The best Andy Devine’s western movies

Andy Devine

Andy Devine

07/10/1905- 18/02/1977
We present our ranking of the best Andy Devine’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Andy Devine.
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How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won
7.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/10/1962
  • Character: Peterson
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

Stagecoach

Stagecoach
7.8/10
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
8.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/04/1962
  • Character: Marshal Link Appleyard
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.

Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage
6.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 17/07/1946
  • Character: Ben Dance
Businessman Logan Stuart is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850s Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.

Two Rode Together

Two Rode Together
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 26/07/1961
  • Character: Sgt. Darius P. Posey
Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.

Montana Belle

Montana Belle
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 11/11/1952
  • Character: Pete Bivins
Oklahoma outlaw Belle Starr meets the Dalton gang when rescued from lynching by Bob Dalton, who falls for her. So do gang member Mac and wealthy saloon owner Tom Bradfield, who's enlisted in a bankers' scheme to trap the Daltons. Dissension among the gang and Bradfield's ambivalence complicate the plot, as Belle demonstrates her prowess with shootin' irons, horses, and as a surprisingly racy saloon entertainer. Written by Rod Crawford

The Ballad of Josie

The Ballad of Josie
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 01/01/1967
  • Character: Judge Tatum
A frontier widow (Doris Day) aims to raise sheep despite a cattle rancher (George Kennedy) in old Wyoming.

Slaughter Trail

Slaughter Trail
4.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/10/1951
  • Character: Sgt. Macintosh
Three outlaws rob the stage and then flee. When their horses give out they murder some Indians to get fresh ones. But this puts the Indians on the war path and they have to take refuge in an Army fort to avoid them. The Indians then arrive offering peace if the three men are turned over to them. The fort's commanding Officer wants peace but the rules say the men must be tried in a white man's court leaving the Indians no choice but to attack.

Frontier Gal

Frontier Gal
5.8/10
Johnny Hart (Rod Cameron) is on the run from the law after killing one of the men who shot his partner. He passes through a town and stops at a saloon owned by singer Lorena Dumont (Yvonne de Carlo). The two seem a good, albeit tempestuous match, although Johnny has no plans to marry -- Lorena has other ideas and a shotgun wedding ensues.

The Far Frontier

The Far Frontier
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 29/12/1948
  • Character: Judge Cookie Bullfincher
Willis Newcomb and Bart Carroll head a gang engaged in smuggling wanted-American criminals back into the United States from Mexico. Operating from Sharperville, an oil town on the American side of the border, they transport their human cargo in oil drums loaded on trucks. Border Patrolman Tom Sharper intercepts one of the trucks but is overpowered and left for dead. Carroll, having already been paid for the job and not wanting any evidence to walk around, get caught and lead back to him, backs the human-cargo trucks to the edge of a cliff and sends the drums crashing to the boulder far below. Judge Cookie Bullfincher and Border Patrolman Roy Rogers conduct a search for the missing Tom, but the crooks have gone back for him and find him in a state of amnesia. They rob the bank and pin it on Tom. It is now up to Roy to clear his friend and also put an end to Carroll's human-smuggling racket.

The Gallant Legion

The Gallant Legion
6.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 24/05/1948
  • Character: Windy Hornblower
When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Conway and the Texas Rangers must step in to thwart their chicanery.

When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/08/1940
  • Character: Ozark
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?

Geronimo

Geronimo
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 26/11/1939
  • Character: Sneezer
The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud between two officers--who are father and son.

Sin Town

Sin Town
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 25/09/1942
  • Character: 'Judge' Eustace Vale
Two con artists arrive in a western boom town that they think is ripe for the pickings, only to get swindled themselves.

The Over-the-Hill Gang

The Over-the-Hill Gang
6/10
Capt. Oren Hayes, a retired Texas Ranger, while visiting his daughter, finds that her husband is running for mayor against corrupt town boss, Nard Lundy. Lundy has no intention of allowing the free election of an honest man, so he has his henchmen do some dirty dealing. Hayes then calls for the help of some of his old buddies in the Rangers. Upon arriving in town, they realize quickly that age has caught up with them and they must rely on their sheer wits, and even some underhandedness, to outsmart and defeat Lundy.

Law and Order

Law and Order
6.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/03/1932
  • Character: Johnny Kinsman
A legendary lawman and his cohorts set out to restore order to the dangerous streets of Tombstone, Ariz.

New Mexico

New Mexico
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 18/05/1951
  • Character: Sergeant Garrity
Captain Hunt of the cavalry is trying to promote good relations with the Indian chief Acoma. But Hunt's superiors in the military insist on pursuing policies that will provoke a conflict, and Chief Acoma is not willing to let himself be insulted.

Bells of San Angelo

Bells of San Angelo
5.6/10
Gridley is mining silver from an old Mexican mine and bringing it into the USA thru a passage into his worthless mine. Border guard Rogers suspects Gridley and finally finds the secret entrance to the Mexican mine. He sends Lee Madison for help only to have her captured by Gridley. Trigger brings help that takes care of Gridley's men and now Roy has to rescue Madison.

Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 31/05/1940
  • Character: Andy Devine
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.

On the Old Spanish Trail

On the Old Spanish Trail
5.9/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 15/10/1947
  • Character: Constable Cookie Bullfincher
A cowboy turns bounty hunter to pay off his debts.

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