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101. Detouring America (1939)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
This travelogue across America is filled with sight gags such as the 'Old Reliable' geyser spitting into a spittoon, cliff-dwelling Indians who walk horizontally up and down the faces of ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 357
102. Oro diablo (2000)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The town of Papayal is located in the Amazon jungle. It is ruled by violence, greed and vice. It has grown around mines where gold is extracted, and where mercury has severely destroyed the... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Novoa | Stars: Rocío Miranda, Laureano Olivares, Armando Gota, Pedro Lander
Votes: 76
103. Bad Lands (1939)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Drama, Western
A posse of nine and Sheriff Bill Cummings set out after a renegade named Apache Jack, who has murdered the wife of Lopez, one of the posse members. The others are Rayburn, Chic Lyman, Billy... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Robert Barrat, Noah Beery Jr., Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Andy Clyde
Votes: 212
104. The Last Frontier (1926)
Passed | 80 min | Western
Impoverished by the Civil War and eager to replenish his fortune in the West, Colonel Halliday, his wife, and his daughter, Beth, proceed toward Salina, Kansas by wagon train, at the ... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: William Boyd, Marguerite De La Motte, Jack Hoxie, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 25
105. The Force on Thunder Mountain (1978)
93 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A skeptic takes his young son on a camping trip to a supposedly haunted forested mountain only to discover that something really is up there with them.
Director: Peter B. Good | Stars: Christopher Cain, Todd Dutson, Borge West, David Fogg
Votes: 156
106. Northwest Territory (1951)
Approved | 61 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Fort McKenzie prospector Pop Kellogg, just before the arrival of his newly-orphaned grandson Billy, is killed by McBeau and Dawson, who seek the map showing Pop's secret oil claim. Billy, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Kirby Grant, Chinook, Gloria Saunders, Warren Douglas
Votes: 37
107. The Barrier (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure
Years after Alaskan storekeeper Gale had rescued his ward Necia from Bennett, her murderous sea-captain father, Bennett shows up seeking his daughter -- and revenge.
Director: George W. Hill | Stars: Norman Kerry, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, Marceline Day
Votes: 26
108. Klondike Fury (1942)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A neurosurgeon is thrown out of the medical profession after he performs a daring but unsuccessful surgery. He flees to Alaska, where his plane crashes in the frozen wilderness.
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Lucile Fairbanks, William Henry, Ralph Morgan
Votes: 112
109. The Mission in the Desert (1911)
Short, Western
Nell, the Mexican girl, trusted Ned, the young prospector. She trusted him with her honor and all that a woman holds sacred. She loved him. He was young and rash, but not bad at heart and ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beal | Stars: Harry A. Pollard, Margarita Fischer
110. Burning Daylight (1920)
60 min | Drama
A financier tries several times to fleece a successful gold prospector, first on a visit to Alaska and later in New York City using his niece to entice the miner into a stock deal.
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Mitchell Lewis, Helen Ferguson, William V. Mong, Alfred Allen
111. Senorita from the West (1945)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Western
Determined to become a radio singer, a young girl runs away from her family. She hooks up with a man who is actually the real voice of a famous radio crooner, who actually can't sing at all.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Allan Jones, Bonita Granville, Jess Barker, George Cleveland
Votes: 26
112. Untamed Heiress (1954)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Western
Walter Martin and Eddie Taylor are a couple of theatrical agents, and they receive a visit from Andrew "Cactus" Clayton, who is looking for Effie Canova, who grub-staked him years ago. He ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Judy Canova, Don 'Red' Barry, George Cleveland, Taylor Holmes
Votes: 37
113. The Ghost Town (1944)
7 min | Animation, Short, Horror
Gandy Goose and Sourpuss are prospectors looking for a place to spend the night.
Director: Mannie Davis | Star: Tom Morrison
Votes: 40
114. The Stronger Love (1916)
50 min | Drama
Nell, a beautiful mountain girl, is a member of the Serviss family, rivals of the neighboring Rutherford family. Nell is engaged to Jim Serviss, who is the head of their clan, but when, by ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Vivian Martin, Edward Peil Sr., Frank Lloyd, Jack Livingston
115. Colorado (1921)
50 min | Western
While in an army camp waiting to be discharged, Lt. Frank Hayden sees a fellow officer, Capt. Kincaid, attacking a girl. He stops Kincaid, thrashing him soundly in the process. However, to ... See full summary »
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Frank Mayo, Charles Newton, Gloria Hope, Lillian West
116. 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: 56
117. Two in Revolt (1936)
Passed | 65 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The horse and a dog Lightning share the same birthday. Both are born in captivity, but end up escaping to the wilderness where they become close friends. When wolves attack a herd of wild ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Tryon | Stars: John Arledge, Louise Latimer, Moroni Olsen, Harry Jans
Votes: 76
118. The Miner's Daughter (1950)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
Mining for gold with her father, Clementine is smitten with a snobby Harvard boy who comes prospecting across the river.
Directors: Robert Cannon, John Hubley | Stars: Jim Backus, Bill Scott, Harry Stanton, Gloria Wood
Votes: 59
119. The Flame of the Yukon (1926)
Passed | 65 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
George Fowler, a young man from the states, arrives at the Mias saloon, and the proprietor, "Blak Jack" Hovey, orders a saloon girl, known only as "The Flame," to fleece him. When she ... See full summary »
Director: George Melford | Stars: Seena Owen, Arnold Gray, Matthew Betz, Jack McDonald
Votes: 23
120. The Golden Bullet (1917)
30 min | Short, Western
A bandit tries to incriminate an innocent man for his own crimes.
Director: Fred Kelsey | Stars: Harry Carey, Fritzi Brunette, Vester Pegg, William Steele
121. The Wild North (1955)
100 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Western spoof set in the "Wild North", the Finnish Lapland. A young woman whose gold-digger father was killed two years earlier thinks the killer was Tundra-Tauno. She goes after him but ... See full summary »
Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Tapio Rautavaara, Elina Pohjanpää, Matti Oravisto, Aino-Maija Tikkanen
Votes: 142
122. Clancy of the Mounted (1933)
Passed | 225 min | Adventure, Drama
A Canadian Mountie is assigned to bring in his brother, who was framed for the murder of a gold mine owner.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Tom Tyler, Julie Bishop, Earl McCarthy, William Desmond
Votes: 28
123. Overland Trails (1948)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Johnny Murdock, who hasn't seen his father for some time, learns at Gold Flats that he has been killed by road agents, according to mining engineer Carter Morgan of Brandon Enterprises. He ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Belmont, Bill Kennedy
Votes: 13
124. Apache Gold (1910)
Short, Western
John Mills, a young prospector, takes advantage of an accident to Spring Blossom, the daughter of an Apache chief, to win her affections and get himself adopted as a member of the tribe and... See full summary »
125. The Silent Hero (1927)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Bud Taylor loves Mary Stoddard but is leaving for Alaska in search of gold, leaving a police-dog pup with her that he has named "Phantom." Wade Burton is anxious to win Mary and her ... See full summary »
Director: Duke Worne | Stars: Napoleon the Dog, Robert Frazer, Edna Murphy, Ernest Hilliard
Votes: 21
126. The Prospecting Bear (1941)
G | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Barney and his severely overloaded pack mule are prospecting, high on a mountain, when Barney spots gold nuggets, and a whole cave lined with gold.
Director: Rudolf Ising | Star: Rudolf Ising
Votes: 137
127. The Timber Wolf (1925)
50 min | Western
Bruce Standing, known as The Timber Wolf, puts up a grubstake for Joe Terry, an old prospector in search of gold. Joe finds a rich lode, and Babe Deveril, a scoundrel who wants Joe's claim,... See full summary »
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Buck Jones, Elinor Fair, Dave Winter, Sam Allen
Votes: 18
128. The Valley of Bravery (1926)
Passed | 50 min | Action, Romance, Western
Two World War I veterans return home and help a pretty ranch owner and an orphan fight off a man who's trying to swindle them out of the ranch.
Director: Jack Nelson | Stars: Bob Custer, Tom Bay, Eugenia Gilbert, William Gillespie
129. The Wilderness Woman (1926)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
"Kodiak" MacLean, after years of gold prospecting in the Alaskan Klondike, finally strikes it rich and hits a million-dollar bonanza. His daughter, Juneau, immediately thinks it is time to ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: Aileen Pringle, Lowell Sherman, Chester Conklin, Henry Vibart
Votes: 36
130. Rootin' Tootin' Roundup (1990 TV Movie)
73 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A compilation of classic Disney western-themed shorts tied together by an old duck prospector Saddlesore Sam who tells the tales of the old west using these classic cartoons.
Stars: Billy Bletcher, Corey Burton, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney
Votes: 16
131. Born to Gamble (1935)
Passed | 63 min | Adventure, Drama, Musical
A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Onslow Stevens, H.B. Warner, Maxine Doyle, Eric Linden
Votes: 69
132. Gold Diggin' Woodpecker (1972)
G | 6 min | Short, Animation, Comedy
While Woody and Sugarfoot are traveling out west, they discover gold and an abandoned mine. Another miner (Joe Abandoned) hears about their findings and tries to claim jump, but Woody and Sugarfoot do what they do to stop him.
Director: Paul J. Smith | Stars: Dal McKennon, Grace Stafford
Votes: 56
133. Our Girl Shirley (1942)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy
This film is not a documentary. It is a compilation of four 1933-1934 two-reel shorts from the Educational Pictures "Follies of Youth" the series name (distributed by Fox Film Corporation ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Shirley Temple, Frank Coghlan Jr., Mary Blackford, Virginia True Boardman
Votes: 12
134. Injun Trouble (1951)
7 min | Animation, Short
Terrytoon in which Mighty Mouse saves an old prospector from indians.
Director: Eddie Donnelly
Votes: 44
135. Iola's Promise (1912)
18 min | Short, Romance, Western
Iola, the little Indian girl, is held captive by a gang of cutthroats, from whose clutches and abuse she is rescued by Jack Harper, a prospector. She is truly grateful to Jack, for she ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Alfred Paget, Frank Evans, Dorothy Bernard
Votes: 57
136. Orphans of the North (1940)
Approved | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Prospector "Bedrock" Brown comes to a settlement in the Taku River area of Alaska, and gets new supplies and a grubstake from Taku Mary,airplane pilot and owner of the local trading post. ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Dawn | Stars: Bob Webster, Mary Joyce, Ann Henning, Eleanor Phillips
Votes: 20
137. Back to Yellow Jacket (1922)
Western
Carmen, a prospector's wife, tires of living in the wilderness and, disobeying her husband, attends a dance, where she meets up with slick gambler Flash Kirby. Her husband's friend Bill ... See full summary »
Director: Ben F. Wilson | Stars: Roy Stewart, Kathleen Kirkham, Earl Metcalfe, Jack Pratt
138. The Friendship of Beaupere (1917)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Drama, Romance
The heart of the Caribou district dwells Jules Beaupere, a trapper of the North, who lives for Celeste, who has grown to womanhood after her parents had died. Roger Lynn, only heir of an ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: George Fawcett, Vivian Reed, Will Machin, Eugenie Besserer
139. Nimmo in Las Vegas (1972 TV Special)
56 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Stars: Derek Nimmo, Les Bluebell Girls, Sean Connery, Elvis Presley
140. Oh, Johnny! (1918)
Western, Comedy, Drama
A young girl inherits half of the Lost Camp Mine when her father dies. His partner tries to help her from being cheated out of her share of the mine, first by local crooks and then by a group of her greedy relatives back East.
Director: Ira M. Lowry | Stars: Louis Bennison, Alphonse Ethier, Edward Roseman, John Daly Murphy
141. The Silver Burro (1963 TV Movie)
Comedy, Drama, Western
Stars: Duke Farley, Larry Hagman, Carl Low, Ray Milland
142. Pleasure Treasure (1951)
Approved | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Andy Clyde and Emmett Lynn work in Tom Kennedy's bank, and find a robbery has taken place while they were romancing the banker's daughter. They are fired and take to the hills as ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Andy Clyde, Emmett Lynn, Margie Liszt, Emil Sitka
143. Packer Jim's Guardianship (1915)
Short, Drama, Western
A five-year-old girl's father, a prospector, lies dying in their cabin in the woods. He sends the girl for a doctor, and she climbs on his horse and rides off to save her father. However, a... See full summary »
Director: Wray Bartlett Physioc | Stars: Ivan Christy, Zoe Rae, W.C. Robinson, Robert Nolan
144. The Lone Defender (1934)
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Feature version of the same-titled 1930 serial, with re-shot and added material.
Stars: Rin Tin Tin, Walter Miller, June Marlowe, Buzz Barton
Votes: 16
145. Ghost Parade (1931)
Passed | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Mystery
A series of strange, inexplicable, and increasingly frightening events takes place in Mosby Manor.
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Andy Clyde, Marjorie Beebe, Harry Gribbon, Frank Eastman
Votes: 126
146. The Luck of Roaring Camp (1982)
27 min | Short, Drama
A baby is born in a mining camp and soon orphaned. The miners band together to raise the baby and he brings them luck in finding gold.
Director: Kevin Hynes | Stars: Randy Quaid, Bert Remsen, William Sanderson, Vincent Schiavelli
147. Gold Fever (1952)
Approved | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
John Bonar grub-stakes Nugget Jack who has a secret gold mine. Bill Johnson is out to get the mine and he has his henchmen try to kill Bonar and Jack. They are saved by a pretty, backwoods ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: John Calvert, Ralph Morgan, Ann Cornell, Gene Roth
Votes: 48
148. The Opal Stealers (1913)
Short, Drama, Western
A girl fetches boy scouts to save prospectors from bushrangers.
Director: A.E. Coleby
149. The Secret Menace (1931)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An old prospector discovers a bonanza mine of gold on the Diamond Dude Ranch. He tells two men about it and they kill him, and then make plans to acquire the ranch. The property is owned by... See full summary »
Director: Richard C. Kahn | Stars: Glenn Tryon, Virginia Brown Faire, Arthur Stone, Margaret Mann
Votes: 30
150. The Land Just Over Yonder (1916)
Drama, Western
Prospectors Billy Joe King and Toyable Tom Jennings make a big strike worth more than a half-million dollars. They head to the nearest town to celebrate their newfound wealth. Billy meets a... See full summary »
Director: Julius Frankenburg | Stars: George Chesebro, Arthur Millett, Jane Vernon, George Best