The Dying Western – The Depression Era (1930s)
by Holypunq | created - 05 Jan 2016 | updated - 19 Jul 2016 | PublicThe 1930s is known as one of the worst decades for the Western genre. Between The Big Trail (1930) and Stagecoach (1939) there was barely any A-western made. Only between 10-15 westerns could be considered a big budget production. The big studios basically didn't want to touch them apart from a minor upswing in 1936, but the small studios without any money made a ton of them. Hardly any of them any good. Around 1000 westerns was created during the decade, and I've seen half of them. This is a list for those wondering what to track down from this semi-obscure wild west era.
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1. Stagecoach (1939)
Passed | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine
Votes: 53,726
2. Dodge City (1939)
Approved | 104 min | Western
A Texas cattle agent witnesses first hand, the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 5,763
3. Destry Rides Again (1939)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Western
Deputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger
Votes: 12,543 | Gross: $0.35M
4. The Big Trail (1930)
Passed | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.
Directors: Raoul Walsh, Louis R. Loeffler | Stars: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall
Votes: 4,339
5. Three Godfathers (1936)
Passed | 81 min | Western
Three fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan, Irene Hervey
Votes: 962
6. The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Western
During the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Donald Crisp
Votes: 2,653
7. Jesse James (1939)
GP | 106 min | Western
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
Directors: Henry King, Irving Cummings | Stars: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott
Votes: 4,947
8. Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936)
97 min | Western
A German-born Swiss citizen emigrates to the United States in search of a better life and making fortune. Based on the story of John Sutter, gold rush pioneer and founder of what would become the city of Sacramento.
Director: Luis Trenker | Stars: Luis Trenker, Viktoria von Ballasko, Werner Kunig, Karli Zwingmann
Votes: 221
9. Frontier Marshal (1939)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Western
Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 1,034
10. The Texas Rangers (1936)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, Western
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 838
11. Union Pacific (1939)
Passed | 135 min | Drama, Western
In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston
Votes: 3,382
12. The Plainsman (1936)
Passed | 113 min | Drama, Western
Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody attempt to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford
Votes: 2,428
13. The Phantom Empire (1935)
Approved | 245 min | Drama, Family, Romance
When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried ... See full summary »
Directors: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, Dorothy Christy
Votes: 539
14. The Texans (1938)
Passed | 92 min | Western
After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott, May Robson, Walter Brennan
Votes: 368
15. Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
Passed | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The masked hero leads a fighting force to fight a villian who plots the conquest of The Republic of Mexico.
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy, William Corson, Leander De Cordova
Votes: 464
16. The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939)
Passed | 74 min | Western
An orphan whose father has been killed by bandits inherits a mine. Cisco saves the mine and the child and also finds the child's real mother.
Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Cesar Romero, Marjorie Weaver, Chris-Pin Martin, George Montgomery
Votes: 180
17. Silver on the Sage (1939)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Western
Hoppy goes undercover as an Eastern gambler to rein in the fraternal perpetrators of a cattle-rustling scheme.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Ruth Rogers
Votes: 205
18. 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
19. Men of America (1932)
Passed | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Western
Gangsters come out West to hide out and the locals, led by a newcomer (William Boyd), fight them in self-defense before the local authorities arrive.
Directors: Ralph Ince, William Boyd | Stars: William Boyd, Charles 'Chic' Sale, Dorothy Wilson, Ralph Ince
Votes: 159
20. The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
Approved | 73 min | Western
Notoriuos liar Bill Barker, having been banished westward by the law, talks the townspeople of Martinez into making him Mayor and Judge. Here he must deal with the outlaw the Tonto Kid and ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Tryon | Stars: Harry Carey, Tim Holt, Evelyn Brent, Jean Rouverol
Votes: 259
21. Wells Fargo (1937)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, History, Western
The life and career of a Wells Fargo official frames this fictionalized account of the express company's formation.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Joel McCrea, Bob Burns, Frances Dee, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 640
22. Law and Order (1932)
Passed | 75 min | Western
A lawman sets out to tame Tombstone, Arizona.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Raymond Hatton, Russell Hopton
Votes: 341
23. Allegheny Uprising (1939)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1759, in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Valley, local settlers and Indian fighters try to persuade the British authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding Indians.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 1,800
24. Partners of the Plains (1938)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Western
Lorna Drake has inherited a ranch. Hoppy teaches her a bit about ranching and handles Scar Lewis, the bad guy, in the process.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Harvey Clark, Gwen Gaze
Votes: 198
25. Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
Passed | 85 min | Western
In the 1840s, Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Warner Baxter, Ann Loring, Bruce Cabot, Margo
Votes: 348
26. Phantom Thunderbolt (1933)
Passed | 63 min | Western
A cowboy called The Thunderbolt Kid comes to the aid of a town that is being threatened by outlaws who don't want a railroad to go through the town.
Director: Alan James | Stars: Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Frances Lee, Frank Rice
Votes: 137
27. Wagon Wheels (1934)
Passed | 56 min | Western
In 1844 scout Clint Belmet and his two sidekicks guide a wagon train to the newly opened Oregon territory despite hardships and Indian attack.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Billy Lee, Monte Blue
Votes: 345
28. The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
Passed | 121 min | Musical, Romance, Western
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Walter Pidgeon, Leo Carrillo
Votes: 463
29. Borderland (1937)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Western
Hoppy goes undercover as an outlaw (which permits him, for once, to drink and be mean to children) to track down a bunch of outlaws operating along the border. Loco, the head bad guy, ... See full summary »
Director: Nate Watt | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 237
30. The Lash (1930)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Don Francisco Delfina, a nobleman of Southern California in 1848, disguises himself as El Puma and leads a revolt against the tyrannical land agent and politician Peter Harkness.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Mary Astor, Fred Kohler, Marian Nixon
Votes: 173
31. The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)
Passed | 70 min | Romance, Western
In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid who happens to be there on holiday.
Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Warner Baxter, Lynn Bari, Cesar Romero, Henry Hull
Votes: 123
32. The Squaw Man (1931)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, Western
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Wyngate runs afoul of ... See full summary »
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Warner Baxter, Lupe Velez, Eleanor Boardman, Charles Bickford
Votes: 420
33. Call of the Prairie (1936)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Western
Hoppy has to bust up a gang of outlaws with the help of his sidekicks Shanghai and Johnny. As usual, he walks through the fusillade unscathed.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, Muriel Evans, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 206
34. Stand Up and Fight (1939)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, History, Romance
It starts in 1844 in Maryland, where Blake Cantrell, plantation owner with slaves, is forced by debts to sell his estate and his people. Then he leaves for Cumberland, looking for a job (... See full summary »
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Wallace Beery, Robert Taylor, Florence Rice, Helen Broderick
Votes: 329
35. Hop-a-Long Cassidy (1935)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
An evil ranch foreman tries to provoke a range war by playing two cattlemen against each other while helping a gang to rustle the cattle.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, Paula Stone, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 399
36. The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
Approved | 263 min | Western
Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws to drive them out. The ... See full summary »
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Robert Livingston, Chief Thundercloud, Silver Chief, Duncan Renaldo
Votes: 139
37. The Oregon Trail (1939)
Passed | 320 min | Western
Frontier scout Jeff Scott (Johnny Mack Brown) and his pal, Deadwood Hawkins (Fuzzy Knight), are hired by Washington officials to stop outlaw and Indian raids on pioneer wagon trains ... See full summary »
Directors: Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Louise Stanley, Fuzzy Knight, Bill Cody Jr.
Votes: 75
38. The Telegraph Trail (1933)
Passed | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.
Director: Tenny Wright | Stars: John Wayne, Duke, Frank McHugh, Marceline Day
Votes: 641
39. The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Western
A California mining camp is plagued by a series of murders. Four people come under suspicion for the killings and are swiftly run straight out of the camp. During a blizzard they take ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Jean Muir, Van Heflin, Virginia Weidler
Votes: 234
40. Under Western Stars (1938)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Western
Roy is elected to Congress to bring the misery of the "dustbowl" of the 1930s to the attention of Washington politicians.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, Maple City Four
Votes: 423
41. Range War (1939)
Passed | 65 min | Western
Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) comes to the rescue of the railroad when a land baron and his gang try to prevent its construction.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Britt Wood, Pedro de Cordoba
Votes: 179
42. Trail Dust (1936)
Open | 77 min | Western
Hoppy, Johnny and Windy are fighting a malicious gang trying to stop a cattle drive from reaching a drought-stricken North.
Director: Nate Watt | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 212
43. The Red Rider (1934)
Approved | 310 min | Western
Red Davison, the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, "Silent" Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sentences Slade to hang for the murder of Scotty McKee.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Buck Jones, Grant Withers, Marion Shilling, Walter Miller
Votes: 81
44. North of the Rio Grande (1937)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Western
Hoppy's brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers. To get them he makes himself seem to be a wanted man.
Director: Nate Watt | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 230
45. 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
46. Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938)
Passed | 56 min | Western
Against a background of exceptional mountain photography, Hoppy rushes to rid former sweetheart Nora Blake and Pappy's range of rustlers and bad guys.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Frank Darien, Nora Lane
Votes: 177
47. The Painted Stallion (1937)
Approved | 212 min | Western
The period is the 1820's and the first wagon train leaves Independence heading west to Santa Fe. In order to maintain his power, the ruthless Official at Santa Fe must not let them arrive ... See full summary »
Directors: Alan James, Ray Taylor, William Witney | Stars: Ray Corrigan, Hoot Gibson, LeRoy Mason, Duncan Renaldo
Votes: 196
48. Heritage of the Desert (1939)
Passed | 73 min | Western
John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his son, Marvin. Naab's daughter, Marian, ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Donald Woods, Evelyn Venable, Russell Hayden, Robert Barrat
Votes: 116
49. Heart of Arizona (1938)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Western
Belle Starr has returned from time in prison only to face a hail of bullets, along with rescue by Hoppy and the Bar 20 gang.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Natalie Moorhead
Votes: 216
50. Hills of Old Wyoming (1937)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Western
An evil deputy is using Indian half-breeds to rustle cattle. This causes trouble between the cattlemen and Indians. Hoppy, Windy and Lucky see that justice is served. Songs abound.
Director: Nate Watt | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Russell Hayden
Votes: 192
51. Three on the Trail (1936)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Western
An evil gang is involved in both cattle rustling and the robbing of stagecoaches. Hopalong Cassidy, Hoppy, must stop them without help from the sheriff who turns out be a major outlaw himself.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, Onslow Stevens, Muriel Evans
Votes: 213
52. Bar 20 Justice (1938)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Western
Outlaw miners have been stealing ore from Ann Dennis' mine. Hoppy spends much of his time running around in the mine shafts tracking down the crooks.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Gwen Gaze
Votes: 200
53. Sunset Trail (1938)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Western
Disguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude ranch in order to unmask the murderer of the owner's husband.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters
Votes: 192
54. The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936)
Approved | 229 min | Western
A masked hero called "The Eagle" leads California ranchers in a struggle against Russian Cossacks who are plotting to take over California and turn it into a Russian colony.
Directors: Ray Taylor, Mack V. Wright | Stars: Robert Livingston, Kay Hughes, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 102
55. Gold Mine in the Sky (1938)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Music, Western
As executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress doesn't marry without his approval.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, J.L. Franks' Golden West Cowboys
Votes: 102
56. The Vanishing Legion (1931)
Passed | 220 min | Adventure, Western
A mysterious master criminal known as The Voice plots with his gang to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Company, but the rightful heir has a secret army of her own to protect her rights.
Directors: Ford Beebe, B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Rex, William Desmond
Votes: 106
57. The Range Feud (1931)
Passed | 64 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
Clint Turner is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend Judy's father, a rival rancher who was an enemy of his own father.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Buck Jones, John Wayne, Susan Fleming, Edward LeSaint
Votes: 484
58. In Old Mexico (1938)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Western
Escaped criminal "The Fox" hates Hoppy and a Rurales colonel for imprisoning him and lures Cassidy to Mexico in order to exact his vengeance.
Director: Edward D. Venturini | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Paul Sutton
Votes: 194
59. Renegade Trail (1939)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
Hoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce when confidence men try to take her herd.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Charlotte Wynters
Votes: 188
60. The Devil Horse (1932)
Passed | 216 min | Drama, Western
Bob Norton, seeking his brother's killer, tangles with outlaws, wild horses, and a "wild" boy.
Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Harry Carey, Noah Beery, Frankie Darro, Apache
Votes: 54
61. Unknown Valley (1933)
69 min | Western
Looking for his missing father, Joe Gordon heads into the desert where Elders from a secret village find him unconscious. Attracted to Sheila O'Neill, the two plan an escape from the ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Buck Jones, Cecilia Parker, Wade Boteler, Frank McGlynn Sr.
Votes: 67
62. The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)
Approved | 62 min | Family, Western
An evil gunslinging midget comes to terrorize the good little people of Tiny Town. The townspeople organize to defeat him, and zany antics ensue.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Billy Curtis, Yvonne Moray, 'Little Billy' Rhodes, Billy Platt
Votes: 1,943
63. Fighting Thru; or, California in 1878 (1930)
Passed | 61 min | Western
Dan and Tennessee are successful gold miners. Ace Brady learns of their success and sends Fox to rob them. During the robbery Fox shoots Tennessee and Ace arrives to arrest Dan for the murder. Dan escapes but is now a wanted man.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Ken Maynard, Jeanette Loff, Wallace MacDonald, Carmelita Geraghty
Votes: 47
64. Rhythm of the Saddle (1938)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
Gene is the foreman at the ranch owned by wealthy rodeo owner Maureen. She will lose her rodeo contract unless sales improve.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Pert Kelton, Peggy Moran
Votes: 88
65. Rustlers' Valley (1937)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western
Hoppy clears Lucky on a charge of bank robbery and foils the plot of a crooked lawyer to rustle a herd of pedigree cattle and take over the valley.
Director: Nate Watt | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 229
66. The Mysterious Rider (1938)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, Western
Ben Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Douglass Dumbrille, Sidney Toler, Russell Hayden, Stanley Andrews
Votes: 107
67. Scarlet River (1933)
Passed | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film. Tom soon learns her foreman has been rustling and poisoning ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson, Lon Chaney Jr., Betty Furness
Votes: 224
68. The Light of Western Stars (1930)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick swears he will marry the first ... See full summary »
Directors: Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf | Stars: Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Harry Green, Regis Toomey
Votes: 175
69. Flaming Frontiers (1938)
Approved | 298 min | Drama, Western
Tom Grant has found a rich gold vein and Bart Eaton is after it. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gold fields and Eaton and his men follow. Eaton teams up with Ace Daggett who plans to ... See full summary »
Directors: Alan James, Ray Taylor | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Eleanor Hansen, John Archer, William Royle
Votes: 89
70. Billy the Kid (1930)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, Western
In this version of the Billy the Kid legend, Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff ... See full summary »
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson, Karl Dane
Votes: 462
71. The Singing Vagabond (1935)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tex rides to the rescue when badguys led by LaCrosse and Utah Joe kidnap Lettie.
Director: Carl Pierson | Stars: Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford, Smiley Burnette, Barbara Pepper
Votes: 81
72. The Cherokee Strip (1937)
Passed | 55 min | Western
It's the opening of the Cherokee Strip and Ling Carter has slipped in early and now controls the new town of Big Rock. His old nemesis Dick Hudson is also there but he is unsuccessful in ... See full summary »
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Robert Paige, Smoke
Votes: 77
73. Outlaws of Sonora (1938)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western
Dude's gang captures Stony and seeing the resemblance, Dude poses as Stony. Wanted for the robberies and murder committed by Dude, a wounded Stony escapes. After Doc Martin fixes him up, ... See full summary »
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Jack Mulhall
Votes: 81
74. 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
75. Zorro Rides Again (1937)
Approved | 212 min | Family, Western
The California-Yucatan Railroad, being built for the good of Mexico, is under siege by a gang of terrorists hoping to force its sale; no one can prove their connection to profiteer Marsden.... See full summary »
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: John Carroll, Noah Beery, Richard Alexander, Reed Howes
Votes: 337
76. The Renegade Ranger (1938)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Western
Texas Ranger Jack Steele is assigned to bring in former ranch owner Judith Alvarez, now the leader of a gang who is waging war against the crooked government officials who cheated the ranchers out of their land.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Rita Hayworth, Tim Holt, Ray Whitley
Votes: 365
77. 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: 289
78. The Lone Ranger (1938)
Approved | 264 min | Western
Heroic's of Lone Ranger & Tonto, matter!
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Silver Chief, Chief Thundercloud, Lynne Roberts, Stanley Andrews
Votes: 246
79. Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western
Cattle rustler Nevada dreams of living like an emperor in the West. Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys aim to put an end to his dream.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, Jean Rouverol, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 259
80. The Arizona Raiders (1936)
Approved | 57 min | Western
After saving himself from hanging, Laramie Nelson saves Tracks Williams from the same fate. They then travel to Lindsay's ranch where they get jobs. There they run into Adams who they learn is planning to rustle Lindsay's horses.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Raymond Hatton, Marsha Hunt, Betty Jane Rhodes
Votes: 106
81. Prairie Moon (1938)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
Gene takes care of three tough kids sent west from Chicago after their father died and left them a cattle ranch. They help him catch a bunch of rustlers.
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Shirley Deane, Tommy Ryan
Votes: 101
82. Haunted Gold (1932)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
John and Janet get a weird letter telling them to go to a ghost town which has an abandoned mine. There they contend with bad guys looking for hidden gold. They are aided by a mysterious Phantom.
Directors: Mack V. Wright, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising | Stars: John Wayne, Duke, Sheila Terry, Harry Woods
Votes: 762
83. Pals of the Saddle (1938)
Passed | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Foreign agents are smuggling monium (a chemical used in producing poison gas) into Mexico. The three Mesquiteers get involved when they ride to save a girl (really a government agent) on a runaway horse.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Doreen McKay
Votes: 416
84. Westward Ho (1935)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Western
As a youngster John Wyatt saw his parents killed and his brother kidnapped. On a wagon train heading West he meets his brother who is now a spy for the gang which originally did the dirty work. He and his brother both fall for Mary Gordon.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Frank McGlynn Jr., Jim Farley
Votes: 638 | Gross: $0.50M
85. Western Jamboree (1938)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Knowing that it contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch that Gene straw-bosses; when that fails, they lay a hidden pipeline to snag the gas.
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Jean Rouverol, Esther Muir
Votes: 100
86. Ghost-Town Gold (1936)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Western
The three Mesquiteers try to recover the gold stolen by a gang in its effort to ruin the banker/mayor who ordered them to leave town.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Kay Hughes
Votes: 133
87. Billy the Kid Returns (1938)
Passed | 53 min | Western
Rogers plays a lookalike to the dead Billy The Kid and restores the tranquility of Lincoln County after subduing the criminal element.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Lynne Roberts, Morgan Wallace
Votes: 311
88. Overland Stage Raiders (1938)
Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western
After gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers buy a plane to fly the gold out. The owner of the shipping line brings in Eastern gangsters to thwart them.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Wayne, Louise Brooks, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune
Votes: 542
89. Beyond the Rockies (1932)
Passed | 54 min | Western
Noted gunman Black Jack and his friends arrive and take jobs on the Allen ranch. Allen's hands have quit and his cattle are being rustled. When one of Black Jack's friends is killed by the ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Allen | Stars: Tom Keene, Rochelle Hudson, Marie Wells, Julian Rivero
Votes: 126
90. Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935)
Passed | 63 min | Mystery, Western
The heirs of the dying owner of a valuable radium mine are being murdered as a mining engineer tries to uncover the killer and clear his cousin's name.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Randolph Scott, Charles 'Chic' Sale, Mrs. Leslie Carter, George F. Marion
Votes: 435
91. South of the Border (1939)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Music, Western
Federal Agent Gene Autry and his sidekick Frog are sent to Mexico to prevent foreign powers from gaining control of Mexican oil refineries and fomenting revolution among the Mexican people.... See full summary »
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Lupita Tovar
Votes: 155
92. Fighting Caravans (1931)
Passed | 92 min | Western
A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.
Directors: Otto Brower, David Burton | Stars: Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall
Votes: 721
93. The Purple Vigilantes (1938)
Passed | 58 min | Western
David Ross organizes the ranchers into a vigilante group to rid the town of outlaws. The plan succeeds but the trouble starts when some of the men form a new vigilante group and posing as the original one plunder for loot.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Joan Barclay
Votes: 97
94. Heritage of the Desert (1932)
Passed | 60 min | Western
Nabb controls the pass and lets all the ranchers through except Holderness and his stolen cattle. When Nabb refuses to sell, Holderness works an his son Snap who has run up gambling debts. ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Randolph Scott, Sally Blane, J. Farrell MacDonald, David Landau
Votes: 192
95. The Eagle's Brood (1935)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western
When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, William Farnum, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 254
96. Man from Music Mountain (1938)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
When nasty land developers try to bilk honest ranchers who don't know their land holds lots of gold, Gene puts a stop to it.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, Sally Payne
Votes: 173
97. Red River Range (1938)
Passed | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Very organized cattle rustlers are operating with portable slaughterhouses and refrigerator vans. The governor asks the Three Mesquiteers to go undercover to investigate.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Lorna Gray
Votes: 453
98. Treachery Rides the Range (1936)
Passed | 56 min | Western
The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from hunters. But Carter, of Carter and Barton, just signed a big contract for furs and ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Dick Foran, Paula Stone, Craig Reynolds, Monte Blue
Votes: 110
99. Pride of the West (1938)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, Western
Caldwell and Nixon have their men rob the stage and then critcize the Sheriff for not catching the robbers. With her father the Sheriff under pressure, Mary sends for Hoppy who finds the ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Earle Hodgins
Votes: 186
100. Sunset Range (1935)
Passed | 60 min | Western
Grant hides stolen money in the luggage of Bonnie Shea who is moving west. Later when he and his men arrive to retrieve the money, they also kidnap Bonnie. This sends Reasonin' Bates and ... See full summary »
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Mary Doran, James Eagles, Walter McGrail
Votes: 95
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