Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore frontier stories and the traditions of the western genre.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,226 films · Page 45.
Western, Western film
Molly Parker is married to the sheriff of an American frontier town. She finds herself dangerously drawn to a condemned prisoner, Johnny Lawler, in her husband's jail. He perceives her restlessness, flatters her, and tells her of his unhap…
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Western, Western film
A group of copper miners who are Southern veterans are terrorized by local men led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny Carter to help them, under the impression that he is the legendary Colonel Desmond. Johnny's…
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Western, Western film
The Cisco Kid and Pancho are about to be executed by the French, who have taken over part of Mexico, when an attack on the prison by rebels allows them both to escape. Still chained together, they steal a burro and ride to a nearby village…
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Western, Western film
Matt Brown is tracked down by Chip Donahue and told that he has inherited the cattle ranch where he grew up from its owner, a man who was suspected to be his father but who never claimed him as his son. He agrees to sell the ranch to the t…
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Western, Western film, silent film
left|thumb|thumbtime=3|Full movie A discovery of gold in the Dakotas on Sioux lands in 1877 provokes a gold land rush. Numerous people come to Custer for their chance to claim land and possibly gold when the proclamation to explore the lan…
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Komödie, Western, Western film, comedy film
Shy naive Charley Bicker, the only blacksmith within 100 miles (161 km), begins corresponding with a potential mail-order bride, named Ellen, and sends her all his savings for a train ticket to the town of Calico. He kept his marriage plan…
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Western film
Set in the town of Tombstone, Arizona, the plot centers on former gunslinger Wyatt Earp, who helps the sheriff round up criminals. Earp becomes a lawman after he sees an outlaw accidentally kill a child during a showdown. Earp's brothers a…
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Western, Western film, drama film
A U.S. marshal wants justice for his brother's murder. He protects a small town from a corrupt mayor and his henchmen, who want to provoke a civil war.
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Classical Western, Western film
A mysterious outlaw known only as the Sidewinder is terrorizing Arizona settlers. A rancher whose property was raided, Tex McCloud, and a U.S. Cavalry officer named Blaine both resolve to seek justice and make a friendly wager over who wil…
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Western film, comedy film, heist film
Gold stolen by outlaws is stashed in the impenetrable bank of Friendly, a small town in Texas. A preacher, Rev. Pious Blue, is actually a thief.
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Western film
Western, Western film
A ruthless preacher, Parson Josiah Galt, leads a band of Southern marauders during the Civil War that includes his sons, David, Adam and Jacob. The parson has turned vengeful and sadistic since the death of his wife. David can no longer st…
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Western film, comedy film, musical film
Down-on-their-luck song-and-dance duo Steve Carroll and Danny Foster run out of gas in what seems like the middle of the Texas wilderness. Fortunately, a tony dude ranch is a short walk ahead. A chance meeting with an old friend, singer Ma…
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Western, Western film
In 1876 all the Indians are at peace except the Comanches led by Black Cloud. When he wipes out a complete town, leaving only burnt-out ruins, just six soldiers are left and they retreat into the desert, hoping to reach the safety of Fort …
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Western, Western film
John Cord has been roped and is being dragged through the streets with the intent to kill him. Cord is despised for a range of things done to the town after the cattle crew he was responsible went on a wild drunken rampage. Cord is saved f…
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Western, Western film
Cavalry deserter Bart Laish comes upon an ambushed wagon and a mortally wounded major. The officer's dying request is for Laish to catch up to the remainder of the wagon train and help guide it safely to a fort. Laish assumes the major's i…
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Western, Western film
1865: Lawyer Mitch Baker is called into an office of the United States Secret Service to be told that his father was murdered in the border town of Mission, Texas. He had been betrayed to Newton by an informer whilst on a mission investiga…
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Western, biographical film
Kit Carson and his two saddle pals, Ape and Lopez are attacked by Indians. They manage to escape unscathed and make their way to Fort Bridger, where Captain John Fremont hires Carson to guide a wagon train westward to California south alon…
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Western, Western film
In 1893, outlaws are stealing high-grade ore, smelting it and plating it to resemble lead. The government sends agents Bret Ivers and Larry Galland, who arrive in Cripple Creek posing as Texas gunfighters. While their partner Strap Galland…
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Spaghetti Western, Thriller, Western, crime film, drama film
A heat-battered young man, "Kid," wanders a desert terrain (implied to be near the California/Mexico border) with a metal suitcase full of money, a machine gun, and a bullet wound in his arm. Collapsing, he is found by Charles Dump, a form…
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Spaghetti Western, drama film
Drifter Johnny Moon (William Shatner) is frequently attacked as he is mistaken for his twin brother Notah who leads Comanche war parties in attacks on the white population whilst he is having visions on peyote. Johnny travels to a Comanche…
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Western film
After being taken prisoner by Crazy Knife and a band of Cheyenne warriors, Wild Bill Hickok's life is spared by Chief Black Kettle, but when he is set free, it is without his horse and his boots. Calamity Jane, driving a stagecoach, gives …
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Action, Romance Film, Western film, film noir
Two soldiers have been robbed and murdered while guarding a shipment of gold. Into town rides Haven (Dick Powell), a military intelligence officer traveling incognito. When he rides into town, the hotel clerk (Burl Ives) is sitting at the …
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Western film
A feud between the Colby and the Hayden families starts in the hills of Kentucky and continues in the mountains of the West after the American Civil War. Also involved is the conflict between vigilantism and the law in a frontier environme…
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