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51. Run of the Arrow (1957)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Western
When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a side when the Sioux go to war against the U.S. Army.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Rod Steiger, Sara Montiel, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker
Votes: 2,426
52. 7 Men from Now (1956)
Approved | 78 min | Western
A former sheriff blames himself for his wife's death during a Wells Fargo robbery and vows to track down and kill the seven men responsible.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin, Walter Reed
Votes: 6,007
53. The Glory Guys (1965)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Western
What could be worse for two cavalry officers than to battle with native tribes? To battle each other for the same woman.
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Tom Tryon, Harve Presnell, Senta Berger, James Caan
Votes: 1,025
54. They Came to Cordura (1959)
Approved | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, History
An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommend soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter
Votes: 2,460
55. The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954–1959)
30 min | Family, Western
Rusty was orphaned in an Indian raid. He and his dog Rin Tin Tin were adopted by the troops at Fort Apache in Arizona, and helped establish law and order in and around Mesa Grande.
Stars: Lee Aaker, James Brown, Rin Tin Tin II, Joe Sawyer
Votes: 859
56. Dark Command (1940)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Romance, War
In Kansas during the Civil War, opposing pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps clash and visiting Texan Bob Seton runs afoul of William Cantrell's Raiders.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers
Votes: 3,054
57. Annie Oakley (1954–1957)
30 min | Western
A fictionalized account of the life of legendary Wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
Stars: Gail Davis, Brad Johnson, Jimmy Hawkins, Bob Woodward
Votes: 379
58. Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
Passed | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Western
During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: William Holden, Eleanor Parker, John Forsythe, William Demarest
Votes: 3,152 | Gross: $1.45M
59. Frank & Jesse (1994)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Western
Western starring Rob Lowe and Bill Paxton, based on the lives of Frank and Jesse James. After the Civil War Frank and Jesse return to their family's farm. When their younger brother is murdered they embark on a mission for revenge.
Director: Robert Boris | Stars: Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton, Randy Travis, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Votes: 1,625
60. The Stalking Moon (1968)
G | 109 min | Drama, Western
U.S. Army soldiers round up a group of Apache, mostly women and children. Surprisingly, they find among them a white woman and her half-Apache son.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Forster, Noland Clay
Votes: 3,191
61. Blind Justice (1994 TV Movie)
R | 85 min | Action, Drama, Western
Canaan, a mysterious gunfighter left nearly blind from Civil War combat, roams through Mexico with a baby he has sworn to protect. On his way to a town where a family will supposedly adopt ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Spence | Stars: Armand Assante, Elisabeth Shue, Robert Davi, Adam Baldwin
Votes: 1,026
62. Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
Approved | 91 min | Western
In 1870s, in the Sioux territory south of the Missouri, trapper and Indian scout Luther Yellowstone Kelly is hired by the army at Fort Buford but runs into trouble with the Sioux.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Clint Walker, Edd Byrnes, John Russell, Ray Danton
Votes: 1,284
63. Walk the Proud Land (1956)
Approved | 88 min | Biography, Drama, History
An agent sent from Washington in 1874 takes charge of an Apache reservation and has the oppressive US Army back off, which creates conflicts and causes the Indians to have great respect for him.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft, Pat Crowley, Charles Drake
Votes: 1,116
64. Sitting Bull (1954)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Western
A cavalry officer sympathetic to the wronged Sioux fixes a meeting between Chief Sitting Bull and President Grant but a dishonest Indian Agent and a hateful General Custer test the Sioux's patience, threatening to derail the peace-talks.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish, John Litel
Votes: 901 | Gross: $1.50M
65. Custer of the West (1967)
G | 143 min | Biography, Drama, History
George Armstrong Custer's love of the heroic traditions of the Calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the Little Big Horn.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter
Votes: 1,624
66. Alvarez Kelly (1966)
Approved | 116 min | Western
During the Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until Confederate Colonel Tom Rossiter's hungry men force Kelly to change his customers.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule, Patrick O'Neal
Votes: 2,740
67. The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
Approved | 85 min | Western
When Cochise bands together with Geronimo and other Indian tribes, Major Colton abandons his fort, heading towards Fort Sheridan, through Apache Pass. The only thing in his way are the Indians he used to call his friends.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Lund, Jeff Chandler, Susan Cabot, Bruce Cowling
Votes: 724
68. The Iron Horse (1924)
Passed | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance
After witnessing the murder of his father by a renegade as a boy, the grown-up Brandon helps to realize his father's dream of a transcontinental railway.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick
Votes: 2,453 | Gross: $2.06M
69. In Pursuit of Honor (1995 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Western
In 1932, a modernizing U.S. Army orders the Cavalry to destroy its horses but some sympathetic cavalrymen, defying orders, steal the horses in order to save them from destruction, to the dismay of the top Army-brass.
Director: Ken Olin | Stars: Don Johnson, Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Gunton
Votes: 1,726
70. Goofs and Saddles (1937)
Not Rated | 19 min | Comedy, Western, Short
Set in the old west, the stooges are spies for US Cavalry; "Buffalo Bilious", "Wild Bill Hiccup" and "Just Plain Bill". Sent by General "Muster" to catch a gang of cattle rustlers, they ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Hank Bell
Votes: 566
71. Broken Arrow (1956–1958)
30 min | Western
Indian Agent Tom Jeffords makes friends with Chief Cochise, becoming a blood brother of the Apache. Together they fight white schemers and renegade Indians.
Stars: John Lupton, Michael Ansara, Steven Ritch, Steve Conte
Votes: 271
72. The Man Behind the Gun (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Western
An undercover government agent battles insurrectionists whose want Southern California to secede and become a slave state.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Randolph Scott, Patrice Wymore, Dick Wesson, Philip Carey
Votes: 804
73. Seminole Uprising (1955)
Approved | 74 min | Western
Cavalry lieutenant ordered to capture Seminole chief Black Cat, who kidnaps colonel's daughter. Lieutenant pursues tribe, leading to violent clash where his force kills hundreds of Seminoles. Black Cat surrenders after bloody battle.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: George Montgomery, Karin Booth, William Fawcett, Steven Ritch
Votes: 308
74. Sergeants 3 (1962)
Approved | 112 min | Comedy, Western
Three cavalry officers and a bugler work together to thwart a Native American chief intent on uniting local tribes against the white man.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford
Votes: 1,335
75. Arizona (1940)
Passed | 125 min | Drama, Western
In Tucson of the 1860s, a pioneer woman struggles to succeed in the freight and cattle business while at risk at the hands of corrupt and violent local businessmen and rampaging Indians.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William, Porter Hall
Votes: 1,499
76. Only the Valiant (1951)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Western
A despised cavalry commander is unfairly blamed by his troop for the death of a popular officer and must redeem himself in front of his men during an Indian attack on the fort.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond, Gig Young
Votes: 1,743
77. Fort Massacre (1958)
Approved | 80 min | Western
A cavalry troop finds itself under constant attack by Indians.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Forrest Tucker, John Russell, Susan Cabot
Votes: 1,084
78. Shalako (1968)
M/PG | 113 min | Drama, Western
In 1880 New Mexico, a group of European hunters runs afoul of the Apache but is aided by an ex-cavalryman turned guide.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 3,489
79. Custer's Strategy of Defeat (2021)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Follows the narratives of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry and Native American warriors through the Battle of the Little Big Horn from June 25th through June 27th, 1876.
Director: Chris Hoffert | Stars: Tanajsia Slaughter, Bill Rini, Kyle C. Reed, Casey Birdinground
Votes: 10
80. Hondo (1967)
60 min | Western
Hondo, an embittered former rebel officer, travels to Arizona Territory in the 1870s with his dog Sam. Often clashing with the local cavalry, which he holds responsible for the death of his Indian wife.
Stars: Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Noah Beery Jr., Gary Clarke
Votes: 273
81. Buffalo Bill (1944)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Western
The story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 1,705
82. Silver River (1948)
Passed | 110 min | Romance, Western
After Mike McComb is booted out of the cavalry, he becomes riverboat gambler and silver mine owner in Nevada.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 1,551
83. Gunsmoke (1953)
Approved | 79 min | Western
A young gunslinger tries to help a rancher and his daughter save their land and cattle from an evil, wealthy land owner.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Audie Murphy, Susan Cabot, Paul Kelly, Charles Drake
Votes: 1,323
84. The Devil's Backbone (1970)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Western
Army deserter Capt. Viktor Kaleb is offered a pardon and reinstatement in the cavalry if he agrees to lead a special forces group in a raid against an Apache stronghold into Mexico.
Directors: Burt Kennedy, Niksa Fulgosi | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Ricardo Montalban
Votes: 524
85. The Quest (1976 TV Movie)
PG | 93 min | Western
Two brothers search the west for their sister, who was kidnapped as a child and is now living with a tribe of Indians.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Kurt Russell, Tim Matheson, Brian Keith, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 337
86. Santa Fe (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Western
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Randolph Scott, Janis Carter, Jerome Courtland, Peter M. Thompson
Votes: 1,143
87. Trooper Hook (1957)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Western
When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escapes custody and attempts to re-claim his son.
Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman, Edward Andrews
Votes: 1,012
88. Winnetou: The Red Gentleman (1964)
94 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Forester, a ruthless oil baron, wants to create a war between the native American tribes and the white men. Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and their sidekick Castlepool try to prevent this.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Anthony Steel, Karin Dor
Votes: 3,572
89. Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)
Passed | 87 min | Western
In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the region.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Randolph Scott, James Craig, Angie Dickinson, Dani Crayne
Votes: 816
90. Conquest of Cochise (1953)
Passed | 70 min | Western
A cavalry officer tries to keep a lid on a volatile situation when Indian leader Cochise is being prodded into starting a war.
Director: William Castle | Stars: John Hodiak, Robert Stack, Joy Page, Rico Alaniz
Votes: 391
91. 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: 531
92. Backlash (1956)
Passed | 84 min | Drama, Western
Jim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell, John McIntire
Votes: 1,879
93. 7th Cavalry (1956)
Approved | 75 min | Western
An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen, Frank Faylen
Votes: 1,379
94. The Savage (1952)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A white boy raised by the Sioux must choose sides when the Sioux threaten to go to war against the Whites.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Peter Hansen, Joan Taylor
Votes: 684
95. White Feather (1955)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, History, Western
In 1877 Wyoming, during the peace negotiations between the Cheyenne and the USA, an Indian girl falls in love with a land surveyor, causing the ire of her Cheyenne fiance.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, John Lund, Debra Paget
Votes: 1,181
96. The Nebraskan (1953)
Approved | 68 min | Drama, Western
Trying to make peace with the Nebraska Sioux leads frontier scout Wade Harper through many perils.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Philip Carey, Roberta Haynes, Wallace Ford, Richard Webb
Votes: 283
97. Born to Ride (1991)
PG | 89 min | Action
The US Army recruits a delinquent biker to train their new motorcycle squad for an important mission.
Director: Graham Baker | Stars: John Stamos, John Stockwell, Teri Polo, Sandy McPeak
Votes: 659
98. The Last Outpost (1951)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Western
Despite their fighting on opposite sides during the Civil War, brothers Vance and Jeb Britton have to set their differences aside in order to survive an Indian attack.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams
Votes: 637
99. A Thunder of Drums (1961)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Western
The trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Richard Boone, George Hamilton, Luana Patten, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 942
100. Acquasanta Joe (1971)
94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A gang of robbers armed with a union army cannon rob the bank holding bounty Killer Acquasanta Joe's earnings to date. He pursues, crossing and double crossing along the way.
Directors: Mario Gariazzo, Richard Harrison | Stars: Lincoln Tate, Ty Hardin, Richard Harrison, Silvia Monelli
Votes: 270