The best Ellen Corby’s western movies

Ellen Corby

Ellen Corby

03/06/1911- 14/04/1999
Ellen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. She is best remembered for playing the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series The Waltons, for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Aunt Trina in I Remember Mama (1948). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Corby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Shane

Shane
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 23/04/1953
  • Character: Liz Torrey
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter
6.8/10
A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.

The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter
7.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/06/1950
  • Character: Mrs. Devlin
The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

Night Passage

Night Passage
6.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 24/07/1957
  • Character: Mrs. Feeney
Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.

The Night of the Grizzly

The Night of the Grizzly
6.5/10
Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative. He faces opposition both from a neighbor who wants that land for his own sons, and from a grizzly bear nicknamed "Satan" who keeps killing Cole's livestock.

The Big Trees

The Big Trees
5.7/10
  • Genre: RomanceWestern
  • Release: 05/02/1952
  • Character: Sister Blackburn
In 1900, unscrupulous timber baron Jim Fallon plans to take advantage of a new law and make millions off California redwood. Much of the land he hopes to grab has been homesteaded by a Quaker colony, who try to persuade him to spare the giant sequoias...but these are the very trees he wants most. Expert at manipulating others, Fallon finds that other sharks are at his own heels, and forms an unlikely alliance.

4 for Texas

4 for Texas
5.5/10
In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000 from an outlaw named Matson. Once in Galveston, however, their rivalry continues, as Thomas joins up with Elya Carlson and Jarret with Maxine Richter. But Matson is still on the loose, and a scheming banker threatens both Thomas and Jarrett.

Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched
6.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 20/03/1953
  • Character: First Townswoman
Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council, take no side in the ongoing Civil War and they're prepared to hang any troublemaker, Yankee or Confederate, who stirs the townsfolk up.

The Vanquished

The Vanquished
5.6/10
A man returns to his home -- a post Civil-War village -- and finds the law is in the hands of a few scrupulous people.

Stagecoach To Fury

Stagecoach To Fury
5.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 13/12/1956
  • Character: Sarah Farrell
A group of stagecoach passengers are held hostage by bandits waiting for a shipment of gold they plan to steal.

Strike It Rich

Strike It Rich
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 01/12/1948
  • Character: Annie Harkins
When not drinking and fighting, three wildcatters in search of a gusher are enthusiastically drilling for black gold. The trouble begins when one of them grows dissatisfied with their lifestyle and quits so he can be with his new wife. Unfortunately for him, soon after he leaves, the other two find their gusher and become filthy rich. The impoverished quitter is envious and begins looking for an obscure law that will force his pals to share.

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