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1. West of Abilene (1940)
Approved | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
Settlers of the rapidly-growing frontier town of Vaquero, who bought their land at five dollars an acre from an irrigation company, are being victimized by Forsythe (Don Beddoe) and Chris ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Ceder | Stars: Charles Starrett, Bruce Bennett, Marjorie Cooley, William Pawley
Votes: 16
2. Blazing Six Shooters (1940)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Music, Western
Karsin and Lash are after the Kenyon and Rawlins ranches where they have spotted silver ore. When Lash robs Rawlins and kills Kenyon, Jeff suspects them and makes a plan to nab the two. He ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Al Bridge
Votes: 28
3. The Colorado Trail (1938)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
Grant Bradley (Charles Starrett) after many years absence, returns to his home ground, rides into an on-going range war and sides with the Colorado cattlemen against a gang, led by his ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Nelson | Stars: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers, Bob Nolan
Votes: 12
4. The Mysterious Avenger (1936)
Passed | 54 min | Drama, Western
Two ranchers quarrel, suspecting each other of castle rustling. The son of one proves that it is the work of a gang and rounds them up.
Director: David Selman | Stars: Charles Starrett, Joan Perry, Wheeler Oakman, Edward LeSaint
Votes: 22
5. Thundering Frontier (1940)
Passed | 57 min | Western
A kindhearted hero takes on a gang of criminals in the old West.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Ray Bennett, Alex Callam
Votes: 13
6. Spoilers of the Range (1939)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
Beginning as usual with The Sons of the Pioneers singing "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" over the opening title and credit frames, which should be how all Westerns begin, especially those westerns ... See full summary »
Director: Charles C. Coleman | Stars: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers, Dick Curtis
Votes: 22
7. Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Passed | 124 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Bette Davis, John Garfield, The Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny
Votes: 2,531
8. Pecos Bill (1948)
23 min | Animation, Short, Western
The life of the legendary Texas cowboy with his horse, Widowmaker, and how his romance with Slue Foot Sue disrupted it.
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan, Luana Patten
Votes: 399
9. The Thundering West (1939)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
Outlaws Dale and Tucson quit Wolf's gang. Just as the two are about to rob the stage, Wolf and his gang beat them to it. Dale breaks it up saving the money and this gets him appointed ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Nelson | Stars: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers, Dick Curtis
Votes: 10
10. Outlaws of the Panhandle (1941)
Approved | 59 min | Drama, Music, Western
Jim Endicott has organized the ranchers into building a spur rail line so they can ship their cattle and avoid the rustlers. Faro Jack gets banker Potter to lend them the money and then ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Nelson | Stars: Charles Starrett, Frances Robinson, Stanley Brown, Norman Willis
Votes: 15
11. Two-Fisted Rangers (1939)
Approved | 62 min | Western
Thad Lawson arrives in Oak Valley to avenge the murder of his brother, the local sheriff. He learns that Jack Rand, powerful overlord of the town is to blame. After Rand murders newspaper ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers, Bob Nolan
Votes: 16
12. The Old Wyoming Trail (1937)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
When Bob Patterson arrives to buy cattle he gets caught up in Kenney's plan to take over Halliday's ranch. Kenney's gang led by Slade are keeping all cattle buyers away so Halliday will be ... See full summary »
Director: Folmar Blangsted | Stars: Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, Barbara Weeks, Dick Curtis
Votes: 26
13. Bullets for Rustlers (1940)
Approved | 58 min | Western
Steve Beaumont, an operative for the Cattleman's Protective Association, is assigned the difficult task of breaking up a murderous gang of rustlers led by Ed Brock and Strang. He takes ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Nelson | Stars: Charles Starrett, Lorna Gray, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers
Votes: 25
14. Outpost of the Mounties (1939)
Approved | 63 min | Western
Wade Beaumont (Dick Curtis), R. A. Kirby (Kenneth MacDonald) and Burke (Edmund Cobb), of the Caribou Trading Company, have reduced the miners and trappers almost to the point of slavery by ... See full summary »
Director: Charles C. Coleman | Stars: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Stanley Brown, Kenneth MacDonald
Votes: 18
15. Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Four young performers form an act and get a job in a nightclub. Before long, one of them gets the idea that the act is all about him, and his changes to the act to reflect his own ego, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Eddie Albert, Constance Moore, Joan Edwards, Gil Lamb
Votes: 40
16. Outlaws of the Prairie (1937)
Approved | 59 min | Drama, Music, Western
The Rangers are after a large outlaw gang. Dart arrives early with the rest of the troop following disguised as a medicine show. Dart learns Lupton is behind the gold shipment robberies and... See full summary »
Director: Sam Nelson | Stars: Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, Iris Meredith, Norman Willis
Votes: 24
17. Don't Fence Me In (1945)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Music, Western
Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magazine who comes West to find out the true story of Kelly, of whom Gabby seems to have mysterious knowledge.
Director: John English | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 270
18. The Old Homestead (1935)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy
Wertheimer, a New York radio talent scout, shows up at Uncle Jed's barn dance having received numerous letters from Nancy Shackelford, the adopted daughter of Uncle Jed Shackelford, telling... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Mary Carlisle, Lawrence Gray, Willard Robertson, Dorothy Lee
Votes: 29
19. A Feud There Was (1938)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The McCoys and the Weavers are two feuding hillbilly clans. Elmer Fudd, Peacemaker, attempts to end the fighting; but violence and zaniness win out.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 230
20. Red River Valley (1941)
Approved | 62 min | Drama, Music, Western
Ranchers, with the help of Roy, raise money to build a reservoir but lose it to a gambler through a crooked stock deal.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Sally Payne, Trevor Bardette
Votes: 118
21. Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
Those who might write about this film without seeing it might also question why the government needed horses during WW II (if that is all they knew about it from a short synopsis read ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers
Votes: 113
22. Call of the Canyon (1942)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Music, Western
Gene heads some cattlemen who have been swindled by McCoy. McCoy needed their money to pay off his gambling debt.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Sons of the Pioneers, Ruth Terry
Votes: 110
23. Man from Cheyenne (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Music, Western
Roy is a government man sent to solve a novel crime problem: a woman flirts with unsuspecting ranchers in order to get information from them which she passes on to her cattle-rustling gang.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Sally Payne, Lynne Carver
Votes: 110
24. Nighttime in Nevada (1948)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Music, Western
The bad guy steals a gold mine from his partner and then murders him. Next he turns to rustling cattle.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Adele Mara, Andy Devine
Votes: 151
25. The Man from Sundown (1939)
Approved | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
When young rancher Tom Kellogg is murdered just as he is about to testify against a gang of outlaws, Texas Ranger Larry Whelen arrive on the scene and sweeps into action. He traces the ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Nelson | Stars: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske, Jack Rockwell
Votes: 22
26. My Pal Trigger (1946)
Approved | 79 min | Western
Roy is unjustly accused of killing the stallion that mated with his mare who gives birth to - Trigger!
Directors: Frank McDonald, Yakima Canutt | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 541
27. Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
Approved | 65 min | Western
The story involves a rather odd flashback by Dale who is visiting El Dorado, home of her grandmother. She dreams about her grandmother's adventures including a romance with a cowboy who ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 120
28. Gallant Defender (1935)
Passed | 60 min | Western
Munro and his gang control the valley and are driving away all nesters. Johnny arrives, and taking an interest in Barbara McGrail, decides to help the nesters. He receives unexpected help ... See full summary »
Director: David Selman | Stars: Charles Starrett, Joan Perry, Harry Woods, Edward LeSaint
Votes: 32
29. Slightly Static (1935)
Passed | 19 min | Comedy, Short
Looking for a job in radio, the girls land a break when other performers walk out just before air time.
Director: William H. Terhune | Stars: Thelma Todd, Patsy Kelly, Harold Waldridge, Dell Henderson
Votes: 41
30. Eyes of Texas (1948)
Approved | 70 min | Drama, Music, Western
A ranch owner (Francis Ford) turns his place into a home for boys who have lost their fathers in World War II. His evil female lawyer (Nana Bryant) covets the ranch and works in cahoots ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Lynne Roberts, Andy Devine
Votes: 180
31. Man from Music Mountain (1943)
Approved | 71 min | Western
Roy returns to his hometown to make a radio appearance as a singing cowboy. There he finds himself in the middle of a war between sheep raisers and cattlemen.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers
Votes: 83
32. Rainbow Over Texas (1946)
Passed | 65 min | Western
Roy visits his home town while on a personal appearance tour. While there he enters a pony express race. To keep him from winning, bad guys try to sabotage Roy's entry. They fail, or course.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 114
33. Texas Stagecoach (1940)
Approved | 60 min | Western
The Kinkaids and the Harpers both run stage lines and are friendly competitors. Appleby is after the stage line and convinces the two owners to build a spur line to the same town. Then he ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers, Bob Nolan
Votes: 40
34. Rio Grande (1938)
Approved | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
Barker is after the Andrews ranch and kills Bart Andrews. But Bart had sent for Cliff and Cliff now arrives and takes over the fight against Barker. To get the necessary hands to drive ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Nelson | Stars: Charles Starrett, Ann Doran, Bob Nolan, Dick Curtis
Votes: 60
35. Rhythm on the Range (1936)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the ranch where he works. He tries to... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Bob Burns, Martha Raye
Votes: 363
36. The Durango Kid (1940)
Approved | 61 min | Western
The first film in which Charles Starrett played an alter-ego character known as "The Durango Kid" but this entry, for all intents and purposes, has only the names of Starrett and "Durango" ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Charles Starrett, Luana Walters, Kenneth MacDonald, Francis Walker
Votes: 181
37. Romance on the Range (1942)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Music, Western
The town of Granville has been shaken by a series of fur pelt thefts from a trading post, and a murder.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Sally Payne, Linda Hayes
Votes: 127
38. The Stranger from Texas (1939)
Passed | 54 min | Drama, Music, Western
With fences cut and livestock disappearing, Jeff Browning suspects his new neighbor, Dan Murdock. Sheriff Fletcher appeals to the U.S. Marshal for help, and Tom Murdock, Dan's son, is sent.... See full summary »
Director: Sam Nelson | Stars: Charles Starrett, Lorna Gray, Richard Fiske, Dick Curtis
Votes: 60
39. Melody Time (1948)
Approved | 75 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
An anthology of animated vignettes set to contemporary music.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dennis Day, Laverne Andrews
Votes: 6,948
40. Bells of Rosarita (1945)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Music, Western
Sue Farnum inherits a circus, but her dead father's partner is trying to take it away from her. Roy and Bob Nolan are filming a movie on location at the circus. They and a number of other ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 241
41. Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Music, Western
Rival rodeos are operated by good guy Gabby and bad guy Richard Powers. Dale is trying to choose between them, aided ultimately by Roy and the Sons of the Pioneers (who are radio singers).
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 246
42. Heart of the Golden West (1942)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Music, Western
Lambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides to ship the cattle on the River Boat. When Lambert and his men are unable to stop the boat, they rustle the cattle.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Bob Nolan
Votes: 128
43. Song of Nevada (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Music, Western
A western girl moves east and influenced badly by her snobby fiancé. She returns to sell her deceased father's ranch. The father isn't really dead, though; he's hoping that his friend Roy can restore the girl's western values.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Mary Lee
Votes: 137
44. Sons of the Pioneers (1942)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
Night raiders are burning down the ranchers' barns and poisoning their cattle. Sheriff Gabby, unable to cope, goes east to get help from Roy, descendant of two famous sheriffs. Roy is a ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Sons of the Pioneers, Bob Nolan
Votes: 138
45. Silver Spurs (1943)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Music, Western
Roy's boss has inherited a very large ranch, but the will keeps him from selling it--although his widow could. Lucky Miller is out to get control of the ranch, so he has a girl come West to... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Smiley Burnette, John Carradine
Votes: 177
46. Under Nevada Skies (1946)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Music, Western
Villains have stolen a jeweled crest containing a map which shows the location of a uranium deposit. With the help of Gabby and Dale and a posse of Indians, Roy recovers the crest.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 146
47. Man from Oklahoma (1945)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Music, Western
Roy spends most of this movie rescuing Dale from terrible fates. The film includes a reenactment of land rush opening the Oklahoma Territory.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 90
48. Way Up Thar (1935)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Hillbilly Jenny loves the son of his mother's creditor although his father wants him to marry the daughter of a moneyed man.
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Joan Davis, Myra Keaton, John W. Jackson, June Gittelson
Votes: 29
49. Sunset Serenade (1942)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
Bad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant ward. Roy, of course, saves the ranch for the girl.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers
Votes: 137
50. South of Arizona (1938)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Kenyon has the newly arriving Ranger shot and his man Martin assume the Ranger's identity. Clay finds the Ranger before he dies and learns the truth. But when Clay confronts Martin, Martin ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Nelson | Stars: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan, Dick Curtis
Votes: 29