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1. Stump the Stars (1947– )
30 min | Game-Show
Television's first treatment of "Charades" as played by Hollywood celebrities. The giveaway was the use of gestures that defined "film", "TV show", "book" or "song" as well as "small word (... See full summary »
Stars: Mike Stokey, Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Beverly Garland
Votes: 106
2. Sunrise (1927)
Passed | 94 min | Drama, Romance
A sophisticated city woman seduces a farmer and convinces him to murder his wife and join her in the city, but he ends up rekindling his romance with his wife when he changes his mind at the last moment.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing
Votes: 54,165 | Gross: $0.54M
3. Studio 57 (1954–1958)
30 min | Drama, Family
This dramatic anthology series went into open syndication when the DuMont Television Network ceased operations.
Stars: Joel Aldrich, Tim Graham, Jean Byron, Marguerite Chapman
Votes: 244
4. 3 Bad Men (1926)
Unrated | 122 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Lou Tellegen, Tom Santschi
Votes: 1,515
5. Whispering Smith Speaks (1935)
Approved | 65 min | Western
Railroad president's son learns the business by starting as a track walker. He alerts a girl he meets that her land contains valuable minerals.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Irene Ware, Kenneth Thomson, Maude Allen
Votes: 52
6. Mystery Ranch (1932)
Passed | 56 min | Mystery, Western
An undercover ranger investigates a deranged rancher who acts as a law unto himself, finding a girl held as a prisoner until she agrees to marry the madman.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Charles Middleton, Charles Stevens
Votes: 82
7. Fort Apache (1948)
Passed | 128 min | Drama, Western
At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz
Votes: 19,846
8. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Passed | 104 min | Western
Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson
Votes: 19,421
9. The Iron Horse (1924)
Passed | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance
After witnessing the murder of his father by a renegade as a boy, the grown-up Brandon helps to realize his father's dream of a transcontinental railway.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick
Votes: 2,464 | Gross: $2.06M
10. Assignment: Underwater (1960–1961)
30 min | Adventure
The story of Bill Greer, an ex-marine turned owner of the "Lively Lady", a charter boat for hire.
Stars: Bill Williams, Diane Mountford, William Henry, Ralph Moody
Votes: 42
11. Hard Rock Harrigan (1935)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Tim 'Hard Rock" Harrigan, a construction-crew driller working on the site of the Boulder Dam, is in a constant feud with his crew-boss "Black Jack" Riley, because of Harrigan's dislike of ... See full summary »
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Irene Hervey, Fred Kohler, Dean Benton
Votes: 13
12. The Sea Hawk (1924)
Passed | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A wrongly-convicted English gentleman goes from galley slave to pirate captain.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Milton Sills, Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes, Wallace Beery
Votes: 639 | Gross: $0.78M
13. East Side, West Side (1927)
Passed | 92 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
After his mother and stepfather have been killed in a barge accident, John Breen is rescued from some East Side toughs by the Lipvitches. He remains in the city, determined to find his real... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: George O'Brien, Virginia Valli, J. Farrell MacDonald, Dore Davidson
Votes: 165
14. 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: 317
15. The Rainbow Trail (1932)
Passed | 65 min | Western
Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage (1931).
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Minna Gombell, Roscoe Ates
Votes: 32
16. Frontier Marshal (1934)
Passed | 66 min | Drama, Western
While cleaning Tombstone of outlaws, Michael Wyatt receives the amorous attentions of a saloon dancer.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: George O'Brien, Irene Bentley, George E. Stone, Alan Edwards
Votes: 23
17. Just Tony (1922)
Passed | 70 min | Western
A cowboy seeks revenge against the man who shot him in a bar-room brawl. While searching for him, he comes across a wild stallion that he is determined to capture and break, and unknowingly... See full summary »
Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, J.P. Lockney, Claire Adams
Votes: 44
18. Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
PG | 154 min | Drama, History, Western
The Cheyenne, tired of broken U.S. government promises, head for their ancestral lands but a sympathetic cavalry officer is tasked to bring them back to their reservation.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo
Votes: 6,491
19. The Johnstown Flood (1926)
Passed | 66 min | Drama
Follows Tom O'Day, who is loved by two women: Anna Burger and Gloria Hamilton. He has no idea of Anna's love for him, and he becomes engaged to Gloria.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: George O'Brien, Florence Gilbert, Janet Gaynor, Anders Randolf
Votes: 311
20. Noah's Ark (1928)
Passed | 135 min | Drama, War
The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery, Louise Fazenda
Votes: 920 | Gross: $1.37M
21. The Gay Caballero (1932)
Passed | 60 min | Western
Football star Ted Radcliffe goes west to manage an inherited cattle ranch. Empire builder and cattle thief Don Paco is hounded by El Coyote (who is really Don Bob) who now has a partner in ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: George O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Conchita Montenegro, Linda Watkins
Votes: 27
22. Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood (1940)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Hobart Cavanaugh, Lewis Stone, Tom Mix, Freeman F. Gosden
Votes: 10
23. Sharp Shooters (1928)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his ship to sail. She falls in love with him, and when his ship leaves port she decides to show ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: George O'Brien, Lois Moran, Noah Young, Tom Dugan
Votes: 39
24. When a Man's a Man (1935)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Western
A man who has spent all his inheritance, finds meaning in life, and love, at ranch where his ingenuity is put to good use.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: George O'Brien, Dorothy Wilson, Paul Kelly, Harry Woods
Votes: 104
25. Legion of the Lawless (1940)
Passed | 59 min | Western
In the 13th film of the 17 B-westerns George O'Brien made in 1937-1940 for RKO (who would remake "Legion of the Lawless" two years later as "Pirates of the Prairie" with Tim Holt), O'Brien,... See full summary »
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Herbert Heywood, Norman Willis
Votes: 108
26. The Dancers (1925)
70 min | Drama
Young Tony, unable to make a living in crowded and fast-paced London, goes to South America in search of his fortune. He soon becomes the owner of a saloon and dance hall. One of the ... See full summary »
Director: Emmett J. Flynn | Stars: George O'Brien, Alma Rubens, Madge Bellamy, Templar Saxe
Votes: 48
27. Moran of the Lady Letty (1922)
Passed | 68 min | Adventure
A milquetoast young man of society toughens up once he's shanghaied and falls for the captain's tomboy daughter.
Director: George Melford | Stars: Dorothy Dalton, Rudolph Valentino, Charles Brinley, Walter Long
Votes: 369
28. My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
Approved | 101 min | Biography, Musical
The life of Irish tenor Chauncey Olcott is chronicled from his childhood to his days as the toast of New York. In between, his rise to the top is complicated by romances with two women: his... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Andrea King, Arlene Dahl, Alan Hale
Votes: 440
29. The Golden West (1932)
74 min | Drama, Western
Lovers David Lynch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers' son, he escapes to the West. He marries, and when his son is two, he ... See full summary »
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Janet Chandler, Marion Burns, Arthur Pierson
Votes: 32
30. Robbers' Roost (1932)
Passed | 64 min | Drama, Western
Running from the law, Jim Hall joins Hays' gang. Hays is foreman on the Herrick ranch and plans to rustle Herrick's cattle. Attracted to Herrick's sister Helen, Jim decides to tell the ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: George O'Brien, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter McGrail, Maude Eburne
Votes: 61
31. The Roughneck (1924)
Passed | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A storm forces beautiful Felicity Arden (Billie Dove) to take refuge in Mad Marrat's dwelling on the South Sea Isle.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: George O'Brien, Billie Dove, Harry T. Morey, Cleo Madison
Votes: 25
32. Paid to Love (1927)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Romance
An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank's money and shore up the country's weak economy in order to maximize the return on their investment. Towards ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: George O'Brien, Virginia Valli, J. Farrell MacDonald, William Powell
Votes: 173
33. The Border Patrolman (1936)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
When a border patrolman catches their spoiled daughter smoking in a no-smoking area, parents hire him to watch over her. She then runs over to Mexico and gets involved with jewel thieves and he has to go save her.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Polly Ann Young, Smiley Burnette, LeRoy Mason
Votes: 74
34. Racketeers of the Range (1939)
Passed | 62 min | Western
Ranchers and cattlemen take on a packing company and a dubious lawyer.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: George O'Brien, Chill Wills, Marjorie Reynolds, Gay Seabrook
Votes: 121
35. Fig Leaves (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
In the modern day (1920s) story, Adam, a plumber, is happily married to Eve, a wardrobe-obsessed housewife, until she accidentally meets a supercilious fashion designer. At the prompting of... See full summary »
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Phyllis Haver, George Beranger
Votes: 310
36. The Dude Ranger (1934)
Passed | 65 min | Western
An Easterner inherits a cattle ranch, only to discover that thousands of cattle have been stolen. He secretly signs on as a hired hand at his own ranch to discover who's stealing them.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: George O'Brien, Irene Hervey, LeRoy Mason, Syd Saylor
Votes: 154
37. Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Lassiter's sister was killed and her young daughter taken and raised by outlaws. Years later Lassiter arrives at the Withersteen ranch looking for his now-grown niece. He immediately gets ... See full summary »
Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: George O'Brien, Marguerite Churchill, Noah Beery, Yvonne Pelletier
Votes: 101
38. Smoke Lightning (1933)
63 min | Drama, Romance, Western
After Smoke wins the Blake ranch in a poker game, Blake commits suicide and Smoke deeds the ranch to Blake's young daughter. But the Sheriff is after the ranch and has Smoke arrested for ... See full summary »
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Nell O'Day, Betsy King Ross, Frank Atkinson
Votes: 36
39. The Marshal of Mesa City (1939)
Passed | 62 min | Western
A former lawman comes to Mesa City and puts a damper on the corrupt activities of the local sheriff.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Leon Ames, Henry Brandon
Votes: 204
40. Triple Justice (1940)
Approved | 66 min | Romance, Western
Rancher Brad Henderson (George O'Brien) rides to Star City to be the best man at the wedding of his boyhood friend Sheriff Bill Gregory (LeRoy Mason) Encountering Fred Cleary (Paul Fix), ... See full summary »
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Peggy Shannon, Harry Woods
Votes: 87
41. Stage to Chino (1940)
Passed | 59 min | Western
To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.
Director: Edward Killy | Stars: George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Hobart Cavanaugh, Roy Barcroft
Votes: 137
42. Blindfold (1928)
65 min | Drama
Director: Charles Klein | Stars: Lois Moran, George O'Brien, Maria Alba, Earle Foxe
Votes: 13
43. December 7th (1943)
Unrated | 82 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
Directors: John Ford, Gregg Toland | Stars: Walter Huston, Harry Davenport, Dana Andrews, Paul Hurst
Votes: 1,013
44. Prairie Law (1940)
Passed | 59 min | Western
Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills him. Curry ... See full summary »
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Dick Hogan, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 125
45. Lawless Valley (1938)
Passed | 59 min | Western
On parole (he was framed of course), Larry Rhodes can't carry a gun. And his sweetheart is in danger of a forced marriage...
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Kay Sutton, Walter Miller, Fred Kohler
Votes: 157
46. O'Malley of the Mounted (1936)
Approved | 59 min | Drama, Western
O'Malley pretends to be an outlaw in order to join a gang terrorizing towns along the American border.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Irene Ware, Stanley Fields, James Bush
Votes: 26
47. The Ghost Breaker (1922)
57 min | Comedy, Horror
A young man and his manservant, escaping from a backwoods family feud, are persuaded by a beautiful young heiress to help her rid her newly-gained Spanish castle of ghosts. The ghostly ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Wallace Reid, Lila Lee, Walter Hiers, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Votes: 33
48. The Cowboy Millionaire (1935)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Western
Englishwoman falls for dude ranch cowboy but goes back to England when she thinks he's only pretending. But he follows her to England.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: George O'Brien, Evalyn Bostock, Edgar Kennedy, Maude Allen
Votes: 95
49. Thunder Mountain (1935)
Approved | 68 min | Western
Gold prospector O'Brien stakes a claim but is cheated by a saloonkeepr. He plots revenge.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Barbara Fritchie, Frances Grant, Morgan Wallace
Votes: 55
50. Trouble in Sundown (1939)
Passed | 60 min | Western
The bank has been robbed, the night watchman killed and the safe opened. The townspeople want John as he was the only one with the combination. Clint gets John out of town but before the ... See full summary »
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Rosalind Keith, Ray Whitley, Chill Wills
Votes: 154