The best Cliff Edwards’s western movies

Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards

14/06/1895- 17/07/1971
We present our ranking of the best Cliff Edwards’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 Cliff Edwards.

The Girl of the Golden West

The Girl of the Golden West
6.3/10
Mary Robbins is a moderately educated, beautiful, young woman who owns the saloon called "The Poker". She is the only woman in the town of Couldee - making her the fancy of all the men there, especially to Sheriff Jack Rance. On the way to Monterey to sing at a mass officiated by Father Sienna, her stagecoach is held up by the infamous masked bandit, Ramerez. He too takes a fancy to Mary, and decides to secretly follow her, taking on the identity of an officer named, Lieutenant Johnson. While in Monterey, he dances, sings and courts Mary, who has now fallen in love with him. He then has to make a quick getaway. In the mean-time, Sheriff Jack has set up a trap to catch Ramerez at "The Poker". When Ramerez does arrive he soon discovers that Mary is the owner, and quickly changes to the identity of Lieutenant Johnson. How long can this charade last?

Fighting Frontier

Fighting Frontier
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/01/1943
  • Character: Ike (as Cliff 'Ukelele Ike' Edwards)
An agent (Tim Holt) goes undercover as an outlaw and almost gets lynched.

Sundown Jim

Sundown Jim
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 27/03/1942
  • Character: Stable Proprietor
US marshal Sundown Jim Majors main purpose in life is to bring a deadly frontier feud to a peaceful end. This requires him to clean out the local criminal element, which he does with determination.

Bandit Ranger

Bandit Ranger
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 28/09/1942
  • Character: Ike (as Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards)
Rancher Clay Travers finds and brings in the body of ranger Frank Mattison, murdered on the road to Trail City, where he had been sent to deal with an outbreak of cattle rustling. Businessman Art Kenyon, who has hired gunman Ed Martin to impersonate Mattison to further his rustling schemes, quickly changes Martin's story and has Travers framed for the ranger's murder. Managing to escape, Travers must come up with proof to clear his name and bring the true killers to justice.

Lawless Plainsmen

Lawless Plainsmen
4.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 17/03/1942
  • Character: Harmony Stubbs
In this western, a ranch foreman and the bosses son go to a saloon to slake their thirst and find themselves in the midst of a battle started by the feisty saloon owner's wicked ex-husband who loots the safe in the ensuing scuffle.

American Empire

American Empire
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 11/12/1942
  • Character: Runty
Richard Dix as Dan Taylor and Preston S. Foster as Paxton Bryce are two longtime friends seeking their fortune in Texas after the war. The two men decide, not without problems, to establish a cattle empire. Paxton becoming too ambitious, distances himself from Dan and Abby, Paxton's wife. It will only be after a personal tragedy that he will come back to his senses.

Way Out West

Way Out West
5.8/10
Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He falls in love with Molly, the pretty owner of the ranch, but runs afoul of foreman Steve, who also loves Molly.

The Avenging Rider

The Avenging Rider
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 20/05/1943
  • Character: Ike (as Cliff 'Ukelele Ike' Edwards)
Wrongfully arrested, Tim must escape and find the men who murdered his partner and stole the gold.

The Bad Man of Brimstone

The Bad Man of Brimstone
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 31/12/1937
  • Character: Buzz McCreedy
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.

Red River Robin Hood

Red River Robin Hood
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/11/1942
  • Character: Ike
An honest cowpoke (Tim Holt) comes to the rescue when the ranchers of Red River, AZ have their property seized by a greedy businessman (Eddie Dew). This 1942 B-western, directed by Lesley Selander, also stars Barbara Moffett, Cliff Edwards, Otto Hoffman and Russell Wade.

Riders of the Northland

Riders of the Northland
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 18/06/1942
  • Character: Harmony Bumpas
In this western, three Texas Rangers decide to do their part to save the world and join the Army, but before they can, they are sent to Alaska to destroy a secret Nazi operation involving a submarine refueling station. The outpost is located behind an impenetrable tangle of barbed wire. The rangers get a little help, and discover a traitor. Then to get through the wire, they start a cattle stampede and save the day.

The Royal Rodeo

The Royal Rodeo
5.3/10
A young monarch, bored with responsibility and craving excitement, invites a traveling rodeo show to perform at his palace.

Pirates of the Prairie

Pirates of the Prairie
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 20/11/1942
  • Character: Ike (as Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards)
In one of his better early Westerns, Tim Holt, as Deputy Marshal Larry Durant, is sent to Spencerville where a gang of vigilantes has been terrorizing the citizenry. Going undercover as a gunsmith, Larry quickly learns that the leader of the vigilantes, John Spencer (John Elliott), is an honest man who only seeks to establish law and order. The real brains behind the crimes, meanwhile, are revealed to be Spencer's brother-in-law, Lou Harmon (Roy Barcroft), and his chief henchman, Leighton (Charles King), who speculate in the coming of the railroad by forcing the townspeople to relinquish their land.

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