The best Forbes Murray’s western movies

Forbes Murray

Forbes Murray

04/11/1884- 18/11/1982
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Broken Lance

Broken Lance
6.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 25/09/1954
  • Character: Lawyer
Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when Joe gets out he plans revenge.

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo
6.4/10
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.

Silent Conflict

Silent Conflict
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 19/03/1948
  • Character: Randall
One of Hoppy's Bar 20 ranch hands is tricked into participating in nefarious activities after being subjected to hypnosis.

Leather Burners

Leather Burners
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 28/05/1943
  • Character: Bart Gailey
As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Johnny sends for his friend Hoppy, Hoppy arrives and immediately suspects Dan Slack. Realizing his telegram about Slack was intercepted, he locks up the operator Lafe knowing he can escape. Tailing Lafe he finds a secret entrance to a mine and inside finds the missing cattle. But Slack's men also find him just as the cattle are stampeded through the mine shaft.

The Girl of the Golden West

The Girl of the Golden West
6.3/10
  • Genre: RomanceWestern
  • Release: 18/03/1938
  • Character: Governor's Aide
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?

Road Agent

Road Agent
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/03/1952
  • Character: Jeff Adams
Brand controls the only road to the cattle market and is charging exorbitant rates. Tim and Chito rob Brand to recover only their overcharge, but accidentally end up with all of Brand's money......

The Gal Who Took the West

The Gal Who Took the West
6.2/10
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.

Thundering Trails

Thundering Trails
7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 25/01/1943
  • Character: Commissioner Arthur Howland
In this western, the Three Mesquiteers team up with a Texas Ranger to round up the outlaws who forced the ranger's younger brother into becoming a criminal.

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
6.9/10
Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in.

Saddlemates

Saddlemates
7.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/05/1941
  • Character: Colonel Langley
The Three Mesquiteers, as army scouts, soothe hostilities between the Army and Indians after both have been riled by someone with a hidden agenda - a renegade chief, who is found to be masquerading as an Army interpreter.

The Dead Don't Dream

The Dead Don't Dream
6.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 30/04/1948
  • Character: Sheriff Tompson
Three bodies turn up in a frontier hotel. Hoppy solves the murders and chases the killers through unusually misty and dark locations.

Hoppy Serves a Writ

Hoppy Serves a Writ
6.3/10
Posing as a cattle buyer, Hoppy crosses over into Oklahoma where the Jordan brother's and their outlaw gang operate outside the law. After receiving an unfriendly reception when he finds them, he, California, and Johnny rustle their cattle and drive across the river into Texas. He hopes they will cross over to retrieve their cattle and then he can arrest them.

Cowboys from Texas

Cowboys from Texas
6.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 29/11/1939
  • Character: Texas Governor
Cowboys from Texas is a 1939 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman.Texas has opened up land for homesteaders. Clay Allison wants their land and has his men led by Plummer try to start a range war between them and the ranchers. With each side suspecting the other of their problems, the Mesquiteers realize someone else is responsible. Stony suspects Plummer and fakes leaving the Mesquiteers to join Plummer's gang hoping to find out who it is.

The Arizona Kid

The Arizona Kid
5.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 28/09/1939
  • Character: Union Army Officer
Roy is a Confederate officer stationed in Missouri during the Civil War. He must put an end to outlaw gangs working under the pretense of service to the Confederacy.

Santa Fe Saddlemates

Santa Fe Saddlemates
7.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/06/1945
  • Character: Inspector Burke
Governor Price sends Sunset Carson to investigate a smuggling ring which is baffling the Border Patrol. Newspaper woman Ann Morton is working incognito in the saloon waiting for a break on ...

The Apache Kid

The Apache Kid
5.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 11/04/1941
  • Character: U. S. Road Commissioner
Don "Red" Barry, Republic's answer to Jimmy Cagney, stars in The Apache Kid. Barry plays Pete Dawson, a pugnacious cowboy who dons a mask and becomes a stagecoach robber. It's all in a good cause, however: Dawson is stealing from the town boss (Leroy Mason) who has ripped off a group of miners. Heroine Lynn Merrick is the daughter of the local judge, so naturally she misunderstands Barry's motives, at least until fadeout time.

Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid

Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
4.5/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 31/12/1952
  • Character: Roger
Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s Western that tells of the adventures of the Tucson Kid, who investigates suspicious insurance claims.

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