The best George Meeker’s western movies

George Meeker

George Meeker

05/03/1904- 19/08/1984
Today we present the best George Meeker’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best George Meeker’s movies.

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident
8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 11/03/1943
  • Character: Mr. Swanson (uncredited)
Gil Carter and Art Croft ride into a small Nevada town plagued by cattle thieves. Initially suspected of being the rustlers themselves, Carter and Croft eventually join a posse out to get the criminals, who also may be involved in a recent shooting. When the posse closes in on a group that could be the fugitives, they must decide on a course of action, with numerous lives hanging in the balance.

Song of Nevada

Song of Nevada
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 05/08/1944
  • Character: Chris Calahan
When John Barrabbee's plane makes an emergency landing, he wanders off and joins Roy's cattle drive. Later he learns he was killed when his plane resumed its flight and crashed. He also learns his daughter is going to sell his ranch and marry a man he dislikes. So he gives Roy a job on the ranch and sends him off to see if he can prevent both of these events while he remains in hiding. Written by Maurice VanAuken Western girl moves east and influenced badly by her snobby fiance. She returns to sell her deceased father's ranch. The father isn't really dead, though; he's hoping that his friend Roy can restore the girl's western values. Songs include "New Moon Over Nevada," "A Cowboy has to Yodel in the Morning," and "The Harum Scarum Baron of the Harmonium." Written by Ed Stephan

Apache Rose

Apache Rose
5.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/02/1947
  • Character: Reed Calhoun
Roy is an oil prospector. His efforts to get drilling rights on an old Spanish land grant are countered by gamblers from an off-shore gambling boat determined to control the land (and oil) themselves.

Home in Oklahoma

Home in Oklahoma
6/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 18/10/1946
  • Character: Steve McClory
In this Roy Rogers entry, featuring a song written by Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner (making him and Lousiania's Jimmie Davis and Texas' W.E. "Pappy" O'Daniel possibly the only state governors to write songs used in a western), Flying U ranch owner Sam Talbot is killed by a fall from a horse. St. Louis reporter Connie Edwards comes to check a rumor that he might have been murdered. She goes to Roy Rogers, editor of the local newspaper, and he takes her to the reading of Talbot's will. The ranch is left to Talbot's 12-year-old ward, Duke Lowery, much to the dismay of Talbot's niece, Jan Holloway. After some attempts on Duke's life, Roy finally proves that Jan, Steve McClory and coroner Jim Judnick had Talbot killed and are conspiring to do the same for Duke, making Jan the last heir.

Twilight in the Sierras

Twilight in the Sierras
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 02/03/1950
  • Character: Matt Brunner
Roy is a United States Marshal tracking down a counterfeiting ring and hunting down a mountain lion. Songs: "It's One Wonderful Day," "Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy," "Pancho's Rancho" and the title song.

Rough Riders' Round-up

Rough Riders' Round-up
5.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 13/03/1939
  • Character: George Lanning
Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a local saloon. Determined to get revenge at any cost, Roy and Rusty cross the border in search of Arizona Jack, the man responsible for Tommy's death.

Northwest Trail

Northwest Trail
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 30/11/1945
  • Character: Whitey Yeager
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave.

The Kid From Texas

The Kid From Texas
5.2/10
A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.

The Denver Kid

The Denver Kid
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 30/09/1948
  • Character: Dealer Andre
When Border Patrol Lieutenant Roberts is killed, it appears that his brother Tim was the killer. To clear the Robert's name for his boss, Lieutenant Rocky Lane heads south of the border posing as an outlaw. He hopes to get in with the gang and find Tim who is using an assumed name. As always, Nugget is there to help.

Ranger of Cherokee Strip

Ranger of Cherokee Strip
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 04/11/1949
  • Character: Eric Parsons
Having been framed for murder, the half-breed Joe Bearclaws (Douglas Kennedy) escapes from jail and Ranger Steve Howard (Monte Hale) goes after him. He catches up with him in the Cherokee Strip where he has no authority. Joe is then framed for another murder and this time Steve knows he is innocent and goes after the real killer.

Wells Fargo Gunmaster

Wells Fargo Gunmaster
7.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 15/05/1951
  • Character: Roulette Croupier
Rocky Lane, Special Investigator for Wells Fargo, shows up just in time to save the stage from being robbed. Unable to find the mastermind, or even the outlaws who rob the stage, Rocky goes undercover as an outlaw.

Spoilers of the Plains

Spoilers of the Plains
6.4/10
An experimental weather satellite and a missile base are at stake when Roy discovers foreign agents around his ranch.

The Gay Ranchero

The Gay Ranchero
5.9/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 14/01/1948
  • Character: Vance Brados
Manzanita Springs ia a combination small airline and spa and Vance Brados wants it. He pays their mechanic to have the planes run out of fuel so his men can rob the gold shipments and kill the pilots. After Sheriff Roy Rogers catches the mechanic, Roy plans one more gold shipment to get proof and this time his men will be ready. But it looks like Roy's plan will fail when Brados suspects a trap and call off the raid.

The Singing Hill

The Singing Hill
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 25/04/1941
  • Character: John R. Ramsey
If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land.

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