The best Harry Shannon’s western movies

Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon

13/06/1890- 27/07/1964
Today we present the best Harry Shannon’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 Harry Shannon’s movies.
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High Noon

High Noon
8/10
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

The Gunfighter

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

The Violent Men

The Violent Men
6.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 26/01/1955
  • Character: Purdue
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.

Yellowstone Kelly

Yellowstone Kelly
6.5/10
  • Genre: AdventureWestern
  • Release: 11/11/1959
  • Character: Captain of the Far West
A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly he takes on a tenderfoot assistant named Anse and together they give shelter to a runaway Arapaho woman. Tensions develop when Anse falls in love with this woman and when the Sioux chief arrives with his warriors to re-claim her.

The Tall Men

The Tall Men
6.7/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 22/09/1955
  • Character: Sam
Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

Idaho

Idaho
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 10/03/1943
  • Character: Judge John Grey
A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.

In Old California

In Old California
6.3/10
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.

At Gunpoint

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

In Old Oklahoma

In Old Oklahoma
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 06/12/1943
  • Character: Charlie Witherspoon
Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Cathy Allen.

The Lonely Man

The Lonely Man
6.4/10
Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his long-abandoned son Riley, now a young man who hates his father but has nowhere else to go. Hoping to settle down, Jacob finds no town will have him. They end at Monolith, the ranch of Jacob's former girlfriend Ada, to whom he had no intention of returning. A mustang hunt finds Riley himself attracted to the shapely Ada...and Jacob having trouble with his eyesight. And his visions of a quiet life are doomed by the re-appearance of enemies from his past...

Kansas Pacific

Kansas Pacific
5.8/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 22/02/1953
  • Character: Smokestack the Train Engineer
Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.

Singing Guns

Singing Guns
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 28/02/1950
  • Character: Judge Waller
Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sheriff's life and must wear two hats between his new job that he enjoys and his old occupation that he misses.

Rails Into Laramie

Rails Into Laramie
6.1/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 14/04/1954
  • Character: Judge Pierce
A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track.

The Marauders

The Marauders
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 26/09/1955
  • Character: John Rutherford
A poor homesteader fights back when he's targeted for extinction by a powerful rancher and his gang of hired thugs.

The Peacemaker

The Peacemaker
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/11/1956
  • Character: Drunken Cowpuncher
A former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the new preacher. There he finds a feud between the ranchers and the farmers. The Railroad Agent is after the ranchers land and has his men causing all the trouble. The new preacher sets out to bring the two sides together and he says he will not need a gun.

Hell's Crossroads

Hell's Crossroads
5.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 08/03/1957
  • Character: Clay Ford
An imprisoned gunfighter must scatter to elude the authorities. Outlaws Bob Ford (Robert Vaughn) and Vic Rodell (Stephen McNally) are nabbed, but the governor offers them amnesty in exchange for their help in bringing Jesse and his brother Frank (Douglas Kennedy) to justice. Peggie Castle and Barton MacLane also star in this tale of the Old West's most famous traitor.

Cow Town

Cow Town
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 19/05/1950
  • Character: Sandy Reeves
Gene responds to cattle rustling by stringing barbed wire all around his range.

The Yellow Rose of Texas

The Yellow Rose of Texas
5.5/10
Insurance Investigator Roy is looking for Weston and the missing money he supposedly obtained in a robbery. When he catches him and listens to his story, he changes his mind about him. A freak accident locates the missing money box and they find the seal unbroken. Roy then announces the box will be opened at the showboat that evening.

Man or Gun

Man or Gun
5.8/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 30/05/1958
  • Character: Justin Corley
Gun-slinging drifter "Maybe" Smith's Colt .44 pistol and shooting skills are put to the test shortly after his arrival in the New Mexico frontier town of Dusty Flats. After outdrawing wanted outlaw Buckstorm Corley in the saloon, Smith finds himself up against the entire corrupt Corley clan -- who've been running roughshod over the fearful townsfolk for years.

Song of Texas

Song of Texas
6/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 14/06/1943
  • Character: Sam Bennett
A man of no worth brags to his daughter back East that he is rich and owns a big ranch. When she decides to pay a visit to her father, Roy and his buddies agree to pretend that the poor man is the owner of the ranch.

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