurements, like the size of the head.... See full summary »
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Arthur Franz, Lawrence Dobkin, Ian MacDonald, Edgar Barrier
Votes: 7
21. The Lone Ranger (1949–1957)
TV-G | 30 min | Western
The adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner.
Stars: Jay Silverheels, Clayton Moore, John Hart, Bill Ward
Votes: 2,870
22. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
23.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode:
Dull Knife Strikes for Freedom
(1957)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Major Benteen asks Earp and Masterson to take a posse to cut off Chief Dull Knife and his Cheyenne tribe who left Oklahoma. Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother ask Earp to try to intercede with Dull Knife putting Earp in a tough position.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Ian MacDonald, Mason Alan Dinehart, Paul Fierro
Votes: 38
24.
Medic (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Good Samaritan
(1956)
Drama
Dr. Styner stops to help a married couple involved in an automobile accident, but finds himself on trial for medical malpractice when the wife subsequently and surprisingly becomes addled and partially paralyzed on her left side.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Richard Boone, Fredd Wayne, Andrew Duggan, Helene Hatch
Votes: 11
25.
State Trooper (1956–1959)
Episode:
Diamonds Come High
(1957)
30 min | Drama
Blake investigate pilots working for a charter airplane company when $200,000 worth of diamonds are stolen.
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Rod Cameron, Robert Rockwell, Doris Singleton, Will J. White
Votes: 13
26. Johnny Guitar (1954)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Western
After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady
Votes: 19,740
27. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
Loosely based on historical fact, the series portrays the gunslinging Wyatt Earp and his successful determination for law and order.
Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Jimmy Noel, Ethan Laidlaw, Bill Coontz
Votes: 1,106
28. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law. Will Dixon's vicious nature get the better of him?
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed
Votes: 9,952
29. Racket Squad (1950–1953)
30 min | Crime, Drama
This series dramatizes confidence games which fall under the jurisdiction of Captain John Braddock.
Stars: Reed Hadley, Hugh Beaumont, Keith Richards, Griff Barnett
Votes: 155
30.
Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
Episode:
Dirt
(1958)
TV-G | 30 min | Western
The only man who didn't treat Beulah like dirt is marrying another woman, but her brother doesn't want him in the family. When the groom is shot leaving the church, everyone suspects the new brother-in-law.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake
Votes: 209
31. Dark Passage (1947)
Passed | 106 min | Film-Noir, Thriller
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 21,959
32. 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: 582
33. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
30 min | Adventure, Family
A TV series adaptated from the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the ... See full summary »
Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Henry Corden
Votes: 65
34. City Detective (1953–1955)
30 min | Drama
Lieutenant Bart Grant is a city detective more in theory then reality. His police work takes him into Mexico and the Mojave desert. Grant primarily solves his cases with physicality then sleuthing ability.
Stars: Rod Cameron, Walter Reed, Dorothy Green, Jorja Curtright
Votes: 42
35. Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1952–1954)
30 min | Adventure
A husband-and-wife spy team poses as American importers behind the Iron Curtain.
Stars: Alan Hale Jr., Randy Stuart, Jay Novello, John Wengraf
Votes: 74
36.
The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode:
Return to the Chateau D'if
(1956)
Adventure, Family
In the Château d'If, the Count tells the story of his imprisonment.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Henry Corden, Nancy Hale
Votes: 7
37.
Riverboat (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Unwilling
(1959)
49 min | Adventure, Western
Even though Dan Simpson lost his last cargo, he refuses to give up his dream of building a general store in the West. The river pirates that made $20,000 stealing his merchandise the first ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Darren McGavin, Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Debra Paget
Votes: 23
38. Battleground (1949)
Approved | 118 min | Action, Drama, History
True tale about a squad of the 101st Airborne Division coping with being trapped by the Germans in the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy
Votes: 7,859 | Gross: $10.29M
39. Riverboat (1959–1961)
60 min | Adventure, Western
Grey Holden wins a river boat in a poker game, which he then pilots, along with his crew, in various adventures along the Mississippi River. This action series is set in the nineteenth century.
Stars: Darren McGavin, Dick Wessel, Jack Lambert, Burt Reynolds
Votes: 228
40. Fireside Theatre (1949–1955)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series which became the first successful filmed series on American television.
Stars: Gene Raymond, John Warburton, Nolan Leary, Dabbs Greer
Votes: 96
41.
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954–1959)
Episode:
Higgins Rides Again
(1955)
30 min | Family, Western
Retired Marshall Higgins decides to run for Marshall against a villain who is also in the race.
Director: Robert G. Walker | Stars: Lee Aaker, James Brown, Joe Sawyer, William Fawcett
Votes: 15
42. TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Family-oriented stories from the pages of "Reader's Digest" were dramatized on film.
Stars: Hugh Reilly, Gene Raymond, Richard Reeves, Helen Mowery
Votes: 60
43. The Court of Last Resort (1957–1958)
30 min | Crime, Drama
The Court of Last Resort was founded by Erle Stanley Gardner in the 1950s. The team sought to reveal whether someone already found guilty might really be innocent. The show dramatized the ... See full summary »
Stars: Lyle Bettger, Carleton G. Young, Robert H. Harris, S. John Launer
Votes: 53
44. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Approved | 140 min | War, Western
A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 6,903
45. Road House (1948)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Drama, Film-Noir
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark
Votes: 3,160
46. Pursued (1947)
Passed | 101 min | Western
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum, Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger
Votes: 3,831
47. The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957)
60 min | Drama
An anthology of mini-features, new productions largely consisting of hasty retreads of successful 20th Century Fox movies.
Stars: Joseph Cotten, Jesse White, Carl Benton Reid, Grandon Rhodes
Votes: 235
48. The Man Behind the Badge (1953–1955)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Stories taken from the files of various law-enforcement agencies, including city, county and state police, park rangers, military police, etc.
Stars: Norman Rose, Charles Bickford, Joel Aldred, Paul Brinegar
Votes: 69
49.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961)
Episode:
Big Brother Virgil
(1958)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
A divorced woman working the mayor's office and a childhood friend of the Earps, has Virgil Earp arriving to protect Wyatt from her. Her boyfriend's family is not so sure they want her in their family but are jealous of Bat and Wyatt.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Ross Elliott, Mason Alan Dinehart, Michael Emmet
Votes: 41
50. Warlock (1959)
Passed | 121 min | Western
A 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.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 7,052 | Gross: $3.71M