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1. Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Western
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Franchot Tone, Warren William, Broderick Crawford, Andy Devine
Votes: 113
2. Bend of the River (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams
Votes: 9,900
Cap'n Mello, Chubby Johnson
Columbia River, Oregon.
Sandy River, Oregon.
3. Ten Who Dared (1960)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Family, Western
Major John Wesley Powell leads an expedition through the Grand Canyon to chart the Colorado River.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Brian Keith, John Beal, James Drury, R.G. Armstrong
Votes: 307
Ida Gulch Rapids, Utah.
4. Mystery of the River Boat (1944)
Passed | 218 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Three Louisiana families, the Langtrys, Perrins and Duvals, as co-owners of swamp land in the Louisiana bayou country.
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Robert Lowery, Eddie Quillan, Marion Martin, Marjorie Clements
Votes: 71
Capt. Ethan Perrin, Oscar O'Shea
5. Man in the Wilderness (1971)
GP | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Left for dead after a bear attack, a fur-trapper recuperates and pursues his former companions through dangerous Indian territory.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Richard Harris, John Huston, Henry Wilcoxon, Percy Herbert
Votes: 3,477
Captain Henry, John Huston
Mormon Lake, Arizona.
6. Nevada Smith (1966)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, Western
A half-American Indian and half-white teenager evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down his parents' murderers.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 9,109 | Gross: $14.17M
River Boat Pilot, Merritt Bohn.
Hot Creek, California
7. The Rawhide Years (1956)
Approved | 85 min | Western
Dishonest riverboat gambler Ben Matthews is blamed for a murder he didn't commit and must find the real killer before the lynch mob finds him.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Arthur Kennedy, William Demarest
Votes: 852
Captain, Trevor Bardette.
Mate, Robert Foulk.
Captain, Paul Keast.
Sailor, Sam Woody.
Pirate, Robert Dumas.
Pirate, Lane Bradford
Owens River, California.
Little Lake, California.
8. The Way West (1967)
Approved | 122 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
In 1843, a former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright
Votes: 3,571
Captain Grant, Patric Knowles.
Crooked River Gorge, Oregon.
9. The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)
Approved | 69 min | Drama, Music, Western
Roy, an insurance agent working undercover as a showboat singer, is awaiting the appearance of a supposed bank robber who has broken out of jail. Roy tries to recover the stolen money from the unassuming crook.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Grant Withers
Votes: 238
Captain 'Cap' Joe, George Cleveland.
Showboat singer, Janet Martin.
Dock singer, Leigh Whipper.
10. The Far Country (1954)
Passed | 97 min | Romance, Western
A self-minded adventurer locks horns with a crooked lawman while driving cattle to Dawson.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, Walter Brennan
Votes: 8,636
Bosun on riverboat, Allan Ray.
Dockhand, Billy Mason.
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
11. 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
Riverboat Marshal, Edward Peil Sr.
Riverboat Captain, Lafe McKee
12. Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Victor McLaglen, Jeff Richards
Votes: 1,323
Russian River, California
13. 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
Riverboat crewman, Frank Mills.
14. Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
Passed | 90 min | Romance, Western
Two outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised together as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their territory.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 1,087
Seaman, George W. Watkins
15. The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
Approved | 99 min | Romance, Western
In 1854 Mississippi, honest riverboat card gambler Mark Fallon wins young Laurent Dureau's diamond necklace, a family heirloom which, in the end, will bring him happiness and tragedy alike.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, Julie Adams, John McIntire
Votes: 835
Captain of the Sultana, Roy Engel.
Helmsman, David Newell.
Captain, Dick Rich.
Ship worker, Phil Schumacher.
Captain, Larry Thor.
Mate on Sultana, Carl Andre
Bellhop, Ernest Anderson.
16. The Big Sky (1952)
Approved | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
The success of the journey focuses on keeping the Indian girl alive as well as themselves to complete trade with the Blackfeet.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt, Arthur Hunnicutt
Votes: 4,748
Riverman, Jack Perry
Boatman, Larry Randall
Boatman, William Self.
Snake River, Wyoming.
17. The Comancheros (1961)
Approved | 107 min | Drama, Western
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves dealing with the Comanches known as Comancheros.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff
Votes: 10,005
Capt. Jake Cutter,
John Wayne
Riverboat pit boss, Ralph Volkie
Colorado River
18. Border G-Man (1938)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
Government agent Jim Galloway is sent undercover to investigate shifty businessman Louis Rankin for violations of the Neutrality Act, a law forbidding the exporting of troops and war ... See full summary »
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Laraine Day, Ray Whitley, John Miljan
Votes: 150
Ship's Officer, Charles Sullivan
19. Rio Grande (1950)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr.
Votes: 17,667
Capt. St. Jacques, Peter Ortiz
Capt. Prescott, Steve Pendleton.
Colorado River.
20. Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
G | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In 1869 Kentucky, a young boy and his friends set out to find a treasure chest hidden by his late father in the Florida Everglades during the Civil War.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Vic Morrow
Votes: 988
Flatboat Leader, Clint Ritchie
Captain Boomer, John Myhers
Sacramento River, California.
21. The Kentuckian (1955)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Western
A Kentucky widower bound for 1820's Texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a long-standing family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant.
Director: Burt Lancaster | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Diana Lynn, Dianne Foster, John McIntire
Votes: 3,110
Pilot of the 'River Queen', Clem Bevans.
Riverboat gambler, James Griffith.
Riverboat gambler, James Seay.
Cumberland Falls State Park, Kentucky.
22. Barquero (1970)
R | 115 min | Drama, Western
At a river crossing, a stand-off between a gang of outlaws and local townsfolk ensues when the ferry barge operator refuses to ferry the gang across the river.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Warren Oates, Forrest Tucker, Kerwin Mathews
Votes: 2,063 | Gross: $0.14M
Brush Hollow Reservoir, Colorado.
23. Smoke Signal (1955)
Passed | 88 min | Action, Drama, Western
A suspected cavalry deserter proves to be resourceful in helping the surviving members of a fort flee Indians along a dangerous river.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie, Rex Reason, William Talman
Votes: 529
Capt. Harper, William Talman
Colorado River, San Juan River, -Utah.
24. The Gambler from Natchez (1954)
Approved | 88 min | Western
In New Orleans, discharged army Captain Vance Colby learns of his father's killing done by three local Creole gents at a card game, and he sets out to punish the killers.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Dale Robertson, Debra Paget, Thomas Gomez, Lisa Daniels
Votes: 362
Capt. Vance Colby, Dale Robertson.
Capt. Antoine Barbee, Thomas Gomez.
Riverboat Captain, Parley Baer.
25. In Old California (1942)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Western
During the California Gold Rush, Boston pharmacist Tom Craig sets up shop in Sacramento where he clashes with local town crook Britt Dawson.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker, Helen Parrish
Votes: 1,546
Captain, Guy Usher
26. Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943)
Passed | 57 min | Western
Fur thieves, who murder trappers when they refuse to give up their pelts at a low price, occupy the attention of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. The leader of the gang is Victor Renaud ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor, Bob Wills, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Votes: 68
Captain Blair, Vernon Steele
Big Bear Lake, California.
Cedar Lake, California.
27.
The Man from Blackhawk (1959–1960)
Episode:
Station Six
(1959)
30 min | Western
Logan finds himself in a standoff at a remote stagecoach station with trail bandits and insurance cheats.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Robert Rockwell, Mary LaRoche, Mort Mills, DeForest Kelley
Second Mate on riverboat, Eduardo Bajo Ulloa
28.
Colt .45 (1957–1960)
Episode:
Point of Honor
(1958)
30 min | Western
Chris mistakes a female doctor for an outlaw.
Director: William J. Hole Jr. | Stars: Wayde Preston, Marcia Henderson, John Smith, Emile Meyer
The woman sailor, Mary Alan Hokanson
29.
Cheyenne (1955–1963)
Episode:
Death Deals the Hand
(1956)
TV-14 | 60 min | Western
During a fur trapping trip Cheyenne joins with old Hoot Hollister who plans to return to St. Louis to marry his girlfriend. While on a riverboat to St. Louis, he and Cheyenne get mixed up with a teacher and crooked gamblers.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Clint Walker, Arthur Hunnicutt, Patricia Tiernan, Walter Reed
Votes: 96
Riverboat crew member, Sig Frohlich.
Riverboat bartender, William H. O'Brien.
30.
Yancy Derringer (1958–1959)
Episode:
Collector's Item
(1959)
25 min | Action, Adventure, Western
Yancy is forced to reimburse four gamblers when their high-stakes poker game on his riverboat is robbed by a pair of beautiful thieves. Derringer traces the blonde crooks to an old mansion ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Sale | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Kevin Hagen, X Brands, Claude Akins
Votes: 40
Captain Tom, Woodrow Chambliss.
31.
Bronco (1958–1962)
Episode:
Red Water North
(1959)
60 min | Western
Bronco is hired to deliver a riverboat to his friend Martha Chandler. He hasn't counted, though, on a ruthless businessman who doesn't want the ship to complete the trip, and a beautiful blonde passenger who has her own agenda.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Ty Hardin, Dorothy Provine, Karl Swenson, Burt Douglas
Votes: 26
Captain Taylor, Karl Swenson.
32.
Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode:
River Boat
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Western
A gang of river pirates take over the paddle-wheeler Dakota Queen and relieve the passengers of jewels and furs and Bat of $10,000. Bat uses a barrel of rare cheeses to trap the gang's gluttonous leader to recover the items.
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Patricia Powell, Walter Barnes
Votes: 54
Captain, Robert Nash.
33.
Bat Masterson (1958–1961)
Episode:
The Elusive Baguette
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Western
Bat down and out on his luck is hired as the bodyguard of a beautiful widow. She must wear a fabulously expensive diamond to the Governor's reception that evening but before they can leave the necklace is stolen while Bat is distracted.
Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Gene Barry, Leslie Parrish, Allison Hayes, Don Kelly
Votes: 43
Riverboat Captain, Ralph Gary.
34.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of a Thousand Eyes
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
After several ships are lost with all aboard, Jim and Arte's investigation leads them to a blind former river boat captain who wants complete domination of the American rivers.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Jeff Corey, Diane McBain
Votes: 261
Captain Ansel Coffin, Jeff Corey
Captain Tenney, Barney Phillips.
The Pilot, Jackie Searl.
35.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Miracle at Whiskey Gulch
(1962)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
Reverend Joel Todd arrives in the wild frontier town of Whiskey Gulch with intentions of making it more civilized. Armed only with a bible he meets opposition from citizens who like the way things are.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin | Stars: Fess Parker, Eddie Firestone, George Kennedy, Hal Baylor
Votes: 27
Steamboat Sully, George Kennedy.
36.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Dry Water Sailors
(1965)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
A boat being transported across the prairie on wheels slows a wagon train's progress as they enter Indian country, forcing wagon train driver to leave the boat owners and crew to lag behind and stubbornly persevere on their own.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Walter Brooke, Ann Elder, Aneta Corsaut, Burt Douglas
Votes: 32
Captain Morrow, Roy Engel
Bishop, California area.
37.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Shanghai Kelly's Birthday Party
(1967)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
Shanghai Kelly works a side job filling ships with shanghaied sailors. He counts on long sea voyages to insure his "clients" don't come back after him. His fiancé sets him up to retire early.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Robert Taylor, Mary Murphy, Chanin Hale, Robert Bice
Votes: 37
Captain Longden, Robert Bice.
38.
Riverboat (1959–1961)
Episode:
The Treasure of Hawk Hill
(1960)
60 min | Adventure, Western
A falling out among thieves occurs when a bank robber refuses to reveal to his fellow gang members where he hid the loot. His former partners kill him, but not before the dead thief's ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Darren McGavin, Jack Lambert, Bart Patton, Michael McGreevey
Captain Grey Holden, Darren McGavin
Old Seaman, Harry Tyler.
39.
26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode:
Destination Nowhere
(1957)
26 min | Western
The Rangers set out to stop a smuggling ring that's bringing Chinese immigrants across the Colorado River.
Director: Reg Browne | Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Lane Bradford, Joe Angel
Captain Tom Rynnnig, Tristram Coffin.
Colorado River.
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