The best Fred MacMurray’s western movies

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

30/08/1908- 05/11/1991
We present our ranking of the best Fred MacMurray’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 Fred MacMurray.

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
6.8/10
A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.

The Far Horizons

The Far Horizons
6.1/10
Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and Meriwether Clark, is sent to survey the new lands and go where no white man has gone before.

Good Day for a Hanging

Good Day for a Hanging
6.3/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/01/1959
  • Character: Marshal Ben Cutler
As a youth, Eddie came into the town with his gang to rob the bank, but was caught and convicted. Marshal Ben helped him to become a honorable citizen. Now, many years later, the gang returns to again rob the bank. On their flight they shoot the Marshal. Eddie is the only one to identify the murderer - but is in doubt if he shall be loyal to his new or his old friends.

The Moonlighter

The Moonlighter
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 19/09/1953
  • Character: Wes Anderson
A savage story of hate turned love and frenzy turned loose!

At Gunpoint

At Gunpoint
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 25/12/1955
  • Character: Jack Wright
A general-store keeper (Fred MacMurray) scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.

Gun for a Coward

Gun for a Coward
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 30/01/1957
  • Character: Will Keough
A young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a reputation for cowardice, overcomes his psychological aversion to violence after his elder brother unjustly censures him for not joining in a foolhardy gunfight in which their youngest brother is killed.

Quantez

Quantez
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 06/09/1957
  • Character: Gentry
A gang of bank robbers with a posse in hot pursuit. Riding into the desert, they take refuge in Quantez, a small town they find deserted. Their horses tired and near death, they’re forced to stay the night — with the plan to cross the border into Mexico the next day.

The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail
5.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 31/08/1959
  • Character: Neal Harris
In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sending in soldiers disguised as settlers in order to strengthen American claims to the Territory.

The Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers
6.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 28/08/1936
  • Character: Jim Hawkins
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.

Face of a Fugitive

Face of a Fugitive
6.6/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/05/1959
  • Character: Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
A man who was falsly accused for murder escapes the sheriffs and starts a new life in a town at the border of the States to Mexico. But he cannot settle in peace as his chasers are trying to find him.

Day of the Badman

Day of the Badman
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 06/03/1958
  • Character: Judge Jim Scott
Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.

Rangers of Fortune

Rangers of Fortune
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 27/09/1940
  • Character: Gil Farra
Fred MacMurray stars as a US Army misfit who, with pals Albert Dekker and Gilbert Roland, roam the west in search of adventure. Arriving in a small town, they befriend the elderly newspaper editor (Arthur Allen) and his young granddaughter (Betty Brewer). The trio learns that the community is under the thumb of a covetous land baron (Joseph Schildkraut), who is endeavoring to push out the ranch owners and take over the territory.

Callaway Went Thataway

Callaway Went Thataway
6.6/10
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in a photo, the marketing team hires him to impersonate Callaway. Things get sticky when the real Callaway eventually shows up.

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