Westerns: A Guide to the best Western Movies on DVD by John Howard Reid
by KasparM | created - 30 Oct 2015 | updated - 30 Oct 2015 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Abilene Town (1946)
Approved | 89 min | Western
A sheriff tries to stop homesteader conflicts in the West after the Civil War.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming
Votes: 1,308
2. American Empire (1942)
Passed | 82 min | Western
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford
Votes: 313
3. The Appaloosa (1966)
Approved | 98 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, John Saxon, Emilio Fernández
Votes: 3,557
4. The Big Country (1958)
Passed | 166 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston
Votes: 21,120
5. The Big Stampede (1932)
Passed | 54 min | Drama, Western
Deputy Sheriff John Steele recruits bandit Sonora Joe to help him find out who's been bumping off all the local lawmen and rustling the cattle.
Director: Tenny Wright | Stars: John Wayne, Noah Beery, Paul Hurst, Mae Madison
Votes: 681
6. Black Midnight (1949)
Approved | 66 min | Drama, Western
Scott Jordan (Roddy McDowall) and his Uncle Bill (Damian O'Flynn) take time from their own ranch chores to welcome home Martha Baxter (Fay Baker and her Daughter Cindy (Lyn Thomas), gone ... See full summary »
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Damian O'Flynn, Lyn Thomas, Kirby Grant
Votes: 99
7. Blazing Across the Pecos (1948)
Passed | 55 min | Western
The Durango Kid and Marshal Smiley Burnette complicate a corrupt mayor and his henchman's efforts to take over a town.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Patricia Barry, Paul Campbell, Charles C. Wilson
Votes: 121
8. Blue Steel (1934)
Passed | 52 min | Drama, Western
U.S. marshal John Carruthers observes a robbery and Sheriff Jake thinks he may be the culprit. Meanwhile the town's leading citizen is planning to rob everybody blind.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Edward Peil Sr.
Votes: 1,760
9. Border Caballero (1936)
Approved | 59 min | Western
Tex Weaver is working under cover to bring in a gang of bank robbers. When he is killed, Tim Ross, a marksman with Doc Shaw's traveling show, takes over. Posing as a Mexican he lays a trap for the gang.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Lois January, Ralph Byrd, J. Frank Glendon
Votes: 88
10. Border Patrol (1943)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Western
When three Texas Rangers try to investigate kidnapped Mexicans being used as forced labor in the mines of Silver Bullet, they are framed for murder by the town's corrupt sheriff.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Russell Simpson
Votes: 331
11. Border Vigilantes (1941)
Passed | 63 min | Western
A town bedeviled with outlaws sends for Hoppy, Lucky. and California after their own vigilante committee fails to solve the town's problems. Hoppy discovers that the bad guys are led by the town boss--and so are the vigilantes.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Frances Gifford
Votes: 178
12. Breed of the Border (1933)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
Joe has Cowboy-Race Driver Brent drive him to the border where his men slug Brent, and he shoots Stafford and takes his bonds. Brent's old friend Chuck arrives and the two head out to find the gang and recover the bonds.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Bob Steele, Marion Byron, Ernie Adams, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 50
13. Broken Arrow (1950)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget, Basil Ruysdael
Votes: 9,679
14. 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
15. Crashing Thru (1939)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Six people are in on a gold robbery. Three of them double-cross the others. Mountie Renfrew has to go after them alone when his partner Kelly is wounded.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: James Newill, Jean Carmen, Warren Hull, Milburn Stone
Votes: 84
16. Cuando habla el corazón (1943)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Music, Western
Two lifelong friends will have their loyalty tested when one unknowingly fails the other's sister and the story comes to light.
Director: Juan José Segura | Stars: Pedro Infante, María Luisa Zea, Víctor Manuel Mendoza, Narciso Busquets
Votes: 33
17. Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Traveling entertainer gets mixed up with bank robbers.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Gale Storm, Walter Brennan, Vincent Price
Votes: 127
18. 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: 12,551 | Gross: $0.35M
19. Down Mexico Way (1941)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Music, Western
After the bad guys swindle the good folk of Sage City, Gene and Frog chase them to Mexico, where they are trying to rob a rich Mexican ranchero.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, Harold Huber
Votes: 151
20. 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: 155
21. The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
Approved | 77 min | Western
Marshal Tyrone and the Silver Kid form an uneasy alliance against a gang of claim jumpers.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally, Susan Cabot
Votes: 1,898
22. Fargo Express (1933)
Passed | 61 min | Western
When Mort loses his and Ken's money at poker, Goss gets him to rob the stage. He is captured, identified by his palomino horse. Ken tries to clear him by robbing a stage while riding a palomino, but he also gets caught.
Director: Alan James | Stars: Ken Maynard, Helen Mack, Roy Stewart, Paul Fix
Votes: 55
23. Fort Worth (1951)
Approved | 80 min | Western
Civil War veteran and former newspaperman Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the war is over and finds himself fighting an old friend who's grown ambitious.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Randolph Scott, David Brian, Phyllis Thaxter, Helena Carter
Votes: 810
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