John Cocchi: Second Feature - The Best of the 'B' Films

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1-61: Comedies and Dramas 62-177: Westerns 178-289: Mystery and Crime 290-346: Action and Adventure 347-438: Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction 439-500: Musicals

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1. High Voltage (1929)

Passed | 63 min | Drama

A busload of passengers gets stranded in a snowstorm and take refuge in an abandoned church, where they run into a mysterious man who may be on the run from the law.

Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: William Boyd, Carole Lombard, Owen Moore, Phillips Smalley

Votes: 431

2. Oh, Yeah? (1929)

Passed | 74 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A couple of roving vagabonds hitch a freight to the railroad town of Linda, and between bouts with the fright-yard bulls and other drifters, find romance in the persons of two waitresses at... See full summary »

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, Patricia Caron, Zasu Pitts

Votes: 67

3. Whispering Winds (1929)

Passed | 65 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Jim, a Maine Fisherman, marries Dora on the rebound after his sweetheart, Eve, leaves him to pursue a singing career. Years later, Eve proves to be genuinely in love with Jim, but acts indifferent for Dora's sake.

Director: James Flood | Stars: Patsy Ruth Miller, Malcolm McGregor, Eve Southern, Eugenie Besserer

4. The Medicine Man (1930)

Not Rated | 66 min | Comedy, Romance

The son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help.

Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: Jack Benny, Betty Bronson, George E. Stone, Tom Dugan

Votes: 279

5. Night Work (1930)

Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

As assistant window-dresser, Willie is the lowest man on the totem pole at a department store. To add insult to injury, he is also the store's designated "Fired Man": when a disgruntled ... See full summary »

Director: Russell Mack | Stars: Eddie Quillan, Sally Starr, Frances Upton, Tom Keene

Votes: 126

6. Today (1930)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance

A wealthy young society couple loses their fortune. When the husband is forced to take a job like everyone else, the wife cannot deal with the sudden downward plunge of her once-privileged life and drifts into prostitution.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Catherine Dale Owen, Julia Swayne Gordon, William Bailey

7. Left Over Ladies (1931)

Passed | 69 min | Drama, Romance

Two married couples are involved in divorce proceedings; Patricia and Ronny, who are still in love with each other, and Jerry and Amy who couldn't care less for each other. Patricia's ... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Claudia Dell, Marjorie Rambeau, Walter Byron, Alan Mowbray

Votes: 49

8. The Black King (1932)

72 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

An unscrupulous minister starts a 'back to Africa' movement.

Director: Bud Pollard | Stars: A.B. DeComathiere, Vivianne Baber, Knolly Mitchell, Dan Michaels

Votes: 64

9. False Faces (1932)

Passed | 73 min | Drama

Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital, primarily for a lack of ethics, and goes to Chicago and sets himself up as a plastic surgeon (unqualified) and seducer of ... See full summary »

Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Lowell Sherman, Peggy Shannon, Lila Lee, Berton Churchill

Votes: 87

10. Those We Love (1932)

Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Romance

A young author meets and marries the woman who bought the first copy of his new book. They live happily with their son, but some time later, as the husband is moving into the family's new ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Mary Astor, Kenneth MacKenna, Lilyan Tashman, Hale Hamilton

Votes: 143

11. Uptown New York (1932)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance

Pat and Max are in love and share an intimate relationship. However, after Max receives his surgeon's diploma, his parents have arranged a marriage for him with a woman from a rich, good background.

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Jack Oakie, Shirley Grey, Leon Ames, George Cooper

Votes: 164

12. In the Money (1933)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Professor Higgingbottom, an ardent member of the Whales, is offered a chance to invest $5,000 in a gold mine.

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Lois Wilson, Warren Hymer, Sally Starr

Votes: 49

13. Beggars in Ermine (1934)

Passed | 72 min | Drama

John Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival. Destitute, he travels the country organizing the homeless to help him regain control of his steel mill.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Betty Furness, Henry B. Walthall, Jameson Thomas

Votes: 227

14. Convention Girl (1935)

Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A cabaret hostess is broken-hearted because she loves a gambler who does not love her.

Director: Luther Reed | Stars: Rose Hobart, Weldon Heyburn, Sally O'Neil, Herbert Rawlinson

Votes: 54

15. Stolen Sweets (1934)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Romance

Wealthy but unhappy Patricia Belmont meets fun-loving insurance salesman Bill Smith (and his fun-loving friends Sam Ragland and Betty Harkness) on a ship cruise and falls in love, much to ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Sally Blane, Charles Starrett, Jameson Thomas, Claude King

Votes: 32

16. The Nut Farm (1935)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy

Bob and Helen decide to move to California and make a fresh start. Bob wants to buy a nut farm, but Helen dreams of being in the movies. While Bob is looking for a farm to buy, Helen is ... See full summary »

Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Wallace Ford, Betty Alden, Florence Roberts, Spencer Charters

Votes: 126

17. Streamline Express (1935)

Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A disparate group of people meet as passengers on a super-speed train crossing the U.S. Aboard are a seductive confidence man, a stage director masquerading as a steward.

Director: Leonard Fields | Stars: Victor Jory, Evelyn Venable, Esther Ralston, Erin O'Brien-Moore

Votes: 210

18. Women Must Dress (1935)

Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A wife is devastated when her husband divorces her and runs off with a younger woman. However, she finds that she has a flair for designing clothes, and soon she's working as a dress ... See full summary »

Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Minna Gombell, Gavin Gordon, Hardie Albright, Suzanne Kaaren

Votes: 31

19. Back to Nature (1936)

57 min | Comedy

The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with a convict, the oldest son has a love affair, and the youngest son gets into photography.

Director: James Tinling | Stars: Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Dixie Dunbar, Tony Martin

Votes: 31

20. Don't Get Personal (1936)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy

Sally van Ranseleer meets two unemployed men, electrical engineer Bob McDonald and architect Arthur Hale, in Central Park when they are trying to auction themselves off for work. Thinking ... See full summary »

Director: William Nigh | Stars: James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Pinky Tomlin, Spencer Charters

21. Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance

With a full Hollywood background and settings, but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: John Halliday, Marsha Hunt, Robert Cummings, C. Henry Gordon

Votes: 130

22. Just My Luck (1935)

Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy

Homer Crow, fired from his laboratory job at the Dunn-Wright Rubber Company, is sure that his formula for an indestructible rubber, called Durex, will be a success. Others are also, and ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Heinz | Stars: Charles Ray, Anne Grey, Edward J. Nugent, Quentin Smith

Votes: 20

23. Red Lights Ahead (1936)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Family

Pa Wallace, an ardent member of the Whales, is offered a chance to invest $5,000 in a gold mine by the head of the Whales, Grand Harpoon F. Q. Whitney. Mrs. Wallace is opposed but their ... See full summary »

Director: Roland D. Reed | Stars: Andy Clyde, Lucile Gleason, Roger Imhof, Ben Alexander

Votes: 87

24. Amateur Crook (1937)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Jerry Cummings, a mining engineer, has pledged a large diamond on a short-term note to a pair of crooked loan sharks, Crone and Jan Jaffin, and heads for Mexico. His daughter Betsy, posing ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Katzman | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Monte Blue, Jack Mulhall

Votes: 71

25. She Married an Artist (1937)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

American artist Lee Thornwood (John Boles) and his model, Sally Dennis (Frances Drake), appear to be made for each other, but he weds Parisian designer Toni Bonnet (Luli Deste) instead...... See full summary »

Director: Marion Gering | Stars: John Boles, Luli Deste, Frances Drake, Helen Westley

Votes: 16

26. The Affairs of Annabel (1938)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy

A Hollywood press agent lands his client in hot water with his zany publicity stunts.

Directors: Benjamin Stoloff, Lew Landers | Stars: Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnelly, Bradley Page

Votes: 582

27. Gateway (1938)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance

Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Don Ameche, Arleen Whelan, Gregory Ratoff, Binnie Barnes

Votes: 80

28. Wide Open Faces (1938)

Passed | 67 min | Comedy

Criminal from all over the country converge on the Lakeside Inn in Willow Springs where bank robber Duke Temple (Stanley Fields) has stashed $100,000. Wilbur Keeks (Joe E. Brown),soda jerk ... See full summary »

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Jane Wyman, Alison Skipworth, Lyda Roberti

Votes: 117

29. Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)

Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

New York store clerk (Ford) joins a hobo (Conte) and an illegal immigrant (Rogers) heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.

Director: Ricardo Cortez | Stars: Jean Rogers, Raymond Walburn, Marjorie Rambeau, Glenn Ford

Votes: 402

30. Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939)

Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Carter family falls on hard times when Doc Carter loses his drugstore and has to settle for working in a factory. Their friend Bill Hastings offers to take in one of the Carter children in order to ease the burden.

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Fay Bainter, Frank Craven, Edmund Lowe, Genevieve Tobin

Votes: 43

31. The Zero Hour (1939)

Approved | 65 min | Drama, Romance

A theater producer and his protege star fall in love and decide to wed. In route to their nuptials, tragedy strikes and the would-be groom ends up bound to a wheelchair. Nine years later, the wife tries to adopt a little girl.

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Frieda Inescort, Otto Kruger, Adrienne Ames, Donald Douglas

Votes: 55

32. The Biscuit Eater (1940)

Passed | 81 min | Drama, Family

Two little boys have faith in a dog they name Promise, so much faith that they enter him in the championship trials for bird dogs. The favorite is Georgia Boy bred and trained by the boys' ... See full summary »

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Billy Lee, Cordell Hickman, Richard Lane, Lester Matthews

Votes: 243

33. The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)

Not Rated | 67 min | Drama

A doctor fights an epidemic that breaks out in the poor section of town and tries to get the rest of the town to help out.

Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Tom Neal

Votes: 106

34. Grandpa Goes to Town (1940)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy

After selling their house, the Higgins family is convinced by a crafty real estate agent to invest the proceeds in a hotel at Coyote Wells, Nevada, sight unseen. Upon arriving at their new ... See full synopsis »

Director: Gus Meins | Stars: James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason, Harry Davenport

Votes: 15

35. Sailor's Lady (1940)

Approved | 67 min | Comedy

Sailor (Hall) is going to marry his girlfriend (Kelly) when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose parents are accidentally killed. The baby is accidentally left on board a visiting battleship.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Nancy Kelly, Jon Hall, Joan Davis, Dana Andrews

Votes: 103

36. Saps at Sea (1940)

G | 56 min | Comedy

Oliver suffers a nervous breakdown as a result of working in a horn factory, but when he follows doctor's orders about sea air, he finds an ex-con is aboard.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Ben Turpin

Votes: 3,082

37. Doctors Don't Tell (1941)

Passed | 65 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A naive young doctor, in a misguided effort to impress a young woman, finds himself in over his head when a gangster client demands plastic surgery to achieve the perfect disguise.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: John Beal, Florence Rice, Edward Norris, Ward Bond

Votes: 106

38. Mr. Celebrity (1941)

Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

The grandparents, Daniel Mason(William Halligan) and Mrs. Mason (Laura Treadwell) of Danny Mason (Robert 'Buzz' Henry)), an orphaned boy, are trying to have him put into their custody ... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Robert 'Buzz' Henry, James Seay, Doris Day, William Halligan

Votes: 44

39. Two in a Taxi (1941)

Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama

Jimmy Owens (Russell Hayden) is a driver for a taxicab-fleet trying to scrape together $300.00 in order to buy a small, roadside gas station from its elderly owner George Cleveland. In ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Anita Louise, Russell Hayden, Noah Beery Jr., Dick Purcell

Votes: 30

40. Duke of the Navy (1942)

Approved | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two sailors go on shore leave, get mixed up with gangsters and buried treasure.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Veda Ann Borg, Stubby Kruger, Herbert Corthell

Votes: 44

41. My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Romance

A distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life topsy-turvy after he is forced to take in a pregnant widow.

Directors: Robert Siodmak, Cullen Tate | Stars: Richard Carlson, Martha O'Driscoll, Cecil Kellaway, Frances Gifford

Votes: 69

42. One Thrilling Night (1942)

Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Mystery

A honeymoon couple in New York for one night of wedded bliss before he's to join the army, become involved with gangsters after they find a cadaver under their bed.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: John Beal, Wanda McKay, Warren Hymer, J. Farrell MacDonald

Votes: 180

43. There's One Born Every Minute (1942)

60 min | Comedy

The advertising slogans of Jimmy Hanagan (Tom Brown) and the lab reports reveal that the patented prepared pudding invented by Lemuel P. Twine (Hugh Herbert) has a treasure of Vitamin Z and... See full summary »

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Tom Brown, Guy Kibbee

Votes: 197

44. Ghosts on the Loose (1943)

Approved | 67 min | Comedy

The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Bela Lugosi

Votes: 1,537

45. Someone to Remember (1943)

80 min | Drama

An elderly woman whose son disappeared refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory, as she is convinced that he will return one day. She grows attached to a student whom she believes is her grandson.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Mabel Paige, Harry Shannon, John Craven, Dorothy Morris

Votes: 110

46. Oh, What a Night! (1944)

Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A man is keeping a secret from his young niece: he's an international jewel thief.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Jean Parker, Marjorie Rambeau, Alan Dinehart

Votes: 46

47. When the Lights Go on Again (1944)

Approved | 74 min | Drama, Romance, War

Ted and Arline, a young couple in love, decide to impulsively get married, despite the disapproval of their families. However, soon thereafter, Ted is drafted into the army and sent ... See full summary »

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Jimmy Lydon, Barbara Belden, Regis Toomey, George Cleveland

Votes: 36

48. Club Havana (1945)

Approved | 62 min | Drama, Mystery

Edgar G. Ulmer directed this film about a number of different characters unfolding love, hate, and death problems during an evening in a fashionable Latin nightclub.

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Tom Neal, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Douglas, Lita Baron

Votes: 188

49. The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama

A hitch-hiking stranger manages a lift from a young woman into the town he's destined for, and she's from. Both land up in jail, twice, as the small town and its leading family slowly unravel the in-plain-sight mystery behind this man.

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Dave O'Brien, Kay Aldridge, Walter Catlett, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Votes: 262

50. Her Sister's Secret (1946)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama

A WWII tale of romance that begins during New Orlean's "Mardi Gras" celebration when a soldier and a girl meet and fall in love. He asks her to marry him but she decides to wait until his ... See full summary »

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Nancy Coleman, Margaret Lindsay, Phillip Reed, Felix Bressart

Votes: 264

51. Partners in Time (1946)

Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Drama

Squire Skimp has a new plan to swindle the people of Pine Ridge. However, Lum has something more important on his mind. He has to tell a young engaged couple on the verge of breaking up the... See full summary »

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Pamela Blake, John James

Votes: 41

52. The Burning Cross (1947)

Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama

Johnny, who is a returning veteran unable to adjust to his old life in his home town, succumbs to the pitch of a Ku Klux Klan organizer. It is only after he has worn the Klan sheet, and ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Colmes | Stars: Henry H. Daniels Jr., Virginia Patton, Dick Rich, Betty Roadman

Votes: 46

53. Reaching from Heaven (1948)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Romance

Just as church services are letting out, a shabbily-dressed stranger is run over by an automobile in front of the church. The stranger is helped mentally and physically by the minister and ... See full summary »

Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, John Qualen, Regis Toomey

Votes: 34

54. Second Chance (1950)

Approved | 72 min | Drama, Romance, War

A bank president and his wife, facing a crisis in their life and both nearing the age of fifty, look back on what has happened to them over the years of their marriage; they were young ... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Ruth Warrick, John Hubbard, Hugh Beaumont, David Holt

Votes: 57

55. Bait (1954)

Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A beautiful blonde leads a man down the road to ruin.

Director: Hugo Haas | Stars: Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, John Agar, Emmett Lynn

Votes: 476

56. Jail Busters (1955)

Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Family

Chuck, a reporter for The Blade newspaper, gets beaten up while trying to get a story on prison corruption, and the rest of the Bowery Boys, Slip, Sach, and Butch, get themselves arrested ... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Barton MacLane

Votes: 321

57. The Careless Years (1957)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance

High-school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both families disapprove; unable to stand the pressure, the couple quit school and flee to Mexico.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Dean Stockwell, Natalie Trundy, John Larch, Barbara Billingsley

Votes: 228

58. The Diary of a High School Bride (1959)

Approved | 72 min | Drama

A 17-year-old high-school senior must justify her wedding to a 24-year-old law student to both her parents and her unbalanced ex-boyfriend.

Director: Burt Topper | Stars: Anita Sands, Ron Foster, Chris Robinson, Wendy Wilde

Votes: 167

59. The Stoolie (1972)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Crime

A police informant steals police funds earmarked for a sting operation and the case detective goes after him to retrieve the money.

Directors: John G. Avildsen, George Silano | Stars: Jackie Mason, Josip Elic, Reid Cruickshanks, Dan Frazer

Votes: 118

60. Roommates (1982)

X | 89 min | Adult, Drama

This is a serious attempt to look into the lives of three different woman that come together as roommates in New York. Each of them were attempting to step out of their old, abused selves ... See full summary »

Director: Chuck Vincent | Stars: Samantha Fox, Veronica Hart, Kelly Nichols, Jamie Gillis

Votes: 355

61. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

86 Metascore

A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.

Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark

Votes: 40,659 | Gross: $2.44M

62. The Sunrise Trail (1931)

Passed | 65 min | Western

Working under cover, Tex goes south of the border and joins Rand's gang where he befriends gang member Kansas. He plans to lead the gang into the Sheriff's trap, but hopes to spare his new friend.

Director: John P. McCarthy | Stars: Bob Steele, Blanche Mehaffey, Jack Rube Clifford, Germaine De Neel

Votes: 54

63. Wild Horse (1931)

Approved | 77 min | Western

Ben Hall offers $1000 for the wild Devil Horse which Jim Wright and Skeeter capture. While Jim is away, Gil Davis kills Skeeter and takes the horse. The Sheriff then arrests Jim for ... See full summary »

Directors: Sidney Algier, Richard Thorpe | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Alberta Vaughn, Skeeter Bill Robbins, Stepin Fetchit

Votes: 125

64. End of the Trail (1932)

TV-PG | 59 min | Western

Framed by Major Jenkins, Capt. Travers is kicked out of the Army. When Travers, now living with the Indians, is captured by Jenkins, the Indians attack the fort. With his men greatly ... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Tim McCoy, Luana Walters, Wheeler Oakman, Wade Boteler

Votes: 68

65. The Fourth Horseman (1932)

Passed | 57 min | Western

Learning that Molly O'Rourke owns the entire town of Stillwell but the back taxes have not been paid, Ben Jones takes over. When Molly arrives and learns of the tax situation, Tom rides off... See full summary »

Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, Margaret Lindsay, Fred Kohler

Votes: 25

66. Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western

A cowboy detective goes up against a gang of big-city thugs trying to set up a protection racket out west.

Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Rex Bell, Marceline Day, Matthew Betz, Huntley Gordon

Votes: 162

67. Hello Trouble (1932)

67 min | Western

After killing a friend in a gunfight, Jeff Douglas quits the Texas Rangers. He arrives at the Kenyon ranch just as Jonathan Kenyon apparently commits suicide. He and Janet Kenyon then ... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Buck Jones, Lina Basquette, Russell Simpson, Otto Hoffman

Votes: 40

68. Mystery Ranch (1932)

Passed | 56 min | Mystery, Western

An undercover ranger investigates a deranged rancher who acts as a law unto himself, finding a girl held as a prisoner until she agrees to marry the madman.

Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Charles Middleton, Charles Stevens

Votes: 82

69. The Rider of Death Valley (1932)

Approved | 78 min | Romance, Western

Bill Joyce(Willard Roberston) has struck gold in the desert, and Tom Rigby(Tom Mix)rides into Red Dog to convince his deserting cowhands not to go wildly prospecting for gold.Joyce is ... See full summary »

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Tom Mix, Lois Wilson, Fred Kohler, Forrest Stanley

Votes: 89

70. Son of Oklahoma (1932)

Passed | 60 min | Western

Verdugo found a young boy on the desert and raised him as his son. Now a grown man, Dan is framed for a stagecoach robbery by Brent, the same man who shot his father and tried to take him and his mother away 20 years earlier.

Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Bob Steele, Josie Sedgwick, Carmen Laroux, Julian Rivero

Votes: 47

71. 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

72. Scarlet River (1933)

Passed | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film. Tom soon learns her foreman has been rustling and poisoning ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson, Lon Chaney Jr., Betty Furness

Votes: 224

73. The Thrill Hunter (1933)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Cowboy Buck Crosby is a big blowhard and a liar. His supposedly great race car driving and flying feats gets him invited to co-star with Marjorie Lane in a Western. He survives the auto ... See full summary »

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier, Edward LeSaint, Eddie Kane

Votes: 113

74. To the Last Man (1933)

Passed | 74 min | Western

In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Nevada and when Colby gets out of prison he heads there also seeking revenge. The head of the Hayden family tries to avoid more killing but the inevitable showdown has to occur, complicated by Lynn Hayden and Ellen Colby's plans to marry.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, Jack La Rue, Buster Crabbe

Votes: 673

75. Cowboy Holiday (1934)

Passed | 56 min | Western

A cowboy tries to help his lawman friend, who will lose his job if he doesn't bring in a bandit known as the Juarez Kid.

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Janet Chandler, Julian Rivero, Richard Alexander

Votes: 77

76. Fighting Hero (1934)

Approved | 59 min | Western

Tyler abducts a young Mexican girl to save her from a lynching when she is accused of the murder of a VIP whom she killed in self defense. They soon fall in love, but Tyler discovers she may actually be in cahoots with a gang of robbers.

Director: Harry S. Webb | Stars: Tom Tyler, Renee Borden, Edward Hearn, Dick Botiller

Votes: 24

77. In Old Santa Fe (1934)

Passed | 64 min | Drama, Music, Western

Kentucky loses his horse in a rigged horse race and gets framed for the murder of a stagecoach driver.

Directors: David Howard, Joseph Kane | Stars: Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Evalyn Knapp, H.B. Warner

Votes: 209

78. Thunder Over Texas (1934)

Approved | 61 min | Western

A cowboy tries to protect a young woman whose father was murdered because he had railroad maps that showed the location of a proposed new line. Now the killers are after her because they think she has the maps.

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Marion Shilling, Helen Westcott, Philo McCullough

Votes: 77

79. The Trail Beyond (1934)

Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western

Rod Drew hunts for a missing girl and finds himself in a fight over a goldmine as well.

Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: John Wayne, Noah Beery, Verna Hillie, Noah Beery Jr.

Votes: 1,004

80. Between Men (1935)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western

When his young son is shot, John Wellington kills the culprit and flees. But his son Johnny recovers and is raised by Sir George. Some twenty years later Johnny sets out to find Sir ... See full summary »

Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Beth Marion, William Farnum, Earl Dwire

Votes: 131

81. The Eagle's Brood (1935)

Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western

When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, William Farnum, George 'Gabby' Hayes

Votes: 255

82. Powdersmoke Range (1935)

Passed | 72 min | Western

New ranch owners Tucson, Stony, and Lullaby find their legal papers missing and cattle rustled. The culprit is Ogden and his stooge Deputy Glascow. When the trio fight back, Ogden brings in... See full summary »

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Bob Steele

Votes: 174

83. When a Man's a Man (1935)

Approved | 72 min | Drama, Western

A man who has spent all his inheritance, finds meaning in life, and love, at ranch where his ingenuity is put to good use.

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: George O'Brien, Dorothy Wilson, Paul Kelly, Harry Woods

Votes: 104

84. The Bold Caballero (1936)

Passed | 67 min | Drama, Western

The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new Governor, but in the end he triumphs over the evil Commandant.

Director: Wells Root | Stars: Robert Livingston, Heather Angel, Sig Ruman, Ian Wolfe

Votes: 249

85. Empty Saddles (1936)

Approved | 67 min | Drama, Western

Finding a deserted cattle ranch, Buck buys it and turns it into a dude ranch. But Buck is quickly in trouble with sheep men who want the ranch and then with outlaws who kidnap the daughter of the wealthy Mr. Grant.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Buck Jones, Louise Brooks, Harvey Clark, Charles Middleton

Votes: 68

86. The Last Outlaw (1936)

Approved | 62 min | Western

After serving 25 years in prison for robbery, Dean Payton returns to his hometown to see his daughter Sally, who is unaware that he is her father. He befriends Cal Yates, the now ... See full summary »

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Tom Tyler, Henry B. Walthall

Votes: 129

87. The Lonely Trail (1936)

Passed | 56 min | Western

Though he fought for the North in the Civil War, John is asked by the Governor of Texas to get rid of some troublesome carpetbaggers. He enlists the help of Holden before learning that Holden too is plundering the local folk.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Cy Kendall, Bob Kortman

Votes: 440

88. Red River Valley (1936)

Passed | 59 min | Drama, Music, Western

Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.

Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Frances Grant, Boothe Howard

Votes: 252 | Gross: $0.23M

89. Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (1936)

Passed | 51 min | Western

Tyler, a boxer whose career ends after he loses a fixed fight, winds up with a job as a ranch hand. When his new boss gets involved with a crooked fight promoter, Tyler winds up back in the ring with a chance to vindicate himself.

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Tom Tyler, Beth Marion, Sammy Cohen, Forrest Taylor

Votes: 100

90. Song of the Trail (1936)

Passed | 59 min | Western

A cowboy realizes too late that his girlfriend's father had been cheated out of everything in a crooked card game. He sets out to get revenge on the crooks.

Director: Russell Hopton | Stars: Kermit Maynard, Evelyn Brent, Fuzzy Knight, Andrea Leeds

Votes: 24

91. Born to the West (1937)

Approved | 49 min | Drama, Western

Can Dare Rudd prove he is responsible enough to win the heart of Judy and also outwit the crooked saloon owner?

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: John Wayne, Marsha Hunt, Johnny Mack Brown, John Patterson

Votes: 1,032

92. Heart of the Rockies (1937)

Approved | 67 min | Drama, Music, Western

Cattle are being routinely stolen from a local ranch, and suspicion centers on a local mountain family.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Lynne Roberts

Votes: 95

93. Hit the Saddle (1937)

Passed | 57 min | Western

Greedy rancher McGowan wants to have a local wild horse sanctuary closed, so he can capture and sell them while Tucson tries to break up Stony's marriage to a sexy, gold-digging saloon girl.

Director: Mack V. Wright | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Rita Hayworth

Votes: 216

94. The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western

Tex is up against a group of hooded outlaws. When he shoots one, he uses the hood to infiltrate the gang. Almost caught by them, he escapes only to be arrested by the Sheriff who thinks he's one of the gang.

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Iris Meredith, Horace Murphy

Votes: 178

95. Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937)

Approved | 58 min | Drama, Western

A supernatural western! The Three Mesquiteers accompany an archeological expedition to a lost Indian city of gold called Lukachuke.

Director: Mack V. Wright | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Mary Russell

Votes: 240

96. Texas Trail (1937)

Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western

Hopalong Cassidy and his gang battle sabotaging crooks as they gather more horses for the Spanish-American war.

Director: David Selman | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Judith Allen

Votes: 225

97. Thunder Trail (1937)

Approved | 58 min | Drama, Western

A wagon train is robbed by a gang of bandits who kill everyone but a pair of young brothers. Years later, the brothers join force to bring the bandits' leader to justice.

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Gilbert Roland, Charles Bickford, Marsha Hunt, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 87

98. The Trigger Trio (1937)

Approved | 55 min | Drama, Western

Rancher Brent has some infected cattle. He has the brands changed and then has them put on the Evans ranch, With the law requiring the entire herds to be destroyed, he gets Larry Smith to ... See full summary »

Director: William Witney | Stars: Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Ralph Byrd, Sandra Corday

Votes: 82

99. Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western

The old west range war story transported to Georgia, with Autry as the hero.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Betty Bronson, LeRoy Mason

Votes: 149

100. Border Wolves (1938)

Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western

Just after Carson's gang murder members of a wagon train, Rusty and Clem come along and are arrested. Knowing they are innocent Judge Coleman breaks them out and sends them after Carson. ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Bob Baker, Constance Moore, Fuzzy Knight, Dickie Jones

Votes: 56



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